Alpha Release 9.1.1 (Almach)

[Bernard D. <bde...@or...>]

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce the release of a new version of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.1.1 ("Almach <file:///Users/bernardo/Workspace/Devel/Code/AlphaCocoa/Output/Release/9.1.1/AlphaStar.html>") for Mac OS X 10.11 or greater (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina). 

All versions of Alpha are named after a star. So, for this new release, meet Almach <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>, which is γ Andromedae, the γ star of the Andromeda constellation. 

Beware: the Maverick (10.9) and Yosemite (10.10) versions of OS X are no longer supported. The latest version of Alpha running on these two systems is 9.0.3. 

See at the end of this message, the main changes contained in this new release. 

Please, read the release notes which will be displayed the first time you launch Alpha and can be accessed later from the Help ↣ Developer Help menu. 

Here is the URL to download the disk image: 
https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.1.1/Alpha_9.1.1.dmg.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.1.1/Alpha_9.1.1.dmg.zip/download> (31.29M) 

The MD5 checksum is: 49f439d8972c9dbf517051a0e50aae1f 
The SHA1 checksum is: b303da3102902358a5740f204989cca3acfbe3ed 
The RMD160 checksum is: 9e3a716ae0f3e86afaec76312d5ba81f4d84f46a 
The SHA256 checksum is: c6a49a49a7f6c2ada36b7dd332fdad46bb9afbae4527da9367fbd98753447023 

If you find problems with the application, don't hesitate to post bug reports. They are essential to keep track of the deficiencies. See Alpha's Bug Tracker <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/>. 

Thank you for using Alpha. 
Cheers, 
Bernard
 <>Changes from previous version

New package Lexers Menu <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/LexersMenuHelp.html> to manage and apply lexical analyzers (aka lexers). The lexers can be used to process a selection or a document window.
New core command [scanFile] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/scanFile.html> to scan a file for a regular expression.
New core command [countLines] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/countLines.html> to count the number of lines contained in a string (regardless of the end of line symbols that are used).
New options Line Anchors and Dot Matches All in search and hyperSearch dialogs.
Complete overhaul of the Supersearch <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/SupersearchHelp.html> package.
Improved performance of the Hypersearch <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/HypersearchHelp.html> package based on the new [scanFile] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/scanFile.html> command.
New technical option -preserve in the [shellExec] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/shellExec.html> core command to prevent Unicode decomposition of the arguments.
Complete overhaul of the Filters Menu <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/FiltersMenuHelp.html> and the Columns Manipulation <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/ColumnsManipulationHelp.html> packages.
The Automatic Line Breaking property is now saved when the window state is recorded.
Upgraded Tcl framework to version 8.6.10 (released 2019-11-21). Upgraded Tcllib extension to version 1.20 (released 2019-12-01).
New contextual menu item called Spellcheck Word that displays proposed corrections in a popover window after a control-click over a word. You just double-click on a proposed correction to insert it in the document window.
The following bugs have been fixed (but remain open until the fix is confirmed):
Ticket #221: Search in Filesets is broken if regexp contains \\n <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/221/>
Ticket #222: Menu item highlighting broken in macOS Catalina <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/222/>
Ticket #223: accented chars in path names <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/223/>
Ticket #224: Quicksearch can't find -west <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/224/>The following tickets have been closed:
Ticket #217: HTML and CSS Mode Help uses yellow font towards the end. <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/217/>
Ticket #218: LASTMODIFIED <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/218/>
Ticket #219: focus shifts to end of line on indent <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/219/>
Ticket #220: saveHook error with multiple untitled documents <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/220/>