Alpha Release 9.1.3 (Haedus)

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

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce the release of a new version of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.1.3 ("Haedus <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/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 Haedus <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>, which is η Aurigae, the η star of the Auriga 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/9.1.3/Alpha_9.1.3.dmg.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.1.3/Alpha_9.1.3.dmg.zip/download> (32.99M) 

The MD5 checksum is: ec9189af62c8313b786ed86ee166923f 
The SHA1 checksum is: 6b1ca42ae0cd27deee00af4f258afa85040aa1aa 
The RMD160 checksum is: ede99bef0bcdd0af4524f0f19295cc51ae70cf3f 
The SHA256 checksum is: 252e2e652e4adaa6efeea2bfc85e2a693fb6172292b87a61483d4491410789f2 

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 core command [contactRef] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/contactRef.html> for interacting with the OS X AddressBook.
Revision of the identities <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/IdentitiesHelp.html> package.
More symbols in the Arrows palette.
New options -bgcolor, -cursor and -tip for the [insertEscapes] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/insertEscapes.html>, [removeEscapes] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/removeEscapes.html> and [getEscapes] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/getEscapes.html> commands.
New dynamic commands associated with each TextView <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html#view_textview> view for manipulating the content of the text. See the $editorToken command <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/textEditor.html> help page.
The following bugs have been fixed (but remain open until the fix is confirmed):
Ticket #234: TeX Synchronization with Skim is broken <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/234/>The following tickets have been closed:
Ticket #225: 'Prefs Search' button broken in top-level Prefs Dashboard <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/225/>
Ticket #226: Replace Alll on Very Large File Executes Save <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/226/>
Ticket #227: Includes 'Update Folder...' in HTML Mode possibly buggy <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/227/>
Ticket #228: Alpha Crashes on Launch With Multiple Users <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/228/>
Ticket #229: Selected text is invisible, depending on highlighting settings in System Preferences <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/229/>
Ticket #230: Search & Replace: Patterns menu in updates only after restart <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/230/>
Ticket #231: Automatic Line Breaking global preference not honoured <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/231/>
Ticket #233: tab after \\label\{\}• in TeX mode <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/233/>