Thread: [Boa Constr] ANN: Boa Constructor 0.1.0-alpha
Status: Beta
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From: Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za> - 2002-01-29 02:45:17
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Hello everyone, I'm proud to at last announce the alpha version of Boa Constructor! Here are the highlights: * Compatible with and now requires wxPython 2.3.2. * Files can now be opened, edited and saved over any supported transport * Currently supported: Filesystem, FTP, WebDAV, SSH, Zope * Explorer improvements * Clipboard improved, can copy/paste between any transports * Preferences are now be maintained in the Explorer and the Inspector. * Can be stored in HOME directory * Key definitions editable * Style editor for user defined source code styles, colours and fonts. * Pluggable components and transports * New components, filetypes and transports can be added by putting the module in the Plug-ins directory. Examples provided. * Support for opening html, xml, text, config and c++ files * Extensive Zope support added * Complete integrated help for Boa, Python, wxPython and CVS. * All image transparency issues resolved (using PNGs for everything) * Improved code completion, call tips and code browsing. * Syntax checking for Python source * New controls available from the Palette. * More properties added for standard controls * Resource usage under Win9x improved * Stability and speed improvements * Code generation is safer with rollback on errors and warnings for unexpected/incomplete code. * Improved integration between your code and generated code The files are available from: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1909&release_id=72445 boa-constructor-0.1.0-alpha.src.zip : source archive (any platform) boa-constructor-0.1.0-alpha.win32.exe : distutils installer (win32) boa-constructor-0.1.0-alpha.docs.zip : documentation Enjoy! -- Riaan Booysen ___________________________________________________ Boa Constructor - RAD GUI building IDE for wxPython http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net |
From: Patrick K. O'B. <po...@or...> - 2002-01-29 02:57:57
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Congrats! Glad to see you back in the saddle. --- Patrick K. O'Brien Orbtech > -----Original Message----- > From: boa...@li... > [mailto:boa...@li...]On Behalf Of > Riaan Booysen > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:59 PM > To: Boa list; wxPython list > Subject: [Boa Constr] ANN: Boa Constructor 0.1.0-alpha > > > Hello everyone, > > I'm proud to at last announce the alpha version of Boa Constructor! > > Here are the highlights: > > * Compatible with and now requires wxPython 2.3.2. > * Files can now be opened, edited and saved over any supported transport > * Currently supported: Filesystem, FTP, WebDAV, SSH, Zope > * Explorer improvements > * Clipboard improved, can copy/paste between any transports > * Preferences are now be maintained in the Explorer and the Inspector. > * Can be stored in HOME directory > * Key definitions editable > * Style editor for user defined source code styles, colours and > fonts. > * Pluggable components and transports > * New components, filetypes and transports can be added by putting the > module in the Plug-ins directory. Examples provided. > * Support for opening html, xml, text, config and c++ files > * Extensive Zope support added > * Complete integrated help for Boa, Python, wxPython and CVS. > * All image transparency issues resolved (using PNGs for everything) > * Improved code completion, call tips and code browsing. > * Syntax checking for Python source > * New controls available from the Palette. > * More properties added for standard controls > * Resource usage under Win9x improved > * Stability and speed improvements > * Code generation is safer with rollback on errors and warnings for > unexpected/incomplete code. > * Improved integration between your code and generated code > > The files are available from: > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1909&release _id=72445 boa-constructor-0.1.0-alpha.src.zip : source archive (any platform) boa-constructor-0.1.0-alpha.win32.exe : distutils installer (win32) boa-constructor-0.1.0-alpha.docs.zip : documentation Enjoy! -- Riaan Booysen ___________________________________________________ Boa Constructor - RAD GUI building IDE for wxPython http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Boa-constructor-users mailing list Boa...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boa-constructor-users |
From: Bell J. <jbe...@ya...> - 2002-01-29 05:11:05
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Excellent!!! I've on;y recently looked seriously at Boa and was about to give up due to the 2.3.2 issue! This has come Just in Time for me. A couple of minor immediate issues: (1) Obviously you're packaging from a Microsoft platform. There is a minor problem in that text files are not marked as such in the zip-file and thus unzip -a doesn't clean up the <CRLF> -> <LF> transformation when loading into Linux. This leads to a peculiar startup problem (something like : not found). (2) Some files still have "#!/bin/env python" in their startup. the path to "env" should be "/usr/bin" for all 3 linuxes I've got and HP-UX and Solaris, so probably pretty much any *IX. (3) Some files have "#! /usr/bin..." The space after the "!" will throw some unices. (4) I don't know if you've seen this, but on Linux/GTK exiting Boa without saving anything causes a core dump. As I say they're pretty minor problems, but hey may as well get everything clean for 1.0! Now that I've got something operational I'll see what I can build over the next few days and report any broken bits I find. Once again, it's great to see the project back on the road again. John Bell --- Riaan Booysen <riaan@e.co.za> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm proud to at last announce the alpha version of > Boa Constructor! > > Here are the highlights: > > * Compatible with and now requires wxPython 2.3.2. > * Files can now be opened, edited and saved over any > supported transport > * Currently supported: Filesystem, FTP, WebDAV, > SSH, Zope > * Explorer improvements > * Clipboard improved, can copy/paste between any > transports > * Preferences are now be maintained in the > Explorer and the Inspector. > * Can be stored in HOME directory > * Key definitions editable > * Style editor for user defined source code > styles, colours and > fonts. > * Pluggable components and transports > * New components, filetypes and transports can be > added by putting the > module in the Plug-ins directory. Examples > provided. > * Support for opening html, xml, text, config and > c++ files > * Extensive Zope support added > * Complete integrated help for Boa, Python, wxPython > and CVS. > * All image transparency issues resolved (using PNGs > for everything) > * Improved code completion, call tips and code > browsing. > * Syntax checking for Python source > * New controls available from the Palette. > * More properties added for standard controls > * Resource usage under Win9x improved > * Stability and speed improvements > * Code generation is safer with rollback on errors > and warnings for > unexpected/incomplete code. > * Improved integration between your code and > generated code > > The files are available from: > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1909&release_id=72445 > > boa-constructor-0.1.0-alpha.src.zip : source > archive (any platform) > boa-constructor-0.1.0-alpha.win32.exe : distutils > installer (win32) > boa-constructor-0.1.0-alpha.docs.zip : > documentation > > Enjoy! > -- > Riaan Booysen > ___________________________________________________ > Boa Constructor - RAD GUI building IDE for wxPython > http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net > > _______________________________________________ > Boa-constructor-users mailing list > Boa...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boa-constructor-users __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com |
From: Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za> - 2002-01-30 14:09:07
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Hi John, Bell John wrote: > > Excellent!!! I've on;y recently looked seriously at > Boa and was about to give up due to the 2.3.2 issue! > This has come Just in Time for me. Good to hear :) > > A couple of minor immediate issues: > > (1) Obviously you're packaging from a Microsoft > platform. There is a minor problem in that text files > are not marked as such in the zip-file and thus unzip > -a doesn't clean up the <CRLF> -> <LF> transformation > when loading into Linux. This leads to a peculiar > startup problem (something like : not found). My zipper doesn't have this option (I didn't even know you could!) This sounds very useful, I'll look into this for the next release. Distutils currently creates a corrupt zip when I build a source distro so I had to zip it myself. I tested the zip distro on Linux many times (not the same one ;) and it always worked first time, please report where the breakage happens. > > (2) Some files still have "#!/bin/env python" in their > startup. the path to "env" should be "/usr/bin" for > all 3 linuxes I've got and HP-UX and Solaris, so > probably pretty much any *IX. I'll take your word for this. I found only one, pylint, fixed now. > (3) Some files have "#! /usr/bin..." The space after > the "!" will throw some unices. Ok, I changed it, but some of these are from the standard python library so you should probably tell them too. These aren't used as scripts so it shouldn't matter to Boa too much. > > (4) I don't know if you've seen this, but on Linux/GTK > exiting Boa without saving anything causes a core > dump. If you can consistently cause a seg fault, look at Boa's tracing facility to pin point the problem. I would really appreciate this. > > As I say they're pretty minor problems, but hey may as > well get everything clean for 1.0! Yes, death to the bugs! Boa on wxGTK needs more work than on wxMSW. I wish someone could help out on Linux :( > > Now that I've got something operational I'll see what > I can build over the next few days and report any > broken bits I find. > > Once again, it's great to see the project back on the > road again. I don't have as much time for Boa as before :( > > John Bell > -- Riaan Booysen ___________________________________________________ Boa Constructor - RAD GUI building IDE for wxPython http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net |
From: Steve S. <sp...@ac...> - 2002-01-29 15:09:24
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Hey Riaan, haven't had much of a chance to test it out yet, but from what I've seen, great job! Boa's really coming along nicely, this one's much better than the last CVS version. :) I'll see what I can do about bug reports/suggestions in the next couple of days. Steve |