[Boa Constr] ANN: Boa Constructor 0.1.0-alpha

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

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
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Boa Constructor - RAD GUI building IDE for wxPython
     http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net