[Visualpython-users] New version 4.beta5

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

4.beta5 is now downloadable from 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/visualpython

Fixed many bugs. Documentation now included. The new example program 
texture_and_lighting.py displays many of the new features of version 4 
created by Jonathan Brandmeyer (a swinging spotlight illuminates a 
translucent beach ball that rolls on a wood-texture table).

In the "Recent developments" section of vpython.org you can read a 
summary of the new features, which is also included in the documentation 
contained in the release. This includes a description of remaining known 
bugs, some of which are serious, which means that you may enjoy playing 
with the exciting new features, but be aware that there are problems.

I am not going to be able to do any more work on VPython for about three 
months, as the publisher of the physics textbook Ruth Chabay and I have 
written needs a second edition completed by November. Jonathan 
Brandmeyer has graduated from NCSU and is moving on to other things. So 
unless someone else steps forward, it is possible that this version 4 
beta is frozen for several months.

Bruce Sherwood