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New Release: 1.3.18

Major highlights:

• Executing external programs: Using Runtime.exec(String[] cmdargs) instead of a string with the generated command (fixes problems regarding having spaces in the installation).
• Organize Imports (ctrl+shift+O): Imports can be grouped.
• Cygwin: sys.executable in cygwin was not returning '.exe' in the end of the executable as it should.
• Additional paths for PYTHONPATH (Patch from Eric Wittmann): extension point allows plugins to contribute paths to the PYTHONPATH.
• Code-completion: typing '.' won't apply the selected completion, but will still request a new one with the current contents.
• Pydev Package Explorer: Problem while trying to show active editor on the pydev package explorer.

Previous: 1.3.17

• Pydev Package Explorer: projects that had the project folder in the pythonpath did not show children items correctly.
• Debugger: Disable all works. Patch from: Oldrich Jedlicka
• Debugger: Problem when making a step return / step over
• Code-completion: Working for attributes found in a superclass imported with a relative import
Patches from Felix Schwarz:
• Allow to configure an interpreter even if the workspace path name contains spaces
• Completion server does not work when the eclipse directory contains spaces
• Fix deletion of resources in pydev package explorer for Eclipse 3.4

Previous: 1.3.16

• Interactive console: help() works
• Interactive console: context information showing in completions
• Interactive console: backspace will also delete the selected text
• Interactive console: ESC does not close the console when in floating mode anymore
• Code completion: calltips context info correctly made 'bold'
• Code completion: variables starting with '_' do not come in import *
• Code completion: can be requested for external files (containing system info)
• Code completion: fixed recursion condition
• Code completion: egg file distributed with dll that has a source module with the same name only with a __bootstrap__ method now loads the dll instead of the source module (e.g.: numpy egg)
• Debugger: Step over/Step return can now execute with untraced frames (much faster)
• Debugger: Problem when handling thread that had no context traced and was directly removed.
• Launching: F9 will reuse an existing launch instead of creating a new one every time
• Launching: The default launch with Ctrl+F11 will not ask again for the launch associated with a file (for new launches -- old launches should be deleted)
• Project Explorer: fixed integration problems with CDT (and others)
• Launch: console encoding passed as environment variable (no longer written to the install location)
• More templates for "surround with" (Ctrl+1)
• Previous/next method could match 'class' and 'def' on invalid location
• Outline: Assign with multiple targets is recognized
• Bug fix for pydev package explorer when refreshed element parent was null

Previous: 1.3.15

• Files without extension: If a file that does not have an extension is found in the root of the pythonpath, code-completion and breakpoints work with it.
• Extract method: comma not removed when found after a tuple and before a keyword argument.
• Console Encoding: print u"\xF6" works (console encoding correctly customized in python -- see http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1580766&group_id=85796&atid=577329 for details).
• Debugger: Context of breakpoint correctly defined when comments are present in the end of the module.
• from __future__ import (xxx, with_statement): works.
• Interactive Console View, featuring:
• Code Completion
• Context sensitive with shell completions
• Qualifier matches as case insensitive
• Templates
• Repeating the activation changes from templates to default completions
• Console Configurations
• Initial commands for starting the console
• Colors for the console
• Vmargs can be specified for jython
• Auto-indent
• Auto-edits
• Context info on hover
• Up / Down Arrows cycles through the history (and uses the current text to match for the start of the history command)
• Page Up: shows dialog with console history (where lines to be re-executed can be selected)
• Esc: clears current line
• ctrl+1 works for assign quick-assist
• Hyperlinks addedd to tracebacks in the console
• Paste added directly to the command line
• Cut will only cut from the command line
• Copy does not get the prompt chars
• Home goes to: first text char / prompt end / line start (and cycles again)
• Cursor automatically moved to command line on key events
• Multiple views of the same console can be created
• Limitation: Output is not asynchonous (stdout and stderr are only shown after a new command is sent to the console)

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Two screencasts demonstrating pydev and pydev extensions have been created. They are hosted at ShowMeDo.com.

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