[mcclim-announce] Announcing McCLIM 0.9.3 "All Saints' Day"

[McCLIM developers]

The McCLIM developers are happy to release version 0.9.3 of McCLIM, 
code-named "All Saints' Day". This release was tested and found to work 
on the following implementations:

  * SBCL
  * OpenMCL
  * Allegro Common Lisp 8.0 in ANSI Mode
  * The Scieneer Common Lisp in ANSI Mode

For compatibility with other implementations, please see the attached 
release notes.

Get the tarball at
<http://common-lisp.net/project/mcclim/downloads/mcclim-0.9.3.tar.gz>
or install McCLIM via asdf-install.

We are looking forward to your comments and bug reports. Please send 
them to mcclim-devel at common-lisp.net. The list of currently known 
bugs can be found at <http://mcclim.cliki.net/Bug>.

Have fun using McCLIM (and build good things with it),
The McCLIM developers.



RELEASE NOTES FOR McCLIM 0.9.2, "Laetare Sunday":

Compatibility
=============

This release was tested and found to work on the following
implementations:

  * SBCL
  * OpenMCL
  * Allegro Common Lisp 8.0 in ANSI Mode
  * The Scieneer Common Lisp in ANSI Mode

In our tests, this release of McCLIM did not work on the following
implementations:

  * CLISP (there are some problems with CLISP at the moment, but it is
    possible to run McCLIM there; a HOWTO will be posted to
    http://planet.lisp.org).
  * CMUCL (at the time of this release, the released CMUCL has a bug
    that prevents successful loading of McCLIM; CMUCL 19d + patch 1 and
    the 2006-12 snapshot or later contain a fix for this problem)
  * LispWorks (no known workaround)

Also, McCLIM currently does not support lisps with case-sensitive
readers (ACL "modern mode" and lower-case SCL).

Changes in mcclim-0.9.3 "All Souls' Day" relative to 0.9.2:
===========================================================

 From the NEWS file:

  * backend improvement: The Null backend now registers itself in the
    server search path
  * improvement: with-output-as-gadget now sets the correct cursor
    position when incremental redisplay is active.
  * specification compliance: INVOKE-WITH-NEW-OUTPUT-RECORD's argument
    list now is the same as the one in the Franz CLIM user guide.
  * improvement: The text field cursor is now a solid block again.
  * backend improvement: the PostScript backend now outputs correct EPS
  * improvement: Graph nodes can now be dragged
  * improvement: Possibilities when reading from
    COMPLETE-FROM-GENERATOR are now sorted alphabetically.
  * new experimental backend: gtkairo (loads on SBCL, CMUCL and SCL):
    Uses GTK+ for gadgets and cairo for rendering graphics.
  * Bug fix: incremental-redisplay does no longer leak memory
  * improvement: incremental-redisplay is now a little faster
  * Bug fix: Invisible text cursors no longer leave a dangling space
    behind the text output record
  * improvement: commands whose names are shadowed in child command
    tables are now suggested in preference to their parents.
  * Bug fix: (setf stream-cursor-position) and output record replay on
    encapsulating streams work now.
  * Bug fix: Invoking command menu items in frames with no interactor
    works now.
  * Bug fix: DESTROY-PORT removes the port even if an error occurs
    while closing the port
  * Bug fix: make-process now sets the process name on SBCL
  * specification compliance: MENU-CHOOSE now supports almost all
    features demanded in the CLIM 2.0 specification.
  * improvement: new and improved ACCEPT presentation method for
    expressions on interactive streams.
  * specification compliance: LOOKUP-KEYSTROKE-ITEM no longer accepts
    the :errorp argument.
  * Bug fix: incremental redisplay no longer breaks on output records
    that had no children.
  * Bug fix: arrow head sizes are now transformed along with the line 
thickness.
  * improvement: resizing a viewport's child will now move the 
viewport's focus.
  * improvement: loading mcclim.asd no longer shows a code deletion note 
on SBCL.
  * new demo: logic-cube
  * compatibility: Add support for post-1.0 openmcl, and for Allegro
    Common Lisp 8.0 (ansi mode).
  * new example application showing use of CLIM views.