RKWard 0.3.7 is out

Sunday, 17 September 2006 Tfry

A new release of RKWard is available for download. This release contains mostly small changes all over the place, but also fixes some important issues. The changes in detail:

  • Bug fixes:
    • small fixes in several plugins
    • avoid lockups when cancelling a readline ()
    • don't crash on more than 100 rows of data in the editor (off by 2 bug in storage allocation)
    • correctly initialize the internal NaN representation (would sometimes be initialized to 0, resulting in 0s not to be shown in the editor)
    • commands producing lots of output would sometimes be impossible to interrupt. Fixed
    • sometimes the last level in the factor levels editor got lost. Fixed
    • fix spurious line breaks in output in command log and console
  • Package installation / updating:
    • packages can be installed to custom library locations
    • semi-automate package installation in response to "require ()" calls
    • the online list of available packages is cached up to one hour (and only as long as the relevant options are unchanged)
    • give better progress indication
    • package dependencies are handled correctly when installing new packages
  • Showing command output:
    • show output context (if any) when the backend asks for input via readline ()
    • do not raise the command log more than once for a given command producing continuous output
    • deal better with commands producing large amounts of output
    • show command output immediately in command log
  • Compilation:
    • link against libRblas.so if it is found in the R libs dir (needed for some compiles of R 2.4.0)
    • fix compilation with GCC 4.1
    • honor DESTDIR setting while installing rkward R package, and add configure option --with-r-libdir
    • only link against -lRlapack, if that is available
  • Assorted changes:
    • Improved syntax highlighting defintion including code folding
    • engine status bar label ("R engine busy/idle") now changes background color according to state
    • small improvements to command history in console
    • remember location where R script/workspace files were last opened, and start file-selection dialogs there
    • remove whitespace from start and end of plugin generated commands and do not evaluate empty commands
    • added Turkish translation

RKWard always needs user feedback to improve further, so please try out the new release, and tell us what you think on the mailing list.