RKWard 0.5.2 - Support for R 2.10.0 and many small improvements
RKWard 0.5.2, is available for download, now. This version brings a number of small changes all over the place. Perhaps most importantly, support was added for the new dynamic help system in R 2.10.0 (also released, today). Apart from that, the toolbars are now configurable, plugin dialogs do not stick around, a plugin was added for Stata import (by Michael Ash), a number of bugs was fixed, and many more small things as detailed, below:
The changes in detail:
New features / improvements
- Add Stata data file import plugin (by Michael Ash)
- Plugin dialogs close automatically after submitting (by default)
- Fetching object structure is much faster for very large data.frames
- "Analysis" menu was restructured, slightly
- On plugin help pages, display a link to invoke the plugin
- Double-clicking an item in the workspace browser now opens an object viewer, or (if possible) editor
- Safeguard against removal of essential packages via the GUI
- Add context menu action to unload packages in the workspace browser window
- Add shortcut to the load / unload packages dialog also in the workspace menu and the workspace browser context menu
- Make toolbar buttons configurable
Fixes and corrections
- Add support for the dynamic help server introduced in R 2.10.0
- Assorted minor fixes and improvements to several plugins
- Fix deadlock while handling some Tcl events
- Fix crash when loading certain packages on Windows
- Fix some potential path issues on Windows
- Fixed: Console window would sometimes remain in partially active state after piping commands
Internal changes
- Tolerate missing libraries in testing framework
- Debug output (previously sent to stderr) is now written to a temporary file
- All directly accessible plugins now have at least one automated test
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