Version 3.29-12 (2019-08-05)

New features

• Windows installer with integrated update mechanism (Upla)
• Issue #551: Hint to internal version check mode suppressed in the wake of Windows installer

Bugfixes

• #731: File renaming failure on Linux made arr[z] files vanish
• #732: Cloning groups in Arranger could end up in shared (glued) positions

Modifications / improvements

• New design of refactoring dialog: old and new keywords now presetend as table rather than plain text
• #733/1: New handling of a user-independent start configuration file in the installation directory
• #733/2: Possibility of selective preferences export to ini files

Version 3.29-11 (2019-07-26)

Bugfixes

• #724: Diagram titles hadn't been bold anymore since 3.29-09
• #725: Division operator export to Python improved
• #727: Position of TRY field in dialog "Element Name Preferences" mended
• #728: Endless loops and other flaws in Find&Replace tackled
• #729: German button caption in element editor modified (disambiguated)

Improvements / accomplishments

• Find&Replace: Search result presentation strategy unified <2>
• #206: Dutch locale substantially updated (by Jaap Woldringh)
• #726: Translator usability improved

Version 3.29-10 (2019-05-15)

Bugfix

• #722 PNG export from Arranger fixed (failed with silent null pointer exception)

Version 3.29-09 (2019-03-31, published 2019-04-02)

Enhancements, improvements

• Most important: Radical acceleration of drawing and scrolling, particularly in syntax highlighting mode (implicated issues: #518, #544, #557, #718)
• #657: Subroutine/includable search disambiguated by groups (e.g. on execution or export)
• #697: Batch code import may produce arrangement lists or archives now
• #712: Further usability improvements for Translator: last directory, last file now retained
• #717: Mouse wheel scroll unit (increment) now configurable in Preferences > Mouse wheel
• #720: Changes to includable diagrams are now immediately reflected on their client diagrams

Bugfixes

• #685: Precaution against exception traces on copying to clipboard.
• #696: Deficient type retrieval in batch code export fixed.
• #699: Diagram unsharing on saving arrangements revised again (3.29-08 fix was wrong).
• #715: Repeated parser disambiguation dialog during batch import had failed.
• #716: Defective export of assigments with symbol := to Python code fixed.

Version 3.29-08 (2019-03-25)

Bugfixes

• #711: SEVERE bug of version 3.29.07 in element parsing - got stuck in an endless loop.
• #712: Translator now remembers at least the folder of last saving
• Some updates and additions to the Russian locale (chiefly related to #56)

User guide see version 3.29-07

Version 3.29-07 (2019-03-24)

Version has a severe bug letting Structorizer get stuck in an endless loop!

Enhancements, new features

• #56 TRY-CATCH-FINALLY elements introduced, supported on Executor, export, and import; new flavour "throw/raise" for JUMP elements.
• #452: Several menu items made hidden on simplified mode now.

Bugfixes, improvements

• #699: Superfluous measures on unshared diagrams in Arranger skipped.
• #703: Arrangement group change status failed to vanish on saving.
• #705: Find&Replace tool failed to search CASE/PARALLEL branches.
• #706: NullPointerException from Analyser on faulty CALL elements.
• #706: Generated nsd and code files now end with a newline to be posix-conform.
• #707: Modified file name proposal mechanism, configurable via Savings preferences.
• #708: Code export had compromised cached variable lists (impact on highlighting and Analyser).

Version 3.29-06 (2019-03-14)

Enhancements / new Features

• #327: Parser Preferences now offer some localized keyword sets (may be extended)
• #366: After an input, the previously focused frame (Turtleizer, Arranger, Structorizer, Control) regains the focus
• #385: Subroutines may now have default parameters (supported in Executor, Analyser, and on export)
• #696: Batch export can now process arrangement files (.arr/.arrz)

Bugfixes

• #407: Efforts to import "wordy" COBOL conditions like a = 8 or 9 (into a = 8 or a = 9)
• #527: Index range error detection for constant arrays refined
• #518, #544, #557:
  • Drawing radically accelerated by confining it to the visible region,
  • On heavy drawing contention, the syntax highlighting will now temporarily be switched off in Arranger to regain GUI responsiveness.
• #631: Commas in COBOL pic clauses are now preserved on import
• #695: Defective COBOL import of arrays over basic types fixed
• #699: Diagrams must not be shared among archive groups
• #702: Sizes of diagrams freshly imported or dropped into Arranger are now computed and used for placement

Code Revision

• #698: Basic archive handling outsourced from Arranger to new Archivar class

Version 3.29-04 (2019-03-02)

Enhancements / features

• #51,#137: Executor window now logs explicit prompts of empty inputs;
• #684: Mark-up + check of mandatory fields in Parser Preferences;
• #689: New mechanism to edit the routine diagram referenced by the selected Call;
• #691: It is now possible to rename a group in the Arranger index.

Bugfixes

• #684: An empty FOR-IN loop keyword had caused several problems;
• #686: The initial L&F detection didn't work well for Linux ("GTK+");
• #687: Defective breakpoint behaviour of REPEAT-UNTIL loops mended;
• #688: Transmutation of any Call/Jump into an Instruction enabled;
• #690: 'struct' keywords in function headers on C import now suppressed;
• #692: C constants hadn't been recognised on importing with C99 parser;
• #693: Misleading error message on loading a recent .arr/.arrz file.

Version 3.29-03 (2019-02-17)

Enhancements and improvements

• #662/2 Group colour icon design revised (now double thin border).
• #680: Consistent support for INPUT instructions with multiple input items.
• #681: A number of exports may offer to change favorite export language.
• #682: Improved welcome dialog, now with language selection.

Bugfixes

• #672: Default group was named null.arr after cancelled save attempt.
• #673: The Arranger drawing area had to be enlarged for group bounds.
• #674: Live look & feel switch hadn't worked for context menus.
• #675: Workaround for truncated result tree lines in Find&Replace.
• #677: Inconveniences on saving arrangement archives mended.
• #678: Import of array declarations from C code didn't work.
• #679: C import produced defective INPUT instructions.
• #680: An analyser defect led to complaints about array variables in INPUT instructions

Version 3.29-02 (2019-02-01)

Bugfixes

• #665: Import of INSPECT statements from COBOL actually works now
• #655: Arranger popup menu revised (item order, accelerator info)
• #667: Removal of diagrams from Arranger could leave remnants
• #668: Group association behaviour on outsourcing further improved
• #669: C export of FOR-IN loops with traversed strings was defective
• #670/1: Diagram/group info box of Arranger index not reliably scaled
• #670/2: Live look & feel switch failed for Diagram/group info box