Older News

  • 2002-11-08: Update: A new XEmacs package bundle of v4.16 is available for download, fixing any "autoload" install errors you may have been seeing.
  • 2002-10-24: Version 4.16 is out, primarily with bug fixes for XEmacs users, but with a few new features too. Why not let the announcement speak for itself?
  • 2002-09-10: Version 4.15 released, with a host of new features, including online help for class and structure tags, auto-querying the class of objects being used in the shell, conditional breakpoint setting, configurable shell traffic display, batch filename completion, and many, many bug-fixes and small improvements. An XEmacs package is also now available for download.
  • 2002-06-14: Version 4.14 released, with minor bug-fixes to the examine window and continued indent calculations.
  • 2002-05-15: Version 4.13 released, with multiple bug fixes, updated and simplified abbreviations, improved indentation support for multi-line comments and continued statements, a new mechanism for creating user-defined "examine" commands, for variable and expression examination (see the relevant manual section), a "super" examine command with customizable pop-up command selection, and more. You can also now peruse my embarrassingly large .emacs file excerpt for IDLWAVE.
  • 2002-01-14: Version 4.12 released, with minor bug fixes for method completion with explicitly named class, and support for file/routine browser Speedbar. If you're having trouble compiling or running 4.12, download again and reinstall.
  • 2001-12-16: Version 4.11 released, including configureable treatment of keyword inheritance in methods which use _EXTRA or _REF_EXTRA to pass arguments through to their super-classes. This release contains several bug-fixes, including space padding of ->, and generic END expansion with reserved word capitalization.
  • 2001-12-04: Version 4.10 released, including full support for IDL v5.5, and a modified version of online help which includes updated and new routines and keywords not yet documented in the standard help files (look for the sections marked with <NEW>...</NEW>).

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