FreeRIDE 0.9.6 - The Free Ruby IDE

Version 0.9.6 of FreeRIDE has been released and is available
for download!

For details and downloads, go to:

      http://freeride.rubyfo
rge.org/

0.9.6 is mostly a bug fix release. The goal was to make
FreeRIDE more
robust and to fix some annoying bugs reported by the users.
This
includes changes to the debugger, IRB, project manager,
etc... See the
Changelog for details.

**IMPORTANT NOTE**
Due to some changes in the FreeRIDE property files users may
experience
crash at startup time. If this is so delete the directory
%USERPROFILE%\freeride (on Windows) or $HOME/.freeride on
Linux before
starting FreeRIDE again.


=== FreeRIDE Overview ===

FreeRIDE aims to be a full-featured, first-class IDE on a
par with
those available for other languages, with all the
best-of-breed
features that you would expect in a high-end IDE.

Some of FreeRIDE's features include:

* Multi-file editing
* Syntax highlighting
* Auto-indenting
* Code Folding
* Code Templates
* Source navigation by module, class, method, etc.
* Integrated Ruby Documentation
* Integrated debugging
* Written in Ruby for easy extension

Some planned features include:
* Full internationalization
* High-end refactoring support
* Remote pair programming

In its current state, FreeRIDE cannot yet be called a real
IDE
although it is already being used by many Ruby developers.
What
is does have is a stable infrastructure with all the working
plumbing
needed for the hordes of anxious Ruby developers that want
to create
plugins to extend the functionality of FreeRIDE. The
FreeRIDE team
will be working on such FreeRIDE plugins that we will
individually
release to incrementally improve the FreeRIDE system.
Periodically we
will rollup these added plugins into new releases of
FreeRIDE.

Even if you have not officially joined the FreeRIDE team you
can still
create plugins for you own use, share them with others, or
send them
to us and we will make them available for download from our
project
wiki. We may even ask for your permission to include them in
the
FreeRIDE core distribution.

** IMPORTANT NOTE **
Any help you can provide in testing FreeRIDE, qualifying
bugs and (why
not) fixing them is really what we need most, especially on
Windows
where FreeRIDE seems to be less robust than on Linux.

Curt Hibbs
Laurent Julliard
Jonathan Maasland




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Hi Laurent,

Laurent Julliard wrote:
> Version 0.9.6 of FreeRIDE has been released and is
available for download!
>
which versions of fox does .9.6 work with?  I remember
downloading a
previous version and finding that the version of fox that I
was using
was more recent than the one FreeRide required.

If FreeRide still requires particular versions on fox then
it would be
useful to have this stated prominently on the web site and
release
announcement.

This is not criticism of the project for sticking with older
versions of
fox (I know there were some major API changes between 1.2
and 1.4) I
would just prefer it if it were stated up front so I don't
waste time
downloading and installing it only to find that it won't
work with my
version of fox.

Cheers, Russell  (who would like to use freeride to help
build his new
Open Source) Log Processing Framework.  ;)

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Russell,

You are right that FR requires FOX 1.2. Because FR has this
dependency 
(as well as many others) the prefered way of installing
FreeRIDE is to 
use the installers (even for Linux). It comes packaged with
everything 
required and you don't have to bother with which version of

Ruby/FOX/FXScintilla, etc... is installed on your machine.

So see for yourself: go and get the Linux installer, run it
and then 
launch FreeRIDE. It should work like a charm.

Laurent

Russell Fulton wrote:
> Hi Laurent,
> 
> Laurent Julliard wrote:
>> Version 0.9.6 of FreeRIDE has been released and is
available for download!
>>
> which versions of fox does .9.6 work with?  I remember
downloading a
> previous version and finding that the version of fox
that I was using
> was more recent than the one FreeRide required.
> 
> If FreeRide still requires particular versions on fox
then it would be
> useful to have this stated prominently on the web site
and release
> announcement.
> 
> This is not criticism of the project for sticking with
older versions of
> fox (I know there were some major API changes between
1.2 and 1.4) I
> would just prefer it if it were stated up front so I
don't waste time
> downloading and installing it only to find that it
won't work with my
> version of fox.
> 
> Cheers, Russell  (who would like to use freeride to
help build his new
> Open Source) Log Processing Framework.  ;)
> 
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Just a note to say thanks for the efforts.

On the down side, I have installed it on Win2k and got a
couple of crashes 
with just a few minutes of use.

The last crash I ran from a console and discovered it was
due to running out 
of memory.  I had opend the Databus Inspector, selected an
entry and it hung 
till it crashed...

I'll try it again (at home) on WinXP and see how it goes. 
I'll submit a 
detailed bug note when I get a chance to clarify the
scenario

And if i get some free time (Ha!) I may even have a look at
the code...

Cheers
Chris


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