We are happy to announce version 4.8 of the
Moose Suite:
Description
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This was supposed to be a minor
release, but in the end it turned out to be a major release with
significant improvements.
The key highlights
are:
- Based on Pharo 2.0.
- All built-in visualizations use Roassal.
- Roassal
received a significant performance boost and new smart graph layouts
like TreeMapLayout or ForceBasedLayout.
- Roassal uses Athens
for nice looking vectorial graphics.
- New charting engine based on Roassal: Graph-ET.
-
Glamour changed to enable dynamic scripts, while still remaining
backward compatible.
- Glamour received a
RubricTextPresentation for using the new Rubric text morph.
- Glamour, Roassal, EyeSee, Graph-ET editors are more robust when
dealing with errors in scripts.- New GTDebugger with dedicated workflows
for Announcements, PetitParser and Glamour itself.
- Extended
GTInspector for several object types.
- Usable version of GTMetaceller for handling Metacello
configurations.
- FAMIX was strengthen to handle functions
better in various programming languages.
- New free type fonts
and simpler whitespace-loving theme.
- Lower memory footprint for large models.
- Faster MSE
import.
A list of issues addressed in this
release can be found at:
Installation
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The
Moose Suite 4.8 comes for each platform as a separate bundle:
The Moose Suite 4.8 can also be loaded in a Pharo
2.0 image either from the Configuration Browser, or by executing the
following script:
Gofer new
smalltalkhubUser: 'Moose' project: 'Moose';
package: 'ConfigurationOfMoose';
load.
((Smalltalk
at: #ConfigurationOfMoose)
project version: '4.8-snapshot') load