ANN: Leo 4.4a1 released

[Edward K. Ream]

Leo 4.4 alpha 1 is now available at:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458&package_id=29106
To learn about Leo, see: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/intro.html

Leo 4.4 adds an Emacs-like minibuffer and support for all frequently-used
Emacs commands. Emacs users will be able to choose key bindings compatible
with their present finger habits. Eventually, Vim users will be able to do
the same.

This is definitely an alpha release; several minibuffer commands are buggy.
However, this release also significantly improves Leo's error recovery
capabilities. This may be the most robust version of Leo ever released.

The highlights of Leo 4.4 alpha 1:
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- Support for all frequently-used Emacs commands, including cursor and
screen movement, basic character, word and paragraph manipulation, and
commands to manipulate buffers, the kill ring, regions and rectangles.

- An Emacs-like minibuffer: you can now execute any command by name from the
minibuffer, both the new Emacs-style commands and traditional Leo commands.

- You can define key bindings for all commands, including the new minibuffer
commands, using @shortcuts nodes in leoSettings.leo files. You can define
multiple sets of key bindings and switch between those sets easily.

- Several fixes to the 4.3 code base.

Coming in later releases of Leo 4.4:
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- Support for 'mouseless Leo'. There will be commands to manipulate all
aspects of Leo using commands, so your fingers will never have to leave the
keyboard.

- Support for Vim and other 'plain-key' command modes.

Links:
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Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html
Home: http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/
Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458
CVS: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=3458
Quotes: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/testimonials.html

Edward K. Ream
October 17, 2005

 

[Paul Rubin]

- Support for all frequently-used Emacs commands, including cursor and
screen movement, basic character, word and paragraph manipulation, and
commands to manipulate buffers, the kill ring, regions and rectangles.

Do you support re-search-backward (i.e. search backward for a regexp)?
How do you do it?

 

[Mahesh Padmanabhan]

[Edward's announcement]

Thanks for adding Emacs functionality. I really like the idea of
literate programming and have tried to get into Leo but believe it or
not, I haven't been able to get into it due to my muscle memory for
Emacs keystrokes!

I would keep installing Leo only to uninstall it afterwards because I
would get frustrated.

Another welcome change is complete keyboard control.

Cheers,
Mahesh