Matt Ward has checked in his Xml Editor addin. To get an idea what you can do with it, I decided to include the tech note he wrote in this blog post. Be sure to check out section #2, user interface. It includes a couple of screenshots.

XmlEditorAddinTechNote_01.pdf (234.3 KB)

As with revision 1815 there is a new option popping up in the windows forms designer option panel:

With this option enabled, the InitializeComponents method in the generated code becomes readonly. The different background color makes indicates this:

The reason for this options are the ongoing 'bug reports' in the forum from users who didn't notice the comment above the method and changed the code.

As promised a long time ago, I finally commited the Console Addin to the Fidalgo subversion repository. Please report any bugs or crashes to me.

Now running on the latest version - Gemini v1.9a.

John has packaged a new release of #ziplib - version 0.83. It is up on the download page, the wiki is now the new location for the release history.

During my Webcast, I showed three screenshots of Corsavy (our v2.0 running atop v2.0 of .NET), because there is nothing that can be called "alpha" yet.

The Class Browser and Project Scout

ClassBrowserProjects.png (64.09 KB)

The Bookmark Pad

BookmarkPad.png (102.8 KB)

The new Search & Replace dialog

SearchAndReplaceDialog.png (9 KB)

Because the question When will it be available? cropped up during the Webcast, here is my answer: our plans are to release an alpha close to Beta 2 of .NET 2.0. This means a time window of 1 to 2 months after the Beta becomes widely available (there might be some unforeseen problems, and we definitely do not want to underdeliver).

The repository for #ziplib has moved too; its new home is now:

svn://sharpdevelop.net/sharpziplib/trunk

In the wake of the repository move, we released an interim to get rid of the now already rightly infamous SD-297 bug (ObjectDisposedException). You can find it on our download page.

The Subversion repository for #develop Fidalgo has moved, the new repository URL is:

svn://sharpdevelop.net/fidalgo/trunk

The SVN protocol is definitely much faster than WebDAV / Apache.

Together with Uwe Baumann, I will be doing a one hour Webcast (German language) on #develop. The date is set for 17th of January, 4pm CET. You can learn more on the MSDN page .NET-Entwicklung zum Nulltarif mit SharpDevelop. Hope to see a few of our German-speaking users!

Why I wrote #USBLib and why I don't work on #Develop instead? The answer is as simple as obvious: Chamaeleons. I'm getting two Furcifer Pardalis (Pantherchamaeleons) and I want to give them summer/winter cycles. Therefore I needed a control unit ... in my case an old PC does this job. I used the SIS-PM from Gembird (http://www.gembird.com/) a programmable USB power switch (In germany you can get it from pearl). If you're more interrested in chamaelons (but you need to speak german :)) you can visit my page at ambanja.homelinux.org. There you can download the control software too.