Release 8.0 DP 11

[Ali Lloyd]

Dear list members,

We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 8.0 DP 11.

Warning: this is not a stable release. Please ensure you back up your
stacks before testing them.

*Release contents*

*HTML 5 Enhancements*
The following have been added for HTML 5 standalones in DP 11
- ability to use 'wait'
- ability to write to stdout / stderr

*Linux printing*
The Linux printing commands now use revpdfprinter to generate a PDF to send
through the
system printing process. Among other things, this means that there is now
full support for
Unicode text.

*Application Browser*
The application browser, which was missing from the DP 9 and 10 installers,
has been
reinstated.

*LiveCode Builder*
Number -> string formatting has been improved so that it should no longer
be necessary
to strip trailing zeroes.
Access to the current clipping bounds in OnPaint has been added.

*Documentation API*
Part a new documentation API has been added, allowing access to individual
entries in the
LiveCode Script dictionary.

*31 bug fixes*

*Known Issues*
- Cef Browser (and therefore the dictionary and browser widget) does not
currently work on 32-bit Linux
- HTML 5 standalones do not currently function when they contain extensions
with dependencies.

*Getting the release*
You can get the release at http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/

LiveCode 8 is still in development so we’d love to hear any
feedback you have on it. There are a number of features that we’d like to
implement but aren’t ready yet and the existing features are subject to
change during development - we can’t guarantee that extensions written in
Developer Previews will continue to work the same way in later versions.

Please report any bugs encountered on our Bugzilla at
http://quality.livecode.com/

We have a forum available for discussing LiveCode Builder at
http://forums.livecode.com/viewforum.php?f=93

The LiveCode Team