Latest wxGlade in SPE subversion

I've uploaded the latest wxGlade cvs into the subversion repository of SPE.

Last WinPdb debugger 1.0.9 in SPE subversion

The last version of WinPdb debugger 1.0.9 has hit the SPE 0.8.4 subversion repository. What is now especially nice is that when you debug a python file from SPE, WinPdb remembers it when you have to relaunch the script. In case you don't know WinPdb:

Winpdb is a GPL python debugger, with support for smart breakpoints, multiple threads, namespace modification, embedded debugging, password encrypted communication and speed of up to 20 times that of pdb.

What I like especially about WinPdb, is that it is perfect for gui debugging as it supports multiple threads, that you can change variables on the fly (with exec variable=new_value in the shell) and... the amazing speed for a debugger. It almost runs programs at normal speed. SPE gives you the option to start running a program normally and to let WinPdb break in from the moment you want to debug. WinPdb has been fixed for Ubuntu and Mac, so now it is the best open source python debugger for Linux, Mac and Windows.

These are all the changes of 1.0.9:

• Bug fix of bug 1654010 - window gets bigger on every session.
• Bug fix of bug 1373074 - 2 Window menus on mac.
• Bug fix of bug 1654011 - clipping long path names at the left.
• Bug fix of bug 1654009 - List indices are sorted wrong.
• Bug fix of bug 1610393 - Problems with wx-2.7.2-msw-unicode.
• Bug fix of bug 1481097 - "# -*- coding: " problem.
• + fixes for tons of unreported bugs.
• Feature request 1654155 - More compact variable list on OS X.
• Feature request 1446799 - Restarting.
• Feature request 1364935 - remember command line file.

In the latest release of SPE 0.8.3.c shipped with Winpdb 1.0.6 , so the changes of WinPdb might interest you as well:

• Bug fix of bug 1358842 - Wrong terminal command in RHEL4.
• Bug fix of bug 1559668 - not work with Ubuntu Dapper 6.06.
• Bug fix of bug 1476311 - script launch fails with gnome-terminal.
• Bug fix of bug 1492500 - Filtering should work anywhere.
• Bug fix of bug 1445514 - Doesn't work with *.pyw scripts.
• Bug fix of bug 1491470 - Slightly difficult to use a custom terminal in rpdb2.
• Bug fix of bug 1546181 - Sort names alphabetically.
• Bug fix of bug 1481097 - "# -*- coding: " problem.
• Fixed exception handling on CPython 2.4.x and CPython 2.5.
• Fixed some compatibility issues with wxPython 2.7.

How to download the latest SPE from subversion

If you want to have the latest version of SPE, use subversion which is very easy. (Subversion is a way for multiple people around the world to work on the same program. It keeps the changes that they make to the source code of that program in sync with each other.) Do not forget first to uninstall your previous version of SPE! Windows users can uninstall SPE through 'Add/Remove programs' in the Control Panel (look for 'python-spe*', not for 'spe') and use a subversion client (tortoisesvn, rapidsvn) to get the latest SPE. Linux and mac users need just to copy and paste this in the terminal:

svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/python/spe/trunk/_spe

This will create a '_spe' folder. (Do not rename it to 'spe' or another name!) From this folder you can run:

python SPE.py

To browse the subversion repository online, surf to:

http://svn.berlios.de/wsvn/python/spe/trunk/_spe/

For ubuntu: to first remove SPE, type this in the terminal:

sudo apt-get remove spe kiki wxglade

To install subversion (svn), type this in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install subversion

Instructions for Tortoise SVN (thanks Richard):

1. Go to the location you want to download SPE to
2. Right click -> SVN Checkout
3. Paste svn://svn.berlios.de/python/spe/trunk/_spe into the url field
4. Click ok and it should work.