leo 5.0-final

Leo: Leonine Editor with Outlines

Leo 5.0 final November 24, 2014

Leo 5.0-final is now available at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/files/Leo/

This release fixes several installation issues and updates installation instructions for Linux/Ubuntu.

Leo is a PIM, an IDE and an outliner. Video tutorials: http://leoeditor.com/screencasts.html Text tutorials: http://leoeditor.com/tutorial.html

The highlights of Leo 5.0

• Better compatibility with vim, Emacs, pylint and PyQt:

  • Optional native emulation of vim commands.

  • Full support for Emacs org-mode outlines.

  • Full support for Vim .otl outlines.

  • Better support for pylint.

  • Support for both PyQt4 and PyQt5.

• Smoother installation:

  • Support for brew install leo on MacOS.

  • ‘python setup.py install’ now works.

  • pip install leo now works.

  • Leo is now a debian package.

• Better handling of nodes containing large text:

  • Idle time syntax coloring eliminates delay.

  • Optional delayed loading of large text.

• Power features:

  • Command history for minibuffer commands.

  • Leo available via github repository.

  • File name completion.

  • Cloned nodes expand and contract independently.

  • @data nodes can be composed from descendant nodes.

  • No need to change Leo’s main style sheet: it can be customized with @color and @font settings.

  • @persistence nodes save data in @auto trees.

  • A pluggable architecture for @auto nodes.

  • The style-reload command changes Leo’s appearance instantly.

• Important new plugins for tagging, display and node evaluation.

• For beginners:

  • Leo’s default workbook files contains Leo’s quickstart guide.

• Hundreds of new/improved features and bug fixes.

Links:

Leo: http://leoeditor.com Docs: http://leoeditor.com/leo_toc.html Tutorials: http://leoeditor.com/tutorial.html Videos: http://leoeditor.com/screencasts.html Forum: http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/files/ Github: https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor Quotes: http://leoeditor.com/testimonials.html