[websites/rkward-kde-org] /: RKWard 0.8.2

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

Git commit e57e415a9964ac8632aadbf0bf898dd08ed41bc3 by Thomas Friedrichsmeier.
Committed on 01/10/2025 at 11:55.
Pushed by tfry into branch 'master'.

RKWard 0.8.2

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https://invent.kde.org/websites/rkward-kde-org/-/commit/e57e415a9964ac8632aadbf0bf898dd08ed41bc3

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+  rkwardVersionDate: "Oct 01, 2025"
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 ## Citation
 
-  - Suggested citation for RKWard itself (please do not forget to update the version number as appropriate): Friedrichsmeier, T. & the RKWard Team (2022). RKWard: Frontend to the R statistics language. Version 0.7.4. https://rkward.kde.org
+  - Suggested citation for RKWard itself (please do not forget to update the version number as appropriate): Friedrichsmeier, T. & the RKWard Team (2025). RKWard: Frontend to the R statistics language. Version 0.8.2. https://rkward.kde.org
   - Peer review article on RKWard in the Journal of Statistical Software (2012) http://dev1.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v049i09
 
 ## You can help
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+---
+title: RKWard 0.8.2
+date: 2025-10-01
+---
+
+A new release, RKWard 0.8.2, is available for [download](/download), today. The new release brings some powerful additions which may, however, not be immediately visibile at first glance. The first of these is the much improved "R Console" preview mode: In an R script window, bring up the "Preview" menu and select
+"R Console". Importantly, besides additional options, the preview mode can now also keep track of changes you make to on-screen graphics. This allows you to
+create a full record of your interactive session, on the fly.
+
+Another new feature for power users is the Quick Code Naviation Mode for R scripts, which allows to navigate R code based on it syntactic structur, very quickly,
+i.e. you can move to, or select the next, or previous statement, inner or outer statements, etc. In a script editor window, activate the mode from the toolbar
+(or hit Meta+N), and click on the small help-link for a comprehensive list of options, and shortcuts.
+
+Last but not least, the separate repository of plugin packages for RKWard has received several interesting addtions, recently. See
+Settings->Manage R packages->Install to browse the list.
+
+As usual, we're looking forward to your [feedback](/contact) suggestions, and contributions!
+
+#### The changes in detail:
+
+- New features and improvements
+   - Adeed: Allow to show kate plugin provided code completion lists (e.g. snippets or project plugin)
+   - Changed: R backend now uses UTF-8 mode on Windows
+   - Added: options(error) may now be set freely (no longer needs to be .rk.do.error for correct behavior)
+   - Added: Enhanced "R Console" preview mode, including produced plots
+   - Added: New mechanism RK.addHook() to monitor RK() devices for modifications
+   - Added: Actions to navigate R code based on its structure & Quick Code Navigation Mode
+   - Added: Plugins: Enhance addChangeCommand() to allow writing more readable GUI logic code
+   - Added: Plugins: Simplify running R commands inside GUI logic code
+   - Internal: Code cleanups
+   - Internal: Remove dependency on Qt5-compatibility library
+- Bug fixes
+   - Fixed: Package installation dialog now works with options(pkgType="both"), and this is now the default on Windows and Mac
+   - Fixed: Code completion (importantly filename completion) failed to trigger inside quotes
+   - Fixed: Code completion hints would sometimes be misplaced to top-left cursor position
+   - Fixed: Call hint did not show active function along with arguments
+   - Fixed: Attached windows would not always be placed in the most recently active pane (in a split view)
+   - Fixed: Crash when switching from dialog to wizard interface in plugins providing a preview
+   - Fixed: Crash using context menu while data editor is visible, under certain conditions
+   - Fixed: Crash on script errors in plugins
+   - Fixed: Printing of captured R messages/warnings in plugins was broken