TeXworks v0.4.0
Stefan Löffler has posted to the TeXworks mailing list the following:
Windows binaries and a source code bundle have been uploaded to GC, and Ubuntu packages are currently building (see https://launchpad.net/~texworks/+archive/stable/+packages). The web page (http://www.tug.org/texworks/) will be updated soon (just waiting for a routine pull from the GC repository). For a quick overview over the most important changes, please have a look at http://code.google.com/p/texworks/source/browse/tags/release-0.4.0/NEWS
This is very much evolution in TeXworks development: I’ve been using the unstable builds for some time with no serious issues, and doubt that will change much with the release of v0.4.0. I’ve quickly tested the Windows builds, and have also done a quick build on Ubuntu (see the screenshots). You will see that Mac OS X builds are currently missing: getting them working is currently proving to be something of a difficult task. So for the moment, on the Mac you have to stay with older (but quite usable) builds.
I haven’t quite followed the details, so do you mind summarize the new features in this version?
Lars Madsen
22 Mar 11 at 11:13 am
Mainly ‘evolution’ steps. For example, TeXworks now remembers things like which highlighting style you used for files, has a long ‘recent files’ list and has ‘Save All…’ (useful for bulk search-and-replace!). There has also been a lot of work on scripting. You can get the full story from http://tug.org/texworks/.
Joseph Wright
22 Mar 11 at 7:31 pm
Stefan Kottwitz has also posted some details: http://texblog.net/latex-archive/ide-editor/texworks-0-4-0/
Joseph Wright
22 Mar 11 at 7:45 pm
[...] posted yesterday that v0.4.0 of TeXworks has been released: this marks a new stable branch in the code. I also pointed out that there are official Windows and Ubuntu builds. I’m now pleased to see that there is also an unofficial build for the Mac, at least for 64-bit Intel systems (like mine!). Thanks to Jjgod Jiang for doing this: I’ve posted before about the issues building TeXworks on the Mac. So I’m now happily using the first new Mac build for over a year. [...]
New TeXworks build for Mac OS X (64-bit Intel) at Some TeX Developments
22 Mar 11 at 8:14 pm
What about master files (i.e. write in one file, compile another), this has been asked for by our users? I personally do not use TW, so I haven’t tested.
Lars Madsen
23 Mar 11 at 11:37 am
That’s been available for some time, using a ‘magic’ comment:
(which goes in the subsidiary file). This is the same method as used by TeXshop.
Joseph Wright
23 Mar 11 at 12:28 pm
[...] new TeXworks release adds a new ‘magic comment’ to the set that the program knows. So I thought it might be useful [...]
TeXworks ‘magic comments’ at Some TeX Developments
24 Mar 11 at 8:50 am
The link to the NEWS file is broken (not the displayed url, but the attribute of href): release-.4.0 should read release-0.4.0.
Manuel
24 Mar 11 at 7:13 pm
You do not need to build texworks on Ubuntu. To use the development version, simply add “ppa:texworks/ppa” to your Ubuntu repositories.
Vafa Khalighi
25 Apr 11 at 3:47 pm
I’ve always found building TeXworks on Ubuntu to be pretty easy, and I guess that I’m more wary of adding additional repos.
Joseph Wright
26 Apr 11 at 10:17 am