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2024.09.0-103

30 Sep 17:36
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  • -UserSetup.exe for Windows x64 (user level install)
  • .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+).

Please review Positron's license agreement. Your acceptance of this license agreement is required as a condition to proceeding with your download or use of the software.

Release Notes

New Features

  • Added improvements for Python application framework workflows for Streamlit, Dash, Gradio, FastAPI, Flash #4555, #4557, #3023, #3024, #3027
  • Added copy support to plots hosted in an editor tab #4362
  • Added a button to move a Data Explorer editor tab to a new window #3839
  • Added Reticulate support for using Python in R sessions #3942

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed focus management issues for modal dialogs #4765
  • Fixed an issue with the Variables pane while formatting summaries of DuckDB objects #4777
  • Fixed scrollbars for Data Explorer after resizing #4834
  • Fixed the placement of the progress bar for Plots in an editor tab #4562
  • Improved R installation discovery on Windows #3787
  • Improved custom theme support for colors of destructive buttons in modals #3799

2024.09.0-77

23 Sep 15:48
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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

  • .dmg for Mac (Universal),
  • -Setup.exe for Windows x64 (system level install)
  • -UserSetup.exe for Windows x64 (user level install)
  • .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+).

Please review Positron's license agreement. Your acceptance of this license agreement is required as a condition to proceeding with your download or use of the software.

Release Notes

New Features

  • Update to upstream VS Code 1.93 (#4655). This release includes a profiles editor, better accessibility for tables, and many small bugfixes and improvements. Read the release notes here: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_93
  • Pressing Play on a Python file now runs the entire file, instead of just a line (#4705)
  • Python app files (e.g. Streamlit) now have a Run App in Terminal gesture in the editor context (play button) (#4625)
  • Add new environment variables POSITRON_MODE and POSITRON_LONG_VERSION to help identify Positron environment (#4082)

Bugfixes

  • Ensure the Console scrolls down after taking input (#4136)
  • Remove incorrect diagnostic error in some R formulas (#4679)
  • Address issue causing Data Explorer to occasionally open blank (#4663)
  • The Enter key now dismisses all Positron modal dialogs (#3491, #4203)

2024.09.0-45

16 Sep 23:40
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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

  • .dmg for Mac (Universal),
  • -Setup.exe for Windows x64 (system level install)
  • -UserSetup.exe for Windows x64 (user level install)
  • .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+).

Please review Positron's license agreement. Your acceptance of this license agreement is required as a condition to proceeding with your download or use of the software.

Release notes

  • Added "does not contain" filter support for Data Explorer #4375
  • Removed Data Explorer Summary Hidden option now that the summary is collapsable #4672
  • Fixed a focus issue for Data Explorer filter modal when window was popped out #3978
  • Fixed tab navigation order when the Data Explorer was positioned in the Right side layout #4681
  • Fixed Console prompt dimming on Linux #3970
  • Fixed an issue with focus for Console input prompts #4136
  • Fixed a Console rendering issue that could occur when the Pane was moved #2116
  • Fixed how multiple arguments are passed to the shell in R tasks #4649
  • Established a mechanism to propagate environment variables to known R tasks, allowing a fix for testthat:set_max_fails() #2723
  • Fixed copying plots when the Positron UI is hosted in a web browser #4433
  • Removed unwanted GlyphRenderer messages in the Plots pane when using Bokeh #4597
  • Updated built-in extensions: Jupyter to 2024.8.1 and associated dependencies, Pyright to 1.1.379, Black Formatter to 2024.2.0, Python Debugger (debugpy) to 2024.8.0

2024.09.0-27

11 Sep 16:23
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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

  • .dmg for Mac (Universal),
  • -Setup.exe for Windows x64 (system level install)
  • -UserSetup.exe for Windows x64 (user level install)
  • .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+).

Please review Positron's license agreement. Your acceptance of this license agreement is required as a condition to proceeding with your download or use of the software.

Release notes

  • Updated Data Explorer column summary section to be collapsible #2823
  • Added support for IPyWidget Output widgets #4390
  • Added a preview of experimental feature that allows a plot to load in a custom editor window. This can be enabled through the application.experimental.positronPlotsEditor setting. #4364
  • Added Run Selection command for R to Command Palette, Context Menu and Toolbar Menu #2084
  • Added a --quiet flag for R extension tasks #2715
  • Fixed support for Bokeh plots on Windows #4397
  • Fixed Bokeh plots when using Holoviews #4541
  • Improved the Data Explorer performance such that grid data and column summary information can be retrieved more efficiently for large datasets #4326
  • Fixed issue with tooltips appearing behind button menus #2525
  • Fixed keyboard shortcut display in menus for Windows and Linux #3472

2024.09.0-1

04 Sep 15:44
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  • .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu 22+).

Please review Positron's license agreement. Your acceptance of this license agreement is required as a condition to proceeding with your download or use of the software.

Release notes

  • Improved support for Holoviz plots (#4365)
  • Added default to R signature labels (#2779)
  • Improved how R object sizes are computed (#478 and #4512)
  • Added retries for R Help proxy requests (#3753)
  • Removed unactionable R LSP error popups(#3467)
  • Improved the refresh behavior for new Python environments (#3944)
  • Added completions for .Rprofile files (#2887)
  • Added a new action to open a URI in the Viewer pane (#4553)

2024.08.0-83

29 Aug 17:06
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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

  • .dmg for Mac (Universal),
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  • -UserSetup.exe for Windows x64 (user level install)
  • .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu).

Please review Positron's license agreement. Your acceptance of this license agreement is required as a condition to proceeding with your download or use of the software.

Release notes

  • Fixed a bug in how hyperlinks are displayed in the console (#4413)
  • Fixed a bug where some URLs were being opened in the editor instead of the browser (#4297)
  • Fixed how R installed via rig on Linux is detected (#4450)
  • Merged upstream VS Code 1.92 (#4283)
  • Improved support for interactive plots such as bokeh (#4410 and #4087)
  • Fixed a problem with interactive plots consuming too much memory (#1713)
  • Fixed a Data Explorer bug related to older versions of SQLAlchemy (#4347)

2024.08.0-48

19 Aug 16:16
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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

  • .dmg for Mac (Universal),
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  • -UserSetup.exe for Windows x64 (user level install)
  • .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu).

Please review Positron's license agreement. Your acceptance of this license agreement is required as a condition to proceeding with your download or use of the software.

Release notes

  • Fixed a bug in the Data Explorer summary panel (#4301)
  • Improved how the Data Explorer handles all missing columns in pandas (#4307)
  • Added support for using a label with %view in the Data Explorer (#4310)
  • Added support in the Plots pane for Bokeh (#4249), Holoviz (#3880), and zooming interactive plots (#4210)

2024.08.0-31

10 Aug 19:08
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2024.08.0-31 Pre-release
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  • -UserSetup.exe for Windows x64 (user level install)
  • .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu).

Please review Positron's license agreement. Your acceptance of this license agreement is required as a condition to proceeding with your download or use of the software.

Release Notes

  • Addresses an issue impacting some Positron Windows installations locating versions of R #4280

2024.08.0-24

09 Aug 16:38
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2024.08.0-24 Pre-release
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  • .dmg for Mac (Universal),
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  • -UserSetup.exe for Windows x64 (user level install)
  • .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu).

Please review Positron's license agreement. Your acceptance of this license agreement is required as a condition to proceeding with your download or use of the software.

Release Notes

  • Fix ipywidget message processing to support web mapping packages, including leafmap, geemap. #4181
  • Add experimental support for remote SSH sessions (see notes and caveats in PR #4251). #2307
  • Update Quarto extension to version 1.114.0
  • Add a version of "execute command" that waits for completion. This also addressed #3256
  • Fix an issue with the order of command execution when multiple commands are sent to the Console at once. #4096
  • Automatically size the column widths of the Data Explorer based on column header and cell contents. #2527
  • Improve rendering of the null percent component in Data Explorer column summaries. #2861 and #4291

2024.08.0-5

06 Aug 18:22
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Installers can be found under the Assets section below. The filename extensions for each platform are:

  • .dmg for Mac (Universal),
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  • -UserSetup.exe for Windows x64 (user level install)
  • .deb for Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu).

Please review Positron's license agreement. Your acceptance of this license agreement is required as a condition to proceeding with your download or use of the software.

Release Notes

  • Quarto 1.5.55 is now bundled with Positron (#3705)
  • Add support for matplotlib interactive mode ipympl (#4173)
  • Add support for two-way communication in interactive ipywidgets, ipytree, ipyleaflet, anywidget, drawdata and pythreejs (#3276)
  • Locate R installations on the PATH on Windows (#3702)
  • Fix a focus issue for the Data Explorer after re-selecting a data variable for viewing (#4197)