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Leo: Leonine Editor with Outlines

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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.

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