Spyder v5.2.0 Release Notes
Release Date: 2021-11-24 // over 2 years ago-
🆕 New features
- ➕ Add new entry in preferences to turn off plugins
- ➕ Add experimental support for PySide2
🛠 Important fixes
- 👉 Show standard streams when running code in the IPython Console
- 🔌 Speed up search in the Find plugin
🆕 New API features
- Migrate the IPython Console to the new API
- ➕ Add new mechanism for plugin teardowm
- ➕ Add a way to create stacked widgets connected to the IPython Console like Plots and the Variable explorer
Issues Closed
- Issue 16863 - Kernel error trigerred by an asyncio conflict with SpyderKernelApp (PR 16872 by @ccordoba12)
- 🍎 Issue 16828 - Python seems to be incorrectly compiled for macOS installer (PR 16849 by @mrclary)
- Issue 16790 - Inconsistent debugger behavior (PR 16820 by @ccordoba12)
- Issue 16780 - AttributeError: 'EvalEnv' object has no attribute 'get' (PR 16815 by @ccordoba12)
- Issue 16778 - Readme is outdated (PR 16783 by @ccordoba12)
- ✅ Issue 16763 - app/tests/test_mainwindow.py::test_runcell_pdb is failing
- Issue 16762 - _kill_kernel changed in jupyter_clients 7.0.6 (PR 16644 by @bnavigator)
- Issue 16749 - has_been_modified method has two arguments but only one is passed in Preferences (PR 16787 by @steff456)
- Issue 16748 - Startup run code of IPython is not working when using projects (PR 16753 by @dalthviz)
- Issue 16745 - "Create new project" dialog box button focus is "Cancel" not "Create" (PR 16847 by @ccordoba12)
- Issue 16731 - Opening Image RGB object in the variable explorer (PR 16738 by @ccordoba12)
- Issue 16703 - AttributeError when searching for help (PR 16705 by @ccordoba12)
- 🏗 Issue 16649 - Mac installers are failing to build (PR 16652 by @mrclary)
- Issue 16598 - AttributeError when opening numpy array from OS file explorer (PR 16605 by @ccordoba12)
- Issue 16571 - TypeError in Tour with Python 3.10 (PR 16574 by @rear1019)
- 🏁 Issue 16537 - Installer-based Spyder does not start on Windows (PR 16559 by @dalthviz)
- Issue 16477 - Drag & drop error in the Help pane (PR 16483 by @ccordoba12)
- Issue 16444 - Regression: Spyder 5.1.5 doesn't enter on debug mode on breakpoint() command (PR 16496 by @ccordoba12)
- Issue 16348 - ModuleNotFoundError with PyTorch and setting a custom interpreter (PR 16815 by @ccordoba12)
- Issue 16280 - Autoformat files on save when running them causes lines addition to code (PR 16539 by @impact27)
- Issue 16216 - Permanently undock some panes? (PR 16889 by @ccordoba12)
- Issue 15921 - Consoles connected to external ipykernels break Plots and the Variable Explorer (PR 15922 by @impact27)
- Issue 15875 - CommError: The comm is not connected when changing Matplotlib backend (PR 16370 by @ccordoba12)
- 🔌 Issue 15654 -
Alt Gr + Ftriggering Find in files plugin instead of square brackets ([) on QWERTZ (Hungarian) keyboard layout (PR 16782 by @ccordoba12) - 👕 Issue 15594 - Completion & Linting settings missing from the preferences menu (PR 16012 by @andfoy)
- Issue 15340 - UnicodeDecodeError when opening a project (PR 16522 by @ccordoba12)
- 🚤 Issue 14823 - Typing latency in the editor due to folding (PR 16446 by @mrclary)
- 🍎 Issue 14138 - Run Tests on macOS Application (PR 16339 by @mrclary)
- Issue 13991 - 'cerr' output multiplied with multiple clicks of 'Run'. (PR 14025 by @impact27)
- 🚚 Issue 12194 - Move IPython console to use the new API (PR 16324 by @dalthviz)
- 🏁 Issue 10649 - Layout of undocked windows not saved on Spyder 4 (PR 16889 by @ccordoba12)
- Issue 9759 - Output from C++ library not shown on IPython console (PR 14025 by @impact27)
- 👍 Issue 6894 - PySide2 support (PR 16322 by @rear1019)
- Issue 1922 - (IPython) Some exceptions are only shown in the kernel's console (PR 14025 by @impact27)
🚀 In this release 34 issues were closed.
🔀 Pull Requests Merged
- ⚡️ PR 16892 - PR: Update core deps for 5.2.0, by @dalthviz
- ⏪ PR 16889 - PR: Save and restore geometry of undocked plugins, by @ccordoba12 (16216, 10649)
- PR 16872 - PR: Run asyncio and normal handlers in the kernel (IPython console), by @ccordoba12 (16863)
- ⚡️ PR 16857 - PR: Update translations from Crowdin, by @spyder-bot
- ✅ PR 16856 - PR: Don't use Matplotlib in a test to prevent hangs, by @ccordoba12
- 🚀 PR 16855 - PR: Update missing translation strings for next release, by @dalthviz
- 🖨 PR 16850 - PR: Print std stream messages in the console while starting, by @impact27
- 🚑 PR 16849 - PR: Filter 'This version of python seems to be incorrectly compiled...' pydev_log.critical message, by @mrclary (16828)
- 🔌 PR 16848 - PR: Prevent some plugins from being disabled, by @steff456
- PR 16847 - PR: Improve the "Create new project" dialog (Projects), by @ccordoba12 (16745)
- ✅ PR 16845 - PR: Skip a test in our pip slots because it's hanging, by @ccordoba12
- PR 16831 - PR: Fix some issues after the IPython Console migration, by @dalthviz
- 🍎 PR 16829 - PR: Constrain IPython to be less than 7.28.0 for macOS installer, by @mrclary
- 🔌 PR 16824 - PR: Fix crashes when certain plugins are not available, by @ccordoba12
- PR 16820 - PR: Fix inconsistent behavior when running comprehensions in the debugger, by @ccordoba12 (16790)
- ✅ PR 16819 - PR: Skip a test that became too flaky on Mac, by @ccordoba12
- PR 16815 - PR: Fix a couple of issues when running Pytorch code (IPython console), by @ccordoba12 (16780, 16348)
- 🚀 PR 16801 - PR: Update RELEASE.md and CONTRIBUTING.md, by @dalthviz
- PR 16787 - PR: Add missing argument to shortcut preferences, by @steff456 (16749)
- 🚚 PR 16783 - PR: Remove paragraph about Spyder 4 (Readme), by @ccordoba12 (16778)
- PR 16782 - PR: Change keyboard shortcut for "Find in files" action in the Search menu, by @ccordoba12 (15654)
- ⚡️ PR 16772 - PR: Update translations for 5.2.0, by @dalthviz
- PR 16766 - PR: Fix kernel shutdown (IPython console), by @impact27
- ⚡️ PR 16764 - PR: Update Spyder for qtconsole 5.2.0, by @impact27
- PR 16753 - PR: Allow console restart when reopening projects at startup, by @dalthviz (16748)
- PR 16738 - PR: Reimport ArrayEditor when displaying PIL images to avoid error (Variable Explorer), by @ccordoba12 (16731)
- PR 16722 - PR: PySide - Do not pass
Noneto QTreeView.setExpanded() (prevents a TypeError), by @rear1019 - PR 16711 - PR: UX improvements to panes that inherit from OneColumnTree widget, by @ccordoba12
- PR 16705 - PR: Catch error when trying to install event filter in WebView widget, by @ccordoba12 (16703)
- PR 16686 - PR: Try to fix bug when setting cursor shape for single click to open (Files/Projects), by @ccordoba12
- ✅ PR 16678 - PR: Check tests with new snippets cache (Completions), by @ccordoba12
- 🍎 PR 16652 - PR: Limit jupyter-core to be less than 4.9 for macOS Installer, by @mrclary (16649)
- 👍 PR 16644 - PR: Add support for Jupyter-client >= 7, by @bnavigator (16762)
- PR 16605 - PR: Fix error when opening files that the Variable Explorer can handle (Main window), by @ccordoba12 (16598)
- 🐧 PR 16602 - PR: Only run pyenv tests on Linux (Testing), by @ccordoba12
- PR 16601 - PR: Fix
__init__of widgets that inherit from SpyderWidgetMixin for PyQt5 , by @ccordoba12 - ✅ PR 16599 - PR: Help pip solver to pull dependencies faster (Testing), by @ccordoba12
- 🔌 PR 16585 - PR: Fix QProcess error messages in Completions plugin, by @rear1019
- PR 16574 - PR: Fix QImage.scaled() with PyQt5 >= 5.15 (Tours), by @rear1019 (16571)
- 👕 PR 16565 - PR: Remove top constraint on Pylint, by @ccordoba12
- PR 16559 - PR: Fix fallback to Spyder 2 icon theme to handle QtAwesome FontError, by @dalthviz (16537)
- 📄 PR 16540 - PR: Fix link to Spyder docs in connect to external kernel dialog, by @CAM-Gerlach
- PR 16539 - PR: Avoid calling auto-formatting when such an operation is taking place, by @impact27 (16280)
- 🔀 PR 16532 - PR: Sync subrepo with spyder-kernels#327, by @impact27
- PR 16522 - PR: Read project config file using UTF-8 (Projects), by @ccordoba12 (15340)
- PR 16507 - PR: Fix swapped icons for Indent/Unindent actions (Editor), by @rear1019
- ✅ PR 16496 - PR: Add a test to check that the breakpoint builtin is working, by @ccordoba12 (16444)
- ✅ PR 16492 - PR: Use conda-forge and mamba for testing, by @ccordoba12
- 📦 PR 16484 - PR: Break
widgets.pymodule into a package (Find), by @ccordoba12 - PR 16483 - PR: Fix error when loading urls (Help), by @ccordoba12 (16477)
- PR 16457 - PR: Change cursor to pointing hand when single click option is on in Files and Projects, by @ccordoba12
- 🐎 PR 16446 - PR: Improve performance of code folding and indent guides, by @mrclary (14823)
- PR 16441 - PR: Use a different icon for text completions, by @ccordoba12
- ✅ PR 16370 - PR: Add a test for the Tkinter backend (IPython console), by @ccordoba12 (15875)
- 🍎 PR 16339 - PR: Add automatic tests for the macOS installer, by @mrclary (14138)
- PR 16324 - PR: Migrate the IPython Console to the new API, by @dalthviz (12194)
- PR 16322 - PR: Make Spyder compatible (for the most part) with PySide2, by @rear1019 (6894)
- PR 16229 - PR: Several improvements to Find, by @ccordoba12
- 🔌 PR 16012 - PR: Add plugin teardown operations to the plugin registry, by @andfoy (15594)
- 🔌 PR 15922 - PR: Add a way to create plugins like Plots and the Variable explorer to the API, by @impact27 (15921)
- PR 14025 - PR: Fix handling of kernel stderr, and capture stdout and segfaults too (IPython console), by @impact27 (9759, 1922, 13991)
🚀 In this release 61 pull requests were closed.