This is an announce for the release of JazzScheme 2.3 (www.jazzscheme.org).

JazzScheme is a development system based on extending the Scheme programming
language and the Gambit system. It includes a module system, hygienic macros,
object-oriented programming, a full featured cross-platform application framework,
a sophisticated programmable IDE and a build system that creates binaries for
Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. JazzScheme has been used for more than 10 years
to develop high-quality commercial software.

See http://www.jazzscheme.org/installation.htm for details on installing JazzScheme
from its public Git repository.


NEW IN 2.3
  Kernel
    * Added -load option to load a specific module
    * Added -eval option to evaluate code after loading the kernel
    * Added -test option to run the validation suite of a product
    * Added -force option to the kernel that can be used with -compile
    * New crash handler that will output a backtrace when a crash occurs

  Build System
    * Static build of libraries
    * The Jazz kernel can now be built as a library
    * Build system is now fully scriptable
    * Added an option to build executables without including the Gambit compiler
    * Added new options to build without debug environments or debug location
    * Added parallel build support specified by jobs: number-of-jobs
    * Added a -link option (objects libraries all) to the build system

  Language
    * Module require/import/export are now special forms
    * Added a validation suite for Jazz
    * Added support for public / protected modules
    * Import conflicts are now detected
    * Major simplification and cleanup of everything related to literals
    * Added walk-time argument count validation
    * Implementated runtime library access of its exported symbols
    * All Jazz exception handling now fully supports scheme exceptions
    * Printing load stack in error message when cyclic dependencies occur
    * Added override modifier to methods overriding a base virtual method
    * Replaced function special-form with lambda in all modules
    * Now supporting slots in meta classes
    * Added initial support for type-safe enumerations

  Hygiene (many thanks to Alex Shinn)
    * Added support for hygienic macros using syntax-rules
    * Initial define-syntax support
    * Converted many macros to the new hygienic define-syntax

  Gambit
    * Added a new 'gambit' library that exports every Gambit procedure
    * Now cataloging Gambit's define-type-of- special form
    * Added an API to Gambit's structures and types
    * Added support for s8/u8/.../f32/f64 homogeneous vectors

  Framework
    * Every repository and package is now automatically an alias
    * Greatly improved load time of applications

  User Interface
    * Added support for merged cells in the tree view

  Cross-Platform
    * Many fix to X11 so it is now in a fairly usable state

  Libraries
    * Irregex
      - Ported Alex Shinn's Irregex library
    * Match
      - Ported Alex Shinn's Match library
    * Statprof
      - Added support for keeping a backtrace for each registered call
    * Added base64 module (from Gambit's examples)
    * Loading of a PNG image from a u8vector

  IDE
    * Catalogs are now automatically updated on save in a background thread
    * Regular expressions support in the multi-search/replace
    * Added a define-form macro enabling user forms to extend the IDE
    * Added basic arrow navigation in F8
    * Added a new SQL workspace
    * Started a Showcase view to showcase available widgets
    * Launch time error now get reported after IDE has finished launching
    * Made mouse copy work accross views and in plain texts
    * Added Debug With... menu item to debug using any kernel (core, debug, ...)
    * Added full-screen functionality
    * Added register-user-completion(s) to user extend auto-completion
    * Directories search is now done in a background thread
    * Every text style can now be customized in the preferences. Have fun!
    * Started work on workspaces composed of independant OS windows

  Emacs
    * Added support for all basic emacs commands
    * Incremental search with highlight of every occurence found
    * Added c-x c-f find-file, c-x c-F find-filename and c-x b find-buffer
    * Adding M-y cyclic-paste behavior to emacs bindings
    * An experimental implementation of paredit is available

  Debugger
    * Major improvements to the remote debugger
    * Inspectors now work with remote REPLs
    * Added a Show Dynamic Environment button to the Variables pane
    * Added access to selected frame local variables in REPL evaluations
    * Started work on integrating Gambit's stepper in Jedi
    * Now binding debuggee's current-input/output-port to the debugger's console
    * The inspector can now inspect Gambit structures and types

  Designer
    * Started work on a full-fledged GUI designer

  Website
    * Added a new Hello World tutorial section
    * Added a FAQ


ON THE HORIZON

* Prototype-based programming
* Static link of executables
* Finish work on the GUI designer