513 features in brief

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Jun 18 2020, 8:38 am
Version 513:
  • Text and internationalization
    • Unicode is now supported, with strings stored internally in UTF-8 format
    • Most text procs now have _char versions, such as length_char(), that count by character instead of by byte; regular versions still count by byte because it's faster
    • \xNN, \uNNNN, and \UNNNNNN escape sequences for strings
  • Display
    • render_source and render_target for complex effects
    • vis_flags for more visual contents options
    • New filters: Alpha mask, ripple, displacement map, color matrix, radial blur, angular blur, rays, layering
    • New options for outline filter and the -dm-text-outline style attribute
    • BLEND_INSET_OVERLAY blend mode: uses the bottom image as a mask for the top
    • atom.plane now accepts -10000 to 10000, and FLOAT_PLANE can be relative (e.g., FLOAT_PLANE+3)
    • New animation easing type: JUMP_EASING
  • Maptext
    • client.MeasureText() for measuring maptext size
    • Underlines and strikethrough now work
    • Hyperlink support, along with a limited :hover pseudo-class
    • Justified text alignment, mixed alignments, and left/right margins
    • Images can use shadow and outline styles
  • Movement
    • Gliding is now tied to actual elapsed time instead of ticks
  • Language features
    • New procs: tan, arctan (1- and 2-argument forms), islist, ref, ismovable, clamp, sha1
    • num2text() and text2num() now support non-decimal bases
    • animate() supports accepting its changes as mutable appearances or associative lists
  • Optimizations
    • Reduced appearance churn when assigning a list to certain built-in lists like overlays, verbs, etc.
    • Slightly faster performance for while() loops, some for() loops, and the ternary ? : operator
    • More compiler optimizations, especially when using the chaining . operator after calls to certain built-in procs whose return types are known
  • Icon editor
    • Main editor shows which state names are duplicates
    • Choice of different checker sizes for transparent pixels
    • Palette handling improvements
    • Improved color selection dialog (applies to whole suite)
  • Sound
    • client.SoundQuery() proc gets feedback about what sounds are still playing
    • MP3 files are now supported
  • Debug/profiling
    • world.Profile() can be used to interact with the profiler programmatically
  • Input
    • PASS_MOUSE appearance flag for use with render targets
  • Skin
    • Updated editor for control properties is easier to keep updated, with new Events tab for on-action properties such as on-size
    • New window parameters: inner-size, outer-size
    • New input parameters: on-focus, on-blur
    • Anchor parameters can be changed at runtime
  • Reference
    • Updated awesomer reference, with ability to filter by category
    • Web reference includes a smart search feature

Jun 18 2020, 2:11 pm
That is a pretty great set of updates. Interactive text is neat. Help with inline text that contain linked words and what not. A lot more to play around with. Good stuff.
Jun 18 2020, 5:35 pm
Lummox for President /o/
Jun 18 2020, 7:21 pm
I vote YEA