RED 0.8.5
RED - Robot Editor v0.8.5
Introduction
RED Robot Editor is Eclipse based editor for RobotFramework test cases.
Release contains Eclipse feature of RED Robot Editor to be installed into Eclipse.
Requirements
- Oracle Java 1.8+ https://www.java.com/
- RED feature only: Eclipse Oxygen (v 4.7), preferably IDE for Java Developers https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
- Python/Jython & RobotFramework installed
Installation
Installation instructions
Due to internal changes to support Eclipse Oxygen API, RED Product 0.8.2 cannot be upgraded from 0.8.0 and earlier versions.
For RED feature installed on Eclipse Neon, please upgrade your Eclipse platform: https://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_upgrade_Eclipse_IDE%3F
Notable updates
- RED now uses html format for documentation
- many fixes in coloring in text and table editors
- Rflint now has field for command line parameters - check Preferences
- RED can use Eclipse parameters in fields for launching (rflint,run configurations) #184 - more info in help: RED - Robot Editor User Guide > User guide > Launching Tests >String substitution variables
- Graceful Robot/process killing to allow Robot to generate reports #170
- Autodiscovery and quick fix improvements
GitHub issues updates
- #125 - try to look for python2/python3 filenames when looking for python installations
- #170 - interrupt tests processes instead of killing them
- #185 - Libdoc view from PE - does not show docs when doc contains < and > strings
- #180 - Add command line filed to Rflint
- #184 - Resolve Eclipse parameters in fields for launching stuff (rflint,run configs)
- #187 - Keyword with parameterized name coloring
- #194 - Coloring variables using square brackets
full changes in changelog.txt