Release Notes

Scilab 5.1

Graphics

Errors occuring when getting or setting graphic handles properties are now treated as any other Scilab errors. As a consequence, these kinds of errors are now interrupting Scilab scripts when occuring. Although this simplifies graphic error detection, it might break some scripts containing such errors.

Scipad

input('xxx') from Scipad (bug #2578): The function input('xxx') called from scipad is crashing Scilab. This bug is due to internal issues and will be fixed in a future version.

Scipad Debugger: The Scipad debugger is still broken because of code reorganization that has been performed in the Scilab core and rewriting of the Tcl interface. It has therefore been unplugged from Scipad and will be plugged back as soon as possible.

Mac OS X port

There are some known issues with the Mac OS X version:

For now, Tcl/Tk has been disabled. The technical reason is because
both Swing and Tk need to be driven by the Core Foundation
(CFRunLoopRun) and it is tricky to handle both at the sametime.
As a consequence, TclSci (Scilab / Tcl interface) Scipad, GED
and the variable editor are not working.
On a non-up-to-date Mac OS X, an error saying that the Dock Icon
cannot be set can occur. Please update your Mac OS X Java.
Scilab starts in the background (ie behind other applications).
The merge of windows provided by the docking system does not work
Because of a Mac OS X bug, Scilab is not using the typical
Mac OS X Screen Menu Bar.
See: http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4074
If you want to use it, uncomment the line about useScreenMenuBar in
share/scilab/modules/jvm/etc/jvm_options.xml
Due to internal constraints, during the load of Scilab, it is normal
to see the icon changing for a second.
On a fresh compiled version of Scilab, you could experience some
issues with the unsfdcopy function. This might be related to the
version of your compiler/libraries.
The refresh on some demos is not done correctly which can cause
some refresh issues.

Misc

If you find bugs under Mac OS X which are not in this list, please submit them on: http://bugzilla.scilab.org/

Please provide the relevant part from /var/log/system.log

And patches are welcome!