This document contains the latest information about Dyalog APL Version 16.0.
This file is dyalog_readme.htm and is included in the help directory in the Dyalog installation.
Although this is the second set of 16.0 installation images for Windows, this is the first full release of version 16.0 for macOS.
This section lists various changes and fixes which may affect your application. They have been made in 16.0 rather than in DSS updates since they involve a change in behaviour.
New in this Issue:
Notes from previous issues:
The HTML Renderer documentation will be enhanced further in due course, and the Conga User Guide - Supplement (which describes Conga 3) will be integrated into the Conga User Guide.
| ID | Description |
| 277 | Even with ⎕PW>256, you cannot RC beyond the 256th character of a line, but RL does work |
| 4313 | ⎕AT should report proper info for an dfn/idiom |
| 5732 | The complete image option of the Syserror dialog box fails to generate a process dump. |
| 6751 | View Function Line numbers should be greyed out and not affect a traditional function. |
| 8418 | Dynamic scope for dfn error-guards |
| 10682 | Referring to a label is incorrectly syntax coloured |
| 13385 | 00167-160 Further RNG enhancement - setting a random seed - phase III |
| 13425 | ⎕FX should reject a trad dyadic operator with same name for both operands |
| 13455 | WIBNI stand-alone editor let you increase/decrease font size |
| 13596 | ⎕nq '⎕se' 'KeyPress' '' generates a Unicode character 32767 in the session |
| 13602 | buildse.dws should generate lower case filenames, and explain how to save sessions on non-Windows platforms |
| 13609 | Options→Configure→Keyboard Shortcuts description of AO and DO should be Comment/Uncomment selected lines |
| 13643 | Explorer crashes APL when too long names are used |
| 13659 | ⎕NAPPEND fails on non seekable device |
| 13677 | ⎕NSIZE reports dubious value for a pipe |
| 13679 | 00167 Change default ⎕RL to ⍬ 1 etc: remove ⎕RL from IDE options |
| 13697 | Allow font size to be changed in Explorer preview window |
| 13742 | Pasting 2 lines into Windows session where second line has a ":" leads to a syserror 213 |
| 13747 | Windows: ⎕ED called from dfn loses input caret on exit |
| 13884 | ⎕SIGNAL 0 should clear ⎕EXCEPTION too |
| 13937 | Windows 16.0: typing such as 'a.a in the session, pausing and then hitting enter leads to a syserror 64 |
| 13948 | Drawing graphical objects onto a bitmap the transparency does not give the correct colors |
| 13970 | ⎕NC⊂ reports local names of functions in a different ns as primitive/derived |
| 14034 | Session Font Size selection is inadequate |
| 14057 | Attempting to define a vector consisting of a number with an exponent >308 followed by a complex number generates a DOMAIN ERROR |
| 14070 | @ is changed into ⎕UCS 0 on classic |
| 14172 | tty editor: when editing a scripted object, leaning on the delete line key will eventually result in a syserror 999 |
| 14189 | Execute in the session generates a misleading error message if there's a suspension. |
| 14197 | aplcores do not include the Interesting Information section |
| 14215 | stop bundling math.dws with the interpreter |
| 14233 | Editor prompt for confirmation on changes made outside the editor |
| 14253 | Print Setup dialog GUI issues |
| 14259 | Modify Session Log dialog has no "Don't ask again" checkbox |
| 14280 | Crash on revealing very long fn lines |
| 14289 | Autocomplete should match entries in its history |
| 14293 | Terminating APL with the Properties of a session menu object dialog open results in a syserror 123 |
| 14309 | Shouldn't scroll to cursor upon Reformat <RD> |
| 14358 | syserror 77 loading ⎕SE on Windows |
| 14361 | )save -force doesn't allow saving over non-workspaces |
| 14375 | Move "Use Ctrl+XCV for Cut/Copy/Paste" option into the IME |
| 14376 | Rename Enclose-if-simple to Nest in the language bar |
| 14382 | Kai <01287> , help kai with 16.0 difference involving external namespace ref error which works OK in 15.0 |
| 14385 | 1 0 1 ⍀ buf inserts garbage characters into the middle of the result |
| 14395 | Mac/Linux/AIX: location of default.dlf file |
| 14409 | Remove references to lbar.xml/APL_LANGUAGE_BAR_FILE from mapl script and installation images |
| 14426 | Wrong branch cut for DECF ¯3○ (arctan) |
| 14431 | The Find regex validator checks syntax of after every keystroke |
| 14477 | Remove "(experimental)" from overstrike introducer key on main IME configuration page |
| 14481 | Pi: change location of config files from ~/.config/dyalog/ to ~/.dyalog/ |
| 14504 | ⎕S transformation code behaviour does not follow spec |
| 14516 | Dyalog 16.0 Classic for MS Windows: default paste into Microsoft word is odd (was fine in earlier versions) |
| 14527 | Session caption is garbled in Classic |
| 14558 | Dyalog 16.0 Beta 1: installer of 32-bit version does not let you press the Finish button if you choose not to reboot |
| 14559 | syserror 999 or 193 in FlipDB test suite |
| 14565 | The Clear Button in an Edit which is the Input to a Grid does nothing when clicked |
| 14574 | Dyalog 16.0: Options→Configure tabbed property sheets need to be bigger as some controls are cut off |
| 14579 | Syserror 999 when calling ⎕FREAD |
| 14585 | Odd appearence of HasClearButton-enabled Edit field with Style=Multi |
| 14592 | Enhancement: allow toggling of PCRE matching in Editor search field |
| 14615 | syserror in ⎕CSV |
| 14631 | ⎕CSV rejects scalar character data |
| 14633 | ⎕R should return a shy result when it writes to a file |
| 14654 | 16 Beta 2 has added stencil to the wrong key, resulting in the Unicode IME failing to start up |
| ID | Description |
| 466 | In order to implement MaskCol on a Bitmap, it is not possible to set the Size of the Image, or the BCol of the Form. |
| 467 | A Dragable 2 Image does not take into account the Size of the Image, if it has been set, while being dragged. |
| 628 | Setting the Points property to an inappropriate value in a Poly with explicit LWidth can cause a SysError 999. |
| 6464 | Dyalog shortcuts leave Start In: field blank .. should be My Documents\Dyalog APL <edition> <version> Files |
| 6934 | Ensure that workspaces do not give the "GUI objects could not be recreated; the file is from an incompatible architecture" msg. |
| 7745 | If you try to use ⎕FX to fix a dfn inside # from within ⎕SE, the name of the dfn remains tied to ⎕SE under certain circumstances |
| 7945 | Expressions such as (⍴)var←1 in a dfn result in var being created global to the dfn |
| 9190 | NewLeaf crashes with a syntax error if you right click in the viewer and choose "Print (all pages)" |
| 10089 | Syserror 999 if you create a Poly with LWidth 1 and give an elaborate empty array for the Points property. |
| 11362 | apl -script returns non-zero exit status |
| 11397 | UNIX Unicode: ⎕FRENAME does not work across file systems |
| 12357 | ''⎕R'' loses empty lines when writing to a file |
| 12670 | Dialog boxes such as the About box and syserror box have text missing on Windows when DPI > 125 % |
| 12912 | The configuration tick box "Enable SALT" should be renamed |
| 13585 | Editor's quick-search field and Search dialog box do not save their state if unused and are thus awkward to clear |
| 13672 | Attempting to use the reference in a self-referencing namespace, once serialised and unserialised, leads to syserror 999 |
| 13800 | The newline value for ⎕NPUT must only be as described in the documentation; 0 is not a valid value |
| 13838 | )continue does not work if there is already a CONTINUE.dws in the current directory |
| 13909 | Session is not correctly updated when attempting to select more to the right of a multi-line selection |
| 13928 | ⎕SH joins two output lines together under certain circumstances |
| 13947 | Under Windows, ⎕CMD stops output to STDOUT when output to STDERR occur |
| 13986 | ⎕DM gives wrong name/line-number for error in inner dfn |
| 14038 | crash in -\⍣¯1 on singleton |
| 14041 | ⎕NGET returns empty result for non-Windows files such as /proc/<pid>/stat |
| 14058 | Include the cheat sheets in the software builds |
| 14073 | Bad Poly Points values cause syserror 999 |
| 14096 | Visual glitch if you set and unset a monitor bit in editor |
| 14119 | Blue vertical stripes after 280th character in a very wide session window with Dyalog for Windows |
| 14160 | When starting APL from RIDE, parts of the banner and "clear ws" text is repeated |
| 14166 | Windows: When Dyalog is started from RIDE, it should start hidden |
| 14248 | Calling 1↑¨0⍴¨⍵ where ⍵ is an instance of a Class with a non-niladic constructor generates a LENGTH ERROR but no clue as to why |
| 14262 | Windows: When Dyalog is started from RIDE, it should start hidden, but forms should still appear by default |
| 14299 | ⎕MAP of a file on Dyalog on Linux gives a length error while the same operation works on Windows |
| 14322 | Arcsin may wrongfully return non-zero imaginary part |
| 14475 | An APL process launched from another cannot locate the RIDE library |
| 14536 | × fails to check datatype for DECF |