KIELER Rich Client Application 0.9.0

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We are happy to provide the ninth release of the Kiel Integrated Environment for Layout Eclipse Rich Client! It is a framework for enhanced user interaction in graphical modeling basing on the Eclipse platform. This being a pre-release it provides some basic core contributions as listed below. The full user experience will follow in upcoming releases. For known shortcomings and problems also see below.

Installation

You can either download the Rich Client Application (RCA) which is a self-contained application bundled with everything you need to run KIELER, or you can install the single KIELER features via an update site on top of your own Eclipse installation (Eclipse 4.3 "Kepler" required).

Release Notes

The 0.9.0 release comes with major changes as we replaced our GMF based SyncCharts editor by a new Xtext based SCCharts editor (see below).

New Features Included in 0.9.0

Here's a list of the most prominent new features provided with version 0.9.0:

Deprecated Features Removed in 0.8.0

The following features were shipping with version 0.7.0, but are not included in version 0.8.0 anymore:

Quickstart

Start with the ABO ("Hello World") Example

The 0.9.0 release provides examples you can add and play around with. You can start with an example by doing one of the following things:

Known Problems and Limitations

Bug Reports, Comments

We're working hard to make the graphical modeling user experience as convenient as possible. However, bugs can still remain in the code and some things might not be as you would expect them. Please don't hesitate to send in bug reports or give other comments like feature requests.

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