[ANN] Pillar 1.0.0.

> On 01 Sep 2015, at 15:45, Ferlicot D. Cyril <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hello guys!
>
> I finished 5 months of internship into the RMoD team. I worked on Pillar
> and I am glad to announce the version 1.0.0!
> You can find an updated documentation of this version here :
> https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/view/Books/job/EnterprisePharoBook/lastBuild/artifact/book-result/PillarChap/.
>
> We decided with Damien Cassou to use Semetic Versioning from now (see:
> http://semver.org/).
>
> I will now explain the main changes I did on Pillar during my internship.
>
> For each new feature I added tests and documentation.
>
> I will begin with the changes of Pillar's structure
>
> - The configuration system is now manage by Cocoon
> (http://www.smalltalkhub.com/#!/~PharoExtras/Cocoon)
> -- We now use Magritte in Cocoon
>
> - I added Annotations : A syntax extension point
>
> - I added Transformers : A way to transform a document model before an
> export (to add a section structure in HTML for example)
>
> - Some small refactoring.
> -- Improvement of the template management
> -- Improvement of the Pillar model parameters
>
> - Improvement of the document model
> -- Now the figures and links are two different entity
>
> - I begun a PetitPillar (with PetitParser) in order to replace the old
> parser too complicated.
>
> Now I will talk about new features for the users
>
> - Improvement of the usability of Pillar under Windows
>
> - Beamer and Deck.js exporters
>
> - Annotations :
> -- To include a Pillar file into an other (${inputFile:path}$) (Example:
> https://github.com/SquareBracketAssociates/EnterprisePharo/blob/master/EnterprisePharo.pillar)
> -- To create new slides in Beamer and Deck.js (${slide:My
> Title|label=optional}$)
> -- To create columns into a Pillar document (currently works in Beamer,
> Deck.js and HTML)
> -- …
>
> - Transformers
> -- You can now add a parameter "lineNumber=true" to a script and Pillar
> will transform them to add the line numbers
> -- You can now import a script from an other file (see the documentation
> of the scripts)
> -- …
>
> - Improvement of the errors raised by Pillar
>
> - Addition of the inter-files links
>
> - Improvement of the title configuration for numbering
>
> - No need to make scripts anymore to use Pillar !
> -- You can used "defaultExporters" in your configuration to do multiple
> export (see documentation)
> -- Pillar generate a script for LaTeX compilation (only for Unix for now)
>
> - Possibility to export everything into a different folder (simpler to
> clean after)
> -- And possibility to copy some support files
>
> For the two previous point you can take example on Enterprise Pharo
> (https://github.com/SquareBracketAssociates/EnterprisePharo) and Pharo
> Mooc (https://github.com/SquareBracketAssociates/PharoMooc).
>
> This was a really cool internship :)
>
> If you have some questions do not hesitate!
>
> --
> Cyril
>