Release notes *2.8.8*

x86/64

docker run -it \
  -v ~/wljs:"/home/wljs/WLJS Notebooks" \
  -v ~/wljs/Licensing:/home/wljs/.WolframEngine/Licensing \
  -e PUID=$(id -u) \
  -e PGID=$(id -g) \
  -p 8000:3000 \
  --name wljs \
  ghcr.io/wljsteam/wljs-notebook:main

brew install --cask wljs-notebook

Even More Native UI

We have polished our GUI for all three platforms and eliminated our custom modal dialog windows. It now follows your system's accent color, and you can customize it from the settings menu:

Input, InputString

We reimplemented the oldest functions from Wolfram Language allowing blocking or non-blocking (InputAsync or InputStringAsync) interactive input from a user:

Plot[Evaluate[Input["Enter a function", (*SpB[*)Power[x(*|*),(*|*)3](*]SpB*)]], {x,-1,1}]

(*VB[*)(FrontEndRef["bc8bd1f4-41c6-4ef7-88e3-9517976fdd6e"])(*,*)(*"1:eJxTTMoPSmNkYGAoZgESHvk5KRCeEJBwK8rPK3HNS3GtSE0uLUlMykkNVgEKJyVbJKUYppnomhgmm+mapKaZ61pYpBrrWpoamluam6WlpJilAgCNJhXy"*)(*]VB*)

ProgressIndicator

A handy easy expression for making progress bars

ProgressIndicator[0.5, {0,1}]

(*VB[*)(ProgressIndicator[0.5, {0, 1}])(*,*)(*"1:eJxTTMoPSmNkYGAoZgESHvk5KWlMIJ4gkAgoyk8vSi0u9sxLyUxOLMkvKmIAgwf2EDUgHT6ZxSWZIMFMkCEArfQQZw=="*)(*]VB*)

You can supply a dynamic symbol to it as well

x = 0.0;
ProgressIndicator[x // Offload, {0,1}]
Do[x -= 0.1(x - 1.0); Pause[0.1], {30}];
"Done!"

Improved Text in Graphics

For certain cases Text is used in Wolfram Language can be used as an inset with symbolic numeric expressions like:

Graphics[{Disk[], White, Text[1/2, {0,0}, {0,0}]}, ImageSize->100]
Graphics[{Disk[], White, Text[Exp[2I + 1], {0,0}, {0,0}]}, ImageSize->100]
Graphics[{Disk[], White, Text[(*SqB[*)Sqrt[34](*]SqB*)/5, {0,0}, {0,0}]}, ImageSize->100]

(*VB[*)(Graphics[{Disk[{0, 0}], GrayLevel[1], Text[1/2, {0, 0}, {0, 0}]}, ImageSize -> 100])(*,*)(*"1:eJxTTMoPSmNkYGAoZgESHvk5KWlMIB4HkHAvSizIyEwuTmOGyftkFpcgVLtkFmdDVMPkMoE0A5iAqOKEmFLpk1qWmpMJEkKYFZJaUYKwKyixJDM/LxGiKBMkjNNkguJBpTmpYKs9cxPTU4Mzq1IzU4A8AI9pKhc="*)(*]VB*)

(*VB[*)(Graphics[{Disk[{0, 0}], GrayLevel[1], Text[E^(1 + 2*I), {0, 0}, {0, 0}]}, ImageSize -> 100])(*,*)(*"1:eJxTTMoPSmNkYGAoZgESHvk5KWlMIB4HkHAvSizIyEwuTmOGyftkFpcgVLtkFmdDVMPkMoE0A5iAqOKEmFLpk1qWmpMJEkKYFZJaUQLRzQokAvLLU4uKQSpcIYLsQMI5P7cgJ7UCrDETJIrTNoLiQaU5qWDneOYmpqcGZ1alZqYAeQDpYS1a"*)(*]VB*)

(*VB[*)(Graphics[{Disk[{0, 0}], GrayLevel[1], Text[Sqrt[34]/5, {0, 0}, {0, 0}]}, ImageSize -> 100])(*,*)(*"1:eJxTTMoPSmNkYGAoZgESHvk5KWlMIB4HkHAvSizIyEwuTmOGyftkFpcgVLtkFmdDVMPkMoE0A5iAqOKEmFLpk1qWmpMJEkKYFZJaUQLRzQriZeamFiOsDkosyczPS4ToyQQpQCgNyC9PLcpUgothqmeCy2FxGEHxoNKcVLDLPXMT01ODM6tSM1OAPACHwzVm"*)(*]VB*)

Dynamics is not possible at the moment for such expressions, but only for strings.

Here is a "natural" example for that in Graph.

transitionMatrix = {{7/10, 0, 3/10, 0}, {1/2, 0, 1/2, 0}, {0, 2/5, 0, 3/5}, {0, 1/5, 0, 4/5}};
mp = DiscreteMarkovProcess[2, transitionMatrix];
Graph[mp, EdgeLabels -> {e_ :> MarkovProcessProperties[mp, "TransitionMatrix"][[## & @@ e]]}]

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New shortcut

To evaluate the current cell and jump to the next one use:

%3Ckbd%20%3ECtrl%2BEnter%3C%2Fkbd%3E

or for MacOS

%3Ckbd%20%3ECMD%2BEnter%3C%2Fkbd%3E

Other changes / improvements

Code base refactor: removed ~1000 LOC
Fixed bugs with SystemOpen
Linux GTK errors fixes
Minor issues with exports to HTML file
Radicant styles
Licenses update