[ANN] Spyder 5.1.2 is released!

[Carlos Córdoba]

Hi all,

On the behalf of the Spyder Project Contributors, I’m pleased to announce that Spyder 5.1.2 has been released and is available for Windows, GNU/Linux and MacOS X: https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/releases

This release comes almost four weeks after version 5.1.1 and it contains the following important new features and fixes:

• New features

  • Add an entry called Restart in debug mode to the File menu. That will allow users to inspect the log files generated by Spyder by going to the menu Tools > Debug logs after the restart.
  • Add a new command line option called --conf-dir to set a custom configuration directory for Spyder.
  • Show hidden directories in Projects by default.

• New API features

  • Use toolbar ids and widget/action ids when adding an item to a toolbar.
  • Use menu and item ids to add items to the Main Menu plugin.

• Important fixes

  • Fix several performance issues in the Editor.
  • Fix slow browsing of variables in the Variable Explorer when Numpy and Pandas are not installed.
  • Discard symbols imported from other libraries in the Outline pane.

In this release we fixed 14 issues and merged 37 pull requests that amount to more than 190 commits. For a full list of fixes, please see our Changelog.

Don’t forget to follow Spyder updates/news on the project’s website.

Last, but not least, we welcome any contribution that helps making Spyder an efficient scientific development and computing environment. Join us to help creating your favorite environment!

Enjoy!
Carlos

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[Gerben Wierda]

After the update, Spyder doesn't work anymore "An error ocurred while starting the kernel"

This is my second attempt of posting this. The first disappeared in a black hole.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "runpy.pyc", line 197, in _run_module_as_main
File "runpy.pyc", line 87, in _run_code
File "/Applications/Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.9/spyder_kernels/console/__main__.py", line 23, in 
start.main()
File "/Applications/Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.9/spyder_kernels/console/start.py", line 282, in main
from ipykernel.kernelapp import IPKernelApp
File "", line 1007, in _find_and_load
File "", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 664, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 627, in _load_backward_compatible
File "", line 259, in load_module
File "ipykernel/kernelapp.pyc", line 42, in 
File "", line 1007, in _find_and_load
File "", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 664, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 627, in _load_backward_compatible
File "", line 259, in load_module
File "ipykernel/ipkernel.pyc", line 20, in 
File "", line 1007, in _find_and_load
File "", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 664, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 627, in _load_backward_compatible
File "", line 259, in load_module
File "ipykernel/debugger.pyc", line 17, in 
File "", line 1007, in _find_and_load
File "", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 664, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 627, in _load_backward_compatible
File "", line 259, in load_module
File "debugpy/server/__init__.pyc", line 9, in 
File "", line 1007, in _find_and_load
File "", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 664, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 627, in _load_backward_compatible
File "", line 259, in load_module
File "debugpy/_vendored/__init__.pyc", line 18, in 

NotADirectoryError: [Errno 20] Not a directory: '/Applications/Spyder.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python39.zip/debugpy/_vendored'​

[Gerben Wierda]

As I am in the habit of immediately updating (unless there are reasons not to) I updated on macOS Catalina. Spyder worked for me before the update. After the update, Spyder doesn't work anymore. "An error occurred when starting the kernel"

[steve Schneider]

Having just upgraded from 4.5 to 5.1.3, i didn't see the Jupyter notebook under 'view'.  I installed spyder-notebook, restarted Spyder and still no notebook.  Is there a trick i am missing?  If not, is there a projected version where the jupyter notebook plugin will work?  Thanks to all the contributors who make this a wonderful development platform.  By-the-way, i am on Windows 10, Anaconda (Navigator ver 2.0.4)