[ANN] Spyder 6.1.1 is released!

[Daniel Althviz Moré]

Hi all,

On behalf of the Spyder Project Contributors, I'm pleased to announce that Spyder 6.1.1 has been released and is available for Windows, GNU/Linux and MacOS X: https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/releases

This release comes two months after version 6.1.0 and it comes with the following interesting new features, fixes and API changes:

• New features

  • Allow to set a custom Conda executable in Preferences > Main interpreter.
  • Add action to context menu of Editor tabs to close all files to the left.
  • Support viewing long bytes in the Variable Explorer.
  • Allow to create a project if the selected directory after opening a project is not yet one.

• Important fixes

  • Several fixes related to remote development features.
  • Several fixes related to Qt6 bindings (PySide6/PyQt6).
  • Several fixes related to the Debugger.
  • Fix Pixi environments activation on Posix systems.
  • Performance and usability fixes related to multicursor support and linting markers.
  • Prevent Flake8 cmd windows from appearing when it is selected as linting provider.
  • Make user environment variables take precedence over system ones for kernels.

• API changes

  • Remove old API for plugins, which was deprecated since Spyder 6.0

For a more complete list of changes, 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!

Daniel