LiteStep 0.24.8 Final released

Hello LiteSteppers,

Your friendly LiteStep Development Team is proud to announce the final 
release of LiteStep 0.24.8, and indeed the last planned release in the 
0.24.x series. Since the 0.24.7 release, the 0.24.x source base has had 
+11959/-5620 lines changed.

This release comes with a manual that fully covers the use and 
configuration of the LiteStep core. Please see manual.txt in the 
download archive.

Vista Compatibility
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Please note that Windows Vista is NOT supported in this release. This 
release contains none of the Vista/Win7 compatibility changes that exist 
in our development code base. Vista support will be in the next release 
cycle. If you want Vista support right now, then skip this release and 
download the latest experimental binary from our website.

Highlights
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* New evaluation parser

With the evaluation parser, both conditional expressions (If, ElseIf) 
and in-line expressions ($a + b$) now use the same syntax. The new 
parser adds new capabilities that were previously unavailable such as 
strings and built-in functions.

* Appbar support

We have added an implementation to support AppBars. This is a feature 
found in the Explorer shell which some applications use to dock their 
window to the edge of a screen (e.g. the Explorer taskbar). Some typical 
applications that use this feature are IM clients and various media players.

* Icon notification tray (systray) service fixes

The Icon Notification Tray service has been updated to fix several 
issues. The most visible one being where old icons and sometimes balloon 
(info) tips would appear during a recycle.

* Broken configurations that would recursively define variables no 
longer lock LiteStep up.

* Removed !gather bang command proxy for VWM modules (all current VWM 
modules now implement that function internally).

* Large improvements to LSAutoHideModules.

* Changed !alert and !confirm default messagebox caption to include the 
!bang command name.

* Added support for Windows 2003 ($win2003$ is now available and !about 
box information is correctly displayed)

* Improvements to !ShowModules, !HideModules and !ToggleModules. They 
now have apparent instant affect; no more jerky showing/hiding.

See the release archive changes.txt for complete details.

Final Words
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Thanks to the LiteStep Community for all the positive feedback and 
support and for the endless patience.

If you upgrade to this version from 0.24.7 Final, and *anything* breaks, 
please let us know. We intend for 0.24.8 to be drop-in-compatible with 
all existing valid configurations.

Please send any suggestions or bug reports to the LSDev team contact 
address at: devteam <at> lsdev.org

When reporting a bug, please include:
(use the !About dialog to retrieve version information)

    1. Windows OS Version and Service Pack level
    2. LiteStep Core Version (including exact "Compiled on…" string as 
defined by $CompileDate$)
    3. All currently loaded modules and their versions
    4. Theme name and version (if applicable)
    5. Your contact information (email address)
    6. A complete description of the issue and if possible a 
step-by-step procedure to reproduce the bug. If we can not reproduce the 
bug, we will not be able to fix it! So, please do your best to help us 
help you. Thanks!

Happy LiteStepping,

The LiteStep Development Team
http://www.lsdev.org/

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