Kevin Wells has released a new version of Currency, his application that provides a way to check exchange rates for different currencies, as well as the GDP (gross domestic product) and population information for different countries, without having the struggle of dealing with websites that may not work in RISC OS browsers.
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Tonight (17th August) is when the next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting will take place, and like last month’s meeting it hasn’t been possible to arrange a guest speaker, so the meeting will again be an open one for general discussion of all things RISC OS.
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There’s another new test release of StrongED available – version 4.70a21 [zip file] – with an upgrade [zip file] available to use by anyone who already has version 4.70a20 (noting that it is unsuitable for use with any other versions). And if you want to look at it, the source code [zip file] is also available.
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A week later than originally scheduled, as previously noted, Martin Eastwood will be talking to the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) on Wednesday, 12th August, 2026, covering a few different pieces of software:
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As mentioned in the recently posted roundup of August meetings, the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) normally holds their meetings on the first Wednesday of each month, making the normal scheduled date this coming Wednesday. However, the meeting has unfortunately had to be delayed by a week, and will now take place on Wednesday, 12th August.
Read MoreThis is a new trial feature for the website – a list of all upcoming meetings (and other events) I can see for the coming month, possibly with notable mentions for any further ahead. I’ll aim to post this either at the end of one month, or the begininng of the next.
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Users of the powerful text editor StrongED who like to keep up to date with test versions – and therefore try out features before they become part of the main ‘stable’ release cycle – can now download test version 4.70a20s [zip file]. And for those interested, with this release Fred Graute, who maintains StrongED, has decided to release the sources [zip file]
Read MoreGraeme Shrimpton has released a new module, MyChoices, mentioned on the June fireside chat for developers, with the goal of making it much easier for them to load and save their application’s choices (or settings). It deals with the two problems a developer faces – correctly handling where those choices are stored on user machines, and parsing the file that contains them.
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The time has come once again for anyone interested in software development and RISC OS to gather around the fire fan and discuss anything relevant to the topic. Saturday, 25th July is the date of the next scheduled ‘friendly firefanside chat’ for RISC OS developers.
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The next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting will take place on 20th July – tonight – and rather than a guest speaker, the meeting will instead be an open one for general discussion of all things RISC OS.
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