HP Prime Beta Firmware Version 2.2 Revision 15048

[Klaas Kuperus]

Hello all,

Please note there is a new BETA version of the HP Prime software available on https://www.moravia-parts.com/hp-prime/beta-b.html. To install, replace the files in standard folder by these, open the Prime Connectivity Kit and attach calculator to update. Release notes for this BETA as following:

Python App
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1. Non-ASCII characters are now better supported in message boxes and in output to the terminal. [PBT339,PBT454,PBT456]
2. Pressing the Esc or Num key after editing malformed Python scripts no longer causes a crash. [PBT191,PBT391]
3. Pressing Shift+Symb or Shift+Num now shows an alert, rather than causing crashes, freezing, or leaving the interface in an inconsistent state. [PBT390,PBT396]
4. Returning to the Numeric view after printing to the terminal from outside of Python no longer causes a crash. [PBT441]
5. Keypresses now enter uppercase letters when the A..Z annunciator is shown and lowercase letters when the a..z annunciator is shown. [PBT395]
6. An excessively large or small stack or heap size is no longer accepted when entered (excessively large or small stack or heap sizes may causes crashes). [PBT446,PBT450]
7. Resetting specific fields in the Plot setup view no longer affects other fields. Displayed checkboxes now better align with actual settings. [PBT447,PBT448,PBT449]
8. Filenames that contain many non-ASCII characters are now also considered for automatic opening on import failures. [PBT455]
9. User-defined PPL app functions Plot() and Num() are now taken into account when the Plot or Num key is pressed. [PBT453]

Home View
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1. Copying a value with nested exponents no longer rearranges the parentheses. [PBT17]
2. Entered expressions and calculation results can now be loaded from work files. [PBT14]
3. User-created variables and functions can now be loaded from saved work files. [PBT466]
4. The Matrices checkbox now controls whether matrices are included in saved work files. [PBT465]
5. Deleting all saved work files when in the Load Work dialog no longer causes a crash. [PBT463]
6. Checkboxes are now updated in the Load Work dialog after deleting a work file via the Delete menu button. [PBT467]
7. Using an invalid name for a work file no longer brings the interface to an inconsistent state and / or causes a crash. [PBT469]
8. Pressing the Base key when the last value on the history stack is not an integer no longer results in # appearing in place of the Edit Integer window. [PBT238]

Function App
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1. The calculator no longer becomes unresponsive when attempting to plot a function with a doubly-parenthesized exponent. [PBT404]

Statistics Apps
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1. Delete Row with Clear or Del now deletes the entire row rather than a single cell. [PBT183]
2. Delete Row with Del from a column header no longer deletes the column. [PBT186]
3. The Statistics 1Var horizontal lines in a control chart brought up on the first boot of a fresh calculator are no longer miscoloured. [PBT358]

Solve App
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1. Entering an empty Num view with a custom Symb view no longer causes a crash. [PBT452]

Geometry App
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1. Deleting the last Num view entry via the Plot view no longer causes a crash. [PBT256]

PPL
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1. The app program now starts out as a PPL program. [PBT164]
2. Calling LINE or LINE_P with two or more empty lists no longer causes a crash. [PBT223]
3. Calling LINE_P with three lists no longer causes a crash. [PBT224]
4. GET now behaves consistently on inputs which are outputs of QPI. [PBT228]
5. Evaluating STARTVIEW(2^32) no longer causes a crash on 64-bit environments. [PBT451]
6. RECT_P now uses the bottom right corner as the default for the x2 and y2 parameters. [PBT175]
7. RECT_P will no longer silently not be fulfilled for large coordinates. [PBT176]
8. Conversion of numbers to text format via STRING now follows the number format parameter over HDigits. [PBT205]
9. Passing empty lists as coordinates to RECT now returns Error: Invalid Input rather than causing a crash. [PBT174]
10. Passing STRING an invalid separator argument no longer results in a garbled text output. [PBT243]
11. A bug in which using PageDown/PageUp to certain target lines causes a crash has been fixed. [PBT267]
12. Multiplication by i no longer differs from multiplication by 0+i. [PBT403]
13. Names of built-in functions containing Greek letters, and pi, are now case sensitive with regards to their Greek letters. [PBT229]
14. Using store with a negative index to insert well past the end of a list no longer causes a crash. [PBT168]
15. Conversion of complex numbers with infinite real components to text now includes their imaginary components. [PBT402]
16. The output of STRING no longer diverges from the number formatting used elsewhere when the formatting is STANDARD and the precision is something other than 11 (or -1). [PBT232]

Other Fixes
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1. Memory leaks have been addressed in the Vars and Toolbox catalog menus. [PBT134,PBT135,PBT136,PBT137,PBT138,PBT139,PBT140,PBT141]
2. AFilesB no longer crashes when attempting to read a file of more than 10000 bytes. [PBT154]
3. Entering a date in shortened format in Home Settings no longer causes undesirable behaviour. [PBT193]
4. Entering a date in shortened format in the initial configuration screen no longer causes crashes. [PBT196]
5. Calendar: Attempting to move the cursor beyond the bounds of defined dates no longer causes a crash. [PBT199]
6. Hexadecimal code points of Unicode code points in the Chars palette are no longer truncated. [PBT146]
7. Deleting a variable in Memory Manager now always deletes the chosen variable rather than a different variable defined based on the chosen variable instead. [PBT213]
8. Attempting to delete a list variable with a younger copy via Memory Manager no longer deletes the younger copy instead. [PBT230]
9. Attempting to delete a matrix variable with a younger copy via Memory Manager no longer deletes the younger copy instead. [PBT231]
10. Dismissing the Edit Integer window in the equation editor no longer leaks memory. [PBT244]
11. The Home/CAS command line height no longer remains short after returning from a search in the Help tree view. [PBT300]

We're continuing working on updates and plan to have final public release through the Connectivity Kit before September.