stepcode · mpictor · Feb 23, 2012 · Feb 23, 2012 · Feb 23, 2012 · Feb 23, 2012
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ STEP Class Library.
 These installation requires that you have the following software
 available:
 
-- C and C++ compilers    (only gcc has been tested recently)
+- C and C++ compilers    (Tested with GCC, MSVC, Embarcadero)
 - bison, byacc, or yacc  (only bison has been tested recently)
 - flex or lex            (only flex has been tested recently)
 - CMake
@@ -21,12 +21,22 @@ Installation
 * Build system uses CMake now: configure, Makefile, and all
   autotools files have been removed, as has mkProbe.
 
-* To build:
-  cd scl
-  mkdir build
-  cd build
-  cmake ..
-  make
+* Building SCL from the command prompt:
+  - cd scl
+  - mkdir build
+  - cd build
+  - cmake ..
+  - make
+  - make install       #  optional
+
+* Building SCL from the GUI:
+  - Run cmake-gui, set it to build in scl/build
+  - Select the correct build file generator
+  - Press Configure
+  - Change options as necessary, configuring again afterwards
+      -  If there are errors, some options may not be visible until the error is resolved
+  - Press Generate
+  - Open the main build file using your preferred build tool
 
 * Build options (append to the 'cmake ..' line):
   -DBUILD_SCHEMAS="path/to/schema.exp;path/to/schema2.exp"
@@ -45,3 +55,16 @@ Installation
   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
     - this causes binaries to be built without debugging information
     - without this, cmake defaults to a Debug build
+
+* Using CTest to test SCL:
+  - Read the comments in run_ctest.cmake
+  - (OPTIONAL) Create scl/../.SCL_CTEST_PREFS.cmake, and set variables
+    in it (this file is required for CDash submission to be enabled)
+  - Run tests with `ctest -S run_ctest.cmake`
+
+* Using CTest to regenerate the schema matrix on the github SCL wiki:
+  - Requires:
+     - git
+     - python
+     - a clone of the git repo for the wiki at scl/../wiki-scl
+  - run `ctest -S ctest_matrix.cmake`
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 STEP Class Library  ------  http://github.com/mpictor/StepClassLibrary
 ************************************************************************
+Release 0.5 (Feb 23, 2012)
+
+New since v0.4:
+* MSVC and Embarcadero support, along with many warning fixes
+* Experimental Python support
+* Now handles most features of EXPRESS - all included schemas,
+  with the exception of AP209 CD, are parsed without error. Enums are
+  now in their own dictionary. Allow indexing on aggregates, generics,
+  and binaries. 
+* Changes to fedex_plus that improve the generated c++ - use a
+  namespace, break up large static strings, make EXPRESS multiple
+  inheritance work by not printing multiple copies of inherited members.
+  All schemas now compile without error, but there are numerous warnings.
+* Exchange files: handle all comments, fill in some missing attributes.
+* More cleanup of source code, more documentation in scl/doc
+* Special thanks to @davyw and @tpaviot for their large contributions
+  (MSVC and Python, respectively)
+************************************************************************
 Release 0.4 (Nov 13, 2011)
 
 New since v0.3:

diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 ***********************************************************************
-Step Class Library v0.4 -- http://github.com/mpictor/StepClassLibrary
+Step Class Library v0.5 -- http://github.com/mpictor/StepClassLibrary
 
 * What is SCL? SCL reads ISO10303-11 EXPRESS schemas and generates
-  C++ source code that can read and write Part 21 files conforming 
-  to that schema. SCL once worked with ObjectStore, OODB, and
-  CORBA IDL - but that code has not been used in a very long time.
-  We are in the process of removing this code because ObjectStore,
-  CORBA, etc. are no longer part of the STEP standard.
+  C++ source code that can read and write Part 21 files conforming
+  to that schema. In addition to C++, v0.5 includes experimental
+  support for Python.
 
 * SCL is packaged along with some other tools. See 
   "THE NIST STEP TOOLSET", below. In particular, Data Probe
@@ -21,36 +19,7 @@ Step Class Library v0.4 -- http://github.com/mpictor/StepClassLibrary
 * Build system uses only CMake now: configure, Makefile, and all
   autotools files have been removed, as has mkProbe.
 
-* To build:
-  cd scl
-  mkdir build
-  cd build
-  cmake ..
-  make
-
-* Build options (append to the 'cmake ..' line):
-  -DBUILD_SCHEMAS="path/to/schema.exp;path/to/schema2.exp" 
-    - this generates c++ for the schema, and compiles it into a
-      library. Also works with directories, as long as each dir only
-      has one express file.
-    - multiple files/directories are separated by semicolons
-    - this also builds a 'p21read' program, which reads one step file
-      and writes another. It may change whitespace or remove comments;
-      otherwise, the input and output files should be identical. If
-      they are not identical, either the file does not match the
-      schema, or SCL generated incorrect source code.
-   -DBUILD_SCHEMAS=ALL
-    - Added to make use of ctest easier. If BUILD_SCHEMAS == ALL,
-      then CMake adds each *.exp file found in data/.
-  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    - this causes binaries to be built without debugging information
-    - without this, cmake defaults to a Debug build
-
-* Using CTest to test SCL:
-  - Read the comments in run_ctest.cmake
-  - (OPTIONAL) Create scl/../.SCL_CTEST_PREFS.cmake, and set variables
-    in it (this file is required for CDash submission to be enabled)
-  - Run tests with `ctest -S run_ctest.cmake`
+* Building and testing SCL - see the INSTALL file
 
 ***********************************************************************
 

diff --git a/SCL_VERSION.txt b/SCL_VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4
+0.5