Release 1.13.4

[1.13.4] - 2026-05-09

Enhancements

• Bumped the OpenAI Java library to V4.33.0
• OpenAI: added support for Files api create in addition to (list, delete, retrieve)
• OpenAI: added support for Images api create / edit
• OpenAI: added support for Audio api create

Bugs

• Fixed an edge case in Java Interop handling map / filter function in
  VncJavaList

Release 1.13.3

[1.13.3] - 2026-05-04

Enhancements

• OpenAI: added support for structured chat completion results
• OpenAI: added support for chat file completions
• OpenAI: added support for Files api

Release 1.13.2

[1.13.2] - 2026-05-02

Enhancements

• Added module :openai-java

Release 1.13.1

[1.13.1] - 2026-04-30

Enhancements

• Added the functions str/markdown->text and str/markdown->ansi to render
  markdown to pure ascii or ansi text

• Added the function regex/pattern?

• Added module :openai-java

• Added module :swiss-cities that provides geo location and zip code data
  for swiss cities. It uses the public LV95 data from the official Swiss Topo
  dataset.

Release 1.13.0

[1.13.0] - 2026-04-22

Enhancements

• The Jansi library jansi-2.4.1.jar is now included (repackaged) in the Venice jar!

Improvements

• Improved the built-in doc function

  The built-in doc function prints the markdown documentation now with a
  text renderer that uses ANSI styles (bold, italic, ...) when run within a
  REPL.

  Examples for using the doc function in the REPL: (doc), (doc doc), (doc map)

• Improved the remote REPL documentation

Release 1.12.90

[1.12.90] - 2026-04-17

Enhancements

• The REPL start scripts support now custom Java VM options

  Modify {REPL_HOME}/repl.env on Linux/MacOS, e.g.:

  export JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512M -Xmx2G
  

  Modify {REPL_HOME}/repl.env.bat on Windows, e.g.:

  set JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512M -Xmx2G
  

• The REPL start scripts support now loadpaths defined in the REPL env file

  Modify {REPL_HOME}/repl.env on Linux/MacOS, e.g.:

  export LOADPATH=/home/data/scripts
  

  Modify {REPL_HOME}/repl.env.bat on Windows, e.g.:

  set LOADPATH=C:\home\data\scripts
  

Bugs

• Fixed the REPL internal manual restart, broken since 1.12.89

Release 1.12.89

[1.12.89] - 2026-04-12

Enhancements

• Cheatsheet PDF: improved in-doc navigation. Added back navigation from functions
  to its module/section.

• The REPL launcher script is now relying on the JAVA_HOME environment variable
  to locate and start the REPL Java VM. The JAVA_HOME environment variable points
  to the directory where the Java JDK/JRE is installed.

  Starting the Java VM with "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" instead of just "java"
  (relying on the environment variable PATH) provides more flexibility.

  The REPL setup configures the JAVA_HOME in the repl.env (on Linux/MacOS) or
  repl.env.bat (on Windows) with the Java home used to run the setup.

Tip

You can define the JAVA_HOME environment variable explicitly in the repl.env
file (on Linux/macOS) or the repl.env.bat file (on Windows), both located in
the REPL home directory.

This makes switching the Java VM across different Java versions a breeze. Just
change JAVA_HOME in the REPL env file and restart the REPL.

Release 1.12.88

[1.12.88] - 2026-04-06

Bugs

• Fixed the problem of not being able to run Maven from the :maven module.

  Added an additional Maven example to demo the installation of artifacts with transitive dependencies:

  (do
    (load-module :maven)
    (load-module :installer)
    (-> (maven/dependencies [ "com.openai:openai-java:4.30.0" 
                              "org.apache.poi:poi:5.4.0"
                              "org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:5.4.0"
                              "org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml-full:5.4.0" ] 
                            :scope :runtime 
                            :format :list
                            :print false)
        (installer/install :dir (repl/libs-dir)
                           :silent false)))

Release 1.12.87

[1.12.87] - 2026-04-02

Bugs

• Fixed a flaw in the custom options processing for the launcher introduced with the last
  version. The custom options '-dir' and '-minimal' have not been passed downstream to
  the executed script, should they have been used (all other custom options are fine).

  foo> java -jar venice-1.12.86.jar -file test.venice -dir . -mode test
  

Release 1.12.86

[1.12.86] - 2026-04-01

Enhancements

• #10: Allow : and ; as load path
  separator on Linux and MacOS. On Windows ; is supported only due to the
  Windows' convention for absolute paths C:\users\foo.

• #11: Support Hybrid Encryption for
  remote REPL communication to achieve TLS/SSH grade security.

  • Level 0: Client authentication through principal/password, no encryption, no signing
  • Level 1: Client authentication from Level 0 with symmetric AES-256 GCM message
    encryption through symmetric session keys generated by Diffie-Hellman key exchange
  • Level 2: Hybrid encryption by signing the Diffie-Hellman key exchange with RSA
    asymmetric keys, thus preventing Man-in-the-Middle attacks. Messages are
    AES-256 GCM encrypted through symmetric session keys generated by Diffie-Hellman
    key exchange

  Note: Hybrid encryption can also be achieved by tunneling a Level 0 type remote
  REPL communication through an accordingly configured SSH tunnel.

Bugs

• Fixed a nasty Github CI unit test problem on the Ubuntu platform. Github CI
  Ubuntu silently changed to a Dash Shell when using the /bin/sh link, causing
  some test scripts with Bourne Shell syntax to fail. Switched to /bin/bash in
  the affected unit tests.