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      <li>API Generator </li>
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        <li>added capability to configure a start directory for the API generation proces</li>
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      <li>Code Documentation Generator </li>
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        <li>added capability to configure a start directory for the documentation generation process </li>
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      <li>Code Formatting </li>
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        <li>added an interface to reformat Python source code with the 'Black' utility </li>
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      <li>Eric Widgets </li>
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        <li>extended EricPathPicker to offer a pathlib.Path based interface </li>
        <li>extended EricFileDialog to offer a pathlib.Path based interface </li>
        <li>extended the EricFileDialog Wizard to create the pathlib.Path based methods </li>
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      <li>MicroPython </li>
      <ul>
        <li>updated the list of known CircuitPython boards </li>
        <li>updated the list of known UF2 capable boards </li>
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      <li>pip Interface </li>
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        <li>included a copy of pipdeptree and patched it to work with Python 3.11+ </li>
        <li>added capability to repair dependency issues </li>
        <li>added capability to generate text for a 'constraints.txt' file </li>
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      <li>setup Wizard </li>
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        <li>added support for 'project_urls' </li>
        <li>added support for 'entry_points' </li>
        <li>added a variant to create a 'setup.cfg' file </li>
        <li>added a variant to create a 'pyproject.toml' file </li>
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      <li>Third Party packages </li>
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        <li>upgraded coverage to 6.4.2 </li>
        <li>upgraded eradicate to 2.1.0 </li>
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