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+<?php printNewsEntryHeader(__FILE__, "4diac 1.13.0 Released!", "img/release.png"); ?>
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+<p>We are very proud to announce the Eclipse 4diac 1.13.0 release!</p>
+
+<p>With Eclipse 4diac 1.13.0 we provide you with a large set of improvements mostly in 4diac IDE. 
+These improvements are, for example, a modernized look and feel of the ECC editor, editors and code generators for structured data types, 
+advanced validation of basic function blocks, automatic layout of function block networks using the <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/elk/">Eclipse Layout Kernel</a>, 
+and many many usability improvements. 
+All these improvements should make your work with Eclipse 4diac much easier. 
+A detailed list of new and noteworthy features can be found at the <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/4diac/newandnoteworthy/1.13/">new and noteworthy page for the 1.13.0 release</a>.</p>
+
+<p>We could address 190 issues in the work for the new Eclipse 4diac version. 
+A full list of all bugs addressed in this release can be found on the <a href="https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/iot.4diac/releases/1.13.0/bugs">1.13.0 release page</a>.
+
+<p>As always please download, test, and report any issues. For users of the previous releases a simple Help -> Check of Updates should upgrade you to 1.13.0.</p>
+
+<p>Cheers,
+	<br>The 4diac Team</p>
+	
+<p>PS: With Eclipse 4diac 1.13.0 the 4diac IDE requires at least Java 11 installed on your machine! 
+If you download the official 4diac IDE package a correct Java version is already included.</p>
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