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*Doodle 0.4.0 released*

Highlights include:
• Upgrade to Kotlin 1.4.21! IR support will come in a future release as dependencies support it.
• Improved Font support with the ability to load fonts from file urls and oblique font styles
• New property delegates (<https://github.com/nacular/doodle/blob/master/Core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/nacular/doodle/core/View.kt#L895|renderProperty>, <https://github.com/nacular/doodle/blob/master/Core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/nacular/doodle/core/View.kt#L883|styleProperty>) that automate trigger re-render and style notifications
```class MyView: View {
    var name by renderProperty("") // will cause the View to re-render when it changes
    var age  by styleProperty (56) // will cause trigger styleChanged event when changed
}```
• <https://github.com/nacular/doodle/blob/master/Core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/nacular/doodle/event/PointerListener.kt|Pointer>, <https://github.com/nacular/doodle/blob/master/Core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/nacular/doodle/event/PointerMotionListener.kt|PointerMotion>, and <https://github.com/nacular/doodle/blob/master/Core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/nacular/doodle/event/KeyListener.kt|Key> listener DSLs for more compact consumption of a single event type
```view.poinerChanged        += pressed  { event -&gt; }
view.keyChanged           += released { event -&gt; }
view.pointerMotionChanged += dragged  { event -&gt; }```
• DSLs to simplify usage of ListEditor, <https://github.com/nacular/doodle/blob/master/Core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/nacular/doodle/core/Layout.kt#L130|Layouts> that only position, and CommonButtonBehavior that just render
• <https://github.com/nacular/doodle/blob/master/Controls/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/nacular/doodle/controls/text/TextField.kt#L21|TextField> now supports font/color for placeholder
• Added support for text decorations to StyledText
See the full <https://github.com/nacular/doodle/releases/tag/v0.4.0|release notes> for more details.
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