This page summarizes the main changes since the last CodeLite major release v13.0.0
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Improvements
- Increased the external tools limit from 10 -> 20
- wxCrfater: Wrap the
include statements part of the generated code with // clang-format {on|off} block this will disable any include sorting done by clang-format which might break compilation https://github.com/eranif/codelite/issues/2298
- New project dialog re-written and simplified
- Diff View : added "find" command
- Added menu option: Help -> Report an issue
- Various font fixes in the code completion windows
- Diff frames now start maximized
- Diff View: all the toolbar commands can now be executed from the keyboard
- Language Server configuration: user can now set CodeLite's macros in the
Arguments field
- Upgraded to libssh 0.9 on Windows
- New build system. the old
Default was renamed and now is called Default (DEPRECATED). The new build system performs a full out of the source tree build. The entire build artifacts are placed in a single folder under the workspace path, this is similar to CMake
- New workspace type introduced: The
File System Workspace see: https://wiki.codelite.org/pmwiki.php/Main/FileSystemWorkspace
- Improved startup time by reducing the number of syscalls significantly
- Language Server Protocol: discard code-completion responses if a new request was already sent to the server
- Use PATH to search binaries instead of hard coded
/usr/bin/ path
- UI: Updated the tabs drawing (mainly the "DEFAULT" and the "MINIMAL" styles)
- wxCrafter: UI update: the right side view no longer has a splitter, instead it only uses tabs
- Debugger->Attach to process dialog: the process ID is now also used for filtering
- File System Workspace: save all modified files before the build starts
- Increase the code completion box width
- Restart all LSP once a build process is completed
- SFTP: once we open the SFTP browser to view a remote server, keep the session
- Simplify the LSP configuration dialog
- UI updates to the tab drawings
- Language Server Plugin: support for auto inclusion of missing headers
- Language Server Plugin: auto detect ( by clicking the
Scan button ) installed LSPs currently supported: `python-language-server` and `clangd`
- VIM plugin imporvements
- New Class dialog simplification
- Outline tab: remove the search text control, you can now use
Ctrl-F search a symbol
- Fixed clang compiler detection. On OSX, also search for clang compiler installed by brew
- Bash editor: make
$ a valid word character
- More DPI aware changes
- File System Workspace: dont use the 'Quick Debug' for starting debug session
- File System Workspace: store the breakpoints when the workspace is closed
- File System Workspace: add an option to choose debugger in the settings dialog
- Code completion: don't add extra > or " when choosing an entry from the #include completion list
- Code completion: constructor items are marked with the proper icon in the completion list
- Code completion: template items are now completed in the editor in the form of: vector<|> where "|" marks the caret
- Quick Find All / Add Next (Ctrl-K) -> honour the find bar options (wholeword, match case etc)
- LSP: added an option to restart the LSPs
- Performance improvements
- Auto search and detect LSP (clangd, python)
- C++ parser thread will now parse also files without standard C++ extension which defined as such under 'Settings->Code Completion->General'
- Visual updates to the 'Replace In Files' view
- GDB: limit the number of displayed elements of arrays / object with a configurable value. The default is set to 100
- File system workspace: added an option to hide specific file types from the view, with reasonable defaults: "*.o;*.pyc;*.obj;*.workspace;*.o.d;*.exe;*.dll;*.project"
- Python: typing """ followed by an ENTER, generates and insert a block comment
- Python: support Ctrl-/ and Ctrl-Shift-/ for inserting block / line comments
- Docker: auto detect docker binaries
- Docker: make the 'build' Dockerfile command work out of the box without setting anything in the 'Build' tab
- LSP plugin: added 'Find Symbol' to the editor's context menu
- Fullscreen is now persistent between restarts
- Fixed: macOS on retina display blurry images are loaded
- SFTP plugin: support ssh-agent
- Language Server Plugins: support connecting an already running LSP server (can be on a remote machine)
- Reload File: keep the folding + bookmarks set on the file
- Separated between the 'smart paren/bracket' and 'auto add closing paren/bracket' functionalities in the UI. i.e. these 2 now have 2 different checkboxes in the UI
- C++ class generator: use .hpp file by default instead of .h
- When loading wxCrafter view, expand the top level node item
- C++ class wizard: support file system workspace
- Give the git log dialog a Close button
- Make the dialog Close when ESC is pressed
- When offering a list of possible terminals in Settings > Preferences >Terminal, don't include ones that are not currently available on the user's system
- wxCrafter: should now also be working with File System Workspace
- CodeLite's SFTP plugin now uses
ssh-agent
- The stop build button in the c++ workspace's mini toolbar was removed. The build button now changes its icon to 'stop' while a build is in progress
- C++ workspace: added the option to stop an executed program from the mini workspace toolbar
- Debugger: use better default values
- Auto prompt for LSPs when first time installing CodeLite
Bug fixes
