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ReleaseNotesCodeLite80

Bugs fixed

• Last session not restored
• Highlight matching brace causes redraw flicker with scrolling over ending brace "}"
• Find in Files dialog box is not focused when invoked
• Highlight caret line is missing alpha/opacity value
• Fixed: when auto detecting compilers, remove the extra space from the gdb tool path
• Disabled text color is not adjustable (preprocessor blocks)
• Fixed: regression in Cygwin compiler detection when using CodeLite 64 bit version (registry / Wow6432Node mess)
• Fixed: closing a tab using the 'x' button on top of the active tab should switch to the previsouly selected tab (similar to how it works when closing a button with the mouse
• Fixed: OSX: highlight word should now work out of the box
• Fixed: on OSX, use the native "Terminal" application when debugging applications, this is to avoid issues when debugging applications that requires std::cin and similar functions
• Curly brackets on Linux Mint 17.1
• Closing an externally modified file then attempting to reload it crashes CodeLite
• Cppcheck stops working correctly after setting "Wrap commands executed with cmd.exe"
• SFTP: failed to load files with UTF8 encoding (and potentially any other encoding)
• Fixed: disable auto indentation when typing "{" inside a comment or a string
• Clang code completion does not support C++11
• Outline pane is not cleared when switching from a C/C++ file to another tab
• Separated the JavaScript syntax highlight from the C++ one
• Source code formatter: keep the editor state as close as possible to its state prior the beautification (i.e. keep bookmarks, breakpoints, active line and folding)
• Enhanced the XML syntax highlight to have 68 colour themes
• Allow passing build_settings.xml to codelite-make
• Can not search in Makefiles
• SFTP: allow launching SSH terminal to the selecetd account (PuTTY on Windows and SSH client on *NIX systems)
• Don't truncate custom build commands after 512 characters
• LLDB: allow Quick Debug on Windows (using remote debugging)
• LLDB: Simplified the remote debugging:
  • Use the executable set as-is without any attempt to convert it
  • Use the working directory as-is without any attempt to convert it
• LLDB: added context menu to the "watches & locals" and "callstack" view
• Fixed: make "Load a group of tabs" menu item work again
• Load last session on startup does not restore openned file tabs
• Hide Docking Windows captions doesn't work in CodeLite 7.1 weekly build
• Hardcoded icon path in launcher for GNU/Linux systems
• Global colours do not affect debugger windows consistently
• Tooltip appears trimmed when a function has many variables
• No code-completion for method local variables
• Lines of text in the Output View window cropped vertically

Improved

• Allow customizing the SFTP tree view columns
• Git commit dialog now supports "Recent commit messages" + new "Check / Uncheck All" files button

• Highlight the fold block where the caret is (configurable). This feature is only enable when using the Tree Square Headers and Tree Circular Headers

• CppCheck plugin: version bumped to 1.68 (frankivo)
• Word Completion plugin: the word list is now taken from all open editors (was: from the active editor only)
• Added the ability recursively to add files to a C++ project by simply dragging the folder from the File Explorer / File Manager and dropping it on the workspace view. If there is no workspace opened, CodeLite will create one plus an empty project and will import all the files into that project
• Dragging a folder from the File Explorer / File Manager to the PHP creates a new project with the folder content
• Updated the Global Editor Preferences->General->Guides UI to use a tabular view:

• Code completion box redesigned

• Interactive status bar. You can now change the whitespace settings or the colour / language settings:

• Added a one-time wizard to help new users to configure CodeLite on the first time they launch it:

• Colours and fonts dialog: allow the user the option to set a global theme for all supported languages

New Plugins

WebTools - JavaScript, XML and HTML

• JavaScript Code Completion (no need of a workspace, just open your JS file and start typing)

• The current JavaScript Code Completion supports various common frameworks, such as AngularJS, Node and other. You can enable / disable support from plugins->WebTools->Settings
• XML code completion
  • Auto insert of closing elements
  • word completion as you type
  • Comment blocks
• HTML code completion
  • Auto suggest list of known HTML tags
  • Auto insert of closing elements
  • word completion as you type
  • Comment blocks
  • Templates for known tags (e.g. typing <a followed by ENTER will insert in the following to the code editor: <a href="|"></a>)

Help Plugin - Using Dash / Zeal for offline documentation

• Selecting text within the editor and clicking F1 will launch Zeal or Dash (OSX) with the query already placed and executed
• Hitting F1 within the editor with no text selected will simply launch Zeal or Dash (OSX)

Support importing workspace / solutions of other IDEs

Thanks to the work of jpcb CodeLite can now import solutions/workspaces from the following IDEs:

• CodeBlocks
• Visual Studio 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
• Bloodshed DevC++
• Borland++