Orwell Dev-C++

Version 5.2.0.1 - 28 April 2012 - Function tooltips now properly hide when switching tabs again (regression). - One can now select to open nothing and the previously left open files on project reopen. - Folds are now only repainted when the gutter is invalidated, reducing flicker. - Updated the uncomment function: it now supports any newline standard. - Code completion now does not remove too much characters when completing by accident. - The debugger now wants you to add debugging symbols instead of ingoring it alltogether. - Updated the project templates. - The first time configuration window now loads its stuff before showing up. - Updated the chinese (Traditional) translations. - Tidied up a few other dialogs. - Insert, Goto bookmark and Insert bookmark are now disabled when no editor is visible. - The status bar is now cleared when no editors are open. Version 5.2.0.0 - 17 April 2012 - Fixed maximize not covering the whole screen correctly on netbook screens. - Fixed some crashes regarding code folding. - Code folding is a bit faster now. - Opening files is a bit faster now. - The tip of the day form now does not show up when toggling fullscreen. - Panel resizers in the main form now hide when there's nothing to resize. - Fixed a mulitple struct definition after '};' detection bug. - Moved to a more recent SynEdit component. - Symbol completion is faster and has more options now. - Added a console pausing option to Environment options. - Fixed a font color issue in the function argument tooltip. - Added back trim trailing spaces. - Completed symbols are now skipped more smartly. - Windres is now, by default, forced to output i386 res files when compiling 32bit executables. - Loading using the standard caching options is now 0.1 second faster. - The Classes toolbar now hides variables of classes, making stuff a lot more readable. - Project opening is now quite a bit faster. - The SynEdit components in Editor Options now support code folding too. - Code Folding is a bit faster now. - DevCppPortable now accepts parameters and passes it to devcpp.exe. - Dev-C++ now uses FastMM4 to manage its memory, making allocations faster! - Fixed 'Close all but this' closing all tabs. - The code tooltip now properly hides when opening new tabs. - One can now edit text while using Incremental Search. - Commas inside strings inside function parameters don't make Dev-C++ seperate arguments anymore. - Added the user selectable font to all dialogs. - Redesigned some dialogs. - Simplified font selecting in Editor Options. - The compile progress window can now be translated. - Gutter colors are fixed: user themes can now properly modify its colors. - Updated the Chinese (TW) translations (translated by cin.getline). - Saved one fopen call per created tab in case you do not use default code snippets. - Newly created files will now be properly rescanned for folds. - The default code editor in Editor Options now retains focus when pressing tab. - Some more fixes I forgot about. Version 5.1.1.0 - 16 Februari 2012 - Added code folding. - A few directory checks now use absolute paths instead of relative ones. - Added a few 32bit/64bit items to the FAQ. - Fixed the Help Menu Item not always working. - Added a few translations (translated by cin.getline). - Merged all new toolbar buttons to one 'master' button. - The class browser toolbar now sizes its dropdown menu to make its content fit. - Dev-C++ now uses Segoe UI 9pt as a default when it's installed. - Updated the statusbar and the toolbars. - Fixed a class browsing crash when not using a project. - And more minor things. - Fixed a crash when saving logs when no project is opened. - Fixed a lot of memory leaks. - Inserting classes and variables is faster now. - Code folding now automatically updates when creating new files from templates. - Fixed some more memory leaks. Folding doesn't leak anymore now. Version 5.1.0.0 - 27 December 2011 - This is the first version to fully support 64bit MinGW compilers! Just place one in a folder called 'MinGW64' next to devcpp.exe, and Dev will automatically adapt itself to it! - When launching for the first time, Dev-C++ will set defaults based on available 32bit or 64bit compilers (favors 64bit). - The XP style manifest creator now also supports 64bit. - The "Delete Profiling Information" button now does not check for the gmon.out file 60 times a second to keep itself updated. - Compiler information in the log now does not show up twice when rebuilding a single file. - Project files with dots in their names now do not confuse the executable namer anymore. - One more update to the compiler progress window: the warning counter was positioned a bit too much to the right. - Added formatting support for 'Sorry Unimplemented' and fixed up 'Unknown escape sequence'. - The main form now properly maximizes when not starting for the first time. - The main form child windows now properly scale themselves when the 'Tip of the Day' window is shown. - Slightly lowered startup times again. - The code browser toolbar now also shows types and struct members. - The code completer and code parser now use symmetric indices and _ID's, making them a lot faster. - Code completion cache is now created a bit faster and is smaller. - Updated the help file. - The tooltip now always shows up when it is supposed to, even the first time. - Added a new editor style called Classic Plus, which highlights symbols like { and (. - The Code Completion Cache creator can now also be told to cache a selection of files. - Updated MinGW32 to GCC 4.6.2. Added TDM-GCC 4.6.1 x64. - Updated the Chinese translations (translated by cin.getline). - More stuff I forgot about. Version 5.0.0.9 - 10 December 2011 - Fixed a minor settings detection bug in the profiler. - The code completion dialog now hides its tooltips when the user chooses so by unticking "Enable editor hints", preventing an access error. - Reorganized parts of the interface: now makes better use of free space. - One can now select and copy the information in the file properties window. - Added a link to GCC's compiler documentation below the compiler options. - Added a few more options to -march, -std and -O. Note: this might change settings in pre-5.0.0.9 projects, please reapply them! - The code tooltip is quite a bit faster now. - Fixed a bug in the brace completion code, reported by garywho. - (RC2+) The function tooltip now does not show up when no prototype could be found (making it a lot faster). - The Environment Options UI font selector now properly shows the available fonts in an MS Word like manner. - Updated the compilation progress window layout. - Added profiles for both x86 and x64 compilers. - Above profiles now properly update the makefile and other settings. - Generic gcc and g++ errors like unrecongised command line options are now properly displayed in the list box. - Slightly lowered the (first time) launch speeds. Version 5.0.0.8 - 20 November 2011 - Remapped all language IDs so that much more translations will fit nicely in the tables. - Profiling can now also be properly used without a project. - The function scanner now ignores comments. - Added an option to change the UI font. - Rescaled portions of the statusbar to accomodate other fonts. - Again updated big parts of the local variable scanner. - Removed 'Backspace Unindents' and 'Keep trailing spaces'. These options were too buggy and/or useless. - Set the mouseover delay to 1500 by default now. - Dev-C++ now does not stall when GCC complains about incorrect filenames. Instead, it shows GCC's error in the formatted log. - Added a few more previously hardcoded text items to the translations. - Fixed a few out of bounds errors in code scanning code. - Updated the Chinese (TW) translations thanks to 'cin.getline'. - Updated the CVS page. Version 5.0.0.7 - 9 November 2011 - The compiler log output now always outputs the raw text even when no errors have been found in the code. - The parameters now default to nothing (let MinGW decide) instead of ISO C99. - The find output saver now correctly outputs its items. - Added a few more fixes to the tools menu. - New untitled files now get saved properly. - The { autocompletion now only inserts an extra newline when building function parameters and can also detect structs, and will append }; for them. - The code hint will now auto-hide after 10 seconds instead of 2,5. - Added a new autosave function. - Added some preparation code for TDM MinGW64. - The function tooltip now does not stay on the screen when leaving a function. - Added a build date to About. - And some more stuff I forgot about. Version 5.0.0.6 - 3 November 2011 - Fixed an nil pointer read crash in the append closing brace code. - Updated the comment/uncomment functions. - The variable scanner now also supports local variables in non-class functions. - The scanner now does not scan the same word twice (making it 2x faster). - The Environment Options window now does not crash when its not allowed to edit file associations. - One can now use Ctrl+Scroll to edit text size, just like in browsers. Also added information about it in the Options menu. - Files now open up much faster thanks to avoiding repaints. - Fixed a buffer overflow in the tooltip generator and rewritten the locals scanner, which is now 50% faster. - The append closing braces function now works on every keyboard Win32 supports. - Removed any reference to DevTabs, which were too flaky edits (for example, the ComCtrl Manifest caused it to not paint child windows) of TPageControl and TTabControl. - Fixed a bug in the code that checks for the existence of tools. - Added new Chinese_TC translations created by cin.getline. - The uninstaller now does not forget to delete Dev's help file and folder if it's empty. Version 5.0.0.5 - 24 Oktober 2011 - Rewritten the tooltip generator. It now uses better code scanning techniques and does not show up above what you were typing anymore. - Brace completion is now disabled inside strings and comments. It now also supports closing the < character. - The tooltip now also works when typing foo[bar].member and hovering above member. - The empty project now contains an empty Untitled unsaved file. Why would anyone NOT want or need that? - The function tooltip now also displays tips for completed and empty function parameter bodies. - The < character is now only inserted in lines starting with '#include'. - Highlighting checks in plain files now do not cause Dev to crash. - The Tips of the Day are back again! - The tab position of the editor is now changeable. - This version now uses a nine years more recent mingw32-make.exe makefile processor! The old GNU one will be omitted from the installer. - Projects are now saved upon creation. - Fixed two out-of-bounds errors in tooltip generation and code completion. - The source code is now more user friendly (DevCpp.dpk wouldn't compile straight away since some version), and 50% smaller. - Dev can now automatically log compiler messages to disk (the option can be found in Project Options >> Build Options). - The obj output directory now does not get created in the wrong 'current directory' in rare cases. - Dependency checking and compile delays are now saved, and on a per-compiler basis. - Restyled the editor tooltip balloon. - The function tooltip balloon now updates on the fly. - The editor hints option now properly disables hints. - Fixed a coloring bug when highlighting matching braces on the currently highlighted line. - Added a few more GUI togglable warning options. - Improved the sizing of the Specials Toolbar to make long translations fit. Version 5.0.0.4 - 25 September 2011 - Upgraded the compiler to GCC 4.6.1. - The main tab control now has the optional (check Environment options) ability to spread tabs over multiple lines. - Added Goto Declaration and Goto Definition buttonsto the editor right click menu. This buttons make code navigation much easier. - The old code for Ctrl+Click now uses the new code for the buttons and uses two-way navigation. - Added Profiling tot the Compiler toolbar. - Removed the useless About/Help toolbar. - The splash screen now shows what Dev is currently loading. - Code Completion Cache can now also be browsed through. - Added icons for profiling buttons and added them to the compiling toolbar. - Updated the incremental Search window: it now has a previous and next button. - Corrected a few regression bugs in the class scanner. - Fixed a bug in the tooltip content generator. - And much more minor stuff... Version 5.0.0.3 - 8 September 2011 - Rewritten and reorganized the Profile Analysis code. - Added an option to delete Profiling Information which detects by itself if it can be executed. - Corrected a few errors in the GCC profiling flag generation code. - Doubled the stack limits. - Improved Tab handling. - Fixed a memory leak in the Compiling form. - Restyled the Configure Tools window. - Remade the Help File. It now uses HTML Help (.chm) instead of WinHelp, which was removed from Vista and newer Windows OS's. - Help File couplings now directly take you to the help content of the currently open window. - Added optional automatic brace closing to the Editor Options. - Added an options tab to the Profiler. - Rewritten the GPROF output reader. - Removed any references to the flaky Help Item Customizer. - Added support for 'other' file counting in the Project Options window. - Resolved a few bugs that caused debugging and profiling options to not be saved. - Well, I've probably editted more stuff, but I can't recall. Version 5.0.0.2 - 30 Augustus 2011 - Dev-C++ Portable now does not close a project with an exception error. - Shortcuts can now be saved properly by the portable version too. - Fixed a range error (unsigned 0 - 1) in the function prototype tooltip. - Copied the new class form to New >> Class..., making it easier to find. Version 5.0.0.1 - 28 Augustus 2011 - Emergency update. - The Delete now does not get hijacked by the project browser anymore. - When nothing is selected, the tab key now puts a tab instead of doing nothing. - Dev-C++ now shows how long compiling took. Version 5.0.0.0 - 27 Augustus 2011 - Restyled pretty much everything. - Reorganized a few windows to make better use of space. - Several SynEdits now do not have an infinitely long scrollbar anymore. - The splash screen now does not show up behind the tooltips anymore. - Improved startup speed for the New Look theme. - Updated the splash screen text. - Added more keyboard shortcuts to rightclick menus. - Removed everything XPMenu related. This shaves off about 7000 lines of code and makes Dev a bit faster. - Added a bunch of code insertion templates. For example, WinMain, WindProc and a do-while() loop. - Added copy all to right click menus of the rollout message sheet. - A bunch of Copy menu items now listen to shortcuts like Ctrl-C too. - Tab shortcuts now use Tabs instead of Shift-Ctrl-I and Shift-Ctrl-U (who came up with that fingerbreaking combination anyway?). - Removed a few borders around some tabs below, increasing used space and cleaning the UI up. - The Fullscreen close button is now visible again. - Removed a few deprecated components like TBevel. - Added Save all to rollout rightclick menus. - Improved layout of some Project Options tab and the welcome form. - You can now assign any combination of tab to any shortcut item you like. - I have to admit I've lost track of a lot of changes. Version 4.9.9.9 - 18 Augustus 2011 - Fixed a regression: class or variable browsing by control clicking now works again. - Pasting chunks of code that require scrolling now force a refresh instead of showing gibberish. - The portable shortcut now runs .\devcpp.exe instead of one in Program Files. - Fixed: Typing stuff like foo[bar.member] spawned the completion tooltip of foo when typing the '.' after bar. - Added a D3D9 examplke template. - The shortcut is now a proper autoit executable. - Rewritten the GDB communication code that retrieves register contents. - Added a standards (-std) selection option. Version 4.9.9.8 - 1 Augustus 2011 - Fixed the uninstallers name: it used to report '4.9.9.5'. - Added formatting for 'unknown escape sequence:'. - Portable configurations are now saved in .\config\ instead of '.\'. Looks much cleaner this way. - The Simple Window example now works correctly. - Added the flags that are actually set to Compiler Options. - The compiler now correctly remembers if it has created debug symbols. - And some more stuff I forgot about. Version 4.9.9.7 - 26 Juli 2011 - Function candidates are now properly listed and formatted. - When code completion was disabled, block tabs/untabs weren't working. - Added formatting for the rare 'candidate is' (when there's one candidate of course) message. - Removed the include\sys directory from default auto includes. It was conflicting with ctime/time.h. - Updated a few English window and control captions. - Removed a faulty cast the Delhpi Debugger pointed me to. - Projects now open the first file in the list by default. - When switching between files, the statusbar (line:col and number of lines) now gets updated automatically. - Added formatting for "error: candidate is:". - Fixed a bug in the directory scanner: it used to omit every first file in any given directory. - Block indentation is now only triggered by tab when multiple lines are selected. - devDirs now saves relative paths too. Version 4.9.9.6 - 20 Juli 2011 - Fixed the language option in the executable information tab. It didn't properly set the listbox to the saved setting (losing settings upon next save). - Fixed a bug in the file association code: icons were missing. - Lines like 'in member function', 'in constructor' and 'in destructor' are now properly formatted in the Compiler Tab (no line and col numbers anymore). - Added line and column formatting for 'In static member function'. - Fixed the file version string: it now keeps in sync with incremented build numbers. - The spin edits which control the Project file version are now kept in sync with the strings below. - Added an option to synchronize product and file versions. - Set the default installation directory to C:\Program Files (x86)\Dev-Cpp instead of C:\Dev-Cpp. Version 4.9.9.5 - 16 Juli 2011 - Added column reporting for a few more error types. - Made a proper portable version this time: it comes in a 7zip file, saving a few more registry entries compared to 4.9.9.4's portable setup. - The uninstaller now adds itself to Windows' "Programs and Features" list. Version 4.9.9.4 - 12 Juli 2011 - Added a %path% macro to every path. Use this string in the config files to add relative paths to Compiler Directories. - Fixed a bug in the Code Completion Cache Creator (CCCC :D): it used to add 2 copies of every file (one relatively referred to and one referred to with a full path). - Cleaned up a few duplicate and unused headers and binaries. The installer is now a whopping 200KiB smaller. - Updated the make.exe searcher to check for GCC 4.5.2's make.exe. - Added a few install profiles: minimalist and portable. - Fixed a few grammar errors. - Updated the About window. - Added an icon to the installer. Version 4.9.9.3 - 24 Juni 2011 - Upgraded the Default Compiler to GCC 4.5.2. - When encountering an error, Dev will now point you to the error line and (new) positions the cursor next to it. - Added some more -march generic optimization options (core2, k8-sse3, amdfam10). Also added 'native' and 'generic' for advanced use. :P - Cleaned the explicit -m(some instruction set) options. Added a few more (but they're a bit useless, -march essentialy controls them). - Cleaned up the TODO viewer. - Fixed a bug in the Compiler Error parser: it used to read 1 byte too much afer the \0 of each error line, possibly causing crashes. - Added a column column in the Compiler log. - Tweaked the default settings. Enable line numbers by default for example. - Fixed a bug in the Compiler Set creator: it didn't feel like storing command line options for each Compiler. - Added more UI controls for frequently used GCC flags like -Wall, -Wextra and -pedantic. - Moved warning related flag options to a new section called 'Code Warnings'. - Removed the silly optimization controls. Now has a proper None/Low/Med/High combobox. - Updated the default directory listings to GCC 4.5.2's directories. - Removed the [Compiler] section from the ini file. Instead of saving the current Compiler Set twice, it saves a Compiler index to refer to. - And some more stuff I forgot about.