#develop .98 Text Editor Rewrite

1) What's New
2) Changes
3) Where to Download
4) Where to Report Bugs

1) What's New

This release has seen a complete rewrite of the text editor (it is now much faster), which also should be now much easier reuseable as a control in other applications. Also new by (very) popular request is the Tools / Options / Text Editor - Highlighting panel. It allows you to modify the syntax highlighting that is used inside #develop. Give it a try! Improvements you also should check out are the configuration of the external tools as well as the work that went into the Assembly Scout. Work on the parser for VB.NET is also progressing, we are confident that initial versions of code completion and forms designers for VB.NET will tip up soon.

Known issues: Code completion database generation still takes very long, so please be patient. Folding was postponed in favor of the editor rewrite.

2) Changes

* Rewrite of the text editor
* Syntax hightlighting definition editor added
* Code completion db wizard cycles #develop on initial startup (better performance)
* Improvements to #assembly and assembly scout
* Icons for menus and toolbars have been changed
* In general: lots of UI improvements (dialogs, menus, ...)
* Code completion improvements

3) Where to Download

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/download/

4) Where to Report Bugs

We do have an automatic error reporting dialog when #develop crashes with an unhandled exception. It will automatically take you to

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/BugReporting.aspx

where you can paste the error information. On non-exception bugs, go to the above location and provide us with .NET and OS version information.

In both cases, please do not forget to provide us with step by step instructions to reproduce the bug. Thank you for helping make #develop a more functional and stable product!

The #develop Team