VersionHistory

Version history

2012-10-12 Version 0.3.34

  * fix exceptions in NDepend when opening context menu on D project
  * delete file from project now uses VS environment dialog (avoiding dialog when moving project items)
  * fixed "build phobos browse info" failing for dmd 2.059
  * dependency on other projects: only output files with known file types are now passed to the dmd/gdc command line
  * linker error messages can now be decompressed and demangled (thanks to Benjamin Thaut for providing the code)
  * lexer now allows unicode characters from std.uni.isAlpha in identifiers
  * fix: when building phobos browse info the implicitely added JSON path was not saved to options
  * fix calling cv2pdb for D1
  * goto definition: if ".." is used to reference the source file path, it could be opened twice in the editor
  * new item: package and module name now filled with some guess
  * optlink now called directly with file monitoring: this allows passing the library path directly (making the DMD_LIB 
    patch in sc.ini redundant) and detecting library and source dependencies
  * parser could not recover from error in module statement, also improved recovery from error in enum declaration
  * parse errors in modules imported during semantic analysis could cause dramatic troubles
  * fixed parsing problems with function literal attributes and enumerators
  * outlining: adding lines before collapsed region could unfold the regions
  * fix: underlined syntax error could lag behind by a keystroke
  * tweak completion box:
    - from browse info: template arguments and contraint stripped from symbol now
    - avoid delayed opening of completion box when typing non-identifier characters
    - completion box now closed for a lot of navigation and editing commands
    - improved speed for large symbol lists
  * status line now cleared after parsing of imports has finished
  * fix installation for VS2012
  * now runs on an almost precise garbage collector
  * DLL project template now has a linker definition file

2012-06-19 Version 0.3.33

  * debugger project settings now stored in solution options file, not in project file
  * regression: clean project failed, now deletes files given by wildcard recursively
  * token replace: fixed freeze when trying to replace no tokens
  * cv2pdb: new version 0.25 that allows specifying a different pdb file being embedded 
    into the binary and supports VS11
  * cv2pdb: exposed command line options in the project options
  * intellisense tool tip now shows enumerator value
  * moved parser and semantic analysis into another process
  * GDC: user specified libraries are now appended after the source files to the command 
    line to avoid linker problems
  * improved performance when indenting multiple lines of code
  * remove project item: now asks whether file on disk should also be removed
  * parser: added support for linkage specification inside alias
  * version highlighting now supports the "version(V):" syntax
  * tweaked vsi2d to also convert the Windows 8 SDK and VS2012 SDK
  * added wizard to create packages from the new item dialog
  * improved import statement detection for expansion and goto definition

2012-03-14 Version 0.3.32

  * new version of cv2pdb with better handling of unicode characters in path names and better
    support for local variables in DWARF debug info
  * new version of mago with string literal support for associative array keys and easier stepping into main
  * some changes to reduce memory leaks due to false pointers
  * fixed parser to disambiguate !MixinStatement and !MixinExpression
  * added support for !__vector(T) to parser
  * goto definition: if executed on an import statement, now searching file through import paths
  * fixed lexer to not treat !in_x as an operator followed by an identifier "_x"
  * fixed regression: import expansions only listed folders, no modules
  * fixed custom command: project would not restore if multiple commands are used
  * project properties: added output type DLL for easier switching between DMD and GDC
  * project properties: added subsystem option, use "not set" if you have to specify a specific windows version
  * fixed underlining syntax errors shows only first error
  * fixed option "Show expansions when" not saving state "writing an identifier"
  * added icon for disabled project item (tool set to "None")
  * version highlighting now supports versions !DigitalMars/GNU and Win32/Win64
  * fixed building static lib with GDC and a space in the library file name

2012-03-14 Version 0.3.31

  * added option to "Intellisense" page to configure trigger of code completion
  * delay code definition window update until caret at the same position for a second to avoid pauses while
    navigating through the source
  * added support for building with GDC
  * added platform support for "x64" (use with GDC only)
  * includes new version 0.23 of cv2pdb that now also converts DWARF to pdb
  * tweaked idl2d to convert files to build with dmd 2.058
  * new version of mago: 
    - fixed possible stall when starting debugging
    - support for associative arrays in expressions
    - fixed problem with loading debug info of large projects
  * property: fixed editing multiple configurations at once
  * added Compile command to syntax check the current source file
  * parser now supports new delegate syntax (x) => x
  * project config: shown command line now updated when pressing "Apply"
  * fix resource include with spaces
  * fix always rebuilding if a dependent library project target has spaces in the path name

2012-01-07 Version 0.3.30

  * fixed utf8 to OLE string conversion, that could get in the way when using non ascii file names
  * property pages now adjust their font and size to the IDE environment
  * !__ctfe is now highlighted as a keyword
  * scope(identifier) with wrong identifier shown as a parse error
  * completion automatically inserts now if there is only one candidate
  * completion of import modules now restricted to files, not symbols
  * colorizer now asks the parser whether "is" and "in" are used as operators
  * debugger data tooltip now grabs ident1.ident2 expressions when hovering ident2
  * added checkbox for options -gs and -property to project configuration
  * added new color to highlight predefined versions
  * creating new folder now initiates renaming it
  * fixed error message capture for error list in case the message also contains "filename(lineno):"
  * new options page "Tools->Options->Text Editor->D->Intellisense" to select sources of code completion
  * experimental tooltips and code completion from semantic analysis of source code
  * project configuration: new debugger option to redirect stdout to the debugger output window
  * project configuration: new option to pause after running program without debugger
  * added option to "Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->Visual D Settings" to stop a solution build
    if a project fails to build

2011-12-03 Version 0.3.29

  * highlighting: new colors for user defined list of types (defaults to basic types in object.d)
  * disabled versions: fixed wrong highlighting when editing before conditional
  * token replace dialog: fixed empty dialog when opening with default size
  * fixed crash when building a project with a configuration that is not available in a dependent project
  * fixed freeze in startup due to thread starting issues (probably only happened with more than 2 cores)
  * added C++ to D conversion wizard
  * added installation for Visual Studio 11
  * tweaked dialogs to better integrate with VS

2011-10-25 Version 0.3.28

  * mago debugger: fixed crash when there is no sstStaticSym section in the debug info
  * mago debugger: fixed local variables not shown in last function of an object file
  * mago debugger: fixed display of TLS variables
  * mago debugger: added workaround for bad line number debug info, causing mago to switch to assembly easily
  * mago debugger: globals and statics can now be displayed without specifying complete scope
  * cv2pdb: fixed patching of autoexp.dat when the install path contained spaces
  * fix: the import path set in the global options never made it to the command line
  * fixed parser to accept "class B() if(true) : A {}"
  * fixed parser to support import as statement
  * building druntime browse info now uses src folder (di files look ugly and do not compile)
  * building browse info now writes to "Visual D" output pane
  * F1 searches language and phobos documentation for help on identifier
  * added highlighting of asm block, using new colors "Visual D Register/Mnemonic" and "Disabled/Token String" variants
  * parsing and outlining now aborted when text changes, so editing is more responsive with large source files

2011-09-24 Version 0.3.27

  * smart reindenting line when typing last char of sole "in", "out" and "body"
  * tweaked smart indenting with respect to enumerators, arrays, labels and more
  * paste a full line or more now causes automatic reindentation (global option to disable)
  * automatic reindentation was not triggered when typing '{', '}', etc (win 7/8 only?)
  * fix: build phobos browse information broken in last version
  * some internal errors are now reported to the output window (like failing to parse JSON file)
  * fixed bad display when deleting characters from line with outlining
  * new option to show demangled symbols in the Error List (not the output window)

2011-08-25 Version 0.3.26

  * fixed regression in last version: single file compilation did not build any d files
  * single file compilation: avoid relinking every time
  * seperate compile and link: no longer trashes dependencies in link step
  * goto definition, search symbol: now line number adjusted according to changes since last successful build
  * fix: resource files in sub folders would not build because the same folders were expected in the intermediate directory
  * global settings: split page into directories/settings pages to make option "Show build time" accessible
  * global settings: added option to disable sorting projects
  * parser now accepts "do {} while(cond)" without trailing ';'
  * project options macro $(PROJECTNAME) now uses the name in the solution instead of the project file name
  * fixed bad indentation of first contract
  * fixed colorization of first token after debug condition without arguments
  * "is" now always colored as operator, not as keyword
  * updated to build with dmd 2.055beta

2011-06-19 Version 0.3.25

  * fixed version information of the DLL
  * error list: warnings are no longer shown as errors
  * project name added to buildlog.html to allow multiple projects with the same intermediate dir
  * fixed highlighting of version(unittest) and debug without identifier
  * friendlier error message if debug executable or working dir do not exist
  * reduced parsing thread priority to interfere less with editing
  * adjusted vsi2d to build with the latest VS2010 SDK
  * Visual D now builds with DMD 2.053
  * moved from std.date to std.datetime to fix some time displays
  * moved outlining into parse thread to reduce delays when editing large files
  * added warning to library search path settings
  * d-files now set to UTF8 encoding if not already marked by BOM
  * fixed transparent window frame around dialogs in VS2010
  * added drag'n'drop of project folders
  * added support for "Stop Outlining" and "Toggle All Outlining"
  * tweaked outlining for multi-dimensional arrays and token strings
  * build order of custom/resource compilations now sorted by dependencies
  * project items now sorted alphabetically
  * fixed a few more issues with relative paths causing a source file to be opened twice in the editor

2011-05-08 Version 0.3.24

  * fixed crash when installing/uninstalling other Visual Studio plugins
  * added menu entry "Open Website" to browse the visual D Website inside Visual Studio
  * added support for Object Browser and Class View
  * now runs a parser in the background to underline syntax errors
  * fixed scanning of floating point literals starting with '.'
  * default colors for identifiers, numbers and operators now follow the "Plain Text" setting
  * new version 0.1.2 of mago that fixes some issues with exceptions and improves the call stack display
  * if a source file is used in multiple project, it is no longer opened multiple times in the editor
  * improved lookup speed in browse info, now removing duplicate entries for eponymous templates
  * fixed issues with quoted arguments with trailing backslash in settings
  * browse info now updated when JSON paths changed in global options
  * fixed spurious crash when removing multiple lines 

2011-03-09 Version 0.3.23

  * fixed issue on x64 with threads without TLS that crept back in by migrating to DMD 2.052
  * separate compile and link: removed -X,-D,-H from the link step to avoid creating empty files
  * new compilation mode: compile only to set your link step manually in the post-build step
  * jumping to errors in files that exist in several projects now jump to the correct source

2011-02-27 Version 0.3.22

  * Visual D now builds with DMD 2.052
  * fixed !WindowsApp template to build with DMD 2.052
  * fixed some COM leaks
  * paste ring menu no longer stops when repeating the first entry and 
    avoids duplicate entries
  * new token search and replace dialog
  * new compilation mode: compile and link in separate steps allowing multiple object files
  * the option "Statement completion -> Parameter information" is now respected,
    showing the parameter tooltip when writing the opening parenthesis
  * smart-indent now respects the contents of the new line when inserting a line break
  * now supporting the Code Definition Window

2011-01-29 Version 0.3.21

  * fix: identifiers extracted for "Goto Definition" stopped at digits
  * fix: clean removed ddoc files from the doc directory, but not html files
  * added macro expansion to modules.ddoc setting
  * added context menu to show paste ring buffer and insert from it
  * brace highlighting now done in idle handling, so it also works when moving
    the caret with the mouse
  * brace matching now also includes strings and nested comments
  * goto matching brace now implemented (the VS implementation does not work 
    well with D)
  * completion: items are no longer displayed multiple times
  * improved handling of unicode characters in environment and batch files
  * installer now adds a "D Exception" to the "Win32 Exception" list to allow
    the debugger to stop when a D exception is thrown

2010-12-31 Version 0.3.20

  * basic outlining support (disable with check box on global text editor page
    if it is causing trouble, manually activate it with "Outlining -> Collapse to Definitions")
  * added build time output (set check box on global project option page)
  * fixed missing newline after post build command
  * fix: suffix L was not recognized on floats
  * code completion and goto definition now also work in comments or strings
  * ddoc files in project now also passed to DMD automatically
  * support for generating modules.ddoc for CanDyDOC

2010-12-11 Version 0.3.19

  * fixed [] being a single token confusing brace matching
  * fixed some issues with detecting floating point numbers
  * fixed issues with bad colorization state
  * fixed crash when a project in a solution could no longer be found
  * now packaged with cv2pdb 0.19

2010-11-07 Version 0.3.18

  * linker errors with file name on the same line did not make it into the error list
  * added color "Visual D Operator" to "Fonts and Colors" setup
  * added version/debug colorizations (colors "Visual D Disabled ...")
  * added q{} token string colorizations (colors "Visual D Token String ...")
  * additional tools settings page under !TextEditor->D->Colorizer
  * fixed broken search file dialog introduced in last version
  * project configuration: added single file compilation option
  * project configuration: changed defaults for "file to clean" and "json path"
    to better support single file compilation
  * fixed incomplete parsing of escaped file names in dependency files
  * improved dependency file parsing speed
  * bugfix: imports with selective import symbols could miss from dependent import files
  * now packaged with cv2pdb 0.18
  * now packaged with new mago version, including better exception handling and 
    disassembly support
  * fixed mago deinstallation, added mago to Visual Studio About window
  * added token identifier enumerator to lexer

2010-09-29 Version 0.3.17

  * improved support for mercurial-scc, AnkhSVN and VisualHG
  * (un)comment/format selection did not work with selection created from bottom to top
  * (un)comment selection now works similer to C++ always adding/removing comments, toggle
    comments is now a new Visual D command
  * fixed DLL loading on xp64
  * command "Build phobos browse info" now uses $(APPDATA)\VisualD\json as the default path
    to avoid access rights problems
  * command "Build phobos browse info" now also works for D1

2010-09-24 Version 0.3.16

  * now Visual D itself also compiles against VSI SDK for Visual Studio 2010 and Windows SDK v7.1
  * empty dependency file now causes rebuild
  * new command "Build phobos browse info"
  * added support for Mago debugger
  * fixed dmd option for profiling
  * fixed bad status message for matching parenthesis
  * now supports command comment/uncomment selected lines
  * improved smart indentation
  * block re-indentation now works as a single command with respect to undo/redo
  * now packaged with cv2pdb 0.17
  * fixed loading DLLs (including Visual D) on Windows Server 2003
  * now installer includes Mago debugger
  * new profiler window to display trace.log
  * fixed bad variable replacement when building project name shorter than 4 characters

2010-08-11 Version 0.3.15

  * when reading import paths from sc.ini, the directory is determined by searching dmd.exe 
    through the executable paths setting and the PATH environment variable
  * fixed freeze when searching indentation level for smart indent (might also affect brace
    matching)
  * now packaged with cv2pdb 0.16.
  * fixed crash when running along-side the Qt-Addin for Visual Studio

2010-07-23 Version 0.3.14

  * fixed parameter tooltips on VS2010
  * fixed debugger data tooltips on VS2010
  * fixed handling of quoted file/path names
  * updated bitmaps in about box and templates to the website logo
  * added command VisualD.!ParameterInfo to avoid hook by Visual Assist
  * fixed import completion for packages accessed through project import path settings
  * goto definition now displays error in status line if no definition found or opening source file fails
  * now jumping to definition if multiple definitions exist on the same line
  * brace highlighting now shows error in status line for mismatched brackets
  * brace highlighting now also shows begin/end of block comments
  * fixed pasting html text not omitting format information
  * now using environment variable DMD_LIB to pass library path to DMD, please update DMDs sc.ini accordingly
  * now build checks whether output files are actually created to avoid silent link failure
  * generating JSON output is now the default setting for new projects

2010-07-09 Version 0.3.13

  * renaming a file in the project did not ensure the project to be saved
  * dragging a directory into the project now creates a folder and adds all files and folders found in that directory but those that start with "."
  * added project option "Enable informational warnings" (dmd option -wi)
  * resource files now have command "View Code"
  * fix: completion did not detect beginning of word at line end
  * fix: skipping through a string literal with ctrl-left/right skipped the whole string
  * now handling some optional project properties to keep !AnkhSvn happy.
  * SCC status of project items is now shown (but not updated yet)
  * minor tweak of the !ConsoleApp template
  * more files translated from the Windows SDK
  * now using label "reportError" instead of "xit" in build batches
  * options with multiple arguments are now delimited by both ';' and white spaces, use quotes if any of these need to be part of a file name

2010-06-25 Version 0.3.12

  * stricter string handling to avoid crashes when launching debugger in VS2010
  * the windows application template's sub-system version now defaults to 4.0
  * added new project item template for package creating both folder in project and 
    directory on disk
  * if a directory exists with the name of the folder, the default location
    of a new project item now defaults to this directory
  * renaming a file in the project renames it on disk as well
  * improved build process, it should now be possible to compile Visual D following
    the instruction on http://www.dsource.org/projects/visuald/wiki/Build_from_source
  * updated to cv2pdb 0.14.

2010-06-10 Version 0.3.11

  * error messages now forwarded to error list
  * Visual D settings now stored in the user area of the registry
  * added library search path to project settings (you need to append ";%LIB%" to
    the LIB setting in DMD's sc.ini for this to work)
  * command VisualD.!ShowScope now displays the scope of the caret in the 
    status line
  * Visual D now creates its own menu, expecting to be filled with more commands
    in the future and to avoid cluttering other menus
  * Search window commands are now called VisualD.!SearchFile and VisualD.!SearchSymbol
    (you might need to reassign keyboard shortcuts)
  * Thanks to Alix Pexton, the web site has a professional looking new logo.

2010-06-03 Version 0.3.10

  * updated to cv2pdb 0.13 which allows debugging under plain VS2010 and is
    more stable when evaluating arrays in the debugger
  * now built with debug symbols to allow crash analysis. See
    [download:downloads/visuald_pdb.zip] for symbols for the latest version
  * fix: project property dialog did not popup with saved D version
  * added the possibility to stop a build
  * new logo now used in about box

2010-05-28 Version 0.3.9

  * new file/symbol search window
  * word-completion can now be expanded to symbol lookup by pressing Ctrl-Space again
  * installation now reenables package, in case you told VS to skip loading it
  * now using machine-translated SDK instead of std.windows
  * fixed COM leak
  * fix: file opened through "goto definition"/"find in files" sometimes warns
    "already opened in editor"
  * fix: "goto error" sometimes would not jump to error with message 
    "cannot find the file specified"
  * fix: last version would not let you select any but the first entry of an
    expansion list
  * symbol information now updated after project load, it's no longer necessary
    to build once

2010-05-08 Version 0.3.8

  * added function parameter tooltips
  * fix: resource files would not be updated when used with tool "Auto"
  * fix: custom built files always added to linker command line
  * fix: fixed initialization exception when no windows-SDK installed
  * fix: build only worked as admin on x64
  * fix: spurious crashes on x64
  * improved !WindowsApp project template (added libs, sets application subsystem)

2010-04-27 Version 0.3.7

  * force CR/LF pairs in batch commands instead of LF only end-of-line.

2010-04-26 Version 0.3.6

  * fixed COM and memory leaks
  * projects with a lot of files now build with response files
  * when only removing file or changing folder name, project was not saved
  * support for operation "Rebuild"
  * option "other compiler" and map file were not quoted when containing spaces
  * added build logging to $(!IntDir)\buildlog.html
  * added macros SAFEPROJECTPATH/DIR/FILENAME/EXT/NAME identical to PROJECT*, but
    without spaces

2010-04-22 Version 0.3.5

  * added cv2pdb to installer
  * support for operations on multiselection in solution explorer
  * added option "D 2.043" to pass corresponding flag to cv2pdb
  * macros in all debug options are now expanded
  * fixed crashes on COM objects that were garbage-collected while still in use

2010-04-20 Version 0.3.4

  * added support for command Edit.!InvokeSnippetFromShortcut
  * installer now requests admin execution level, so it does not fail on Vista or Windows7
  * removed VS Express version from installer

2010-04-18 Version 0.3.3

  * now shows full version in about box
  * added README, LICENSE and CHANGES to installer
  * added DnD inside project
  * fixed registration of D templates for "New File"
  * fixed multi-hreading issue, e.g. causing find in entire solution to fail
  * added "Clean" project
  * cleaned up and added more project templates 

2010-04-14 Version 0.3.2

2010-04-13 Version 0.3.1

  * initial release