Release Notes
- Version 2.00 - 10 April 2003
Version 2.00 is a major new release of VIDE.
The new features include:
- Tabbed MDI Interface - This is the major change
for the Windows version of VIDE. There is a new file tab
bar just under the tool bar. This tab bar will show
up to 8 file names (shortened to fit on the buttons).
You can easily switch from file to file using the tab buttons.
This will work either in regular cascaded windows, or with
each file window maximized. The little right arrow button
will move from file window to file window, while the double
up/down arrow will toggle the windows from cascaded to maximized
and back. This is a major enhancement for the Windows version,
and I will also try to add this feature to the X version for
Linux.
- Three Window Arrangements Modes - The tabbed MDI bar has
allowed VIDE to support three basic ways of arranging file windows.
The first is the traditional Windows MDI mode, but with file
tabs. The second is using VIDE with the Windows maximized, again
using the file tabs to switch windows. Finally, there is a tiled
display mode that places the Console Window that shows output
from the compiler at the top, with files displayed in the bottom
of the main window. When using gdb, the debug window will also
show at the top, which makes debugging much easier. Click on
the button that shows two Windows on the tool bar to toggle
in and out of tiled display. Depending on just what you are
working on, you can pick which of these window display
arrangements to work with.
- Reopen previous -
When you first run VIDE, if you use File:Reopen previous,
the Project and files (up to 10, at any rate) that you had open
in your previous session will be reopened. You can use the
Options->VIDE dialog to make VIDE automatically reopen
the last session when it starts.
- Support for MinGW 2 -
With the MinGW 2.0 version of gcc, the make tool was renamed to
mingw32-make in the new distribution, which made things a bit
confusing for VIDE. This version will attempt to look for both
mingw32-make and the regular make tools.
- gcc DLLs for Windows -
The project wizard now can generate project files to
build DLLs on Windows.
- Better support for other compilers -
A new build generic project option lets you start a VIDE
project file that can be customized for other compilers
such as Fortran or Pascal.
- New Project File - linker spec, library files, relative paths -
The format of the project file has been changed a bit. All source files
are now specified using relative paths for more flexibility where
you keep your source files. Library files are now specified as a list
rather than options on the linker specification.
- Better support for grep -
Support for grep has been more closely integrated into
VIDE. This makes it even easier to grep for patterns across
files.
- .ini file in Application Data -
The VIDE .ini file will now be stored in the
user Application Data directory on Windows
XP/2000 rather than in Windows.
- Better right click menu -
The right mouse click drop down menu has been improved.
You can now use it to look up ctags and grep patterns.
You can also select a file name (like a .h
file), and right click to open it.
- Mixed C++/C projects -
There is new support for mixing C and C++ source files.
- Improved documentation -
The documentation has been updated, and documentation
for several GNU tools is now included.
- New function key short cuts -
New function key short cuts have been added to the
menus.
- Bug Fixes - Some minor bugs were fixed. There was
a problem when the Borland compiler path had a space in the name.
The MinGW make file stamp problem will occur less frequently.
Interaction with gdb has been improved.