| 1 | Qt Creator version 2.2 contains bug fixes and new features. |
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| 3 | The most important changes are listed in this document. For a complete |
| 4 | list of changes, see the Git log for the Qt Creator sources that |
| 5 | you can check out from the public Git repository. For example: |
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| 7 | git clone git://gitorious.org/qt-creator/qt-creator.git |
| 8 | git log --cherry-pick --pretty=oneline origin/2.1...origin/2.2 |
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| 10 | General |
| 11 | * Add support for running user defined external tools (Tools > External) |
| 12 | * Move tool chain definitions out of Qt versions: |
| 13 | * You can now define tool chains in Tools > Options > Tool Chains |
| 14 | * Qt Creator now supports more than one instance of a tool chain |
| 15 | * Add support for customizing MIME types by editing patterns and |
| 16 | magic headers |
| 17 | * Integrate the memcheck tool from Valgrind for Linux and Mac OS X |
| 18 | * Create the infrastructure to set up "soft dependencies" between plugins |
| 19 | * Add the qtpromaker tool that has the same functionality as |
| 20 | "qmake -project", but is much faster. It provides a way to easily set up |
| 21 | dummy .pro files that you need to quickly inspect and navigate "alien" |
| 22 | codebases with Qt Creator |
| 23 | * Document Qt Creator coding style |
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| 25 | Editing |
| 26 | * Add an Inkpot color scheme |
| 27 | * Add UTF-8 BOM support |
| 28 | * Move the Open in External Editor item to Tools > External > Text |
| 29 | * Add the Expand/Collapse All context menu item to the Outline pane |
| 30 | * Add support for user-defined macros (contributed by Nicolas Arnaud-Cormos) |
| 31 | * Add a snippet editor with syntax highlighting, indentation, and basic |
| 32 | auto-completion for C++ and QML |
| 33 | * Add GLSL support with: |
| 34 | - Syntax checking |
| 35 | - Highlighting |
| 36 | - Code completion |
| 37 | * Binary editor: |
| 38 | - Visualize data differences after updates |
| 39 | - Fix selection if cursor is left of anchor |
| 40 | - Allow copying also if selection is "backwards" |
| 41 | - Do not draw blinking cursor when there is a selection |
| 42 | FakeVim: |
| 43 | - Implement Ctrl-N/Ctrl-P |
| 44 | - Implement 's' in visual block mode |
| 45 | - Fix Alt-Gr handling on Windows |
| 46 | - Handle more Ctrl-W + <x> commands |
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| 48 | Managing Projects |
| 49 | * Improve the robustness of qmake project support against syntax errors |
| 50 | * Change the handling of command line arguments of processes that are |
| 51 | started from build and run configurations: |
| 52 | - Argument lists use native shell syntax; this affects quoting and |
| 53 | environment variable expansion most |
| 54 | - The SOURCEDIR and BUILDDIR environment variables were replaced |
| 55 | with %{sourceDir} and %{buildDir} variables |
| 56 | - This affects working directories and executable paths as well |
| 57 | * Support syntax highlighting and completion for qmake project files |
| 58 | * CMake: Add UI completion, changes in .ui files are picked up without |
| 59 | a rebuild |
| 60 | * Specify text editor behavior settings per project |
| 61 | * New project and file wizards: |
| 62 | - Support new keywords %MONTH% and %DAY% for C++ template file |
| 63 | - Add wizards for creating OpenGL fragment and vertex shaders |
| 64 | - Add a wizard for creating HTML5 based applications |
| 65 | - Add a wizard for creating JavaScript files, QTCREATORBUG-3070 |
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| 67 | Debugging |
| 68 | * Rewrite debugging engine using the Microsoft Console Debugger (CDB) |
| 69 | for debugging executables built with Microsoft Visual Studio, |
| 70 | resulting in significant speed-up and better display of data |
| 71 | types, supporting both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the |
| 72 | Debugging Tools for Windows |
| 73 | * Make it possible to pin debugger tooltips |
| 74 | * Rework global architecture to allow multiple debugging sessions (for |
| 75 | different projects, combined QML/C++ debugging, project snapshots, |
| 76 | and so on) |
| 77 | * Rework breakpoint handling: add special breakpoint types for break |
| 78 | on throw and break on main, as well as data breakpoints |
| 79 | * Introduce combined QML/C++ debugging (combined stack, cross-step) (GDB only) |
| 80 | * Rework per-type and per-item selection of display formats |
| 81 | * Add dumpers for QTextCursor, QTextDocument, __m128, QScriptValue |
| 82 | QBasicAtomicPointer, bit fields, boost::shared_ptr (GDB only) |
| 83 | * Improve dumpers for QRegion, QVariant (custom types), QSharedPointer, |
| 84 | QMultiMap (QTCREATORBUG-3122), QObject, QWeakPointer |
| 85 | * Make alphabetic structure member sorting optional |
| 86 | * Make dumpers robust in case of missing debug information |
| 87 | * Improve Python dumper profiling support |
| 88 | * Improve stepping performance |
| 89 | * Enable breakpoint setting from a disassembler view, QTCREATORBUG-3667 |
| 90 | * Fix display of shadowed variables |
| 91 | * Fix display of data containing quote characters, QTCREATORBUG-3084 |
| 92 | * Fix display of C-style typedef struct X { ... } X; |
| 93 | * Fix stack/break view updates after manual module loading, QTCREATORBUG-3427 |
| 94 | * Fix Jump To/Run To when in instruction-wise mode |
| 95 | * Fix the watcher handling |
| 96 | * Allow re-running debugger engines, QTCREATORBUG-3073 |
| 97 | * Robust process control after -exec-interrupt errors, QTCREATORBUG-2850 |
| 98 | * Robust detection of Qt-in-namespace builds |
| 99 | * Handle "live updates" in the memory view |
| 100 | * Make memory view writable (GDB only) |
| 101 | * Improve starting debugger session directly from the command line |
| 102 | * Improve Debugging Helpers dialog |
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| 104 | Debugging QML/JS |
| 105 | * Compile qmljsdebugger code as static library, and link it according to the |
| 106 | setting in the qmake step (replaces QMLJSDEBUGGER_PATH / QMLJSDEBUGGER define) |
| 107 | * Qt Quick Application: Allow debugging also in release builds, improve error |
| 108 | diagnostics |
| 109 | * GUI cosmetics in JS debugger: Show stack frame level, only valid |
| 110 | line numbers in stack view, do not show function code, show dummy |
| 111 | child entry for empty arrays |
| 112 | * Added QML tooltips for property inspection at debug time |
| 113 | * Extend QML Observer for inspection and tweaking of item properties |
| 114 | * Add navigation of the object tree in the QML Observer through a crumble path |
| 115 | * Add the Show Application on Top option |
| 116 | * Move the toolbar from the Observer tab to the main toolbar |
| 117 | * Support setting of breakpoints in .qml files embedded as qrc resources |
| 118 | * Improve linking of QML errors in Application Output pane |
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| 120 | C++ Support |
| 121 | * Add a refactoring action for implementing setters and getters for |
| 122 | a Q_PROPERTY |
| 123 | * Add documentation for refactoring actions |
| 124 | * Fix switch statement indentation for GNU and Whitesmiths |
| 125 | style, QTCREATORBUG-2994 |
| 126 | * Fix indentation of labels |
| 127 | * Support highlighting for virtual functions |
| 128 | * Navigate to correct overloaded function or method |
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| 130 | QML/JS Support |
| 131 | * Add local-file completion for URL properties, QTCREATORBUG-2619 |
| 132 | * Add warning about invalid files in URL properties |
| 133 | * Add file name completion in imports, QTCREATORBUG-3067 |
| 134 | * Add a locator filter for JS functions, QTCREATORBUG-2607 |
| 135 | * Add JSlint-style warnings about common JS pitfalls, QTCREATORBUG-3071 |
| 136 | * Add completion for attached properties like Component.onCompleted |
| 137 | * Allow QML modules to ship predumped type description files |
| 138 | * Reenable instantiating component scope detection, QTCREATORBUG-2835 |
| 139 | * Improve error reporting of failed plugin dumps |
| 140 | * Complete a trailing '{' for 'A on b' object bindings, QTCREATORBUG-2642 |
| 141 | * Highlight capitalized types, QTCREATORBUG-2658 |
| 142 | * Re-dump a plugin if the shared library/DLL changes, QTCREATORBUG-3047 |
| 143 | * Build qmldump in debug and release version on Windows, QTCREATORBUG-3549 |
| 144 | * Change qmldump to output QML instead of XML |
| 145 | * Fix automatic '.' import to also pick up QML modules, QTCREATORBUG-3768 |
| 146 | * Fix code model update when files are renamed, QTCREATORBUG-2986 |
| 147 | * Fix incorrect completion when brace is on a separate line, QTCREATORBUG-2658 |
| 148 | * Fix quote autoinsertion in string literals, QTCREATORBUG-2155, QTCREATORBUG-3244 |
| 149 | * Fix '{' not being an electric character, QTCREATORBUG-3405 |
| 150 | * Fix indentation of 'foo: Namesp.Type {', QTCREATORBUG-3371 |
| 151 | * .qmlproject format: Allow specifying the 'mainFile' qml file, bump version to 1.1 |
| 152 | * Qt Quick UI project: allow user to change run environment |
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| 154 | Help |
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| 156 | Platform Specific |
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| 158 | Mac |
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| 160 | Linux (GNOME and KDE) |
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| 162 | Windows |
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| 164 | Symbian Target |
| 165 | * Add support for the new on-device debugging agent (CODA) |
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| 167 | Maemo Target |
| 168 | * Add MeeGo support |
| 169 | * Add a wizard for configuring connections to Maemo and MeeGo devices |
| 170 | * Add a wizard for publishing applications to Fremantle/extras-devel |
| 171 | * Create desktop files on demand |
| 172 | * Allow disabling packaging for Fremantle |
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| 174 | Qt Designer |
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| 176 | Version control plugins |
| 177 | * Support Bazaar (contributed by Hugues Delorme) |
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| 179 | Additional credits go to: |
| 180 | * The Inkpot color scheme was based on the Vim color scheme by |
| 181 | Ciaran McCreesh, adapted for Qt Creator by Jan Kundrát and |
| 182 | subsequently updated by Campbell Barton |
| 183 | * Hugues Delorme for the Bazaar plugin which he continues to improve |
| 184 | * Nicolas Arnaud-Cormos for the Macro plugin |
