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+<h1 id="top">CDT 6.0 - New and Noteworthy</h1>
+<p>Note: "New and Noteworthy" for <a href="#5.0">previous versions</a> is at the bottom of this file.</p>
+<p>See <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/CDT/User/NewIn60">What's new in CDT 6.0</a> on the CDT wiki;
+may contain other information.
+</p>
+
+<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600">
+ <colgroup>
+ <col width="20%">
+ <col width="80%">
+ </colgroup>
+ <tbody>
+ <p><!-- ******************** Editor ********************** -->
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><a name="Editor"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Editor</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Rename in File</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>To make rename refactoring work interactively in the editor,
+ position the cursor on an identifier in the editor and hit Cntl-1
+ (the hotfix key). Choose "Rename in file."
+ Changing an identifier simultaneously changes all other references to that identifier.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/RenameInFile.png" alt="Rename in File">
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Refactoring</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>"Extract local variable" is added via editor context menu.
+ Select an expression in the editor and select Refactor > Extract local variable
+ from the context menu.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/refactor_before.png" alt="refactor"></p>
+ <p><img src="../images/60/refactorExtractLocalVar.png" alt="refactoring context menu highlighting 'extract local variable'">
+ <p>Give the new local variable a name</p>
+ <p><p><img src="../images/60/refactor_varname.png" alt="refactor"></p></p>
+ A local variable is created from the expression and its
+ use is inserted in the original expression.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/refactor_after.png" alt="refactor"></p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Add Include </b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>Add Include significantly improved.
+ <ul>
+ <li>CDT can infer the header file of a function or class from its use and automatically insert the appropriate
+ #include directive. For example create a file with a main method and a call to printf. Right click on the call to
+ printf and select Source > Add Include. CDT will infer that printf is defined in the cstdio header and
+ automatically insert the #include directive for that header.
+ <ul>
+ <li>This feature works much better in CDT 6.0.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <!-- <p><img src="../images/60/image.png" alt="alternate text for image for accessibility"> -->
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Outline View</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Inactive code is shown in Outline View. The CDT parser can now detect top-level declarations within
+ inactive code blocks and display them in the outline view. Inactive declarations appear slightly greyed out and the
+ icon has a slash through it.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/CDT6.0_inactive_code_outline.png" alt="Inactive code in Outline View">
+ <p> </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>Grouping of method definitions in the Outline view.
+ <p></p>
+ The outline view is now capable of displaying class members defined outside the class in the same way it displays
+ members defined inside the class.
+ <p></p>
+ This feature can be turned on/off in the preferences.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/CDT6.0_outline_group_methods2.png" alt="Grouping of method definitions in the Outline view">
+ <p> </p>
+ <p><img src="../images/60/CDT6.0_group_methods_prefernce2.png" alt="Method definitions grouping preference">
+ <p> </p>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b> Macro Exploration </b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>Improved Macro Exploration control.
+ <ul>
+ <li>The Macro Expansion hover now has a toolbar at the bottom of the control with back, forward and open
+ declaration buttons.</li>
+ <li>The title bar of the Macro Expansion hover is now draggable.</li>
+ <p><img src="../images/60/CDT6.0_macro_hover.png" alt="Macro Expansion hover toolbar"></p>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Block selection mode </b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>Block selection mode now works in the CDT editor.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/CDT6.0_block_mode.png" alt="Block selection mode in editor">
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>C style block commenting</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>C style block commenting (Ctrl-Shift-/) improved
+ <!-- <p><img src="../images/60/image.png" alt="alternate text for image for accessibility"> -->
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <!-- ******************** Indexing ********************** -->
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><a name="Indexing"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Indexing</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Implicit references and overloaded operators</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <p></p>
+ Index support for implicit references and overloaded operators:
+ <ul>
+ <li>The indexer now picks up references for uses of overloaded operators.</li>
+ <li>The editor now has full support for overloaded operators including semantic highlighting, mark occurrences
+ and open declaration.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/CDT6.0_OO_editor.png" alt="Overloaded operators support in editor">
+ <p> </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>A category has been added to the syntax highlighting options for overloaded operators.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/CDT6.0_OO_syntax_preferences.png" alt="Overloaded operators syntax color option in preference">
+ <p> </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>It is now possible to search for references to overloaded operators.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/CDT6.0_OO_search.png" alt="Overloaded operators in search results">
+ <p> </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>Uses of overloaded operators now show up in the call hierarchy view.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/CDT6.0_OO_callh2.png" alt="Overloaded operators in call hierarchy view">
+ <p> </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>The indexer is picking up more information to support this feature, therefore indexing time may be longer
+ and the size of the index file will be larger. For this reason the indexer options page provides the option to turn
+ off the collection of implicit references.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/CDT6.0_OO_indexer_preferences.png" alt="Skip implicit references option in indexer preference">
+ <p> </p>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>System Includes</b></p>
+ </td>
+
+
+ <td>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Heuristics to pick up otherwise unresolved include files from the project
+ <p>In older versions of CDT the user was forced to manually set up all include paths that were not discovered by
+ the build system. Now CDT is capable of automatically finding any header file that is located within the project
+ without manual setup.
+ <p>(See <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=213562">Bug 213562</a>)</p>
+ <p> </p>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Indexer Accuracy</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Rework of template instantiation
+ <p>
+ There have been significant improvements to the CDT editor for supporting C++ templates. Content assist now works
+ much better within code that makes heavy use of templates.</p>
+ <p> </p>
+ <li>
+ There have been numerous improvements to the performance and accuracy of the CDT parser and indexer.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <!-- ******************** Navigation and Search ********************** -->
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><a name="navAndSearch"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Navigation and Search</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Open Declaration</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>Open Declaration (F3) improved, particularly for unresolved symbols.
+ <p>Open Declaration is capable of detecting potential matches.</p>
+ <p><img src="../images/60/CDT6.0_open_declaration.png" alt="Improved open declaration for unresolved symbols">
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <!-- ******************** Project and Build ********************** -->
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><a name="projAndBuild"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Project and Build</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Converters</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Added a converter to convert a general project to a Managed make project</li>
+ <li>Fixes to Makefile converter</li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Working Sets</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Complete overhaul of the user interface for Working Set Configurations:</li>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Updated Manage Working Set Configurations dialog for simpler workflows</li>
+ <li>Quick access to configurations via a property page for Working Sets
+ <br></br><img src="../images/60/New_cdtwsconfig_wsProperties.png" alt="New working set configuration dialog">
+ <p> </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li>Context menu actions on Working Sets in the Project Explorer for activating and building configurations
+ <p><img src="../images/60/New_cdtwsconfig_wsContextMenu.png" alt="Activating and building working set configurations through context menu"/></p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li>For more details, see the <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/CDT/designs/workingSets">working sets
+ design document</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Make Targets View</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Icons, menu and dialogs have been enhanced. Build action uses hammer icon for consistency with project
+ build icon in editor toolbar.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/MTV.png" alt="Make Targets View">
+ <p> </p>
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>Drag and Drop of Make Targets in Make Targets View. It is possible to copy/paste, drag files from Project
+ Explorer to the view, or Make Targets to external editor, various options available.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/MTV-DND.png" alt="Drag and Drop enabled in Make Targets View">
+ <p> </p>
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Error and Problem management</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>ErrorParserManager has been significantly simplified and improved. See <a
+ href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=264715">bug 264715 </a>and its subtasks.
+ <ul>
+ <li>Uses a much more accurate algorithm for associating errors/warnings from build output with files in the
+ workspace.</li>
+ <li>Other C/C++ projects from the workspace are considered when looking for files.</li>
+ <li>RSE EFS projects and EFS resources are supported.</li>
+ <li>Improved performance.</li>
+ </ul>
+ <p><img src="../images/60/EPM-multi.png" alt="More accurate algorithm for associating errors/warnings from build output with files in the
+ workspace">
+ <p>In the <b>Problems View</b>, external file locations (outside of the workspace) have been moved to the Location
+ column and associated with "Open External Location" menu.
+ <p><img src="../images/60/PV-extloc.png" alt="Open External Location from context menu in Problems View">
+ <ul>
+ <li>Remote Project Support
+ <ul>
+ <li>New <b>ICommandLauncher interface</b> supports overriding how build commands are launched.</li>
+ <li><b>EFS resources</b> now supported with Managed Build.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>XL C/C++ Compiler Support
+ <ul>
+ <li>The <b>XL C/C++ Error Parser</b> has been modernized. It can handle compiler errors/warnings better and
+ now also xlC linker warnings.</li>
+ <li><b>XL C/C++ v10.1 option support</b> in Managed Build</li>
+ <li><b>XL UPC compiler</b> support added.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li><b>Headless Build</b> You can now Import and Build CDT Projects without starting the IDE.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <!-- ******************** Debug and Launch ********************** -->
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><a name="debugAndLaunch"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Debug and Launch</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>DSF Integration</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>DSF (Eclipse Debugger Services Framework) integrated. See <a
+ href="http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/dd/development/relnotes/dd_news-1.1.html">DSF features</a> for more information.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Launch Group</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <p>New "Launch Group" launch configuration. Allows to launch several processes at once.</p>
+ <p><img src="../images/60/Run_debug_launch_group.png" alt="Debug launch group">
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <!-- ******************** Bugs fixed ********************** -->
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><a name="bugs60"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Bugs fixed</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>Bugs fixed</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>Bugs fixed in this release:
+ <a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=Tools&product=CDT&target_milestone=6.0&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=CLOSED&resolution=FIXED&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=">
+ CDT 6.0 bug fixes</a>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <!-- ******************** NewTopic ********************** -->
+ <!--
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><a name="NewTopic"></a>
+ <div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Newtopic</div>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <p align="right"><b>texthere</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td>text here.
+ <p><img src="../images/image.png" alt="alternate text for image for accessibility">
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ -->
+</table>
+<p><a href="#top">Back to Top</a> <!-- ******************** CDT 5.0 info ********************** -->
+<h1 id="5.0">CDT 5.0 - New and Noteworthy</h1>
+<p>CDT 5.0 includes new features in Editor, Call Hierarchy,
+Refactoring, Indexer, Projects & Build, and Debug.
+<p>
+See <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/CDT/User/NewIn50">What's New in CDT 5.0</a> on the CDT Wiki for more information including screen shots.
+
+<p>Highlights include:
+
+<h3>Editor</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Code and File Templates - user-definable templates can be used in New Class and New Source/Header File wizards.
+<li>New preference page for Code Templates
+<li>Outline view for assembly files
+<li>Code formatter improvements including new whitespace and line wrapping options, Improved GNU coding style compliance
+<li>Content assist improvements
+<li>Doxygen editor support - auto-generation of tags and a pluggable framework for other documentation tools is now available.
+<li>Mark Occurrences - highlights where the selected identifier occurs elsewhere in the editor
+<li>Folding of compound statements
+<li>Macro Expansion hover and exploration tool
+<li>Spell checking available and enabled by default
+<li>Scalability mode for working with very large files.
+<li>Visual Studio key bindings
+
+</ul>
+<h3>Navigation and Search</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Open Declaration for operators, empty macros, element in outline view, etc
+<li>Open Element support for static functions/variables, other improvements
+<li>Search - for Static functions/variables, macros, references of local variables, Search view usability improvements
+</ul>
+<h3>Call Hierarchy</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Read/write decorators indicate read/write status for variables
+<li>Polymorphic method calls (virtual methods) support
+</ul>
+<h3>Refactoring</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Refactoring infrastructure much improved, models transformation on the AST
+<li>Generate Getters and Setters
+<li>Hide Method
+<li>Implement Method
+<li>Extract Constant
+<li>Extract Function
+</ul>
+<h3>Indexer</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Improved accuracy and performance
+<li>Entirely new preprocessor
+<li>Improved infrastructure
+<li>Visual indication of indexer status
+</ul>
+<h3>Projects and Build</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Project Properties improved usability
+<li>Make target locations - make targets at the project level are built in the project build directory
+</ul>
+<h3>Debug</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Executables view
+<li>Event breakpoints - added gdb catchpoints support
+</ul>
+<p><a href="#top">Back to Top</a>
+<p> </p>
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