Saturday, January 25, 2014

Dev-C++ 5.6.0 released

Here's the big sort of late new years' update. Included is a new compiler, a rewritten code parser and more.

Changes - Version 5.6.0 - 24 Januari 2014
  • Updated TDM64 and MinGW32 to version 4.8.1.
  • The class browser can now show the contents of system includes.
  • Added a compiler set selector to the toolbar.
  • The Remove Unit Form is resizable again.
  • Code completion now also works on modified files.
  • The parser now processes preprocessor lines too.
  • Parsing speed has been improved by around 400% (average of my own projects).
  • Added "Duplicate Line" and "Delete Line" functions to Menu >> Edit.
  • When only changing case during a Rename, the input file will not be deleted anymore.
  • Project templates now also accept the old "Catagory" input field again.
  • Fixed an "External Exception" when handling compiler sets.
  • When parsing, the status bar does not flicker anymore.
  • The executable version number is equal to the official version number again.
  • Added about twenty previously hardcoded text items to the language tables.
  • Cache saving speed has been improved infinitely when the cache is bigger than 16MiB.
  • Users can now input a correspondence e-mail into the crash reporter message.
  • In Editor Options, the "Symbol Completion" section has been moved to the "Code Completion" section.
  • Completed closing symbols are now deleted when the corresponding opening character is deleted.
  • Fixed a argument highlighting problem in the function tooltip.
  • As of 5.6.0 RC1, a different completion cache file format is used. Older versions are not forward compatible.
  • The console pauser can now pass 32K characters to the running program instead of just 1K.
  • Fixed a bug in the first time config window that caused a crash when no compilers were installed.
  • Updated Chinese and Chinese (traditional) translations.
  • Added a std::thread example. Only compiles on TDM-GCC based installations.

Download
  • The setup which includes MinGW32 4.8.1 can be downloaded here (63MB).
  • The setup which includes TDM-GCC x64 4.8.1 can be downloaded here (47MB).
  • The setup which does not include a compiler can be downloaded here (2MB).
  • The portable version which includes MinGW32 4.8.1 can be downloaded here (36MB).
  • The portable version which includes TDM-GCC x64 4.8.1 can be downloaded here (34MB).
  • The portable version which does not include a compiler can be downloaded here (2MB).
  • The latest tested compilers can be downloaded here.
  • Lastly, the source code can be found here (1MB).



Choosing between 32bit and 64bit
  • The 64bit compiler will fully work op 32bit systems.
  • The 64bit compiler can create 64bit and 32bit executables and DLLs.
  • The 64bit compiler currently provides much more headers and libraries.
  • The 32bit compiler can only create 32bit executables and DLLs.