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CodeLite 18.0.0

This page contains the accumulated changes since CodeLite 17.0.0

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Changes

  • Windows Installer updated
  • CodeLite now uses 2 top level toolbars:
    • Main toolbar, a native one. Placed on the LEFT by default. This can be changed from the View menu
    • Generic one for the plugins (placed on the second row)
  • All images are loaded from SVG files
  • git plugin: by default, disable the "Commit" info in the navigation bar
  • File System Workspace: when launching an executable, use terminal
  • Source code formatter: added support for cmake-format (doc updated for how to install it)
  • Registered CMake as a language in CodeLite and associate it with the file type TypeCMake
  • Windows: MSYS2 is now located using the registry entries first
  • Aligned wxCrafter version with CodeLite's one
  • Updated CodeLite icon
  • Rust compiler: collect crate paths (as reported by cargo during the build) to properly open files with errors (these files paths are reported relative to the crate's Cargo.toml file)
  • Language Server: do not fire a code completion request when typing inside a comment or string
  • Preferences Dialog: Add missing translations (rlbxku1r)
  • Update codelite.pot (rlbxku1r)
  • Update Japanese translation (rlbxku1r)
  • Language Server: optimized the chatter between CodeLite and the LSP:
    • Only ask for semantic tokens when the file is loaded or saved
    • Instead of sending the full file content to server each time a reparse is needed, send the incremental diff (vector<TextDocumentContentChangeEvent>)
    • moved CodeLite log file location into a separate folder
    • Fixed LSP::Range serialisation to JSON
  • Language Server:
    • Removed the "priority field"
    • Allow the user to add custom initializationOptions (per the spec)
  • Dropped support for RLS language server (was deprecated in favour of rust-analyzer)

  • Language Server:

    • Support cmake-language-server auto detection (docs updated)
    • fixed: sometimes, the lsp report back with lower case file paths on Windows.

  • source code formatter: when a command is not found, disable the formatter by default

  • SSH session: allow the user to change the SSH behaviour by providing the following 3 environment variables:

    • SSH_OPTIONS_KEY_EXCHANGE: Set the key exchange method to be used (string, comma-separated list). ex: ecdh-sha2-nistp256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
    • SSH_OPTIONS_HOSTKEYS: Set the preferred server host key types (string, comma-separated list). ex: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss,ecdh-sha2-nistp256
    • SSH_OPTIONS_PUBLICKEY_ACCEPTED_TYPES: Set the preferred public key algorithms to be used for authentication (string, comma-separated list). ex: ssh-rsa,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-dss,ecdh-sha2-nistp256

  • C++ version required by CodeLite is now C++17

  • CodeLite no longer requires ssh terminal to execute remote commands. It now uses ssh_channel from libssh
  • Colours and fonts dialog: import toolbar button now allows to select multiple themes to import
  • Colours and fonts dialog: newly imported themes will use the global font by default
  • Optimized loading of huge JSON files (~100MB of json file)
  • If the user provided its own mkdir command, do not manipulate it by double quoting it
  • Clear modified lines after a file was formatted (otherwise, the entire file is marked as "modified")
  • Minor UI change for the word highlight markers
  • Added syntax highlight for TCL language
  • python: support colouring f-string (requires one to click on the "Restore" button)
  • Deprecate the Default build system when creating new project, default to CodeLite Makefile Generator
  • performance improvement for the ZoomNavigator plugin
  • Implemented: ZoomNavigator zoom factor
  • ZoomNavigator: the view now also sync the error / warning markers from the "real" editor
  • Changed: remote interactive processes are started using a proxy script
  • git: prompt the user in case of failure to commit locally
  • Remoty: implemented "replace in files" for remote files using sed + grep
  • Dropped support for codelite-terminal
  • highlight word: remove the "HAND" cursor when hovering a highlighted word
  • Experimental: added a built-in terminal. This is not a "full blown" terminal, i.e. you can't use it to edit using vim. It does however, support running complex commands and support various operations
  • Language Server: support workspace/codeActions. A code action are fixes suggested by the language server. An example for a C++ code action: added missing include header or add missing ; etc
  • Language Server: detect broken paths in configured LSPs and prompt the user with a fix-it button
  • CppCheck plugin: use the system installed cppcheck tool instead of installing an old version with CodeLite
  • Rust editor: support keyboard for commenting / uncommenting code ( Ctrl-/ + Ctrl-Shift-/ )
  • Rust editor: ! is a valid word char
  • source code formatter: if no formatters are configured, trigger a scan on startup
  • Remote workspace + Remote SFTP view: in case of disconnection due to inactivity, attempt to reconnect
  • Ctrl-TAB is now working for all notebooks, not only for the main editor book
  • Language Server Plugin: clicking on the "Scan" button prompts the user
  • Language Server Plugin: the "Scan" button now replaces all entries with what CodeLite found
  • Implemented: Show/Hide Main Toolbar
  • Git plugin: the branch name is now shown in the status bar along with the git icon
  • Mark LSP warnings/hint/info with yellow markers and not with the standard error marker
  • Added support for Kitty terminal (Linux & macOS)
  • git: support using an external diff tool (e.g. winmerge, vimdiff etc)
  • Debug Adapter Protocol Client (DAP): fixed issue with breakpoint not set correctly
  • Debug Adapter Protocol Client (DAP): fixed bug where init para cwd was set to empty value when launching the server
  • Debug Adapter Protocol Client (DAP): should now be working with VS Code cpptools
  • Icons update
  • LSP: rename symbol is now supported
  • Remoty: reduce a remote workspace load time
  • codelite-cc is replaced with cc-wrapper
  • Status bar: added 2 buttons on the left side of the status bar for quick showing/hiding the sidebar / bottom bar
  • UI redesign: the sidebar is now a new "button like" control. An additional "secondary sidebar" was added. User can move items from the primary sidebar to the secondary
  • Status bar: added a "show secondary sidebar" button
  • Linux: the IDE is now built using the generic notebook control (changes in wxWidgets no longer allows us to maintain our custom book control)
  • Outline view: reduce the font size to be 80% of the default editor font
  • Git: support "Redirect" response from server
  • Zoom Navigator: the marker is now centred.
  • Zoom Navigator: make the marker a bit more visible
  • Zoom Navigator: use arrow cursor for the view
  • Hide namespaces in outline view
  • VC compiler: improved warning / errors parsing
  • Build settings: updated the "Patterns" tab to a more modern look
  • Built-in terminal: on Windows, attempt to detect VS installation and offer various shell types: CMD, BASH or CMD for Visual Studio NN
  • Built-in terminal: number the tabs
  • Use a "hand" cursor when displaying clickable url under a symbol
  • Use sensible pane sizes for new installs
  • Allow the user to reposition the sidebar buttons to: top, left or vertical (the default). This can be done from: settings -> preferences -> tabs -> sidebar buttons position
  • Git console: added context menu to the "log" view (copy/clear)
  • Make the various markers (spellchecker, word highlight etc) more visible in dark themes
  • Increased the git field width in the status bar
  • Performance improvements
  • Side bar: respond to DPI change event
  • Main editor tab control is now using a subclass of wxAuiNotebook. This allows the user to place tabs side by side by simply dragging them
  • clangd detector: the --limit-results flag now uses the value set by the user in settings -> code completion -> number of items to display
  • Code completion box: when there is exactly one match in the code completion box, and it matches what the user already written in the editor -> dismiss the box
  • Code completion help window: wait 250ms before attempting to display it, this reduces the CPU cycles when quickly moving items in the code completion box
  • Get back toolbar buttons and add few new buttons (Rozhuk Ivan)
  • Code completion box: allow ' in the cc box (used by various languages like Rust)
  • Increased git field width in the status bar
  • Switch to more faster regexps for gcc/clang (Rozhuk Ivan)
  • Support importing Alacritty themes using the TOML format
  • Simplified the syntax highlight dialog
  • Find in files: hitting ENTER in any field should trigger the search
  • Rust plugin: change the default clippy command to: cargo clippy --color always --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings
  • LSP plugin: when a broken LSP is found, in addition to the Attempt to fix button, add a Cancel button
  • Add support for specifying line number when opening a file in single instance mode
  • Linux: Register a URL handler for codelite:// (Anders Jenbo)
  • PHP: Add support for Null Safe Operator (Anders Jenbo)
  • PHPParser: Handle PHP Attributes (Anders Jenbo)
  • PHP: Add support for enums
  • PHP: Upgrade build in standard from PHP 5.6 to 8.3
  • Git plugin: Added a "Signed Off" checkbox to the commit dialog
  • Built-in terminal: added a dropdown box to allow picking the terminal to open
  • Added a ChatAI bot chat. Default shortcut Ctrl-Shift-H. The new Chat AI uses a local model files
  • macOS, dialogs are placed at the top of the editor - Outline dialog: use standard dialog for displaying the symbols
  • Added 3 new themes to the default themes
  • Improved VS-code theme importing
  • Syntax highlight: honour the line number colours set in the configuration
  • SSH plugin: added an option to use custom SSH keys
  • Gopls LSP: enable semantic tokens colouring by default
  • Changed default settings for maximum performance
  • Added LSP detector for golang
  • Removed unused menu context entry ("Detach editor")
  • Java syntax highlight: colour local variables Fixed: https://github.com/eranif/codelite/issues/3410 - CodeLite hangs while searching for compilers
  • Source code formatter: apply the environment variables before executing the foramtting tool
  • Source code formatter: added an option to add custom formatters Source code formatter: added an option to delete a formatter
  • LSP: python detector (pylsp): improved search method on macOS Java: updated the keyword list + added support for variable colouring LSP: added support for jdtls language server (Java)
  • File System workspace: fixed drawing glitch
  • Updated the folders icons
  • updated Markdown icons
  • Added an icon to Java + Go file types
  • Removed font size multiplier #3531
  • MSW: avoid restarting CodeLite automatically - let the user exit and start CodeLite
  • update cmake build command line for wxWidgets
  • Git plugin: files shown in the git log + git commit dialogs are now sorted
  • Windows: position dialogs similar to macOS
  • All: allow user to force a light theme Linux: use default notebook, similar to macOS & Windows
  • Sidebar: use 24 bmp buttons on Linux and 32 on macOS / Windows
  • Simplified the DAP Debugger plugin UI interface
  • Toolchain warning #3519
    • Smaller sidebar icons #3516
  • Fixed: since LLVM-18, lldb-vscode was renamed into lldb-dap - fixed locator to support both names
  • When adding page to the sidebar, do not make it active https://github.com/eranif/codelite/issues/3231
  • Minor UI fix to the "Welcome Page"
  • Shortcuts do not work when editor has no source code files open. #3231
  • Remove non-existing path in TailUI.wxcp: ../bitmaps/16-find.png and ../bitmaps/16-find@2x.png #3501
  • Fixed Garbled / misplaced auto-completion text while typing
  • Fixed: git plugin: right clicking on a deleted file in the git view and selecting "Revert" is not working
  • Fixed a lag when updating the line / column fields of the status bar
  • Fixed: pattern matching not working for hidden files
  • Fixed: no syntax highlighting for .tsx files
  • Welcome page: colour the workspace different properties (type, host)
  • Markdown parser: fixed parsing of unordered lists starting with '*'
  • Truncate code completion tooltip text to a managable size (1K)
  • Git plugin: make the "Add a Signed-off-by trailer" option persistent entry
  • Added a "Signed Off" checkbox to the commit dialog

Bug fixes

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