All beta testers are welcome to participate!
The importance of this release is tremendeous. All our compilers will look like this in the future, it is, therefore, important that you give a good test to IDE, compiler, examples and whatever comes to your mind.
The most important features are: New IDE, Command Line interface for compiler, code folding.
Release features:
- v.0.98 beta (2008-02-04)
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- IDE
- New: Customizable new look
- New: Layout manager
- New: Project manager
- New: Library manager
- New: Drag and drop files to editor
- New: Code folding feature
- New: Autocorrect notification
- New: Declaration syntax checker
- New: Advanced bookmark editor
- New: Macro manager
- New: New project wizard
- New: Bug report tool
- New: Templates for AutoComplete
- Improved: Brackets painter
- Improved: Code explorer
- Improved: Docking manager
- Improved: Messages window with filtering
- Improved: Grep search feature
- Improved: Code Assistant, Parameter Assistant
- Compiler
- New: Command line interface
- New: Bit, sbit variables support
- New: Small, compact and large memory model support
- New: Efficient file format for libraries (.MCL)
- New: Additional set of keywords to fasciliate 8051 programming:
code pdata sbit
data small bit
idata compact sfr
bdata large ilevel
xdata at
- New: PeepHole optimisation added to optimizer
- New: Compiler front end redesigned for faster compilation
- Improved: Memory management, initialisation sections introduced
- Improved: Fast and efficient linker algorithm
- Improved: Fast Hex generator
- Improved: Fast loading and writing compiled libraries (.MCL)
- Improved: Messaging system
- Improved: Output options control
- Improved: Libraries redesigned and rewritten to meets demands of 8051 architecture
- Improved: Fast and small executable code
- Improved: Optimizer rewritten to meet demands of 8051 architecture
- - Clock window does not correctly show time elapsed
- Statistics for RAM is not accurate
- Code Folding is not saved when editor is closed
Thank you all for help and keep up the good work!
mE Team.