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https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=191521 Change to the xlc feature text and doc to match. Also some more N&N text from Beth Tibbits.
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<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright (c) IBM Corporation and others 2007. This page is made available under license. For full details, see the LEGAL section in the documentation that contains this page.">
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<title>New and Noteworthy</title>
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<h1>CDT 4.0 - New and Noteworthy</h1>
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<p>CDT 4.0 includes new features in the editor,
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<!-- ****************** START OF N&N TABLE ****************** -->new code navigation tools, debugger enhancements, and other improvements.
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<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600">
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<col width="20%">
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</colgroup>
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<tbody>
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<!-- ******************** Editor ********************** -->
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<td colspan="2"><a name="Projects"></a>
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<div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Projects</div></td>
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<p align="right"><b>New Project Creation</b></p> </td>
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<td><p>Now it's easier to create and configure a new CDT project: </p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_new_project.png">
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<p align="right"><b>Project Templates</b></p> </td>
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<td><p>Projects can be created from one of the available templates. Project templates include wizard pages that let you configure basic settings for new project code. </p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_basic_settings.png"> </td>
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<!-- ******************** Views ********************** -->
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<td colspan="2"><a name="Editor"></a>
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<div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Editor</div></td>
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<p align="right"><b>Semantic Highlighting</b></p>
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<p>Identifiers in the source code can now be colored according to their role, e.g. typedefs, functions, variables, fields, etc.</p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_codeColoring.png"> </p>
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</td>
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<p align="right"><b>Inactive Code Highlighting</b></p>
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<p>Code being excluded by conditional compilation is marked with grey background.</p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_inactiveCode.png"> </p>
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<p align="right"><b>Code Folding Improvements</b></p> </td>
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<td><p>Now you can collapse and expand blocks of comments and preprocessor branches in C and C++ files in addition to functions, structures, etc. </p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_codeFolding.png"> </p>
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<p align="right"><b>Code Formatter</b></p>
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<p>A configurable code formatter with 4 predefined styles has been added:</p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_codeFormatterPrefs.png"> </p>
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</td>
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<p align="right"><b>Smart Typing</b></p>
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<p>Typing assistance has been greatly improved. Options include automatic closing of brackets, smart paste and more:</p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_smartTypingPrefs.png"> </p>
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</td>
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<td colspan="2"><a name="Views"></a>
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<div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Code Navigation Views</div></td>
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<p align="right"><b>Include Browser</b></p> </td>
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<td>The Include Browser now lets you see the hierarchy of included headers in a source file.
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<p><img src="../images/nn_include_browser.png"> </p>
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</td>
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<td> <p align="right"><b>Call Hierarchy</b></p></td>
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The Call Hierarchy view shows you who calls a function.
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<p><img src="../images/nn_call_hierarchy.png"> </p></td>
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<td> <p align="right"><b>Type Hierarchy</b></p></td>
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<td>The Type Hierarchy view shows you how C/C++ types are related.
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<p><img src="../images/nn_type_hierarchy.png"> </p></td>
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<td> <p align="right"><b>Indexer Improvements</b></p></td>
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<td><p>The indexer is greatly improved with more features and accuracy:</p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_indexer_prefs.png"> </p> </td>
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<td colspan="2"><a name="debugger"></a>
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<div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Debugger</div></td>
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<p align="right"><b>GDB Hardware Debugging</b></p>
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<p>The GDB Hardware Debugging feature provides a specialized debug launch configuration
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that allows you to start up GDB using CDT's GDB integration in a specialized manner that
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allows for sessions that connect to hardware debugging devices, such as JTAG and BDM,
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that support an integration with GDB. In particular it allows you to specify commands that
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are executed when GDB connects to the device, optionally specify an image to load onto the
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target, and specify commands that set up the target for execution.</p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_gdb_hardware_debug.png"></p>
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<p align="right"><b>Breakpoint Actions</b></p> </td>
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<td><p>You can now attach actions to a breakpoint. These are additional activities performed when a breakpoint is hit. CDT 4.0 comes with four standard actions that: play a sound, log text to an expression to the console, resume execution, or run an external tool. </p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_bpactions.png">
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<p> </p></td>
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<p align="right"><b>Contextual Launch Support</b></p> </td>
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<p>CDT 4.0 now takes advantage of the contextual launch support in Eclipse 3.3 to make the run and debug commands just "do the right thing" for C/C++ projects.</p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_contextlaunch.png">
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<p>Just click the Debug button to start a debug session instead of manually creating a launch configuration. </td>
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<p align="right"><b>Locating Source Files</b></p> </td>
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<p>When the debugger can't find a source file using the path in the symbol table it now lets you locate it directly instead of having to configure a source lookup path. </p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_missing_file.png">
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<p> </p></td>
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<!-- *********************** Other Improvements *********************** -->
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<td colspan="2"><a name="other"></a>
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<div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Other Improvements</div></td>
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<td><p align="right"><b>Project Build Button </b></p></td>
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<td><p>The toolbar now includes a button that builds the active configuration of the selected project. It's menu lets you quickly build another configuration.</p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_buildbtn.png"></p></td>
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<p align="right"><b>MinGW Toolchain Integration</b></p>
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</td>
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<p>Support for the GNU toolchain on Windows now specifies two separate toolchains Cygwin and MinGW.
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The MinGW toolchain integration automatically detects the location of your MinGW install and sets
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the paths appropriately.</p>
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<p>MinGW tool chain for new projects:</p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_mingw_project.png"></p>
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<p>MinGW debugger launch configuration:</p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_mingw_debug.png"></p>
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</td>
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<p align="right"><b>Task Tags</b></p> </td>
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<td><p>The Task View now includes entries based on tags in your C/C++ source files. </p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_taskTags2.gif">
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<p>Task Tag options: </p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_taskTags.gif"> </p>
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<p> </p> </td>
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<p align="right"><b>IBM XL C/C++ Toolchain Integration</b></p> </td>
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<td><p>If you install the optional CDT feature "XL C/C++ Compiler Support,"
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xlc and xlC toolchain integration is available. Then when you create a new project,
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the XLC project types are available for selection.
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<p><img src="../images/nn_xlc.gif"> </p>
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<p>xlC compiler options are available in the project properties:</p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_xlcOpt.gif"> </p> </td>
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<p align="right"><b>UPC Support</b></p> </td>
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<td><p>If you install the optional CDT feature "Unified Parallel C Support," the Unified Parallel C programming language
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is supported in the editor. After installing the feature, you can create a source file with extension ".upc"
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and the UPC language constructs are recognized.
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</p>
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<p><img src="../images/nn_upc.png"> </p>
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