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<h1>CDT 4.0 - New and Noteworthy</h1>
<p>CDT 4.0 includes new features in the editor,
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<p align="right"><b>New Project Creation</b></p> </td>
<td><p>Now it's easier to create and configure a new CDT project: </p>
<p><img src="../images/nn_new_project.png">
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<p align="right"><b>Project Templates</b></p> </td>
<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>
<p><img src="../images/nn_basic_settings.png"> </td>
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<p align="right"><b>Code Folding</b></p> </td>
<td><p>Now you can collapse and expand blocks of comments and code in C and C++ files. </p>
<p><img src="../images/nn_codeFolding1.gif"> </p>
The same code folded up:
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<p>Code Folding Options: </p>
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<p align="right"><b>Include Browser</b></p> </td>
<td>The Include Browser now lets you see the hierarchy of included headers in a source file.
<p><img src="../images/nn_include_browser.png"> </p>
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<td> <p align="right"><b>Call Hierarchy</b></p></td>
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The Call Heirarchy view shows you who calls a function.
<p><img src="../images/nn_call_hierarchy.png"> </p></td>
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<td> <p align="right"><b>Type Hierarchy</b></p></td>
<td>The Type Hierarchy view shows you how C/C++ types are related.
<p><img src="../images/nn_type_hierarchy.png"> </p></td>
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<td> <p align="right"><b>Indexer Improvements</b></p></td>
<td><p>The indexer is greatly improved with more features and accuracy:</p>
<p><img src="../images/nn_indexer_prefs.png"> </p> </td>
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<p align="right"><b>GDB Hardware Debugging</b></p> </td>
<td><p>blah blah</p> </td>
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<p align="right"><b>Breakpoint Actions</b></p> </td>
<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>
<p><img src="../images/nn_bpactions.png">
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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 &quot;do the right thing&quot; for C/C++ projects.</p>
<p><img src="../images/nn_contextlaunch.png">
<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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<td><p align="right"><b>Project Build Button </b></p></td>
<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>
<p><img src="../images/nn_buildbtn.png"></td>
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<td><p align="right"><b>MinGW Toolchain Integration</b></p></td>
<td><p>blah blah</p></td>
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<p align="right"><b>IBM xlC Toolchain Integration</b></p> </td>
<td><p>xlc and xlC toolchain integration is available. When you create a new project, select one of the XLC project types.</p>
<p><img src="../images/nn_xlc.gif"> </p>
<p>xlC compiler options:</p>
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<p align="right"><b>Task Tags</b></p> </td>
<td><p>The Task View now includes entries based on tags in your C/C++ source files. </p>
<p><img src="../images/nn_taskTags2.gif">
<p>Task Tag options: </p>
<p><img src="../images/nn_taskTags.gif"> </p>
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