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- #
- # SUMMARY: What's new in this version of the OO-Browser?
- #
- # AUTHOR: Bob Weiner
- #
- # ORIG-DATE: 15-Oct-90
- # LAST-MOD: 29-Aug-95 at 10:43:09 by Bob Weiner
- #
- # Copyright (C) 1990-1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- # See the file BR-COPY for license information.
- #
- # This file is part of the OO-Browser.
-
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- VERSION 2.9.8
-
- * Improved tree-x/Makefile support for building under UNIX System V.
-
- * Fixed bugs in Java Environment building.
-
- * Added Java Specifics section to the OO-Browser manual.
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VERSIONS 2.9.6 and 2.9.7
-
- * Added support for browsing Java code, a language developed by Sun
- Microsystems, in popular use for new World-Wide Web applications.
-
- * A number of bug fixes.
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VERSIONS 2.9.4 and 2.9.5
-
- * Eiffel: Added some new Eiffel V3 keywords.
-
- * Added information on the new oo-browser mailing list in the "BR-README"
- file. Also added menu items to subscribe to / unsubscribe from the list
- and to send mail to it.
-
- * CLOS: Changed language name to Lisp, since the browser is useful on
- non-CLOS Lisp too.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VERSION 2.9.3
-
- * Environment files now contain the version of the OO-Browser which was used
- to build them. If the Environment file format is obsolete, the OO-Browser
- will automatically prompt you to rebuild it whenever you load it.
-
- * {C-c C-s} now properly saves Environment features, when the Environment is
- renamed.
-
- * The browser user interface will now display within a frame even if you have
- set the unsplittable frame property.
-
- * Eiffel: Fixed bug that prevented display of a feature from its listing
- entry when using {f}.
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VERSION 2.9.2
-
- * Added pulldown and popup menu support for Emacs 19.
-
- * 'make install' now installs OO-Browser documentation in an Emacs tree.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VERSION 2.9.1
-
- * C++/C/Objective-C:
-
- NOTE: You must rebuild any Objective-C Environments that you have
- built with earlier versions of the browser. If you want the
- new C default classes described below to appear in C++
- Environments, you must rebuild them, too.
-
- The OO-Browser now supports browsing the following C constructs
- within C++ and Objective-C Environments via default classes:
-
- DEFAULT CLASS C CONSTRUCT
- --------------------------------------
- [constant] #define constant
- [enumeration] enum {}
- [function] non-member function()
- [macro] #define macro()
- [structure] struct {}
- [type] typedef {}
- [union] union {}
-
- You may now define a C++ Environment which contains only C code.
- The above default classes are the only ones that will appear in such
- Environments.
-
- * C++: Added recognition of keywords, `mutable' and `explicit', newly added
- to standard C++.
-
- * Removed key binding of br-toggle-keep-viewed since this is little used and
- reused its key, {V}, for br-view-friend, which views the definition of a
- C++ friend declaration. This was mistakenly formerly bound to {M-v} which
- conflicted with a basic scrolling command.
-
- * C++: Recognition of new array operators, 'operator new [] ()' and 'operator
- delete [] ()'.
-
- * The X OO-Browser can now be built on systems without the usleep system call
- (see oobr/tree-x/Makefile).
-
- * {M-e}, br-env-stats, now shows the names of any classes which are defined
- multiple times within the Environment, to help you eliminate duplicates.
- It also shows a list of undefined classes, those which are referenced,
- e.g. as parents of another class, but not defined within the Environment.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VERSION 2.9
-
- * C++: See the C++ Specifics section of the OO-Browser manual for user
- documentation on all of these changes.
-
- * C++: friend declarations now appear in class feature listings, prefixed by
- '% '. {V} views the definition of a friend.
-
- * C++: pure virtual functions now appear in listings as '> func' instead of
- 'func = 0'. Object creation and deletion functions appear as '+ func'
- instead of '- func'.
-
- * C++: Overloading of operator[] and operator() is now supported.
-
- * C++: Greatly speeded up feature listings by caching feature names.
-
- * C++: Expanded variety of complex declarations/definitions that the browser
- recognizes.
-
- * Eiffel: Added full feature browsing as in other languages along with Eiffel
- V3 support.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VERSION 2.8.6
-
- * Added KEYWORDS: header to all *.el files, so the Emacs finder
- program, {C-h p}, can now include them in its indices for lookup.
-
- * C++: Added support for browsing pure virtual function interfaces declared
- within classes. Given a pure virtual function named, f, it appears as, f =
- 0, in a browser listing buffer to distinguish it from a member definition.
-
- * C++: Improved scanning of a broader range of C++ definitions.
-
- * {C-u F} now works properly. It shows the signatures/tags of all features
- in the current listing buffer.
-
- * CLOS: Added proper support for &keywords in argument lists.
-
- * CLOS: All methods which do not contain any specialized parameters (those
- of a specific type) are considered members of the root CLOS class 't'.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VERSION 2.8.5
-
- * Documented InfoDock/XEmacs menus in the manual.
-
- * Improved Makefile support for adding custom load-path entries.
-
- * Emacs 19 versions now run site-start.el when batch compiling files.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VERSION 2.8.4
-
- * Added autoload comments so that autoloaded OO-Browser commands are
- automatically picked up under V19.
-
- * The default display of class features/elements, bound to {f}, now includes
- all inherited features. Use {M-0 f} to turn off display of inherited
- features.
-
- * Under XEmacs when mouse support is available, there is an OO-Browser
- pulldown menu and the same menu as a popup, bound to the right mouse button
- when in a browser listing buffer.
-
- * Instantiation of templates is handled well now, especially when a parent
- class is a template instantiation.
-
- * Action Key press on a C++ class feature declaration now properly jumps to
- the definition.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VERSIONS 2.8.2 and 2.8.3
-
- * New version of the X OO-Browser with more reliable display updates after a
- node is collapsed and a color X resource file.
-
- * Support for C++ template class and method browsing.
-
- * Under C++, non-class functions are now found and added to the default
- [function] class for easy browsing. This includes both C and C++ functions.
-
- * Br-unique, {u}, and br-order, {o}, now work on all entry types, not just
- classes.
-
- * New command, br-match-entries, bound to {M}. Permits filtering of the set
- of entries in a listing buffer. Under Emacs 19, you can still browse
- entries after filtering them. Emacs 18 doesn't permit this since each
- entry name is not necessarily unique.
-
- * Many bug fixes and many fewer invalid method tag matches under C++.
-
- * Much faster compilation of the OO-Browser Emacs Lisp source code since all
- files are compiled with one invocation of Emacs, rather than one per file.
-
- * Environment builds may now be done in the background. (You are prompted
- for whether to build in the background, each time you build an
- Environment. When the build finishes, you are asked if you would like to
- browse the built Environment.)
-
- * Eiffel 3 inheritance clause support.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VERSION 2.8.1
-
- * Much faster C++ feature lookups. You *must* rebuild any C++ Environments
- built with earlier versions of the OO-Browser before trying to browse
- features within the Environment. Load such an Environment and use {C-c
- C-e} to rebuild it.
-
- * XEmacs 19.12 mouse support.
-
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VERSION 2.8
-
- * Command and Key Binding Improvements
-
- ** Action Key press on an OO-Browser environment file named OOBR or
- OOBR-FTR, automatically determines the language of the Environment and
- loads it for browsing.
-
- ** Common Lisp and Emacs Lisp element browsing support added. Standard
- language element types are added as default classes to Environment, so
- one can browse functions, variables, methods and more. See
- "(oo-browser.info)CLOS Specifics" for details.
-
- ** The feature listing command, br-routines, previously bound to {r}, has
- been renamed br-features and bound to {f}. {f} used to run br-find; use
- {C-u e} (br-edit-entry) for that command instead. This makes the
- bindings of {f} and {F}, which lists feature signatures, more uniform.
- {r} still works for backwards compatibility in this release.
-
- ** {f} if applied to a single class for which there are no feature
- definitions within the Environment, displays the associated class
- definition so that you may browse its feature declarations. This
- improves browsing in Environments where you have only interface
- specifications, e.g. *.h files, but no source code.
-
- ** Fixed {I}, br-implementors command. Also, now an Action Key press on
- an implementor class shows the implemented element.
-
- ** {C} lists class categories. Presently only supported under Objective-C.
- {v} or {e} views or edits the class category definition.
- {I} shows the classes which implement a category.
- The [category] default class displays all Environment categories as its
- features. {v} or {e} then displays the associated category definition.
-
- ** {P} lists class protocols. Presently only supported under Objective-C.
- {v} or {e} views or edits the class definition which directly conforms
- to the protocol.
- {I} shows the classes which implement a protocol.
- The [protocol] default class displays all Environment protocols as its
- features. {v} or {e} then displays the associated protocol definition.
-
-
- * Graphical Browser Improvements
-
- ** Motif version of the X OO-Browser interface redone using the Athena
- toolkit, so that only free X libraries are required. Thanks to Torgeir
- Veimo for this conversion work.
-
-
- * Many bug fixes.
-
- ** The browser will no longer scan SCCS revision subdirectories by default.
-
- ** Better support for the wide variety of C++ coding styles and file naming
- conventions.
-
-
- * User Manual Improvements
-
- ** Reorganized and renamed sections for clarity.
-
- ** New sections:
-
- *** "(oo-browser.info)Browsing Categories"
- *** "(oo-browser.info)Browsing Elements"
- *** "(oo-browser.info)Browsing Implementors"
- *** "(oo-browser.info)Browsing Protocols"
-
- ** Expanded glossary in user manual.
-
-
- * Installation Improvements
-
- ** Improved Makefile to support all common Emacs versions.
-
- ** More detailed installation notes in "BR-README".
-