Visual D v0.3.44 beta 1

Changes:

• mago: bring back support to run on Windows XP
• cv2pdb: fix crashes with very long symbols
• can now read and write Mono-D project files (but likely to be incomplete because this was
  a failed attempt to integrate with msbuild and the VC projects)
• now builds with dmd 2.071
• when linking with MS linker, options for the map file broke the command line
• bugzilla 16063: missing option -L/DLL when linking a DLL with MS linker
• added integration with msbuild and VC++ projects
• added installation of mago expression evaluator to Concord debug engine
• added $(Platform) as a settings macro replacement in addition to $(PlatformName)
• changed default output directory to $(PlatformName)/$(ConfigurationName)
• added x64 configurations to project templates

Visual D v0.3.43

Changes from rc1:

• bugzilla 15345: syntax highlighting wrong if asm followed by function attributes
• pass VSINSTALLDIR in the environment to avoid autodetection by LDC

Visual D v0.3.43 rc 1

changes from beta1:

• debug option: allow none of -debug and -release to be specified (and fix LDC never to receive
  the -d-debug option)
• some improvements to the C++ to D conversion wizard:
  • don't stop conversion after an unmatched } (this also caused other messages to not be displayed)
  • added support for sizeof without parenthesis
  • allow namespace scope in type names
  • allow virtual destructors
  • skip throw function specification
  • fix order of identifiers if "#define A B" is converted to an alias
• additional options: now replacing newline with space when adding to the command line
• compiling file for syntax check with LDC passed wrong command line option

Visual D v0.3.43 beta 2

Changes from beta1:

• fixed calling linker to build with VC runtime of VS2015: legacy_stdio_definitions.lib missing
• bugzilla 12021: C++ projects (and others probably, too) might not load correctly in a solution
  that also contains a Visual D project
• VS2015 linker updates logs and telemetry data files, confusing tracked linker dependencies.
  Now ignoring files that are both read and written.

Visual D v0.3.43 beta 1

Changes from 0.3.42:

• dustmite: pattern passed to "find" must always use quotes
• VS2015: new install adds $(VCInstallDir)\bin to exectuable paths to allow cv2pdb to create PDB files
• VS2015: added detection for Universal CRT in Win10 SDK, new macro replacements $(UCRTSdkDir) and
  $(UCRTVersion) allow adding library search path to find libucrt.lib
• New item: the module name no longer has a preceding '.' when guessing a package name
• when renaming a module in the project, the editor is reopened at the previous caret position if it was
  opened before
• replaced ancient pkgcmd.ctc with pkgcmd.vsct that's buildable with newer VS SDKs
• added icons to some commands
• renamed command "Add Folder" in project folder context menu to "Add Filter"
• added command "Add Folder" that actually creates the folder on disk
• renaming a module in the project tree now reopens it at the previous caret location
• renaming a package in the project tree also renames the folder on disk if it is still empty
• debug info: added option "suitable for selected debug engine"
• the original semantic analysis engine is no longer installed, always using dparser now
• LDC: recent versions build object files into intermediate folder, wrong names passed to linker
  with "separate compile and link"
• moved defaults for resource includes and dmd executable paths from installation to extension init
• fixed spurious "not implemented" error in error list of VS 2015
• fix dark theme detection in VS 2015
• better semantic/colorizer support for versions LDC,CRuntime_Microsoft,CRuntime_DigitalMars and MinGW
• tweaked default path and library settings for DMD and LDC
• configuration dialogs:
  • fixed small fonts in VS2015
  • better work with resizeable windows
  • scale some controls vertically if there is space
  • added browse buttons to path settings
• search pane did not save its last state, only when switching between file and symbol search

Visual D v0.3.42

No changes from rc 1.

Visual D v0.3.42 rc 1

Changes from beta 2:

• search file
  • the same file is no longer listed multiple times if it is in several projects
  • '.', '/' and '' are considered the same in case insensitive non-regex searches to simplify finding a module in a package
  • case sensitivity button was restored inverted
• mago
  • added support for new AA implementation
  • preview for structs now shows first members
• installer now shows the version of Visual D about to be installed

Visual D v0.3.42 beta 2

Changes from beta 1:

• add integration into the Visual Studio Performance Wizard
• added project template for console application built with DMD/LDC and x86/x64
• bugzilla 14706: release configurations now enable optimizations and inlining by default
• mago is now the default debug engine for new projects
• demangle D/C++ symbols in disassembly with new tool dcxxfilt that supports both gcc
  and MS C++ mangling.
• more cv2pdb fixes for DWARF

Visual D v0.3.42 beta 1

Changes:

• added new command "DustMite Build Failure" to reduce source of startup project
  for build error with DustMite
• update "Build Phobos Browse Info" and "Build local version of phobos" for dmd 2.067+
• cv2pdb:
  • last version introduced crashes with DWARF conversions
  • DWARF debug info now stripped from executable
  • support for mspdb140.dll from VS2015

Visual D v0.3.41

Changes from beta4:

• tweaked default option for dumpbin in the "Compile and Disassemble" settings