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author | Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io> | 2022-06-21 10:59:40 +0200 |
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committer | Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io> | 2022-06-29 12:04:37 +0000 |
commit | b364cfde2375b2fa56b97e42346affecd2030080 (patch) | |
tree | 9e0431e8e2d44df2644fb98a51b10c6e2bd6ac48 /dist/changelog/changes-4.12.0.md | |
parent | 733904929076be0e874e2c2ec1fb8ff2867342b5 (diff) | |
download | qt-creator-b364cfde2375b2fa56b97e42346affecd2030080.tar.gz |
Install and ship change logs
And add a menu entry Help > Change Log... (macOS: Qt Creator > Change
Log...) for looking at them.
Change-Id: If444b3ff2465290b9beb4ccbb8d0ddf32a636db4
Reviewed-by: Qt CI Bot <qt_ci_bot@qt-project.org>
Reviewed-by: hjk <hjk@qt.io>
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diff --git a/dist/changelog/changes-4.12.0.md b/dist/changelog/changes-4.12.0.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c240ddc3d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/dist/changelog/changes-4.12.0.md @@ -0,0 +1,310 @@ +Qt Creator 4.12 +=============== + +Qt Creator version 4.12 contains bug fixes and new features. + +The most important changes are listed in this document. For a complete +list of changes, see the Git log for the Qt Creator sources that +you can check out from the public Git repository. For example: + + git clone git://code.qt.io/qt-creator/qt-creator.git + git log --cherry-pick --pretty=oneline origin/4.11..v4.12.0 + +General +------- + +* Added `Restart Now` option when changing settings that require restart +* Added option for linking Qt Creator to a Qt installation, sharing + auto-detected Qt versions and kits +* Added guard against crashing plugins at startup, providing the option + to temporarily disable the offending plugin +* Added locator filter for searching in Qt Project bug tracker +* Added option to create custom URL template locator filters +* Added browser for Marketplace items to Welcome mode (QTCREATORBUG-23452) +* Fixed various theming issues + +Help +---- + +* Added tool button for changing target for context help (QTCREATORBUG-17667) +* Added option to register documentation only for highest Qt version, and made that default + (QTCREATORBUG-21482, QTCREATORBUG-22799, QTCREATORBUG-10004) + +Editing +------- + +* Added `Go to Last Edit` +* Added option for default line terminator style (QTCREATORBUG-3590) +* Improved behavior when splitting would hide text cursor +* Fixed that wizards ignored default file encoding +* Fixed that only restricted number of sizes were allowed for font size (QTCREATORBUG-22536) +* Fixed completion after undo (QTCREATORBUG-15038) + +### C++ + +* Fixed issue with Clang and precompiled headers (QTCREATORBUG-22897) + +### Language Client + +* Added support for Markdown in tooltips +* Added support for auto-formatting +* Added outline dropdown (QTCREATORBUG-21916) +* Improved protocol error reporting +* Fixed `Ctrl-click` for `Follow Symbol Under Cursor` (QTCREATORBUG-21848) + +### QML + +* Updated to Qt 5.15 parser (QTCREATORBUG-23591) +* Improved support for multiple imports into same namespace (QTCREATORBUG-15684) +* Added scanning of `app.qmltypes` and `lib.qmltypes` for type information +* Fixed highlighting for new keywords in Qt 5.15 +* Fixed reading of `qmltypes` from Qt 5.15 (QTCREATORBUG-23855) + +### Python + +* Added wizards for Qt Quick Application and Qt Widgets Application with `.ui` file + (QTCREATORBUG-21824) + +### Diff Viewer + +* Added support for staging only selected lines (QTCREATORBUG-19071) + +Projects +-------- + +* Added option to hide "disabled" files in Projects tree (QTCREATORBUG-22821) +* Added option to filter output panes for lines that do not match expression (QTCREATORBUG-19596) +* Added option for default build configuration settings (debug information, QML debugging, Qt Quick + Compiler) (QTCREATORBUG-16458) +* Added option to only build target for active run configuration (qmake & Qbs) +* Added option to only stop the target of active run configuration on build (QTCREATORBUG-16470) +* Added option for project specific environment (QTCREATORBUG-21862) +* Added option to remove items from `Recent Projects` list in Welcome mode +* Added option to start run configurations directly from target selector (QTCREATORBUG-21799) +* Added option to build project for all configured kits (QTCREATORBUG-16815) +* Added `-ensure-kit-for-binary` command line option that creates a kit for a binary's + architecture if needed (QTCREATORBUG-8216) +* Added GitHub build workflow to `Qt Creator Plugin` wizard template +* Improved UI responsiveness while parsing projects (QTCREATORBUG-18533) +* Fixed build directory after cloning target (QTCREATORBUG-23462) +* Fixed copying of filtered text from output pane (QTCREATORBUG-23425) + +### QMake + +* Improved renaming of files (QTCREATORBUG-19257) +* Fixed handling of `object_parallel_to_source` (QTCREATORBUG-18136) +* Fixed crash with circular includes (QTCREATORBUG-23567) +* Fixed issue with renaming files (QTCREATORBUG-23720) + +### CMake + +* Improved handling of `source_group` (QTCREATORBUG-23372) +* Added support for `Add build library search path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH` (QTCREATORBUG-23464) +* Added automatic registration of CMake documentation, if available (QTCREATORBUG-21338) +* Fixed that `.cmake` directory was created in project source directory (QTCREATORBUG-23816) +* Fixed issues with `snap` on Ubuntu Linux (QTCREATORBUG-23376) +* Fixed handling of `Enable QML` in debugger settings (QTCREATORBUG-23541) +* Fixed unneeded reparsing of files +* Fixed code model issues with precompiled headers (QTCREATORBUG-22888) + +### Qbs + +* Updated included Qbs version to 1.16.0 +* Changed to use separate Qbs executable instead of direcly linking to Qbs (QTCREATORBUG-20622) +* Added option for default install root (QTCREATORBUG-12983) + +### Python + +* Added option to disable buffered output (QTCREATORBUG-23539) +* Added support for PySide 5.15 to wizards (QTCREATORBUG-23824) + +### Generic + +* Improved performance for large file trees (QTCREATORBUG-20652) +* Fixed that only first line of `.cflags` and `.cxxflags` was considered + +### Compilation Database + +* Fixed that project was reparsed if compilation database contents did not change + (QTCREATORBUG-22574) + +### Nim + +* Added support for Nimble build system +* Added support for `Follow Symbol Under Cursor` + +Debugging +--------- + +* Added option to hide columns from views (QTCREATORBUG-23342) +* Added option for `init` and `reset` GDB commands when attaching to remote server +* Fixed pretty printer for `std::optional` (QTCREATORBUG-22436) + +Analyzer +-------- + +### Clang + +* Improved filtering +* Added `Analyze Current File` to `Tools` menu and editor context menu +* Added context menu item that opens help on diagnostics + +### CppCheck + +* Added option to trigger Cppcheck manually + +### Chrome Traces + +* Added more details for counter items +* Added option to restrict view to selected threads +* Added information about percentage of total time for events + +### Heob + +* Added support for settings profiles (QTCREATORBUG-23209) + +Qt Quick Designer +----------------- + +* Added locking and pinning of animation curves (QDS-550, QDS-551) +* Added support for annotations (QDS-39) +* Fixed dragging of keyframes in curve editor (QDS-1405) +* Fixed crash when selecting icon (QTCREATORBUG-23773) +* Fixed missing import options (QDS-1592) + +Version Control Systems +----------------------- + +### Git + +* Added option to create branch when trying to push to a non-existing branch (QTCREATORBUG-21154) +* Added option to start interactive rebase from log view (QTCREATORBUG-11200) +* Added information about upstream status to `Git Branches` view +* Added option to `grep` and `pickaxe` git log (QTCREATORBUG-22512) +* Made references in VCS output view clickable and added context menu (QTCREATORBUG-16477) + +Test Integration +---------------- + +* Added support for colored test output (QTCREATORBUG-22297) + +### Google Test + +* Added support for internal logging (QTCREATORBUG-23354) +* Added support for `GTEST_SKIP` (QTCREATORBUG-23736) + +Platforms +--------- + +### Windows + +* Improved behavior with regard to MSVC tool chain matching and compatibility of MSVC 2017 and + MSVC 2019 (QTCREATORBUG-23653) + +### macOS + +* Fixed parsing of Apple Clang specific linker message (QTCREATORBUG-19766) +* Fixed `Run in Terminal` and `Open Terminal` when user has different shell configured + (QTCREATORBUG-21712) + +### Android + +* Discontinued support for Ministro +* Added auto-detection of Java JDK (QTCREATORBUG-23407) +* Added option to automatically download and install required Android tools (QTCREATORBUG-23285) +* Added option to register multiple NDKs (QTCREATORBUG-23286) +* Added automatic selection of correct NDK for Qt version (QTCREATORBUG-23583) +* Added option to download and use [OpenSSL for Android](https://github.com/KDAB/android_openssl) + (QTBUG-80625) +* Added support for Android 11 with API level 30 +* Improved examples browser to only show items tagged with `android` (QTBUG-80716) +* Improved manifest editor (QTCREATORBUG-23283) +* Fixed issues with latest SDK r29 (QTCREATORBUG-23726) +* Fixed several issues with AVD manager (QTCREATORBUG-23284, QTCREATORBUG-23448) +* Fixed that some essential packages were not installed (QTCREATORBUG-23829) +* Fixed that ABI selection in build configuration did not persist (QTCREATORBUG-23756) + +### iOS + +* Improved examples browser to only show items tagged with `ios` + +### Remote Linux + +* Added option to use custom command for install step (QTCREATORBUG-23320) +* Added option to override deployment data (QTCREATORBUG-21854) + +### Bare Metal + +* Added support for RL78 architecture +* Added support for J-Link and EBlink GDB servers +* Added support for KEIL uVision v5.x debugger + +### MCU + +* Added auto-registration of documentation and examples (UL-1685, UL-1218) +* Switched to MCUXpresso IDE instead of SEGGER JLink for NXP kits (QTCREATORBUG-23821) +* Fixed issues with desktop kit (QTCREATORBUG-23820) +* Fixed issues with RH850 (QTCREATORBUG-23822) + +Credits for these changes go to: +-------------------------------- +Aleksei German +Alessandro Portale +Alexandru Croitor +Andre Hartmann +Andrey Sobol +André Pönitz +Assam Boudjelthia +BogDan Vatra +Camila San +Christian Kandeler +Christian Stenger +Cristian Adam +David Schulz +Denis Shienkov +Dmitry Kovalev +Eike Ziller +Fawzi Mohamed +Federico Guerinoni +Filippo Cucchetto +Friedemann Kleint +Halfdan Ingvarsson +Hannes Domani +Henning Gruendl +Igor Sidorov +Jaroslaw Kobus +Jochen Becher +Kai Köhne +Knud Dollereder +Leander Schulten +Leena Miettinen +Lucie Gérard +Mahmoud Badri +Mariana Meireles +Marius Sincovici +Maximilian Goldstein +Miikka Heikkinen +Miklós Márton +Mitch Curtis +Mitja Kleider +Nikolai Kosjar +Nikolay Panov +Oliver Wolff +Orgad Shaneh +Richard Weickelt +Robert Löhning +Sergey Morozov +Tasuku Suzuki +Thiago Macieira +Thomas Hartmann +Tim Henning +Tim Jenssen +Tobias Hunger +Topi Reinio +Ulf Hermann +Unseon Ryu +Venugopal Shivashankar +Vikas Pachdha +Ville Voutilainen +Volodymyr Samokhatko +zarelaky |