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* Changes for ECB version 2.40.1
** Better compatibility with forthcoming Gnu Emacs 23.2
*** Works out of the box with the Emacs-integrated CEDET-suite
If Emacs >= 23.2 is used then CEDET is already integrated into Emacs and
ECB can be used out of the box without further requirements.
PLEASE NOTE: If ECB detects an author version of CEDET (as available at
`http://cedet.sourceforge.net') then ECB will ALWAYS try to use that one
even if you use Emacs >= 23.2! This is for users who want to use latest
Emacs >= 23.2 but still prefer using the latest author version of CEDET
instead of the Emacs-integrated one.
So if you want to use the Emacs-integrated CEDET-suite you have to ensure
that no author-version of CEDET is in the `load-path'! This means that the
library cedet.el of the author-version MUST NOT be loaded into Emacs (as
described in the file INSTALL of CEDET)!
This is a valid check: (locate-library "semantic-ctxt") must return nil!
Details about the Requirements of ECB are available in the README.
** The special symboldef ECB-window is now stable and ready for usage
*** TODO description what is new
** ECB now uses the partial reparse feature of semantic
The main effect a user will notice is that edit actions which trigger just a
partial reparse will just update the related node in the methods-window and
not the whole methods-window. One of the main advantages is that this
preserves the expand/collapse state of the methods-window.
Editing examples which trigger only a partial reparse:
- editing a function- or methodbody
- changing the name of a variable or function/method
- modifying the return-type of a function/method
- and some other...
In these cases only the related node in the methods-window will change
nothing else, ie. the expand/collapse-states of all other nodes in the
methods-window will not be changed.
** ECB eliminates duplicates in the directories-buffer
There can be duplicates either .... TODO description
** New default-value for `ecb-auto-update-methods-after-save': nil
Switching off this by default makes sense because now ECB uses the
idle-scheduler of semantic (if it is switched on but this is at least very
recommended) and therefore the methods-buffer will be up-to-date most of
the time. Therefore updating it after saving makes not much sense. In
addition this auto update is always a full-fetch for the tags which does
not preserve the expand/collapse-state of the methods-window whereas a
partial reparse does (s.a.).
** The contents of the methods-window are updated even if currently hidden
If at least the current ecb-window-layout contains a methods-window then
the contents will be autom-updated even if the methods-window is currently
invisible (e.g. because the ecb-windows are all hidden or another
ecb-window is currently maximized. But the updates takes only place if the
semantic idle scheduler is active (see instructions in the manuals of ECB
and/or cedet).
The advantage of this new behavior is that now editing changes done with
invisible methods-window will be reflected immediately after showing the
methods-window (e.g. by unhiding the ecb-windows via the command
`ecb-toggle-ecb-windows' - bound to [C-c . l w]).
** New support for Bazaar as version-control system
If Bazaar is supported by VC (means vc-bzr.el is distributed with Emacs)
then ECB supports it out of the box.
** New default value of the option `ecb-history-make-buckets'
This option offers now an additional choice 'directory-with-source-path:
This substituts the best (= deepest) matching source-path of the
directory-window in the directory-bucket with the alias of this matching
source-path (if an alias is set in the option `ecb-source-path'). A new
face is used for this: `ecb-history-bucket-node-dir-soure-path-face'.
** `defecb-window-dedicator-to-ecb-buffer' replaces `defecb-window-dedicator'
This is only relevant for people who program own special ecb-windows.
** Fixed Bugs
*** Command `delete-windows-on' has only deleted one window
Now this command works also with ECB as expected.
*** Fixed a bug which prevents the ecb-windows from being vertically resizeable
This bug occured only when using Gnu Emacs.
*** Fixed a bug concerning horizontal mouse-scrolling of ecb-windows via
modeline-click when the ecb-window was not the selected window.
This bug occured only when using Gnu Emacs.
*** Fixed a bug which prevented `ecb-type-tag-display' from taking effect.
*** Killing a buffer failed when history-window is not visible
Killing a buffer failed in case the history buffer is not visible (e.g.
when currently a layout without a history buffer is used or when another
buffer is maximized and the history buffer thus hidden). This is fixed
now.
*** All compile-modes (e.g. compile, grep etc.) failed in XEmacs
This came from a bug introduced in 2.40 but it is fixed now.
* Changes for ECB version 2.40
** ECB now requires full CEDET-suite being installed (at least version 1.0pre6)
This means the support for the single packages semantic 1.4.X, eieio 0.X
and speedbar 0.X is completely switched off.
As a consequence ECB is no longer runnable as XEmacs-package via the
package-manager of XEmacs. This is because CEDET is not available as
XEmacs-package. Therefore ECB can also not be run as XEmacs-package. If
CEDET will later become a XEmacs-package then probably ECB will come back
as XEmacs-package. But in the meanwhile you have to install ECB "by hand".
In general the current CEDET is much more powerful than older
semantic-versions and ECB uses this power, especially the power of the
semantic-analyzer.
** Completely reworked synchronizing mechanism of the ECB-windows
Now there are separate options for synchronizing:
- The basic ECB-windows (directories, sources, methods, history):
`ecb-basic-buffer-sync', `ecb-basic-buffer-sync-delay' and
`ecb-basic-buffer-sync-hook'.
- The analyser-window (s.a.): `ecb-analyse-buffer-sync',
`ecb-analyse-buffer-sync-delay' and `ecb-analyse-buffer-sync-hook'
- The symboldef-window: `ecb-symboldef-buffer-sync',
`ecb-symboldef-buffer-sync-delay' and `ecb-symboldef-buffer-sync-hook'
- The integrated speedbar (if used): `ecb-speedbar-buffer-sync',
`ecb-speedbar-buffer-sync-delay' and `ecb-speedbar-buffer-sync-hook'
- The integrated eshell-support (if used): `ecb-eshell-buffer-sync',
`ecb-eshell-buffer-sync-delay' and `ecb-eshell-buffer-sync-hook'
But all options for synchronizing not the basic ECB-windows offer an
additional choice 'basic: Then ECB uses the setting of the related option
for the basic ECB-windows! Example: If you set `ecb-eshell-buffer-sync' to
'basic then the value of `ecb-basic-buffer-sync' is used. If you set
`ecb-eshell-buffer-sync-delay' to 'basic then the value of
`ecb-basic-buffer-sync-delay' is used.
This enhancement allows much more control for the synchronizing of certain
windows.
** Better compatibility with CEDET >= 1.0pre6 and semantic >= 2.0pre6
*** The ECB-analyse-window now works very well with current semantic analyzer
There is an own synchronize-option-set for the analyse-window:
`ecb-analyse-buffer-sync', `ecb-analyse-buffer-sync-delay' and
`ecb-analyse-buffer-sync-hook'. See the docstrings. The advantage is, that
now the synchronizing of the analyse-window can be customized separately
from the other ECB-windows. THis is important because for the
analyse-window a higher delay (or even disabled auto.synchronizing)
increases usability a lot. See the info-manual.
*** Fix compatibility about some changes of semantic concerning adopting
external member-functions (as in C++ or eieio).
*** ECB now works very well with semantic-idle-scheduler-mode (s.a.)
** More user-responsible buffer-parsing based on the idle-mechanism of semantic
Force a reparse of the semantic-source if the idle-scheduler is off.
Generally ECB calls semantic to get the list of tags for current
source-file of current edit-window. Per default ECB does never
automatically force a reparse of the source-file - this is only done on
demand by calling `ecb-rebuild-methods-buffer'. So per default the
idle-scheduler of semantic is responsible for reparsing the source-file and
when this is necessary (see `semantic-idle-scheduler-mode' for further
details). This is the most user-resonsible and therefore the recommended
approach.
So it's strongly recommended to enable `semantic-idle-scheduler-mode'
because then reparsing is always done during idle-time of Emacs and is also
interruptable.
But if this idle-scheduler is switched off then ECB offers now two
possibilities (via `ecb-force-reparse-when-semantic-idle-scheduler-off'):
- Not forcing itself a reparse when tags are needed by ECB: then a user
declines knowingly Emacs/semantic-driven parsing of code when he/she
switches off the idle-mode of semantic. This is the default behavior of
ECB and the default value of this option. But this has also the
consequence that the methods-buffer is only filed on demand via
`ecb-rebuild-methods-buffer' (bound to \[C-c . r])!
This means also in consequence that the methods-buffer is not
automatically filled when a source-file is opened but first on demand
after calling the command `ecb-rebuild-methods-buffer'!
- Forcing a reparse when tags are needed: Then ECB forces semantic to parse
the source-file when ECB needs tags to display. For this behavior this
option has to be set to not nil.
The term "forcing a reparse by semantic" is a simplification: ECB uses then
the function `semantic-fetch-tags' which can decide that the cached tags
are up-to-date so no real reparsing is necessary - but it can also run a
full reparse and this reparse is not being done when Emacs is idle but
immediatelly and not interruptable (as with the idle-scheduler of
semantic), which can be quite annoying with big source-files.
** Complete reworked history-buffer
*** The history is able to deal with indirect-buffer entries.
See new option `ecb-history-stick-indirect-buffers-to-basebuffer'.
*** The history can now be bucketized, see new `ecb-history-make-buckets'.
This option allows to define several criterias for building buckets in the
history-buffer all the history entries are sorted in (e.g. by major-mode,
directory, file-extension or regular expressions).
You can change the bucketizing type on the fly via the popup-menu of the
history-window.
The regular expressions bucketizing allows in combination with the
indirect-buffer ability to work with something like "virtual folders"
(well, "virtual folders" light).
For example, there is a large project with a huge number of files, and
there are various tasks in this project. So it could be convenient to
group buffers according to various tasks. It could be fulfiled through
using indirect buffers, for example like this
task_1-aaa.pl
task_1-bbb.c
task_1-ccc.sh
...
task_N-xxx.java
task_N-ccc.sh
This means create indirect buffers with a name-part which can be used for
grouping together buffers with same name-part (here e.g. task_1- ...
task_N-). In the example above you would create two indirect buffers for
the filebuffer ccc.sh, one named task_1-ccc.sh, the other named
task_N-ccc.sh).
Then use the new option `ecb-history-make-buckets' to define regexps for
bucketizing all (indirect) buffers according their task-part in the
buffer-name.
*** There are now new faces for the history entries.
See new options `ecb-history-bucket-node-face',
`ecb-history-dead-buffer-face' and `ecb-history-indirect-buffer-face' and
equaly named new faces.
** Sticky parent-node for all special ECB-windows of type tree-buffer
Only for GNU Emacs: in the header-line of a tree-buffer always the
current-parent node of the first visible node is displayed (if there is a
parent node). This sticky node is exactly in the same manner clickable as
all other nodes. There is a new option `ecb-tree-make-parent-node-sticky'
which enabales/disables this new feature (default is enabled).
** Much saver advice-backbone for all advices needed by ECB
This is not a user-visible change but enhances the stability of ECB by
using now a new advice-backbone which guarantes that all ecb-advices are
enabled rsp. disabled correctly depending on the surrounding context.
Introducing four new macros `defecb-advice-set', `defecb-advice',
`ecb-with-original-adviced-function-set' and `ecb-with-ecb-advice'.
** Changes in the version control support of ECB
*** ECB now also offers version control support only if the current vc-package is
installed which offers support for modern vc-backends like subversion, git
and monotone.
Because vc-package lacks having a version number which can be checked ECB
uses the following check if the right vc-package is installed:
(locate-library "vc-svn") must return not nil.
*** New support for Git and Monotone as version-control systems
If Git rsp. Monotone are supported by VC (means vc-git.el rsp. vc-mtn.el
are distributed with Emacs) then ECB supports now both of them out of the
box.
*** `ecb-vc-supported-backends' offers now also a accurate recompute-state function
This is by offering `ecb-vc-recompute-state' as an alias to the function
`vc-recompute-state' as state-check function for this option.
*** CVS-support is now fully compatible with Emacs 22 and 23
** New options rsp. commands
*** New command `ecb-goto-window-edit-by-smart-selection'
*** New command `ecb-goto-window-ecb-by-smart-selection'
*** New option `ecb-ignore-pop-up-frames'
The new option is for customizing the behavior of ECB concerning
`pop-up-frames'. It allows three value: Always, only when a permanent
compile-window is used and never. This makes ECB fully compatible with the
option `pop-up-frames'.
** Much better compatibility with current Emacs-versions
*** Full compatibility with Gnu Emacs 22
**** `balance-windows' now works with Emacs 22 too
Cause of the completely new implemantation based on `window-tree' ECB
uses a new machanism for enabling balance-windows to work properly with
active ECB, so only the edit-windows are balanced but all ecb-windows
remain on their sizes.
**** view-mode works also when a permanent compile-window is active
This is especially important for displaying help and completions.
**** `master-mode' now works with Emacs 22
**** Grepping from ECB now uses per default `lgrep' rsp. `rgrep'.
***** The option `ecb-grep-function' defaults to `lgrep' if available
If not it tries `igrep' or 'grep'.
***** `ecb-grep-find-function' has been renamed to `ecb-grep-recursive-function'
It defaults to `rgrep' if available. If not it tries `igrep-find' or
`grep-find'. The old value is automatically upgraded to the new option
name.
**** Fixed problems with `ecb-fix-window-size' and active compile-windows
With Emacs >= 22 the bugs of Emacs 21.3.X concerning `window-size-fixed'
are fixed by the Emacs-team so now ECB supports this feature also with
active compile-window.
**** Fixed small lack in the `switch-to-buffer-other-window'-advice.
In Emacs 22 this command ignores the settings in `same-window-*'. Now ECB
adopts this behavior also for its adviced version so the command works
in a smart manner optimized for ECB.
*** Much better compatibility with forthcoming Gnu Emacs 23
**** Removed an annoying behavior which has set the mark hundred of times even
when the user just moves the cursor.
This comes from a change within Emacs 23 and the function `goto-line'
which sets the mark in Emacs 23. This is not necessary when not used as
command but as internal utility. Now ECB uses its own goto-line-function
which does not set the mark --> No unnecessary mark settings with Emacs
23.
**** The adviced `display-buffer' is now fully compatible with Emacs 23
This means simply that you can work with ECB and Emacs 23 as you expect.
Especially for displaying temporary buffers (like completion, help,
compilation etc.) this means: Gnu Emacs 23 has a much smarter
window-manager for displaying temporary buffers (like help-buffers) and
"compile"-buffers. Therefore ECB uses completely the logic of Emacs 23
and does exactly what Emacs 23 would do without activated ECB: This means
mainly that the split-behavior depends on the settings of the options
`split-width-threshold' and `split-height-threshold'.
So if you are wondering why displaying temporary-buffers (like help,
compile, grep, completion etc.) shows different behavior compared to
deactivated ECB, then you probably have to adjust the values of the
options `split-width-threshold' and `split-height-threshold' so they
matches the sizes of the edit-area of ECB (at least nearly).
**** Fixing some incompatibilities with Emacs 23 concerning using temp. buffers
The fit-window-to-buffer version of Emacs 23 can destroy windows and is
therefore not useable within ECB - now ECB has its own - stolen and
adapted from Emacs 22.
In addition to this the internal help-window-manager of Emacs 23 (a.o.
responsible for displaying *Help*-buffers) chooses sometimes dedicated
windows (which is a problem because ECB uses dedicated windows for its
own special ECB-windows) whereas Emacs 22 doesn't do this. Now ECB works
smoothly with Emacs 23 help-system. Same for view-mode.
**** ediff-support of ECB is now also fully compatible with Emacs 23
Emacs 23 uses dedicated windows: Now ECB can deal with frame-layouts where
some windows are neither an ecb-, edit- nor a compile-window. Therefore
now also single-frame mode (see `ediff-windows-setup-function') of ediff
wirks smoothly with ECB.
**** All this together makes the new layout-engine of ECB much more robust so ECB
works smoothly with forthcoming Emacs 23.
*** Better compatibility with XEmacs 21.4 and XEmacs 21.5
Compatibility has been increased but is still not perfect. There is a need
for much more tests with XEmacs. This can not been done by the
ECB-maintainer because it costs too much effort. Any help from
XEmacs-gurus using ECB for their daily work is very appreciated.
** ECB is able to work with indirect buffers if the base-buffer is filebased
Now you can work with indirect-buffers as well as with normal file-buffers,
i.e. indirect buffers are shown in the history<72><79>, their contents are
displayed in the methods-buffer, the ECB-analyse-buffer works with them,
autom. synchronizing the ECB-tree-buffers works for them etc...
** Deprecated, disabled and deactivated features:
*** The commands `ecb-download-ecb' and `ecb-download-semantic' are deactivated
These features are not supported anymore. It costs two much effort to keep
the needed links and mechanism to the sourceforge-download-area up to date.
Please download the needed release-archives and extract and install as
described in the shipped README rsp. INSTALL-files.
** Fixed Bugs
*** Fixed a bug which displayed empty tag-names in the methods-buffer when font-lock
is not loaded.
*** Fixed a bug in the ping-functionality
Now `ecb-ping-options' has a new default value which should operate well
on most os.
*** Fixed a bug which prevented `ecb-rebuild-methods-buffer' from working
correctly
*** Fixed a bug in the internals of the methods-filter which prevented
all commands `ecb-methods-filter-*' from working correctly.
*** Fixed context-menu for VC-operations in the sources- and history-window
Now all vc-commands are called interactively by ECB.
*** Fixed a bug with the ECB-navigation feature (C-c . p and C-c . n)
Now the commands `ecb-nav-goto-next' and `ecb-nav-goto-previous' work
saver and also for indirect buffers.
*** Fixed small bugs with synchronizing current tag with highlighted tag
in the methods buffer. This was when the buffer was reparsed with
`semantic-idle-scheduler-mode' or after saving the buffer.
*** Fixed a bug in `ecb-create-new-layout' which has displayed wrong modelines
in the layout-creation frame.
*** Fixed a bug in `ecb-submit-problem-report' which prevented it from working
* Changes for ECB version 2.32
** New backbone-add-on of ECB for getting the definition of the symbol at point
It allows to display in a new special ECB-window the semantic (do not
confuse this term with the semantic-library!) context of the definition of
the current symbol under point. Per default ECB tries to find this context
via semanticdb (part of cedet) and etags (shipped with (X)Emacs) but in
general this is completely customizable; see the options of the new
options-group "ecb-symboldef".
Either use the layout "left-symboldef" (e.g. via [C-c . l c]) or create a
new ecb-layout via the command `ecb-create-new-layout' and add a buffer of
type "other" and name "symboldef" into this new layout.
This add-on interactior can be seen as a "backbone" infrastructure, because
it is/should be highly customizable how to get the definition of the symbol
at point (e.g. via semanticdb or etags or whatever).
Thanks to Hauke Wintjen <hauke.jans@tietoenator.com> for having the idea
and writing the first implementation
This add-on ECB-window of ECB is currently in beta or gamma stage but works
already quite well. So please try it out and send feedback to the
ECB-mailing-list. Every suggestion is highly appretiated!
** New native ECB-window (tree-buffer) for the semantic-analyzer
There is a new tree-buffer ECB-analyse which displays the tags and
informations of the semanic-analyzer in a smooth way. There are already new
prebuild layouts "left-analyse" and "leftright-analyse" which contain this
new tree-buffer ECB-window. But of course it can be added to own build
layouts - either via the command `ecb-create-new-layout' (add a buffer of
type "other" and name "analyse" into the new layout) or via a
elisp-programmed new layout.
** New smart-arrow-navigation in a tree-buffer with up- and down-arrow
Point jumps to the first character of the previous (up) rsp. next node
(down). "First" character means either the first character of the
expand-symbol (in case `ecb-tree-expand-symbol-before' is not nil) or of
the displayed node-name. Or with other words: The first non-indentation and
non-guide-line (see `ecb-tree-buffer-style') character of a node.
Left- and right-arrow were already smart - see the existing option
`ecb-tree-navigation-by-arrow'.
** Better handling of maximized ecb-windows
*** Smarter handling of node-selections in maximized tree-windows
Now the default behavior of ECB is:
Maximized directories-window: When selecting a directory then first
automatically the maximized directories-window will be "minimized" (i.e.
all ecb-windows of current layout are displayed) if the current layout
contains a sources-buffer and no sources are shown in the
directories-window. So the source-files can be displayed in the
sources-window.
Maximized sources- or history-window: When selecting a source-file in one of
these buffers then first automatically the maximized window will be
"minimized" (i.e. all ecb-windows of current layout are displayed) if the
current layout contains a methods-buffer. So the tag-contents of the
selected source-file can be displayed in the methods-window.
For a even smarter behavior ECB introduces a new option
`ecb-maximize-next-after-maximized-select' which automatically maximizes
the next logical tree-window after a node selection. The definition of
"next logical is": Directories --> sources, sources/history --> methods.
See the docstring of this new option for more detailled informations.
Thanks for suggestion to Michael Reiher.
*** Easier maximizing and "minimizing"
ECB supports the default modeline-mechanisms for deleting other windows.
GNU Emacs binds `mouse-2' in its modeline to `delete-other-window'. XEmacs
binds a popup-menu with some window commands to `button-3' in its
modeline.
ECB combines the best of both worlds by supporting both of these
mechanisms for both Xemacs and Emacs: ECB binds a toggle-command to
`mouse-2' in the modeline of each tree-buffer which maximizes the current
tree-window if all ECB-windows are visible and displays all ECB-windows if
current tree-window is maximized. In addition ECB binds a popup-menu to
`mouse-3' which offers exactly 2 commands: Maximizing current tree-window
and displaying all ECB-windows.
** Renamed options or options with new type
The following options have been renamed:
ecb-truncate-lines --> ecb-tree-truncate-lines
The following options have now a new type:
ecb-tree-RET-selects-edit-window
ecb-tree-image-icons-directories
ECB automatically upgrades the old values to the new options!
** Better assistance fixing errors related to semantic-load problems
Often users report errors somehow related to problems running ECB with the
right semantic-version. There are different reasons for this:
- People do not install the cedet-suite as described in the INSTALL-file of
cedet.
- People byte-compile ECB with another semantic (also eieio and speedbar)
version than loaded into Emacs.
All of them prevent ECB from working correctly.
Now ECB detects the error at startup-time and assists the user in finding
the reason of the problem and how to fix it.
** More robust downloading of new ECB from within Emacs
Now `ecb-download-ecb' should work also with native Windows-XEmacs and also
when ECB is installed in a directory which name contains spaces. If there
are still problems in running this command please check the new options
`ecb-wget-setup', `ecb-gzip-setup' and `ecb-tar-setup'.
** Support for (X)Emacs < 21 has been officialy removed.
ECB requires now (X)Emacs >= 21. ECB stops activation with an appropriate
error-message when (X)Emacs < 21 is detected.
** Full documentation of the library tree-buffer.el
The ECB-info-manual contains a new section "tree-buffer" in the chapter
"Entry points for elisp-programers". This describes in detail how to
program with the library tree-buffer.el which is shipped with ECB.
** Fixed Bugs
*** Version-controlled (VC) and not-VC history-entries are now sorted
correctly according the setting in `ecb-history-sort-method'.
*** Handles not anymore existing files in the stealthy tasks.
If a stealthy task detects that a displayed file does not exist anymore it
removes this source-file from the tree-displays.
*** Fixed a bug when `ecb-process-non-semantic-files' is set to nil.
This bug only occurs with XEmacs. As a side effect of this fix now the
methods-buffer is correctly cleared out when loading a
non-semantic-sourcefile (i.e. not parsable by semantic) and processing of
non-semantic-files is switched off (`ecb-process-non-semantic-files' is
set to nil) or the sourcefile is not parsable by a parser like imenu or
etags/ctags.
*** Fixed a bug in displaying semantic-tags which have plain-string members
E.g. parsing `defstruct' has failed in previous ECB-version cause of this
bug.
*** Fixed a bug when Emacs is started with -q so Emacs could not determine the
`custom-file'. This case is correctly handled now.
* Changes for ECB version 2.31
** Fixed bugs
*** Fixed a recently introduced bug with XEmacs and an active isearch.
This bug occured when a user has clicked onto a node in a tree-buffer
during an active isearch and it had as result completely out-of-order
tree-buffers. This buf is now fixed and should never occur.
*** Fixed a bug concerning accessing root-drives in native window-XEmacs
Fixes an annoying behavior of the native windows-version of XEmacs: When a
path contains only a drive-letter and a : (e.g. C:) then
`expand-file-name' (and a lot of other file-operations) do not interpret
this path as root of that drive. So ECB adds temporary a trailing
`directory-sep-char' and calls file-operations like `expand-file-name'
with this new path because then `expand-file-name' treats this as root-dir
of that drive. For all (X)Emacs-version besides the native-windows-XEmacs
this fix is not needed and takes no effect.
*** Better recognizing of remote CVS-root-repositories for the VC-support
** Enhancement for the VC-support
*** New option `ecb-vc-xemacs-exclude-remote-cvs-repository'
This excludes directories with a remote cvs-repository from VC-check. This
option takes only effect for XEmacs and is needed cause of the outdated
VC-package of XEmacs which offers no heuristic state-checking and also no
option `vc-cvs-stay-local'. So this option takes only effect if
`vc-cvs-stay-local' is not avaiable. In this case ECB treats directories
which are managed by CVS but have a remote repository as if the directory
would not being managed by CVS (so the files are not checked for their
VC-state). This is done to avoid blocking XEmacs cause of running full
cvs-commands (e.g. ``cvs status'') for a bunch of files over the net.
*** Added beta-support for Clearcase
There is already an identify-backend-function `ecb-vc-dir-managed-by-CC'
and a check-state-function `ecb-vc-check-CC-state' and an advice for
`clearcase-sync-from-disk' which enable automatic state-update after
checkin/out. These code seems to work quite well but nevertheless there
are some problems so this Clearcase-support is not added per default to
`ecb-vc-supported-backends'.
So if you want Clearcase-support you have to customize the option
`ecb-vc-supported-backends' and add these functions mentioned above (the
advice of `clearcase-sync-from-disk' takes only effect if the function
`ecb-vc-dir-managed-by-CC' can be found in `ecb-vc-supported-backends' and
ECB is active!). But use it at your own risk. Of course the best would be
if a lot of people would test this Clearcase-support and fix the
encountered problems ;-). Thanks to David Ostrovsky for providing a first
implementation!
* Changes for ECB version 2.30.1
** Enhancement to the automatic option-upgrading mechanism
ECB now automatically makes a backup-file of that file which will be
modified by storing the upgraded rsp. renamed ECB-options. This backup file
gets a unique name by adding a suffix ".before_ecb_<version>" to the name
of the modified file. If such a file already exists ECB adds a unique number
to the end of the filename to make the filename unique.
This is a safety mechanism if something fails during storing the upgraded
options, so you never lose the contents of your customization-file!
** Enhancement to the VC-support
*** Better recomputing of the VC-state of a file when state changed outside
With the new check-state-function `ecb-vc-state' the heuristic state is
always computed right which is especially useful if the state for a file
has been changed outside Emacs (e.g. by checking in from command line or
Windows Explorer). This function is now added to the default-value of
`ecb-vc-supported-backends' for GNU Emacs.
*** Added out-of-the-box support for VC-system Subversion
For this the latest version of the VC-package incl. the library vc-syn.el
is needed. Latest CVS Emacs contains this VC-version. The new function
`ecb-vc-dir-managed-by-SVN' is now added to the default-value of
`ecb-vc-supported-backends'. Thanks for first implementation to Ekkehard
G<><47>rlach <ekkehard.goerlach@pharma.novartis.com>.
** Fixed bugs
*** Fixed errors occured at load-time of ECB 2.30
* Changes for ECB version 2.30
** Enhancements to the file-browser
*** Much better performance of the file-browser display because all
time-consuming tasks (like the check if the displayed directories are
empty of not) are now performed "stealthy" - means when Emacs is idle.
Each stealthy task is interruptable by the user just by hitting any key or
clicking the mouse so Emacs/ECB will not be blocked by such tasks; next
time Emacs is idle again the interrupted task automatically proceeds from
the state it has been interrupted. There is a new macro `defecb-stealthy'
which can be used by a user to program own stealthy tasks.
Currently ECB performs three stealthy tasks:
Prescann directories for emptyness: Prescann directories and display
them as empty or not-empty in the directories-buffer. See the
documentation of the option `ecb-prescan-directories-for-emptyness' for
a description.
File is read only: Check if sourcefile-items of the directories- or
sources-buffer are read-only or not. See documentation of the option
`ecb-sources-perform-read-only-check'.
Version-control-state: Checks the version-control-state of files in
directories which are managed by a VC-backend. See the option
`ecb-vc-enable-support'.
There is also a new option `ecb-stealthy-tasks-delay'.
There are three options which allow excluding certain directories from
these stealthy tasks: `ecb-prescan-directories-exclude-regexps',
`ecb-read-only-check-exclude-regexps' and last but not least
`ecb-vc-directory-exclude-regexps'.
*** ECB is now capable of handling remote paths.
"Remote" means file- or directory-paths in the sense of TRAMP, ANGE-FTP or
EFS. Such paths can now being added to the option `ecb-source-path' with
no limitation compared to "local" paths. Just work with remote-paths in
the same manner as with local paths. See also the additional choices of
the options `ecb-prescan-directories-for-emptyness',
`ecb-sources-perform-read-only-check' and `ecb-vc-enable-support' (new).
This new support is tested with the combinations GNU Emacs+TRAMP and
XEmacs+EFS but it should (hopefully) also work with all other
combinations. Thanks a lot to Tomas Orti for beta-testing!
*** ECB displays the Version-control-state of a file in the tree-buffers.
There are four new options `ecb-vc-enable-support',
`ecb-vc-supported-backends', `ecb-vc-directory-exclude-regexps' and
`ecb-vc-state-mapping' which define if and how ECB should check the state
of a sourcefile in a directory managed by a version-control system. By
default ECB supports the same VC-backends as the builtin VC-support of
Emacs: CVS, RCS and SCCS. But the option `ecb-vc-supported-backends'
allows to add support for arbitrary VC-backends (e.g. Clearcase). New
image-icons are also included for a cute display of the VC-state in the
directories, sources and history-buffer. Thanks to Markus Gritsch
<gritsch@iue.tuwien.ac.at> for contributing the icons.
It's recommended to read the section "Version-control support" in the
chapter "Tips and Trick" of the ECB-info-manual!
*** New hook which runs directly after the selected directory has changed.
See documentation of `ecb-after-directory-change-hook'.
** The popup-menu of the methods-browser allows precisely expanding of the
current node. This means you can precisely expand a certain node to an
exact indentation level relative to the node. This means all subnodes <=
this level will be expanded (full recursive expanding is therefore of
course also possible) and all subnodes indented deeper than this level will
be collapsed - this is very different from using the expand/collapse symbol
of a node. For forther details and examples the the manual and the section
"Expanding" and here the subsection "Explicit expanding of the current node
to a certain level".
** Automatically upgraded ecb-option-settings are now not saved by default.
This means that ECB has now the new policy "Never touching the
customization-files of a user without asking". The result is a completely
redesigned upgraded-options-buffer: Now at the bottom of this buffer
(displayed by `ecb-display-upgraded-options') two clickable buttons [Save]
and [Cancel] are displayed which give the user the choice between saving
the upgraded options for future Emacs-sessions ot just to cancel this
buffer. In the latter case ECB has also upgraded the not compatible or
renamed options (as listed in the displayed upgraded-options-buffer) but
they will be not saved, i.e. no customization-file is touched and the
changed and upgraded values will be lost after quiting Emacs.
** With XEmacs ECB temporary sets `progress-feedback-use-echo-area' to t
This is necessary because otherwise the progress-display with native
widgets modifies the window-sizes of ECB and does not exactly restore the
window-sizes as before that progress-display. Deactivating ECB
automatically restores the old value of this option.
** Fixed bugs
*** Fixed resizing of the ecb-windows after opening a file
Sometimes (X)Emacs (the behavior has only been reported for XEmacs)
resizes the ecb-windows after opening a file by clicking onto a sourcefile
or calling `find-file' (or similar functions). This is not a bug of ECB
but nevertheless it is annoying for the ECB-users. Therefore ECB has now a
workaround which prevents the ecb-windows from resizing. The work around
is done via two simple advices of `find-file' and `find-file-other-window'.
*** Fixed a bug in the upgrading feature (command `ecb-download-ecb') which has
occured when the user has set a different LOKALE (e.g. "de_DE@euro").
*** Fixed a bug in restoring sizes of the ecb-windows.
Now a check will be performed if there are ecb-windows visible. If not
nothing will be done (versions < 2.30 have failed in such a case).
This bug has prevented ediff from working together with ECB when a
compile-window was visible and the user has stored window-sizes for the
current layout.
* Changes for ECB version 2.27
** The option `ecb-auto-expand-tag-tree-collapse-other' now has three possible
choices. You can decide between auto-collapsing only when point stays onto
a tag in the edit-window or even when point doesn't stay onto a tag (which
then results in a full collapsed methods-buffer). ECB autom. upgrades the
old setting of this option to the new type. Thanks to Javier Oviedo
<joviedo@telogy.com> for the suggestion.
** Not accessible directories are displayed in a different face in the
directory-browser. See the new option `ecb-directory-not-accessible-face'
and the new face with same name.
** Enhancements to the permanent compile-window
*** Enlarging the compile-window does not destroy some ecb-windows
With previous versions of ECB enlarging the permanent compile-window has
often destroyed some ecb-windows if the compile-window has occupied a
large portion of the frame-height (e.g. half of the frame). Beginning with
ECB 2.27 such a ecb-window-damage is either prevented or - if it still
occurs (can not be prevented in all situations) - ECB now has a
"self-healing"-mechanism which immediatelly repairs the layout via
idle-checks if the current window-layout is correct for the current
`ecb-layout-name'. Conclusion: Enlarging or shrinking the compile-window
should never damage the ecb-windows! Thanks to Javier Oviedo
<joviedo@telogy.com> for a great problem-report!
Caution: If bytecompiled user-defined layouts are used (ie. the file,
which contains the user-defined layouts is byte-compiled) then you MUST
recompile this file with ECB 2.27 active!
*** Now `ecb-store-window-sizes' and `ecb-restore-window-sizes' also work when
called during a permanent compile-window is visible and also when these
commands are called with another compile-window state than the other (e.g.
when the window-sizes are stored without a compile-window and restored
with a compile-window).
*** Now ECB ensures that the permanent compile-window has always its specified
size when shrinked either by Emacs/ECB or by the command
`ecb-toggle-compile-window-height'.
*** Now ECB ensures that all ecb-windows have always either their default or
stored size size after the compile-window has been shrinked either by
Emacs/ECB or by the command `ecb-toggle-compile-window-height'.
*** ECB takes into account the new Emacs-option `grep-window-height' when it
compute the max. allowed size of its permanent compile-window. More
generally spoken: It takes into account all options with name
*-window-height defined for modes which are defined by the macro
`define-compilation-mode'. This mechanism is available in the forthcoming
Emacs 21.4 (and of course with current CVS-Emacs 21).
** Fixed Bugs
*** Added a workaround for a bug in the custom-library of current release 21.3
of GNU Emacs which causes under certain circumstances the autom.
option-upgrading-feature of ECB to fail. Same for the command
`ecb-store-window-sizes'. Thanks for reporting this annoying bug and great
help to Christoph Ludwig <cludwig@cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de>
* Changes for ECB version 2.26
** Improved the performance of the directories-buffer-display
Reduced the need of completely rebuilding the whole directories-tree-buffer
when just switching between buffers and the related directories are already
expanded. This can dramatically increase the speed of the tree-buffer
display when displaying the sources-files in the directories-buffer (see
`ecb-show-sources-in-directories-buffer'). Thanks to Rob Walker
<rob.lists@tenfoot.org.uk> for tracking down the performance bottleneck and
supplying a first patch.
** Per default all mouse-actions in the special ECB-buffers are now triggered
first after releasing the mouse-button and not when pressed as with
previous ECB-versions. This is the standard behavior of Emacs and of most
applications. But with the new option `ecb-tree-mouse-action-trigger' a
user can switch back to the old behavior.
As a side effect now the ECB-tree-buffers can be used during an active
isearch - at least with GNU Emacs. Thanks to Markus Gritsch
<gritsch@iue.tuwien.ac.at> for pointing to this problem.
** ECB sets autom. temp-buffer-resize-mode rsp. temp-buffer-shrink-to-fit when
needed. This modes are needed when a permanent compile-window is used
because otherwise the correct sizing of the compile-window according to the
settings in ecb-compile-window-temporally-enlarge and
ecb-enlarged-compilation-window-max-height is not possible. After disabling
the permanent compile-window or when deactivating ECB the original settings
of these modes are restored!
** Some regexp-options has been changed to regexp-list-options:
`ecb-excluded-directories-regexp' --> `ecb-excluded-directories-regexps'
`ecb-source-file-regexps' --> `ecb-source-file-regexps'
`ecb-exclude-parents-regexp' --> `ecb-exclude-parents-regexps'
All these options now accept (and require) a list of regexps instead of
exactly one big regexp. This allows easier regexp-definition and follows
now the way Emacs goes with other regexp-options like `same-window-regexps'
or `special-display-regexps' which are also lists of regexps.
ECB autom. upgrades your old settings to the new option-types rsp. also
-names (if the option has been renamed).
** New option `ecb-history-exclude-file-regexps' for excluding certain files
from being displayed in the history-buffer of ECB. Currently the filenames
TAGS and semantic.cache are excluded per default. Thanks to Javier Oviedo
<joviedo@telogy.com> for the suggestion.
** ECB now displays read-only sourcefiles in a different face.
For this a new option and a new face are offered both named
`ecb-source-read-only-face' (default: italic) which is used to display
source-files in the sources-tree-buffer (or in the directories-tree-buffer
if `ecb-show-sources-in-directories-buffer' is not nil) if the file is
read-only.
** Fixed bugs
*** Fixed merging faces with XEmacs.
Now options like `ecb-type-tag-display' (merges own ECB-faces to already
by semantic faced tags) work also correct with XEmacs. ECB-versions prior
to 2.26 has not merged the ECB-faces to the already applied faces of a
text but instead replaced the applied faces with the ECB ones. Now all
faces are merged.
*** Now the command `ecb-expand-methods-nodes' and all the expand-* menu-entries
in the popup-menu of the methods-buffer work for non-semantic-buffers too.
*** Fixed a bug concerning `ecb-auto-expand-tag-tree-collapse-other'.
Thanks to Javier Oviedo <joviedo@telogy.com> for pointing to the problem.
*** Handles not existing source-paths in `ecb-source-path' correct.
These paths are now ignored with a warning.
* Changes for ECB version 2.25
** More flexible sorting of the Sources- and the History-buffer
*** `ecb-sort-history-items' has been renamed to `ecb-history-sort-method'
and offers now the same choices as the already existing option
`ecb-sources-sort-method'.
*** Two new options `ecb-sources-sort-ignore-case' and
`ecb-history-sort-ignore-case' which allow to ignore case when sorting the
Sources- and/or the History-buffer. Thanks for suggestion to Markus
Gritsch <gritsch@iue.tuwien.ac.at>. Per default case is now ignored.
** New icons for parent-display in the Methods-buffer.
Thanks to Markus Gritsch <gritsch@iue.tuwien.ac.at> for contributing the
icon-images.
** Fixed Bugs
*** Fixed an annoying bug which results sometimes in an error "stack-overflow
error in equal" when using `senator-try-expand-semantic' which is called
when you use hippie-expand for example. Maybe the bug occured also in
other situation but now this bug has been extirpated!
*** Fixed a bug in the mechanism which prescanes directories for emptyness.
Now a directory is checked if it is accessible before it is prescanned -
otherwise the prescan could fail with an error.
*** Fixed a bug in the autom. option-upgrading-mechanism.
Thanks to Javier Oviedo <joviedo@telogy.com> for pointing to the
underlying problem.
* Changes for ECB version 2.24
** Enhancements for the Methods-buffer
*** Enhancements to the icon-display in the Methods-buffer
**** New icon-images for enumerations and abstract/virtual tags (interfaces are
currently displayed with the icon for abstract classes - at least til
someone provides special icons ;-)
**** Some slightly fixes in the other icons - e.g. a better display with a
not-white background
**** Static and abstract tags are no longer underlined rsp. italic when icons are
displayed because this is somehow "tautological" when a special static
rsp. abstract icon is already displayed.
*** New option for switching on/off distinction of function-prototypes from the
real function-definitions: `ecb-methods-separate-prototypes'. This is
useful for C++ and C because these languages distinct between a
method-prototype (rsp. function-prototype for C) and the method (rsp.
function for C) itself. If this option is not nil (default) then ECB
separates the prototypes from the real function/methods in the
Methods-buffer.
*** New "current-type"-filter for the Methods-buffer
In languages which have types (like Java or C++) this filter displays only
the current type and all its members \(e.g. attributes and methods). The
current-type is either the type of the current tag in the source-buffer or
the type of the current node in the methods-buffer. If ECB can not
identify the current type in the source-buffer or in the methods-window
then nothing will be done.
** Now directories are prescanned for emptyness so they are displayed as empty
in the directories-buffer even without user-interaction (i.e. in previous
ECB-versions the emptyness of a directory has been first checked when the
user has clicked onto a directory). ECB optimizes this check as best as
possible but if a directory contains a lot of subdirectories which contain
in turn a lot of entries, then expanding such a directory or selecting it
takes of course more time as without this check - at least at the first
time (all following selects of a directory uses the cached information if
its subdirectories are empty or not). Therefore this feature can be
switched of via the new option `ecb-prescan-directories-for-emptyness'.
** Fixed Bugs
*** Fixed some newly introduced bugs which made ECB 2.23 incompatible with
semantic 1.4.
*** Fixed a bug which changed the highlighted directory even after just expanding
or collapsing other directories.
*** Fixed two small bugs which have influenced `ecb-create-new-layout'
* Changes for ECB version 2.23
** New cedet1.0beta2 is supported.
** Enhancements for the Methods-buffer
*** The look&feel of the Methods-buffer is now much nicer because it has been
polished with a lot of new icons. ECB contains now a lot of new icons for
displaying the Method-buffer as pretty and professional as possible. The
new default-value of the option `ecb-tree-image-icons-directories' points
autom. to the new icon-images. Thanks a lot to Markus Gritsch
<gritsch@iue.tuwien.ac.at> for providing these new icons.
To use this you should reset the option `ecb-tree-image-icons-directories'
to the new default-value if you have customized this option!
You can disable this icon-display via the new option
`ecb-display-image-icons-for-semantic-tags' if you do not like the new
icons.
*** New feature for applying default tag-filters for certain files.
The new option `ecb-default-tag-filter' allow to define default
tag-filters for certain files which are applied automatically after
loading such a file into a buffer. The possible filters are the same as
offered by the command `ecb-methods-filter' and they are applied in the
same manner - the only difference is they are applied automatically. The
files can be specified on a combined major-mode- and
filename-regexp-basis.
Usage-example: This can be used to display for outline-mode files (e.g.
NEWS) in the Methods-buffer only the level-1-headings by defining a
regexp-filter "^\* .*" (see the default-value of this new option).
*** New keybindings and commands for faster applying certain tag-filters.
Here are the new bindings:
[C-c . fr] --> `ecb-methods-filter-regexp'
[C-c . ft] --> `ecb-methods-filter-tagclass'
[C-c . fp] --> `ecb-methods-filter-protection'
[C-c . fn] --> `ecb-methods-filter-nofilter'
[C-c . fl] --> `ecb-methods-filter-delete-last'
[C-c . ff] --> `ecb-methods-filter-function'
*** The popup-menu contains now mode-dependend tag-filter entries.
This means for sources not supported by semantic no protection- or
tag-class filters will be offered. And for semantic-supported sources
exactly these tag-classes are offered the semantic-parser for the current
major-mode offers. Same for the command `ecb-methods-filter'. For example
texi-sources can only be filtered by the tag-classes "Definitions" and
"Sections" and java-sources can be filtered by "Methods", "Variables",
"Classes" etc. In general the semantic-variable
`semantic-symbol->name-assoc-list' is used to get the right tag-classes.
*** The option `ecb-show-tags' is now defined on a major-mode-basis.
This means you can have different settings for each major-mode. ECB autom.
upgrades your old setting to the new option-type.
*** Distinction between functions and function-prototypes in the Methods-buffer
This is for example useful for C++ and C because these languages distinct
between a method-prototype (rsp. function-prototype for C) and the method
(rsp. function for C) itself. The new default value of `ecb-show-tags'
displayes per default the methods as flattened and the method-prototype as
collapsed when opening a C- or C++-buffer. ECB autom. updates your old
setting of this option to the new default value.
** The command `ecb-toggle-layout' now has a prefix-argument:
If this optional argument is not nil (e.g. if called with a prefix-arg)
then always the last selected layout was choosen regardless of the setting
in `ecb-toggle-layout-sequence'. The last selected layout is always that
layout which was current direct before the most recent layout-switch. So
now a user can switch to another layout via `ecb-change-layout' [C-c . l c]
and always come back to his previous layout via [C-u C-c . l t].
** Better internal self-monitoring of ECB
ECB now monitors itself when Emacs is idle, ie. it monitors if all
necessary ecb-functions are still member of the hooks `post-command-hook'
and `pre-command-hook'. This is because Emacs resets these hooks to nil if
any of the contained hook-functions fails with an error-signal. The
ECB-hook-functions are error-save but if any of the "other" hook-functions
of these hooks fail then the ECB-hooks would also have been removed from
these hooks. The new monitoring-mechanism checks this periodically and
re-adds the ECB-hooks if necessary.
** New option group for the integrated speedbar and one new option:
The new hook `ecb-speedbar-before-activate-hook' runs directly before ECB
activates the integrated speedbar. For example this hook can be used to
change the expansion-mode of the integrated speedbar via
`speedbar-change-initial-expansion-list'. Example:
(speedbar-change-initial-expansion-list "buffers").
** Added a new section in the info-manual which describes how desktop.el can be
used best in combination with ECB. This has been done because some
conflicts have been reported. See the "Conflicts"-Chapter in the
info-manual.
** Fixed bugs
*** Double-clicking the mouse-1-button now works with integrated speedbar.
*** Fixed two small bugs in the advice of `display-buffer':
One bug occured when called for one of the special ECB-buffers. The other
bug has not preserved the current-buffer when called for a buffer in the
sense of `ecb-compilation-buffer-p' and a hidden compile-window is
shown by display-buffer to display this buffer. The latter one for example
has prevented the ant-server of JDEE from working properly.
*** Fixed a bug so now always the correct directory in the directories-buffer
is higlighted.
* Changes for ECB version 2.22
** New nifty feature for filtering the tags displayed in the Methods-buffer
You can filter by regexp, protection, tag-class etc. See the new command
`ecb-methods-filter' (bound to [C-c . f m] and the new option
`ecb-methods-filter-replace-existing' for getting all details.
Filters can be layered filters, i.e. you can apply filters on top of
already applied filters: An example of 3 combined filters would be: Display
only all public methods having the string "test" in its name. The modeline
of the Methods-buffer always displays the topmost filter. But you can see
all currently applied filters by moving the mouse over this section of the
modeline: The filters will be displayed as help-echo.
The new functionality is also completely available via the popup-menu of
the Methods-buffer.
Currently tags of class 'type can not be filtered out, because especially
in OO-languages like Java or C++ this makes only less sense because if the
class is filtered out then no filter can be applied to its members like
methods or attributes.
These tag-filters can also applied to sources which are not supported by
the semantic-parser but "only" by imenu or etags. But because for these
sources not all information are avaiable the protection- and tag-class
filter can not used with such "non-semantic"-sources.
** All tree-buffer filters are now guarded against filtering out all tags.
Each filter which a user can apply to the sources-, methods- or
history-buffer is now guarded against filtering out all nodes by accident,
ie. if a filter would empty the whole tree-buffer then this filter will be
autom. unwinded.
** Much smarter mechanism to highlight the current tag in the methods-buffer.
Previous versions of ECB have always fully expanded the whole tree in the
Methods-buffer if the current tag in the source-buffer was not visible in
the current tree - e.g. because the variables-bucket was collapsed or the
containing type of a tag (e.g. the class of a method) was collapsed. So in
most cases much more was expanded as needed to make the current tag
visible.
The mechanism of ECB 2.22 only expands the needed parts of the tree-buffer
to make the related node visible: First we try to highlight the current tag
with current expansion-state of the Methods-buffer. If the node is not
visible so the tag can not be highlighted then we go upstairs the ladder of
type-tags the current tag belongs to (e.g. we expand successive the nodes
of the whole class-hierachy of the current method-tag until the related
node becomes visible). If there is no containing type for the current tag
then the node of the tag is probably contained in a toplevel-bucket which
is currently collapsed; in this case we expand only this bucket-node and
try highlighting again. Only if this has still no success then we expand
the full tree-buffer and try to highlight the current tag.
There is also a new option `ecb-auto-expand-tag-tree-collapse-other': If
this option is set then auto. expanding the tag-tree collapses all not
related nodes. This means that all nodes which have no relevance for the
currently highlighted node will be collapsed, because they are not
necessary to make the highlighted node visible. This feature is switched
off by default because if always collapses the complete Methods-tree before
the the following highlighting of the node for the current tag expands the
needed parts of the tree-buffer.
** The popup-menus can now be nested into 4 levels of submenus. In general there
could be an infinite depth of nesting but it makes no sense - if possible
at all - to define infinite nested defcustom-types. So there is a limit of
4 levels until a user asks for more - then this wish can be satisfied
during 1 minute: Just increase the value of the `ecb-max-submenu-depth'
before loading ECB. This enhancement affects the four options with name
`ecb-*-menu-user-extension'.
** The indication for ECB in the minor-mode is now hidden when the ECB-windows
are visible because in this case the activity of ECB is quite obvious. When
the ECB-windows are hidden the the value of `ecb-minor-mode-text' is
displayed in the modeline.
** Compatibility enhancements
*** Cause of the fixed bugs the compatibility for `bs-show' has increased when
the buffer-selection should be displayed in the permanent compile-window.
** Fixed Bugs
*** Fixed a bug preventing the native Windows-port of XEmacs from working.
*** Makes the behavior of adviced `display-buffer' fully compatible to the
original version for all buffers which are neither ecb-tree-buffer nor
compilation-buffers in the sense of `ecb-compilation-buffer-p'. These
"source-buffers" are now also handled correctly in all situations.
*** Fixed a small bug in `ecb-toggle-compile-window-height'. This bug has
influenced the behavior of `display-buffer' when called from programs for
"compilation-buffers".
*** Fixed a bug related to the speedbar-integration.
This bug complained "Can not switch buffer in dedicated window" when the
intergrated speedbar-buffer was selected and the user tries to open a file
or to jump to a tag.
*** Fixed a bug for the special ECB-modeline-menu for the XEmacs-modelines.
Now only in the special ECB-tree-buffer a special ECB-modeline-menu is
bound to mouse-3, all other buffers display the standard modeline-menu of
XEmacs.
*** Fixed a bug which occurs with XEmacs in combination with func-menu.
But there are still some incompatibilities between ECB and func-menu. So
the recommendation is to disable func-menu-support when using ECB.
Normally using func-menu makes no sense in combination with ECB because
ECB provides the same and even more informations as func-menu - so
func-menu is redundant ;-)
* Changes for ECB version 2.21
** Advice for `balance-windows' so only the edit-windows are balanced.
Thanks to David Ishee <782zp6a02@sneakemail.com> for suggestion.
** New option `ecb-ignore-display-buffer-function'
Per default the adviced version of `display-buffer' ignores the value of
`display-buffer-function' when called for the ECB-frame. If this variable
should not be ignored then the function of `display-buffer-function' is
completely responsible which window is used for the buffer to display - no
smart ECB-logic will help to deal best with the ECB-window-layout! You can
define if and when `display-buffer-function' should be ignored: Always
(default), when a compile-window is used or never.
** Compatibility enhancements
In general the current layout-engine of ECB is so flexible that there
should be no - or at least very few - conflicts between ECB and any other
elisp-library - even when another lib is running during the ECB-windows are
visible.
*** Commands like `bs-show' of the library bs.el now work correctly with ECB
*** Xrefactory works even when all ECB-windows are visible (see Fixed Bugs).
*** Applications like Gnus or BBDB run withing the ECB-frame without conflicts -
even when the ECB-windows are visible.
*** Commands using `Electric-pop-up-window' now work correctly with ECB.
This ensures that the electric-* commands (e.g. `electric-buffer-list' or
`electric-command-history') work well with ECB. If the related
"display-buffer" of such an electric command is a "compilation-buffer" in
the sense of `ecb-compilation-buffer-p' then this buffer will be displayed
in the compile-window of ECB - if there is any shown.
** For XEmacs the package fsf-compat is no longer required by ECB.
But it is still necessary to check if fsf-compat is required by the
packages semantic, eieio and speedbar which in turn are required by ECB.
** Fixed Bugs
*** Fixed a fatal bug which prevents `other-window' from working with
arguments < 0. This bug has also prevented Xrefactory from working correct
when ECB is active - see compatibility enhancements above.
*** If point stays in the current source-buffer on a function argument then still
ECB highlights the function in the Methods-buffer.
*** ECB now uses `compilation-window-height' correctly when set buffer-local
as possible with latest CVS-version of GNU Emacs 21.
*** Fixed a bug in `ecb-sources-filter' and `ecb-history-filter'.
* Changes for ECB version 2.20
** New customization group "ecb-most-important"
This group centralizes the most important options of ECB in one group which
is also offered by the "Preferences" submenu ob the ECB-menu. These are
options you should at least know that they exist.
** The keybinding for the online-help has changed from [C-c . o] to [C-c . h]
This has been done because the key [C-c . o] is needed for the new command
`ecb-toggle-scroll-other-window-scrolls-compile'.
** The options `ecb-major-modes-activate' and `ecb-majors-mode-deactivate' have
been replaced by one new option `ecb-major-modes-show-or-hide'. The purpose
of the old option is now quite out-of-date because:
- ECB supports window-managers like winring.el or escreen.el very well,
- as of version 2.20 ECB has no restrictions about the number of
edit-windows and
- the new option simplifies things a lot.
** The restriction of only two edit-windows has been gone!
*** Beginning with this version 2.20 there are no restrictions about the
window-layout in the edit-area of ECB. This means you can split the
edit-area of ECB in as many windows as you like. The split-state of the
edit-area will be preserved when toggling the visibility of the
ECB-windows and even between activation and deactivation of ECB. Deleting
of certain edit-windows will never destroy the special ECB-windows or the
compile-window. Just work with the edit-area of ECB as if it would be an
extra frame!
*** Option `ecb-split-edit-window' has been renamed in
`ecb-split-edit-window-after-start' because this new name reflects much
better the purpose of this option. In addition there is offered a new
value 'before-deactivation which is also the new default value. This new
value preserves the full state between activations of ECB, i.e. the
visibility of the ECB-windows, the visibility of a compile-window and also
the full split-state of the edit-area. ECB auto. upgrades your setting!
*** Compile-window can now be displayed even when the ECB-windows are hidden.
So now you can have the same compile-window functionality when the
ECB-window are hidden as when the ECB-windows are visible. The state of
the compile-window will be preserved when toggling the ecb-windows or when
maximizing one ecb-windows! So you have the advantage of one special
window for all help-, grep or compile-output also when the ecb-windows are
hidden - a window which will not be deleted if you call
`delete-other-windows' (bound to [C-x 1]) for one of the edit-windows.
*** The option `ecb-primary-mouse-jump-destination' has been renamed to
`ecb-mouse-click-destination' and has also changed its default value to
'last-point. ECB autom. upgrades the old settings.
*** New keybinding [C-c . g l] for selecting the last selected edit-window.
Also available via the ECB-menu. The command is
`ecb-goto-window-edit-last'.
*** Option `ecb-other-window-jump-behavior' has been renamed to
`ecb-other-window-behavior' and has also two new allowed values: 'smart
(the new default) and an arbitrary function-symbol. With the latter one
the user can define his own other-window-behavior and the former one
chooses in a smart and intuitive way the "other window" for going to it
via `other-window' or for scrolling it via one of the "scroll another
window"-functions (e.g. `scroll-other-window'). Thanks to John S. Yates,
Jr. <john@yates-sheets.org> for suggesting the new smart behavior. ECB
autom. upgrades the old value of `ecb-other-window-jump-behavior' to the
new option-name.
*** New option `ecb-scroll-other-window-scrolls-compile-window' and new
command `ecb-toggle-scroll-other-window-scrolls-compile' (bound to [C-c .
o]). If this new option is nil then ECB chooses very smart and intuitive
the window which will be scrolled by commands like `scroll-other-window'
(see documentation of the the option `ecb-other-window-behavior'). But
sometimes the user wants to scroll the compile-window from another window.
With this new command the user can fest and easy toggle the behavior ECB
chooses another window for scrolling.
*** Higher compatibility of ECB with other packages
Without the 2-edit-window-restriction ECB is now more compatible with
other packages. For example the package calculator.el can now also being
used without setting `calculator-electric-mode' to not nil - regardless in
how many edit-windows the edit-area of ECB is splitted. Also the package
bs.el (command `bs-show') benefits from the new layout-flexibility. As of
ECB-version 2.20 there should be no conflicts between this package and
ECB.
** Enhancements to the tree-buffers of ECB
*** Enhancements to the popup-menus of the tree-buffers
**** All popup-menus of the tree-buffers can be used with the tmm-library
The already existing command `tree-buffer-show-menu-keyboard' (bound to
[M-m] in every tree-buffer of ECB) accepts now a prefix argument. If called
with a prefix-argument (hit [C-u M-m]) then the popup-menu is displayed
with the tmm-mechanismus (like the Emacs-[menu-bar] is displayed when
`tmm-menubar' is called). Thanks for suggestion to Yvonne Thomson
<yvonne@thewatch.net>.
**** Select an edit-window via popup where a source should be opened or a token
should be displayed.
**** The popup-menus can be dynamically extended.
See the new options `ecb-directories-menu-user-extension-function',
`ecb-sources-menu-user-extension-function',
`ecb-methods-menu-user-extension-function' and
`ecb-history-menu-user-extension-function'.
**** All popup-menu-commands respect the setting of the option
`ecb-mouse-click-destination' (formerly known as
`ecb-primary-mouse-jump-destination' - see above).
*** ECB supports the default modeline-mechanisms for deleting other windows.
GNU Emacs binds [mouse-2] in its modeline to `delete-other-window'. ECB
now supports this mechanism by binding a toggle-command to [mouse-2] in
the modeline of each tree-buffer: If all ECB-windows are visible then this
command maximizes the current tree-window and if current tree-window is
maximized all ECB-windows are displayed again. XEmacs binds a popup-menu
with some window commands to [button-3] in its modeline. ECB supports this
mechanism by replacing this menu by a menu which offers exactly 2
commands: Maximizing current tree-window and displaying all ECB-windows.
*** Now all commands for selecting a tree-buffer work even when this buffer is
not visible because another tree-buffer is maximized. If the tree-buffer
is contained in the layout then the layout is redrawn with all its
tree-buffers visible so that tree-buffer can be selected. Same for
maximizing. An example for such a command is `ecb-goto-window-methods'.
*** New option `ecb-maximize-ecb-window-after-selection'.
Automatic maximizing of a tree-window after selecting it. Thanks for
suggestion to John S. Yates, Jr. <john@yates-sheets.org>.
*** Changes to the image-icons of the tree-buffers
**** All image-files have been renamed from <IMAGENAME>.xpm to
ecb-<IMAGENAME>.xpm. This was necessary because the icons for "open" and
"close" in Emacs toolbar got superseeded by ECB's icons for "open" and
"close". The problem was, that ECB was using the same names for the icon
files "open.xpm" and "close.xpm" as emacs toolbar does. This problem
occurs if the image-directory of ECB is contained in the `load-path'
which is when ECB is installed in the site-lisp directory of Emacs with
the default subdirs.el of Emacs which adds automatically all
subdirectories to the load-path (and therefore also subdirectories which
does not contain elisp-files but only images - btw: not really smart;-).
Thanks to Roland Schaeuble <roland.schaeuble@siemens.com> for pointing
out that.
**** Added all image-icons in a 10-point height.
Thanks to Nick Cross <nick@goots.org> for sizing down the images.
** New default-value for `ecb-post-process-semantic-taglist'.
Now for buffers with major-mode `c-mode' all function-prototypes are
filtered out. For example this is useful for editing C files which have the
function prototypes defined at the top of the file and the implementations
at the bottom. This means that everything appears twice in the methods
buffer, but probably nobody wants to jump to the prototypes, they are
only wasting space in the methods buffer. Of course in C-header-files
function-prototypes will be displayed!
Thanks for suggestion and a first implementation to Rob Walker
<rob.lists@tenfoot.org.uk>.
** Changes for the compile-window
*** The command `ecb-toggle-compile-window' now displays a compile-window even if
the option `ecb-compile-window-height' is nil. This is a shortcut for
customizing this option via the customize-feature if you just want
displaying a compile-window for the current Emacs-session. In this
situation ECB asks for the height of the compile-window, sets this height
as new value of `ecb-compile-window-height' and displays the
compile-window.
*** New option `ecb-change-layout-preserves-compwin-state'.
Changing the layout preserves now the state of the compile-window if this
option is not nil. This is for example useful if the user toggles between
several layouts and wants to preserve the hidden-state of the
compile-window. Thanks to John S. Yates, Jr. <john@yates-sheets.org> for
suggestion.
*** Adviced `delete-window' and `delete-other-windows' handle compile-window.
The former one hides the compile-window if called in or for that window
whereas the latter one hides the compile-window if called in or for an
unsplitted edit-window. Thanks to John S. Yates, Jr.
<john@yates-sheets.org> for the suggestion.
** New option `ecb-activation-selects-ecb-frame-if-already-active'.
See the docstring for more details. Thanks for suggestion to Jeff Jensen
<jeffjensen@nospam.visi.com>
** The command `ecb-redraw-layout' can be called with prefix-argument(s).
Called with ONE prefix-argument the command behaves as with ECB-versions <
2.20, i.e. redrawing the full layout regardless of the current
visibility-state of the ecb-windows or the compile-window. Called without a
prefix-arg this command now preserves the state of the ecb-windows as well
as the state of the compile-window. Called with TWO prefix-args means an
emergency-redraw (see documentation of `ecb-redraw-layout').
** New command `ecb-display-news-for-upgrade'.
ECB autom. displays after an upgrade a short summary of the most important
NEWS. With the new command you can do this also on demand.
** Fixed Bugs
*** Adviced `display-buffer' handles `same-window-buffer-names' and
`same-window-regexps' correctly.
*** Fixed a bug preventing tree-buffers with expand-symbol "before" to work
*** Fixed a bug in the adviced version of `other-window'.
Now it works correctly also when a durable compile-window is set but
currently hidden.
*** Fixed a bug when scrolling a window from within the minibuffer.
For example this bug has prevented scrolling the *Completion* buffer from
within the minibuffer. Now `minibuffer-scroll-window' is set correctly.
*** Toggling the compile-window has not worked when `ecb-compile-window-height'
has not been saved for future sessions. This is fixed now.
*** `ecb-cycle-through-compilation-buffers' works with hidden compile-window.
*** Fixed a bug when an ECB-window was maximized and the user has stored sizes
for this layout.
*** Fixed a bug in `ecb-major-modes-activate' and `ecb-major-modes-deactivate'
*** Fixed a bug in the handling of the option `ecb-kill-buffer-clears-history'
*** Fixed a bug which prevents some older version of XEmacs 21.4 working well.
For XEmacs 21.4.6 a bug was reported which causes this XEmacs-version to
fail when `compile' or `grep' is called. The reason for this was that
these old versions of XEmacs 21.4 contain versions of `display-buffer'
and/or `get-frame-for-buffer' which do not have the fourth argument
SHRINK-TO-FIT. Now ECB has fixed this and handles correctly the option
`temp-buffer-shrink-to-fit' and all shades of displaying and compiling
buffers even for these versions of XEmacs.
* Changes for ECB version 2.11
** Using semanticdb to jump to type-tags defined in other files.
In OO-languages like CLOS, eieio and C++ there can be type-tags in the
method-buffer which are somehow virtual because there is no definition in
the current source-file. But such a virtual type collects all its outside
defined members like methods in C++ which are defined in the *.cc file
whereas the class-definition is defined in the associated header-file.
ECB uses semanticb to open the definition-file of such a tag and to jump to
the definition of this tag. Same for parent-tags in the methods-buffer.
This feature can only work correctly if semanticdb is well configured!
** New option `ecb-ignore-special-display'
The options `special-display-buffer-names', `special-display-regexps' and
`special-display-function' work as expected. Per default this in only true,
when no durable compile-window is used (see option
`ecb-compile-window-height'), i.e. with a durable compile window the
special-display-options are ignored per default. But this behavior can be
changed with the new option `ecb-ignore-special-display'.
Thanks to Rob Walker <rob.lists@tenfoot.org.uk> for a first suggestion.
** Better reporting if there are errors during ECB-startup
** Fixed bugs
*** Clicking onto nodes with positionless semantic-tags as data doesn't fail
*** Non-semantic sources (e.g. Perl, TeX) work when cedet 1.0 is loaded
*** Fixed the versioning of ECB so the autom. upgrade works
* Changes for ECB version 2.01
** Prepared for the new semantic 2.0 beta (contained in the cedet 1 beta)
*** New naming convention
Forthcoming semantic 2.0 (part of the new cedet-library) introduces a new
naming convention. Here is the relevant part of the semantic 2.0
NEWS-file:
token - Refers to a lexical analyzer production.
stream - A list of tokens
tag - Refers to a datastructure created by a grammar to represent
something in a language file
table - A hierarchical list of tags.
tag-class - A tag may represent a function, data type, or variable.
parse - Run a source file through a parser.
Normally there is no need for ECB users to bother with all details of
semantic naming conventions but for the sake of consisteny between
semantic and ECB the ECB-package has renamed all its variables and
functions from "token" to "tag". Therefore also all options which contain
"token" in their name have been renamed by replacing "token" with "tag".
See RELEASE_NOTES for a list of this options.
ECB autom. upgrades all old-values of these options to the new options!
There is nothing to do for you.
*** ECB works with new semantic 2.0 which is shipped within cedet 1.0
** Overhaul of the display-layer and -handling of the tree-buffers
*** Now there are 3 different styles available
* Image: Looks very nice and modern - just give it a try or see the
screenshots-section at http://ecb.sourceforge.net
* Ascii with guide-lines: Drawing the trees with ascii-symbols
* Ascii without guide-lines: This is the style of ECB <= 1.96
For details and a visualization of these different styles see the new
option `ecb-tree-buffer-style' (replaces the old option
`ecb-tree-use-image-icons').
Especially the new image-style was inspired by the library tree-widget.el
written by David Ponce <david@dponce.com>. Also some images shipped with
ECB are "stolen" from this library.
*** No-leaf-tree-nodes with currently no subnodes are displayed with [x]
An example are directories in the Directories tree-buffer which have
currently no subdirectories. Leafs like source-files or methods are of
course handled as leafs and not as currently empty nodes.
*** Fixed some inconsistencies in expanding, collapsing and selecting nodes
*** Moving all options related to the tree-buffer-style or -handling to the new
customize-group "ecb-tree-buffer".
** Completely rewritten popup-menu mechanism.
*** Now sub-menus are allowed for all popups
To give a better lucidity of the popup-menus of the tree-buffers these
menus can now being arranged in sub-menus. The default values now already
use sub-menus. So if you have added menu-entries to one of the options
`ecb-directories-menu-user-extension', `ecb-sources-menu-user-extension',
`ecb-methods-menu-user-extension' or `ecb-history-menu-user-extension' ECB
resets these options to the new defaults of ECB and adds at the top your
"old" personal entries. This comes because the type of these options has
changed. Thanks for general suggestion to Ole Arndt <ole@sugarshark.com>.
*** Added new defaults to `ecb-directories-menu-user-extension'
Three new entries "CVS status", "CVS examine" and "CVS update" in a new
sub-menu "Version control" for running CVS-commands against the directory.
These menu-entries are added as new default values to
`ecb-directories-menu-user-extension' so a user can delete or change them
if he does not use CVS but another revision-tool (e.g. Clearcase). Thanks
for suggestion and first implementation to Ole Arndt <ole@sugarshark.com>.
*** Added new defaults to `ecb-sources-menu-user-extension'
One new sub-menu "Version control" with some senseful commands. See also
new default for the option `ecb-directories-menu-user-extension'. Same is
added to the `ecb-history-menu-user-extension'. Thanks for suggestion and
first implementation to Ole Arndt <ole@sugarshark.com>.
** Possibility to define which types should be expanded at file-open-time
Semantic groups types into different type-specifiers. Current available
type-specifiers are for example "class", "interface", "struct", "typedef",
"union" and "enum". With the new option `ecb-type-tag-expansion' you can
specify on a major-mode-basis which type-specifiers should be expanded at
file-open-time and which not. So for example in C++ it could be senseful
not to expand the types with a type-specifiers "typedef", "struct" or
"enum" (see the default-value of this option).
** Adding a filter-feature to the Sources- and the History-buffer
Now a filter can be applied to the Sources- and/or History-buffer which
desides which entries are displayed in these buffers. See the new commands
`ecb-sources-filter' (bound to [C-c . fs]) and `ecb-history-filter' (bound
to [C-c . fh]) and the new entries for the popup-menus for these buffers.
In the sources-buffer each directory has its own filter. The currently
applied filter is displayed in the modeline of that tree-buffer with the
new face `ecb-mode-line-prefix-face' (s.b.)
** Changes related to the modelines of the tree-buffers
*** Added faces to the mode-lines of the ECB-tree-buffers.
See the three new options `ecb-mode-line-win-nr-face',
`ecb-mode-line-prefix-face' and `ecb-mode-line-data-face' and also they
related (and equally named) new faces.
*** Moved all options related to the modelines in the new customize-group
"ecb-mode-line".
** No window-restrictions if the ECB-windows are hidden
If the special ECB-windows are hidden (e.g. by `ecb-toggle-ecb-windows')
then there are no restrictions about the window-layout of the ecb-frame:
The frame can be splitted in any arbitrary windows. All adviced functions
behave as their originals. So the frame can be used as if ECB would not be
active but ECB IS still active in the "background" and all ECB-commands and
all ECB-keybindings can be used. Of course some of them doesn't make much
sense but nevertheless they can be called.
Therefore it should be enough to hide the ECB-windows to run other
Emacs-applications which have their own window-layout-managing. There
should be no conflicts. But nevertheless the most recommended method for
running ECB and other applications (e.g. xrefactory, Gnus etc.) in the same
frame is to use a window-manager like winring.el or escreen.el!
** Ediff runs per default in the ECB-frame.
Now ediff can run per default in the ECB-frame because ECB ensures that all
special ECB-windows are hidden before ediff sets up its own window-layout.
ECB also restores exactly the "before-ediff" window-layout of the ecb-frame
See new option `ecb-run-ediff-in-ecb-frame'.
** More flexible directory-caching with new `ecb-cache-directory-contents-not'
** New option `ecb-advice-window-functions-signal-error'
Now the adviced window functions of `ecb-advice-window-functions' do not
signal per default an error if called in situations which are not allowed -
they simple do nothing. An example is calling `delete-window' in a special
ecb-window or in the compile-window; if this new option is nil then nothing
is done otherwise an error is signaled. If you want the old behavior of
signaling an error just set this new option to not nil.
** Fixed Bugs
*** When the special ECB-windows were hidden and a durable compile-window was set
then ECB shows the special ECB-windows when a temp-buffer (e.g.
*Help*-buffers) has been displayed. This annoying behavior is fixed.
*** XEmacs has not added the ECB-menu to the menubar of that buffers which are
already alive while activating ECB. On the other side XEmacs has not
removed the ECB-menu from the menubar for all living buffers after
deactivating ECB. Both of these two bugs are fixed now.
*** JDEE-dialogs now work correctly.
JDEE offers sometimes "dialogs" where the user can choose among several
options. These "dialogs" now work correctly regardless if a durable
compile-window is used or not.
*** A bug in displaying the tree-buffers in a different font or font-height
* Changes for ECB version 1.96
** ECB can work together with the window-managers escreen and winring
This allows to run applications like Gnus, VM or BBDB in the same frame as
ECB! See the new lib ecb-winman-support.el and read the section
"Window-managers and ECB" in the chapter "Tips and tricks" in the
info-manual of ECB.
Thanks to Johann "Myrkraverk" Oskarsson <myrkraverk@users.sourceforge.net>
who has reported some bugs related to escreen and has therefore motivated a
lot to add support for the well known window-managers escreen and winring.
** ECB can display the window-number in the modeline of the special windows.
The left-top-most window in a frame has the window-number 0 and all other
windows are numbered with increasing numbers in the sequence, functions
like `other-window' or `next-window' would walk through the frame. This
allows to jump to windows by name as described at the Emacs-Wiki
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SwitchingWindows.
See the new option `ecb-mode-line-display-window-number'. Currently this
feature is only available for GNU Emacs 21.X, because neither GNU Emacs <
21 nor XEmacs can dynamically evaluate forms in the mode-line.
Thanks to Johann "Myrkraverk" Oskarsson <myrkraverk@users.sourceforge.net>
for suggesting this.
In addition the already existing options `ecb-mode-line-data' and
`ecb-mode-line-prefixes' are now more flexible and are now able to define
special modelines not only for the 4 builtin ECB-tree-buffers but for every
special ECB-buffer. ECB will autom. upgrade the old values of these options
as best as possible to their new types!
** Much better support of the ECB-compile-window
*** General overhaul for displaying buffers in the ECB-compile-window.
The whole mechanism has been rewritten so now using a durable
compile-window is much safer and works as well as without one. Now all
buffers displayed with `display-buffer' are checked if they are
"compilation-buffers" in the sense of the function
`ecb-compilation-buffer-p' and then displayed in the compile-window of
ECB. Especially temp-buffers displayed with `with-output-to-temp-buffer'
(e.g. *Help*-buffers) are now much better supported.
Simply said: All buffers for which `ecb-compilation-buffer-p' says t are
now *always* displayed in the compile-window (if there is any) with
complete consideration of Emacs-options like `compilation-window-height',
`temp-buffer-max-height', `temp-buffer-resize-mode' (GNU Emacs),
`temp-buffer-shrink-to-fit' (XEmacs) etc. All other buffer not.
*** New layout-option `ecb-compile-window-width'.
Thanks for suggestion to John S. Yates, Jr. <jyates@netezza.com>
*** New layout-option `ecb-compile-window-prevent-shrink-below-height'
*** Better and more reliable eshell-integration. Now the compile-window fits
always autom. to the output of the last eshell-command.
*** All options related to the ECB-compile-window have been moved to the new
customization-group "ecb-compilation" which is a subgroup of "ecb-layout".
** Safer handling of all adviced functions of ECB
All ECB-advices are now active if and only if ECB is running. Just loading
the ECB-library doesn't activate any ECB-advice! Also if there is an error
during the activation-process of ECB then all advices are always disabled
automatically.
** ECB can visit tokens in a smarter way
*** Narrowing via popup-menu of the Methods-buffer includes now the documentation
of the token if located outside of the token (e.g. Javadoc for Java).
*** More flexible definition what to do after visiting a token via the
Methods-buffer. See the new option `ecb-token-visit-post-actions' which now
replaces the options ecb-highlight-token-header-after-jump',
`ecb-scroll-window-after-jump' and `ecb-token-jump-narrow'.
** ECB selects autom. the current default-directory after activation even if
no file-buffer is displayed in the edit-window. This is useful if ECB is
autom. activated after startup of Emacs and Emacs is started without a
file-argument. So the directory from which the startup has performed is
auto. selected in the ECB-directories buffer and the ECB-sources buffer
displays the contents of this directory. See new option
`ecb-display-default-dir-after-start'.
** ECB preserves the split-state of the frame after activation rsp. deactivation
This is done if the already existing option `ecb-split-edit-window' has the
new value t.
** New command `ecb-toggle-window-sync' for fast toggling between autom.
synchronization of the ECB-buffers is switched on and off.
** The popup-menu of the Directories-buffer allows opening a dir with Dired.
The Sources-Buffer offers the same for the current selected directory. In
the History-buffer the directory of the selected file-buffer can be
"dired".
** Now manually resizing of the ECB-windows is possible even if
`ecb-fix-window-size' is not nil for current layout. Thanks for suggestion
Massimiliano Mirra <mmirra@libero.it>. Only relevant for GNU Emacs 21.X.
** ECB does not call any functions of the cl-library at runtime.
** Fixed Bugs
*** Fixed all the file- and directory-commands in the popup-menus.
Now the Directories- and Sources-buffers are autom. updated after creating
rsp. deleting source-files or directories.
*** Jumping to some tokens for Perl sources failed. This is fixed now.
*** Now the buffer-names displayed in the History-window are always uptodate,
even if file-buffers are killed/opened during hidden ECB-windows.
*** Fixed a conflict between ECB and `tmm-menubar' (tmm.el)
*** Fixed a lot of misspellings in the ECB-online-help and also in all comments
and strings of the sources.
*** Fixed a bug in `ecb-toggle-enlarged-compilation-window'.
This function has been also renamed to `ecb-toggle-compile-window-height'.
*** Fixed a bug in the layout-engine related to dedicated windows.
Thanks to Johann "Myrkraverk" Oskarsson <myrkraverk@users.sourceforge.net>
who helped to find this bug.
*** Fixed some references in the info-manual of ECB.
* Changes for ECB version 1.95.1
** Now the ecb-windows can be "maximized", means all other ecb-windows are
deleted so only the edit-window(s), and this maximized ecb-window are
visible (and maybe a compile-window if active). This can be done either via
the popup-menus of the ecb-windows or via calling `delete-other-windows'
(bound to [C-x 1]) in one of the ecb-windows or via the new commands
`ecb-maximize-window-*' where * stands for {directories, sources, methods,
history, speedbar}. There is also a command
`ecb-cycle-maximized-ecb-buffers'.
*Note*: If there are byte-compiled(!) user-defined layouts - either created
interactively by `ecb-create-new-layout' or programmed with the macro
`ecb-layout-define' - then the file where these user-defined layouts are
saved (see option `ecb-create-layout-file') must be re-byte-compiled with
latest ECB version >= 1.95.1! If the user-defined layouts are not
byte-compiled then there is nothing to do.
** Some default key-bindings have changed; see RELEASE_NOTES for details.
** All popup-menus of the ECB-tree-buffers can be opened via [Meta-m]
** Fixed bugs
*** Clicking onto the image-icons of an integrated speedbar has failed for
XEmacs. This comes from a bug in speedbar which is now fixed locally in
ECB by advicing `dframe-mouse-set-point' if speedbar is integrated in the
ECB-frame.
* Changes for ECB version 1.95
** ECB now displays the expand- and collapse symbols in the tree-buffers with
image-icons - the same icons as speedbar uses. See the new option
`ecb-tree-use-image-icons'.
** Adding hideshow to the popup-menu of the Methods-buffer.
This popup-menu now offers two entries for hiding rsp. showing the block
of that token in the Methods-buffer for which the popup-menu was opened.
This is done with the hideshow.el library.
Thanks to Christoff Pale <christoff_pale@yahoo.com> for suggestion.
** Horizontal scrolling of the tree-buffers by clicking the edges of the
modeline with mouse-1 or mouse-2. I.e. if you click with mouse-1 onto the
left (rsp right) edge of the modeline you will scroll left (rsp. right)
with the scroll-step defined in `ecb-tree-easy-hor-scroll'. This is only
for GNU Emacs because XEmacs has hor. scrollbars.
** Changed default key-bindings:
- C-c . r: `ecb-rebuild-methods-buffer'
- C-c . lc: `ecb-change-layout'
- C-c . lr: `ecb-redraw-layout'
- C-c . lt: `ecb-toggle-layout'
- C-c . lw: `ecb-toggle-ecb-windows'
** Starting ECB is now possible via the "Tools"-menu
** ECB now requires speedbar version 0.14beta1 or higher. An automatic
requirements-check is done by ECB. This is because now ECB has three
dependencies to speedbar-code: Integrating whole speedbar in the ECB-frame,
using speedbar-logic to parse files with imenu or etags and using the icons
of speedbar for the ECB-tree-buffers.
** Fixed bugs
*** Now the "goto-window-..." menu-entries in the "ECB"-menu are working correct
if a speedbar is integrated into the layout.
*** Preventing etags-supported sources from being parsed (and saved) too often.
* Changes for ECB version 1.94
** Supporting of non-semantic-sources.
*** Native parsing and displaying source-contents of imenu supported files
*** Native parsing and displaying source-contents of etags supported files
*** There are some new options like `ecb-process-non-semantic-files',
`ecb-non-semantic-parsing-function' and `ecb-method-non-semantic-face' and
one new face `ecb-method-non-semantic-face'. See new customize group
"ecb-non-semantic"!
** Better speedbar integration into the ECB-frame
*** Now speedbar can be used not only as replacement for the
ECB-directory-browser in the directory-window but also instead of the
sources- or the methods-buffer/window. See new option
`ecb-use-speedbar-instead-native-tree-buffer' which replaces the old
option `ecb-use-speedbar-for-directories'.
*** Now speedbar can be integrated into an arbitrary layout in the same way as
the other four special buffers (directories, sources, methods and
history). See new example layout with name "left-dir-plus-speedbar".
*** New option `ecb-directories-update-speedbar' which helps you
to update a speedbar-window to the current selected directory of the
ECB-directories-window.
** New option `ecb-compilation-predicates' for better specifying which buffers
should be treated as compilation-buffers and therefore be displayed in the
compile-window of ECB - if there is any.
** Better customizing of the mode-line of an ECB-tree-buffer.
See the new option `ecb-mode-line-data'.
** Fixed bugs:
*** Using "Add source path" from the popup-menu now doesn't open the Windows
file-dialog-box onto Windows-systems because this would prevent this
command from working.
*** Smart arrowkey-navigation in the tree-buffers is now even smarter.
Thanks to John Russel <jorussel@cisco.com> for suggestion.
*** If ECB was activated with a layout which does not contain a
directory-buffer then you got always an empty directory-buffer even after
switching to a layout with a directory-buffer. This is fixed now.
* Changes for ECB version 1.93
** Fixed bugs:
*** The adviced version of `other-window' now works correct too if a
minibuffer-window is active.
*** The commands of `winner-mode' are now only forbidden in the ECB-frame
but work in any other frame.
*** `scroll-all-mode' now works correct in other frames than the ECB-frame.
*** Removed the annoying message "Partial reparsing..."
** Enhancements to the layout:
*** Slightly better redrawing current layout especially if the layout contains
a compile-window.
*** ECB autom. displays hidden compile-window before starting a compilation.
This is done if `ecb-compile-window-height' is not nil but the
compile-window is currently hidden by `ecb-toggle-compile-window'. Of
course this works also for grep and other compile-modes. Same for
`switch-to-buffer' and `switch-to-buffer-other-window' if called for a
compilation-buffer in the sense of `ecb-compilation-buffer-p'.
*** `switch-to-buffer-other-window' now works more naturally within the
ECB-frame, especially if a compile-window is used.
*** `ecb-toggle-compile-window' now has a default key-binding: [C-c . \]
*** Now also layouts with user-defined special ecb-windows can be created
interactively. See the online-manual for further details.
** Enhancements to the tree-buffers:
*** Now user-extensions can be added to the popup-menus of the tree-buffers.
See new options `ecb-directories-menu-user-extension',
`ecb-sources-menu-user-extension', `ecb-methods-menu-user-extension',
`ecb-history-menu-user-extension'.
*** The methods-buffer now has a popup-menu with senseful actions
** New option `ecb-sources-exclude-cvsignore' which allows to exclude files from
being displayed in the sources-buffer if they are contained in a .cvsignore
file.
** ECB now also works with buffers "online" extracted from archives.
Buffers extracted from an archive in `tar-mode' or `archive-mode' are now
correct handled as if they were normal file-buffers. This feature doesn't
work with XEmacs cause of its tar-mode and arc-mode implementation which
does not handle extracted files as normal files.
** ECB now checks at load-time if the required packages semantic and eieio are
at least available - regardless of the needed version. If at least one of
these packages is missing then ECB offers to download and install it. More
details are available in the installation instructions.
* Changes for ECB version 1.92.1
** Fixed bugs:
*** Fixing eating up a lot of CPU-power just for updating the menu-
entries of current compilation-buffers in the ECB-menu. Now the mechanism
is based on a idle-timer and a cache.
Fixed with great testing-help by Dan Debertin <airboss@nodewarrior.org>
*** Fixed a bug which always truncates lines in the ECB-windows regardless
of the value of `ecb-truncate-lines'
*** The upgrade library of ECB now explicitly requires and loads the
library executable.el because Emacs 20.X does not autoload the
function `executable-find'.
*** `ecb-toggle-compile-window' now works also correct if called with
a prefix arg.
* Changes for ECB version 1.92
** Fixed bugs:
*** Fixed small bugs in the popup-menu of the history-buffer.
*** Fixed some not working links in the FAQ.
** ECB now includes a file "ecb-autoloads.el" which contains all available
autoloads of ECB. Therefore loading this file is enough.
** Enhancements to the layout
*** The sizes of the ecb-windows can be fixed even during frame-resizing
This new feature is only available with GNU Emacs 21.X. See new option
`ecb-fix-window-size'.
Suggested by Gunther Ohrner <G.Ohrner@post.rwth-aachen.de>
*** The command `ecb-store-window-sizes' can now also store fixed sizes.
If called with a prefix arg then fixed sizes are stored instead of
fractions of frame-width rsp. -height.
*** The command `split-window' is now also adviced to work properly.
** Enhancements for the tree-buffers
*** "Create Source" in the popup-menus now work also for non-java-files.
*** ecb-truncate-lines can now be set different for each ECB-tree-buffer.
*** Easy horizontal mouse-scrolling of the ECB tree-buffers. See new option
`ecb-tree-easy-hor-scroll'.
** Added a command `ecb-jde-display-class-at-point' which displays the contents
of the java-class under point in the methods-buffer of ECB.
** Renamed previous HISTORY file to NEWS and reformated it for outline-mode.
* Changes for ECB version 1.91.1
** Fixed bugs:
*** Fixes a bug in the speedbar integration which prevented clicking onto a
directory in the speedbar: Always after clicking onto a directory speedbar
has re-synced itself to the directory of the current source-buffer in the
edit-window. This bug is fixed, now directory navigation in the speedbar
works. (Klaus)
*** Fixes a bug in upgrading stored window-sizes from ECB 1.80 to ECB >= 1.90.
Fixes also two bugs in `ecb-store-window-sizes' if default-values are used in
`ecb-layout-window-sizes' or if ecb-windows have frame-height as height
(rsp. frame-width as width) . (Klaus)
*** Fixed a bug in the navigation-history of ECB which sometimes has prevented
that a user can open files from the sources/history buffer or clicking onto
tokens in the method-buffer. Now the back-forward-navigation works stable.
(Klaus)
** Enhanced the downloading feature of ECB
*** Fixed a bug in the downloading feature of ECB. (Klaus)
*** Now ECB autom. checks at the download sites which versions are available.
With the new option `ecb-download-package-version-type' you can define
which types of version you allow to download (only stable, stable and betas
or stable, betas and alphas); see related section in the online-manual!
(Klaus)
*** New command `ecb-download-semantic' for easy getting latest semantic
versions. (Klaus)
* Changes for ECB version 1.90
** The website of ECB has moved from http://home.swipnet.se/mayhem/ecb.html to
http://ecb.sourceforge.net. Maintainance has switched from Jesper Nordenberg
to Klaus Berndl.
** Fixed bugs:
*** Fixed an annoying bug which results in an error "Wrong type argument:
integer-or-marker-p nil)" after a full buffer reparse. ECB 1.80 has repaired
its internal state but nevertheless the user had to re-click on the same
token after this error to really jump to a token. With ECB 1.90 this bug has
been gone (Klaus).
*** Fixed a small bug in `ecb-add-all-buffers-to-history': If
`ecb-sort-history-items' is nil then now the most recently used buffers are
added to the top of the history, the seldom used buffers at the bottom.
Thanks to Stefan Reich<63><68>r <xsteve@riic.at>! (Klaus).
*** Fixed some bugs concerning the eshell-integration (Klaus):
**** Synchronizing does not set the mark anymore
**** No longer synchronizing after every command if current source resides in
the HOME directory.
**** Redrawing the layout preserves the eshell-buffer in the compile-window.
**** Standard emacs-hooks are not clobbered with ecb-eshell-functions if ECB is
not active.
** General enhancements:
*** Now ECB displays at every start a "Tip of the day" in a dialog-box. This can
be switched off with option `ecb-tip-of-the-day'. There is also a new
command `ecb-show-tip-of-the-day' (Klaus).
*** Advicing `scroll-all-mode' so it works correct with ECB, means
`scroll-all-mode' scrolls only the windows of the edit-area, i.e. max. the
two edit-windows (Klaus).
*** Autom. preventing `winner-mode' from being activated as long as ECB is
running (Klaus).
*** Now autom. (de)activating ECB via the options ecb-major-modes-activate and
ecb-major-modes-deactivate also works when opening files via dired (Klaus).
*** Now ECB can be "autoloaded", i.e.
+ ecb-activate,
+ ecb-minor-mode,
+ ecb-byte-compile and
+ ecb-show-help
are autoload-able via '(autoload ...)' (Klaus)
*** Silencing the byte-compiler, i.e. byte-compilation of ECB should now be
warning free. If byte-compilation still throws warnings during
byte-compilation with 'ecb-byte-compile' (rsp. using the Makefile or
make.bat) please send this to our mailing list. (Klaus)
** Enhancements to the methods/variable/token tree-buffer:
*** New feature: Now the methods buffer is auto. expanded if the node related to
the current token in the edit-window is not visible (probably because its
parent is collapsed). See new options `ecb-auto-expand-token-tree' and
`ecb-expand-methods-switch-off-auto-expand' and the new command
`ecb-toggle-auto-expand-token-tree' (Klaus).
*** New command `ecb-expand-methods-nodes' which allows precisely expanding
tokens with a certain indentation-level. There are also two new related
options `ecb-methods-nodes-expand-spec' and
`ecb-methods-nodes-collapse-spec' (Klaus).
** Enhancements to the directories tree-buffer:
*** New command `ecb-expand-directory-nodes' which does the same for the
directories tree-buffer as the new command `ecb-expand-methods-nodes' for
the methods tree-buffer (Klaus).
*** Rewritten cache-mechanism for directories and sources:
Depending on the value of the option ecb-cache-directory-contents the
following is cached for a directory:
- The disk-contents of the directory means subdirs and files
- If ecb-show-sources-in-directories-buffer is nil (i.e. sources are
displayed in the extra ECB-sources-window) then also the complete
sources-buffer is cached. This results in a speed-boost for big-size
directories.
The cache of a directory is refreshed and actualized with a POWER-click onto
the related directory in the directories-buffer (s.b.) (Klaus)
** Enhancements to the sources tree-buffer:
*** The option ecb-source-file-regexps now works on a directory-base, which means
for each directory-regexp the files to display can be specified. Default is
an all-matching directory-regexp. Old saved values are autom. upgraded
(Klaus).
** Enhancements to the layout-customization:
*** Naming and managing of layouts has been changed! Now a layout is not longer
identified by an integer but by an arbitrary string! Example: The layout
with index 0 in ECB <= 1.80 is now named "left1" in ECB 1.90.
**** Therefore the name of the option 'ecb-layout-nr' has changed to
'ecb-layout-name'! See the docstring of 'ecb-layout-name' for the names
of all built-in layouts.
**** In this context also the type of ecb-show-sources-in-directories-buffer has
changed so it is now a list of layout-names where the sources should be
displayed in the directories window (or 'always/'never). Now every change of
the layout also checks the value of ecb-show-sources-in-directories-buffer.
**** This change also introduces three new commands:
- ecb-change-layout: Change layouts by selecting a name
- ecb-delete-new-layout: Delete an user-created (by 'ecb-create-new-layout')
layout.
- ecb-show-layout-help: Displays the docstring of a layout which at least
for built-in layouts contains a picture of the outline of this layout.
All three commands offer TAB-completion for easy selecting a layout name.
**** ECB autom. upgrades the following options to theirs new names/types:
- ecb-layout-nr: The stored value is transformed to the new name of the
related layout and stored in 'ecb-layout-name'
- ecb-toggle-layout-sequence: The stored value is transformed to the new
type with layout-names instead of layout-numbers.
- ecb-major-modes-activate: The stored value is transformed to the new type
with layout-names instead of layout-numbers.
- ecb-layout-window-sizes: The stored value is transformed to the new type
with layout-names instead of layout-numbers.
- ecb-show-sources-in-directories-buffer: Reset to the new default value.
(Klaus)
*** Adding a new layout type "left-right" which allows the ECB-tree-windows to
be located at the left and the right side of the ECB-frame. See the new
layouts "leftright1", "leftright2" and "leftright3" for examples. Other
layouts of this type can be created or programmed very easy with
'ecb-create-newlayout' rsp. the macro 'ecb-layout-define'. (Klaus)
*** Now ECB offers a command `ecb-create-new-layout' for interactively creating
new layouts "by example". Read the online-help. (Klaus)
*** Rewritten the mechanism for storing customized window-sizes. See option
ecb-layout-window-sizes and the command ecb-store-window-sizes and
ecb-restore-window-sizes. Now the sizes are always saved as fractions of
the width (rsp. height) of the ECB-frame, so the stored sizes are always
correct regardless of the current frame-size (Klaus). Suggested and first
implementation by Geert Ribbers [geert.ribbers@realworld.nl]
** General Enhancements of the tree-windows:
*** Introduced a POWER-click (was SHIFT-click before) in the ECB-tree-windows -
see documentation of ecb-primary-secondary-mouse-buttons and see also the
online-help section "Usage of ECB --> Using the mouse" (Klaus).
*** Now the ECB-tree-buffers offer in their popup-menus a "Grep" and a "Grep
recursive" (= grep-find) command where you can perform an easy grep in every
directory without buffer-switching before. See also the new options
`ecb-grep-function' and `ecb-grep-find-function'. (Klaus)
*** Modified syntax-table for all tree-buffers with all paren, braces and
brackets handled as whitespace so for example no paren-matching takes place
(Klaus).
** Enhancements to the layout-engine of ECB:
*** Added a complete new section "The layout-engine of ECB" to the online-help
which describes in detail how to program new layouts and new special
windows. This is for foreign packages which want to display own informations
in own special windows and synchronizing these windows with the edit-window
of ECB (a graphical debugger could be an example). Also a full working
example is added in the new file ecb-examples.el. (Klaus)
*** Completely rewritten how to program new layouts. Now there is a new macro
`ecb-layout-define' which offers very easy programming of new layouts.
(Klaus).
** Enhancements to the compile-window
*** ECB now has a list of valid compilation buffers within the ECB menu. (Kevin)
*** ECB now supports `ecb-enlarged-compilation-window-max-height' which can be
used for defining the max. height of the ecb-compile-window if enlarged by
`ecb-toggle-enlarged-compilation-window'. (burton)
*** Added new command 'ecb-toggle-compile-window': Toggle the visibility of the
compile-window of ECB (Klaus).
** Speedbar is now integrated in ECB and can be used instead of the standard
ECB-directories buffer (or instead of all tree-buffers if you like :-). Most
of the important basic work has been done by Kevin A. Burton.
*** See new option 'ecb-use-speedbar-for-directories' and the node "Integrating
speedbar" in the online-help. (Klaus)
*** Version-checking for correct speedbar version (>= 0.14beta1). For lower
versions ecb-use-speedbar-for-directories has no effect. (Klaus)
*** ecb-speedbar and speedbar first loaded direct before drawing the layout
with integrated speedbar. (Klaus)
*** The speedbar-commands speedbar, speedbar-get-focus are adviced during
running speedbar within ECB, so they behave in a senseful way. (Klaus)
** Enhancements to the ehell-support of ECB:
*** ecb-eshell now recenters after command execution. (burton)
*** ecb-eshell now recenters if there are any window resizes. This is done so
that the prompt is always at the bottom of the window. (burton)
*** ecb-eshell integration now protects against buffer-list modifications during
transparent eshell updates in the compile window. In the past, if the eshell
was running, and you want from buffer "foo", to "bar", and then tries to go
back to "foo" the next entry in your buffer list is "*eshell*" so this would
break a lot of completion tools like 'switch-to-buffer. (burton)
*** Added online documentation for the eshell integration. See section
"Tips and tricks". (Klaus)
** New hooks:
*** New or renamed hooks:
- ecb-redraw-layout-after-hook (new)
- ecb-redraw-layout-before-hook (new)
- ecb-hide-ecb-windows-after-hook (new)
- ecb-hide-ecb-windows-before-hook (was ecb-hide-ecb-windows-hook)
- ecb-show-ecb-windows-after-hook (new)
- ecb-show-ecb-windows-before-hook (was ecb-show-ecb-windows-hook)
Read the documentation! (Klaus)
*** Added two general hooks:
+ ecb-before-activate-hook: Activate ECB only if all added hooks return not
nil
+ ecb-before-deactivate-hook: Deactivate ECB only if all added hooks return
not nil
(Klaus)
*** Added 5 new hooks for the ECB tree-buffers:
+ ecb-common-tree-buffer-after-create-hook
+ ecb-directories-buffer-after-create-hook
+ ecb-sources-buffer-after-create-hook
+ ecb-methods-buffer-after-create-hook
+ ecb-history-buffer-after-create-hook
These hooks are called directly after tree-buffer creation so they can be
used for example to add personal local key-bindings either to all
tree-buffers (ecb-common-tree-buffer-after-create-hook) or just to a certain
tree-buffer. Please read the documentation. (Klaus)
* Changes for ECB version 1.80
** ECB now requires:
+ Latest stable release of semantic: Version 1.4
+ Latest stable release of eieio: Version 0.17
ECB checks at start-time if the correct versions are available and if not
ECB offers you to download and install them from within Emacs. After this
you have only to restart Emacs and you are fine. (Klaus)
** Fixed bugs:
*** Fixed: Now no empty tool-tips are displayed if mouse moves over nodes in the
tree-buffers of ECB which can be displayed completely in the tree-window.
(Klaus)
*** Fixed a bug in ecb-eshell. If we are running with current buffer sync, and
there is garbage on the current line, when we change buffers this garbage will
be executed which could result in a 'command not found' or even worse, a
damaging command executed. We now cleanse the command line prior to directory
changed. (Kevin A. Burton)
*** Fixed a bug in ecb-speedbar. The speedbar was doing its own updating outside
of the ECB. This means that if you were to change buffers in a frame outside
of the ECB frame, the ECB's Speedbar would be updated to reflect a buffer not
within the ECB. We now disable Speedbar's automatic update and have ECB
handle this. (Kevin A. Burton)
*** Fixed a bug: Sometimes there occurs a a "wrong-type-argument"-error (or
"destroyed extent"-error with XEmacs) under some circumstances. Now ECB
auto-reparses the buffer and after that ECB is in correct state again.
(Klaus)
*** Fixed formatting of "Parent" nodes in token buffer. (Jesper)
** Byte compiling ECB either interactive with `ecb-byte-compile' or with the
supplied Makefile now checks also the versions of semantic and eieio.
(Klaus)
** ECB now displays the section "First steps" of the online-manual after
activating first time. (Klaus)
** Now the adviced versions of `delete-window' and `delete-other-windows' can
also handle the optional WINDOW argument of the original versions correctly
so the adviced versions now also work correct if called from program (Klaus).
** New adviced window command: `delete-windows-on' now works correct with ECB.
See `ecb-advice-window-functions'. (Klaus)
** In the ECB-directories buffer now F4 adds a new source-path instead of F1.
That is because F1 is such an important key in many OS and tools (e.g. opens
help in all windows-programs), so ECB should not hardly "rebind" it. (Klaus)
** Enhancing the option 'ecb-window-sync': Now the synchronization can take
place for all buffers which have a relation to files AND directories, i.e.
now also for dired-buffers. But per default this is switched off, see the
doc-string. (Klaus)
** Now the ECB online help is available in the standard Info-format and also in
HTML-format. With the new option 'ecb-show-help-format' you can choose which
format is used by the function 'ecb-show-help'. (Klaus)
** New feature and command: ecb-download-ecb. With this function you can
download and install any arbitrary ECB-version from the ECB-website from
within Emacs. This is especially useful for upgrading to the latest
version. (Klaus)
** New debug mode for ECB which prints some debug informations in the message
buffer for certain critical operations with semantic-overlays/extends.
New option 'ecb-debug-mode' (also available in the Help-menu of ECB).
(Klaus)
** Some default key-bindings have changed; see `ecb-key-map'. (Klaus)
** New feature: Possibility to define a sequence of layouts with new option
`ecb-toggle-layout-sequence' and toggle very fast between them via
`ecb-toggle-layout'. Read the online-help section "Simulation a speedbar
without an extra frame"! (Klaus).
** Two new hooks: ecb-hide-ecb-windows-hook and ecb-show-ecb-windows-hook. Read
the documentation. (Klaus)
Suggested by Daniel Hegyi <daniel_hegyi@hotmail.com>
** Two new options: ecb-major-modes-activate and ecb-major-modes-deactivate.
Allow (de)activation of ECB on major-mode base. Instead of deactivation also
just hiding the ECB-windows is possible. Read the docstrings. (Klaus)
Suggested by Daniel Hegyi <daniel_hegyi@hotmail.com>
** Redefining of the option 'ecb-compile-window-temporally-enlarge': Now you
can specify that the compile-window is auto. enlarged after selecting it and
auto. shrinked after leaving it. Read the docstring! (Klaus)
Suggested by Daniel Hegyi <daniel_hegyi@hotmail.com>
** Much better and more powerful auto. upgrading-mechanism of incompatible or
renamed ECB-options to latest ECB-version. See the option
ecb-auto-compatibility-check! (Klaus)
** New option ecb-tree-RET-selects-edit-window: Possibility not to select the
edit-window of hitting RET in a tree-buffer; see the doc-string. There is
also a new function ecb-toggle-RET-selects-edit-window which is bound to
[C-t] in each tree-buffer. (Kevin A. Burton, Klaus)
** Better grouping of external methods, i.e. methods which are implemented
outside the class-definition, like in C++, CLOS and EIEIO. Now this is done
completely by semantic. (Klaus)
** For application programmers using the tree-buffer library:
+ The function tree-buffer-create has a new argument NODE-DATA-EQUAL-FN. See
the doc-string for a description (Klaus).
+ For each tree-buffer a special user-data-storage (for any arbitrary data)
is created which can be accessed via `tree-buffer-set-data-store' and
`tree-buffer-get-data-store'. See the docstring of `tree-buffer-create'.
(Klaus)
* Changes for ECB version 1.70
** New option ecb-bucket-token-display. See doc-string for details. (Klaus)
** Reorganization of the faces used by ECB. The group 'ecb-face-options'
contains now all options which type is 'face (i.e. the defcustom's) and the
group 'ecb-faces' contains all face-definition (the defface's). In addition
it is now possible to change easily and fast the general face for ALL
ECB-tree-buffers (same for the highlighting face). See the docstring of the
new faces 'ecb-default-general-face' and 'ecb-default-highlight-face' for
further details. (Klaus).
** Smarter incr. search in a tree-buffer with the [end]-key: If there are at
least two nodes with the same greatest common-prefix than every hit of
[end] jumps to the next node with this common prefix. (Klaus)
** New feature ecb-auto-compatibility-check: ECB checks on startup if the
current value of an ECB-option OPT is not compatible with the type of OPT in
current ECB-release. This is done during activation. If there are
incompatible options ECB resets them to the default value of current ECB
release and displays after activation in a temporary window which options
have been reset, incl. their old-value (before the reset) and new-value
(after the reset). (Klaus)
** New feature ecb-tree-navigation-by-arrow: Smarter navigation in the
tree-windows with left- and right-arrow key (Klaus).
Thanks for the suggestion and a first implementation to Geert Ribbers
<geert.ribbers@realworld.nl>!
** New feature 'ecb-type-token-display'. See the doc-string of this new option
for a description. (Klaus)
** Now the option 'ecb-post-process-semantic-tokenlist' has per default an
entry for emacs-lisp-mode, so for eieio-code the methods (defmethod) of a
class are grouped with respect to the class they belong. The new default
value of this option does this for c++- and eieio-code. (Klaus)
** Now in the ECB-tree-buffers RETURN works like the primary button (already in
previous versions) and C-RETURN works like the secondary button (new in
version 1.70). For an explanation of primary and secondary see the option
ecb-primary-secondary-mouse-buttons. (Klaus)
** New feature: Now the token-display function can be defined separated for
each major-mode. Furthermore the token-display for C++ has enhanced,
especially for template-classes (but template displaying is first available
with semantic > version 14beta13!).
For this the option ecb-token-display-function has been completely rewritten
and is now incompatible with the old values before ECB 1.61. (Klaus)
** Fixed a bug with mouse-avoidance-mode (only relevant for GNU Emacs 20.X)
Klaus.
** New feature, ecb-select-edit-window-on-redraw. Mostly used if you are running
with ecb-redraw-layout-quickly and want to make sure you are always in the
edit window. (Kevin)
** New feature, ecb-auto-activate. If non-nil we can start the ECB after Emacs
is started. See `ecb-auto-activate' for more information. (Kevin)
** New package, ecb-cycle.el. Supports cycling through all known compilation
buffers. (Kevin)
+ ecb-cycle-switch-to-compilation-buffer - switch to available compilation
buffers.
+ ecb-cycle-through-compilation-buffers - cycle through all compilation
buffers.
** Much better performance of the directory and file-browser in ECB, especially
for directories with a lot of entries (means ~ >1000, dependent on your
machine and the net-connection in case of network-drives). See also the new
feature: ecb-cache-directory-contents. (Klaus)
** ecb-eshell now supports customization. (Kevin)
** New feature: ecb-layout-always-operate-in-edit-window. Look at the
documentation. (Kevin & Klaus)
** Fixed a bug in `ecb-toggle-ecb-windows'. For starters we weren't setting
`ecb-window-hidden' when we redraw the layout. This means that the ecb
windows could be hidden but never shown.
Other things:
+ ecb-windows-hidden now has documentation
+ we display status messages when we hide windows. (Kevin)
** Fixed bug in `ecb-redraw-layout-quickly'. If for come reason any of the ECB
windows are not alive, we do not return with a hard error. Instead, we use
the scratch buffer. (Kevin)
** New function ecb-toggle-enlarged-compilation-window allows users to expand and
then contract the compilation window with a new key binding C-c . / (Kevin)
** new option ecb-add-path-for-not-matching-files. Look at the documentation
(Klaus).
* Changes for ECB version 1.60
** ecb-highlight-token-header-after-jump is now a boolean; which face is used
for highlighting is defined in ecb-token-header-face. (Klaus)
** New option 'ecb-post-process-semantic-tokenlist': Special post-processing of
the semantic tokenlist for certain major-modes. This is useful for
c++-mode. Now with the default value of this option all methods in a
c++-implementation-file (no class/method-declaration but only method
implementations) are grouped with respect to the class they belong. (Klaus)
** Now also with C++ Sources the method- and variable-protection is displayed
correct in the ECB-method buffer (Klaus).
** Fixed a bug which prevented ECB using the root path "/" on Unix-like systems
as a source-path. (Klaus)
** If a file via the standard-mechanisms of Emacs (e.g. find-file) is opened,
then the auto. window sync (see `ecb-window-sync') has worked only correct
if the new file is located in any of the paths in `ecb-source-path'. Now ECB
adds the path of the new file at least temporally via `ecb-add-source-path'
to the list of paths in `ecb-source-path', so the window-sync works always
correct. ECB asks the user if the new path should saved also for future
sessions. (Klaus)
** Added ecb-redraw-layout-hooks so that code can be executed after we redraw the
ecb layout.
** New hook ecb-current-buffer-sync-hook allows developers to add code to be
evaluated after the ECB is synchronized with the current buffer.
** Now all faces used by ECB for highlighting and displaying it<69><74>s own stuff are
customizable. See new group 'ecb-faces' (Klaus).
** ECB is now fully prepared for Emacs 21. The new feature
`ecb-show-node-info-in-minibuffer' is implemented with the new 'help-echo
property of Emacs 21, therefore the ugly `track-mouse' mechanism is not
needed anymore with Emacs 21. (Klaus).
** The options `ecb-show-node-name-in-minibuffer',
`ecb-show-complete-file-name-in-minibuffer' and
`ecb-show-file-info-in-minibuffer' are gone and have been replaced by one
single new option `ecb-show-node-info-in-minibuffer' where you can define
separately for every tree-buffer when and which node info should be
displayed in the minibuffer (Klaus).
** ecb-auto-expand-directory-tree now offers two options:
- best: Expand always the best matching source-path for a file
- first: Expand always the first matching source-path for a file (Klaus)
** Fixed a bug in auto. expanding directories if a source-path has an alias.
(Klaus)
** If mouse is moved over an alias in the directories buffer then the real path
is shown in the echo-area; see also 'ecb-show-node-info-in-minibuffer'
(Klaus).
** If mouse is moved over an history-entry then the full path is shown in the
echo-area so you can distinct better between two entries with the same name
but with different paths; see also 'ecb-show-node-info-in-minibuffer'
(Klaus).
** New option for the history: ecb-kill-buffer-clears-history defines if
`kill-buffer' should also remove the corresponding history entry. There are
several options (Klaus).
* Changes for ECB version 1.52
** Added EIEIO requirement to ECB.
* Changes for ECB version 1.51
** Now the names of all ECB buffers begin with a SPC per default. (Klaus)
** ECB now can handle not only full but also partial buffer reparsing if done
by semantic and other tools (e.g. JDE >= 2.2.9). The method buffer will
always be uptodate if for a major-mode auto. reparsing after buffer changes
is enabled (the auto. buffer reparsing itself is not an ECB feature but must
be supplied by the major-mode, e.g. JDE). (Klaus)
** Incremental node-search in the ECB-buffers now uses the value of
`case-fold-search'. (Klaus)
** Complete new customization of the ECB-key-bindings. The option
`ecb-prefix-key' has been removed. There is one new option `ecb-key-map'
where you can customize all key-settings of ECB (including a common
prefixkey). (Klaus)
** ecb-add-source-path and ecb-delete-source-path now ask if saving should be
done for future sessions (Klaus).
** Added new navigator functionality. Makes it easy to go to the back and forward
in navigated tokens and buffers. See ecb-nav-goto-next and
ecb-nav-goto-previous. (Jesper)
** Added an option to narrow the buffer to the token that is jumped to. See
ecb-token-jump-narrow. (Jesper)
** Fixed a small bug that placed the window start at the beginning of the token
instead of the beginning of the token line. (Jesper)
* Changes for ECB version 1.50
** Fixed a minor bug that occured when de-activating ECB under XEmacs. (Jesper)
** ecb-layout-window-sizes variable is now an association list, which makes it
easier to add and remove layouts. (Jesper)
** Added a new layout (nr. 12). Thanks to Nick Cross
<nick.cross@prismtechnologies.com> for this layout.
** Each source path can now have an alias that is displayed instead of the path
name in the directories buffer. (Jesper)
** The history items can now use the buffer name instead of the file
name. Customizable with ecb-history-item-name. (Jesper)
** When jumping to a token the window can be scrolled so that the token starts
at the top or center of the window. This behavior is customizable with
the variable ecb-scroll-window-after-jump. (Jesper)
** Fixed a bug when retrieving parent names for a token. (Jesper)
** Now the option 'ecb-prefix-key' is customizable so you can define another
prefix if there are conflicts with other minor-modes or packages (Klaus).
* Changes for ECB version 1.41
** Fixed bug when clicking on token in the methods buffer in XEmacs.
* Changes for ECB version 1.40
** Tree-incremental-search in the ecb-windows now ignores all non interesting
stuff:
+ any leading spaces
+ expand/collapse-buttons: [+] rsp. [-]
+ protection-signs (+, -, #) in the method-window if uml-notation is used
+ variables types or return-types in front of variable- or method-names.
+ const specifier for variables
This makes incremental-searching in a tree-buffer much faster and easier.
(Klaus)
** ECB now uses Semantic DB to find parents of types. (Jesper)
** Long source paths in the directories buffer are now truncated at the
beginning. Customizable with variable ecb-truncate-long-names. (Jesper)
** Tokens can now be sorted by access. (Jesper)
** Added a function to semantic-clean-token-hooks that just updates the token
changed instead of re-building the entire token tree. (Jesper)
** Implemented a token tree cache that stores recently opened buffers' token
trees. This makes the buffer switching much faster and also saves expanded
nodes and window positions. The cache is unlimited at the moment. (Jesper)
** Added a speedbar-like layout nr. 11. This is very useful (like also layout
nr. 10) either for users with small screens or users which normally do not
need/want the ECB-windows but sometimes browsing/selecting
methods/variables. (Klaus)
** Better extraction of tokens from current buffer. ECB now displays any token
type in any order. (Jesper)
** ECB now uses Semantic to display tokens in the methods buffer. (Jesper)
** Much saver ecb-redraw-layout: Now the layout can be restored ALWAYS
regardless what messy thing has been done before. (Klaus)
** New advice for 'other-window-for-scrolling', so all scroll-functions for the
"other" window can also scroll the first edit-window if point stays in the
second one. (Klaus)
** ecb-toggle-ecb-windows now preserves the split, the split-amount, the buffer
contents, the window starts and current point. (Klaus)
** Some important changes in the ECB-layout concerning displaying compilation-
and temp-buffers. (Klaus):
*** 'ecb-select-compile-window' has been gone.
*** 'ecb-use-dedicated-windows' is not longer a user-customizable option but
it is always set to t, because this is essential for correct working of
the ecb-layout engine!
*** 'ecb-compile-window-temporally-enlarge' is now a boolean option.
*** Now ECB does all necessary that your edit-window of ECB seems to be a
normal Emacs frame, especially concerning displaying temp-buffers (like
help- and completion-buffers) and compilation-buffers.
*** The variables 'compilation-window-height' and 'temp-buffer-shrink-to-fit'
(XEmacs) and 'temp-buffer-resize-mode' (GNU Emacs) are now fully supported
by ECB if no durable compilation-window is shown.
** New function to toggle visibility of the ECB windows. Now it<69><74>s possible to
hide all ECB windows without deactivating ECB (see 'ecb-toggle-ecb-windows')
(Klaus).
** ECB is now a global minor mode with it<69><74>s own menu "ECB" and it<69><74>s own key-map
with prefix "C-c .". New function to (de)activate/toggle ECB with
'ecb-minor-mode'. (Klaus)
** Fixed a bug in highlighting current token in the method-buffer when
font-lock-mode is nil for the source-buffer. (Klaus)
** New option for highlighting the method-header in the edit-window after
clicking onto the method in the method-window (like Speedbar does). (Klaus)
** Function for automatically submitting a problem report to the ECB mailing
list: ecb-submit-problem-report. (Klaus)
** Now not only for method-highlighting an idle delay can be set but also for
synchronizing the ECB windows with current edit window (see option
ecb-window-sync and ecb-window-sync-delay; default is 0.25 sec delay)
(Klaus).
** Smarter highlighting of current method (Klaus).
** All tree-buffers now have as default-directory the current selected
directory in the directory buffer. So you can also open files with find-file
etc. from within the tree-buffers. (Klaus).
* Changes for ECB version 1.32
** Nil parent bug fixed. (Jesper)
** New advices for find-file and switch-to-buffer (Klaus).
** Now possible to set an idle delay before the current method is highlighted;
useful for slow machines but prevents also "jumping backward/forward" during
scrolling within java-classes if point goes out of method-definition into
class-definition. Default is an idle time of 0.25 seconds. (Klaus).
* Changes for ECB version 1.31
** Parents (extends and implements) of the classes in the current buffer is now
shown in the methods buffer. (Jesper). Possibility to define a regexp which
parents should not be shown. (Klaus).
** Now displaying the complete node name in minibuffer with the track-mouse
mechanism works also with mouse-avoidance-mode on; the mouse-avoidance will
be deactivated as long ECB is activated and the node-name display-mechanism
is on. This refers only to GNU Emacs! (Klaus)
** Fixed a bug in 'ecb-current-buffer-sync' and 'ecb-redraw-layout' (Klaus)
** Fixed a bug in loading semantic 1.3.3 or semantic 1.4 (Klaus)
* Changes for ECB version 1.30
** If not all ECB-tree-windows of current layout are visible at redraw-time
('ecb-redraw-layout') then the redraw synchronizes the contents of the
tree-windows with the source displayed in current edit-window (Klaus).
** Added a section "Tips and Tricks" to the ECB online-help. (Klaus)
** Added a new layout Nr. 10 for very small screen resolutions where all
square-centimeters are needed for the editing itself. This layout only
displays a method-window and a edit-window. (Klaus).
** The messages displayed after moving the mouse over a node in a tree-buffer
do not longer wasting the log, means they will not be logged (Klaus).
** ECB now also works with semantic >= 1.4 (Klaus).
** Now the ecb-compile-window-height is also preserved after displaying
temp-buffers (e.g. help-buffers after C-h f) - if you want this. See the
documentation of the option 'ecb-compile-window-temporally-enlarge'. (Klaus)
** Added menu items for modification of the source paths in the directories
buffer. (Jesper)
** Added buttons to directories buffer. (Jesper)
** Mouse over files, methods etc. now work even if follow-mouse isn't
activated (Jesper). ECB adds a more intelligent mouse tracking mechanism, so
not only the mouse-over-node stuff of ECB works now very well and savely but
also follow-mouse itself works better and saver as without activated ECB.
(Klaus)
** Popup menus now work in XEmacs. (Jesper)
** You can now specify paths with env-vars like $HOME in the option
`ecb-source-path'. (Klaus)
** The user must now confirm if he tries to delete the ECB frame. If he wants
to proceed then ECB will be first deactivated before deleting the frame.
This works for all ways to delete a frame (shortcut, window-manager-button,
...). (Klaus)
** ECB now optionally create its own frame when activated. See the new option
'ecb-new-ecb-frame'. (Klaus)
** Intelligent recentering of tree-buffers now completely implemented without
the function 'recenter'. This means no flickering and flashing the whole
frame anymore after each 'recenter'. Now the ECB display is stable like a
rock :-) (Klaus)
** Mouse over directories now shows directory path. (Jesper)
** Methods and variables with point are now highlighted. (Jesper)
** ECB windows are now updated when saving new files and deleting files. (Jesper)
** incremental-search in every tree-buffer for easier and faster selecting
nodes with the keyboard (see new option `ecb-tree-incremental-search' and
new function 'tree-buffer-incremental-node-search') for more details.
(Klaus)
** ecb-redraw-layout now restores both edit window buffers and the edit window
start. (Jesper)
** Spelling corrections. Thanks to Colin Marquardt
<colin.marquardt@usa.alcatel.com> for spotting them.
** Mode line prefixes can now be set individually for each ECB-buffer. There is
a default-prefix for each buffer but the user can also define a custom
prefix or no prefix at all. (Jesper/Klaus)
** Fixed small bug in directory tree that caused directories to be sorted by
extension. (Jesper)
* Changes for ECB version 1.20
** Now the ECB-buffers are intelligent in displaying nodes (Klaus):
+ Expandable nodes: (e.g. a directory with it<69><74>s subdirectories). An
ECB-tree-window now tries always to make visible as much as possible of
the sub-nodes of a node if a node is expanded (e.g. by clicking onto it<69><74>s
expand-symbol).
+ Other nodes: A ECB-tree-window is always best filled, means no empty lines
if there are enough lines to fill the whole window.
** The source file is only parsed if the ECB methods window is visible
(Jesper).
** The methods buffer now show fields of EIEIO classes. Only works with
semantic 1.4. Thanks to Eric M. Ludlam <eric@siege-engine.com> for
this patch.
** Now all adviced functions behave only special in the ECB-frame. In each other
frame they behave exactly like the not adviced functions. (Klaus)
** Fix "invalid method-buffer"-bug (Klaus, with a lot of help by Eric Ludlam
and David Ponce).
** Source files can now be sorted by name, extension or not sorted at all
(Jesper).
** Now you can precisely define by an exclude and include regexp which files
should be displayed by ECB. (Jesper).
** Jumping to a method/variable from the ECB-method buffer now sets the mark so
the user can easily jump back (see `ecb-method-jump-sets-mark'). (Klaus)
** Now you can define a primary and a secondary mouse-button for ECB. See the
new variable `ecb-primary-secondary-mouse-buttons'.
Note: The name of the option 'ecb-left-mouse-jump-destination' has been
changed to `ecb-primary-mouse-jump-destination'!
** Now ECB is really ediff-friendly: During ediff is active the advices of ECB
are temporally deactivated! (Klaus)
** Now all tree-buffers (ECB-buffers) are read-only (Klaus)!
** Better implementation of advising the functions. Now all advice-able
functions are completely independent from each other (Klaus)!
** Removes the redundant modeline info and shows important
information.
** Added new option `ecb-advice-window-functions'. Enabling the intelligent
window functions via customize. No hook hacking necessary anymore!
Now the intelligent window functions are implemented by advicing (Klaus).
** Better online help display (Klaus).
** Added new option 'ecb-primary-mouse-jump-destination' (thanks to David Hay
for suggestion <David.Hay@requisite.com>.
** Adviced 'other-window' acts now exactly like the original but always related
to 'ecb-other-window-jump-behavior' (Klaus)!
** Fixed bug with 'ecb-compile-window-height'. Now ECB has always the correct
compile-window height after compilation-output (compile, grep etc.)
** New option 'ecb-compile-window-temporally-enlarge'. Allowing
Emacs-compilation to enlarge the ECB-compile-window temporally.
* Changes for ECB version 1.10
** Automatic expansion of the directory tree.
** Method parsing is now recursive, so that for example inner classes
in Java are shown in the methods buffer.
** Variables are now shown in the methods buffer.
** Selected files and directories now use the secondary-selection
face. Thanks to Kevin A. Burton <burton@relativity.yi.org> for this
patch.
** Fixed some issues with XEmacs. Thanks to Colin Marquardt
<colin.marquardt@usa.alcatel.com> for this.
** Fixed bug with truncating lines in tree-buffer.el.
** The methods buffer can now be automatically updated when the source
file is saved.
** Help text is available with "ecb-show-help".
** Moving the mouse over a node shows the name in the
mini-buffer. Currently this only works when follow-mouse is
activated.
* Changes for ECB version 1.0
** Changed name from JCB to ECB and prefix from "jde-jcb-" to "ecb-".
** Works with semantic 1.3.1 and higher.
** Fixed a couple of bugs when creating and deleting files.
** Grouped customization variables.
** Contributed by Klaus Berndl <klaus.berndl@sdm.de>:
*** A lot of intelligent ECB window-functions (e.g. ecb-delete-window) which
gives you the feeling as if the edit-window is the only window of the ECB
frame.
*** New layout functionality.
*** The history buffer can optionally be sorted and also cleared.
*** The package expanded symbol can optionally be placed before the package name.
*** Syntax highlighting of the methods buffer.
*** Show argument names and return type in the methods buffer.
*** History clear function: ecb-clear-history.
*** Added pop-up menu to the history buffer.
*** Fixed edit buffer sync bug.
* Changes for ECB version 0.04
** Keyboard navigation in JCB buffers. Use Return to select and Tab to expand.
** Tree view of packages.
** Class files can be viewed in the packages buffer.
** Better handling of mouse events.
** Automatic update of the packages buffer.
** Added pop-up menus to the packages and classes buffers. They are activated
with mouse button 3 (right button).
** Added method sorting. Thanks to Brian Anderson <brian.anderson@luna.com>
for this improvement.
* Changes for ECB version 0.03
** Fixed naming of variables.
** Fixed license and copyright comments.
** Fixed class file regular expression bug.
Thanks to Jim Loverde <loverde@str.com> for finding it.
** Added three new layouts.
** The JCB buffers can now be (almost) synchronized with the edit window.
** When clicking on a class or method using mouse button 2, it will be loaded
into another window. A new customization variable was added for this.
** Minor changes. Thanks to Jim for his suggestions.
** Removed the "jde-jcb-window-skips-from-methods-buffer" and
"jde-jcb-window-skips-from-history-buffer" customization variables.
* Changes for ECB version 0.02
** Changed prefix from "jcb-" to "jde-jcb-". This will cause JCB customization
variables to be saved in JDE project files.
** Lists and parses non-Java file types. Currently the C and Lisp parsers from
semantic-ex.el are used.
** History buffer implemented.
** Layout function implement. Thanks to Jim Loverde <loverde@str.com> for
helping out with this.
** Packages matching a regular expression can be excluded from the packages
buffer. Thanks to Mark Gibson <mark@markg.co.uk> for this feature.
* Changes for ECB version 0.01
** Initial version.
Local variables:
mode: outline
paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$"
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