Visual D 0.52.0

changes from 0.52.0-beta1:

• dmdserver: more improvements to code completion
• update packaged DMD and LDC versions to 2.091.0 and 1.20.1, respectively
• fix parameter info tooltip for functions with function attributes, improve tip on templates
• vcxproj: make compiler selection also available on the D Compiler settings page
• vcxproj: add dbuild.props showing how to setup a project that builds D files without Visual D installed
• vcxproj: do not check referenced projects if the project itself already needs phobos to be linked
• vcxproj: only print the filename in the "Compiling" message, not the path
• bugzilla 20660: goto definition on import module doesn't work

Visual D 0.52.0-beta1

Changes from v0.51.0:

• editor:
  • restart semantic analysis if project settings change
  • while showing completions typing more characters no longer restarts analysis, but
    just filters existing results
• VS 2019 16.1+: the new project dialog now allows filtering by language tag "D"
• avoid crash due to unhandled exception if checking for updates fails
• refresh Update page after upgrading
• mago debugger:
  • lookup symbols as the remainder of globals and present them expandable if ambiguous
  • add option to show length of dynamic array in type column
  • add support for Tuples: recombine fields __field%d to an expandable structure
  • fixed displaying dynamic type of C++ classes for x86
• dmdserver:
  • rebased to dmd 2.091.0-beta1
  • all language options are now passed to the engine
  • fixed a couple of crashes (often result in eternally reporting "Anaylzing...")
  • terminate on fatal assertions and let Visual D restart the server
  • improvements for code-completions
• projects:
  • added support for -preview=dip1021 (though compiler crashes)
  • added support for -preview=rvaluerefparam
  • added support for -preview=nosharedaccess
  • added support for -HCf (C++ header generation, only vcxproj)
  • LDC with vcxproj: some language options were inaccessible
  • removed legacy support for -property

Visual D 0.51.0

Changes from beta1:

• DMD based server improvements
• full installer now bundled with DMD 2.090 and LDC 1.19
• synchronize known version identifiers with dmd 2.090
• improve recovery after semantic server is restarted
• msbuild: fixed dependency project being marked as "unsuccessfully built" when detecting
  D library requirements
• removed support for -gc (no longer supported since dmd 2.083)
• mago: improve AA version detection, adapt to modified hash function
• mago: VS2019 16.4: fix "Error" shown in tooltip for array elements beyond the actual size

Visual D 0.51.0-beta1

Changes since v0.50.1:

• Ctrl+Click goto definition added for VS2017+
• experimental: semantic server built from dmd frontend
• VS2017+: syntax highlighted tool tips
• mago:
  • new option "hide reference pointers"
  • new option: "remove leading zeroes from hex values"
  • fix crash expanding pointer to empty dynamic array
  • large arrays: show growing index, fix omitting last element
• installer: add sections for "Build Tools VS2017/2019""
• dparser: now creates server process per Visual Studio instance
• added option to not show error squiggles and markers
• added tooltip to collapsed region
• fix function signature tool tips
• error list now filled with intellisense errors
• basic DUB support: upgrade and refresh if project contains dub.json or dub.sdl
• msbuild: pass original variable LinkToolExe to pipelink.exe through environment

Visual D 0.50.1

changes from rc2:

• don't highlight asm keywords/mnemonics/registers from semantic information

Visual D 0.50.1-rc2

Changes from rc1:

• fix applying settings from VC startup project to files not in a project

Visual D 0.50.1-rc1

Changes from beta1:

• mago:
  • fix showing UTF32 values (supported by dmd 2.089)
  • fix reading enum values (not emitted before dmd 2.089)
• VC project: release configurations in new projects now default to -release -O -inline
• VC project: Compile and Compile/Run/Debug/Disassemble didn't use all command line options,
  Run/Debug now use "dmd -i" instead of "rdmd"
• version highlighting for source files not in a project now reads settings from startup project
• highlight x64 registers in asm block
• VS 2019 16.2: fixed command line options not read correctly from the VC project for
  Compile and Run/Debug/Disassemble, dbuild refactored to not rely on msbuild DLLs for that

Visual D 0.50.1-beta1

Changes from 0.50.0:

• msbuild: fix parallel build in VS 2019 16.1
• msbuild: fix building right after full installation
• bugzilla 20003: project properties: show "Better C" in option text
• bugzilla 20004: add button to reset all global settings to their default
• bugzilla 20005: try to detect VC through ISetupConfiguration, too
• mago: improve function call in watch window
  • implement virtual functions, fix calling delegates and function pointers
  • display of delegate type
  • support arbitrary return types

Visual D 0.50.0

Changes from rc1:

• don't pass -mixin= for the link step
• scale dialogs according to current text font size, i.e. adapt to DPI scaling

Visual D 0.50.0-rc1

Changes from beta3:

• fix very terse update message when one newer product found
• vcxproj: fix D-Compiler option missing if no english VS language pack installed
• tweak colors for dark theme
• fix crash if document closed before semantic request callback completed (references or tooltip)
• fixed "go to definition" eventually not jumping to correct line after opening document
• mago: support multiple "live ranges" when LDC uses registers for locals
• mago: fix evaluating locals in registers
• updated full install to dmd 2.086.1 and ldc 1.16.0