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< title > New and Noteworthy< / title >
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< h1 > CDT 4.0 - New and Noteworthy< / h1 >
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< p > CDT 4.0 includes new features in the editor,
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< p align = "right" > < b > New Project Creation< / b > < / p > < / td >
< td > < p > Now it's easier to create and configure a new CDT project: < / p >
< p > < img src = "../images/nn_new_project.png" >
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< p align = "right" > < b > Project Templates< / b > < / p > < / td >
< td > < p > Projects can be created from one of the available templates. Project templates include wizard pages that let you configure basic settings for new project code. < / p >
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< p > < img src = "../images/nn_basic_settings.png" > < / td >
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< div style = "font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;" > Editor< / div > < / td >
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< p align = "right" > < b > Code Folding< / b > < / p > < / td >
< td > < p > Now you can collapse and expand blocks of comments and code in C and C++ files. < / p >
< p > < img src = "../images/nn_codeFolding1.gif" > < / p >
The same code folded up:
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< p > Code Folding Options: < / p >
< p > < img src = "../images/nn_codeFoldingPrefs.gif" > < / td >
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< div style = "font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;" > Code Navigation Views< / div > < / td >
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< p align = "right" > < b > Include Browser< / b > < / p > < / td >
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< td > The Include Browser now lets you see the hierarchy of included headers in a source file.
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< td > < p align = "right" > < b > Call Hierarchy< / b > < / p > < / td >
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The Call Heirarchy view shows you who calls a function.
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< td > < p align = "right" > < b > Type Hierarchy< / b > < / p > < / td >
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< td > The Type Hierarchy view shows you how C/C++ types are related.
< p > < img src = "../images/nn_type_hierarchy.png" > < / p > < / td >
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< td > < p align = "right" > < b > Indexer Improvements< / b > < / p > < / td >
< td > < p > The indexer is greatly improved with more features and accuracy:< / p >
< p > < img src = "../images/nn_indexer_prefs.png" > < / p > < / td >
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< div style = "font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;" > Debugger< / div > < / td >
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< p align = "right" > < b > GDB Hardware Debugging< / b > < / p > < / td >
< td > < p > blah blah< / p > < / td >
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< p align = "right" > < b > Breakpoint Actions< / b > < / p > < / td >
< td > < p > You can now attach actions to a breakpoint. These are additional activities performed when a breakpoint is hit. CDT 4.0 comes with four standard actions that: play a sound, log text to an expression to the console, resume execution, or run an external tool. < / p >
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< p align = "right" > < b > Contextual Launch Support< / b > < / p > < / td >
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< p > CDT 4.0 now takes advantage of the contextual launch support in Eclipse 3.3 to make the run and debug commands just " do the right thing" for C/C++ projects.< / p >
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< p > Just click the Debug button to start a debug session instead of manually creating a launch configuration. < / td >
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< p align = "right" > < b > Locating Source Files< / b > < / p > < / td >
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< p > When the debugger can't find a source file using the path in the symbol table it now lets you locate it directly instead of having to configure a source lookup path. < / p >
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< div style = "font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;" > Other Improvements< / div > < / td >
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< td > < p align = "right" > < b > Project Build Button < / b > < / p > < / td >
< td > < p > The toolbar now includes a button that builds the active configuration of the selected project. It's menu lets you quickly build another configuration.< / p >
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< td > < p align = "right" > < b > MinGW Toolchain Integration< / b > < / p > < / td >
< td > < p > blah blah< / p > < / td >
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< p align = "right" > < b > IBM xlC Toolchain Integration< / b > < / p > < / td >
< td > < p > xlc and xlC toolchain integration is available. When you create a new project, select one of the XLC project types.< / p >
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< p > xlC compiler options:< / p >
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< p align = "right" > < b > Task Tags< / b > < / p > < / td >
< td > < p > The Task View now includes entries based on tags in your C/C++ source files. < / p >
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< p > Task Tag options: < / p >
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