4.7.0

Starting from this version, OpenCobolIDE has entered in maintainance mode. No new features will be accepted, only bug fixes.

The next major version of OpenCobolIDE will be HackEdit , a brand new project that will replace OCIDE when it is ready, currently in alpha...

New features:

• New margins mode: you can now configure up to 4 different margins.
• New way to handle MSVC based compilers, including 64 bit support
• Add more command line options to ocide: --compile, --conf, --runtime-env, --cobc-runtime-env
• Add option to save/load preferences.
• Allow to drag & drop paths to the preferences line edits.
• Allow to drag & drop files in the main window to open them in a new editor.
• Add ability to copy runtime dlls to the output directory [Windows].
• Add ability to run a program that requires to set some environment variables.
• Add option to show compiler and runtime configuration.
• Add buttons preferences and about to the home page.
• Add "clean" and "rebuild" actions to the toolbar/menu.
• Add std=nonen, std=cobol2014 and std=acu
• Add a status bar button to forcibly enable/disable the linter (background
  checks), overriding the Show errors setting from the Editor preferences.
• Add option to synchronise navigation pane with the editor
• Add option to go up in the filesystem treeview
• Add ability jump to previous/next cursor position (Ctrl+Alt+Z and Ctrl+Alt+Y)
• Add option to send bug report via email
• Improve github bug report, login to github is now done from OCIDE itself
• Update dbpre integration to work with dbpre 0.4
• Allow to use Shift+Enter from the search/replace panel to search backwards

Fixed bugs:

• Fix broken icon theme selection on GNU/Linux and use more icons from theme
• Use KDE specific build icons
• Fix "failed to decode compiler output with encoding cp1252 with external compilation"
• Fix "log pane (Issues tab): Line breaks from cobc & gcc are not translated correctly"
• Fix various bugs with environment variables and compiler settings
• Fix a few issues related to save as (title not updated after save as,...)
• Fix using extra quotes in compiler flags not working
• Fix using windows paths style in preferences (backslash instead of slash)
• Fix various unhandled exceptions reported by users
• Fix a few issues with file system view (warn user if using a UNC path,
  fix bugs when opening a file that is located at the root of a drive)
• Fix read only property of some fields in the about dialog or the main window (log, compiler output,...)
• Fix cobc warnings treated as errors
• Fix compiler settings not restore if user press Cancel
• Fix a few issues with the offset calculator and some specific types