MonoDevelop 2.4.1 New Features
This release is mainly a bug fix release, but it also includes some new features and imrovements:
* Improved support for xbuild
* Support for .NET 4.0
* Support for the GTK# designer in Mac OSX
* On Windows, MonoDevelop will now check for updates and warn the user when there is a new MonoDevelop version available.
* Recent File list is better integrated with the desktop in Mac and Windows.
Bug Fixes
Here is a summary of the most important fixes:
* Projects
o 645954 - Creating project that does not support default format
o Don't save the msbuild file to disk if the content did not change.
o Don't open projects as source files.
o 613437 - Null Reference Exception on loading a project
o 615677 - Make the config folder variable available in custom commands
o Run in external console doesn't work on Windows
o 627484 - Deleting folders does not remove the csproj file reference
* Text editor
o 648926 - Unhandled exception opening C# file
o 635358 - Initial selection in "foreach" template is incorrect
o Fixed a code completion bug where fully qualified names could show up
o 632698 - Wrong var inference
o 631875 - No Intellisense for arrays
o 621461 - shift+tab should outdent a code line without selecting it
o 620977 - Special characters in source code crashes MD
o 620854 - delete to end of line messes up edited file
o Fixed GTK critical when closing a text editor
o 615992 - Intellisense broken when calling generic method
o 619800 - Auto-complete of nothing shouldn't auto-complete as void
o 619798 - Outdent a selected line selects the next line
o 640497 - Code Completion when using "var" and LINQ causes MonoDevelop to crash
o 618676 - C# code editor removes "override" word after choosing one of intellisense variants
o 617382 - Parameter list tooltip is not hidden when pressing ctrl+left arrow
o 616949 - Message bubbles prevents the background color of selected text to change
o 616921 - "Move the line or highlighted selection up" command deletes selection
o 616128 - Text editor hiccoughs every 2 seconds (approx.)
o 616001 - Inline errors don't completely vanish after build
o 615624 - Pressing DOWN after RETURN moves cursor to beginning of blank lines instead of to the indent
o 615831 - Texteditor is not invalidated after remove trailing wihte spaces action
o Improved virtual space return key behavior.
o 615182 - Tooltip sometimes stays up too long
o 615191 - When using multiline selection to indent/outdent, the indenter selects too much
o 613770 - Backspace inconsistently deletes entire lines when using "virtual spaces"
o 615196 - Pasting a chunk of text into the virtual whitespace fracks everything up
o 615342 - Source code highlighting behaves badly on cyrillic text
o 613714 - Intellisense does not show / know about LINQ variables
o 613825 - Auto-complete on highlighted text overwrites following characters
* Refactoring
o 615988 - Go to declaration not available on generic methods
o 616653 - "import symbol" does not resolve full typenames
o Fixed bug in abstract member overriding
o 619799 - Renaming variable also invokes auto-complete
o 615983 - Refactoring does not include object initializers
o 615702 - In-place variable renaming can't rename foreach loop variables
o 615763 - C# code formatting throws exception when choosing "Do not change" from menu
* GTK# Designer
o 621615 - Setting PulseStep using visual designer generate wrong code
o 625374 - "Target GTK version" value is not selected in project options GUI.
* Workbench
o When moving a file in the solution pad, move also all its dependent children.
o 646284 - MD crashes on opening Default Policies
o Fixed loading the welcome page news
o 621483 - MD hangs for a few seconds when searching
o 606557 - Invalid items in history service
o 565714 - Autohidden pads hide when viewing treeview tooltips
o 567155 - Linked source files not saved before building
* Debugger
o Use new locals APIs w/liveness.
o Fixed some races in the debugger which caused MonoDevelop to deadlock
o 594193 - [sdb] Can't debug web apps on Windows
* Deployment
o 638702 - error when creating package on windows
o Deployment options not saved
o 615523 - [regression] tarball packages lack pixmaps / desktop files
o Include satellite assemblies in packages
* ASP.NET
o 630365 - Unhandled Exception. Nueva Solucion c# asp.net
o 611859 - aspx highlighting issues
* IPhone
o 648849 - "Unknown char" in XIB prevents compilation
o Don't error in updater if iphone SDK not installed
o Fix error running bundle from path with spaces
o 616532 - Property in .xib.designer.cs file to back IBOutlet is not being generated
o 614551 - Cannot clear icon selection once made in Project Settings
o Added ability to use default SDK instead of specific version
o Automatically build using newer SDK if available
o Display unknown signing identities and provisioning profiles in project settings
o Added command to save app bundle as a zip file
o Icon ordering and naming updated to match Apple's new guidelines
o Custom string tag providers: SdkVersion, BundleVersion, BundleIdentifier, AppDirectory,
* Other
o 617276 - MonoDevelop crashes when clicking on a script error in Unity3d.
o 600727 - Moonlight: DataGrid missing
o Added mime type for java script.
o Updated German and Catalan translations
o Fixed an error on MacOS when opening files in MonoDevelop from Finde
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