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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:22:31 +0100
From: Arnaud Charlet <charlet@gnat.com>
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Subject: ANNOUNCE: GNAT Programming System 1.4.0 release
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Ada Core Technologies and ACT Europe are pleased to announce the release
of GPS 1.4.0, the GNAT Programming System IDE, including binaries for the
GNU/Linux, Solaris and Windows platforms.

Designed by programmers for programmers, the GPS IDE integrates the GNAT
Ada 95 tools within a single visual development environment. GPS is Free
Software. This version is intended for use in academic and Free Software
projects.

GPS is available at http://libre.act-europe.fr/gps

New features include, among other things:

- Clickable CVS annotations: you can now click on CVS annotations to jump
  directly to the corresponding changelog in the history revision of the file.

- Improvements in the entity browser for C and C++

- Browsers can be exported as png images

- Ability to derive a language from another language in xml custom files

- Contextual menus no longer show xref entries when no xref
  information is available

- Possibility to see the differences between the current file and a specified
  VCS revision.

- It is now possible to interrupt background tasks using the task manager, or
  the contextual menus on the progress bars.

- When defining custom actions, the output of a shell command can now be
  used to launch an external command (for instance to query switches from the
  project first).

- Compilation output is highlighted in different colors based on the type of
  the error (Error/Warning/Style)

- Support for Ada, C and C++ switches is now defined through XML files
  These files can be modified to add more switches

- New customization capabilities

- Support for preprocessor options in syntax checking

- Improved MDI

- Ability to reformat more Ada construct

- Auto casing of Ada reserved words and identifiers

- Navigation to the next/previous subprogram and start/end of statement

- New casing mode "Smart Mixed"