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diff --git a/lib/tools/doc/src/notes_history.xml b/lib/tools/doc/src/notes_history.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ef5ce1c03d --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/tools/doc/src/notes_history.xml @@ -0,0 +1,243 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> + +<chapter> + <header> + <copyright> + <year>2006</year> + <year>2007</year> + <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> + </copyright> + <legalnotice> + The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, + Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in + compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the + Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be + retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. + + Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" + basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See + the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations + under the License. + + The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Ericsson AB. + </legalnotice> + + <title>Tools Release Notes</title> + <prepared></prepared> + <docno></docno> + <date></date> + <rev></rev> + </header> + + <section> + <title>Tools 2.4</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The Erlang Emacs mode now properly handles strings that + have $ or ^ as the last character.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4697</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>xref</c>: The unresolved arity (-1) is now recognized + in analyses and queries.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4778</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>cover</c> does no longer hang if an interface function + is called on a remote node - it returns + <c>{error,not_main_node}</c>.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5031</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>fprof</c>: Time spent in the last function in a chain, + i.e. a function which did not call another function, and + the time when a process was scheduled out, was charged on + the above function. This resulted in own time in many + cases being bigger than acc time since the time a process + was scheduled out was charged on the function from which + the process was scheduled out. This is now corrected.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5073</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Previous patch from open source messed up \\M-q so part of + that patch was backed out.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5074</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>cover</c>: Added "Exclude Included Functions". If + "real code" is included in a modules which is cover + compiled, there will be no bumps for lines in the + included file. Earlier this would cause faulty bumps for + lines in the module, i.e. if the code was on line 4 in + the included file it would produce a bump for line 4 in + the module. Lines in included files are now just + disregarded.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5122</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Added support for try-catch to the Erlang mode for Emacs. + However there are still some known problems with some of + the more advanced variants especially including separate + of-clauses.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4594</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Improvments for support of Emacs 21 contributed by Dave + Love. The bulk of the changes are actually cosmetic + commentary/doc fixes. The significant ones make it play + better with Emacs 21 with up-to-date facilities. In + particular, support for compilation error messages from + an inferior erl (as opposed to batch compilation) works + in the released Emacs 21, and currently with the + development Emacs.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5019</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Added a skeletons for an Erlang test-suite for both the + ts-frontend and the ct-frontend (this frontend is + Ericsson internal). Also altered some of the old + skeletons to get a uniform look and feel.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5058</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The Erlang mode for Emacs now supports the new guard + <c>is_boolean</c>.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5059</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>cover</c>: Adjustments to handle new syntax of + try-catch.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5154</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Tools 2.3</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Totally rewritten the interface for WebCover. Can now + compile both <c>.erl</c> and <c>.beam</c> files and + export/import cover data.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4706</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>cover</c> does no longer report coverage on lines which + are not executed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4734</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Erlang mode for Emacs: Fixed so that the generation of new + function clauses works also for guarded functions.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-3697</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Erlang mode for Emacs: Fixed so that you do not get + the error message "unbalanced parenthesis" when indenting + correct code including bit syntax.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4526</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Erlang mode for Emacs: The guard <c>function</c> is now + colored.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4533</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Erlang mode for Emacs: Indentation of macros is handled + correctly in all cases.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4561, OTP-4687</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>is_*</c> guards are now colored.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4562</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Erlang mode for Emacs: Now handles the fact that a function + argument may be a guard expression. (That is useful when + writing test case code.)</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4579</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Erlang mode for Emacs: Keywords <c>andalso</c> and + <c>orelse</c> are now colored.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4580</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Erlang mode for Emacs: Fixed bug in function that calculates + the arity of an Erlang function.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4581</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Added functions <c>cover:start(Nodes)</c> and + <c>cover:stop(Nodes)</c>. Cover compiled modules will be + loaded on all nodes added with <c>cover:start(Nodes)</c>. + <c>cover:stop(Nodes)</c> will collect coverage data from + the stopped nodes and merge it with data collected on + the main (controller) node.</p> + <p><c>cover:analyse/1,2,3</c> and + <c>cover:analyse_to_file/1,2,3</c> will also collect data + from all nodes before analysing.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4177</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The module attribute tag <c>deprecated</c> is used by + <c>xref</c> to find calls to deprecated functions. + The <c>m/1</c>, <c>d/1</c>, and <c>analyze/2,3</c> functions + have been updated to return calls to deprecated functions. + See also <c>xref(3)</c> for more details.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4695</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Added functions <c>cover:compile_beam/1</c> and + <c>cover:compile_beam_directory/0,1</c>. These functions use + abstract code from existing beam files when cover compiling.</p> + <p>Added option <c>html</c> to + <c>cover:analyse_to_file/1,2,3</c>. Instead of plain text, + a HTML file is generated with all uncovered lines colored + red.</p> + <p>Added functions <c>cover:export/1,2</c> and + <c>cover:import/1</c>. These functions can be used to export + current coverage data to a file, and then import the data + in a later session. Data can be exported for one single + module or for all currently cover compiled modules.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4702</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Erlang mode for Emacs: Added function + <c>erlang-align-arrows</c>.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4737</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The interface for the <c>instrument</c> module has been + slightly changed. Also some new functionality has been + added. See <c>instrument(3)</c> for more information.</p> + <p>(*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***)</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4761 <br></br> + + Aux Id: OTP-4534</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> +</chapter> + |