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This document describes the changes made to the Syntax_Tools application.

Syntax_Tools 1.6.7.2
Improvements and New Features

Variables are now now allowed in 'fun M:F/A' as suggested by Richard O'Keefe in EEP-23.

The representation of 'fun M:F/A' in the abstract format has been changed in an incompatible way. Tools that directly read or manipulate the abstract format (such as parse transforms) may need to be updated. The compiler can handle both the new and the old format (i.e. extracting the abstract format from a pre-R15 BEAM file and compiling it using compile:forms/1,2 will work). The syntax_tools application can also handle both formats.

*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***

Own Id: OTP-9643

Eliminate use of deprecated regexp module

Own Id: OTP-9810
Syntax_Tools 1.6.7.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

In a file containing declarations and comments without any empty lines between them, the recomment_forms() function would associate a multi-line comment with the declaration above it rather than the one following it. (Thanks to Richard Carlsson and Kostis Sagonas.)

Own Id: OTP-9180
Syntax_Tools 1.6.7
Improvements and New Features

Miscellaneous updates

Own Id: OTP-8976
Syntax_Tools 1.6.6
Improvements and New Features

Minor changes and clean-ups.

Own Id: OTP-8709
Syntax_Tools 1.6.5
Improvements and New Features

The documentation is now possible to build in an open source environment after a number of bugs are fixed and some features are added in the documentation build process.

- The arity calculation is updated.

- The module prefix used in the function names for bif's are removed in the generated links so the links will look like "http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/erlang.html#append_element-2" instead of "http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/erlang.html#erlang:append_element-2".

- Enhanced the menu positioning in the html documentation when a new page is loaded.

- A number of corrections in the generation of man pages (thanks to Sergei Golovan)

- The legal notice is taken from the xml book file so OTP's build process can be used for non OTP applications.

Own Id: OTP-8343
Syntax_Tools 1.6.4
Improvements and New Features

The documentation is now built with open source tools (xsltproc and fop) that exists on most platforms. One visible change is that the frames are removed.

Own Id: OTP-8201
Syntax_Tools 1.6.3
Improvements and New Features

Miscellaneous updates.

Own Id: OTP-8190
Syntax_Tools 1.6.2
Improvements and New Features

Miscellanous updates.

Own Id: OTP-8038
Syntax_Tools 1.6
Improvements and New Features

Miscellaneous updates.

Own Id: OTP-7877
Syntax_Tools 1.5.6
Improvements and New Features

Minor updates.

Own Id: OTP-7642
Syntax_Tools 1.5.5
Improvements and New Features

Minor changes.

Own Id: OTP-7388
Syntax_Tools 1.5.4
Improvements and New Features

Minor updates, mostly cosmetic.

Own Id: OTP-7243
Syntax_Tools 1.5.3
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

A missing directory (examples) has been added and another broken link in the documentation has been fixed.

Own Id: OTP-6468
Syntax_Tools 1.5.2
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

Fixed some broken links in the documentation.

Own Id: OTP-6420
Syntax_Tools 1.5.1

Miscellaneous changes.