CHANGES

This is the CHANGES file for visuald, a 
Visual Studio package providing both project management and language services

Copyright (c) 2010-2025 by Rainer Schuetze, All Rights Reserved

Version history
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2010-04-13 Version 0.3.1

  * initial release

2010-04-14 Version 0.3.2

  * added switch "use other compiler" to project settings
  * disabled settings if respective enable switch is off
  
2010-04-18 Version 0.3.3

  * now shows full version in about box
  * added README, LICENSE and CHANGES to installer
  * added DnD inside project
  * fixed registration of D templates for "New File"
  * fixed multi-hreading issue, e.g. causing find in entire solution to fail
  * added "Clean" project
  * cleaned up and added more project templates 

2010-04-20 Version 0.3.4

  * added support for command Edit.InvokeSnippetFromShortcut
  * installer now requests admin execution level, so it does not fail on Vista or 
    Windows7
  * removed VS Express version from installer

2010-04-22 Version 0.3.5

  * added cv2pdb to installer
  * support for operations on multiselection in solution explorer
  * added option "D 2.043" to pass corresponding flag to cv2pdb
  * macros in all debug options are now expanded
  * fixed crashes on COM objects that were garbage-collected while still in use

2010-04-26 Version 0.3.6

  * fixed COM and memory leaks
  * projects with a lot of files now build with response files
  * when only removing file or changing folder name, project was not saved
  * support for operation "Rebuild"
  * option "other compiler" and map file were not quoted when containing spaces
  * added build logging to $(IntDir)\buildlog.html
  * added macros SAFEPROJECTPATH/DIR/FILENAME/EXT/NAME identical to PROJECT*, but
    without spaces

2010-04-27 Version 0.3.7

  * force CR/LF pairs in batch commands instead of LF only end-of-line.

2010-05-08 Version 0.3.8

  * added function parameter tooltips
  * fix: resource files would not be updated when used with tool "Auto"
  * fix: custom built files always added to linker command line
  * fix: fixed initialization exception when no windows-SDK installed
  * fix: build only worked as admin on x64
  * fix: spurious crashes on x64
  * improved WindowsApp project template (added libs, sets application subsystem)

2010-05-28 Version 0.3.9

  * new file/symbol search window
  * word-completion can now be expanded to symbol lookup by pressing Ctrl-Space again
  * installation now reenables package, in case you told VS to skip loading it
  * now using machine-translated SDK instead of std.windows
  * fixed COM leak
  * fix: file opened through "goto definition"/"find in files" sometimes warns
    "already opened in editor"
  * fix: "goto error" sometimes would not jump to error with message 
    "cannot find the file specified"
  * fix: last version would not let you select any but the first entry of an
    expansion list
  * symbol information now updated after project load, it's no longer necessary
    to build once

2010-06-03 Version 0.3.10

  * updated to cv2pdb 0.13 which allows debugging under plain VS2010 and is
    more stable when evaluating arrays in the debugger
  * now built with debug symbols to allow crash analysis. See
    [downloads/visuald_pdb.zip] for symbols for the latest version
  * fix: project property dialog did not popup with saved D version
  * added the possibility to stop a build
  * new logo now used in about box

2010-06-10 Version 0.3.11

  * error messages now forwarded to error list
  * Visual D settings now stored in the user area of the registry
  * added library search path to project settings (you need to append ";%LIB%" to
    the LIB setting in DMD's sc.ini for this to work)
  * command VisualD.ShowScope now displays the scope of the caret in the 
    status line
  * Visual D now creates its own menu, expecting to be filled with more commands
    in the future and to avoid cluttering other menus
  * Search window commands are now called VisualD.SearchFile and VisualD.SearchSymbol
    (you might need to reassign keyboard shortcuts)
  * Thanks to Alix Pexton, the web site has a professional looking new logo. 

2010-06-25 Version 0.3.12

  * stricter string handling to avoid crashes when launching debugger in VS2010
  * the windows application template's substem version now defaults to 4.0
  * added new project item template for package creating both folder in project and 
    directory on disk
  * if a directory exists with the name of the folder, the default location
    of a new project item now defaults to this directory
  * renaming a file in the project renames it on disk aswell
  * improved build process, it should now be possible to compile Visual D following
    the instruction on http://www.dsource.org/projects/visuald/wiki/Build_from_source
  * updated to cv2pdb 0.14.

2010-07-09 Version 0.3.13

  * renaming a file in the project did not ensure the project to be saved
  * dragging a directory into the project now creates a folder and adds all files and
    folders found in that directory but those that start with "."
  * added project option "Enable informational warnings" (dmd option -wi)
  * resource files now have command "View Code"
  * fix: completion did not detect beginning of word at line end
  * fix: skipping through a string literal with ctrl-left/right skipped the whole string
  * now handling some optional project properties to keep AnkhSvn happy.
  * SCC status of project items is now shown (but not updated yet)
  * minor tweak of the ConsoleApp template
  * more files translated from the Windows SDK
  * now using label "reportError" instead of "xit" in build batches
  * options with multiple arguments are now delimited by both ';' and white spaces, use
    quotes if any of these need to be part of a file name

2010-07-23 Version 0.3.14

  * fixed parameter tooltips on VS2010
  * fixed debugger data tooltips on VS2010
  * fixed handling of quoted file/path names
  * updated bitmaps in aboutbox and templates to the website logo
  * added command VisualD.ParameterInfo to avoid hook by Visual Assist
  * fixed import completion for packages accessed through project import path settings
  * goto definition now displays error in status line if no definition found or opening source file fails
  * now jumping to definition if multiple definitions exist on the same line
  * brace highlighting now shows error in status line for mismatched brackets
  * brace highlighting now also shows begin/end of block comments
  * fixed pasting html text not omitting format information
  * now using environment variable DMD_LIB to pass library path to DMD, please update DMDs sc.ini accordingly
  * now build checks whether output files are actually created to avoid silent link failure
  * generating JSON output is now the default setting for new projects

2010-08-11 Version 0.3.15

  * when reading import paths from sc.ini, the directory is determined by searching dmd.exe 
    through the executable paths setting and the PATH environment variable
  * fixed freeze when searching indentation level for smart indent (might also affect brace
    matching)
  * now packaged with cv2pdb 0.16.
  * fixed crash when running along-side the Qt-Addin for Visual Studio

2010-09-24 Version 0.3.16

  * now Visual D itself also compiles against VSI SDK for Visual Studio 2010 and Windows SDK v7.1
  * empty dependency file now causes rebuild
  * new command "Build phobos browse info"
  * added support for Mago debugger
  * fixed dmd option for profiling
  * fixed bad status message for matching parenthesis
  * now supports command comment/uncomment selected lines
  * improved smart indentation
  * block re-indentation now works as a single command with respect to undo/redo
  * now packaged with cv2pdb 0.17
  * fixed loading DLLs (including Visual D) on Windows Server 2003
  * now installer includes Mago debugger
  * new profiler window to display trace.log
  * fixed bad variable replacement when building project name shorter than 4 characters

2010-09-29 Version 0.3.17

  * improved support for mercurial-scc, AnkhSVN and VisualHG
  * (un)comment/format selection did not work with selection created from bottom to top
  * (un)comment selection now works similer to C++ always adding/removing comments, toggle
    comments is now a new Visual D command
  * fixed DLL loading on xp64
  * command "Build phobos browse info" now uses $(APPDATA)\VisualD\json as the default path
    to avoid access rights problems
  * command "Build phobos browse info" now also works for D1

2010-10-22 Version 0.3.18

  * linker errors with file name on the same line did not make it into the error list
  * added color "Visual D Operator" to "Fonts and Colors" setup
  * added version/debug colorizations (colors "Visual D Disabled ...")
  * added q{} token string colorizations (colors "Visual D Token String ...")
  * additional tools settings page under TextEditor->D->Colorizer
  * fixed broken search file dialog introduced in last version
  * project configuration: added single file compilation option
  * project configuration: changed defaults for "file to clean" and "json path"
    to better support single file compilation
  * fixed incomplete parsing of escaped file names in dependency files
  * improved dependency file parsing speed
  * bugfix: imports with selective import symbols could miss from dependent import files
  * now packaged with cv2pdb 0.18
  * now packaged with new mago version, including better exception handling and 
    disassembly support
  * fixed mago deinstallation, added mago to Visual Studio About Window
  * added token identifier enumerator to lexer

2010-12-11 Version 0.3.19

  * fixed [] being a single token confusing brace matching
  * fixed some issues with detecting floating point numbers
  * fixed issues with bad colorization state
  * fixed crash when a project in a solution could no longer be found
  * now packaged with cv2pdb 0.19

2010-12-29 Version 0.3.20

  * basic outlining support (disable with check box on global text editor page
    if it is causing trouble, manually activate it with "Outlining -> Collapse to Definitions")
  * added build time output (set check box on global project option page)
  * fixed missing newline after post build command
  * fix: suffix L was not recognized on floats
  * code completion and goto definition now also work in comments or strings
  * ddoc files in project now also passed to DMD automatically
  * support for generating modules.ddoc for CanDyDOC

2011-01-29 Version 0.3.21

  * fix: identifiers extracted for GotoDefinition stopped at digits
  * fix: clean removed ddoc files from the doc directory, but not html files
  * added macro expansion to modules.ddoc setting
  * added context menu to show paste ring buffer and insert from it
  * brace highlighting now done in idle handling, so it also works when moving
    the caret with the mouse
  * brace matching now also includes strings and nested comments
  * goto matching brace now implemented (the VS implementation does not work 
    well with D)
  * completion: items are no longer displayed multiple times
  * improved handling of unicode characters in environment and batch files
  * installer now adds a "D Exception" to the "Win32 Exception" list to allow
    the debugger to stop when a D exception is thrown

2011-02-27 Version 0.3.22

  * Visual D now builds with DMD 2.052
  * fixed WindowsApp template to build with DMD 2.052
  * fixed some COM leaks
  * paste ring menu no longer stops when repeating the first entry and 
    avoids duplicate entries
  * new token search and replace dialog
  * new compilation mode: compile and link in separate steps allowing multiple object files
  * the option "Statement completion -> Parameter information" is now respected,
    showing the parameter tooltip when writing the opening parenthesis
  * smart-indent now respects the contents of the new line when inserting a line break
  * now supporting the Code Definition Window

2011-03-09 Version 0.3.23

  * fixed issue on x64 with threads without TLS that crept back in by migrating to DMD 2.052
  * separate compile and link: removed -X,-D,-H from the link step to avoid creating empty files
  * new compilation mode: compile only to set your link step manually in the post-build step
  * jumping to errors in files that exist in several projects now jump to the correct source

2011-05-08 Version 0.3.24

  * fixed crash when installing/uninstalling other Visual Studio plugins
  * added menu entry "Open Website" to browse the visual D Website inside Visual Studio
  * added support for Object Browser and Class View
  * now runs a parser in the background to underline syntax errors
  * fixed scanning of floating point literals starting with '.'
  * default colors for identifiers, numbers and operators now follow the "Plain Text" setting
  * new version 0.1.2 of mago that fixes some issues with exceptions and improves
    the call stack display
  * if a source file is used in multiple project, it is no longer opened multiple times in 
    the editor
  * improved lookup speed in browse info, now removing duplicate entries for eponymous templates
  * fixed issues with quoted arguments with trailing backslash in settings
  * browse info now updated when JSON paths changed in global options
  * fixed spurious crash when removing multiple lines 
  * now installs cv2pdb 0.21

2011-06-19 Version 0.3.25

  * fixed version information of the DLL
  * error list: warnings are no longer shown as errors
  * project name added to buildlog.html to allow multiple projects with the same intermediate dir
  * fixed highlighting of version(unittest) and debug without identifier
  * friendlier error message if debug executable or working dir do not exist
  * reduced parsing thread priority to interfere less with editing
  * adjusted vsi2d to build with the latest VS2010 SDK
  * Visual D now builds with DMD 2.053
  * moved from std.date to std.datetime to fix some time displays
  * moved outlining into parse thread to reduce delays when editing large files
  * added warning to library search path settings
  * d-files now set to UTF8 encoding if not already marked by BOM
  * fixed transparent window frame around dialogs in VS2010
  * added drag'n'drop of project folders
  * added support for "Stop Outlining" and "Toggle All Outlining"
  * tweaked outlining for multi-dimensional arrays and token strings
  * build order of custom/resource compilations now sorted by dependencies
  * project items now sorted alphabetically
  * fixed a few more issues with relative paths causing a source file to be opened twice in the editor

2011-08-25 Version 0.3.26

  * fixed regression in last version: single file compilation did not build any d files
  * single file compilation: avoid relinking every time
  * seperate compile and link: no longer trashes dependencies in link step
  * goto definition, search symbol: now line number adjusted according to changes since last successful build
  * fix: resource files in sub folders would not build because the same folders were expected in the intermediate directory
  * global settings: split page into directories/settings pages to make option "Show build time" accessible
  * global settings: added option to disable sorting projects
  * parser now accepts "do {} while(cond)" without trailing ';'
  * project options macro $(PROJECTNAME) now uses the name in the solution instead of the project file name
  * fixed bad indentation of first contract
  * fixed colorization of first token after debug condition without arguments
  * "is" now always colored as operator, not as keyword
  * updated to build with dmd 2.055beta

2011-09-24 Version 0.3.27

  * smart reindenting line when typing last char of sole "in", "out" and "body"
  * tweaked smart indenting with respect to enumerators, arrays, labels and more
  * paste a full line or more now causes automatic reindentation (global option to disable)
  * fix: build phobos browse information broken in last version
  * some internal errors are now reported to the output window (like failing to parse JSON file)
  * fixed bad display when deleting characters from line with outlining
  * automatic reindentation was not triggered when typing '{', '}', etc (win 7/8 only?)
  * new option to show demangled symbols in the Error List (not the output window)

2011-10-25 Version 0.3.28

  * mago debugger: fixed crash when there is no sstStaticSym section in the debug info
  * mago debugger: fixed local variables not shown in last function of an object file
  * mago debugger: fixed display of TLS variables
  * mago debugger: added workaround for bad line number debug info, causing mago to switch to assembly easily
  * mago debugger: globals and statics can now be displayed without specifying complete scope
  * cv2pdb: fixed patching of autoexp.dat when the install path contained spaces
  * fix: the import path set in the global options never made it to the command line
  * fixed parser to accept "class B() if(true) : A {}"
  * fixed parser to support import as statement
  * building druntime browse info now uses src folder (di files look ugly and do not compile)
  * building browse info now writes to "Visual D" output pane
  * F1 searches language and phobos documentation for help on identifier
  * added highlighting of asm block, using new colors "Visual D Register/Mnemonic" and "Disabled/Token String" variants
  * parsing and outlining now aborted when text changes, so editing is more responsive with large source files

2011-12-03 Version 0.3.29

  * highlighting: new colors for user defined list of types (defaults to basic types in object.d)
  * disabled versions: fixed wrong highlighting when editing before conditional
  * token replace dialog: fixed empty dialog when opening with default size
  * fixed crash when building a project with a configuration that is not available in a dependent project
  * fixed freeze in startup due to thread starting issues (probably only happened with more than 2 cores)
  * added C++ to D conversion wizard
  * added installation for Visual Studio 11
  * tweaked dialogs to better integrate with VS

2012-01-07 Version 0.3.30

  * fixed utf8 to OLE string conversion, that could get in the way when using non ascii file names
  * property pages now adjust their font and size to the IDE environment
  * __ctfe is now highlighted as a keyword
  * scope(identifier) with wrong identifier shown as a parse error
  * completion automatically inserts now if there is only one candidate
  * completion of import modules now restricted to files, not symbols
  * colorizer now asks the parser whether "is" and "in" are used as operators
  * debugger data tooltip now grabs ident1.ident2 expressions when hovering ident2
  * added checkbox for options -gs and -property to project configuration
  * added new color to highlight predefined versions
  * creating new folder now initiates renaming it
  * fixed error message capture for error list in case the message also contains "filename(lineno):"
  * new options page "Tools->Options->Text Editor->D->Intellisense" to select sources of code completion
  * experimental tooltips and code completion from semantic analysis of source code
  * project configuration: new debugger option to redirect stdout to the debugger output window
  * project configuration: new option to pause after running program without debugger
  * added option to "Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->Visual D Settings" to stop a solution build
    if a project fails to build

2012-03-14 Version 0.3.31

  * added option to "Intellisense" page to configure trigger of code completion
  * delay code definition window update until caret at the same position for a second to avoid pauses while
    navigating through the source
  * added support for building with GDC
  * added platform support for "x64" (use with GDC only)
  * includes new version 0.23 of cv2pdb that now also converts DWARF to pdb
  * tweaked idl2d to convert files to build with dmd 2.058
  * new version of mago: 
    - fixed possible stall when starting debugging
    - support for associative arrays in expressions
    - fixed problem with loading debug info of large projects
  * property: fixed editing multiple configurations at once
  * added Compile command to syntax check the current source file
  * parser now supports new delegate syntax (x) => x
  * project config: shown command line now updated when pressing "Apply"
  * fix resource include with spaces
  * fix always rebuilding if a dependent library project target has spaces in the path name

2012-05-01 Version 0.3.32

  * new version of cv2pdb with better handling of unicode characters in path names and better
    support for local variables in DWARF debug info
  * new version of mago with string literal support for associative array keys and easier stepping into main
  * some changes to reduce memory leaks due to false pointers
  * fixed parser to disambiguate MixinStatement and MixinExpression
  * added support for __vector(T) to parser
  * goto definition: if executed on an import statement, now searching file through import paths
  * fixed lexer to not treat !in_x as an operator followed by an identifier "_x"
  * fixed regression: import expansions only listed folders, no modules
  * fixed custom command: project would not restore if multiple commands are used
  * project properties: added output type DLL for easier switching between DMD and GDC
  * project properties: added subsystem option, use "not set" if you have to specify a specific windows version
  * fixed underlining syntax errors shows only first error
  * fixed option "Show expansions when" not saving state "writing an identifier"
  * added icon for disabled project item (tool set to "None")
  * version highlighting now supports versions DigitalMars/GNU and Win32/Win64
  * fixed building static lib with GDC and a name in the library file name

2012-06-19 Version 0.3.33

  * debugger project settings now stored in solution options file, not in project file
  * regression: clean project failed, now deletes files given by wildcard recursively
  * token replace: fixed freeze when trying to replace no tokens
  * cv2pdb: new version 0.25 that allows specifying a different pdb file being embedded 
    into the binary and supports VS11
  * cv2pdb: exposed command line options in the project options
  * intellisense tool tip now shows enumerator value
  * moved parser and semantic analysis into another process
  * GDC: user specified libraries are now appended after the source files to the command 
    line to avoid linker problems
  * improved performance when indenting multiple lines of code
  * remove project item: now asks whether file on disk should also be removed
  * parser: added support for linkage specification inside alias
  * version highlighting now supports the "version(V):" syntax
  * tweaked vsi2d to also convert the Windows 8 SDK and VS2011 SDK
  * added wizard to create packages from the new item dialog
  * improved import statement detection for expansion and goto definition

2012-10-12 Version 0.3.34

  * fix exceptions in NDepend when opening context menu on D project
  * delete file from project now uses VS environment dialog (avoiding dialog when moving project items)
  * fixed "build phobos browse info" failing for dmd 2.059
  * dependency on other projects: only output files with known file types are now passed to the dmd/gdc command line
  * linker error messages can now be decompressed and demangled (thanks to Benjamin Thaut for providing the code)
  * lexer now allows unicode characters from std.uni.isAlpha in identifiers
  * fix: when building phobos browse info the implicitely added JSON path was not saved to options
  * fix calling cv2pdb for D1
  * goto definition: if ".." is used to reference the source file path, it could be opened twice in the editor
  * new item: package and module name now filled with some guess
  * optlink now called directly with file monitoring: this allows passing the library path directly (making the DMD_LIB 
    patch in sc.ini redundant) and detecting library and source dependencies
  * parser could not recover from error in module statement, also improved recovery from error in enum declaration
  * parse errors in modules imported during semantic analysis could cause dramatic troubles
  * fixed parsing problems with function literal attributes and enumerators
  * outlining: adding lines before collapsed region could unfold the regions
  * fix: underlined syntax error could lag behind by a keystroke
  * tweak completion box:
    - from browse info: template arguments and contraint stripped from symbol now
    - avoid delayed opening of completion box when typing non-identifier characters
    - completion box now closed for a lot of navigation and editing commands
    - improved speed for large symbol lists
  * status line now cleared after parsing of imports has finished
  * fix installation for VS2012
  * now runs on an almost precise garbage collector
  * DLL project template now has a linker definition file

2012-12-03 Version 0.3.35

  * new linker option to disable using global and standard library search paths
  * add preliminary support for upcoming dmd win64 compiler
  * add '/' to '\' translation for macro replacements of $(OUTDIR) and $(INTDIR)
  * fixed build variable $(VSINSTALLDIR) (pointed to parent directory of expected dir)
  * added build project to translate sdk to D
  * adjusted to changes to dependency file in dmd 2.061
  * fixed Visual Studio sometimes renamed to VisualD in the window title
  * fixed parser recovery with multiple syntax errors at module scope
  * project options: added $(Configuration) to expand to the same as $(ConfigurationName) for compatibility with VC++ projects
  * project config: controls now have style WS_TABSTOP to allow keyboard navigation
  * goto definition now uses semantic analysis to find declaration
  * semantic analysis now enabled by default (removed experimental status)
  * semantics: add .ptr property to dynamic array
  * now installed as an "extension" to VS 2010 and VS 2012
  * fixed missing output files when a VC project has a project dependency on a D library project
  * setting "Demangle names in link errors" never saved
  * fixed macros not expanded in "other compiler" when figuring out what linker to be called directly
  * now expanding response files in sc.ini or additional compiler options when looking for import or linker directives
  * added D icon to vdserver.exe
  * added console application project template with configurations for DMD and GDC for Win32 and x86
  * fixed spurious crashes due to bug in precise garbage collection

2013-05-10 Version 0.3.36

  * added debug settings to new DMD/GDC project template 
  * regressions caused by switching to installation as VS2010/VS2012 extension:
    - executable path contained untranslated \n
    - no Visual D colors added
  * only force separate link if "Monitor OPTLINK dependencies" is enabled
  * /SUBSYSTEM switches lost when building through optlink directly
  * added project option "Use of Deprecated Features causes Error" that maps to -de
  * tweaked parser to support new language features:
    - version(assert)
    - user defined attributes @identifier_opt(arguments) or @identifier
    - alias id = type
    - alias this = id
    - deprecated("message")
    - added keyword __parameters
  * tweaked parser to support undocumented language features:
    - ref anywhere in foreach type to support "foreach(const ref x; range)"
    - prefix lambda with function/delegate
    - added keyword __argTypes
  * syntax highlighting and semantic now fully support version identifiers according 
    to http://dlang.org/version.html
  * improved parser/semantics: 
    - fix "forgetting" type of function parameters after first evaluation
    - fix a number of crashes during semantics
    - improved parser recovery after too many closing braces
  * when cloning a configuration in the configuation manager, debug info settings were lost
  * compiling a single file now reports success
  * avoid asking to save project file when closing VS and the project has already been saved
  * fixed crashes due to bug in precise GC with arrays just below page size
  * adjusted JSON interpretation for symbol lookup and parameter tooltips to new format in dmd 2.062
  * some tweaks to C++ to D converter
  * basic LDC support
  * added new option pages for DMD/GDC/LDC directories
  * linker messages from GDC can now be demangled aswell
  * additional command line arguments now placed at the very end to avoid GDC linker troubles
  * DParser by Alexander Bothe (https://github.com/aBothe/D_Parser) integrated as an alternative
    semantic engine
  * added command "Compile and Run" to execute current text buffer or selection via rdmd
  * added command "Open Language Options" for easier access to the settings page
  * added option "Colorize coverage from .LST file" to highlight lines from code coverage output

2013-11-02 Version 0.3.37

  * installer:
    - fixed regression: VS 2010/2012 extension pkgdef files almost empty
    - now has workaround for x64 debugger of Visual Studio 2012 Shell 
    - installs cv2pdb 0.27 which fixes a crash when converting DWARF from GDC 4.8
    - installs mago 0.8 with pdb and embedded breakpoints support 
    - installer now picks up dmd2 folder from DMD installation
    - added support for VS 2013 to installer, removed VS.NET 2003
  * "Compile and Run":
    - no longer adds "--main" automatically
    - removed some other implicite command line options that confused rdmd
    - fixed quotes in --eval arguments
    - didn't save file if it is not part of a project in the solution
  * syntax/coverage highlighiting
    - editor always started with coverage highlighting enabled
    - Colorize coverage: 
      * disabled if lst file older than source file or deleted
      * tweaked line number translation
      * now searches for coverage generated files in last execution folders
      * added new command "Delete Coverage Files"
    - after changing the "Colored types" the current editor did not update immediately
    - user type colorizer settings were forgotten after editing options
    - keywords can now also be colored by adding them to the "Colored types"
  * DParser
    - updated to recent version (https://github.com/aBothe/D_Parser/commit/72f1bc54f2426954f463f03b215e044174fc1468)
    - enabled mixin analysis
    - pass deprecation flag to engine
    - DParser engine now used by default if installed
  * vdserver
    - add __FUNCTION__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ and __MODULE__ as keywords and primary expression
    - add __parameters as specification in is-expression
  * build system
    - fixed building with -op and source files on different drive than project
    - added file options per configuration
    - fixed invoking bad command when no files to compile, but additional arguments set
    - added global option to display the reason for building a target
    - fixed custom build rules executed twice sometimes
    - fixed sc.ini evaluation, added support for sections [Environment32] and [Environment64] 
    - link dependencies can now also be monitored for the 32-bit MS linker
    - added VCINSTALLDIR to the list of available macros
    - added different options for executable and librarie search paths to be used for Win32/x64
    - x64: linker settings from sc.ini can be overwritten 
    - x64: linker no longer invoked through dmd
  * miscellaneous
    - added command "Open Folder in Windows Explorer" to project and folder context menu
    - goto definition now falls back to JSON information if semantic analysis yields no result
    - improved indentation after opening parenthesis to follow next token
    - added commands "Collapse unittests" and "Collapse disabled" to the outlining menu
    - dviewhelper.dll from cv2pdb now avoids being unloaded after debugger expression evaluation using visualizers
  * changed license to Boost

2014-04-12 Version 0.3.38

  * updated to cv2pdb 0.31
    - support mspdb120.dll from VS 2013
    - bugzilla 11537: improved search for appropriate mspdb*.dll if multiple version of VS installed
	- fix support for DWARF conversion for gcc 4.8
    - bugzilla 11898: cv2pdb: modified visualizer for void[] to also show bytes

  * updated to mago 0.9
    - bugzilla 11547: remove error message when stopping debugging
    - bugzilla 11437: debug info rejected if records don't have "recommended" order
    - bugzilla 11030: set breakpoint in all template instances

  * build system
    - added support for string import dependencies (needs dmd 2.065)
    - Windows SDK 8.0/8.1 detection
    - fix bad "\n" in default x64 library search path
    - fixed default library path for x64 (contained spaces, but were not quoted, added default for 8.1 SDK)
    - fixed passing quoted library paths to linker
    - x64 executable and library search path not correctly saved for next VS start
    - bugzilla 11962: added option to select the C runtime library when compiling for x64

  * project management
    - fixed project and completion icons being converted to 16 color bitmaps
    - add source control support for git in VS2013 (and maybe others)
    - bugzilla 12052: improve project automation to mute NuGet (still empty project pretended)
    - fix DnD of project items in VS2013

  * language service
    - completion box now displays appropriate icons and tooltip with dparser
    - tool tips now expand some Ddoc macros for better readability
    - bugzilla 11940: completion on import statements no longer showed folder icons
    - bugzilla 11649: completion on selective import now lists identifiers from imported module
    - improved integration of Alex Bothe's dparser
      - updated dparser to 1bb6dc6e0a3069a07d8e7f15070161b717bd94c4
	  - fixed completion for symbols without description
      - added options to enable/disable mixin analysis and UFCS expansions
      - added support for multi line completions (including override completion)
      - parameter tool tips now use prototype from dparser and shows documentation
    - bugzilla 12353: option "Show Type In Tooltip" not saved and restored across restart

  * miscellanea
    - update SDK conversion for VS2013 and Windows SDK 8.1
    - bugzilla 11786: change some default colors when using dark theme in VS 2012+ (restart required)
    - bugzilla 12187: disguise functionality of pipedmd.exe and filemonitor.dll to let it pass 
      most anti-virus checks

2014-04-15 Version 0.3.38-1

  * build mago with static C runtime to avoid dependencies on msvcrt120.dll

2014-10-10 Version 0.3.39

  * added editor margin to display coverage counters and percentage
  * support tab/indentation settings set by .editorconfig plugin
  * optlink now always called with /DELEXE to avoid keeping broken binary
  * bugzilla 11035: added workaround for bad import library being passed by C/C++ projects
  * tweaked "Compile & Run" to distinguish between compile and execution errors
  * added "Compile & Debug" command
  * new mago version 1.0
    - now supports debugging x64 executables
    - displays static members of classes and structs
    - fixed not closing executable file causing linker to fail when rebuilding
    - fixed breakpoints not set in all instances of a template
    - breakpoints no longer span multiple lines
    - disassembly now shows a maximum of 8 lines of source code before instruction
  * new dparser version: a28aaf67777733b2b70d56fc8cab8b5f296b9745
  * add option "up to date with same time" to custom build
  * target no longer rebuilt if only custom builds necessary
  * add options for -vgc, -gx and -allinst
  * removed checkbox for dmd option -quiet
  * slightly improved configuration pages by grouping related options
  * bugzilla 12584: fixed global options disappearing when resizing window
  * bugzilla 13360: implemented automation object methods "DTE" and "Collection"
  * syntax highlighting: @nogc added as a keyword

2015-01-01 Version 0.3.40

  * cv2pdb: did not run on XP anymore due to bad OS version requirements
  * add installation for VS2014
  * bugzilla 13452: fix file monitoring
  * bugzilla 13616: fix freeze when starting completion at the very first line and column of source
  * custom file properties: edit, change selection and apply could change new selected file
  * moved "Other Compiler" option from main project page to compiler page
  * added additional options to the resource compiler tool
  * added basic support to compile C/C++ files:
    * new tool "C/C++" that is also auto-detected for usual file extensions
    * common command line options can be specified on the compiler page of the project 
    * special command line options can be added per file
    * $(CC) expands to the compiler executable of the current D compiler: dmc, cl, gcc or clang
    * if "Translate D options" is checked, dmd options for -g, -release, -O are translated to 
      the respective C/C++ compiler option
  * updated version identifiers according to http://dlang.org/version.html
  * separate link could fail if configuration name contains spaces
  * really updated dparser to a6207d6db5e54c68aa4b9db53b702681242d81d5
  * goto definition on import now supports package.d
  * bugzilla 13759: $(VSINSTALLDIR)\Common7\IDE now added to the default executable paths
  * build phobos browse info: operated on outdated folder structure of phobos/druntime
  * DMD/x64 linker override settings not saved
  * revamped pipedmd: now uses tracker.exe from MSBuild or WinSDK to monitor dependencies
  * Win32/COFF support: check box on Compiler->Output page, new tab in global options
  * bugzilla 13817: VisualD cannot list members with utf-8 wide characters
  * bugzilla 13342: mixin error message now interpreted
  * when running/unittesting from within visuald, exception/callstack locations can be jumped to
  * bugzilla 13213: there are now both "goto definition" and "goto declaration", where the former
    will try to find the forward declared symbols through the object browser (including C/C++)
  * object browser/symbol search: now filters out __unittest and __invariant symbols
  * cv2pdb: updated to 0.33 with better DWARF location support

2015-05-16 Version 0.3.41

  * mago:
    - module list now shows x64 addresses correctly
    - verboser output for DLL load/unload
    - implement "set next statement"
    - callstack: parameter list also showed locals
    - disassembly: show symbols, address labels
    - fix dstring display
    - can list associative array members (needs 
      https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/4473 for Win64)
    - show exception number for Win32 exceptions
    - can now load PDB symbols from Microsoft Symbol Server or local 
      cache folders
    - now support lexical scope blocks (helps C++ and D with
      https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/2867)
  * cv2pdb:
    - improvements for DWARF conversion
  * dparser updated to cf26dbe426b10957f6364313cc7121e41083bebe with support for new 
    language features in dmd 2.067 and fixing a number of exceptions
  * some initial support for finding symbol references
  * new linker option "build and use local phobos library" to get a COFF32 version (dmd 2.067+)
    or add missing debug info (dmd 2.065+)
  * renaming project configuration did not change respective config on all platforms 
  * workaround for link response file with spaces, but disabled short names on NTFS volume
  * profiler window: non-D symbols (e.g. C++ mangled functions) are no longer displayed empty
  * new command "Compile and Disassemble" to show the disassembly of the current file in
    the code context window that is automatically synchronized with editor movements

2015-08-05 Version 0.3.42

  * added new command "DustMite Build Failure" to reduce source of startup project
    for build error with DustMite
  * update "Build Phobos Browse Info" and "Build local version of phobos" for dmd 2.067+
  * cv2pdb: 
    - improved DWARF support:
      - last version introduced crashes with DWARF conversions
	  - now supports info in sections .debug_frame and .debug_loc for better display of locals
      - DWARF debug info now stripped from executable
    - support for mspdb140.dll from VS2015
	- now writes correct machine type to PDB for x64
  * add integration into the Visual Studio Performance Wizard
  * added project template for console application built with DMD/LDC and x86/x64
  * bugzilla 14706: release configurations now enable optimizations and inlining by default
  * mago is now the default debug engine for new projects
  * demangle D/C++ symbols in disassembly with new tool dcxxfilt that supports both gcc
    and MS C++ mangling.
  * search file: the same file is no longer listed multiple times if it is in several projects
  * search file: '.', '/' and '\' are considered the same in case insensitive non-regex searches
    to simplify finding a module in a package
  * search file: case sensitivity button was restored inverted
  * installer now shows the version of Visual D about to be installed
  * mago: added support for new AA implementation
  * mago: preview for structs now shows first members

2015-11-28 Version 0.3.43

  * installation
    - new install adds $(VCInstallDir)\bin to exectuable paths to allow cv2pdb to create PDB files
    - moved defaults for resource includes and dmd executable paths from installation to extension init
    - tweaked default path and library settings for DMD and LDC
  * improved VS2015 support
    - added detection for Universal CRT in Win10 SDK, new macro replacements $(UCRTSdkDir) and 
      $(UCRTVersion) allow adding library search path to find libucrt.lib
    - fixed spurious "not implemented" error in error list of VS 2015
    - fix dark theme detection in VS 2015
    - fixed calling linker to build with VC runtime of VS2015: legacy_stdio_definitions.lib missing
    - VS2015 linker updates logs and telemetry data files, confusing tracked linker dependencies. 
      Now ignoring files that are both read and written.
  * project management
    - New item: the module name no longer has a preceding '.' when guessing a package name
    - renamed command "Add Folder" in project folder context menu to "Add Filter"
    - added command "Add Folder" to project folder context menu that actually creates the folder on disk
    - renaming a module in the project tree now reopens it at the previous caret location
    - renaming a package in the project tree also renames the folder on disk if it is still empty
    - bugzilla 12021: C++ projects (and others probably, too) might not load correctly in a solution
      that also contains a Visual D project
  * build system
    - debug info: added option "suitable for selected debug engine"
    - LDC: recent versions build object files into intermediate folder, wrong names passed to linker
      with "separate compile and link"
    - debug option: allow none of -debug and -release to be specified (and fix LDC never to receive 
      the -d-debug option)
    - additional options: now replacing newline with space when adding to the command line
    - compiling file for syntax check with LDC passed wrong command line option
    - pass VSINSTALLDIR in the environment to avoid autodetection by LDC
  * language service
    - the original semantic analysis engine is no longer installed, always using dparser now
    - better semantic/colorizer support for versions LDC,CRuntime_Microsoft,CRuntime_DigitalMars and MinGW
    - bugzilla 15345: syntax highlighting wrong if asm followed by function attributes
  * configuration dialogs:
    - fixed small fonts in VS2015
    - better work with resizeable windows
    - scale some controls vertically if there is space
    - added browse buttons to path settings
  * some improvements to the C++ to D conversion wizard:
    - don't stop conversion after an unmatched } (this also caused other messages to not be displayed)
    - added support for sizeof without parenthesis
    - allow namespace scope in type names
    - allow virtual destructors
    - skip throw function specification
    - fix order of identifiers if "#define A B" is converted to an alias
  * miscellaneous
    - replaced ancient pkgcmd.ctc with pkgcmd.vsct that's buildable with newer VS SDKs
    - added icons to some commands
    - search pane did not save its last state, only when switching between file and symbol search
    - dustmite: pattern passed to "find" must always use quotes

2017-03-12 Version 0.44

  * installation
    - added preliminary support for VS 2017 RC
	- new version scheme removing the gratuitious .3 from the Visual D version
  * project management
    - added integration with msbuild and VC++ projects
    - can now read and write Mono-D project files (but likely to be incomplete because this was 
      a failed attempt to integrate with msbuild and the VC projects)
    - when linking with MS linker, options for the map file broke the command line
    - bugzilla 16063: missing option -L/DLL when linking a DLL with MS linker
    - added $(Platform) as a settings macro replacement in addition to $(PlatformName)
    - changed default output directory to $(PlatformName)/$(ConfigurationName)
    - added x64 configurations to project templates
    - added project template to build with DMD, LDC and GDC for x86 and x64
    - building a library with LDC now always adds "-oq -od=$(IntDir)" to the command line
  * mago: 
    - bring back support to run on Windows XP
    - display const modifier on type, recover string types
    - add and install concord debug engine plugin for VS 2012-2015
  * cv2pdb:
    - fix crashes with very long symbols
    - can now be enabled independent of debug engine
  * build
    - now builds with dmd 2.073
    - added AppVeyor integration builds
    - VS SDK 2013 now needed to build Visual D
  * miscellaneous
    - dustmite: error messages written to stderr not grepped
    - menu entries now disabled if they require the focus on a D file, but it is elsewhere
    - reduced idle processing by only updating the active view
  * editor
    - added automatic brace completion
  * language service
    - dparser: semantic analysis no longer times out after 500ms, but cancels previous requests
    - dparser: improved performance by adding name lookup cache
    - Improvements to completion lists:
      - completion box no longer pops up if caret has been moved elsewhere
      - new option to disable exact start match (searches case insensitive sub string)
      - free functions show different icon than member functions
      - aliases show other icon than variables
      - new sorting modes "by type" using classification by the semantic engine,
        "by declaration", effectively using scopes as discovered by the semantic engine
      - without any match, still keep the completion box open with recent items
      - less flashing when updating the results
      - code snippets now added to possible expansions

2017-03-13 Version 0.44.1

  * bugzilla 17252: Fixed bad character inserted into the executable search path default

2017-02-04 Version 0.44.2

  * fixed building private phobos with recent dmd
  * fixed freeze during semantic analysis
  * bugzilla 17254: close and reopen completion box if results added
  * fix link to build log: replace spaces with %20
  * added VC project integration for VS2017

2017-08-01 Version 0.45.0

  * mago debugger:
    - fixed memory leaks that could also prohibit compilation due to PDB file still open
    - add debugger options page to allow hiding internal locals and static members
    - can now show registers in expressions
    - show static members and base class with different icons
    - fixed x64 debugger failing to start
    - cv2pdb: added support for AA display in mago
    - fixed loading PDB file when only VS2017 is installed
  * build system
    - use generic file system tracking instead of compiler switch -deps=
    - fixed tracker.exe not found in VS2015 and VS2017
    - new project option "Add import paths of project dependencies"
    - fixed Compile and Run/Debug if building through MS-COFF and not having VS selected in sc.ini
    - /MAPINFO: remove ancient options no longer supported by the MS linker
    - separated compile and link into two batches so compile skipped if only link inputs changed
    - dependency monitoring: added option to specify files/folders to exclude from dependency check
    - mark html output log as UTF-8 encoded
  * editor
    - fix crash when editing dub.json when part of a project
    - added task list support for files loaded into the editor
  * installation
    - read default DMD installation path from Visual D or DMD registry key, if not available in VS registry hive
    - UCRT version detection: ignore directories that do not start with a digit (e.g. from DDK)
    - bugzilla Issue 17384: fix default executable search path for LDC/x64 under VS2017
  * cpp2d: add missing default to switch(), ensure space between identifiers, fix module name for translated C-files
  * DParser semantic engine:
    - added support for function attributes @nogc and scope, align(expression)
    - cache semantic results until next edit
    - break endless loop due to unresolved selective import
    - fix for no expansions for symbols from public import in imported module
    - try dparser as fallback if goto definition on import fails
    - fix exception in isExpression

2017-08-06 Version 0.45.1

  * now building against the VC runtime (-m32mscoff) instead of the DigitalMars runtime to avoid 
    anti-virus programs blocking the installation or execution
  * fix dependencies for custom build rules if file names contain spaces
  * mago: fix displaying long strings as empty
  * pipedmd: fix tracker invocation if the VS2015 version is found through PATH
  * update vsi2d to Windows SDK 10.0.15063.0
  * Visual D now buildable with VS2017
  * dparser:
    - "add import path of project dependencies": implicit import directories not passed to semantic analyzer
    - tooltip for selective imports now show the aliased definition, not the alias
    - improved tooltips: show full qualified name, show initializer for constants,
      better display for enum and aliases
    - fixed completion or tooltips sometimes not working before modifying source code

2017-12-02 Version 0.46.0

  * cv2pdb
    - now also search VS2017 registry entries to find mspdb140.dll
    - fix working with the VS2017 update 15.3.1
    - allow converting larger binaries by marking it "large address aware"
  * improve handling of non-ASCII installation paths:
    - use unicode aware version of NSIS, register through wide string API of rundll32
    - parse sc.ini with current code page
    - pipedmd: pass wide string command line to sub process
    - convert MS linker response file to UTF16
  * build system
    - add workaround for broken TLS when linking with link.exe from VS2017 update 15.3.1
    - build single object file to intermediate directory rather than output folder
    - intermediate executable for cv2pdb now written to intermediate directory
    - custom build batch files now written to intermediate directory
    - use "if %errorlevel% neq 0" instead of "if errorlevel 1" in batches to capture crashes, too
    - fix default executable search path for LDC assuming a 64-bit compiler executable (avoids 
      linker error -1073741701)
    - added *.tlog to default files to clean
    - add import library to project outputs if "create import library" enabled
    - added linker options to configure map file, import library and PDB file
    - LDC: add option to link against debug runtime library
    - LDC: no longer tries to run cv2pdb
    - LDC: if -mtriple= or -march= is specified as additional option, don't emit -m32 or -m64
	- built with 2.077 to support new symbol mangling
  * installation
    - fix detection of Windows 10 SDK, also define $(WindowsSdkVersion)
    - VS2017: fixed registration of exception settings
  * dparser:
    - when building with LDC, use import path from its config file instead of DMDs' sc.ini
    - parse "static foreach" (but no semantic analysis)
    - for syntax errors underline the full token, not only the first character
  * fixed spurious freeze in precise GC (mostly during startup)
  * indentation of lambdas as parameter arguments now aligns statements on tab stops
  * required OS version for executables restored to 5.01 to support Windows XP
  * mago: fix string display for LDC builds

2018-06-24 Version 0.47.0

  * dparser
    - support 'do' instead of 'body'
  * cv2pdb:
    - DWARF: several bug fixes and minor enhancements
    - can now convert DBG files alongside exe/dll
  * build system
    - msbuild: 
      - improved dependency handling for single/package file compilation (thanks to Igor Cesi)
      - LDC now assumed to be multilib installation, i.e. 64-bit lib folder is "lib64", not "lib"
      - Issue 18641: phobos/druntime libraries automatically added to link if any D file 
        is compiled in the project or a dependent static library (without -betterC)
      - Issue 18640: settings now default to mago debug engine (avoiding deprecation warning)
      - to use LDC with in VS2017, set "InstallationFolder" in registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\LDC
      - now demangles linker errors (if not disabled on global options page)
    - new project wizard for customizing generated projects, with only two types to select from
    - new icons for project templates based on vcxproj
    - support option -gf (emit debug information for referenced types)
  * mago:
    - hex values now lower case for consistency with C++ debugger
    - no longer shows void pointers as expandable
    - show vtable of classes and interfaces as __vfptr (also allowed in watches, enable/disable 
      on Tools->Options->Debugging-Mago page, not with LDC)
    - shows symbol names for pointers if found in image
    - pointers: also show value for pointee, remove additional indirection for complex types
    - support to call functions and delegates without arguments from watch window
      (dmd win64 only, no slice or delegate return values)
    - can now show the dynamic type of an interface
  * miscellaneous
    - Issue 18622: removed outdated information regarding link definition when generated by Visual D DLL project.

2018-12-02 Version 0.48.0

  * installation
    - installer and binaries now digitally signed by the "D Language Foundation"
    - fixed uninstallation for VS2017
    - installation for VS2013+ now uses PackageManifest format instead of Vsix
    - VS2017: loading the Visual D package could crash with some VS installation "ids""
    - avoid initial error message regarding altered assemblies with same version
    - fix installation of the D icon for the solution explorer in VS2017
    - installer hides options for VS2005-VS2012 if not installed
    - remove old extension folders before installation
  * new project wizard
    - restore project templates for VS2008, new project wizard doesn't work there'
    - mixed D/C++ VC project: optionally adding main in C++, setup precompiled headers
    - new VCProject: now uses $(LatestTargetPlatformVersion) as WindowsTargetPlatformVersion to
      avoid defaulting to Windows SDK 8.1
  * settings
    - fix default library path if UCRT has different version than SDK
    - VS2017: D compiler installation paths and "demangle link errors" are now saved 
	  to "HKCR\Softwre\Visual D" to be picked up by msbuild
    - show detected compiler version below installation path
    - removed option "parse source for syntax errors", now always on
    - removed option "expansions from text buffer", now always off
    - removed option "use semantic analysis for goto definition", now always on
    - removed option "override linker settings from sc.ini", always on as linker no 
      longer set in sc.ini since dmd 2.079
    - removed option "additional linker options", it was invisible anyway
    - rearrange settings to better show their scope
  * build system
    - fixed linking privatephobos.lib if intermediate dir different from output dir
  * dparser
    - semantic analysis did not work if "parse source for syntax errors" was disabled
    - no semantic info for a package if any file in the package has fatal parser error
    - now has semantic support for static foreach (thanks to Alexander Bothe)
    - fixed "Find references"
    - added experimental option to show value of constants in tooltip
    - the last user specified version was prepended to "Windows"
    - predefined versions now evaluated by compiler invocation
    - experimental: option to enable semantic identifier highlighting
    - 'virtual' no longer considered a keyword
    - updated list of traits for completion
    - fix crash with dub generated project
    - add 'typeof' to completion where 'typeid' is valid, too
  * mago
    - added option to show base class fields as direct fields
    - allow suffix 'h' for hex numbers for better interoperablility with VS disassembly
    - concord: can now show return values of functions stepped over (not slices or delegates 
      on x64 or small non-POD-structs)
    - concord: fix crash when showing children in data tooltip (mostly occured in VS2017)
    - concord: allow dragging addresses to the disassembly window
    - engine: Fix the way the debugger steps over instructions with REP prefix.
    - engine: the disassemble view now supports SSE4 and AVX
    - detect AA if type ends with "]", but not with "[]"
    - fix crash in VS if a value is marked expandable, but doesn't yield any children
    - fix .ptr property of static array if it is a struct/class member
    - add option to disable strings to be expandable
    - support showing closure and capture variables as locals for dmd 2.084
  * cv2pdb
    - can now detect VS2017 via Setup-COM-API
    - some DWARF fixes
  * editor
    - when pasting code to D source file newlines are adapted to surrounding code
    - added outlining for case statements
    - implemented commands View.PopBrowseContext and View.ForwardBrowseContext
    - reindent if multiple lines added by completion
    - tweaked formatting for enumerators, struct and array initializers
    - added option to not indent case statements
  * fixed "Compile and Run" on selection
  * fix help via F1 for dmd 2.072+

2018-12-22 Version 0.48.1
  * dparser:
    - fix Issue 19411: increase stack size for DParserCOMServer
    - goto definition on alias: jump to base definition if caret on alias
  * build system
    - fix Issue 19445: Linking to lib under "c:\Program Files (x86)" does not work in Visual D
  * dustmite
    - fix copying project for dustmite with relative paths
    - move command line options to new setup page, add dustmite command line options
  * cv2pdb
    - fix crash if mspdb*.dll cannot be loaded from path
    - emit "elemtype[keytype]" instead of "dAssocArray"
    - fix missing line numbers for new versions of mspdb (e.g. 14.16.27012/VS 15.9)
  * mago: variables captured from stack of outer function not displayed in locals

2019-04-07 Version 0.49.0
  * installation
    - prepare for VS2019: detect installation, build against VS 2019 SDK, Win SDK 10.0.17763.0
    - bugzilla 19690: installer fails to register MSBuild extensions for Visual Studio Build Tools
  * build system
    - now parallel compilation supported by VC projects (thanks to Igor Cesi)
    - add support for recently added command line options -mixin
    - new "Language" configuration page for -betterC, -dipNN and -transition=/-preview=/-revert= options
    - visualdproj: remove support for D1 and ancient/removed options -nofloat and -property
    - visualdproj: replaced -noboundscheck option with -boundscheck=...
    - bugzilla 19558: save all files with compile and run/debug/disassemble
    - fix reading options from vcxproj with compile and run/debug/disassemble
    - bugzilla 19726: VC project using LDC now adds C runtime to linker dependencies
  * dparser
    - catch up with recent language changes: 
      - contract expressions
      - traits can appear everywhere a type can be declared
      - allow @UDA for enumerator values
    - parse __vector and __parameters in IsExpression, evaluate __vector
    - fix parsing character literals with surrogate pairs
    - fix tooltips showing storage classes as type constructors
    - fixed crash with "static foreach"
  * debugger
    - bugzilla 18889: do not forward tooltip to debugger if hovering compile time identifier (type/enum)
  * editor
    - tweaked default colors to better work with dark mode (restart VS and Visual D twice after switch
      between light and dark modes)

2019-04-21 Version 0.49.1
  * fixed reading settings from VC projects in VS2017
  * fixed determining versions from dmd versions no longer supporting -gc
  * fixed reading import path from newer LDC versions
  * added support for VS2019 Update 16.1
  * dparser:
    - jump to original definition if it is not renamed or the caret is on the import
    - fixed import lookup if module name is also a package
    - fixed stack overflows with static foreach
    - fixed infinite loop for cyclic base classes
    - fixed more crashes during semantic highlighting

2019-04-28 Version 0.49.2
  * VS2013/VS2015: VC projects broken in 0.49.1 due to unsupported msbuild variable
  * visualdproj: fixed additional options not passed to single file compilation
  * VS2015: workaround VS not correctly updating extension caches after uninstallation
  * bugzilla 19826: visualdproj projects created for LDC still use DMD

2019-06-23 Version 0.50.0
  * VS 16.1 Preview 2: ignore tracked files in *.delete.*.tlog as dependencies, too
  * now another installer available that includes DMD and LDC
  * installer no longer asks for DMD path when updating existing installation
  * check for updates for Visual D, DMD and LDC, assisted download and install
  * check and report invalid non-empty DMD/LDC installation folders
  * experimental highlight references to the same symbol as the one at the caret
  * VC project:
    - new projects now determine Windows SDK automatically
    - DMD: fix wrong selections for bounds check options
    - LDC: added -mixin option
    - added enable -mixin option to autogenerate files according to the compilation model
    - "New item" now also allows adding D module
    - new option for -extern-std=c++xx
    - new option for -lowmem
    - D-Compiler option missing if no english VS language pack installed
  * visualdproj:
    - Error List: classify warnings and deprecations according to the respective options
    - don't pass -mixin= for the link step
  * bugzilla 19930: visualdproj: fix building projects with "&|<>" in directory names
  * dparser:
    - add semantic coloring for module and package names
  * mago:
    - fixed width of hex display of negative values
    - dynamic type not shown for types that have no members (including interfaces)
    - dynamic type now displayed with the declared type (in braces)
    - determine dynamic type of C++ classes
    - demangle D symbol names
    - regression: use of registers in expression was lost at some point
    - show class and message for exceptions that the debugger breaks on
    - fix conditional breakpoints "not supported"
    - support multiple "live ranges" when LDC uses registers for locals
    - fix evaluating locals in registers
  * slightly change identification of break point locations
  * fixed "go to definition" eventually not jumping to correct line after opening document
  * scale dialogs according to current text font size, i.e. adapt to DPI scaling

2019-09-03 Version 0.50.1
  * msbuild: fix parallel build in VS 2019 16.1
  * msbuild: fix building right after full installation
  * bugzilla 20003: project properties: show "Better C" in option text
  * bugzilla 20004: add button to reset all global settings to their default
  * bugzilla 20005: try to detect VC through ISetupConfiguration, too
  * mago: improve function call in watch window
    - implement virtual functions, fix calling delegates and function pointers
    - display of delegate type
    - support arbitrary return types
    - fix showing UTF32 values (supported by dmd 2.089)
    - fix reading enum values (not emitted before dmd 2.089)
  * VC project: release configurations in new projects now default to -release -O -inline
  * VC project: Compile and Compile/Run/Debug/Disassemble didn't use all command line options,
    Run/Debug now use "dmd -i" instead of "rdmd"
  * version highlighting for source files not in a project now reads settings from startup project
  * highlight x64 registers in asm block
  * don't highlight asm keywords/mnemonics/registers from semantic information
  * VS 2019 16.2: command line options no longer read correctly from the VC project for
    Compile and Run/Debug/Disassemble, dbuild refactored to not rely on msbuild DLLs for that

2020-01-18 Version 0.51.0
  * installer:
    - add sections for "Build Tools VS2017/2019"
    - support more legacy Windows SDKs
    - full installer now bundled with DMD 2.090 and LDC 1.19
  * editor:
    - added option to not show error squiggles and markers
    - Ctrl+Click goto definition added for VS2017+
    - VS2017+: syntax highlighted tool tips
    - added tooltip to collapsed region
    - fix function signature tool tips
    - synchronize known version identifiers with dmd 2.090
  * semantic server
    - experimental: semantic server built from dmd frontend
    - now creates server process per Visual Studio instance
    - improve recovery after semantic server is restarted
    - error list now filled with intellisense errors
  * projects:
    - visualdproj basic DUB support: upgrade and refresh if project contains dub.json or dub.sdl
    - msbuild: pass original variable LinkToolExe to pipelink.exe through environment
    - msbuild: fixed dependency project being marked as "unsuccessfully built" when detecting
      D library requirements
    - removed support for -gc (no longer supported since dmd 2.083)
  * mago:
    - new option "hide reference pointers"
    - new option: "remove leading zeroes from hex values"
    - fix crash expanding pointer to empty dynamic array
    - large arrays: show growing index, fix omitting last element
    - improve AA version detection, adapt to modified hash function
    - VS2019 16.4: fix "Error" shown in tooltip for array elements beyond the actual size

2020-03-23 Version 0.52.0
  * editor:
    - restart semantic analysis if project settings change
    - while showing completions typing more characters no longer restarts analysis, but
      just filters existing results
    - fix parameter info tooltip for functions with function attributes
  * VS 2019 16.1+: the new project dialog now allows filtering by language tag "D"
  * avoid crash due to unhandled exception if checking for updates fails
  * refresh Update page after upgrading
  * mago debugger:
    - lookup symbols as the remainder of globals and present them expandable if ambiguous
    - add option to show length of dynamic array in type column
    - add support for Tuples: recombine fields __<var>_field_%d to an expandable structure
    - fixed displaying dynamic type of C++ classes for x86
  * cv2pdb:
    - fixed debug info conversion error when dchar is used with dmd 2.089+
  * dmdserver:
    - rebased to dmd 2.091.0-beta1
    - all language options are now passed to the engine
    - fixed a couple of crashes (often result in eternally reporting "Anaylzing...")
    - terminate on fatal assertions and let Visual D restart the server
    - improvements for code-completions
    - bugzilla 20660: goto definition on import module doesn't work
  * dparser:
    - added parser support for is(symbol == module/package)
  * projects:
    - added support for -preview=dip1021 (though compiler crashes)
    - added support for -preview=rvaluerefparam
    - added support for -preview=nosharedaccess
    - added support for -HCf (C++ header generation, only vcxproj)
    - LDC with vcxproj: some language options were inaccessible
    - removed legacy support for -property
    - vcxproj: add dbuild.props showing how to setup a project that builds D files without Visual D installed
    - vcxproj: do not check referenced projects if the project itself already needs phobos to be linked
    - vcxproj: only print the filename in the "Compiling" message, not the path

2020-07-04 version 1.0.0
  * projects:
    - trailing \ now removed from $(WindowsSDKVersion)/$(UCRTVersion) for more consistency between
      autodetected version and as read from the environment
    - added global option "Echo batch commands executed" to show commands during builds
    - workaround /noopttls no longer added when building with LDC or dmd 2.076+
  * dmdserver:
    - now built with LDC
    - now enabled by default including semantic highlighting
    - updated to dmd 2.092
    - improve preciseness for the GC
    - fix parameters not considered references to itself
    - fix crash when invoking "Find All References"
    - fixed passing default versions to file not in any project
  * editor with dmdserver:
    - implement "goto definition" by clicking identifier in tool tip
    - add navigation bar
    - fixed "Find in Solution" no longer working in VS 2019 16.6
  * mago debugger
    - can now execute class/struct methods __debugOverview, __debugExpanded, __debugTextView
      to customize display in the debugger
    - experimental: can now display ranges similar to arrays
    - some performance improvements by caching some data while the debuggee is stopped
  * installer:
    - full installer now bundled with dmd 2.092.1 and LDC 1.22.0

2020-08-21 version 1.0.1
  * projects:
    - bugzilla 21024: VS2017/2019 new project: fixed unrelated files listed in New Project Dialog
    - bugzilla 21028: project templates not visible when VS started as standard/restricted user
  * dmdserver:
    - updated to DMD 2.093.1
    - fixed showing documentation for template functions
  * editor:
    - now extra mouse buttons to navigate backward/forward supported
  * mago debugger expression evaluator:
    - fixed wrong values displayed eventually when switching stack frames
  * installer:
    - full installer now bundled with DMD 2.093.1 and LDC 1.23.0

2021-03-02 version 1.1.0
  * dmdserver:
    - updated to frontend of DMD 2.095.1
    - experimental: show parameter storage ref/out/lazy at call site
    - improved handling of symbols in selective imports
  * editor:
    - bugzilla 21239: navigation bar now sorted, symbols starting with "__" moved to the bottom
    - integrated dfmt for "Format Document"
  * installer:
    - full installer now bundled with DMD 2.095.1 and LDC 1.25.0
  * projects:
    - added support for -preview=in and -preview=inclusiveincontracts
    - visualdproj: added macros FULLOUTDIR, FULLINTDIR, INPUTFULLPATH, INPUTFULLDIR, TARGETFULLPATH
      and TARGETFULLDIR for guaranteed absolute paths

2021-04-28 version 1.1.1
  * dmdserver:
    - updated to frontend of DMD 2.096.1
  * debugger:
    - bugzilla 21734: stack overflow when displaying recursive structure with array
  * installer:
    - full installer now bundled with DMD 2.096.1 and LDC 1.25.1

2022-01-15 version 1.2.0
  * added support for VS 2022
  * dmdserver:
    - updated to frontend of DMD 2.098.1
    - bugzilla 21710: Code Completion doesn't work if compiler path contains a white space
    - restrict "errors in imported modules" to a couple of lines
    - added option to restart the semantic analysis if memory usage goes above a given threshold
  * project management:
    - bugzilla 21897: Semicolon inside quotes in path variable causes range violation in pipedmd
    - avoid rebuild when target is also read by compiler (dmd 2.098+)
  * editor:
    - bugzilla 21877: VS2019 crash with "Show parameter storage class at call site"
  * cv2pdb:
    - added support for DWARF5
  * installer:
    - full installer now bundled with DMD 2.098.1 and LDC 1.28.1

2022-06-05 version 1.3.0
  * dmdserver updated to frontend of DMD 2.100.0
  * full installer now bundled with DMD 2.100.0 and LDC 1.29.0
  * bugzilla 22747: D files in VC projects failed to build in VS 2022, added separate versions of
    Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common for 17.0, 17.1 and 17.2.
  * bugzilla 22764: now searches the 32-bit registry hive for install paths of DMD and LDC
  * bugzilla 23069: mago crashing when debugging VARIANT data type in VS 2022
  * bugzilla 23043: project templates missing in VS 2022 until configuration manually updated
  * semantic analysis: without a project loaded, a D file is now analyzed using the compile options
    of "Compile and Run" with an import path derived from the module declaration.
  * visualdproj: exit code printed for failed commands
  * cv2pdb 0.52: improved DWARF support for non-contiguous functions, bug fixes

2022-10-09 version 1.3.1
  * full installer now bundled with DMD 2.100.2 and LDC 1.30.0
  * dmdserver: fixed memory leak
  * fixed building against WinSDK 10.0.22621.0
  * fixed projects no longer considered failing
  * D files in VC projects failed to build in VS 2022 17.3 and 17.4, added separate versions of
    dbuild.17.x.dll linked against respective version of Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common.dll

2023-12-16 version 1.4.0-beta2
  * dmdserver:
    - updated to frontend of DMD 2.106.0
    - now slightly less dependent on D runtime by avoiding lowerings
    - fixed some false memory pointer
    - pass import paths from prerequisite projects to semantic analysis, too
  * full installer now bundled with DMD 2.106.0 and LDC 1.35.0
  * fixed issue 23734: avoid exception by std.file.isDir when clicking a project folder that doesn't exist
  * added separate version of dbuild.dll linked against Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common for VS 17.5 - 17.9
  * updated dfmt library from upstream
  * improved message when dmd crashes
  * "add imports from dependent projects" is now evaluated recursively and passed to semantic analysis
  * added support for compiler option -preview=shortenedMethods
  * fixed issue #264: VisualD doesn't run compiled executable, when I select "Compile and Run" option

2024-02-25 version 1.4.0-rc1
  * dmdserver: updated to frontend of DMD 2.107.0
  * full installer now bundled with DMD 2.107.0 and LDC 1.36.0
  * mago: fix crash due to changed return values from IDiaSession in VS2022, probably fixes
    issue #261
  * fixed issue #269: avoid BOM in response file if system codepage is UTF-8
  * project template cache now removed if Visual D does not find itself in it. Workaround for
    issue #256
  * fixed some version inaccuracies in installation files

2024-07-29 version 1.4.0-rc2
  * updated to frontend of DMD 2.110.0-beta1
  * full installer now bundled with DMD 2.109.1 and LDC 1.39.0
  * added separate version of dbuild.dll linked against Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common for VS 17.10 - 17.11
  * fixed detecting dmd update after 2.108

2024-10-20 version 1.4.0-rc3
  * fixed issue #282: mago now (mostly) calls __debug* methods asynchronously
  * fixed issue #279: mago: display void[] as ubyte[] in the debugger
  * fixed issue #281: mago: dereference pointer with '.' for arrays, too
  * mago: fixed switching GC for funtion evaluation and adapted it to dmd 2.109
  * updated to build with dmd-2.110
  * fixed completion for fields/members of class/struct fields
  * fixed crash if source window closed before semantic analysis callback completed
  * dmdserver: log communication with Visual D to %TEMP%/dmdserver if that folder exists
  * dmdserver: improve completion for member variables, code in switch statement
  * dmdseerver: added option to display type size and alignment in tool tip
  * added separate version of dbuild.dll linked against Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common for VS 17.12

2024-12-07 version 1.4.0-rc4
  * added separate version of dbuild.dll linked against Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common for VS 17.13
  * mago: fixed display of tuples (currently only with LDC)
  * mago: do not hide __param_.. function arguments as compiler generated symbols
  * fixed building with VS 2022

2025-01-03 version 1.4.0-rc5
  * fix selection of dbuild.dll for VS 17.12
  * installer now supports 2 parallel installations of VS 2022

2025-03-02 version 1.4.0-rc6
  * now works with Visual Studio for Windows on ARM64
  * installer now supports 4 parallel installations of VS 2022

2025-03-09 version 1.4.0
  * added separate version of dbuild.dll linked against Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common for VS 17.14
  * mago: fixed showing intellisense information in tool tip while debugging in VS2022
  * mago: expression evaluator now resolves identifiers of named enumerator types
  * full installer now bundled with DMD 2.110.0 and LDC 1.40.0

2025-04-20 version 1.4.1-beta1
  * dmdserver: updated to frontend of DMD 2.111.0
  * full installer now bundled with DMD 2.111.0 and LDC 1.40.1
  * updated to build with dmd-2.111
  * mago: fixed display of AA key in expanded view
  * issue #291: allow overriding the default compiler executable path in the VC project settings
  * issue #296: VC project integration: added support to build for ARM64 with LDC

2025-05-01 version 1.4.1-beta2
  * issue #300: storage class adornments not updated after edits
  * issue #301: mago: strip modifier from type before detecting arrays
  * mago: improved stability when displaying arrays from invalid memory address
  * dmdserver: fixed a couple of assertions causing the server to restart
  * dmdserver: replaced new location storage to avoid leaking memory

2025-05-04 version 1.4.1-beta3
  * mago:
    - the option "Expand strings to show array of characters" had no effect
    - the call stack now displays D expression if "Parameter values" is enabled
    - issue #253: mago: with option "Shorten type names and function names in call stack"
      module names are removed when displayed
    - issue #305: mago: with option "Call property methods implicitly in expression evaluation"
      methods annotated with @property and without arguments are evaluated without parentheses
    - format options could be erratic when executing functions for expression evaluation
    - fixed selecting the zero-argument method in case of multiple overloads
    - added format specifiers 'd' (decimal), 'x' (hex), '@' (evaluate function automatically)
    - added a couple of caches for better responsiveness
    - changed mago options are now applied with the next step in the debugger, no restart of
      the debug session required anymore

2025-07-03 version 1.4.1-beta4
  * mago:
    - added option to select what type of property functions can be implicitly called.
    - fixed calling functions with slices or larger structs as return types
    - improve shortened names in call stack
    - better propagate the raw option modifier (!) to expanded expressions
    - don't fail enumerating child expressions if one fails, show error for this item instead
  * dmdserver: fixed intellisense on TemplateInstance!Argument

2025-07-15 version 1.4.1
  * dmdserver: do not display invalid struct size and alignment in tool tip

2025-09-03 version 1.4.2-beta1
  * dmdserver: fixed error "module specified twice on command line" for same module name in
    different packages
  * dmdserver: added support for importing C files
  * added command "Reset Language Server" to extension menu
  * issue #313: installer now checks whether VS and the C++ development workloads are installed
    and provides some assistance in installing them
  * dbuild: add file imported from C to the dependencies for rebuilding
  * dbuild: add option to set C include search path and C #defines

2025-09-26 version 1.5.0-beta1
  * installer: added support for VS 2026
  * dmdserver:
    - now built with upcoming dmd 2.112 with improved GC performance
    - don't stop analyzing when a static assert is hit
    - add option to display server communication in the output pane
    - some optimizations to to reduce communication overhead
  * fixed WindowsApp template to build with recent DMD

2025-10-12 version 1.5.0-beta2
  * dbuild: add option to select the D runtime: none/druntime/phobos (druntime LDC only)
  * dmdserver:
    - fix always skipping debug statements
    - fix some crashes in the frontend
  * exclude \\.\C: from dependencies generated by LDC v1.40+