The Cusp Changelog

0.9, September 8, 2007

• Update site for cusp, lisp libraries and sbcl
• Support for Unicode (UTF-8)
• More keybindings for new and old Lisp Actions
• Many features are now customizable through Preferences->Lisp:
• Customizable font coloring
• Which lisp implementation to use
• Controlling contents assist features
• REPL customization options
• Initialization file (file that evaluated after lisp start)
• Improved work with lisp implementations
• Works with all major lisp implementations (CLisp, Allegro, LispWorks)
• Can connect to lisp remotely
• More robust handling of start/quit SBCL on Windows (still not perfect)
• Improved and new development tools
• New Debugger (almost like in SLIME but using Eclipse widgets)
• Pressing q works same way as in SLIME
• automatically jumps to code location when selecting backtraces
• New Threads viewer with ability to pause and kill threads
• New Profiling functions
• New SLIME-like inspector
• Improved compilation warnings and errors
• New file compilation modes:
• Eclipse mode - when a file is saved all its content is recompiled
• Compile on save - only changed forms are recompiled when file is saved
• Slime mode - nothing is compiled when file is saved
• Improved REPL
• (in-package) changes package in REPL
• A button in REPL to interrupt the currently executing command
• Show expression evaluated from file in REPL (customizable)
• History is now shown in dialog box, and can be used without mouse
• Option to log compiler comments to console
• New Library/package management system
• Contains set of basic libraries
• Allows adding a folder to look up libraries (then just put your library there and it will be available)
• Load Package dialog can be used to load libraries - it shows all available libraries, for each library it shows short info and links to documentation
• Improved Editor
• New Actions:
• Evaluate Current Expression
• Select Current Expression
• Expand Selection
• Evaluate File
• Jump Forward (to next s-expression)
• Jump Back (to previous s-expression)
• Commenting (wraps/unwraps selection into #| |#)
• More robust coloring
• More robust indentation
• Highlighting of current s-expression
• Folding is updated as document is changed, not when it is saved
• Folds on "sections"
• Option to auto close (), "", #| |#
• Fixed double clicking to select whole identifier rather than word between '-'
• Ctrl+Click navigates to definition of a symbol
• Improved Outline
• Updates as document is changed, not when it is saved
• New sort by position
• New "sections" as possible outlining elements (A "section" is specified by ';;;;< Section name > description' comment)
• Shows quick doc tooltip (if available) when mouse hover over an element of outline
• Improved Navigator
• Popup menu item to load a file
• Lisp project wizard can specify the location of the project
• Quick assist improvements
• Entire argument list is in bold
• Fuzzy auto completions
• Quick doc for symbols in auto completion list
• Improved ListDialog used in displaying OpenDefinition, Find Calles, FindCallers:
• Displays images next to each choice
• Has type-ahead find
• New Task list (comments with TODO: automatically added to task list)
• Lots of bug fixes and small improvements

0.8.0, Feb 14, 2007

• Fresh SBCL build (1.0.2.21).
• Added "Find Callees" and "Find Callers."
• Added a "Load Asd" context menu option to .asd files.
• Added a "Delete .fasls" context menu option to projects.
• Now open source.

0.7.5, Nov 12, 2006

• As always, includes the latest and greatest SBCL build (0.9.18.45).
• Repl should work properly when in read mode (for example, when you execute (read-line)).
• Repl will now change color to indicate what mode it's in
• Tooltips are specialized for make-instance to tell you precisely what initargs that object has.
• More better Lisp indentation: should work properly for labels, flet, and macrolet now.

0.7.0, Nov 5, 2006

• Includes the latest and greatest SBCL build, naturally.
• New lisp projects will now be automatically created with an asd and defpackage file.
• Added the ability to change the font size of the REPL.
• Various UI improvements to the Outline view.
• The button to restart the Lisp instance should work now.
• Alt+E should now properly display the result of evaluating the current expression.
• Fixed a display bug that sometimes caused certain outputs to not show up.