Simply Fortran 3.30 Released

The team at Approximatrix is happy to announce the release of version 3.30 of Simply Fortran for Windows, macOS, and GNU/Linux. This latest release introduces modern user interface updates to the Windows edition, fixes numerous, minor bugs, and brings new features to improve ease-of-use.

On all platforms, Simply Fortran should now display images when selected in a project rather than opening nonsense binary data in a editor tab. Additionally, on Windows, executables will list any known symbols present in the executable rather than attempting to display binary data in an editor tab.

On Windows, users on Windows 10 or higher will notice that, by default, the menu will now appear within the title bar, utilizing previously wasted space in the user interface. This new mode can be switched off in Appearance and Behavior Options as usual. All features should continue to work as expected with the introduction of this modernization. Scrollbars on Windows should now be drawn in black in almost all cases if the current theme uses a darkened background, fixing a major eyesore when using Simply Fortran with darker themes.

On macOS, issues with linking flags for Aplot are fixed. In addition, Aplot executables will now suggest a screenshot with instructions when "Save" is clicked due to the deprecation of routines previously used to capture and save window contents. Hotkeys to perform alternate searches in the quick search box now use the Option modifier key on macOS, and the hotkeys are now functional. Simply Fortran should now be aware of the existence of Homebrew on macOS, and environment variables should initialize properly when starting Simply Fortran. In the Project Options dialog, a convenience button in the File Locations category will allow adding Homebrew directories to search paths quickly if Homebrew is detected. Due to a major bug in the toolkit with which Simply Fortran is built, autocompletion on macOS is currently disabled until the toolkit can be updated.

The AppGraphics library has been updated to include visibility subroutines for Windows controls. Any control can now be hidden or shown programmatically, which should improve the ability to build complex user interfaces in Fortran or C.

The latest release is currently available on the Download page.