Version 2.26 Released!
Posted on Feb. 24, 2016
Approximatrix is happy to announce the release of Simply Fortran 2.26 for both Windows and GNU/Linux. The latest version adds new features on both platforms and addresses existing issues with the development environment and related tools.
Simply Fortran for Windows now ships with GNU Fortran 5.3.0 as well as GNU C and C++ compilers. The new compiler fixes a number of bugs and issues present in the previous version. The development environment now features a "Single Simply Fortran Instance" option to force only a single copy of Simply Fortran to be open at a time. This feature can be useful when opening single Fortran files from Windows Explorer, avoiding multiple Simply Fortran windows being opened. An issue causing the debugger to lock up when an abstract variable is present in Fortran source code has been corrected. A bug related to guessing the location of the underlying debugger settings in the absence of installer-specified settings has been fixed. Issues in AppGraphics related to disappearing menus have been corrected. Font handling in AppGraphics has changed significantly. Font specification will now affect the appearance of all buttons, text boxes, list boxes, etc. in AppGraphics applications. Matching the Windows theme font in AppGraphics is now achieved using a specialized subroutine call.
Simply Fortran for GNU/Linux has received some additional missing features since its last release. Project-wide text searches now can be configured to be case-sensitive, whole-word restricted, or formatted as a regular expression. Searching for project elements can now be restricted by element type. Tooltips showing the full path to files in the Project Outline have been added. Additionally, the toolbar has been updated to include tooltips and reflect the running status of executable projects properly. These additions bring Simply Fortran for GNU/Linux closer to feature parity with its Windows counterpart.
On both platforms, the editor now features autocomplete options for variable declaration statements. This minor change should make adding specifiers to variable declarations slightly faster and simpler.
The latest version is available from each platforms' respective download page:
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