May 10, 2023

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...

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March 30, 2023

Approximatrix is happy to announce the release of Simply Fortran version 3.29 for all supported platforms. The latest release incorporates numerous ease-of-use improvements, bug fixes, and minor bug fixes.

The development environment is now able to detect when the developer's executable crashes. When a crash is detected, Simply Fortran will suggest enabling runtime diagnostics or using the debugger to troubleshoot the crashed program. This change should help address common...

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March 2, 2023

New builds for macOS are now available from the Download page that fixes major issues with the editor when Simply Fortran is in full screen mode. Specifically, the editor would appear to switch to a completely blank screen in an apparent random pattern. The actual cause was the improper treatment of autocomplete and tooltip popups with respect to macOS's windowing system. These new builds, 3890 and higher, should fix this behavior by handling these popups correctly. Fixes for...

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Feb. 10, 2023

Version 3.28 for Windows introduced a number of unforeseen compiler-related issues. Specifically, the promised addition of Link Time Optimization would not work if a space existed in the installation path. Additionally, the upgraded linker caused debugging to fail for all executables. Windows users are encouraged to upgrade to Build 3882 as soon as possible. We are in the process of pushing a release to the Microsoft Store as well that will correct the issues...

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