docs/changelog.md

# Change Log

### Version 24.2
**Important Note:** Before upgrading to this release, all plug-ins installed
via the plug-in repository must be at the most recent release in order to
prevent failures of some plug-ins.

- bug fixes
- Editor
    - Added an Edit menu entry tp convert tabs to spaces manually.
    - Added the capability to show local variables in the outline view.
- File Browser
    - Added the capability to show local variables of functions and methods.
- Project Browser
    - Added the capability to show local variables of functions and methods.

### Version 24.1
- bug fixes
- General
    - Changed debug logging to be directed to a debug log file `eric7_debug.txt` in
      the `.eric7` directory.
- Code Style Checker
    - Updated these checkers to support more cases.
        - Logging
        - Miscellaneous
        - Simplify
    - Extended the documentation style checker to check the tag sequence and the use
      of deprecated tags (eric doc style).
- Editor
    - Added the capability to comment/uncomment/toggle comment for languages
      that do not support single line comments (e.g. HTML uses `<!--` and
      `-->`.
    - Added the capability to search & replace strings containing escape codes
      (like `\n`).
    - Introduced a configurable timeout after which the quick search text occurrences
      are highlighted (if this function is activated).
- File Browser
    - Added context menu entries to show the directory path of an item in an
      external file manager.
- Find In Files
    - Added the capability to search & replace strings containing escape codes
      (like `\n`).
- Multiproject
    - Added the capability to indicate externally removed projects and actions
      to clear them out.
- Project Browser
    - Added context menu entries to show the directory path of an item in an
      external file manager.
    - Added an entry to the background context menu to show the project
      directory in an external file manager.
- Testing
    - Extended the testing dialog to allow filtering of the result list
      based on the result status.
    - Extended the testing dialog to allow to perform a discovery run only and
      just perform selected test cases of this list.
    - Extended the testing dialog to allow to perform the test with debugger
      support (only if the dialog was started from within eric IDE).
- Viewmanager
    - Added `Close Tabs to the Left` and `Close Tabs to the Right` context
      menu entries to the tabview view manager.
    - Added `Close Editors Above` and `Close Editors Below` context menu
      entries to the listspace view manager.
- Virtual Environments
    - Added the capability to search for unregistered Python interpreters in
      order to create an environment entry for those selected by the user.
- Third Party packages
    - Upgraded pip-licenses to version 4.3.3.
    - Upgraded pycodestyle to version 2.11.1.

### Version 23.12
- bug fixes
- General
    - Improved platform support for FreeBSD.
- Debugger
    - Added a configuration option to select whether call trace optimization
      shall be enabled (this requires no function/method definition on the
      first line of a module).
    - Improved the configuration for remote debugging (global and project
      specific).
    - Changed the Python debugger code such, that unhandled exceptions are
      reported always and handled exception only, if the specifically
      requested in the `Start Debugging` dialog.
- Diff Dialog
    - Extended the functionality to accept two files to be diffed via the
      command line.
- Editor
    - Changed the `Auto Save` interval to be in seconds instead of minutes.
      __Note__: The `Auto Save` interval has to be reconfigured!
    - Added the capability to save a modified file automatically when the
      editor looses the focus.
    - Added a button to format underline text of HTML documents.
- Icons
    - Added a configuration option to override the style dependent icon size
      of the tool bars.
- Plugin Repository Dialog
    - Introduced categories to improve the presentation of the list of available
      plugins.
- Syntax Checker
    - Added code to show some per file and overall statistics of the check.
    - Re-introduced the JavaScript syntax checker. This time it is based on
      the `esprima` package.

### Version 23.11
- bug fixes
- General
    - Added the capability to select list entries with a configurable action
      (system default, double click, single click) (see `Interface => Interface`
      configuration page)
- Editor
    - Enhanced the print capability with the configuration of the print
      color mode (e.g. to print an editor with a dark background).
- Project Viewer
    - Added the context menu action "New source file..." to give a more concise
      way to create a new source file.

### Version 23.10
- bug fixes
- General
    - Made the code compatible with Python 3.12.
- Editor
    - Added a typing completer for TOML files.
    - Enhanced the existing completers slightly.
    - Enhanced the 'Search & Replace' widget to allow a mode switching using
      a mode switch button and keyboard shortcuts (see issue 511)
- Mercurial Interface
    - Added the capability to select the branches to be shown to the Log Browser
      window.
- MicroPython
    - Updated the list of known CircuitPython boards.
- pip Interface
    - Added capability to disable display of vulnerability data (e.g. if system
      does not support HTTPS protocol).
- Shell
    - Added some more special commands (% commands). Type `%help` to get a dialog
      listing these commands.
- Syntax Checker
    - Added code to the Python syntax checker to report Python Warnings.
- Third Party packages
    - Upgraded eradicate to version 2.3.0.
    - Upgraded pip-licenses to version 4.3.2.

### Version 23.9
- bug fixes
- MicroPython
    - Added support to set the host name of the device (WiFi and Ethernet).
    - Added support to set the WiFi country code (where supported by the device
      and the installed firmware).
- Project
    - Added capability to configure the project sources directory (e.g. if the
      project uses the 'src' directory layout schema).
- Third Party packages
    - Upgraded pyflakes to version 3.1.0.
    - Upgraded pycodestyle to version 2.11.0.

### Version 23.8
- bug fixes
- General
    - Removed support for Python 3.7 because that is EOL.
- Code Style Checker
    - Added these checkers to support more case.
        - use of sync functions in async functions
- MicroPython
    - Updated the list of known CircuitPython boards.
    - Updated the list of known UF2 capable boards.
- pip Interface
    - Added the capability to repair all dependencies with one button click.
- Shell Window
    - Added more pages to the Shell window configuration dialog.

### Version 23.7
- bug fixes
- Code Style Checker
    - Added these checkers to support more case.
        - property decorator usage
        - PEP-604 style union type annotations
        - deprecated 'typing' symbols (PEP 585)
- MicroPython
    - Added support for Bluetooth for RP2040 based boards (e.g. Pi Pico W).
- pip Interface
    - Added a standalone application for Python package management with `pip`.

### Version 23.6
- bug fixes
- Code Style Checker
    - Updated these checkers to support more cases.
        - Annotations
        - Miscellaneous
        - Name Order
        - Simplify
    - Added these checkers to support more case.
        - unused arguments
        - unused global variables
- MicroPython
    - Added support of th WebREPL device interface available on some boards with
      builtin network capability.
    - Added the capability to enable/disable the WebREPL via the WiFi menu.
- Third Party packages
    - Upgraded pipdeptree to version 2.7.1.
    - Upgraded pip-licenses to version 4.3.1.

### Version 23.5
- bug fixes
- JavaScript Support
    - Removed JavaScript functionality depending on the `jasy` package because it
      has not been maintained for years.
- MicroPython
    - Added support for STLink based devices.
    - Added the capability to select the device path manually in case it could not
      be detected (e.g. because the device does not have a volume name).
    - Added the capability to install the `mpy-cross` compiler from the MicroPython
      page of the configuration dialog.
    - Added a package installer for devices lacking network connectivity and the `mip`
      package manager.
- Plugin Repository
    - Added the capability to enforce the download of plugin packages using the
      `http://` protocol (in case of missing/non-functional system `SSL` libraries).
- Translator
    - Added support for the LibreTranslate translator (see
      https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate).
- Web Browser
    - Added the capability to enforce the download of spell check dictionaries using
      the `http://` protocol (in case of missing/non-functional system `SSL` libraries).

### Version 23.4.2
- bug fixes

### Version 23.4.1
- bug fixes

### Version 23.4
- bug fixes
- Editor
    - Added capability to highlight the area used by a text search (if it is not the
      whole document).
- MicroPython
    - Updated the list of known CircuitPython boards.
    - Updated the list of known UF2 capable boards.
    - Added functionality to search for known boot volumes in the UF2 flash dialog.
    - Added functionality to install packages using `mip` or `upip`.
    - Added support for WiFi enabled boards.
    - Added support for Bluetooth enabled boards.
    - Added support for Ethernet enabled boards.
    - Added support for synchronizing the board time via NTP for network enabled
      boards.
    - Added a dialog to enter the parameters to convert a .hex or .bin firmware
      file to UF2.
- Mini Editor
    - Added capability to highlight the area used by a text search (if it is not the
      whole document).
- Syntax Checker
    - Added the capability to define names to be treated as builtin names by the
      `pyflakes` checker globally (see configuration dialog `Editor => Code Checkers`
      page and on a per project basis (see `Project-Tools => Check => Syntax`).
- Third Party packages
    - Upgraded eradicate to version 2.2.0.
    - Upgraded pipdeptree to version 2.5.2.
    - Upgraded pip-licenses to version 4.1.0.

### Version 23.3
- bug fixes
- MicroPython
    - Updated the list of known CircuitPython boards.
    - Updated the list of known UF2 capable boards.
    - Some smaller enhancements for CircuitPython devices.
    - Added functionality to update modules of CircuitPython devices with `circup`
      (adapted for use within eric-ide).
    - Added functionality to show the installed firmware version and the version
      available on Github (for all boards except 'Calliope mini').
    - Added support for Teensy 4.0 and 4.1 devices with MicroPython.
    - Extended the file manager to be able to load device files into an editor and
      save them back to the device.
- PDF Viewer
    - Added a tool based on `QtPdf` and `QtPdfWidgets` to show the contents of PDF
      files.

### Version 23.2
- bug fixes
- Human Machine Interfaces
    - Changed code to use the default tab bar icon size.
- Debug Client - Python
    - Removed the internal copy of the 'coverage' package and made it a dependency.
- pip Interface
    - Added code to show the full text of security advisories in the package details
      dialog.
    - Added a tab to show the defined project URLs to the package details dialog.
    - Changed the package details dialog to show just those tabs, that contain some
      data.
- Help Viewer
    - Added a configuration option to disable the search for new QtHelp documents
      on startup.
- Web Browser
    - Updated the included 'jquery.js' and 'jquery-ui.js' needed by the Speeddial page
      and adapted this page to the new/changed functions.

### Version 23.1.1
- bug fixes

### Version 23.1
- bug fixes
- Class Browsers
    - Removed the IDL and Protobuf class browsers to include them in their respective
      plugin.
- Code Formatting
    - Added an option to configure the 'known first party' packages to the isort
      configuration dialog.
- Editor
    - Changed the handling of files whose type cannot be determined by the Python
      mimetypes module to check against a list of known text file patterns and
      ultimately asking the user, if the file in question is a text file (see
      `Mimetypes` configuration page).
    - Added a configuration option to disable the source navigator (selector boxes above
      the editor or code outline right of the editor). This is useful e.g. on very small
      screens.
    - Added support for multiple cursor paste.
- Find In Files
    - Added context menu entries in Replace mode to select/deselect all entries
      (e.g. useful for checking big replacement lists for validity).
- MicroPython
    - Updated the list of known CircuitPython boards.
    - Updated the list of known UF2 capable boards.
- Project
    - Extended the list of default file type associations.
    - Added the capability to edit the file type associations from within the
      project properties dialog.
- Project Viewer
    - Removed the CORBA and Protobuf viewers to make them available as plugins.
    - Added a `Collapse all files` entry to the Project Sources viewer.
- Version Control Systems - git
    - Changed git interface code to work with `git worktrees`.
    - Added a dialog to manage worktrees ( `git worktree` commands).
- Third Party packages
    - Upgraded pipdeptree to version 2.3.3.
    - Upgraded pip-licenses to version 4.0.2.
    - Upgraded pycodestyle to version 2.10.0.
    - Upgraded pyflakes to version 3.0.1.

### Version 22.12
- bug fixes
- Code Formatting
    - added an interface to resort the import statements of Python source files with
      the 'isort' utility
- Code Style Checker
    - added a few imports style options and added a sorting function iaw. the 'isort'
      utility
- CycloneDX Interface
    - addad capability to generate readable (prettified) output
- Debugger
    - increased the configuration possibilities for the network interface the debug
      server listens on
    - added the capability to configure the debug server of the IDE to listen at a
      fixed network port (default 35000)
    - added a stack frame selector to the global variables viewer (synchronized with
      the one of the local variables viewer)
- MicroPython
    - introduced a configuration option to enable manual selection of devices
      (e.g. for unknown devices or inside the Linux container of ChromeOS)
- Previewers
    - added a button to copy the contents of the HTML previewer to the clipboard
- Project
    - added capability to reload the current project
- Qt Tools
    - added a configuration option for the path of the 'qhelpgenerator' tool
      (it is installed differently by various Linux distributions)
- Web Browser
    - added bookmark importer entries for
        - Falkon
        - Microsoft Edge
        - Opera (Chromium based)
        - Vivaldi

### Version 22.11.1
- bug fixes

### Version 22.11
- bug fixes
- Debugger
    - added the capability to apply the current selection of the `Variable Types Filter`
      to see its effect
    - added the capability to add a positive (`Show Only`) or negative (`Don't Show`)
      variables filter to the global and local variables viewers
- Editor
    - added a configuration option to reject the loading of a file that exceeds the
      configured size
    - opening a file that is not a text file will be rejected
- Git Interface
    - added support for `git blame --ignore-revs-file` including an action to create
      such a skip list file
- Mercurial Interface
    - added support for `hg annotate --skip` including an action to create a file
      for the commit IDs to be skipped (one per line)
- Project
    - refined the embedded environment handling
    - added a topic to the project properties to define the sources start path within
      the project ('Translations Properties Dialog')
- Scripts
    - renamed 'eric7.py' to 'eric7_ide.py' in order to remove the ambiguity between the
      main script and the package
- Styles and Themes
    - added a style sheet for the dark gray theme
- Translator
    - added the command line switch `--no-multimedia` to forcefully disable the
      pronounce function of the translator widget (in case Qt aborts the application
      start process)
- Various
    - changed the Gmail interface to use the Google API packages for authentication
      (OAuth2) and sending of emails
- Virtual Environments
    - added the capability to enter a descriptive text for a virtual environment
- Third Party packages
    - upgraded coverage to version 6.5.0
    - upgraded pycodestyle to version 2.9.1
    - upgraded pyflakes to version 2.5.0

### Version 22.10
- bug fixes
- API files
    - added API files for the Adafruit CircuitPython Library Bundle
    - updated the CircuitPython API file
- Code Formatting
    - added a Project menu entry to just configure the formatting parameters
    - added the capability to format the source code after a diff or check
      run from within the results dialog
- Code Style Checker
    - added some more security related checks
    - extended the list of miscellaneous checks
- pip Interface
    - changed the pip licenses dialog to show the count of each individual license
- Project
    - added capability to use a virtual Python environment named `.venv` embedded
      within the project directory
    - added a configuration option to save the project automatically whenever it changes
- Testing
    - extended the testing dialog to allow test case filtering on markers (pytest only)
    - extended the testing dialog to allow test case filtering by a list of test name
      patterns (unittest) or test name expression (pytest)
- Translator
    - added support for 'Ukrainian' to the DeepL translator interface
- install scripts
    - modified install.py script to differentiate between optional and required
      dependencies
    - modified the install script such, that the qt6-applications package is only
      installed upon request (--with-tools)
    - extended the install-dependencies.py script to differentiate between optional and
      required dependencies. Invoke it with
      `python3 install-dependencies.py --all | --optional | --required`.

### Version 22.9
- bug fixes
- Code Style Checker
    - extended the Naming style checker to be more PEP8 compliant
    - updated imports checker to support banned module patterns
    - updated the annotations checker to support more cases
    - updated the simplifications checker to support more cases
- Debugger
    - added capability to suppress reporting of unhandled exceptions
- Editor
    - extended the Pygments based lexer to support the various comment variants
- Interface
    - added capability to expand or shrink the sidebar by clicking on the empty
      part of the icon bar
- MicroPython
    - added capability to connect to devices for which only the serial port name
      is available

### Version 22.8
- bug fixes
- API Generator
    - added capability to configure a start directory for the API generation
      process
- Code Documentation Generator
    - added capability to configure a start directory for the documentation
      generation process
- Code Formatting
    - added an interface to reformat Python source code with the 'Black' utility
- Eric Widgets
    - extended EricPathPicker to offer a pathlib.Path based interface
    - extended EricFileDialog to offer a pathlib.Path based interface
    - extended the EricFileDialog Wizard to create the pathlib.Path based methods
- MicroPython
    - updated the list of known CircuitPython boards
    - updated the list of known UF2 capable boards
- pip Interface
    - included a copy of pipdeptree and patched it to work with Python 3.11+
    - added capability to repair dependency issues
    - added capability to generate text for a 'constraints.txt' file
- setup Wizard
    - added support for `project_urls`
    - added support for `entry_points`
    - added a variant to create a `setup.cfg` file
    - added a variant to create a `pyproject.toml` file
- Third Party packages
    - upgraded coverage to version 6.4.2
    - upgraded eradicate to version 2.1.0

### Version 22.7
- bug fixes
- Code Style Checker
    - introduced an additional documentation style type for eric and blacked
      code (i.e. code formatted by the 'Black' tool)
- CycloneDX Interface
    - added capability to create a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) file in
      CycloneDX format
- pip Interface
    - added SBOM capability
- Project
    - added SBOM capability
    - added License to project properties
- Styles and Themes
    - added a style and theme with a dark gray background
- Translator
    - changed DeepL support to the v2 API and added support for the Free API
      next to the Pro API
    - removed the interface to Glosbe as they don't provide an API anymore
    - removed the interface to PROMT as they don't provide a free API anymore
    - upgraded the interfaces to the Google V2 and Microsoft translators
- Virtual Environments
    - added the capability to upgrade a virtual environment

### Version 22.6
- bug fixes
- Dataview Coverage
    - added support to write coverage reports as HTML, JSON or LCOV files
    - removed the support for writing annotated sources
      (deprecated in coverage.py)
- Mercurial Interface
    - added configuration option to override the automatic search for the hg
      executable
- MicroPython
    - updated the list of known CircuitPython boards
    - updated the list of known UF2 capable boards
- pip Interface
    - added a filter to the package licenses dialog
- Syntax Checker
    - changed the TOML syntax checker to use 'tomlkit' because 'toml' is no
      longer maintained
- Testing
    - reworked the former unittest interface to allow to support testing
      frameworks other than "unittest"
    - implemented support for the "unittest" and "pytest" frameworks
- Wizards
    - extended the QInputDialog wizard to support the `getMultiLineText()`
      function
- Third Party packages
    - upgraded pip-licenses to version 3.5.4
    - upgraded coverage to version 6.4.0

### Version 22.5
- bug fixes
- General
    - added configuration options to disable the embedded `Find/Replace In
      Files` and `Find File` tools and use dialog based variants instead
- Mercurial Interface
    - added capability to enter a revset expression when defining a revision
      to operate on
- pip Interface
    - added the capability to save the licenses overview as a CSV file

### Version 22.4
- bug fixes
- General
    - added capability to upgrade PyQt packages eric depends on from within eric
    - added capability to upgrade eric from within eric
- pip Interface
    - added a vulnerability check for installed packages based on "Safety DB"
    - added a widget to show a package dependency tree
    - added a button to search for more packages (i.e. one more page of results)
- Third Party packages
    - upgraded coverage to version 6.3.2
    - upgraded mccabe to version 0.7.0

### Version 22.3
- bug fixes
- General
    - performance improvements
    - added a `__main__.py` script to allow starting eric7 with
      `python3 -m eric7`
- MicroPython
    - enhanced support for ESP32 devices
    - updated the list of known UF2 capable boards

### Version 22.2
- bug fixes
- General
    - dropped support for Python 3.6 because that is end-of-life
- File Browser
    - added capability to open SVG files in the text editor
- Help Viewer
    - added bookmarks to the internal help viewer
- MicroPython
    - updated the list of known CircuitPython boards
    - updated the list of known UF2 capable boards
    - added support for ESP32-C3, ESP32-S2 and ESP32-S3 chips
    - added a dialog to show information for a connected board
- Project Browser
    - added capability to open SVG files in the text editor to the Project
      Others Browser
- Styles and Themes
    - added a dark blueish style (QSS and Highlighters) and an associated theme
      (`dark_blue.ethj` and `dark_blue_with_stylesheet.ethj`)
- Third Party packages
    - upgraded coverage to version 6.2.0

### Version 22.1.1
- bug fix

### Version 22.1
- bug fixes
- Code Style Checker
    - added a checker for various import statement topics
- Color Themes
    - added capability to import and export ALL colors
- Mini Editor
    - added configuration capability
- QSS Previewer
    - added disabled widgets in order to show their colors as well
- Styles and Themes
    - added a dark greenish style (QSS and Highlighters) and an associated theme
      (`dark_green.ethj` and `dark_green_with_stylesheet.ethj`)

### Version 21.12
- bug fixes
- first release of eric7 (i.e. the PyQt6 port of eric6)
- General
    - rearranged the interface and modernized the sidebars layout
    - integrated some dialogs into the sidebars
- Debugger
    - added code to remember the list of recently used breakpoint conditions
      in the editor and the breakpoint viewer
    - added code to enter the script to be run/debugged/... in the start dialog
- Editor
    - added the capability to suppress syntax highlighting by associating
      the file type 'Text'
    - added code to move a breakpoint to a line actually creating some byte code
      (Python only)
    - added mouse button capability to perform undo/redo actions (Extra
      Buttons 1 and 2)
    - added support for 'multi cursor editing' (additional cursors with
      Meta+Alt+Left Click, Esc to end it)
- Find In Files
    - integrated the dialog into the right sidebar
- Help Viewer
    - added an internal help viewer based on QTextBrowser or QWebEngine
- Jedi
    - integrated the Assistant Jedi plugin as a fixed part of eric
    - added code to jump to references when clicked on a definition
    - added support for mouse hover help
    - added support for simple refactorings to the editor context menu
- Plugin Repository
    - added an integrated plugin repository viewer (right side)
- Plugin Uninstall Dialog
    - added capability to uninstall several plugins with one invocation of the
      dialog
- Project
    - added a 'Start' context sub menu to the project sources browser
- Shell
    - added capability to save the contents of the shell window into a file
- Unit Test
    - added capability to remember the most recently used test data
- Viewmanager
    - added a 'Start' sub menu to the tabview and listspace view managers
      context menu
- Virtual Environments
    - integrated the Virtual Environments Manager window into the right side bar
    - added a standalone variant of the Virtual Environments Manager
- Third Party packages
    - upgraded coverage to version 6.1.2
    - upgraded pycodestyle to version 2.8.0
    - upgraded mccabe to version 0.6.1
    - upgraded pyflakes to version 2.4.0