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Version History

2025-03-14 Version 1.4.0

fixed msbuild integration for VS 2022 17.5 - 17.14
now works with Visual Studio for Windows on ARM64
dmdserver:
- updated to frontend of DMD 2.110.0
- now slightly less dependent on D runtime by avoiding lowerings
- fixed some false pointers causing memory leaks
- pass import paths from prerequisite projects to semantic analysis, too
- log communication with Visual D to %TEMP%/dmdserver if that folder exists
- improve completion for member variables, code in switch statement
- fixed completion for fields/members of class/struct fields
- added option to display type size and alignment in tool tip
mago debugger extension:
- fix crash due to changed return values from IDiaSession in VS2022, probably fixes issue #261
- fixed issue #282: now (mostly) calls __debug* methods asynchronously
- fixed issue #279: display void[] as ubyte[] in the debugger
- fixed issue #281: dereference pointer with '.' for arrays, too
- fixed switching GC for funtion evaluation and adapted it to dmd 2.109
- fixed display of tuples (currently only with LDC)
- do not hide __param_.. function arguments as compiler generated symbols
- fixed showing intellisense information in tool tip while debugging in VS2022
- expression evaluator now resolves identifiers of named enumerator types
language service:
- fixed issue 23734: avoid exception by std.file.isDir when clicking a project folder that doesn't exist
- updated dfmt library from upstream
- improved message when dmd crashes
- "add imports from dependent projects" is now evaluated recursively and passed to semantic analysis
- added support for compiler option -preview=shortenedMethods
- fixed issue #264: VisualD doesn't run compiled executable, when I select "Compile and Run" option
- fixed issue #269: avoid BOM in response file if system codepage is UTF-8
- fixed detecting dmd update after 2.108
- updated to build with dmd-2.110
- fixed crash if source window closed before semantic analysis callback completed
- fixed building with VS 2022
installer:
- full installer now bundled with DMD 2.110.0 and LDC 1.40.0
- installer now supports 4 parallel installations of VS 2022
- project template cache now removed if Visual D does not find itself in it. Workaround for issue #256
- fixed some version inaccuracies in installation files

2022-09-10 Version 1.3.1

full installer now bundled with DMD 2.100.2 and LDC 1.30.0
dmdserver: fixed memory leak
fixed building against WinSDK 10.0.22621.0
fixed projects no longer considered failing
D files in VC projects failed to build in VS 2022 17.3 and 17.4, added separate versions of dbuild.17.x.dll linked against respective versions of Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common.dll

2022-06-05 Version 1.3.0

dmdserver updated to frontend of DMD 2.100.0
full installer now bundled with DMD 2.100.0 and LDC 1.29.0
bugzilla 22747: D files in VC projects failed to build in VS 2022, added separate versions of Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common for 17.0, 17.1 and 17.2.
bugzilla 22764: now searches the 32-bit registry hive for install paths of DMD and LDC
bugzilla 23069: mago crashing when debugging VARIANT data type in VS 2022
bugzilla 23043: project templates missing in VS 2022 until configuration manually updated
semantic analysis: without a project loaded, a D file is now analyzed using the compile options of "Compile and Run" with an import path derived from the module declaration.
visualdproj: exit code printed for failed commands
cv2pdb 0.52: improved DWARF support for non-contiguous functions, bug fixes

2022-01-15 Version 1.2.0

added support for VS 2022
dmdserver:
- updated to frontend of DMD 2.098.1
- bugzilla 21710: Code Completion doesn't work if compiler path contains a white space
- restrict "errors in imported modules" to a couple of lines
- added option to restart the semantic analysis if memory usage goes above a given threshold
project management:
- bugzilla 21897: Semicolon inside quotes in path variable causes range violation in pipedmd
- avoid rebuild when target is also read by compiler (dmd 2.098+)
editor:
- bugzilla 21877: VS2019 crash with "Show parameter storage class at call site"
cv2pdb:
- added support for DWARF5
installer:
- full installer now bundled with DMD 2.098.1 and LDC 1.28.1

2021-04-28 Version 1.1.1

dmdserver:
- updated to frontend of DMD 2.096.1
debugger:
- bugzilla 21734: stack overflow when displaying recursive structure with array
installer:
- full installer now bundled with DMD 2.096.1 and LDC 1.25.1

2021-02-02 Version 1.1.0

dmdserver:
- updated to frontend of DMD 2.095.1
- experimental: show parameter storage ref/out/lazy at call site
- improved handling of symbols in selective imports
editor:
- bugzilla 21239: navigation bar now sorted, symbols starting with "__" moved to the bottom
- integrated dfmt for "Format Document"
installer:
- full installer now bundled with DMD 2.095.1 and LDC 1.25.0
projects:
- added support for -preview=in and -preview=inclusiveincontracts
- visualdproj: added macros FULLOUTDIR, FULLINTDIR, INPUTFULLPATH, INPUTFULLDIR, TARGETFULLPATH and TARGETFULLDIR for guaranteed absolute paths

2020-08-23 Version 1.0.1

dmd based semantic engine:
- updated to DMD 2.093.1
- fixed showing documentation for template functions
editor: now extra mouse buttons to navigate backward/forward supported
project management:
- bugzilla 21024: VS2017/2019 new project: fixed unrelated files listed in New Project Dialog
- bugzilla 21028: project templates not visible when VS started as standard/restricted user
mago debugger expression evaluator: fixed wrong values displayed eventually when switching stack frames
installer: full installer now bundled with DMD 2.093.1 and LDC 1.23.0

2020-07-04 Version 1.0.0

project management:
- trailing \ now removed from / for more consistency between autodetected version and as read from the environment
- added global option "Echo batch commands executed" to show commands during builds
- workaround /noopttls no longer added when building with LDC or dmd 2.076+
dmdserver:
- now enabled by default including semantic highlighting
- updated to dmd 2.092
- fix parameters not considered references to itself
- fix crash when invoking "Find All References"
- fixed passing default versions to file not in any project
- now built with LDC
- improve preciseness for the GC
editor with dmdserver:
- implement "goto definition" by clicking identifier in tool tip
- add navigation bar
- fixed "Find in Solution" no longer working in VS 2019 16.6
mago debugger
- can now evaluate class/struct methods/fields __debugOverview, __debugExpanded, __debugTextView to customize display in the debugger
- experimental: can now display ranges similar to arrays
- some performance improvements by caching some data while the debuggee is stopped
installer:
- full installer now bundled with dmd 2.092.1 and LDC 1.22.0

2020-03-23 Version 0.52.0

editor:
- restart semantic analysis if project settings change
- while showing completions typing more characters no longer restarts analysis, but just filters existing results
- fix parameter info tooltip for functions with function attributes
VS 2019 16.1+: the new project dialog now allows filtering by language tag "D"
avoid crash due to unhandled exception if checking for updates fails
refresh Update page after upgrading
mago debugger:
- lookup symbols as the remainder of globals and present them expandable if ambiguous
- add option to show length of dynamic array in type column
- add support for Tuples: recombine fields __<var>_field_%d to an expandable structure
- fixed displaying dynamic type of C++ classes for x86
cv2pdb:
- fixed debug info conversion error when dchar is used with dmd 2.089+
dmdserver:
- rebased to dmd 2.091.0-beta1
- all language options are now passed to the engine
- fixed a couple of crashes (often result in eternally reporting "Analyzing...")
- terminate on fatal assertions and let Visual D restart the server
- improvements for code-completions
- bugzilla 20660: goto definition on import module doesn't work
dparser:
- added parser support for is(symbol == module/package)
projects:
- added support for -preview=dip1021
- added support for -preview=rvaluerefparam
- added support for -preview=nosharedaccess
- added support for -HCf (C++ header generation, only vcxproj)
- LDC with vcxproj: some language options were inaccessible
- removed legacy support for -property
- vcxproj: add dbuild.props showing how to setup a project that builds D files without Visual D installed
- vcxproj: do not check referenced projects if the project itself already needs phobos to be linked
- vcxproj: only print the filename in the "Compiling" message, not the path

2020-01-18 Version 0.51.0

installer:
- add sections for "Build Tools VS2017/2019"
- support more legacy Windows SDKs
editor:
- Ctrl+Click goto definition added for VS2017+
- VS2017+: syntax highlighted tool tips
- added tooltip to collapsed region
- added option to not show error squiggles and markers
- fix function signature tool tips
- synchronize known version identifiers with dmd 2.090
semantic server
- experimental: semantic server built from DMD frontend
- now creates server process per Visual Studio instance
- improve recovery after semantic server is restarted
- error list now filled with intellisense errors
projects:
- visualdproj basic DUB support: upgrade and refresh if project contains dub.json or dub.sdl
- msbuild: pass original variable LinkToolExe to pipelink.exe through environment
- msbuild: fixed dependency project being marked as "unsuccessfully built" when detecting D library requirements
- removed support for -gc (no longer supported since dmd 2.083)
mago:
- new option "hide reference pointers"
- new option: "remove leading zeroes from hex values"
- fix crash expanding pointer to empty dynamic array
- large arrays: show growing index, fix omitting last element
- improve AA version detection, adapt to modified hash function
- VS2019 16.4: fix "Error" shown in tooltip for array elements beyond the actual size

2019-09-03 Version 0.50.1

installer:
- msbuild: fix building right after full installation
- bugzilla 20004: add button to reset all global settings to their default
- bugzilla 20005: try to detect VC through ISetupConfiguration, too
VC project:
- bugzilla 20003: project properties: show "Better C" in option text
- release configurations in new projects now default to -release -O -inline
- Compile and Compile/Run/Debug/Disassemble didn't use all command line options, Run/Debug now use "dmd -i" instead of "rdmd"
- fix parallel build in VS 2019 16.1
- VS 2019 16.2: fix command line options no longer read correctly from the VC project for Compile and Run/Debug/Disassemble
editor:
- version highlighting for source files not in a project now reads settings from startup project
- highlight x64 registers in asm block
- don't highlight asm keywords/mnemonics/registers from semantic information
mago:
- improve function call in watch window
  - implement virtual functions, fix calling delegates and function pointers
  - display of delegate type
  - support arbitrary return types
- fix showing UTF32 values (supported by dmd 2.089)
- fix reading enum values (not emitted before dmd 2.089)

2019-06-23 Version 0.50.0

installer:
- now another installer available that includes DMD and LDC
- installer no longer asks for DMD path when updating existing installation
- check for updates for Visual D, DMD and LDC, assisted download and install
- check and report invalid non-empty DMD/LDC installation folders
- VC project: D-Compiler option missing if no english VS language pack installed
VC project:
- new projects now determine Windows SDK automatically
- DMD: fix wrong selections for bounds check options
- LDC: added -mixin option
- added enable -mixin option to autogenerate files according to the compilation model
- "New item" now also allows adding D module
- new option for -extern-std=c++xx
- new option for -lowmem
visualdproj:
- VS 16.1 Preview 2: ignore tracked files in .delete..tlog as dependencies, too
- Error List: classify warnings and deprecations according to the respective options
- don't pass -mixin= to the link step
- bugzilla 19930: visualdproj: fix building projects with "&|<>" in directory names
dparser:
- add semantic coloring for module and package names
- experimental highlight references to the same symbol as the one at the caret
mago:
- fixed width of hex display of negative values
- dynamic type not shown for types that have no members (including interfaces)
- dynamic type now displayed with the declared type (in braces)
- determine dynamic type of C++ classes
- demangle D symbol names
- regression: use of registers in expression was lost at some point
- show class and message for exceptions that the debugger breaks on
- fix conditional breakpoints "not supported"
- support multiple "live ranges" when LDC uses registers for locals
- fix evaluating locals in registers
slightly change identification of break point locations
fixed "go to definition" eventually not jumping to correct line after opening document
scale dialogs according to current text font size, i.e. adapt to DPI scaling

2019-04-28 Version 0.49.2

VS2013/VS2015: VC projects broken in 0.49.1 due to unsupported msbuild variable
visualdproj: fixed additional options not passed to single file compilation
VS2015: workaround VS not correctly updating extension caches after uninstallation
bugzilla 19826: visualdproj projects created for LDC still use DMD

2019-04-21 Version 0.49.1

fixed reading settings from VC projects in VS2017
fixed determining versions from dmd versions no longer supporting -gc
fixed reading import path from newer LDC versions
added support for VS2019 Update 16.1
dparser:
- jump to original definition if it is not renamed or the caret is on the import
- fixed import lookup if module name is also a package
- fixed stack overflows with static foreach
- fixed infinite loop for cyclic base classes
- fixed more crashes during semantic highlighting

2019-04-07 Version 0.49.0

installation
- prepare for VS2019: detect installation, build against VS 2019 SDK, Win SDK 10.0.17763.0
- bugzilla 19690: installer fails to register MSBuild extensions for Visual Studio Build Tools
build system
- now parallel compilation supported by VC projects (thanks to Igor Cesi)
- add support for recently added command line options -mixin
- new "Language" configuration page for -betterC, -dipNN and -transition=/-preview=/-revert= options
- visualdproj: remove support for D1 and ancient/removed options -nofloat and -property
- visualdproj: replaced -noboundscheck option with -boundscheck=...
- bugzilla 19558: save all files with compile and run/debug/disassemble
- fix reading options from vcxproj with compile and run/debug/disassemble
- bugzilla 19726: VC project using LDC now adds C runtime to linker dependencies
dparser
- catch up with recent language changes:
  - contract expressions
  - traits can appear everywhere a type can be declared
  - allow @UDA for enumerator values
- parse __vector and __parameters in IsExpression, evaluate __vector
- fix parsing character literals with surrogate pairs
- fix tooltips showing storage classes as type constructors
- fixed crash with "static foreach"
debugger
- bugzilla 18889: do not forward tooltip to debugger if hovering compile time identifier (type/enum)
editor
- tweaked default colors to better work with dark mode (restart VS and Visual D twice after switch between light and dark modes)

2018-12-22 Version 0.48.1

dparser:
- fix Issue 19411: increase stack size for DParserCOMServer
- goto definition on alias: jump to base definition if caret on alias
build system
- fix Issue 19445: Linking to lib under "c:\Program Files (x86)" does not work in Visual D
dustmite
- fix copying project for dustmite with relative paths
- move command line options to new setup page, add dustmite command line options
cv2pdb
- fix crash if mspdb*.dll cannot be loaded from path
- emit "elemtype[keytype]" instead of "dAssocArray"
- fix missing line numbers for new versions of mspdb*.dll (e.g. 14.16.27012/VS 15.9)
mago
- variables captured from stack of outer function not displayed in locals

2018-12-02 Version 0.48.0

installation
- installer and binaries now digitally signed by the "D Language Foundation"
- fixed uninstallation for VS2017
- installation for VS2013+ now uses PackageManifest format instead of Vsix
- VS2017: loading the Visual D package could crash with some VS installation "ids""
- avoid initial error message regarding altered assemblies with same version
- fix installation of the D icon for the solution explorer in VS2017
- installer hides options for VS2005-VS2012 if not installed
- remove old extension folders before installation
new project wizard
- restore project templates for VS2008, new project wizard doesn't work there'
- mixed D/C++ VC project: optionally adding main in C++, setup precompiled headers
- new VCProject: now uses as WindowsTargetPlatformVersion to avoid defaulting to Windows SDK 8.1
settings
- fix default library path if UCRT has different version than SDK
- VS2017: D compiler installation paths and "demangle link errors" are now saved to "HKCR\Softwre\Visual D" to be picked up by msbuild
- show detected compiler version below installation path
- removed option "parse source for syntax errors", now always on
- removed option "expansions from text buffer", now always off
- removed option "use semantic analysis for goto definition", now always on
- removed option "override linker settings from sc.ini", always on as linker no longer set in sc.ini since dmd 2.079
- removed option "additional linker options", it was invisible anyway
- rearrange settings to better show their scope
build system
- fixed linking privatephobos.lib if intermediate dir different from output dir
dparser
- semantic analysis did not work if "parse source for syntax errors" was disabled
- no semantic info for a package if any file in the package has fatal parser error
- now has semantic support for static foreach (thanks to Alexander Bothe)
- fixed "Find references"
- added experimental option to show value of constants in tooltip
- the last user specified version was prepended to "Windows"
- predefined versions now evaluated by compiler invocation
- experimental: option to enable semantic identifier highlighting
- 'virtual' no longer considered a keyword
- updated list of traits for completion
- fix crash with dub generated project
- add 'typeof' to completion where 'typeid' is valid, too
mago
- added option to show base class fields as direct fields
- allow suffix 'h' for hex numbers for better interoperablility with VS disassembly
- concord: can now show return values of functions stepped over (not slices or delegates on x64 or small non-POD-structs)
- concord: fix crash when showing children in data tooltip (mostly occured in VS2017)
- concord: allow dragging addresses to the disassembly window
- engine: Fix the way the debugger steps over instructions with REP prefix.
- engine: the disassemble view now supports SSE4 and AVX
- detect AA if type ends with "]", but not with "[]"
- fix crash in VS if a value is marked expandable, but doesn't yield any children
- fix .ptr property of static array if it is a struct/class member
- add option to disable strings to be expandable
- support showing closure and capture variables as locals for dmd 2.084
cv2pdb
- can now detect VS2017 via Setup-COM-API
- some DWARF fixes
editor
- when pasting code to D source file newlines are adapted to surrounding code
- added outlining for case statements
- implemented commands View.PopBrowseContext and View.ForwardBrowseContext
- reindent if multiple lines added by completion
- tweaked formatting for enumerators, struct and array initializers
- added option to not indent case statements
fixed "Compile and Run" on selection
fix help via F1 for dmd 2.072+

2018-06-24 Version 0.47.0

build system
- msbuild:
  - improved dependency handling for single/package file compilation (thanks to Igor Cesi)
  - LDC now assumed to be multilib installation, i.e. 64-bit lib folder is "lib64", not "lib"
  - Issue 18641: phobos/druntime libraries automatically added to link if any D file is compiled in the project or a dependent static library (without -betterC)
  - Issue 18640: settings now default to mago debug engine (avoiding deprecation warning)
  - to use LDC within VS2017, set "InstallationFolder" in registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\LDC
  - now demangles linker errors (if not disabled on global options page)
- new project wizard for customizing generated projects, with only two types to select from
- new icons for project templates based on vcxproj
- support option -gf (emit debug information for referenced types)
mago:
- hex values now lower case for consistency with C++ debugger
- no longer shows void pointers as expandable
- show vtable of classes and interfaces as __vfptr (also allowed in watches, enable/disable on Tools->Options->Debugging-Mago page, not with LDC)
- shows symbol names for pointers if found in image
- pointers: also show value for pointee, remove additional indirection for complex types
- support to call functions and delegates without arguments from watch window (dmd win64 only, no slice or delegate return values)
- can now show the dynamic type of an interface
cv2pdb:
- DWARF: several bug fixes and minor enhancements
- can now convert DBG files alongside exe/dll
miscellaneous
- dparser: support 'do' instead of 'body'
- Issue 18622: removed outdated information regarding link definition when generated by Visual D DLL project.

2017-12-02 Version 0.46.0

installation
- fix detection of Windows 10 SDK, also define $(WindowsSdkVersion)
- VS2017: fixed registration of exception settings
build system
- add workaround for broken TLS when linking with link.exe from VS2017 update 15.3.1
- build single object file to intermediate directory rather than output folder
- intermediate executable for cv2pdb now written to intermediate directory
- custom build batch files now written to intermediate directory
- use "if %errorlevel% neq 0" instead of "if errorlevel 1" in batches to capture crashes, too
- fix default executable search path for LDC assuming a 64-bit compiler executable (avoids linker error -1073741701)
- added *.tlog to default files to clean
- add import library to project outputs if "create import library" enabled
- added linker options to configure map file, import library and PDB file
- LDC: add option to link against debug runtime library
- LDC: no longer tries to run cv2pdb
- LDC: if -mtriple= or -march= is specified as additional option, don't emit -m32 or -m64
- built with 2.077 to support new symbol mangling
dparser:
- when building with LDC, use import path from its config file instead of DMDs' sc.ini
- parse "static foreach" (but no semantic analysis)
- for syntax errors underline the full token, not only the first character
mago: fix string display for LDC builds
cv2pdb
- now also search VS2017 registry entries to find mspdb140.dll
- fix working with the VS2017 update 15.3.1
- allow converting larger binaries by marking it "large address aware"
- DWARF: fix crash with AUX data in symbol table
improve handling of non-ASCII installation paths:
- use unicode aware version of NSIS, register through wide string API of rundll32
- parse sc.ini with current code page
- pipedmd: pass wide string command line to sub process
- convert MS linker response file to UTF16
fixed spurious freeze in precise GC (mostly during startup)
indentation of lambdas as parameter arguments now aligns statements on tab stops
required OS version for executables restored to 5.01 to support Windows XP

2017-08-17 Version 0.45.1

installation
- now building against the VC runtime (-m32mscoff) instead of the DigitalMars runtime to avoid anti-virus programs blocking the installation or execution
DParser semantic engine:
- "add import path of project dependencies": implicit import directories not passed to semantic analyzer
- tooltip for selective imports now show the aliased definition, not the alias
- improved tooltips: show fully qualified name, show initializer for constants, better display for enum and aliases
- fixed completion or tooltips sometimes not working before modifying source code
build system
- fix dependencies for custom build rules if file names contain spaces
- fix tracker invocation if the VS2015 version is found through PATH
mago debugger:
- fix displaying long strings as empty
build
- update vsi2d to Windows SDK 10.0.15063.0
- Visual D now buildable with VS2017

2017-08-01 Version 0.45.0

installation
- read default DMD installation path from Visual D or DMD registry key, if not available in VS registry hive
- UCRT version detection: ignore directories that do not start with a digit (e.g. from DDK)
- bugzilla Issue 17384: fix default executable search path for LDC/x64 under VS2017
editor
- fix crash when editing dub.json when part of a project
- added task list support for files loaded into the editor
DParser semantic engine:
- added support for function attributes @nogc and scope, align(expression)
- cache semantic results until next edit
- break endless loop due to unresolved selective import
- fix for no expansions for symbols from public import in imported module
- try dparser as fallback if goto definition on import fails
- fix exception in isExpression
build system
- use generic file system tracking instead of compiler switch -deps=
- fixed tracker.exe not found in VS2015 and VS2017
- new project option "Add import paths of project dependencies"
- fixed Compile and Run/Debug if building through MS-COFF and not having VS selected in sc.ini
- /MAPINFO: remove ancient options no longer supported by the MS linker
- separated compile and link into two batches so compile skipped if only link inputs changed
- dependency monitoring: added option to specify files/folders to exclude from dependency check
- mark html output log as UTF-8 encoded
mago debugger:
- fixed memory leaks that could also prohibit compilation due to PDB file still open
- add debugger options page to allow hiding internal locals and static members
- can now show registers in expressions
- show static members and base class with different icons
- fixed x64 debugger failing to start
- cv2pdb: added support for AA display in mago
- fixed loading PDB file when only VS2017 is installed
cpp2d
- add missing default to switch()
- ensure space between identifiers
- fix module name for translated C-files

2017-04-02 Version 0.44.2

fixed building private phobos with recent dmd
fixed freeze during semantic analysis
bugzilla 17254: close and reopen completion box if results added
fix link to build log: replace spaces with %20
added VC project integration for VS2017

2017-03-12 Version 0.44.1

bugzilla 17252: Fixed bad character inserted into the executable search path default

2017-03-12 Version 0.44

installation
- added preliminary support for VS 2017 RC
- new version scheme removing the gratuitious .3 from the Visual D version
project management
- added integration with msbuild and VC++ projects
- can now read and write Mono-D project files (but likely to be incomplete because this was a failed attempt to integrate with msbuild and the VC projects)
- when linking with MS linker, options for the map file broke the command line
- bugzilla 16063: missing option -L/DLL when linking a DLL with MS linker
- added $(Platform) as a settings macro replacement in addition to $(PlatformName)
- changed default output directory to $(PlatformName)/$(ConfigurationName)
- added x64 configurations to project templates
- added project template to build with DMD, LDC and GDC for x86 and x64
- building a library with LDC now always adds "-oq -od=$(IntDir)" to the command line
mago:
- bring back support to run on Windows XP
- display const modifier on type, recover string types
- add and install Concord debug engine plugin for VS 2012-2015
cv2pdb:
- fix crashes with very long symbols
- can now be enabled independently of debug engine
language service
- added automatic brace completion
- dparser: semantic analysis no longer times out after 500ms, but cancels previous requests
- dparser: improved performance by adding name lookup cache
- Improvements to completion lists:
  - completion box no longer pops up if caret has been moved elsewhere
  - new option to disable exact start match (searches case insensitive sub string)
  - free functions show different icon than member functions
  - aliases show other icon than variables
  - new sorting modes "by type" using classification by the semantic engine, "by declaration", effectively using scopes as discovered by the semantic engine
  - without any match, still keep the completion box open to update when deleting the last character
  - less flashing when updating the results
  - code snippets now added to possible expansions
build
- now builds with dmd 2.073
- added AppVeyor integration builds
- VS SDK 2013 now needed to build Visual D
miscellaneous
- dustmite: error messages written to stderr not grepped
- menu entries now disabled if they require the focus on a D file, but it is elsewhere
- reduced idle processing by only updating the active view

2015-11-28 Version 0.3.43

installation
- new install adds $(VCInstallDir)\bin to exectuable paths to allow cv2pdb to create PDB files
- moved defaults for resource includes and dmd executable paths from installation to extension init
- tweaked default path and library settings for DMD and LDC
improved VS2015 support
- added detection for Universal CRT in Win10 SDK, new macro replacements $(UCRTSdkDir) and $(UCRTVersion) allow adding library search path to find libucrt.lib
- fixed spurious "not implemented" error in error list of VS 2015
- fix dark theme detection in VS 2015
- fixed calling linker to build with VC runtime of VS2015: legacy_stdio_definitions.lib missing
- VS2015 linker updates logs and telemetry data files, confusing tracked linker dependencies. Now ignoring files that are both read and written.
project management
- New item: the module name no longer has a preceding '.' when guessing a package name
- renamed command "Add Folder" in project folder context menu to "Add Filter"
- added command "Add Folder" to project folder context menu that actually creates the folder on disk
- renaming a module in the project tree now reopens it at the previous caret location
- renaming a package in the project tree also renames the folder on disk if it is still empty
- bugzilla 12021: C++ projects (and others probably, too) might not load correctly in a solution
build system
- debug info: added option "suitable for selected debug engine"
- LDC: recent versions build object files into intermediate folder, wrong names passed to linker with "separate compile and link"
- debug option: allow none of -debug and -release to be specified (and fix LDC never to receive the -d-debug option)
- additional options: now replacing newline with space when adding to the command line
- compiling file for syntax check with LDC passed wrong command line option
- pass VSINSTALLDIR in the environment to avoid autodetection by LDC
language service
- the original semantic analysis engine is no longer installed, always using dparser now
- better semantic/colorizer support for versions LDC,CRuntime_Microsoft,CRuntime_DigitalMars and MinGW
- bugzilla 15345: syntax highlighting wrong if asm followed by function attributes
configuration dialogs:
- fixed small fonts in VS2015
- better work with resizeable windows
- scale some controls vertically if there is space
- added browse buttons to path settings
some improvements to the C++ to D conversion wizard:
- don't stop conversion after an unmatched } (this also caused other messages to not be displayed)
- added support for sizeof without parenthesis
- allow namespace scope in type names
- allow virtual destructors
- skip throw function specification
- fix order of identifiers if "#define A B" is converted to an alias
miscellaneous
- dustmite: pattern passed to "find" must always use quotes
- added icons to some commands
- search pane did not save its last state, only when switching between file and symbol search
- replaced ancient pkgcmd.ctc with pkgcmd.vsct that's buildable with newer VS SDKs

2015-8-5 Version 0.3.42

build system
- added new command "DustMite Build Failure" to reduce source of startup project for build error with DustMite
- added integration into the Visual Studio Performance Wizard
- updated "Build Phobos Browse Info" and "Build local version of phobos" for dmd 2.067+
- added project template for console application built with DMD/LDC and x86/x64
- release configurations now enable optimizations and inlining by default
cv2pdb
- last version introduced crashes with DWARF conversions
- now supports info in DWARF sections .debug_frame and .debug_loc for better display of locals
- DWARF debug info now stripped from executable
- support for mspdb140.dll from VS2015
- now writes correct machine type to PDB for x64
mago
- mago is now the default debug engine for new projects
- added support for new AA implementation in dmd 2.068
- preview for structs now shows first members
demangle D/C++ symbols in disassembly with new tool dcxxfilt that supports both gcc and MS C++ mangling.
search file dialog
- the same file is no longer listed multiple times if it is in several projects
- '.', '/' and '' are considered the same in case insensitive non-regex searches to simplify finding a module in a package
- case sensitivity button was restored inverted
installer now shows the version of Visual D about to be installed

2015-5-16 Version 0.3.41

build system
- new linker option "build and use local phobos library" to get a COFF32 version (dmd 2.067+) or add missing debug info (dmd 2.065+)
- workaround for link response file with spaces, but disabled short names on NTFS volume
language service
- dparser updated to cf26dbe426b10957f6364313cc7121e41083bebe with support for new language features in dmd 2.067 and fixing a number of exceptions
- some initial support for finding symbol references
- new command "Compile and Disassemble" to show the disassembly of the current file in the code context window that is automatically synchronized with editor movements
mago debugger
- module list now shows x64 addresses correctly
- verboser output for DLL load/unload
- implement "set next statement"
- callstack: parameter list also showed locals
- disassembly: show symbols, address labels
- fix dstring display
- can list associative array members (needs https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/4473 for Win64, new AA implementation in dmd 2.068 not supported yet, though)
- show exception number for Win32 exceptions
- can now load PDB symbols from Microsoft Symbol Server or local cache folders
- now supports lexical scope blocks (helps C++ and D with https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/2867)
cv2pdb: improvements for DWARF conversion
renaming project configuration did not change respective config on all platforms
profiler window: non-D symbols (e.g. C++ mangled functions) are no longer displayed empty

2015-1-1 Version 0.3.40

build system
- added basic support to compile C/C++ files:
  - new tool "C/C++" that is also auto-detected for usual file extensions
  - common command line options can be specified on the compiler page of the project
  - special command line options can be added per file
  - expands to the compiler executable of the current D compiler: dmc, cl, gcc or clang
  - if "Translate D options" is checked, dmd options for -g, -release, -O are translated to the respective C/C++ compiler option
- Win32/COFF support: check box on Compiler->Output page, new tab in global options
- revamped pipedmd: now uses tracker.exe from MSBuild or WinSDK to monitor dependencies
- custom file properties: edit, change selection and apply could change new selected file
- moved "Other Compiler" option from main project page to compiler page
- added additional options to the resource compiler tool
- separate link could fail if configuration name contains spaces
- bugzilla 13759: $(VSINSTALLDIR)\Common7\IDE now added to the default executable paths
- DMD/x64 linker override settings not saved
- bugzilla 13452: fix file monitoring
language service
- really updated dparser to a6207d6db5e54c68aa4b9db53b702681242d81d5
- updated version identifiers according to http://dlang.org/version.html
- goto definition on import now supports package.d
- build phobos browse info: operated on outdated folder structure of phobos/druntime
- bugzilla 13817: VisualD cannot list members with utf-8 wide characters
- bugzilla 13342: mixin error message now interpreted
- when running/unittesting from within visuald, exception/callstack locations can be jumped to
- bugzilla 13213: there are now both "goto definition" and "goto declaration", where the former will try to find the forward declared symbols through the object browser (including C/C++)
- object browser/symbol search: now filters out __unittest and __invariant symbols
- bugzilla 13616: fix freeze when starting completion at the very first line and column of source
debugger
- new cv2pdb version 0.33
  - did not run on XP anymore due to bad OS version requirements
  - better DWARF location support
add installation for VS2015

2014-10-10 Version 0.3.39

build system
- optlink now always called with /DELEXE to avoid keeping broken binary
- bugzilla 11035: added workaround for bad import library being passed by C/C++ projects
- tweaked "Compile & Run" to distinguish between compile and execution errors
- added "Compile & Debug" command
- add option "up to date with same time" to custom build
- target no longer rebuilt if only custom builds necessary
- add options for -vgc, -gx and -allinst
- removed checkbox for dmd option -quiet
- slightly improved configuration pages by grouping related options
- bugzilla 12584: fixed global options disappearing when resizing window
project management
- bugzilla 13360: implemented automation object methods "DTE" and "Collection"
language service
- added editor margin to display coverage counters and percentage
- support tab/indentation settings set by .editorconfig plugin
- new dparser version: a28aaf67777733b2b70d56fc8cab8b5f296b9745
- syntax highlighting: @nogc added as a keyword
debugger
- new mago version 1.0
  - now supports debugging x64 executables
  - displays static members of classes and structs
  - fixed not closing executable file causing linker to fail when rebuilding
  - fixed breakpoints not set in all instances of a template
  - breakpoints no longer span multiple lines
  - disassembly now shows a maximum of 8 lines of source code before instruction
- new cv2pdb version 0.32
  - DWARF: fixed relocations in .debug_line section
  - tweaked visualizer macros to display void[], limit array preview to 64 entries

2014-04-12 Version 0.3.38

build system
- added support for string import dependencies (needs dmd 2.065)
- Windows SDK 8.0/8.1 detection
- fix bad "\n" in default x64 library search path
- fixed default library path for x64 (contained spaces, but were not quoted, added default for 8.1 SDK)
- fixed passing quoted library paths to linker
- x64 executable and library search path not correctly saved for next VS start
- bugzilla 11962: added option to select the C runtime library when compiling for x64
project management
- fixed project and completion icons being converted to 16 color bitmaps
- add source control support for git in VS2013 (and maybe others)
- bugzilla 12052: improve project automation to mute NuGet (still empty project pretended)
- fix DnD of project items in VS2013
language service
- completion box now displays appropriate icons and tooltip with dparser
- tool tips now expand some Ddoc macros for better readability
- bugzilla 11940: completion on import statements no longer showed folder icons
- bugzilla 11649: completion on selective import now lists identifiers from imported module
- improved integration of Alex Bothe's dparser
- bugzilla 12353: option "Show Type In Tooltip" not saved and restored across restart
debugger
- updated to cv2pdb 0.31
  - support mspdb120.dll from VS 2013
  - bugzilla 11537: improved search for appropriate mspdb*.dll if multiple version of VS installed
  - fix support for DWARF conversion for gcc 4.8
  - bugzilla 11898: cv2pdb: modified visualizer for void[] to also show bytes
- updated to mago 0.9
  - bugzilla 11547: remove error message when stopping debugging
  - bugzilla 11437: debug info rejected if records don't have "recommended" order
  - bugzilla 11030: set breakpoint in all template instances
miscellanea
- update SDK conversion for VS2013 and Windws SDK 8.1
- bugzilla 11786: change some default colors when using dark theme in VS 2012+ (restart required)
- bugzilla 12187: disguise functionality of pipedmd.exe and filemonitor.dll to let it pass most anti-virus checks

2013-11-02 Version 0.3.37

installer:
- fixed regression: VS 2010/2012 extension pkgdef files almost empty
- now has workaround for x64 debugger of Visual Studio 2012 Shell
- installs cv2pdb 0.27 which fixes a crash when converting DWARF from GDC 4.8
- installs mago 0.8 with pdb and embedded breakpoints support
- installer now picks up dmd2 folder from DMD installation
- added support for VS 2013 to installer, removed VS.NET 2003
"Compile and Run":
- no longer adds "--main" automatically
- removed some other implicite command line options that confused rdmd
- fixed quotes in --eval arguments
- didn't save file if it is not part of a project in the solution
syntax/coverage highlighting
- editor always started with coverage highlighting enabled
- Colorize coverage:
  - disabled if lst file older than source file or deleted
  - tweaked line number translation
  - now searches for coverage generated files in last execution folders
  - added new command "Delete Coverage Files"
- after changing the "Colored types" the current editor did not update immediately
- user type colorizer settings were forgotten after editing options
- keywords can now also be colored by adding them to the "Colored types"
DParser
- updated to recent version
- enabled mixin analysis
- pass deprecation flag to engine
- DParser engine now used by default if installed
vdserver
- add __FUNCTION__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ and __MODULE__ as keywords and primary expression
- add __parameters as specification in is-expression
build system
- fixed building with -op and source files on different drive than project
- added file options per configuration
- fixed invoking bad command when no files to compile, but additional arguments set
- added global option to display the reason for building a target
- fixed custom build rules executed twice sometimes
- fixed sc.ini evaluation, added support for sections [Environment32] and [Environment64]
- link dependencies can now also be monitored for the 32-bit MS linker
- added VCINSTALLDIR to the list of available macros
- added different options for executable and library search paths to be used for Win32/x64
- x64: linker settings from sc.ini can be overwritten
- x64: linker no longer invoked through dmd
miscellaneous
- added command "Open Folder in Windows Explorer" to project and folder context menu
- goto definition now falls back to JSON information if semantic analysis yields no result
- improved indentation after opening parenthesis to follow next token
- added commands "Collapse unittests" and "Collapse disabled" to the outlining menu
- dviewhelper.dll from cv2pdb now avoids being unloaded after debugger expression evaluation using visualizers
changed license to Boost

2013-05-10 Version 0.3.36

added debug settings to new DMD/GDC project template
regressions caused by switching to installation as VS2010/VS2012 extension:
- executable path contained untranslated \n
- no Visual D colors added
only force separate link if "Monitor OPTLINK dependencies" is enabled
/SUBSYSTEM switches lost when building through optlink directly
added project option "Use of Deprecated Features causes Error" that maps to -de
tweaked parser to support new language features:
- version(assert)
- user defined attributes @identifier_opt(arguments) or @identifier
- alias id = type
- alias this = id
- deprecated("message")
- added keyword __parameters
tweaked parser to support undocumented language features:
- ref anywhere in foreach type to support "foreach(const ref x; range)"
- prefix lambda with function/delegate
- added keyword __argTypes
syntax highlighting and semantic now fully support version identifiers according to http://dlang.org/version.html
improved parser/semantics:
- fix "forgetting" type of function parameters after first evaluation
- fix a number of crashes during semantics
- improved parser recovery after too many closing braces
when cloning a configuration in the configuation manager, debug info settings were lost
compiling a single file now reports success
avoid asking to save project file when closing VS and the project has already been saved
fixed crashes due to bug in precise GC with arrays just below page size
adjusted JSON interpretation for symbol lookup and parameter tooltips to new format in dmd 2.062
some tweaks to C++ to D converter
basic LDC support
added new option pages for DMD/GDC/LDC directories
linker messages from GDC and MS linker can now be demangled aswell
additional command line arguments now placed at the very end to avoid GDC linker troubles
DParser by Alexander Bothe (https://github.com/aBothe/D_Parser) integrated as an alternative semantic engine
added command "Compile and Run" to execute current text buffer or selection via rdmd
added command "Open Language Options" for easier access to the settings page
added option "Colorize coverage from .LST file" to highlight lines from code coverage output

2012-12-03 Version 0.3.35

new linker option to disable using global and standard library search paths
add preliminary support for upcoming dmd win64 compiler
add '/' to '' translation for macro replacements of and
fixed build variable (pointed to parent directory of expected dir)
added build project to translate sdk to D
adjusted to changes to dependency file in dmd 2.061
fixed Visual Studio sometimes renamed to VisualD in the window title
fixed parser recovery with multiple syntax errors at module scope
project options: added to expand to the same as for compatibility with VC++ projects
project config: controls now have style WS_TABSTOP to allow keyboard navigation
goto definition now uses semantic analysis to find declaration
semantic analysis now enabled by default (removed experimental status)
semantics: add .ptr property to dynamic array
now installed as an "extension" to VS 2010 and VS 2012
fixed missing output files when a VC project has a project dependency on a D library project
setting "Demangle names in link errors" never saved
fixed macros not expanded in "other compiler" when figuring out what linker to be called directly
now expanding response files in sc.ini or additional compiler options when looking for import or linker directives
added D icon to vdserver.exe
added console application project template with configurations for DMD and GDC for Win32 and x86
fixed spurious crashes due to bug in precise garbage collection

2012-10-12 Version 0.3.34

fix exceptions in NDepend when opening context menu on D project
delete file from project now uses VS environment dialog (avoiding dialog when moving project items)
fixed "build phobos browse info" failing for dmd 2.059
dependency on other projects: only output files with known file types are now passed to the dmd/gdc command line
linker error messages can now be decompressed and demangled (thanks to Benjamin Thaut for providing the code)
lexer now allows unicode characters from std.uni.isAlpha in identifiers
fix: when building phobos browse info the implicitely added JSON path was not saved to options
fix calling cv2pdb for D1
goto definition: if ".." is used to reference the source file path, it could be opened twice in the editor
new item: package and module name now filled with some guess
optlink now called directly with file monitoring: this allows passing the library path directly (making the DMD_LIB patch in sc.ini redundant) and detecting library and source dependencies
parser could not recover from error in module statement, also improved recovery from error in enum declaration
parse errors in modules imported during semantic analysis could cause dramatic troubles
fixed parsing problems with function literal attributes and enumerators
outlining: adding lines before collapsed region could unfold the regions
fix: underlined syntax error could lag behind by a keystroke
tweak completion box:
- from browse info: template arguments and contraint stripped from symbol now
- avoid delayed opening of completion box when typing non-identifier characters
- completion box now closed for a lot of navigation and editing commands
- improved speed for large symbol lists
status line now cleared after parsing of imports has finished
fix installation for VS2012
now runs on an almost precise garbage collector
DLL project template now has a linker definition file

2012-06-19 Version 0.3.33

debugger project settings now stored in solution options file, not in project file
regression: clean project failed, now deletes files given by wildcard recursively
token replace: fixed freeze when trying to replace no tokens
cv2pdb: new version 0.25 that allows specifying a different pdb file being embedded into the binary and supports VS11
cv2pdb: exposed command line options in the project options
intellisense tool tip now shows enumerator value
moved parser and semantic analysis into another process
GDC: user specified libraries are now appended after the source files to the command line to avoid linker problems
improved performance when indenting multiple lines of code
remove project item: now asks whether file on disk should also be removed
parser: added support for linkage specification inside alias
version highlighting now supports the "version(V):" syntax
tweaked vsi2d to also convert the Windows 8 SDK and VS2012 SDK
added wizard to create packages from the new item dialog
improved import statement detection for expansion and goto definition

2012-03-14 Version 0.3.32

new version of cv2pdb with better handling of unicode characters in path names and better support for local variables in DWARF debug info
new version of mago with string literal support for associative array keys and easier stepping into main
some changes to reduce memory leaks due to false pointers
fixed parser to disambiguate MixinStatement and MixinExpression
added support for __vector(T) to parser
goto definition: if executed on an import statement, now searching file through import paths
fixed lexer to not treat in_x as an operator followed by an identifier "_x"
fixed regression: import expansions only listed folders, no modules
fixed custom command: project would not restore if multiple commands are used
project properties: added output type DLL for easier switching between DMD and GDC
project properties: added subsystem option, use "not set" if you have to specify a specific windows version
fixed underlining syntax errors shows only first error
fixed option "Show expansions when" not saving state "writing an identifier"
added icon for disabled project item (tool set to "None")
version highlighting now supports versions DigitalMars/GNU and Win32/Win64
fixed building static lib with GDC and a space in the library file name

2012-03-14 Version 0.3.31

added option to "Intellisense" page to configure trigger of code completion
delay code definition window update until caret at the same position for a second to avoid pauses while navigating through the source
added support for building with GDC
added platform support for "x64" (use with GDC only)
includes new version 0.23 of cv2pdb that now also converts DWARF to pdb
tweaked idl2d to convert files to build with dmd 2.058
new version of mago:
- fixed possible stall when starting debugging
- support for associative arrays in expressions
- fixed problem with loading debug info of large projects
property: fixed editing multiple configurations at once
added Compile command to syntax check the current source file
parser now supports new delegate syntax (x) => x
project config: shown command line now updated when pressing "Apply"
fix resource include with spaces
fix always rebuilding if a dependent library project target has spaces in the path name

2012-01-07 Version 0.3.30

fixed utf8 to OLE string conversion, that could get in the way when using non ascii file names
property pages now adjust their font and size to the IDE environment
__ctfe is now highlighted as a keyword
scope(identifier) with wrong identifier shown as a parse error
completion automatically inserts now if there is only one candidate
completion of import modules now restricted to files, not symbols
colorizer now asks the parser whether "is" and "in" are used as operators
debugger data tooltip now grabs ident1.ident2 expressions when hovering ident2
added checkbox for options -gs and -property to project configuration
added new color to highlight predefined versions
creating new folder now initiates renaming it
fixed error message capture for error list in case the message also contains "filename(lineno):"
new options page "Tools->Options->Text Editor->D->Intellisense" to select sources of code completion
experimental tooltips and code completion from semantic analysis of source code
project configuration: new debugger option to redirect stdout to the debugger output window
project configuration: new option to pause after running program without debugger
added option to "Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->Visual D Settings" to stop a solution build if a project fails to build

2011-12-03 Version 0.3.29

highlighting: new colors for user defined list of types (defaults to basic types in object.d)
disabled versions: fixed wrong highlighting when editing before conditional
token replace dialog: fixed empty dialog when opening with default size
fixed crash when building a project with a configuration that is not available in a dependent project
fixed freeze in startup due to thread starting issues (probably only happened with more than 2 cores)
added C++ to D conversion wizard
added installation for Visual Studio 11
tweaked dialogs to better integrate with VS

2011-10-25 Version 0.3.28

mago debugger: fixed crash when there is no sstStaticSym section in the debug info
mago debugger: fixed local variables not shown in last function of an object file
mago debugger: fixed display of TLS variables
mago debugger: added workaround for bad line number debug info, causing mago to switch to assembly easily
mago debugger: globals and statics can now be displayed without specifying complete scope
cv2pdb: fixed patching of autoexp.dat when the install path contained spaces
fix: the import path set in the global options never made it to the command line
fixed parser to accept "class B() if(true) : A {}"
fixed parser to support import as statement
building druntime browse info now uses src folder (di files look ugly and do not compile)
building browse info now writes to "Visual D" output pane
F1 searches language and phobos documentation for help on identifier
added highlighting of asm block, using new colors "Visual D Register/Mnemonic" and "Disabled/Token String" variants
parsing and outlining now aborted when text changes, so editing is more responsive with large source files

2011-09-24 Version 0.3.27

smart reindenting line when typing last char of sole "in", "out" and "body"
tweaked smart indenting with respect to enumerators, arrays, labels and more
paste a full line or more now causes automatic reindentation (global option to disable)
automatic reindentation was not triggered when typing '{', '}', etc (win 7/8 only?)
fix: build phobos browse information broken in last version
some internal errors are now reported to the output window (like failing to parse JSON file)
fixed bad display when deleting characters from line with outlining
new option to show demangled symbols in the Error List (not the output window)

2011-08-25 Version 0.3.26

fixed regression in last version: single file compilation did not build any d files
single file compilation: avoid relinking every time
seperate compile and link: no longer trashes dependencies in link step
goto definition, search symbol: now line number adjusted according to changes since last successful build
fix: resource files in sub folders would not build because the same folders were expected in the intermediate directory
global settings: split page into directories/settings pages to make option "Show build time" accessible
global settings: added option to disable sorting projects
parser now accepts "do {} while(cond)" without trailing ';'
project options macro now uses the name in the solution instead of the project file name
fixed bad indentation of first contract
fixed colorization of first token after debug condition without arguments
"is" now always colored as operator, not as keyword
updated to build with dmd 2.055beta

2011-06-19 Version 0.3.25

fixed version information of the DLL
error list: warnings are no longer shown as errors
project name added to buildlog.html to allow multiple projects with the same intermediate dir
fixed highlighting of version(unittest) and debug without identifier
friendlier error message if debug executable or working dir do not exist
reduced parsing thread priority to interfere less with editing
adjusted vsi2d to build with the latest VS2010 SDK
Visual D now builds with DMD 2.053
moved from std.date to std.datetime to fix some time displays
moved outlining into parse thread to reduce delays when editing large files
added warning to library search path settings
d-files now set to UTF8 encoding if not already marked by BOM
fixed transparent window frame around dialogs in VS2010
added drag'n'drop of project folders
added support for "Stop Outlining" and "Toggle All Outlining"
tweaked outlining for multi-dimensional arrays and token strings
build order of custom/resource compilations now sorted by dependencies
project items now sorted alphabetically
fixed a few more issues with relative paths causing a source file to be opened twice in the editor

2011-05-08 Version 0.3.24

fixed crash when installing/uninstalling other Visual Studio plugins
added menu entry "Open Website" to browse the visual D Website inside Visual Studio
added support for Object Browser and Class View
now runs a parser in the background to underline syntax errors
fixed scanning of floating point literals starting with '.'
default colors for identifiers, numbers and operators now follow the "Plain Text" setting
new version 0.1.2 of mago that fixes some issues with exceptions and improves the call stack display
if a source file is used in multiple project, it is no longer opened multiple times in the editor
improved lookup speed in browse info, now removing duplicate entries for eponymous templates
fixed issues with quoted arguments with trailing backslash in settings
browse info now updated when JSON paths changed in global options
fixed spurious crash when removing multiple lines

2011-03-09 Version 0.3.23

fixed issue on x64 with threads without TLS that crept back in by migrating to DMD 2.052
separate compile and link: removed -X,-D,-H from the link step to avoid creating empty files
new compilation mode: compile only to set your link step manually in the post-build step
jumping to errors in files that exist in several projects now jump to the correct source

2011-02-27 Version 0.3.22

Visual D now builds with DMD 2.052
fixed WindowsApp template to build with DMD 2.052
fixed some COM leaks
paste ring menu no longer stops when repeating the first entry and avoids duplicate entries
new token search and replace dialog
new compilation mode: compile and link in separate steps allowing multiple object files
the option "Statement completion -> Parameter information" is now respected,
smart-indent now respects the contents of the new line when inserting a line break
now supporting the Code Definition Window

2011-01-29 Version 0.3.21

fix: identifiers extracted for "Goto Definition" stopped at digits
fix: clean removed ddoc files from the doc directory, but not html files
added macro expansion to modules.ddoc setting
added context menu to show paste ring buffer and insert from it
brace highlighting now done in idle handling, so it also works when moving the caret with the mouse
brace matching now also includes strings and nested comments
goto matching brace now implemented (the VS implementation does not work well with D)
completion: items are no longer displayed multiple times
improved handling of unicode characters in environment and batch files
installer now adds a "D Exception" to the "Win32 Exception" list to allow

2010-12-31 Version 0.3.20

basic outlining support (disable with check box on global text editor page if it is causing trouble, manually activate it with "Outlining -> Collapse to Definitions")
added build time output (set check box on global project option page)
fixed missing newline after post build command
fix: suffix L was not recognized on floats
code completion and goto definition now also work in comments or strings
ddoc files in project now also passed to DMD automatically
support for generating modules.ddoc for CanDyDOC

2010-12-11 Version 0.3.19

fixed [] being a single token confusing brace matching
fixed some issues with detecting floating point numbers
fixed issues with bad colorization state
fixed crash when a project in a solution could no longer be found
now packaged with cv2pdb 0.19

2010-11-07 Version 0.3.18

linker errors with file name on the same line did not make it into the error list
added color "Visual D Operator" to "Fonts and Colors" setup
added version/debug colorizations (colors "Visual D Disabled ...")
added q{} token string colorizations (colors "Visual D Token String ...")
additional tools settings page under TextEditor->D->Colorizer
fixed broken search file dialog introduced in last version
project configuration: added single file compilation option
project configuration: changed defaults for "file to clean" and "json path" to better support single file compilation
fixed incomplete parsing of escaped file names in dependency files
improved dependency file parsing speed
bugfix: imports with selective import symbols could miss from dependent import files
now packaged with cv2pdb 0.18
now packaged with new mago version, including better exception handling and disassembly support
fixed mago deinstallation, added mago to Visual Studio About window
added token identifier enumerator to lexer

2010-09-29 Version 0.3.17

improved support for mercurial-scc, AnkhSVN and VisualHG
(un)comment/format selection did not work with selection created from bottom to top
(un)comment selection now works similer to C++ always adding/removing comments, toggle comments is now a new Visual D command
fixed DLL loading on xp64
command "Build phobos browse info" now uses \VisualD\json as the default path to avoid access rights problems
command "Build phobos browse info" now also works for D1

2010-09-24 Version 0.3.16

now Visual D itself also compiles against VSI SDK for Visual Studio 2010 and Windows SDK v7.1
empty dependency file now causes rebuild
new command "Build phobos browse info"
added support for Mago debugger
fixed dmd option for profiling
fixed bad status message for matching parenthesis
now supports command comment/uncomment selected lines
improved smart indentation
block re-indentation now works as a single command with respect to undo/redo
now packaged with cv2pdb 0.17
fixed loading DLLs (including Visual D) on Windows Server 2003
now installer includes Mago debugger
new profiler window to display trace.log
fixed bad variable replacement when building project name shorter than 4 characters

2010-08-11 Version 0.3.15

when reading import paths from sc.ini, the directory is determined by searching dmd.exe through the executable paths setting and the PATH environment variable
fixed freeze when searching indentation level for smart indent (might also affect brace matching)
now packaged with cv2pdb 0.16.
fixed crash when running along-side the Qt-Addin for Visual Studio

2010-07-23 Version 0.3.14

fixed parameter tooltips on VS2010
fixed debugger data tooltips on VS2010
fixed handling of quoted file/path names
updated bitmaps in about box and templates to the website logo
added command VisualD.ParameterInfo to avoid hook by Visual Assist
fixed import completion for packages accessed through project import path settings
goto definition now displays error in status line if no definition found or opening source file fails
now jumping to definition if multiple definitions exist on the same line
brace highlighting now shows error in status line for mismatched brackets
brace highlighting now also shows begin/end of block comments
fixed pasting html text not omitting format information
now using environment variable DMD_LIB to pass library path to DMD, please update DMDs sc.ini accordingly
now build checks whether output files are actually created to avoid silent link failure
generating JSON output is now the default setting for new projects

2010-07-09 Version 0.3.13

renaming a file in the project did not ensure the project to be saved
dragging a directory into the project now creates a folder and adds all files and folders found in that directory but those that start with "."
added project option "Enable informational warnings" (dmd option -wi)
resource files now have command "View Code"
fix: completion did not detect beginning of word at line end
fix: skipping through a string literal with ctrl-left/right skipped the whole string
now handling some optional project properties to keep AnkhSvn happy.
SCC status of project items is now shown (but not updated yet)
minor tweak of the ConsoleApp template
more files translated from the Windows SDK
now using label "reportError" instead of "xit" in build batches
options with multiple arguments are now delimited by both ';' and white spaces, use quotes if any of these need to be part of a file name

2010-06-25 Version 0.3.12

stricter string handling to avoid crashes when launching debugger in VS2010
the windows application template's sub-system version now defaults to 4.0
added new project item template for package creating both folder in project and directory on disk
if a directory exists with the name of the folder, the default location of a new project item now defaults to this directory
renaming a file in the project renames it on disk as well
improved build process, it should now be possible to compile Visual D following the instruction of Building from Source
updated to cv2pdb 0.14.

2010-06-10 Version 0.3.11

error messages now forwarded to error list
Visual D settings now stored in the user area of the registry
added library search path to project settings (you need to append ";%LIB%" to the LIB setting in DMD's sc.ini for this to work)
command VisualD.ShowScope now displays the scope of the caret in the status line
Visual D now creates its own menu, expecting to be filled with more commands in the future and to avoid cluttering other menus
Search window commands are now called VisualD.SearchFile and VisualD.SearchSymbol (you might need to reassign keyboard shortcuts)
Thanks to Alix Pexton, the web site has a professional looking new logo.

2010-06-03 Version 0.3.10

updated to cv2pdb 0.13 which allows debugging under plain VS2010 and is more stable when evaluating arrays in the debugger
now built with debug symbols to allow crash analysis. See [download:downloads/visuald_pdb.zip] for symbols for the latest version
fix: project property dialog did not popup with saved D version
added the possibility to stop a build
new logo now used in about box

2010-05-28 Version 0.3.9

new file/symbol search window
word-completion can now be expanded to symbol lookup by pressing Ctrl-Space again
installation now reenables package, in case you told VS to skip loading it
now using machine-translated SDK instead of std.windows
fixed COM leak
fix: file opened through "goto definition"/"find in files" sometimes warns "already opened in editor"
fix: "goto error" sometimes would not jump to error with message "cannot find the file specified"
fix: last version would not let you select any but the first entry of an expansion list
symbol information now updated after project load, it's no longer necessary to build once

2010-05-08 Version 0.3.8

added function parameter tooltips
fix: resource files would not be updated when used with tool "Auto"
fix: custom built files always added to linker command line
fix: fixed initialization exception when no windows-SDK installed
fix: build only worked as admin on x64
fix: spurious crashes on x64
improved WindowsApp project template (added libs, sets application subsystem)

2010-04-27 Version 0.3.7

force CR/LF pairs in batch commands instead of LF only end-of-line.

2010-04-26 Version 0.3.6

fixed COM and memory leaks
projects with a lot of files now build with response files
when only removing file or changing folder name, project was not saved
support for operation "Rebuild"
option "other compiler" and map file were not quoted when containing spaces
added build logging to \buildlog.html
added macros SAFEPROJECTPATH/DIR/FILENAME/EXT/NAME identical to PROJECT*, but without spaces

2010-04-22 Version 0.3.5

added cv2pdb to installer
support for operations on multiselection in solution explorer
added option "D 2.043" to pass corresponding flag to cv2pdb
macros in all debug options are now expanded
fixed crashes on COM objects that were garbage-collected while still in use

2010-04-20 Version 0.3.4

added support for command Edit.InvokeSnippetFromShortcut
installer now requests admin execution level, so it does not fail on Vista or Windows7
removed VS Express version from installer

2010-04-18 Version 0.3.3

now shows full version in about box
added README, LICENSE and CHANGES to installer
added DnD inside project
fixed registration of D templates for "New File"
fixed multi-hreading issue, e.g. causing find in entire solution to fail
added "Clean" project
cleaned up and added more project templates

2010-04-14 Version 0.3.2

added switch "use other compiler" to project settings
disabled settings if respective enable switch is off

2010-04-13 Version 0.3.1

initial release