BLIde new verision 0.5.0 available

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Hi, at last, the new BLIde version is out.
For newcomers, BLIde is a free IDE for BlitzMax, for windows.

This is the changelog for this version:


This is the change-log of this version:

-Preferences dialog (very customizable)

-New Update system with small downloads. (only for minor updates)

-New highlighting system

-Regions support

-Old BLIde files automatic converter

-Automatic conversion of text in the console customizable (ANSI/UTF8)

-Autocapitalization (case correction on keywords)

-Automatic folding

-Split-view of the source code


-Exporting to HTML with folding engine intact

-New virtual white spaces emulator (customizable)

-New TAB indicators (customizable)

-Bookmarks support

-Background scope indicator for EXTERN areas

-Autolist can be turned off

-Autocompletion can be turned off

-Console can be configured to work either in ANSI or UNICODE chars

-Images preview now have zoom control, with alpha channel intact, and dithering

-Learning module's keywords, now works about 3 times faster

-QuickHelp now informs on which module is a keyword defined (press F2 over any function or type)

-Fixed: Learning engine parsing error that was causing some keywords not to be recognized

-Fixed: Print preview was not always properly adjusted

-Autolearn can be turned off in the editor window

-Fix Regions and folding button is now disabled (Folding works as spected, there's no need to fix it)

-New Colour scheme system (non compatible with the old one, but a conversor is on my 'to do' list)

-First help page, can now be BlitzMax Help or BLIde help (customizable)

-New intelligent 'HOME' button function (ala visual studio)

-Autocapitalization (normalize case) can be turned off

-EOL marker can be shown in the editor

-Fixed: Debugger now shows the LINE of code that has caused the error.

-Fixed: Documentation samples now doesn't close automatically after their execution

-Fixed: Add-on are now executed in their installation path

-Fixed: There was a memory management hole, now fixed.

-Fixed: Focus bug when using auto-list




The official website has been redesigned also. Hope you'll find it useful.

AT LAST! :D

edit: NOTE THAT THIS UPDATE DOESN'T WORK WITH BLITZMAX DEMO