Komodo Release History
This document chronicles feature additions, product enhancements and
bug fixes in versions of Komodo (IDE and Edit) before 4.2.
Enhancements
- Fixed XML completion bug. (Bug 70342)
- Added '--dest-dir' option to Linux install script to
facilitate building a Komodo RPM. (Bug 70311)
- Fix PHP completion bug preventing completions if
prefix happened to be a keyword. (Bug 69626)
- Fixes and improvements to the Rails project template.
(Bug 69737)
- Fixed possible install failure related to a partly
installed SELinux. (Bug 69969)
- Corrected the JavaScript tutorial's YUI library
installation. (Bug 70129)
- Fixed bug with "Add to Current Project" adding file
to the Toolbox instead. (Bug 68158)
- Fixed problem with '?' breaking Ruby syntax folding
and coloring. (Bug 70326)
- Updated "New File" dialog to remember user's "Add to
Current Project" preference. (Bug 66627)
- Updated PHP completion to support autocomplete in
short tags -- i.e. "<? ...". (Bug 70212)
- Fixed Run Command system bugs:
- Redraw problems on Linux for Command Output
parsing. (Bug 66860)
- Scrollbar doesn't show up in parsed command
output. (Bug 67794)
- Fixed license problem in Tcl syntax checker that
could prevent it from working. (Bug 70054)
- Fixed JavaScript class completion to work even if a
parent class is not found. (Bug 65447)
- Many minor fixes for HTML completion in simple cases.
(Bug 69973)
- Fixes for tabstops with non-word characters in the
default value. (Bug 69949)
Highlights in Komodo 4.1
- Ruby on Rails project template: Makes getting started and
working with a Rails project much easier. Includes integration
for many Rails project commands.
- Ruby completion: Added support for space-based calltips
(common in RHTML template code) and other Rails completion
improvements.
- Re-written Ruby debugger engine: Based on ruby_debug, the
new engine is 50-60 times faster. See
Rails Revisited for details.
- Autocomplete for the Komodo's JavaScript API (i.e. the "ko"
namespace) when editing JavaScript macros in an editor tab.
Also documentation for the
"ko" namespace in the Reference section of the Komodo
docs.
- PHP 5.2: stdlib changes for autocomplete/calltips.
- MXML/ActionScript support: Added schema-based XML
autocompletion for MXML files and syntax highlighting for
embedded ActionScript.
- JavaScript completion: Added support for JSDoc autocomplete
and calltips and autocomplete on string literals.
- Tab
Stops
- Vim registers
- Add commands to fold/expand blocks of code recursively
(View|Fold|Expand Recursively & Collapse Recursively). (Bug
27264)
- Support editing macros in a full editor tab (via
"right-click|Edit" on a macro).
- Added a JavaScript
tutorial to introduce some of Komodo's JavaScript
features.
- Support editing macros in a full editor tab (via
"right-click|Edit" on a macro).
- Find/Replace: Default (pre-populated) search pattern is now
the previous search rather than the word under the cursor.
- Status bar: Added selection info ("Sel:") status bar
panel.
- Add more icons from famfamfam that
can be used for custom commands, macros, etc. in the Toolbox
and Projects.
- Komodo installations now include a "Komodo SDK" with
Komodo's core IDL and the 'xpidl' utility necessary for
building PyXPCOM components for user extensions.
- Significant refactoring of the Komodo JavaScript API under
the "ko" namespace (e.g. "ko.dialogs.alert(...)" instead of
"dialog_alert(...)"). Old APIs remain for backward
compatibility for JavaScript macros -- but they will eventually
be removed. This is an ongoing process: documentation and
autocomplete (when authoring macros) will be added in
subsequent releases.
- Rx integration (IDE-only) and regular expression help in
the Find/Replace and Find in Files dialogs.
- Several bug fixes
Enhancements
- New Ruby on Rails project template that makes getting
started and working with a Rails project much
easier.
- Autocomplete for the Komodo JavaScript API (i.e. the
"ko" namespace) when editing JavaScript macros in an
editor tab. Also documentation for the "ko"
namespace in the Reference section of the Komodo
docs.
- Komodo installations now include a "Komodo SDK" with
Komodo's core IDL and the 'xpidl' utility necessary for
building PyXPCOM components for user extensions.
- Ruby completion: Added support for space-based
calltips (common in RHTML template code).
- Add info for PHP 5.2 stdlib changes for
autocomplete/calltips.
Bug Fixes
- Various Ruby debugger fixes. (Bug 69405, etc.)
- Syntax highlighting fixes for Template Toolkit. (Bug
69363, 69157)
- Fixed bug with suggested upperace HTML tag
completions. (Bug 69523)
- Improved autocomplete in HTML fragments to be able to
get autocomplete even in documents with multiple
top-level elements. (Bug 69521)
- Fixed problem with snippets inserting incorrect EOL
characters. (Bug 69535)
- Fixed a bug with display of custom toolbar entries.
(Bug 69424)
- Fixed inconsistencies in Live Folder behaviour. (Bug
69045)
- Changed the Find dialog box's default search term
behavior. (Bug 68431)
- Fixed syntax checking of Tcl 8.5 code.
- Several bug fixes for remote files:
- 'Enter' not opening selected file in the remote
file dialog. (Bug 67072).
- FTP not working on Windows IIS server. (Bug
69434)
- Prompt for password when not supplied in server
prefs. (Bug 69344)
- paramiko (used for remote file support) missing
from builds (Bug 69367).
- Fixed recursion overflow with long sequences of Perl
comments. (Bug 69144)
Enhancements
- All enhancements included in Komodo 4.0.3.
- MXML/ActionScript support: Added schema-based XML
autocompletion for MXML files and syntax highlighting for
embedded ActionScript.
- Re-written Ruby debugger engine: Based on ruby_debug,
the new engine is 50-60 times faster. See
Rails Revisited for details.
- Many Ruby on Rails completion improvements.
- A new Ruby on Rails project template that includes
integration for many rails project commands.
- Significant refactoring of the Komodo JavaScript API
under the "ko" namespace (e.g. "ko.dialogs.alert(...)"
instead of "dialog_alert(...)"). Old APIs remain for
backward compatibility for JavaScript macros -- but they
will eventually be removed. This is an ongoing process:
documentation and autocomplete (when authoring macros)
will be added in subsequent releases.
- Rx integration (IDE-only) and regular expression help
in the Find/Replace and Find in Files dialogs.
- Add commands to fold/expand blocks of code
recursively (View|Fold|Expand Recursively & Collapse
Recursively). (Bug 27264)
- Added a JavaScript
tutorial to introduce some of Komodo's JavaScript
features.
- Support editing macros in a full editor tab (via
"right-click|Edit" on a macro).
- JavaScript completion: Added support for JSDoc
autocomplete and calltips and autocomplete on string
literals (Bug 50587).
- Autocomplete: "fill-up" characters no longer enabled
by default (Bug 68726).
- Find/Replace: Default (pre-populated) search pattern
is now the previous search rather than the word under the
cursor.
- Statusbar: Added selection info ("Sel:") statusbar
panel.
- Add more icons from famfamfam
that can be used for custom commands, macros, etc. in the
Toolbox and Projects.
Bug Fixes
- All bug fixes included in Komodo 4.0.3.
- Python completion: Catch potential recursion
resulting in crash. (Bug 67739)
- JavaScript completion fixes. (Bug 67123, 60347,
68295, 60267, 60347)
- PHP syntax highlighting fixes. (Bug 67678,
68140)
- Perl syntax higlighting now supports "/=". (Bug
67729)
- Find/Replace: Fixed problem using ctrl-tab to change
to "replace" tab breaking Find/Replace. (Bug 67079)
- Fixed some PHP/JavaScript syntax coloring issues.
(Bug 67674)
- Fixed problem with Cancel being ignored when shutting
down with dirty buffers. (Bug 67974)
- Help: Find locally installed ActivePerl documentation
when it's the current preferred Perl installation. (Bug
67622)
- Statusbar: Fixed width handling to show all data
without clipping. (Bug 66209, 67181)
- Fix line and column numbers not updating immediately.
(Bug 65606)
- Template Toolkit syntax higlighting fixes. (Bug
69157)
- HTML/XML auto-indent: Check styles to avoid
auto-indenting in plain text when a line ends with
double-quotes. (Bug 66157)
- Auto-indent fixes. (Bug 63497, 66189)
- Fixed a crash possible with UTF16 conversion on Mac
OS X. (Bug 67194)
- HTML syntax highlighting: Color style tag content as
CSS. (Bug 66124)
- Support use of IE-only "comment-conditional" (Bug
46243)
- Vi emulation fixes:
- Delete not working at end of line. (Bug
62438)
- Support for find/replace in visual mode. (Bug
66776)
- Fix find/replace using invalid lines. (Bug 68241,
65619)
- Support "set" command. (Bug 66452)
- Support 'c' and 'C' case-sensitivity flags for
searching.
- Add general toggle fold command. (Bug 66384)
- Autocomplete/calltips: Fixed "easy to outpace
completion" problem by ensuring more timely scanning of
current file. (Bug 57938)
- Code Browser: Minor improvements in the hover tip for
interface and namespace elements. JavaScript "namespace"
objects are shown with a different icon than a normal
variable. (Bug 68633)
- Fixed problem causing broken Open Shortcuts. (Bug
68666)
- Fixed problem causing uppercasing/lowercasing with
rectangular selection. (Bug 68547)
- Dragging a folder onto a project now creates a new
live folder. (Bug 68867)
- Projects: Creating a project template from a project
with unsaved changes now prompts user to save before
continuing. (Bug 66958).
- Fixed crashes in libexpat on RedHat Linux RHEL3 U6.
(Bug 68801)
- Interactive shell now properly handles pasted
multi-line blocks. (Bug 51947)
- Project pane now correctly keeps collapse/expand
state. (Bug 28603)
Enhancements
- Recursive scanning of PHP and JavaScript Directories:
PHP and JavaScript Directories set in global and project
preferences are now recursive (up to five sub-directories
deep). These directories, used by Komodo for gathering
autocomplete and calltip information, previously had to
be added individually.
- Reinstated "Y" yank-command in Vi mode.
- HTML templates now start with all lower-case
tags.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed problem with 'Go to Definition' on imported
class instance variables in PHP. (Bug 68793)
- PHP calltips now working on inherited methods. (Bug
68759)
- Better error and timeout handling of remote
connections (e.g. wrong port or protocol). (Bug
47047)
- Better handling of certain 2.5 syntax in the code
browser. (Bug 68786).
- Zero-byte remote files are now opened successfully.
(Bug 68783)
- Fixed bug causing 'Replace All' to fail. (Bug
67547)
- Fixed problem with missing remote files persisting in
the code browser. (Bug 67614)
- Fixed problems in user data upgrades. (Bug
68755)
- Fixed gtk mouse issues. (Bug 42491)
- SVN: Add locale setting/override of LANGUAGE
variable. (Bug 68615)
- Fixed conditional breakpoints for languages that
support them. (Bug 46327)
- An alert is now given when projects are being
upgraded.
- Fixed problem using Debian's PHP for debugging. (Bug
68411)
- Run_RunEncodedCommand() macro API documentation. (Bug
33136)
- Python DBGP builds for Python 2.5. (Bug 67734)
- Fixed perl linter failure on changing output from
perl. (Bug 68176)
- Fixed internal error while saving file. (Bug
65224)
- Fixed crash on PyUnicodeUCS2_AsUTF16String on
inspection tooltip. (Bug 67194)
- Fixed problem with macros not ending in \n failing
silently (Bug 68142)
- Fixed widths of panels in status bar. (Bug 66209,
67181)
- Fixed recursion crash in PHP autocomplete. (Bug
67774)
- Remote sites no longer lost on upgrade to 4.0.2, but
username and password need to be re-entered (see Known
Issues). (Bug 67246)
- Better JavaScript macro errors. (Bug 67968)
- Fixed problem with untitled buffers causing run/debug
launch to fail. (Bug 67206)
- Autosave toolbox when editing macros and snippets.
(Bug 66167)
- Fixed problem with debugger skipping breakpoints in
multi-threaded python apps. (Bug 67863)
- Improved auto-indent behavior in PHP. (Bug
59037)
- Fixed PHP function completions after a keyword. (Bug
67696)
- Find matching brace now scrolls left or right as
necessary. (Bug 43690)
- Fixed PHP regex help page 404. (Bug 67728)
- Fixed problems with executables not being found in
PATH on Windows Vista (Bug 66921)
- PHP autocompletion fixes (after '@' characters and
large comments). (Bug 67329, 67094)
- Run command dialog now auto-populated based on recent
commands. (Bug 67451)
- SCC/Perforce integration now supports spaces in
filenames (Bug 67417)
- Fixed a problem with project trees scrolling and
showing empty rows. (Bug 67324)
- Fixed bug causing projects to disappear from the
project window. (Bug 41718)
- Toolbar button names now appear below, not beside the
icon with "Show Button Text" enabled. (Bug 32934)
- Adding a new file to a project now correctly puts it
in the selected sub-folder. (Bug 66501)
- Fixed bug with snippet insertion failing with unicode
chars (Bug 67319:)
- Fixed data loss problem when saving remote files
- Emacs emulation improved on OS X.
- SE Linux installation message downgraded from error
to warning if SE is disabled. (Bug 67166)
- Handle backquote-delimited strings in PHP and Ruby
parts of RHTML. (Bug 67085)
- Improved error message display when running
JavaScript macros. (Bug 67062)
- Fixed bug with interpolations failing in dialogs.
(Bug 67494)
Enhancements
- Vi registers: Added numbered and named registers
similar to those in Vim.
- Tab
Stops: Special markers for use in snippets and
templates.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed scrolling selection to top or middle of screen
so it takes folded lines into account. (Bug 35063)
- Perl: color scalar and array variables inside
interpolating strings. (Bug 34374)
- Fixed confusing exit dialog when prompted to save
files on shutdown. (Bug 35770)
- Preserve selection when converting EOLs. (Bug
34776)
- Fixed Lua syntax highlighting. (Bug 66107)
- Fixed a group of Emacs emulation issues. (Bug
33211)
- Added here-documents to PHP. (Bug 54667)
- Added ability to define here-document syntax in
UDL-based languages. (Bug 66712)
- Fixed Ctrl+F1 and Shift+F1 in the interactive shell.
(Bug 37203)
- Added content to "Samples/Python" sample template.
(Bug 32715)
- Added '.lsp' extension for Lisp files. (Bug
32681)
- Greater-than chars are allowed in SGML/XML quoted
attribute strings. (Bug 67019)
- Offer to save macro when the contents are modified.
(Bug 63577)
- vi emulation: add "tT;," find-character-in-line (Bug
67045)
- vi emulation: fix bug with '.' (repeat) (Bug
65945)
- vi emulation: fix bug of repeat last change/insert
text not recording tab keypress (Bug 65963)
- vi emulation: fix some delete/change with direction
commands. (Bug 65841, 65842)
- vi emulation: search history includes history from UI
as well. (Bug 65639)
- vi emulation: support for Alt/Ctrl Tab
window-switching while in visual mode. (Bug 67058)
- Removed 'url' attribute from project elements that
don't have one. For snippets, macros, and commands Komodo
was raising a "file_added" notifification that contained
"None" as part of the string. (Bug 67574)
- Fixed SCC exceptions occurring due to SCC trying to
check status of virtual files. (Bug 67583)
- Hover tips containing high-bit data while debugging
now show up with Unicode characters, not raw utf-8, or
high-bit characters in the wrong encoding (such as
programs that manipulate Cyrillic text with a global
cp1251 encoding). (Bug 40317)
- Diff windows now read-only. (Bug 27910)
Enhancements
- JavaScript completion for function return types.
- Some support for .rxml and .rjs Ruby Files.
- Komodo IDE and Edit can now be run at the same
time.
- New File dialog textboxes support some
autocompletion.
- Komodo Resources toolbar.
Bug Fixes
- Added True/False keyword highlighting to Python. (Bug
66484)
- Fixed some cgi emulation problems in PHP. (Bug
41537)
- Fixed renaming of virtual folders in
projects/toolbox. (Bug 66101)
- Fixed a problem causing focus to switch to another
application when dialogs are closed in Komodo. (Bug
51068)
- Fixed PHP codeintel problem with heredocs. (Bug
66638)
- Changed "PHP does not support debugging" message when
PHP is not configured (Bug 66529)
- Fixed error importing package (.kpz) files (Bug
66676)
- Fixed problems opening a large hash/arrays in
debugging variable viewers. (Bug 66681)
- Fixed some sorting problem in the toolbox (Bug
66697)
- Fixed problem with "New File..." for remote project
folders. (Bug 66595)
- Fixed connection issues in the JavaScript debugger.
(Bug 66147)
- Fixed mapped URI support in JavaScript debugger. (Bug
66511)
- luddite.py can now handle filepaths containing
spaces. (FCSs) (Bug 66520)
- Fixed problem with jslib File.open() creating a zero
byte file. (Bug 66512)
- Fixed space-based path handling for TCLLIBPATH env
setting (Bug 66474)
- Fixed a problem opening remote files via FTP. (Bug
66125)
- Fixed a bug causing projects to disappear when
deleting many files or expanding a node. (Bug 41718)
Enhancements
- "New File" dialog revisions: added access keys to the
Filename, Directory, Local, and Remote buttons.
Bug Fixes
- Limited the verbosity of HTML syntax errors and
warnings. (Bug 66207)
- Fixed error saving project template. (Bug 66183)
- Fixed a problem with DOM viewer emptying and throwing
an exception (Bug 66166)
- Better property-value handling in CSS. (Bug 65994,
65995)
- Completion for HTML attributes with a fixed set of
values. (Bug 66149)
- Komodo 3.5 projects with remote files can now be
properly upgraded to 4.0 projects. (Bug 66125)
- Fixed trial licence problem on Windows XP with FAT32
filesystems. (Bug 66111)
- Fixed a bug that causes Komodo IDE 4.0.0 to throw an
exception on the trial expiry day. (Bug 66121)
Highlights in Komodo 4.0
- Redesigned Code Intelligence system: CSS,
JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Tcl and XML support have
been re-implemented with a new code intelligence system,
providing improvements in autocompletion, calltips, the code
browser, and overall performance.
- Go to
Definition: A new option for quickly jumping to
the definition of a code object (e.g. a variable, a subroutine,
a module, etc.) under your cursor.
- Schema-based XML
Autocomplete and CallTips: Komodo now supports
autocomplete and calltips support for XML and HTML based on DTD
or RelaxNG Schema. SGML and XML Catalogs are supported.
- API
Catalogs: Autocompletion for several popular
JavaScript libraries can be enabled in Preferences.
- DOM
Viewer: A new tab in the left pane shows the DOM
structure of XML and HTML documents in a tree view.
Double-clicking on a node in the DOM Viewer moves the cursor to
the corresponding node in the document. Komodo IDE only
- User-Defined
Languages: Komodo 4 introduces a system for adding
custom language support called UDL (User-Defined Languages)
which allows Komodo to properly syntax-color multi-language
files and template files common in many web programming
frameworks. Also included is a tool called Luddite which
you can use to define custom language syntax-coloring and
package those into Komodo extensions.
- New languages: Support for
Template-Toolkit, HTML-Mason, Smarty, Django, and Luddite has
been added using UDL
- Vi
emulation: Modal key bindings which emulate the
navigation, text insertion, visual selection and command-line
modes of Vi and Vim. Custom commands can be implemented by
adding Komodo macros to a Vi Commands Toolbox
folder.
- Configurable Background Syntax Checking:
The frequency of background syntax checking is now
configurable, improving editor responsiveness in large
files.
- HTTP
Inspector: An interface for examining HTTP
requests and responses as they happen. It runs a local proxy
which intercepts HTTP traffic and records each transaction for
analysis. The Inspector can break on a request or response,
which can then be edited and submitted in its modified
form.
- JavaScript
Debugging: Komodo now offers JavaScript debugging
using the Firefox web browser and the
JavaScript DBGP extension. With the extension
enabled, loading JavaScript or triggering JavaScript controls
in the browser window opens a debugging session in Komodo,
which loads the relevant JavaScript code.
- JavaScript Interactive
Shell: An interactive shell for manipulating
JavaScript code is available within JavaScript debugging sessions.
This shell is similar in functionality to the other interactive
shells in Komodo.
- Live
Folders: Komodo projects now offer Live Folders
which display current filesystem contents. The previous folder
behavior is still available; these folders are now referred to
as "Virtual Folders" in the documentation. By default, new
projects are created with Live Import, making
the project behave as a Live Folder. Project-specific Directory Import
preferences define which files and directories to
include.
- Project
Settings: All project settings are now in the
Project Properties dialog. This dialog box is now used for
files, folders and projects, displaying the appropriate
properties for each type.
- Project Templates: Projects templates can
be created and used when creating a new project.
- Additional Project functionality,
including:
-
- Project based debugger preferences
- Basic file management (Delete, Rename, Show in File
Manager)
- Project import from remote file systems
- New File option
- SCC History: A new option has been added
to the Source Control menu which displays the revision history
of a file. You can compare (diff) two selected revisions from
the list, or select one and compare it to the local copy.
Komodo IDE only
- SFTP and SCP: Komodo now supports access
to remote files via SFTP and SCP. Saved password information
for all remote servers is stored securely in Mozilla's native
password manager.
- Help Browser: Komodo now uses Mozilla's
help browser for displaying Komodo help.
- PHP "Zero Configuration": Automatic
configuration for PHP debugging. Komodo IDE only
Enhancements
- Improved code completion for Perl.
- "Go to Definition" in Perl
Bug Fixes
- Tabs: Tab order is now properly reset at
startup.
- Projects: Restore open/close state of projects at
startup.
- Projects: Restore the sorting order of projects at
startup.
- Projects: Stop projects from sometimes disappearing
after update/deletion.
- Autoindent: Better handling of and bug fixes for
HTML/XML auto-indenting.
- Codeintel: Now works when some extensions are
disabled.
- Codeintel: The Code Intelligence system now honours
"Additional Directories" settings in Project
preferences.
- Editor: Improved handling for opening encoded
filenames.
- Debugging: Sort list of local/global variables.
- Mac OS X: Fixed crash caused by running mouse across
menus.
- Vi emulation: Fix visual line mode to copy/paste
correctly.
Enhancements
- A new "Go
to Definition" option for quickly jumping to the
definition of a code object (e.g. a variable, a
subroutine, a module, etc.) under your cursor.
- A Vim-like visual mode
for text selection.
- Perl autocompletion.
- Ruby on Rails "peer" module autocompletion.
- JavaScript autocompletion shows completion for files
in same directory or for directories defined in global or
project preferences.
- PHP autocompletion shows completion for directories
defined in global or project preferences, as well as
those defined in php.ini.
- Improved JavaScript debugging workflow.
Bug Fixes
- Remote files: Connections now timeout properly.
- Remote files: Support for working with remote files
with a different encoding.
- The PHP XDebug extension has been updated (includes
crash bug fixes).
- Perl debugging over iterators now works
correctly.
- The style of PHP commenting to use can now be set in
Preferences.
- Tab ordering, and window sizing now restored on
startup.
- PDK extension fixes and support for the recent PDK
Beta.
- PHP completion has partial support for use of DEFINES
in include/require statements.
- Improved support for encodings in remote
filenames.
- Various Vi emulation fixes.
- Over 100 additional bug fixes since Beta 3.
Enhancements
- JavaScript catalog selection in preferences.
Autocompletion available for several popular JavaScript
libraries.
- Basic Rails autocompletion for the default Rails
APIs. Autocompletion for custom application code not yet
implemented.
- XPI support for Code intelligence catalogs.
Bug Fixes
- Codeintel (autocomplete/calltips) fixes and
improvements in JavaScript, XML/HTML, PHP, and Ruby.
- Samba support for Live Folders.
- Project level debugging preferences/dialogs
fixed.
- Changing the include/exclude preferences for folders
fixed.
- Some template loading errors have been fixed.
- HTTP Inspector UI cleanup.
- Remote files under 4K in size are now read
properly.
- Fixes for opening remote files.
- Vi emulation mode pasting fixes.
- Better support for HTML fragements in DOM
Viewer.
- Search improvements in DOM Viewer.
Enhancements
- Ruby completion improvements
- PHP completion improvements (notably recursive
include/require support)
- Python completion improvements (notably TKinter
support improved)
- JavaScript completion improvements, including
completion support for JavaScript libraries. Beta 2
includes support for the Yahoo YUI library.
- HTML completion and DOM Viewer improvements
- Default DTD/Namespace support. The DTD default can be
set globally, default namespace can be set in current
file settings dialog.
- Preloading of codeintel data to provide faster
response in completion.
- xdebug binaries for PHP 5.2.
- Updated Mozilla code base (now the same as Firefox
2).
- Middle-click closing for editor tabs.
Bug Fixes
- Syntax highlighting configuration fixes.
- Fixed repeat support in VI Emulation.
- Fixed a problem causing crashes when using unicode
characters in buffers.
- PHP syntax highlighting fixes.
- JavaScript debugger extension now installs properly
into Firefox 2.
- Fixed issues with opening files via SFTP.
- Fixed problem with changing preferences in current
file settings.
- Various Preferences fixes.
- Various fixes in the DOMViewer.
- Fixed file reload problem in "dirty" files.
- Drag and drop support in toolbox fixes.
- Various cosmetic fixes.
- Python interactive shell fixes.
- Various code browser/completion fixes for
multi-language buffers.
- DocBook DTD files are now parsed properly.
- Fixed leaks in plugin and PyXPCOM layers.
- Project template fixes.
Enhancements
- Feature complete for 4.0.0
- PHP Zero Configuration
- Code Intel backend redesigned for performance and
scalability
- Multilanguage Autocomplete/Calltips
- JavaScript Autocomplete/Calltips
- Redesign of Code Intelligence backend
- Ruby, Python, JavaScript and PHP
reimplemented
- Perl and Tcl code intel not working -- back in
Beta 1
- Multi language file support (autocomplete, help,
commenting, etc.)
- XML/DTD Catalog support for adding new DTD/RelaxNG
Schemas
- PHP Zero Configuration
- Project Debugger support
- Project File Management (Delete/Rename/Show in File
Manager)
- Project import from remote file system
- Project New File support
- New Icons for most UI buttons
- SCC History now shows branch information as
well.
- Project and DOM Viewer performance work
- Project preferences updates
- Live folder/project fixes
- Project Templates changed to packages
- Preferences now upgrade correctly
- Subversion no longer contacts server unless user
requests via "refresh"
- more Vi keybindings and fixes
- new "Bright" and "Medium" syntax coloring
schemes
- syntax check delay is configurable in prefs
- Pref added to ignore the reload prompt when a file is
changed/removed.
- XML/HTML Autocomplete/Calltip support:
- based on DTD or RelaxNG Schema
- SGML Catalog and XML Catalog support
- More luddite languages
- Projects: Deployment
- Multilanguage code intel
- JavaScript DBGP event-based breakpoints (eg.
onclick)
- CSS autocomplete/calltips
- HTTP Inspector rules and filters
- Projects: live folder/projects improvements,
performance improvements
- Vi Bindings: new features and improvements
- JavaScript: Interactive Shell and debugging
improvements
- Misc. other bug fixes
- HTTP Inspector
- More project work (project prefs, more prevalent live
folders)
- JavaScript Interactive Shell
- SFTP/SCP support in remote files system
- JavaScript debugging improvements (crashes,
breakpoints, etc.)
- SCC History
- Vi Bindings
- JS debugging in Firefox via the JS DBGP XPI.
- Live Folders in the project viewer (backed by new
file notification system)
- UDL/Luddite lexing framework to support RHTML syntax
coloring.
- Fixed some xpcom registration issues on startup
- Some minor unicode issues on non-English systems
fixed
- [Mac OS X] Now have a build of Komodo for Mac OS X on
Intel.
- [Solaris] Once again have a Komodo for Solaris
build.
- Numerous locale and encoding bugs have been
fixed.
- Numerous keybinding bugs have been fixed.
- Minor FTP-support improvements to speed up browsing
in the "Open Remote File" dialog.
- Improvements in the Diff Windows to properly support
context, unified and plain diff styles.
- A full list of bug fixes can be obtained on http://bugs.activestate.com/.
- [Windows] Fix
AltGr+<number>
keybindings for international keyboard layouts on
Windows. See
bug 43021 for details. One side effect of this fix is
that the keyboard shortcut for "View Line Numbers" had to
be changed from Ctrl+Shift+6
to
Ctrl+Shift+4
.
- [Windows] Fix XSLT autocomplete (bug
41898).
- Perl syntax checking default setting change to
not use taint mode. See
this komodo-discuss thread for details.
- [Windows] Fix setting of Windows File associations
(bug
42107). Due to the nature of the bug it may be
necessary to first remove all your file
associations in the Windows Integration panel, press
"Re-apply settings to system", then reset all your file
associations before they will be setup properly.
- [Linux] Fix SELinux issues that would prevent Komodo
from starting on Linux machines with SELinux kernel
extensions installed and enforcing -- the default on
Fedora Core 4. (Bug
43260)
- Various bug fixes.
- Added a Ruby Interactive Shell.
- Various bug fixes, especially for Ruby support, IME,
and Mac OS X keybinding issues.
- Komodo has been ported to Mac OS X
- Ruby support has been
added, including debugging, code intelligence (including
Code Browser support, Object Browser support,
AutoComplete and CallTips), syntax checking, syntax
highlighting, and code folding.
- Komodo's Mozilla source base has been upgraded to the
1.8 tree (same as Firefox 1.5).
- The embedded Python has been updated to version
2.4.
- Multilingual Input Method Editor (IME) support.
Key Features
- Subversion support
has been added to the Source Code Control system. Support
for Subversion is limited to the same features and
capabilities available for CVS and Perforce. For more
information, see Source Code
Control
- Perl AutoComplete and CallTips support is available
in this release. See AutoComplete and
CallTips for more information.
- The Python debugger has been rewritten into a regular
Python package, and now includes an extension written in
C to provide performance boosts for large applications,
or applications using various GUI toolsets (eg.
wxPython).
- PDK 6 support is now built into the distribution and
does not require a separate step to enable.
Enhancements
- Syntax coloring for many new languages, including
APDL, Asn1, AutoIt, Asm, Avenue, Bash, CLW, EScript,
Erlang, Forth, Gui4Cli, Kix, Lout, Metapost, MMIXAL, Lot,
MSSQL, Nsis, PowerBasic, PostScript, POV-Ray, Scriptol,
Specman, TeX, Verilog, and YAML.
- Unicode and locale support has been enhanced.
- Performance of the UI components has been
improved.
- Markers that show line wrapping when the editor is in
wrap mode
- Better column select support. Use 'Shift'+'Alt'+
arrow keys for selection.
- TrueType fonts are available on Linux.
- Anti-aliased fonts are available on Linux.
- Support for copying, pasting as well as dragging and
dropping has been improved on Linux.
Bug Fixes
- Win9x startup and runtime problems in Beta 1 (bugs
34939, 36202, 36207, 36208)
- WinNT startup problems in Beta 1 (bug 36211)
- AutoComplete: Inherited methods of HTTP::Request not
suggested (bug 35769)
- AutoComplete: perlcile gets stuck scanning
WWW::Mechanize (bug 35788)
- AutoComplete: PHP AutoComplete for parent:: includes
class members for the current class (bug 36104)
- AutoComplete: Code intelligence doesn't supply
methods for an instance of an object. (bug 36128)
- Code Browser: "Go to Definition" error with code
folding (bug 33495)
- Code Browser: Perl file is shown twice in the Code
Browser (bug 33665)
- Debugger: Remote Python debugging hangs on
non-existent file (bug 36247)
- Debugger: Last line not recognized in remote dbg (bug
36265)
- Documentation: Wording change to Perl remote
debugging setup docs (bug 33067)
- Documentation: K3.1 Solaris may require OS patches
(for Mozilla) (bug 35873)
- Documentation: Fixes to Tutorial docs (bugs 36073,
36077, 36080)
- Editor: "updateBreakpointsFromMarkers" traceback
during save (bug 33150)
- Editor: Komodo does not notice that mailexport.xml
has changed (bug 36078)
- Macros: Some macro triggers don't work (bug
36084)
- Object Browser: HTTP::Date.time2str looks odd (bug
35786)
- Source Code Control: Offer to save file on SCC diff
when the file is dirty (bug 36067)
To view the complete list of bugs fixed in this release,
see http://bugs.activestate.com.
Bug Fixes
- Solaris builds available
- Subversion documentation added
- Further performance improvements in Python
debugger
- Perl Code Intelligence improvements
- Perl .xs file extension mapped to C++ lexer
- * Perl .PL file extension mapped to Perl lexer
- Fixes to Watch variables tab (bug 35808)
- Duplicate variable names in PHP completion fixed (bug
34795)
- Advanced debugger preferences added for customizing
amount of data returned from debug sessions for variable
viewers
- Previously, projects could not import/open files with
colon in the filename (bug 35783)
- Permission denied on one item in import prevented
importing any files/dirs (bug 30188)
- Support extends and implements for AutoComplete in
PHP ( bug 35881)
- Fixed PHP completion for remote files (bug
34745)
- Support self keyword for PHP completion (bug
35042)
- Python -E caused debugging/shell to fail (bug
35114)
- Source Code Control add/delete status in projects was
broken (bug 35919)
- Source Code Control edit command was available when
it shouldn't have been (bug 35927)
- Source Code Control folder/container commands were
not available (bug 35925)
- Fixed using locally installed PyDBGP
To view the complete list of bugs fixed in this release,
see http://bugs.activestate.com.
Bug Fixes and Enhancements
- Editor: Column select key bindings now 'Alt'+'Shift'
rather than 'Ctrl'+'Alt'+'Shift'
- Debugger: No tooltips/hints for variables when
debugging Perl script (32875)
- Debugger: Only 100 children of an array shown in
debugger variable panes (33702)
- Python: Extreme slowness debugging large python
applications (33140, see new features above)
- Python: wxPython crashes resolved (33112, see new
features above)
- Python: Stepping into execfile within a method fails
(34767)
- Python: Eval fails to debug (32657)
- Python: Can't set breakpoints in Python threads
(34803)
- Python: Debugger fails to display Python sets (
34796)
- Python: Interactive shell hangs
- Perl: Log file path does not expand tilde
(34711)
- Perl: Debugger stops execution in extraneous .pm
files (34699)
- Perl: Various remote debugger issues fixed
- Perl: NEW break support added
- Perl: $1 not preserved in Perl interactive shell
session (34528)
- Perl: Single-quoted multi-line string failure
(34967)
- PHP: Incorrect line numbers used in code browsing
(32499)
- PHP: Completion of functions from include files is
faulty (34865)
- PHP: Preferences report debugging is not configured
(34703)
- PHP: Updated xdebug extension
- TCL: Support for debugging incrtcl code
- default extensions for new languages (34708)
- Incorrect tooltip in search toolbar (33347)
- Using tab key to indent deletes characters
(34695)
- Komodo version does not show in name in Add/Remove
Programs (34797)
- 'View as language', display does not update syntax
coloring (34689)
- Perl: Syntax color issues (34087)
- Completion drop-down is clipped by scintilla window
(34392)
- dragging/dropping multiple files fails to work
(34891)
- Rectangle (column) selection failed on windows
(34042)
- Print selection with tabs prints incorrect selection
(34739)
- Better cvs version parsing (35428)
Bug Fixes
- fixed startup bug on Linux when using NFS mounts for
home directories (34041)
- MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH would cause Komodo startup failure
(34779)
- wxPython crash when debugging (33112)
- Perl debugger uri fix (34714)
Bug Fixes
- fixed startup bug on Windows
- Perl Interactive Shell: a few refinements relating to
handling of special variables ($1 .. $9, $`, $', @_)
- Perl debugger: perl debugger fails if logfile setting
has spaces in the path (bug 34192)
- Unix install script: fix expansion of "~"
directories
- VPM: fix startup failure
Bug Fixes
- Overload support for the Perl debugger (33367)
- Fixed CVS support for less used protocols or
protocols available with CVSNT
- Minor fixes in Perforce support (33683)
- "Find" functionality improvements (33698)
- Debugger's HTML view now handles images properly
(33619)
- Cyrillic (and other) keyboard support fixed
(34028)
- Perl syntax coloring improvements (34087
- General debugger improvements (32645)
- Debugging of Tcl
incrtcl
classes now
possible (34090)
- Breakpoint failures addressed for Tcl debugging
(34079)
- File|Revert command was previously
never available (33335)
- "Repeat next" key binding ('Ctrl'+'K', 'Ctrl'+'U')
now stops repeating when it should (33960)
- On Linux, dragging and dropping a file onto an open
file in the Editor Pane caused the name of the added file
to be pasted into the already-open file (32341)
- Deleting a single custom menu from the Toolbox
removed all custom menus from the main menu (33202)
- Comparing files with different line endings caused
Komodo to hang (32932)
- Breakpoints in remote files were ignored (33636)
- The Python remote debugger failed when debugging
local files (33079)
- Perl Debugger - fixed "Bizarre copy of ARRAY"
- Opening files with 'Enter' key had unintended side
effects (33433)
- Non-ASCII Characters were not displayed properly in
the RX Toolkit (33054)
- Remote debugger always searched for local files
(33116)
- Breakpoints didn't work for filenames with
parentheses when debugging Perl (33968)
- Temporary files were created and not removed when
debugging Perl (34308)
- Module dependencies are now handled better during
Perl debugging (33771, 33255)
- Breakpoints are now reset after saving a file for
Perl debugging (34267)
To view the complete list of bugs fixed in this release,
see http://bugs.activestate.com.
- On Windows, CPU usage spiked to 100% from the
debugger proxy at end of a debug session.
- Custom menus disappeared when dragging macros into
them.
- The "Your Toolbox has changed outside Komodo" alert
was being displayed unnecessarily.
- Komodo was unable to "Save As" files in 8bit
encodings on Linux platforms.
- Files could not be opened while using ShiftJIS or
cp936 system default encodings.
- The debugger was hanging with a Prototype Error when
debugging Perl on Linux.
- Usage of the "System defined default browser" was
incorrect in some cases.
- CVS integration did not work with some versions of
CVS.
- The code intelligence scanning engine hung on certain
file access errors.
- Some failures with non-ascii characters in filenames
on Linux (such as the inability to use CVS or failures in
the auto-save feature) were fixed.
- Some failures when converting document encodings were
fixed.
To view the complete list of bugs fixed in this release,
see http://bugs.activestate.com.
Code Intelligence
Komodo's Code
Intelligence system is a set of tools that supports
multiple languages. The Code Intelligence tools include the
Code
Browser, Object
Browser and Python
AutoComplete and CallTips. All Code Intelligence tools
require a Code Intelligence database to operate fully.
The Object Browser is a graphical browser that searches
the Code
Intelligence database for specified code symbols and
modules. Use the Object Browser's preview pane to view code
snippets containing the search criteria.
The Code
Browser displays on the Code tab next
to the Projects tab in the Left Pane. The
Code Browser displays a hierarchical tree view of all code
constructs (for example, variables, methods, imports) in
all open files. For Python, instance attributes are all
displayed. The code tree, which can be navigated using
either the keyboard or mouse, includes the following
features:
- Double-click a node to jump to that point in the
code.
- When the cursor is positioned in the Editor Pane,
clicking the Locate
current scope button on the Code Toolbar or pressing
'Ctrl'+'K', 'Ctrl'+'L' causes Komodo to jump to the node
in the code tree that most closely matches the current
point in the program. Additionally, a Scope
Indicator, located in the status bar, displays the
current scope of a selected code construct. Double-click
the Scope Indicator to open the tree hierarchy to the
code construct.
- When the focus is in the Code Browser tree, pressing
the 'Tab' key causes Komodo to shift to the Filter
text box. Typing any string in this text box causes the
Code Browser to display all of the nodes matching that
string. Pressing 'Tab' again shifts the focus back to the
tree. Clearing the Filter text box
returns the tree to its original state. Note that all
matching nodes are shown, even those that are invisible
because their parents were not "expanded".
- The Sort menu
on the Code Toolbar lets you toggle whether the nodes at
each level of the tree are sorted in alphabetical order
or according to the order they occur in the file.
- The Code Description pane, located in the lower part of the
Code Browser, displays additional documentation (when
available) on various program components.
Python AutoComplete and
CallTips are enhanced with the Code Intelligence
database.
Interactive Shell
The interactive
shell is an implementation of Perl, Python and Tcl's
interactive shell within Komodo. The interactive shell
supports, AutoComplete, CallTips, debugging functions,
customization and history recall.
Debugging
- A debugger proxy
is available that enables multiple users to debug with
Komodo on the same machine.
- The Breakpoints tab in the Bottom
Pane of the Komodo workspace is designed for convenient
management of breakpoints
and Tcl spawnpoints. This tab displays enabled and
disabled breakpoints and spawnpoints. Double-clicking an
enabled or disabled breakpoint on the
Breakpoints tab opens the related file
in the Editor Pane and
shifts focus to the line in the program associated with
that breakpoint.
- Komodo now handles multi-session
debugging. Komodo can debug multiple programs,
regardless of the supported languages used in the
applications being concurrently debugged.
- The Bottom Pane of the Komodo workspace (previously
the Output Pane) has been reorganized and enhanced. The
new Debug tab is
displayed whenever a Komodo debugging session is
launched.
- A Debug
Toolbar is available on the Debug
tab in the Bottom Pane of the Komodo workspace. It
includes additional controls for detaching
from a new debugging session and forcing a
break.
- New remote debugging features include the ability to
listen for
remote debugger sessions continuously, set remote debugger
preferences, and check
the listener status of the current
configuration.
- The new debugger properties dialog box supports
multiple 'configurations' to be saved per file.
- The new Debugger dialog box (displayed when a debug
session is invoked) supports configurable interpreter
arguments.
- The Disable Output Buffering and
Enable Implicit Flush options
for PHP debugging have no effect when Simulate
CGI Environment is selected. To disable output
buffering in CGI emulation mode, manually comment out the
output_buffering setting in php.ini with a ";"
character, or set it to "off".
Rx Toolkit
The Rx Toolkit has been completely overhauled. New
features include:
- Match Type buttons
that set the match mode for the regular expression. The
buttons represent functions that let you
Match, Match All,
Split, Replace and
Replace All.
- For Python regular expressions, there are two new
modifiers: Unicode and
Locale.
Multi-User Features
- A Shared Toolbox
with functionality similar to the standard Toolbox
makes it possible for multiple users to share items such
as run commands and code snippets. The Shared Toolbox is
enabled via a check box on the Shared Support page of
Komodo Preferences.
- Users can accept a default Common Data Directory or
specify a custom location via the new Shared
Support page in Komodo Preferences.
- Multiple users can share .tip, .pcx and
.pdx files and preferences.
Enhanced Search Functionality
- The new Open/Find
Toolbar makes it easier to open files and search for
strings in currently open files.
- A Find in Files
dialog box is used to search for files that are not
currently open.
Macro Enhancements
- A Macro Toolbar
provides a quick and easy way to record, pause, play,
stop and save macros.
- Macros are no longer stored as separate files (as
they were in 2.x). Because macro content is now included
in a macro item, it is easier to share macros between
multiple users.
- The Properties dialog box for macros contains a
window in which macros can be coded
in either JavaScript or Python.
- Triggers can
be set so that macros execute as a result of specific
Komodo events.
- The documentation includes a macro
API.
Custom Toolbars, Menus and Icons
Create Custom Toolbars and
Menus for frequently used components. Custom Toolbars
are displayed beneath the existing toolbars; custom menus
are added to Komodo's top-level menu, between the
Tools and Windows menus.
Custom icons can be assigned to components like
run commands,
snippets,
etc.
Editing Enhancements
Miscellaneous
- PHP 5 is supported.
- Support for Web services has been deprecated. Note
that this will not prevent the use of Web services in
applications developed in Komodo.
- Users familiar with the Emacs editor can configure
Komodo to use Emacs key
bindings and set a File
Associations preference so that Komodo checks for an
embedded Emacs mode
specification.
- Support for Tcl has been improved to include more
detailed logging and additional syntax checking
options.
- Two new interpolation
shortcuts (%L and %P) can now be used in the Run
Command dialog box.
- Users now have the option to assign custom icons to
Komodo components (snippets, run commands, etc).
- Printing features for specifying
line wrapping and
font
scaling have been added to the Printing page in
Komodo Preferences. This page is now also accessible by
clicking Print Settings on the
File menu.
- Components from Projects or the Toolbox can be
exported to a self-contained archive for distribution to
other users. The import and export wizards are invoked
via the right-click context menu in the Project or
Toolbox tab, or from the Toolbox menu.
- Perl, Python and Tcl preferences include the ability
to specify import directories.
- On the Editor|Key Bindings
preference page, the key bindings list can be
filtered.
Documentation
- The new Feature
Showcases are quick demos of Komodo features.
- Komodo Help now displays in a selected web
browser.
- Improved search capabilities, including phrase search
and result ranking, make it easier to locate specific
information.
- The documentation includes an index.
- Context-sensitive Help buttons have been added
throughout the Komodo workspace.
- The documentation includes a macro
API.
Komodo 3.0 Beta 4 (June, 2004)
Komodo 3.0 Beta 3 (May, 2004)
Komodo 3.0 Beta 2 (May, 2004)
Komodo 3.0 Beta 1 (May, 2004)
This release contains bug fixes for Komodo 2.5 and
2.5.1, including:
- Intermittent crashes were occurring on Linux, caused
by the autosave feature.
- On Linux, the Internationalization dialog in Komodo's
Preferences was generating an error.
- Perl's Visual Package Manager was not always
reporting a startup failure to the user.
- AutoComplete for Perl and Python did not work.
- Intermittently, the variable type indicator (i.e., $,
@, %) was not being selected when double-clicking on a
variable in the editor pane.
- Umlaut characters were causing file contents to be
lost on save.
- CVS source code control integration functions were
not available on directories or projects.
- The Tcl statement
source file
was not finding the specified file.
- There were errors in Tcl syntax checking.
- CVS source code control integration was generating
errors on Solaris.
- There were debugging errors when working with Tcl
scripts on Solaris.
- When adding template items to a project or the Komodo
Toolbox, it was not possible to cancel the file selection
operation.
- The CVS source code control integration now supports
use of a local repository.
- The update function in Komodo's source code control
integration was not functioning under certain
circumstances.
- On Solaris, it was not possible to create a file on
an NFS-mounted disk.
- Regardless of the setting for line endings, new files
were created with DOS/Windows line terminators.
- Perl brace matching could cause Komodo to lock up
under certain circumstances.
- XML AutoComplete could cause Komodo to lock up.
- During a workspace restoration, if multiple files
contained breakpoints, the breakpoints were not being
written to Komodo's breakpoint manager and would have to
be manually re-set.
- After debugging, debugger arrows were still active on
files that had been stepped into.
- Files names that included spaces could not be added
to projects.
- Under certain circumstances, Komodo would not start
on Red Hat version 8.
- Autosave functionality is now more robust.
- Under certain circumstances, opening files resulted
in a blank page in the editor pane.
- On Linux, the debug session would occasionally hang
due to problems with the remote debug listener.
This release contained bug fixes for Komodo 2.5. The
only user-visible changes were:
- When clickable links are displayed in the Output
Pane, you must double-click (rather than single click) to
follow the link. This allows for portions of the link to
be selected via single-clicks. The link is no longer
underlined.
- The default Perl remote debugging port has changed
from 9010 to 9011 (due to a conflict with the XIM server
on UNIX). To use the new port, alter the PERLDB_OPTS
setting on the remote machine. If you are invoking the
Komodo debugger via the Perl Dev Kit's -debug switch,
ensure that the specified port number matches the
Komodo's port number.
- The menu link for the Start Page has been moved from
the Help menu to the Windows menu.
- The Close All menu option no longer
closes the Start Page.
- The Internationalization preference
page for language encodings has changed.
Programming-language specific encodings are now used for
existing files, as well as new files.
The following major bugs were fixed:
- The highlighting of selected text was not released if
the mouse pointer moved outside of the editor pane.
- Komodo Personal failed to start up properly if the
Show Button Text option was
enabled.
- Background syntax checking would cease to
function.
- Saving of remote files failed for long editing
sessions.
- Remote debugging didn't honor Perl breakpoints.
- The Rx window could hang.
- Hotspots in the Output pane were generated for
spurious lines and the dialog was hard to dismiss.
- Installing web services for Perl 5.8 is fixed.
- The Build Standalone Perl
Application dialog didn't deal well with scripts
with UNC filenames (\\machine\drive\...).
- Printing collapsed whitespace in the middle of
lines.
- The ability to show diffs in an editor tab wasn't
working.
General
- Komodo's speed has been boosted through
re-engineering, resulting in quicker times for startup,
tab-switching, loading of dialogs, as well as overall
performance gains.
- Menus have been re-organized, and new items have been
added. Every Komodo feature can now be accessed through
the top-level menus.
- The Preferences pages and a number of existing
dialogs have been improved and reorganized for
ease-of-use. Changed dialogs include those associated
with current file settings, templates, source code
control, remote files, and the Perl Dev Kit.
- Templates can now use the same interpolation
shortcuts as commands and snippets. Prior to Komodo
Version 2.5, a set of variables could be used to embed
the current date and time in files created from custom
templates. The old codes have been deprecated and will be
removed in the next Komodo release.
- The Show Unsaved Changes command, previously
exclusive to the Editor context menu, has been added to
the File menu.
- A new Compare Files feature on the
Tools menu provides a quick and easy way
to locate and "diff" two files.
- A Word Wrap command has been added
to the View menu.
- A Tcl tutorial has been added to Komodo's set of
language tutorials. Another new tutorial, the Komodo
Tour, provides an introduction to the program's key
features.
- ASPN Cookbook integration is no longer
supported.
Workspace
- Changes have been made to make more efficient use of
the Komodo workspace:
- A Full Screen command has been
added to the View menu.
- The Toolbox and Project Manager, which previously
appeared in separate panes, are now contained in
single pane. You can select Projects/Toolbox
Pane from the View menu to
show or hide this pane.
- Toolbar button text is not displayed by default.
Hiding the button text makes it possible for the
toolbars to share a single row.
- The functionality of Komodo's ancillary windows has
been enhanced. The Debug Output, Command Output, and SCC
Output tabs in the Output Pane offer context menus with
access to a subset of the top-level View menu. There are
key bindings for each of the context menu items. The same
context menu is available in the "diff" window, which is
invoked by either the Show Unsaved Changes command or the
Compare Files command. The ancillary
windows also support "hot-spotting". If Komodo detects a
file reference, it will create a hot spot that links to
the file itself.
- Interpreter errors displayed in the Output Pane are
now hyperlinks to the relevant line.
- 'Ctrl'+'Tab' functionality is now supported in all of
the panes in the Komodo workspace. Earlier versions of
Komodo supported tab-switching in the Editor Pane
only.
- The Output tab and the
Variables tab are now known as the Debug
Output tab and Debug Variables tab, respectively.
- The "grippies" used to show and hide the panes in the
Komodo workspace have been abandoned in favor of "x"
close buttons.
Project Manager and Toolbox
- The new Toolbox menu provides
functionality for importing and exporting items, along
with other commands that were previously exclusive to the
Toolbox context menu. The Projects/Toolbox Pane contains
the Projects tab and the Toolbox tab. You can show or
hide the Projects and
Toolbox tabs by pressing
'Ctrl'+'Shift'+'P' and 'Ctrl'+'Shift'+'T',
respectively.
Editor
- Additions to the Window menu offer
new display options for the Editor Pane. Selecting
Split View divides the Editor Pane in
two, so that you can preview files (e.g., HTML or XML) or
compare two files. Select Rotate Tab
Groups to toggle vertical and horizontal
variations of the split view.
- The View As Language item on the View menu now has a
submenu item called Reset to best guess.
Select this item to ignore the user preference, and
analyze the file in an attempt to determine its
language.
- Change the language of an open file by right-clicking
the name of the language on the status bar and selecting
a language from the pop-up menu.
- A new Smart Editing preference gives
you the choice of configuring the 'Tab' key instead of
'Ctrl'+'Space' to trigger Komodo's word-completion
feature.
- The Go To Line dialog box now
supports entries that are relative to the current line.
For example, instead of entering a specific line number,
you can enter "+10" or "-10" to move ten lines forward or
back.
- There are some changes to the default key bindings.
For a complete listing of default key bindings, select
Help|List Key Bindings.
- The Ignore Hidden Text option has
been removed from the Find dialog
box.
- Komodo now supports editing with non-English
characters, based on the locale specified in the regional
settings for Windows. See Customizing International
Encodings for more information.
Web and Browser
- A Preview in Browser command is now available through
the View menu and the main toolbar.
Depending on how the Web and Browser preferences are
configured, this command will display a preview in one of
three ways:
-
- in the Editor Pane
- side-by-side with the source code in a split view
of the Editor Pane
- in a separate window
GUI Builder
- GUI Builder functionality has been extended to
include language-specific widget palettes that are
displayed according to the initial language selection. In
addition, a greater variety of widgets is available.
- The new Dialog tab displays an interactive
organizational map that makes it easier to plan and
manage the structure of dialogs.
- The new Menu tab is used to create drop-down menus.
The Menu tab features an additional
widget set used to create standard menu commands, as well
as commands with check box or radiobutton behavior.
Printing
- The new Page Setup options used to set orientation,
margins, and headers and footers can now be accessed from
the File menu.
- A new Print Preview command has also been added to
the File menu. In addition to navigation
buttons for viewing multi-page print jobs, the preview
window offers access to Page Setup
options. As a result, printing preferences available in
Komodo 2.3, including Print Line Wrap
Markers, Characters per line
and Font Size Adjustment, have been
removed.
- Selecting the Print to HTML command
now opens the generated file.
Fonts and Colors
- The Fonts and Colors preferences have been
streamlined to make managing these settings easier. You
can create new font and color schemes based on the
default scheme. In addition to Language-Specific
Coloring, you can now set Common Syntax Coloring to
specify the settings for elements used in multiple
languages.
Debugging
- A Run Without Debugging item has
been added to the Debug menu, providing
a faster way to run scripts in Komodo.
- A new debugging preference, Try to find files
on the local system when remote debugging, has
been added. When this preference is turned on, Komodo
will search for the debugger file on the local system
instead of automatically opening a read-only version of
the file retrieved from the debug engine.
- Komodo now offers full support for Tcl debugging. In
addition, runtime Tcl syntax checking no longer requires
the Tcl Dev Kit.
Source Code Control
- The Automatically check out before
save option has been moved from "General Source
Code Control Preferences" to "Perforce" Preferences,
where it appears as Automatically open files for
edit before save.
Komodo 2.5 Technology Preview 1 for Solaris (August,
2003)
Komodo 2.5 Beta 1 for Windows, Linux (August,
2003)
Komodo 2.5 Alpha 2 (July, 2003)
General
- Compatibility issues with ActivePerl 5.8 (VPM), PHP
4.3 (syntax checking) and Python 2.2.2+ (debugging) have
been resolved.
- The XSLT engine has been upgraded to Xerces 2.1 and
Xalan 1.4, and includes built-in extensions for that
version. (Refer to
http://xml.apache.org/xalan-c/extensionslib.html for
information about extension support.)
- The new Windows Integration page in the Komodo
Preferences is used to configure system-wide file
associations.
- The Projects and Workspace page in Komodo can be used
to have Komodo prompt you to open recent files and
projects when you start the program.
- The configuration of the Komodo workspace is restored
after closing and re-opening Komodo.
PHP Configuration Wizard
- The PHP Configuration Wizard simplifies the
previously cumbersome process of configuring PHP
debugging extensions in Komodo.
Run Command
- The Run Command function has been enhanced, and a new
Run Command Tutorial has been added.
Toolbox
- Snippets now support shortcut codes. To view the
supported shortcuts, right-click a snippet, select
Properties, and click the arrow button
in the Properties dialog.
- The new Add "Open..." Shortcut...
item on the Toolbox menu is used to create shortcut links
in the Toolbox to directories. Key bindings can be
assigned to these links.
- Items can be exported from the Toolbox. Select the
desired items, then right-click and select Export
as Project File....
- Exported Toolbox items can be imported using the
Import into Toolbox... menu item,
accessible from the Toolbox menu.
- The new Compare File With... item on
the file context menus in the Toolbox and Project Manager
is used to compare the selected file with another file
selected via a file picker dialog.
Project Manager
- Projects load much faster than in previous
versions.
- Snippets now support shortcut codes. To view the
supported shortcuts, right-click a snippet, select
Properties, and click the arrow button
in the Properties dialog.
- The new Add "Open..." Shortcut...
item on the Project Manager menu is used to create
shortcut links in the Project Manager to directories and
URLs. Key bindings can be assigned to these links.
- The new Compare File With... item on
the Project Manager menu is used to compare the selected
file with another file selected via a file picker
dialog.
- When a project has been changed, it can be reverted
to its last saved state using the Revert
Project menu item.
- Many settings now persist in Komodo's projects,
including debugging options and Import from File System
settings.
- The Import from Filesystem function
prompts if you want to install all the files in a
filesystem, and allows you to deselect desired
files.
- After using the Import from
Filesystem function, if you attempt to import
the same filesystem location into the same project, only
files that are new since the last import will be
imported.
SCC Integration
- If you are using Komodo's Perforce integration, you
can now specify an external "diff" tool.
- The "diff" window displays the original content and
the new content in different colors.
- The "diff" window supports function keys to navigate
to changes in the file.
Editor
- Select Show Unsaved Changes from the
Editor context menu to view the differences between the
version of the file currently displayed in the Editor
Pane and the last saved version of the file.
- Breakpoints and code folding information is stored
with the file, and therefore does not need to be
reconfigured when the file is closed and re-opened.
- There is a new automatic indentation style ("Indent
to first non-empty column") that can be configured using
Komodo's Indentation preferences.
- The symbols used to indicate folded sections of code
(and sections of code that can be folded) can be
configured on the Editor|Indentation
page of the Komodo Preferences.
- You can change Read Only status of a file in the
file's preferences. Access the file preferences by
right-clicking the file in the Editor Pane and selecting
Properties and Settings.
- If you change and save a file with a Read Only
status, you will be given the option to "force" the
write. This will remove the Read Only flag, save the
changes, then reset the Read Only flag.
- You can specify the language association for an open
file in the file's preferences. Access the preferences
for the current file by right-clicking the file in the
Editor Pane and selecting Properties and
Settings. Use the Reset button
to reassert the language associated with the file
type.
- Various editor bugs have been fixed, including
intermittent failure of the paste function, periodic
hanging when large projects were being opened, Perl
syntax checking problems and lost code folding after tab
switching.
GUI Builder
- In Komodo's Preferences, you can specify the
preferred port that the GUI Builder will use.
- There are now no constraints for user code added to
Python files generated by the GUI Builder.
PDK Support
- Komodo 2.3 supports version 5 of the Perl Dev Kit,
including the new PerlNET and PerlTray components.
- Support for all the Perl Dev Kit tools has been
enhanced.
- When the Build Standalone Perl
Application function is used, settings in the
dialog are stored with the file.
Komodo 2.3 beta 2 (February, 2003)
Komodo 2.3 beta 1 (January, 2003)
- See Komodo 2.0 for
Windows for a list of 2.0 features included in
version 2.0.1 for Linux.
- International Encoding support now works with
European and Cyrillic character sets. Configure encoding
support on the Internationalization page of Komodo
Preferences.
- a new Web Preferences page, used to specify the
default browser
- additional Run Command Shortcuts
Komodo 2.0.1 for Windows (October, 2002)
Komodo 2.0 beta 3 for Linux (October, 2002)
Komodo 2.0 beta 2 for Linux (September, 2002)
- Project Manager
-
- add Run commands to projects
- add GUI dialogs to projects (Komodo
Pro)
- add Web services to projects
- add macros to projects
- add code snippets to projects
- organize objects into folders
- import groups of files from the filesystem
- organize the order of objects in projects
- drag items to and from the Project Manager to the
Toolbox and Editor
- Toolbox
-
- add Run commands to the Toolbox
- add GUI dialogs to the Toolbox (Komodo
Pro)
- add Web services to the Toolbox
- add macros to the Toolbox
- add code snippets to the Toolbox
- add code snippets to the Toolbox
- organize objects into folders
- drag items to and from the Toolbox to the Project
Manager and Editor
- Customizable Key Bindings for standard Komodo
functions, and for macros and Run commands
- Source Code Control integration for CVS and Perforce
(Komodo Pro)
- Visual Package Manager integration (Komodo
Pro)
- GUI Builder for building graphical applications
(Komodo Pro)
- Macros for recording and repeating common keystroke
sequences
- Create code snippets by selecting code in the Editor
Pane and dropping it into the Project Manager or
Toolbox
- Enhanced "Run" Command
- save run command to the Toolbox
- new shortcuts, including escaped % symbol,
URL-escaped selection, etc
- specify starting directory for command
- specify run location (output window, new console,
no console)
- specify environment variables
- save advanced options (such as environment
variables) as Run command defaults
- Function Search to quickly find Perl packages and
subs, Python or PHP classes and functions, and Tcl
procs
- Incremental Search
- HTML Preview Tab
- Customizable Language Help
- Customizable Cursor, Current Line, Selection and
Background Colors
- "Mark All" option in Find dialog
- "Remove All Bookmarks" command
- Printing enhancements
- Background Syntax Checking
-
- hover mouse over icon for total number of errors
and warnings
- double-click icon to move the editing cursor to
the next error or warning
- Tip of the Day
- 'Ctrl'+'Tab' switches between the two most recently
opened or edited files
- Ability to re-order open files by
dragging-and-dropping file tabs in the Editor Pane
- File tab context menu with common file tasks, such as
saving and accessing source code control commands
- 'Ctrl'+'X' and 'Ctrl'+'C' take entire lines if no
text is selected, and will continue to accumulate
lines
- 'Ctrl'+'Shift'+'V' pastes and selects the pasted
text
- Improved word wrapping
- Partial word movement
- Overtype / insert toggle support
- Search through the document for the word under the
cursor
- Web service proxies in Perl programs
- Brace matching
- Transposing characters
- Literal characters
Komodo 2.0 beta 2 for Windows (September, 2002)
Komodo 2.0 beta 1 for Linux (September, 2002)
Komodo 2.0 beta 1 for Windows (August, 2002)
The following issues were addressed in Komodo 1.2.x
releases:
Editor
- (Windows only) Syntax checking now works properly for
files located on a network.
- (Tcl, Perl and PHP) Double-clicking variables now
selects the variable prefix.
- When dragging and dropping text into the Editor Pane,
Komodo no longer attempts to open a new file.
- When dragging and dropping text from the Editor Pane
to other parts of Komodo, Komodo was crashing. This has
been fixed.
- When CallTips are displayed, tip highlighting now
progresses as statement components are entered in the
editor.
- When opening large HTML files in the editor, Komodo
no longer displays a syntax error warning.
- Search and replace strings containing backslashes are
now handled properly.
- The error regarding invalid regular expressions
during search and replace has been fixed.
- Templates in language directories are now correctly
included in the language categories.
General Debugging
- Watched variables can be manipulated regardless of
whether the debugger is running.
- When the debugger is running, use 'Ctrl'+'F10' to run
the debugger to the current cursor position.
- When the debugger is running, the current line is now
highlighted. The highlighting is dimmed when a stack
other than the current stack is selected.
- The debugger now positions the current line in the
middle of the Editor Pane.
Perl Editing and Debugging
- Socket errors in Perl debugger connections have been
fixed by the addition of a new configuration item. Select
Edit|Preferences|Debugger, and enter the socket port in
the Perl Listener Port field. The "CallKomodo"
configuration of the PERLDB_OPTS is no longer used, and
can be removed. See Debugging Perl Remotely for more
information.
- Support for the overload.pm module has been
added.
- Evals in included files no longer fail when stepping
into the included file.
- "Here" doc styling is now supported.
- When debugging Perl, the Komodo debugger does not
step over "require" statements.
PHP Editing and Debugging
- Komodo now fails gracefully if the php.ini file does
not exist in the specified location.
- AutoComplete is now available inside strings.
- The icon on the Komodo start page now correctly shows
when PHP has been enabled.
- AutoComplete no longer fails inside certain string
elements.
- Syntax checking now functions on large PHP
files.
- PHP configuration is correctly reloaded if it is
changed.
- AutoComplete now picks up changes in the php.ini
file.
- The PHP 4.1 / 4.2 debugger extension is included with
the Komodo distribution. Note that the 4.1 debugger
extension functions with PHP version 4.2.
Tcl Editing and Debugging
- Breakpoints can now be set in included files.
- For Tcl Dev Kit users, Prowrap was being incorrectly
called, rather than Procheck.
Other
- PDK version 4.0 is now supported.
- The Rx Toolkit has better font styling.
- To speed initial startup, sample Web services are no
longer added to the Komodo Preferences.
Web Services
- When parsing WSDLs, there is now schema support for
complex types (however, not all schema is
supported).
- The WSDL parser now parses all XMethods.com WSDL
files.
Komodo 1.2.7 RC1 for Windows and Linux (March,
2002)
Web Service Consumption
Komodo provides Web service support, bookmarks; quickly add
Web services to Perl, Python or PHP files (including
automatic language support like CallTips and AutoCompletion
for Web service objects); browse your Web service bookmark
library in the Komodo User Guide.
Share Recipes with the ASPN
Cookbook
Komodo provides a fast, easy way to share recipes. Submit
your favorite Perl regular expression or Python, Tcl or
XSLT code snippet to the ASPN Cookbook.
Enhanced Editing
The Komodo editor detects files that have changed on disk,
and gives you the option to reload. Komodo also remembers
the "state" of each file in the Most Recently Used list,
including cursor position, bookmarks, fold points, language
association, and whitespace preference. Undo changes to a
file using the Revert File function. Quickly select blocks
of code when performing editing functions; configure text
to auto-wrap in the editor and to auto-save at the interval
you prefer.
Keyboard Shortcuts
New keyboard shortcuts include 'Ctrl'+Insert' (copy),
'Shift'+'Delete' (cut), 'Shift'+'Insert' (paste) and
'Ctrl'+<debug command> (suppress Debug Options
dialog). Note that you can also use the 'Ctrl' key in
conjunction with the Debugging Toolbar buttons to suppress
display of the Debugging Options dialog box.
Find and Replace
Search and / or Replace a word or phrase in all documents
open in the Komodo editor. Use the new tab on the Output
Pane to view all results from Find or Replace
operations.
Templates and Macros
Code faster with language-specific templates. Create custom
templates, and embed variables for date and time
stamps.
Perl Dev Kit Support
Use Komodo in conjunction with the Perl Dev Kit to build
Windows executables, services and controls written in
Perl.
Tcl Support
With a membership to ASPN Tcl, use Komodo's syntax checking
and debugging with Tcl.
FTP Support
Edit remote files on FTP servers; add remote files to
projects; save files to remote FTP servers. Use Komodo's
Preferences to configure connection information for servers
you use frequently.
Komodo User Guide
Search the User Guide or find a word or phrase in the
current page; navigate using the Table of Contents; change
the font size. Take a visual tour of the Komodo Workspace,
the Komodo Debugger, the Komodo Editor or the Rx
Toolkit.
Komodo Tutorials
Learn about new languages and language-specific Komodo
features in the Tutorials.
PHP
Now supports AutoCompletion.
Fonts and Colors
Customize the display of fonts and colors for elements of
every language supported by Komodo.
CGI Debugging Emulation
Emulate a CGI environment while debugging on your local
machine by configuring server environment variables and
form input.
Enhanced Debugging
Expanded Debugging Options remember your debug settings
from one session to another; view HTML output on the Output
tab; configure the Remote Debugging Listener Port; enter
program input on the Output tab.
Run Commands
Interact with the command line using the Run Commands
function.
Internationalization
Set the default encoding for files in Komodo's Preferences.
While Komodo does not yet support editing outside of the
English character set, non-English characters in existing
files will be preserved.
Komodo 1.2 beta 1 for Linux (November, 2001)
Komodo 1.2 beta 2 for Windows (November, 2001)
Komodo 1.2 beta 1 for Windows (October, 2001)
PHP Debugging Enjoy PHP syntax checking
and debugging with Komodo. You can configure Komodo to
debug PHP files locally or within a Web server environment.
For more information, see Debugging Programs in the Online
Help.
XSLT Debugging - This release supports
XSLT debugging. You can view your XSLT file, your XML input
file, and your output simultaneously. You can even open an
XML file on your Web server and transform the file while
you debug your XSLT program. We've also improved the sample
XSLT file in our Sample Project. For more information on
XSLT debugging, see Debugging Programs in the Online
Help.
Tcl support - You can now use Komodo to
edit your Tcl files, including syntax coloring, code
folding, AutoComplete and CallTips. We added a Tcl file to
our Sample Project. If you have Tcl Dev Kit, you can enjoy
Tcl syntax checking within Komodo. We plan to include
stand-alone syntax checking that does not require Tcl Dev
Kit in an upcoming release. Komodo does not yet support Tcl
debugging.
Improved Performance - This release is
based on the latest Mozilla tree, which includes an
optimized code base. Performance improvements include
faster installation and startup and faster response while
you type or change files. Komodo responds much faster
during debugging, when opening files and switching between
files, and when loading the File Associations pane in the
Preferences dialog.
Support for more languages - You can
now use Komodo to edit Ruby and other languages, such as VB
and SQL.
Improvements for Komodo on Linux - You
can now resize the Komodo workspace, you can use
fixed-width fonts, and you can debug Perl scripts if you
have Perl 5.6 installed and configured.
XML AutoComplete - Komodo now features
AutoComplete for your XML files. When you type an open
angle-bracket "<", Komodo lists the elements in your
file. Komodo XML AutoComplete also lists tag attributes and
suggests attribute values for certain values. XML
AutoComplete also helps you close your tags.
Expanded Find and Replace dialog - You
can now use regular expressions in your find and replace
strings, you can search through folded text, and more.
Partial Unicode support - Komodo
supports ASCII, Latin-1 and Unicode (UTF-8, UCS-2 or UCS-4)
encoding. If you use Komodo to edit a file that has a
different character encoding than those mentioned above,
non-English characters may be removed when you save the
file.
Komodo 1.0 (April, 2001)
Komodo 0.1 (November, 2000)