Hello Python Community,
We are happy to announce a minor update to the IronPython Tools for Visual
Studio. IronPython Tools for Visual Studio (IPyTools) is a set of extensions
available for Visual Studio 2010 which supports development of IronPython
applications. This release is our 3rd Community Technical Preview (CTP) and
builds upon the previous two releases. The release is a minor update which
includes bug fixes and a number of small features. You can download the latest
release at http://www.ironpython.net/ironpython/tools/
There is also one major change in that the project system is no longer based
upon the files which live on disk. Instead we now follow the normal VS project
model. This means files must be explicitly added to the project and files
which you don't want in the project won't automatically show up. We made this
change based upon feedback from people using the tool and think it will make it
more familiar for normal Visual Studio users. Despite this change there is
still support for an "implicit" project when working without a project.
Like the previous release this release includes support for Intellisense
including member completion, signature help, find all references, and goto
definition. It enables quick browsing of your code using the object browser
and the editor navigation bar. It has an interactive (REPL) window that
enables the development of applications in an interactive way. IPyTools
supports lightweight development without a project as well as working with
project files in the tradition of Visual Studio . Opening a .py file causes
IronPython Tools to model the code in the containing directory as an implicit
project for Intellisense features. There are project templates for console,
WPF, WinForms, and Silverlight applications. WPF applications support
drag-and-drop UI development. Debugging of Python applications works just like
you debug other languages in Visual Studio.
We are still working on our final licensing terms for IronPython Tools, and as
such this release is licensed under a temporary limited use license. While we
weren't able to finalize this for this release we expect to have this finalized
for the next release.
The full list of changes includes a number of bug fixes:
Interactive window now respects VS color settings
Fixed default settings for insert tabs, enter completing
options, list of characters to complete to
Fixed auto-indent inserting extra tabs on a blank line
Enables usage of VS common settings for smart indentation and
tabs and respects those options.
Escape in REPL cancels both the intellisense session and the
current input
REPL: When a completion item is focused but not selective enter
should not complete it
REPL: We should respect the various intellisense completion
options
REPL: We should be using IronPython's auto intending
Fix repl not respecting smart up/down on startup if the window was set to be
open
REPL: Don't allow history if the current command is still running - instead
navigate the buffer
REPL: Enable syntax highlighting even if a command throws an exception
REPL: Remove trailing new lines from REPL history so we go back to the last
line of input
REPL: When pasting ensure there's a new line
REPL: Auto indent should delete selected lines when pressing enter
There are also a few new features:
New Fill Comment Paragraph feature
Implemented auto-dedent so it will backspace # of tabs
Support for disabling intellisense via normal VS mechanism
Support for hiding "advanced" members in intellisense (currently defined as
__abc__ members)
There is one major change:
Removes directory based projects in favor of normal VS style projects
- The IronPython Team
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