> > Open API for creating IDE plug-ins
> >
> Might be the doorway to automate stuff like build versioning.
That's been there all along -- the plugin API is pretty public, with docs
available on the Palm web site.
> > Symbol completion
> >
> Now the lack of *this* is always annoying me - if it works I'd pay for
> it just to avoid looking up what order parameters are in.
This isn't new -- it still the ctrl-\ ctrl-, ctrl-. browser lookup that's
always been available.
> > IMPROVED Find dialog
> >
> Well the current one is better than VC++ and it would have to be about
> the only part of the product that qualifies for that statement.
Its now two dialogs -- a quick search in current file and a more advanced
search in many files.
> > IMPROVED Source generation
> OK, I'm curious.
Boilerplate from CW Pro 6 -- there is no Palm source gen.
> > IMPROVED Compiler optimizations
> Always nice
Yep, the 2.4.1 compiler does some really nice things.
> > NEW Palm OS-specific linker improvements
> Hmm.
Big thing here is the linker warns you now when you'll have problems with
the size of segments. Very useful -- takes the guesswork out of loading a
big PRC.
> > IMPROVED controls of Source Tree panels
> >
> I'll be happy if they stay where I put them!
I use a source tree for my CVS root to include other projects, and its been
working great.
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