Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of ReleaseNotes/1.17.0

Timestamp:

2021-02-19T19:18:57Z (4 years ago)

Author:

Francesco Casella

Comment:

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ReleaseNotes/1.17.0

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 The MSYS environment used on Windows was updated to a more recent version, with several benefits:
-- clang is now also available on Windows and used by default instead of gcc for the compilation of the generated C code, resulting in much faster overall compilation time on Windows
+- clang is now also available on Windows and used by default instead of gcc for the compilation of the generated C code; furthermore, dynamic linking is used instead of static linking. This results in much faster overall compilation time on Windows
 - a more recent version of the QT library is used, which solves some issues with the rendering of features in OMEdit
 
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 Unsaved code was sometimes lost when switching among different windows in OMEdit, this is no longer happening in this release.
 
-Overall, 20 bug fixes were made to OMEdit to increase usability of the GUI.
+OMEdit now can use both currently maintained versions of the Modelica Standard Library, MSL 3.2.3 and MSL 4.0.0. Version 3.2.3 is loaded by default, but it is possible to enable the automatic selection of MSL 3.2.3 and 4.0.0 by going to the Tools | Options | Libraries menu and removing the Modelica/default library. In this way OMEdit starts with no Modelica library loaded, and then loads the appropriate one automatically based on the {{{uses()}}} annotation when a model or package is loaded.
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+Proper support of the package manager from the GUI, including conversion scripts to upgrade existing libraries from MSL 3.2.3 to MSL 4.0.0 is planned for version 1.18.0.
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+Overall, 20 bug fixes were made to OMEdit in version 1.17.0, to increase usability of the GUI.