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Brainfuck Developer Version History

• v1.4.7, released 10 Feb 2008
  • added "Find & Replace", "Find Again" and "Replace Again" features
  • added "Undo" and "Redo" in the "Edit" menu
  • BFdev's GUI now appears in the Windows XP look
• v1.4.6, released 19 Oct 2007
  • added text generator feature
  • fixed a bug that caused the run-to-cursor feature to not function properly in a certain situation
• v1.4.5, released 17 Aug 2007
  • BFdev now saves the window positions ("workspace") for every session
• v1.4.4, released 12 Jul 2007
  • added "pbrain" file filter to file dialog in the strip window
  • fixed editor bug (it was not possible to input spaces at the beginning or at the end of lines)
• v1.4.3, released 17 May 2007
  • BFdev now displays the running time of the current BF program in the status bar
  • increased pbrain stack size from 256 to 65536
  • added support for Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab shortcuts for switching between open documents
  • removed picture in the Info window
  • updated editor component
• v1.4.2, released 14 Feb 2007
  • "Count Brainfuck Commands" is no longer a separate function, it is now combined with "Strip All Non-Brainfuck Symbols" (note the status bar)
  • fixed a bug that prevented the Output window from being updated properly when opening multiple documents at once
  • fixed a bug that prevented the Output window from being updated properly when opening a document over the Recent menu
• v1.4.1, released 13 Nov 2006
  • fixed a bug that enabled the user to open documents via the "recent" list while running a program
  • fixed a bug in the Output window that caused the input in the edit fields to be ignored when the "Ok" button was clicked
• v1.4.0, released 22 Oct 2006
  • added support for the "pbrain" language extension
  • added file history (5 files)
  • added possibility to switch between open documents by pressing Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl+F6
• v1.3.0a, released 11 Jun 2006
  • fixed "close document" bug (a document could be closed while executing its code)
  • fixed color bug (the selection color in the editor and memory inspector could be wrong under certain circumstances)
  • changed two default settings (editor gutter is shown by default, toolbar style is flat by default)
  • set default output buffer size to 128
• v1.3.0, released 11 Jun 2006
  • added multi-document functionality
• v1.2.2a, released 19 Mar 2006
  • added ability to strip all non-Brainfuck symbols from the code
  • fixed a bug that caused an access violation if the last line of a program was a comment
• v1.2.2, released 19 Mar 2006
  • added "Count Brainfuck Commands" function
  • moved menu entries "Flat Toolbar", "Show Gutter", and "Show 80-Columns-Edge" from "Extras" to "View" menu
• v1.2.1a, released 27 Jan 2006
  • fixed a bug that made the trace function unusable (shame on me)
• v1.2.1, released 26 Jan 2006
  • optimized execution unit, it's now a bit faster
  • moved "Flat tool bar" menu entry from "View" to "Extras" menu
  • made some cosmetic repairs (Set Input File window, Set Output File window)
  • "Save As" has now a shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+S)
  • fixed a bug in the optimization that made it impossible to run-to at certain command sequences
• v1.2.0a, released 22 Jan 2006
  • fixed a bug that caused incorrect setting of the memory pointer in certain wrap-around situations
• v1.2.0, released 13 Jan 2006
  • added code optimization to execution unit
  • added support for 8-bit cells
  • added "Report CR", "Report LFCR", "Report no Line Break", "Show Gutter", and "Show 80-Columns-Edge" entries to "Extras" menu
  • added "Save ..." button to output window for saving its contents to a text file
  • added ability to change editor colors
  • overall executed instructions are now counted and displayed
  • BFdev now uses a SynMemo control for the editor rather than a standard edit control
  • minor cosmetic changes
  • fixed a certain bevahior in the ini file handling which could overwrite files that have the name "bfdev.ini" but are not ini files
  • fixed a bug in the output handler (certain line breaks were ignored)
• v1.1.2, released 11 Nov 2005
  • if file saving fails while executing a new/open/exit operation, BFdev now cancels the operation so that your data is not lost
  • added ability to turn off comment markers so that programs that use those characters for design purposes run in BFdev
  • moved "Watch program operation" and "Set running speed" menu entries from "Extras" menu to "Run" menu
  • the interpreter now allocates less memory
  • optimized bytecode compiler so that it compiles MUCH more faster now
  • minor cosmetic changes
  • fixed a bug in the "save as" code; BFdev hung in an infinite loop if the first save try failed
• v1.1.1, released 11 Aug 2005
  • BFdev now supports CR and LFCR line breaks again
  • minor optimization of execution unit for better performance when watching program operation while memory inspector is closed
  • execution speed (in ips) is now displayed with separators
  • corrected tab order in "Set running speed" window
  • corrected entry in the "Extras" menu to "Report LF for line breaks"
  • fixed a bug in window handling (while running a program, windows can no longer hide behind the output window so that they aren't reachable)
• v1.1.0a, released 26 Jul 2005
  • fixed a tiny bug in the "Set running speed" window that caused the window to show a wrong clock speed
• v1.1.0, released 26 Jul 2005
  • added new input method, now it is much more comfortable
  • added ability to visually follow program operation at different speeds
  • added several minor features such as automatic window arrangement etc.
  • increased maximum output buffer size to 255 characters and increased standard size to 64
  • some plastic surgery
  • BFdev is now stable under certain user behavior
  • fixed a small bug in line break handling
• v1.0.4, released 21 Dec 2004
  • optimized execution unit, now it works without stack; execution can be some million ips faster now, depending on the program
  • fixed a bug in the ini file handling (ini files were saved at wrong places)
• v1.0.3, released 18 Dec 2004
  • increased execution speed of Brainfuck programs that do a lot of output (at least 15 times faster on slow machines)
  • added ability to turn of screen output by closing the output window
  • added ability to change the editor font
  • added execution speed indicator (instructions per second)
  • BFdev now uses an ini file to save its configuration
  • increased the standard output buffer size to 32 characters
  • increased the file input buffer size to 64 KB
  • increased the file output buffer size to 64 KB
  • fixed two bugs in the screen and file output
  • fixed a bug in the display code of the memory inspector
• v1.0.2a, released 16 Dec 2004
  • fixed a bug in the memory inspector that could cause an access violation
• v1.0.2, released 15 Dec 2004
  • added functionality to modify memory contents during a debug session
  • added mouse wheel support for the memory inspector
  • increased the Brainfuck stack so that the interpreter now supports up to 256 nested brackets
  • increased the maximum output buffer size to 64 characters
  • changed the memory inspector code so that it will no longer flicker while the user scrolls
  • fixed a minor bug that could cause the select/cut/copy/paste editor functions to fail
  • minor cosmetic changes
• v1.0.1, released 24 Nov 2004
  • added ability to change size of output buffer or to disable it
• v1.0.0, released 22 Nov 2004
  • development environment with integrated debugger for Win32
  • debugger supports single-step trace and run-to-cursor
  • memory inspector
  • input/output pipes
  • output buffering

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last modified: 10 Feb 2008