IDE 24 Release Notes¶
We present here a few highlights of the new features in IDE products for the 24 release.
Vulnerability Report¶
From 24.2, you can download the vulnerability report for each IDE product from the Release Download section. It will provide you the list of the CVEs that can impact this product and the corresponding impact analysis describing whether the product is concerned by each CVE.
VS Code Extension for Ada¶
The VS Code Extension for Ada is now officially supported.
This extension is based on the Ada Language Server, communicating with VS Code through the LSP protocol. It provides all the basic IDE features such as completion, syntax highlighting, tooltips, navigation and many others. The extension also provides automatic debug configurations to quickly debug your applications with GDB.
You can have a look to the extension’s guide for more information about the extension, including a more exhaustive list of available features and current limitations. A tutorial is also available to discover the extension in a more interactive way.
Refactorings¶
Auto Import and Sort Dependencies refactorings have been added to the Ada Language Server, and thus are available in both GNAT Studio and the VS Code Extension for Ada.
You can find a list of all the Ada-specific refactorings provided by the Ada Language Server, with some GIFs showing how they work here.
All these refactorings are available through what the LSP calls Code Actions. They are available via the light-bulb that appears on the left-side of the current editor when placing the cursor on a place where these refactorings can work (e.g: within a subprogram declaration for the Add Parameter refactoring).
The UI for refactorings has also been improved: GNAT Studio now displays a pulsating progress bar at the top of the current editor when renaming an entity, which disappears once the renaming is complete, and errors occuring during refactorings are reported in the Locations view.
Editing and Completion¶
Editor tabs for files that do not belong to the currently loaded project are displayed in Italic, allowing the user to quickly distinguish between files that belong to the project and those that do not.
You can now quickly create bookmarks very quickly by doing ctrl-clicks on editor line numbers.
Completion now proposes the corresponding use-clause when being immediately after a with-clause. You can trigger it by executing the complete identifier (advanced) action (ctrl+space by default) immediately after a with-clause.
GNATdoc¶
GNAT Studio now includes a new version of GNATdoc, based on Libadalang. This new GNATdoc has the big advantage to be able to generate documentation without having to rebuild your application. A number of bugs present in the old tool have been fixed too.
Please find more information about GNATdoc by reading its user’s guide.
