Version 2.1

[DualBrain]

What's new in QB64 v2.1?

General

• The GCC compiler has been updated in a manner so that the latest version will be used when releasing a new version of QB64; for example, this release utilizes GCC v12.1.
• The audio subsystem/libraries have been replaced; meaning that it is no longer necessary to be restricted to a LGPL license simply by using BEEP.
• The command-line opening of a .BAS file has been improved to allow for opening from command-line outside of the QB64 folder without having to specify the full path.

Run/Compile

• When pressing F5 for an Untitled BAS file, the program is compiled and executed; upon exit of the program, the executable is cleaned up (automatically removed from the file system).

Help

• The help files have been migrated from proprietary .txt files to the commonly used markdown (.md) format.
• The help pane now displays the full name of the document that you are currently viewing; this means that the breadcrumb feature has been deprecated (removed). However, pressing the BACKSPACE key will navigate the pane to the previous help document.
• The view on wiki button has been deprecated (removed).
• The wiki related menu items in the Help menu have been deprecated (removed).

Other

The Math Evaluator expression evaluator has been improved.

Download

Please download the correct package for your operating system.

Operating System	Package
Windows	Download
Linux	Download
macOS	Download

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This discussion was created from the release Version 2.1.

[DualBrain]

Two things seen immediately:

• The version dialog states "Development Build" - this needs to be looked into.
• Need to remove build.bat, findcurl.cmd and reset.cmd from the included files.

[DualBrain]

Verified resolved in interim v2.1.1.

[DualBrain]

It appears either the download/install of the 32-bit GCC prereq for Windows and/or the setting up of the build environment in github isn't working as expected; as the 32-bit build process appears to be generating (incorrectly) a 64-bit package. Need to track down why this is failing.

[DualBrain]

Verified resolved in interim v2.1.1.

[DualBrain]

A question has been raised about the need to distribute all of the GCC (including Python?) as part of the distribution; it's a good question and we should see if we can reduce the footprint by possibly removing unnecessary portions.

[DualBrain]

I've had two requests in favor of having a mouse method to close the Help pane; going to experiment with how to do this whilst not having it be something that pokes your eye out (the red looks so out of place).