LiClipse

Releases history

Release Highlights for LiClipse 11.0.0

• Updated to Eclipse 2023-12 (4.30).
• Updated PyDev to 12.0.0.
• Only Python 3.8 onwards is now supported
• Python 3.6 and 3.7 support is now dropped (please use LiClipse 10.2.0 if you still use it).
• Debugger
• sys.monitoring is now used in Python 3.12 (and it's much faster than any previous version).
• A new setting was added in the Preferences > PyDev > Debug to debug just my code (meaning that when stepping it will just step into files under PyDev source folders).
• Improved the step into function (activated with Ctrl+Alt then Click function to step into).
• Support for Python 3.6 and 3.7 was dropped (only Python 3.8 onwards is now supported).
• Ruff
• Ruff can now be used as a code formatter.
• The latest ruff (0.1.x) is now supported (as it broke backward compatibility in its 0.1.0 version).

Release Highlights for LiClipse 10.2.0

• Updated to Eclipse 2023-09 (4.29).
• Java 17 is now required.
• Updated PyDev to 11.0.1.
• Support for Python 3.12
• Improvements in:
• Code Analysis
• Docstring generation
• Type inference
• ruff integration
• isort integration

Release Highlights for LiClipse 10.0.1

• LiClipse is now available for Mac M1 (aarch64).
• LiClipse is now notarized on Mac OS.
• Note on Mac OS installing new plugins won't work properly right now (if you need other plugins please use standard Eclipse and install LiClipse as a plugin in it).
• The configuration files are now saved out of the installation folder by default (and thus are reused when installing a new version).
• In Windows the settings will now be under %USERPROFILE%/.liclipse/config
• In Linux and Mac OS the settings will now be under ~/.liclipse/config
• Updated PyDev to 10.1.4.
• Updated to Eclipse 2022-12 (4.26).

Release Highlights for LiClipse 9.0.1

• Updated PyDev to 10.0.1.
• Fixed issue parsing exception groups on Python 3.11.
• Fixed issue which prevented JDT (Java) files from being opened in the Project Explorer.
• A better error message is shown when using an unsupported Python version.
• Debugging
• Updated Linux DLLs to fix PyInt_FromLong not found in Python 3.11.
• Consider that paths are not case sensitive on Mac OS.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 9.0.0

• Updated to Eclipse 2022-09 (4.25).
• Updated PyDev to 10.0.0.
• Only Python 3.6 onwards is now supported
• Python 3.11 is now supported
• Python 2.7 support is now dropped (please use LiClipse 8.2.0 if you need Python 2.7).
• Type inference
• PyDev will now use typeshed by default.
• It will still fallback to builtins introspection when needed.
• Many improvements were done in the area which should result in better code-completion and find definition in general.
• Debugging
• When evaluating slow repr a note is shown related to the environment variable which should be used to customize it.
• Silence warning given when debugging gevent.
• It's now possible to use pydevd in DAP mode directly.
• All the items in tuples and lists can now be seen when expanding.
• Chained exception frames are shown in the in stack.
• The cause message on chained exceptions is properly shown.
• ctypes arrays are properly enumerated when debugging.
• The debugger is cleared after fork in non-python process.
• Top-level async is supported when evaluating in debugger/console.
• Step in/step over support for IPython.
• "PYDEVD_IPYTHON_COMPATIBLE_DEBUGGING" = "1" needs to be set in the environment when debugging IPython.
• Properly stop at line 1 in frame eval mode.
• Properly consider that argv[0] may be None.
• Use tokenize.open to open file stream (to avoid EncodingWarnings with PYTHONWARNDEFAULTENCODING).
• Protect against exception in linecache.getline.
• Auto-attach to subprocess with .zip targets.
• It's now possible to resolve symlinks when sending paths to the client.
• Warnings when evaluating in repl are shown.
• Errors with conditional breakpoints are clearer.
• Breakpoint log messages are now printed when stepping too.
• frame.f_locals is no longer called multiple times when assigning locals after evaluation.
• If pandas has lower defaults for repr, use them.
• Handle case where client may send files with different casing.
• Fixed segfault attaching debugger to a running process.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 8.2.0

• Updated to Eclipse 2021-12 (4.22).
• Updated PyDev to 9.3.0.
• Debugging
• Fixed issue where the variable children wouldn't expand correctly.
• Fixed some case where automatic connection to subprocesses wouldn't work.
• Debugging with Pandas is much improved with the addition of some custom converters.
• Opt-in support to show paused greenlets by setting GEVENT_SHOW_PAUSED_GREENLETS=1.
• Support for newer versions of gevent.
• Information on user settings paths is cached to fix issue with slow debugging using pipenv project.
• A warning is shown if getting some attribute / getting its repr is slow.
• Interactively inspect matplotlib plots when the QtAgg backend is used.
• Support for PySide2.
• Better error messages in case Python 3.11 frozen modules are being used.
• Note: this will be the last debugger version supporting Python 2.7.
• Newer releases will target only Python 3.6 onwards.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 8.1.0

• Updated to Eclipse 2021-09 (4.21).
• Updated PyDev to 9.1.0.
• Improved Python 3.10 support in debugger.
• Type inference improvements.
• Properly loading environment variables from conda.
• Fixed issue which could lead to infinite recursion.
• Fixed issue in Java JRE bundling in Mac OS.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 8.0.0

• Updated to Eclipse 2021-06 (4.20).
• Updated PyDev to 9.0.0.
• Initial support for Python 3.10.
• Support for running with Java 16.
• Opt-in support for using typeshed module.
• Debugger improvements.
• Performance improvements when traversing files to index the PYTHONPATH.
• Updated EGit.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 7.3.0

• Updated PyDev to 8.3.0.
• Improved UI for Flake8.
• Linters configuration may be saved to project or user settings.
• Option to add comments all at a single indent (note: this is now the default).
• LRU for context-insensitive completion/quick fix.
• Fixed some code-completion cases where self was wrongly added.
• Environment variables are now supported in .pydevproject (expected format: ${env_var:VAR_NAME}).

Release Highlights for LiClipse 7.2.0

• Updated to Eclipse 2020-12 (4.18).
• Java 11 is now required.
• Updated PyDev to 8.2.0.
• Integrate with Flake8.
• Comments added at current indentation (by default).
• Single linter call (PyLint/Flake8/MyPy) when requested for a folder.
• Improvements in interpreter configuration.
• Updated EGit.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 7.1.0

• Updated to Eclipse 2020-09 (4.17).
• Java 11 is now required.
• Updated PyDev to 8.0.1.
• Interactive console improvements.
• Debugger improvements.
• Support for from __future__ import anotations.
• Updated LiClipseText to 2.2.0.
• Support for TypeScript
• Support for JSON
• Support for RobotFramework
• Improvements to the LiClipse Dark theme
• Theming is now applied to the whole IDE (including preferences) by default.
• Tree scroolbars on Windows are themed on dark themes.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 7.0.1

• Updated PyDev to 8.0.0.
• Support for Python 3.9.
• Quick fix to convert string to f-string.
• Debugger improvements.
• Updated EGit.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 7.0.0

• Updated PyDev to 8.0.0.
• Improvements in Mypy integration.
• Debugger improvements (especially in the frame evaluation mode).
• Improvements to type inference from type annotations.
• Test running fixes with nose and binary output.
• Code completion inside f-strings.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 6.3.0

• Updated PyDev to 7.7.0.
• Improvements dealing with typing information
• Improvements in Mypy integration.
• Improvements in PyLint integration.
• Fixes for dealing with latest pytest.
• Fixes for dealing with latest cython.
• Support for namespace packages.
• Updated EGit.
• Bundled java updated to OpenJDK 14.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 6.2.0

• Updated PyDev to 7.6.0.
• Fixes in parsing Support for Python 3.8
• Debugger improvements.
• PyTest integration fixes.
• Updated EGit.
• Updated Base Eclipse to 4.15 (2020-03).

Release Highlights for LiClipse 6.1.0

• Updated PyDev to 7.5.0.
• Support for Python 3.8
• Debugger improvements.
• Updated EGit.
• Updated Base Eclipse to 4.14 (2019-12).

Release Highlights for LiClipse 6.0.0

• Updated PyDev to 7.4.0.
• Support for Python 3.8
• Debugger improvements.
• Updated EGit.
• Updated Base Eclipse to 4.13 (2020-09).

Release Highlights for LiClipse 5.3.0

• Updated PyDev to 7.3.0.
• Debugger improvements.
• Use black with executable (and not in default interpreter).
• Code completion with non-english locale.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 5.2.4

• Updated PyDev to 7.2.1.
• Debugger improvements.
• Performance improvements in console hyperlinking.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 5.2.2

• Updated PyDev to 7.2.0.
• Debugger improvements.
• Fixed issue where pipenv executable search was being executed over and over when it was not found.
• Updated EGit.
• Updated Base Eclipse to 4.11 (2020-03).

Release Highlights for LiClipse 5.1.3

• Updated PyDev to 7.0.3.
• Debugger performance improvements (on Python 3.6 onwards).
• Mypy can be used for doing code analysis.
• Black can be used as the code formatting engine.
• It's now possible to use pipenv for managing virtual environments.
• It's possible to manage virtual environments from the editor (Ctrl+2, pip/conda/pipenv).
• Updated EGit.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 5.0.3

• Updated PyDev to 6.5.0.
• Debugger improvements.
• #region/#endregion code folding.
• Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I to change default interpreter.
• Scroll lock for interactive interpreter.
• Updated EGit.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 5.0.2

• Updated PyDev to 6.4.4.
• Fixes in debugger.
• Fixes parsing f-strings.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 5.0.1

• Updated PyDev to 6.4.3.
• Critical fix in debugger which could deadlock when starting a thread.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 5.0.0

• Updated Base Eclipse platform to 4.8 (Photon).
• See https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.8/platform.php for more details.
• Updated PyDev to 6.4.2.
• Fix dealing with f-strings.
• Multiple fixes in debugger.
• Fix in code formatter dealing with blank lines.
• Fix sending editor line to interactive console (F2).
• See http://www.pydev.org for more details.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 4.5.3

• Updated PyDev to 6.3.3.
• Fix in debugger conditional breakpoints.
• Fix in racing condition on jython scripting.
• Fix in code formatter with matrix multiplication operator.
• See http://www.pydev.org for more details.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 4.5.2

• Updated PyDev to 6.3.1.
• Improvements in type inference.
• See http://www.pydev.org for more details.
• Updated Egit to 4.11

Release Highlights for LiClipse 4.5.1

• Updated PyDev to 6.3.1.
• Folders no longer require __init__ to be considered a package.
• Properly recognize cx_Oracle.cp36-win_amd64.pyd as cx_Oracle (#PyDev-885).
• Handle empty numpy arrays in debugger.
• See http://www.pydev.org for more details.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 4.4.0

• Updated PyDev to 6.2.0.
• See http://www.pydev.org for more details.
• Updated to Eclipse 4.7.2rc3.
• Fixed issue on partitioning when requesting a sub-region.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 4.3.1

• Updated PyDev to 6.1.0.
• See http://www.pydev.org for more details.
• Text editor more tolerant to issues in style range.
• Integrated macro keyboard recording:
• Record and playback of Eclipse commands and keypresses in the scope of a text editor.
• Also added to Eclipse incubation. See more details at: https://wiki.eclipse.org/E4/Macros.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 4.3.0

• Updated PyDev to 6.1.0.
• Text editor more tolerant to issues in style range.
• Integrated macro keyboard recording:
• Record and playback of Eclipse commands and keypresses in the scope of a text editor.
• Also added to Eclipse incubation. See more details at: https://wiki.eclipse.org/E4/Macros.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 4.2.0

• Updated PyDev to 6.0.0.
• Manage packages with pip or conda from within PyDev.
• Configure project to use same grammar as interpreter.
• Subword navigation.
• Other improvements. See http://www.pydev.org for more details.
• Updated Eclipse to Oxygen 4.7.1 RC4.
• Fix handling unicode when parsing using TextMate grammars.
• Fix on templates code-completion with a text selection.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 4.1.0

• Updated PyDev to 5.9.0.
• Faster debugger on Python 3.6.
• Fixed issue with Lucene integration
• Other improvements. See http://www.pydev.org for more details.
• Updated Eclipse to final Oxygen (4.7) release.
• Using the tm4e engine for parsing files based on a TextMate grammar (https://github.com/eclipse/tm4e).
• Improvements to parse in a thread when file is changed.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 4.0.0

• Updated PyDev to 5.8.0.
• Fixed some issues in PyLint integration
• Fixed IronPython debugger support.
• Fixed issue on code-coverage integration.
• Code coverage working with pytest.
• Many other improvements. See http://www.pydev.org for more details.
• Updated Eclipse to Oxygen (4.7 RC3).
• Fixed Mac so that it won't break after updating (see Download: Updating Native Install for instructions on how to properly upgrade Mac).

Release Highlights for LiClipse 3.6.0

• Updated PyDev to 5.7.0.
• Improved PyLint integration
• Fixed Jython debugger support.
• Many other improvements. See http://www.pydev.org for more details.
• Updated EGit to 4.7.0.
• Updated Eclipse to Neon.3 (4.6.3).

Release Highlights for LiClipse 3.5.0

• Updated PyDev to 5.6.0.
• Faster debugger (only supporting Python 2.6 onwards now).
• Debugger properly displaying variables when connected to interactive console.
• super and pytest fixtures properly recognized in the type inferonce engine.
• Many other improvements. See http://www.pydev.org for more details.
• Fixed issue where filtering results wasn't working properly for LiClipse text searches.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 3.4.0

• Updated PyDev to 5.5.0.
• Many bugfixes (in refactoring, imports handling, code completion debugger and Python 3.6 syntax).
• Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O can be used to open the last hyperlink in the console that's currently open (it's now possible to jump directly to the error in some exception).
• Ctrl+2,sw switches the target and value in assign statements (may not work properly if more than one '=' is found in the line).
• Allows adding local imports to the top of the module.
• See http://www.pydev.org for more details.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 3.3.0

• Updated PyDev to 5.4.0.
• Python 3.6 supported.
• Launch with python -m module.name.
• Debugger shows return values.
• See http://www.pydev.org for more details.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 3.2.1

• Updated PyDev to 5.3.1 (see http://www.pydev.org for details).
• Updated LiClipse themes to have a different highlight for the default tab (selectedTabInitialBackground, selectedTabActiveInitialBackground in the theme preferences).
• Fixed default colors for some themes and fixed heap status color.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 3.2.0

• Supporting CMake by default.
• Properly making filename associations (non-extension based) for TextMate Bundles.
• Updated PyDev to 5.3.0 (see http://www.pydev.org for details).
• Updated EGit.
• Updated Eclipse to 4.6.1.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 3.1.0

• Updated EGit.
• Updated PyDev to 5.2.0 (see http://www.pydev.org for details).

Release Highlights for LiClipse 3.0.6

• Based on Eclipse 4.6 (final)
• Updated EGit.
• Updated PyDev to 5.1.2 (see http://www.pydev.org for details).

Release Highlights for LiClipse 3.0.3

• Based on Eclipse 4.6 RC1
• Updated EGit (fixed a critical issue in the git staging view).
• The LiClipse editor component (LiClipseText) is now open source ( view http://www.liclipse.com/text for more info).

Release Highlights for LiClipse 3.0.1

• Based on Eclipse 4.6 M7
• Requires Java 8 to run
• Fixed scrollbar issue on Git Staging view
• JavaScript editor using Nashorn instead of Rhino for JSLint and Beautify.js
• Note that JSLint doesn't officially support Nashorn, so, a patched version is needed.
• Nashorn is much faster than Rhino, so, opening a big file to be linted should no longer halt the IDE.
• Removed scrollbar theming from trees and tables due to some bugs (users that want can still enable it by installing Xiliary).
• Updated PyDev to 5.0.0
• Improvements in debugger, pyunit view persist across restart, super() code completion and wrap expression deadlock
• Updated EGit

Release Highlights for LiClipse 2.5.4

• Updated PyDev to 4.5.5
• Improvements in code-completion, pytest integration, python 3 parsing, debugger and django tests running
• Accepting hyphen for tags/attributes in XML editor
• Themed ScrollBar disabled by default for Trees/Tables (can be manually enabled at General > Appearance > Color Theme)

Release Highlights for LiClipse 2.5.3

• Updated PyDev to 4.5.4 (it had a critical fix in debugger)

Release Highlights for LiClipse 2.5.2

• The trees and tables now have styled scrollbars when using the LiClipse theme (using Xiliary scrollbar enhancements).
• CSS and SCSS languages use textmate bundles for highlighting
• Updated PyDev to 4.5.3 (fixes in debugger and improvements in the PyUnit view)
• Updated Eclipse to 4.5.1
• Updated Startexplorer to 1.7.0

Release Highlights for LiClipse 2.5.1

• The comment prefix now works properly for TextMate based languages
• Fixed issue handling TextMate rule which affected the Ruby syntax highlighting
• Updated to PyDev 4.5.1
• Updated EGit

Release Highlights for LiClipse 2.4.0

• Fixed critical issue where indent rules were being applied without a new line on textmate bundles
• Added RAML editor support
• Updated to PyDev 4.4.0

Release Highlights for LiClipse 2.3.0

• Improvements on the parsing structure, resulting in:
• Improved performance on syntax highlighting and outline creation.
• Scopes from TextMate rules are properly kept (so, code-completion now works for more TextMate languages).
• A new view which shows an HTML preview for the HTML, Markdown and RST editors (it can be activated in Window > Show View > Other > LiClipse > LiClipse HTML Preview, or by using Ctrl+3 > LiClipse HTML Preview)
• The new search had some bugs ironed out.

Release Highlights for LiClipse 2.2.0

• Improved searching capabilities
• Workspace searches based on Lucene indexes.
• Provides a way to search in external folders.
• Provides a way to search open editors.
• Results search page allows additional filtering based on paths.
• Linux Shell files supported.
• Windows bat files supported.
• PERL is now supported.
• Swift is now supported.
• New view to explore LiClipse languages.
• New view which shows the partitions for the current file to help when creating a language.
• Improved performance in partitioning.
• GTK 2 is set as the the default backend in Linux

Release Highlights for LiClipse 2.1.0

• Support for TextMate Bundles
• PHP is now supported
• Ruby is now supported
• Markdown is now supported
• Workspace Mechanic is no longer bundled by default in LiClipse
• Improved theming
• Standalone based on Eclipse 4.5rc2a
• Updated EGit and PyDev

Release Highlights for LiClipse 2.0.0

• Nim is now supported
• Go is now supported
• Jinja2 is now supported
• JavaScript editor:
• It's possible to specify the jshint.js and beautify.js location in preferences > LiClipse > Javascript
• The code-formatting settings may be tweaked (see: Customize Javascript for details
• Fixed some syntax highlighting glitches (related to handling of Regular expressions)
• Added some missing keywords to the JavaScript definition
• Mako had some improvements in the highlighting
• Multi-page editors (such as the plugins manifest editor) now also have multiple cursors and vertical indent guides support
• Updated EGit, PyDev and AnyEdit

Release Highlights for LiClipse 1.4.0

Themed scrollbars
• May be enabled at preferences > general > appearance > color theme > apply scrollbars theming customization
• Turned on by default on Windows
• Affects all StyledTexts (including editors and console)
Image showing themed scrollbars:





• The default encoding for all platforms is now UTF-8
• PyDev was upgraded to 3.9.2

Release Highlights for LiClipse 1.3.0

• YAML: syntax errors are now reported for YAML
• It's now possible to open an external editor passing the line. The pattern accepted is "LiClipse filename+line:col"
• PyDev was upgraded to 3.9.1
• Eclipse was upgraded to 4.4.1
• The bundled java was upgraded to Java 8

Release Highlights for LiClipse 1.2.1

Indent Guides
• Vertical indent guides are now available (applied to all Eclipse editors by default)
• Options may be configured at Preferences > LiClipse > Vertical Indent Guide
• Upgraded to PyDev 3.9.0

Release Highlights for LiClipse 1.2.0

• It's now possible to specify the JSHint configuration for a project. View JavaScript editor customization for details
• It's now possible to specify the HTML code analysis/code formatting configuration for a project. View HTML editor customization for details
• JSHint updated to the latest version (2.5.4)
• Regular expressions on javascript are now properly colored
• The Javascript editor now supports ES6 (EcmaScript 6) constructs (but JSHint analysis must be manually configured to accept those constructs)
• AnyEdit no longer removing trailing chars by default (only for LiClipse standalone)
• Upgraded to PyDev 3.8.0
• Upgraded to latest EGit

Release Highlights for LiClipse 1.1.2

• Upgraded PyDev to 3.7.1 (had critical issue where the minimap could deadlock in Linux).

Release Highlights for LiClipse 1.1.1

• StringTemplate is now supported
• YAML is now supported
• The minimap is now shown for LiClipse editors
• The minimap is now shown by default
• The scrollbars for LiClipse editors are now hidden by default (as the minimap provides a proper replacement)
• Context menu in editor > languages, provides option to edit the language definition for the current file
• The HTML/Django editors allow the user to add Breakpoints in Django Template files for debugging
• LiClipse editors are no longer set as the default editors
• Upgraded to PyDev 3.7.0

Release Highlights for LiClipse 1.0.0

• It's possible to launch languages with support for hyperlinking. See: Running/Launch for details
• F9: Launches using editor language
• Ctrl+Shift+F9: Terminates the last launch and relaunches it
• Ctrl+Alt+F9: Terminates all launches
• Ctrl+F11: Relaunches the last launch
• Extending a language to add templates is easier. See: Templates for details
• The Julia language is now supported
• If there's some text selected, completions that don't use the selection are not shown
• When a completion requires a selection or block, it won't appear if no text is selected
• Fixed issue on numbers syntax highlight
• Added the Eclipse 4.4 Dark theme as an option
• Upgraded to Eclipse 4.4.0
• Upgraded to PyDev 3.6.0

Release Highlights for LiClipse 0.9.9

• Upgraded to PyDev 3.5.0

Release Highlights for LiClipse 0.9.8

• Upgraded to Eclipse 4.3.2
• Upgraded to EGit 3.3.0
• Upgraded to PyDev 3.4.1
• Change default: line numbers shown
• Change default: print margin shown
• Change default: spaces instead of tabs
• Change default: search incremental

Release Highlights for LiClipse 0.9.7

• EGit is properly themed
• Kivy Language is now supported
• Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab are bound by default to next/previous editor
• Quick Access (in main toolbar) is now properly themed
• Compare editors from LiClipse provide syntax highlighting when diffing
• Improved code-completion in xml editor to create a new tag from word next to cursor
• Added editor icons for more editors
• Adding some templates to java language editor
• Mark occurrences is now provided (text based)
• Shift+Alt+O may be used to toggle mark occurrences
• Improved default theme a bit
• The theme is reapplied when LiClipse starts to deal with changes on existing themes (may be turned off in the color theme preferences page)
• It's possible to specify a color for the editor current line background and another color for other widgets (tree, table) current line background