What's New in GhostDoc v2021

What's new in v2021.x

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• Dark Theme for help documentation
• Support for TypeScript language and TypeScript projects
  • Currently supported in
    • Document This
    • Re-document This
    • Document Type
    • Document File
    • Document Project
  • Not supported yet in
    • Document File Header
    • Document Checked Out Files
    • Exclude This from Documentation
    • Visual Comment Editor
    • Generate Help Documentation
    • Preview Comment
    • Documentation Maintenance
• Added: Support for C# 9 syntax - Records, Nullable reference types, Init Only Setters, Extending partial methods, Pattern-matching changes (except Variable definitions and definite assignment), Top-level statements, Lambda discard parameters, Static anonymous functions, Attributes on local functions, Native-sized integers, Unconstrained type parameter annotations
• Backup error-recovery compliant parsing engine that improves the quality of comment template generation in Document This/Type/File/Project, Comment Preview, and Build Help Documentation
• Support the <inheritdoc /> tag at the class level
• cref attribute support in the <inheritdoc /> tag
• Memory optimization - the new DisableUndoAndSaveDocumentProject reduces VS memory use by saving all modified files when performing Document Project batch action
• Display subscription information in the About window
• No longer distributing the legacy frame-based themes with GhostDoc - will be available for download at our support site

• Build 2021.2.21150 (May 30, 2021) (Maintenance release)
  • Added: New UseCurlyForGenerics solution property to switch between curly braces ({}) and "</>" for generics
  • Added: New DisableUndoAndSaveDocumentProject setting to save all modified files as the Document Project action progresses. Saves VS memory and performance on large projects.
  • Added: New ClassicLookCHM solution property to switch between classic and modern icon sets in generated CHM docs
  • Fixed: Web themes would not switch under certain circumstances
  • Fixed: Issue when generating help preview and help docs with a note tag specified of a specific type
  • Fixed: Generated summary starts with a lower case character for async methods
• Build 2021.2.21090 (March 31, 2021) (Minor feature release)
  • Added: Support for C# 9 syntax - Records, Nullable reference types, Init Only Setters, Extending partial methods, Pattern-matching changes (except Variable definitions and definite assignment), Top-level statements, Lambda discard parameters, Static anonymous functions, Attributes on local functions, Native-sized integers, Unconstrained type parameter annotations
  • Added: MSI setup is showing clear instructions to use the VSIX installer for VS2019 instead of the MSI/EXE
  • Added: Preview toolwindow supports dark theme
  • Added: Support the <inheritdoc /> tag at the class level
  • Added: cref attribute support in the <inheritdoc /> tag
  • Added: Visual Editor - show a warning when Esc pressed with unsaved edits in the example and note dialogs
  • Added: Memory optimization - the new DisableUndoAndSaveDocumentProject reduces VS memory use by saving all modified files when performing Document Project batch action
  • Added: Display a progress dialog when documenting a C++ type/file
  • Fixed: Now adding <param> and <typeparam> tags from the base member when use <inheritdoc /> tag
  • Fixed: Issue documenting a member with identical <exception> tags producing a duplicate cref record
  • Fixed: Issue with the <example> tags that includes <code> blocks with comments inside
  • Fixed: FlatDark.theme now shows vertical scrollbar
  • Fixed: C++ reference (ampersand) is now escaped in the generated XML Comment
• Build 2021.1.20350 (December 15, 2020) (v2021 release)
  • Added: Dark Theme for help documentation
  • Added: Support for TypeScript language and TypeScript projects
    • Currently supported in
      • Document This
      • Re-document This
      • Document Type
      • Document File
      • Document Project
    • Not supported yet in
      • Document File Header
      • Document Checked Out Files
      • Exclude This from Documentation
      • Visual Comment Editor
      • Generate Help Documentation
      • Preview Comment
      • Documentation Maintenance
  • Added: Backup error-recovery compliant parsing engine that improves the quality of comment template generation in Document This/Type/File/Project, Comment Preview and Build Help Documentation
  • Added: Display subscription information in the About window
  • Changed: No longer distributing the legacy frame-based themes with GhostDoc - will be available for download at our support site
  • Fixed: Issue with TOC in web-based help docs with more than one namespace in it
  • Fixed: Resolved Solution Options -> General options being overwritten by the Settings Override values