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| <h1>NetBeans™ C/C++ Development Pack 5.5.1 update 1 Release Notes</h1> |
| <p>Welcome to NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack.</p> |
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| <p>NetBeans™ C/C++ Development Pack 5.5.1 update 1 lets you develop C/C++ |
| applications for the Microsoft Windows, Linux, |
| and Solaris Operating Systems with the NetBeans IDE. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack 5.5.1 update 1 is compatible with the NetBeans IDE |
| 5.5.1 and NetBeans IDE 5.5. |
| </p> |
| <p><b>Contents</b></p> |
| <ul> |
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| <li><a href="#system_requirements">System Requirements</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#configuration">Configuration Information</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#known_issues">Known Issues</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#documentation">Documentation</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Note: </b>If you are looking for information about installing the |
| software, see the <a href="cnd-install.html">NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack |
| 5.5.1 update 1 Installation |
| and Setup Instructions</a>.</p> |
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| </blockquote> |
| <h2><a name="system_requirements">System Requirements</a></h2> |
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| <h5 style="border-bottom: 0pt none;">Supported Operating Systems</h5> |
| <p>NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack 5.5.1 update 1 runs on operating systems that |
| support the Java VM. |
| NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack 5.5.1 update 1 has been |
| tested on the following |
| operating systems: |
| <ul> |
| <li>Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2</li> |
| <li>Red Hat Fedora Core 3</li> |
| <li>Solaris™ 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) (SPARC® and x86/x64 |
| Platform Edition)</li> |
| <li>Mac OS X Version 10.4 and later</li> |
| </ul> |
| </p> |
| <p>NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack also runs on the following platforms: |
| <ul> |
| <li>Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4</li> |
| |
| <li>Solaris™ 8 OS (SPARC® and x86/x64 Platform Edition) and Solaris™ 9 OS (SPARC® and x86/x64 Platform Edition)</li> |
| <li>Various other Linux distributions</li> |
| </ul> |
| </p> |
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| <h5 style="border-bottom: 0pt none;">Minimum Hardware Configuration</h5> |
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| <p><b>Note:</b> The NetBeans IDE's minimum screen resolution is 1024x768 pixels.</p> |
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| <li><b>Microsoft Windows operating systems</b>: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor: </b>500 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent</li> |
| <li><b>Memory: </b>512 MB</li> |
| |
| <li><b>Disk space: </b>850 MB of free disk space </li> |
| </ul> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><b>Linux operating system</b>: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor: </b>500 MHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent</li> |
| <li><b>Memory: </b>512 MB</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space: </b>450 MB of free disk space</li> |
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| </ul> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><b>Solaris OS (SPARC)</b>: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor: </b> UltraSPARC II 450 MHz</li> |
| <li><b>Memory: </b>512 MB</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space: </b>450 MB of free disk space</li> |
| </ul> |
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| </li> |
| <li><b>Solaris OS (x86/x64 Platform Edition)</b>: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor: </b>AMD Opteron 100 Series 1.8 GHz</li> |
| <li><b>Memory: </b>512 MB</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space: </b>450 MB of free disk space</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><b>Macintosh OS X operating system</b>: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor: </b>PowerPC G4</li> |
| <li><b>Memory: </b>512 MB</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space: </b>450 MB of free disk space</li> |
| </ul> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <a name="req_hw"></a> |
| <h5 style="border-bottom: 0pt none;">Recommended Hardware Configuration</h5> |
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| <ul> |
| <li><b>Microsoft Windows operating systems</b>: |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor: </b>1.4 GHz Intel Pentium III workstation or equivalent</li> |
| <li><b>Memory: </b>1 GB</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space: </b>1 GB of free disk space</li> |
| </ul> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><b>Linux operating system</b>: |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor: </b>1.4 GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent</li> |
| <li><b>Memory: </b>1 GB</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space: </b>850 MB of free disk space</li> |
| </ul> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><b>Solaris™ OS (SPARC®)</b>: |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor: </b>UltraSPARC IIIi 1 GHz</li> |
| <li><b>Memory: </b>1 GB</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space: </b>850 MB of free disk space</li> |
| </ul> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| <li><b>Solaris™ OS (x86/x64 platform edition)</b>: |
| |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Processor: </b>AMD Opteron 100 Series 1.8 GHz</li> |
| <li><b>Memory: </b>1 GB</li> |
| <li><b>Disk space: </b>850 MB of free disk space</li> |
| </ul> |
| <br> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <a name="req_sw"></a> |
| <h5 style="border-bottom: 0pt none;">Required Software</h5> |
| <p>NetBeans IDE 5.5.1 or NetBeans IDE 5.5 must be installed before you attempt to install |
| NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack 5.5.1 update 1. |
| </p> |
| <p>NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack 5.5.1 update 1 runs on the Java 2 Platform Standard |
| Edition Development Kit 5.0 Update 1 or higher (JDK 1.5.0_01 or |
| higher), or JDK 6.0, which consists of the Java Runtime Environment plus |
| developer tools for compiling, debugging, and running applications written in |
| the Java language. </p> |
| <p> |
| You can download the JDK for your platform from <a |
| href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/">http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/</a>. |
| </p> |
| </blockquote> |
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| <p align="center"><a href="#top">top</a></p> |
| <h2><a name="configuration">Configuration Information</a></h2> |
| <p>The NetBeans IDE has a default heap size of 128 MB. NetBeans C/C++ Development |
| Pack runs well with this default setting when you are developing small projects |
| with up to 500 source and header files. |
| </p> |
| <p>When you are developing larger projects, you will need to increase the heap size. |
| If you get an OutOfMemory exception when developing a large project, the heap size is |
| a likely cause. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| You can set the heap size for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)* |
| on which the NetBeans IDE runs in the <tt>netbeans.conf</tt> |
| file. |
| <p><b>To change the heap size:</b></p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Copy the <tt>netbeans.conf</tt> from the <tt>etc</tt> |
| folder in the NetBeans |
| installation directory |
| into your NetBeans user directory (<tt>$HOME/.netbeans/5.5.1</tt>). </li> |
| <li>In the <tt>netbeans.conf</tt> file in your user directory, edit the <tt>-J-Xmx</tt> |
| command line Java startup switch (bolded below) in the <tt>netbeans.conf</tt> file, |
| and then restart the IDE. |
| <pre> |
| # command line switches |
| netbeans_default_options="-J-Xms32m <b>-J-Xmx128m</b> -J-XX:PermSize=32m |
| -J-XX:MaxPermSize=96m -J-Xverify:none -J-Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true" |
| </pre></li> |
| </ol><p> |
| The recommended heap sizes for NetBeans C/C++ |
| Development Pack for medium and large applications are: |
| <ul> |
| <li>For developing medium applications (500-2000 |
| source and header files) on a system with 1 GB or more of RAM: 512 MB</li> |
| <li>For developing large applications (more than 2000 source and header files) on a |
| system with 2 GB or more of RAM): 1 GB</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>Do not increase the heap size to more than 1 GB. |
| </p> |
| <p>If you are running the Sun JVM, you can also add the garbage collector switches <tt>-J-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC</tt> |
| (concurrent collector) and <tt>-J-XX:+UseParNewGC</tt> (parallel collector) to the |
| <tt>netbeans.conf</tt> file. These options allow the garbage collector to run in |
| parallel with the main execution engine. They might not be supported by non-Sun |
| implementations of the JVM. |
| </p> |
| <p>For more information on NetBeans switch settings, see the <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/kb/archive/index.html">Configuring the IDE |
| section of <i>Using NetBeans IDE 5.5</i></a> <i>(Archived document)</i> |
| </p> |
| <p>For more information on NetBeans performance tuning, see <a |
| href="http://performance.netbeans.org/howto/jvmswitches/index.html"><i>Tuning JVM |
| Switches for Performance</i></a>. |
| </p> |
| <p><b>* Note:</b> The terms "Java Virtual Machine" and "JVM" mean a Virtual Machine for the |
| Java(TM) platform. |
| </p> |
| </blockquote> |
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| <a name="known_issues"></a> |
| <h2>Known Issues</h2> |
| <p>This NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack 5.5.1 update 1 release |
| lets you explore and evaluate new functionality in the IDE. We encourage you to get |
| involved and give us feedback by logging any issues you encounter in the |
| Issue Tracking system at <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/issues.html"> |
| https://netbeans.org/community/issues.html</a>.</p> |
| <p>The unresolved issues for this release are as follows: </p> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89880"> |
| Issue #89880: Project is not reparsed when Compiler Collection is switched</a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Description:</b> |
| If you switch compiler collections for a project, the project is not |
| reparsed. After the switch, code completion and hyperlinks might not work properly |
| for the project. |
| </p> |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b> |
| |
| Close the project and open it again. |
| </p> |
| </blockquote> |
| </li> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=76173"> |
| Issue #76173: No automatic flush of output before input</a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Description:</b> |
| If a projects default Console Type property is changed |
| from External Terminal |
| to Output Window (output only), then no input can be typed into the |
| Output window. |
| </p> |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b> |
| In the Running category of the project properties, change the |
| default Console Type property only for output-only applications. |
| </p> |
| </blockquote> |
| </li> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89343"> |
| Issue #89343: Pause doesn't work on Windows when program waits user input</a> |
| |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Description:</b> |
| Clicking Pause while a program is waiting for input does |
| not stop the program. Pause works only after you supply the input. |
| </p> |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b> |
| No workaround. |
| </p> |
| </blockquote> |
| </li> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90120"> |
| Issue #90120: "pause" (on Windows) does not work on a corner case</a> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><b>Description:</b> |
| Besides <a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89343"> |
| 89343</a>, there are several other cases when Pause does not work on |
| Windows. One case is in very tight loops. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b> |
| No workaround. |
| </p> |
| </blockquote> |
| </li> |
| |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90222"> |
| Issue #90222: Breakpoints don't take immediate effect while running</a> |
| <blockquote> |
| |
| <p><b>Description:</b> |
| If a breakpoint is set on a running process, the breakpoint is not |
| passed to <tt>gdb</tt> until the next time the process is stopped. |
| </p> |
| <p><b>Workaround:</b> |
| Pause the process, set the breakpoint, and continue. |
| </p> |
| </blockquote> |
| </li> |
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| </ul> |
| </blockquote> |
| <h2><a name="documentation"></a>Documentation</h2> |
| <p> |
| Documentation for the NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack 5.5.1 update 1 release is provided in |
| the form of web-based guides and the IDE's help system. You can use the |
| following documents to get started: |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="cnd-install.html">NetBeans C/C++ Development Pack 5.5.1 |
| update 1 |
| Installation and Setup Instructions</a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/archive/index.html">NetBeans |
| C/C++ Development Pack 5.5.1 update 1 Quick Start Guide</a> <i>(Archived)</i></li> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/archive/index.html"> |
| NetBeans 5.5.1 Documentation</a> <i>(Archived)</i></li> |
| </ul> |
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