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== Debug Configuration ==

It is finally possible to debug a Desktop application without configuring debugger manually.

[[Image:debugLaunchConfiguration.png]]
== Interpreters ==

It is now possible to use the Lua interpreters installed on your machine to launch the scripts you develop in LDT.<br />It makes it very convenient to test your application right from your IDE, just by hitting the "Run" button.<br /> Because you can configure several interpreters, it also allows you to have, in the same workspace, projects launched with different interpreters.

[[Image:EmbedddedInterpreter.png]] [[Image:interpretersLaunchConfiguration.png]]

== Embedded Lua 5.1 ==

LDT now provides a full Lua 5.1 user experience without any configuration (see [[LDT/User_Area/User_Guides/User_Guide_0.9#Getting_started|Getting started]]).<br /> The embedded Lua 5.1 Execution Environment provides great user-assistance (content-assist, documentation,...) and the embedded Lua 5.1 interpreter based on [http://code.google.com/p/jnlua/ JNLua] enables running and debugging applications out of the box.

[[Image:EmbedddedInterpreter.png|Embedded Lua Interpreter]] [[Image:EmbeddedEE.png|Embedded Execution Environment]]

== Lua Syntax Coloring in the Compare Editor ==

In the Compare Editor, Lua files content is now colored. The compare editor is useful when working with a source control system such as Git or SVN. The coloring makes comparing and merging Lua files really easy.

[[Image:CompareEditor.png|Compare Lua files]]

== Remote Development ==

This milestone is all about remote development. It is now possible to use LDT for remote Lua development. It enables you to run and debug your application living on an Unix SSH capable remote system. As this feature may not attract all our current users, '''it is has to be installed manually'''. It is available from built-in update site.

[[Image:remoteFeature.png|Installing remote Developemtn for LDT]]

== Remote Connection ==

We made it clean and simple, we connect to the remote system using ''SSH'' and ''RSE'' (Use the "New &gt; Remote System Explorer &gt; Connection" wizard for declaring a new "Lua SSH System"). Then you are able to configure Lua's environment variable just as would with

[[Image:remoteConnection.png|Remote connection tree.]]

== Remote Run &amp; Debug ==

It is now possible to deploy and run a Lua application on a remote machine in just one click, and debug does not take much more.

[[Image:remoteLaunchConf.png|Launching a LDT remote debug session.]]

== Syntax coloring for code documentation ==

LuaDocumentor keywords are now nicely highlighted.<br />It allows to determine the type of a special comment quickly and avoid misspelling keywords.

The documentation language format is described on the [[LDT/User_Area/Documentation_Language|LDT wiki]].

[[Image:luadocumentorSyntaxHighlight.png]]

== Code documentation assistance ==

As of M1, LDT supports code assistance for code documentation.<br /> It allows to document Lua source code (and especially Lua modules), faster and more efficiently, as there are code completion templates provided.<br />

[[Image:luadocumentorCodeAssistance.png]] [[Image:luadocumentorCodeAssistanceInsert.png]]

== Fixed support of Markdown in documentation ==

Lua Documentation Language now nicely handles Markdown.

[[Image:Markdown.png|Markdown example.]]

== "New Lua File" wizard ==

It is no longer needed to create generic files ending with ''".lua"''. <br />You can create a new Lua file directly from a dedicated wizard. It is more convenient and matches Eclipse standards.

[[Image:newFileWizard.png]]

== Support of encoding in Lua files ==

Character encoding, such as UTF-8 or UTF-16, is now fully supported, meaning that e.g. Chinese and Russian users can code using their language and characters.

[[Image:Encoding.png|A file with chinese character]]

== Eclipse 4 ==

From now on, LDT is built on top of Eclipse 4.

== Source feature ==

A source feature is available on our update site, making it easier to extend and integrate LDT in an Eclipse product.