New Release of ROS Qt Creator 4.8 RC on Xenial and Bionic

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We are pleased to announce the release of the ROS Qt Creator Plug-in for Qt Creator 4.8 RC on Xenial and Bionic. The ROS Qt Creator Plug-in creates a centralized location for ROS tools to increase efficiency and simplify tasks.

Picture obtained from Qt Blog

Picture obtained from Qt Blog

Highlights:

  • Qt Creator 4.8 introduces several new rich features and improvements to existing capabilities.
    • Generic Programming Language Support (Python Support!)
      • To use this feature, you must enable the Language Support Plugin
    • C++
      • Compilation Database Projects!
      • Clang Format Based Indentation!
      • Cppcheck Diagnostics!
      • Simultaneously debugging one or more executables!
  • ROS Plug-in introducint a few new features and bug fixes
    • Upgraded to Qt Creator 4.8
    • Added catkin_test_results run step
    • Added ROS Settings Page to configure default settings
    • Bug Fixes
      • Issue #284 Package Wizard caused Qt Creator to crash if using when a ROS project is not loaded.
      • Issue #289 Clicking Help caused Qt Creator to crash
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