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6th June 2026

Winteracter v17.10 is now available.

Holders of a v16.0 or later licence can use their previously supplied licence file and credentials to download/install this release. It is not necessary to request a new licence, provided you have a v16.0 or later licence.

View the full version 17.10 release notes.

  • Compilers/Platforms
    • Support for NVIDIA Fortran on Linux/aarch64 (ARM64-based processors).
    • LLVM FLang versions on Linux (x86_64 and ARM64) now built with Flang 22 (compatibilty with Flang 20/21 maintained)
    • All of the following compiler releases successfully tested (no changes required):
      • Intel Fortran 2026 [ifx] on Windows and Linux/x86_64.
      • GNU gfortran 16 on Windows.
      • GNU gfortran 15 on Linux.
      • AMD AOCC 5.2 on Linux/x86_64.
      • NVIDIA Fortran 26 on Linux/x86_64
    • Ubuntu 26 LTS tested. Minor WiDE changes (see below).
    • Note : The Linux ARM64 version of X/Winteracter is now built on Ubuntu 26, meaning that most of the ARM64 visual tools now require GLIBC 2.43 or later (e.g. Ubuntu 26 or Fedora 44 onwards). Installation/uninstallation and program recompilation is still supported on earlier Linux ARM64 GLIBC 2.38-2.42 systems (e.g. Ubuntu 24 or Fedora 39 onwards).
  • Documentation
    • The documentation has been the subject of a major conversion/restyling effort:
      • Sources converted from RTF to HTML. Resulting sources extensively reworked to allow much more precise control over formatting/style.
      • Entire documentation substantially restyled.
      • Numerous minor content amendments applied, but existing organisation maintained.
    • FAQ item added re VS2026+ifx project configuration.
  • WiDE
    Several minor enhancements to the Winteracter Development Environment:
    • Improved multi-directory project support:
      • Module write path selectable (supported by all compilers, except Silverfrost FTN95). Allows all compiled modules to be placed in a common location.
      • "Clean" option substantially upgraded to handle multiple source and target directories. Also adapts to the new module write path option.
    • Auto-clean option expanded to allow project directories to be cleaned automatically on change of compiler or release/debug configuration.
    • Visual Studio 2026 selectable as tools/libs provider with Intel Fortran (ifx), on Windows.
    • 32-bit Intel Fortran (ifort) option on Windows now avoids use of recent Windows SDK versions, which break linking on Windows 10/11.
    • Output from cancelled processes can be displayed.
    • Command window options added for Ptyxis and Xfce Terminal, on Linux. (Ptyxis replaced gnome-terminal in recent Gnome-based Linux distros, such as Ubuntu 25 onwards. WiDE uses Ptyxis automatically, on such systems.)
    • NVIDIA Fortran option added on Linux/aarch64 (ARM64).
    • "Make with Automake" removed, since it appears to have fallen out of use. Eliminates ambiguity associated with support for two different "make" options and simplifies make-related documentation.
    • The "Libraries not found" dialog on Linux/macOS now provides a Help button linking to the "Required X Libraries" page in the docs. Useful when installing on a new system.
  • Operating System : IOsCommand allows all sub-processes of an external command to be treated as a process group. The entire group can be killed in a subsequent call to IOsCommandKill, avoiding orphan sub-processes.
  • Presentation Graphics : Option to match scale value and tick mark angles to axes on 3D plots.
  • Editor windows : "Replace All" optimised on Windows. Bookmark can be set/cleared/interrogated under program control.
  • Tools
    • WED : "Replace All" takes advantage of editor window optimisation, on Windows. "Insert>HTML>Symbol" offers 14 more commonly required symbols.
    • HelpEd : Topic editors benefit from same enhancements as WED, plus the "Find All" option now supports the same filtering options as WED. Word wrap now configurable, in the HTML topic editor.
    • InstEd : Command line arguments can be added to desktop and Start menu shortcuts.
    • GraphEd : Option to take advantage of new 3D plot scale-value/tick-mark/axes angle matching.
    • Data Viewer : Uses new scale-value/tick-mark/axes angle matching on 3D surface plots.
    • rc : Intermediate Fortran code generated by the X/Winteracter resource compiler substantially modernised (mainly for the benefit of "Classic Flang" based compilers, such as NVIDIA and AMD Fortran).

Please note : References to "support for" specific third party software do not imply endorsement of same. Refer to Supported Compilers/Platforms for more information.

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