News : Version 17.10

6th June 2026

Winteracter v17.10 is now available.

Holders of a supported licenceA v16.0 licence acquired before the I.S.S. closure in 2024. or unsupported licenceA licence issued since the release of v17.0. 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 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 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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