v1.6.0

What's New in 1.6

C# Scripting

• Roslyn scripting support in CSX files! (#23, omnisharp-roslyn#659) (Contributed by @filipw)

Project Support

• Support for latest .NET Core .csproj projects updates. (omnisharp-roslyn#705)
• Update 'tasks.json' and 'launch.json' generation to support .NET Core .csproj projects. (#767)
• Properly support <NoWarn> in MSBuild projects and specifically ignore the CS1701 warning in .NET Core MSBuild projects. (#967)
• Fix global.json-based project search to also the top-level folders specified by the "projects" property and not just their children. (#904 and #962)

Debugging

• Update the debugger so that the debugger itself runs on .NET Core 1.1. This change:
  • Enables debugger support for additional Linux distributions - Ubuntu 16.10, openSUSE 42, Fedora 24
  • Brings support for running all supported distros on top of Linux Kernel >= 4.6
• Enable debugger support for Arch Linux (#564)
• Improve debugger install errors for macOS without openSSL symlinks (#986), and x86 Windows (#998).
• Improve debugger performance using precompiled debugger binaries (#896, #971).

Syntax Highlighting

• Tons of great syntax highlighting fixes and support! (All contributed by @ivanz)
  • Fix for field declarations. (#757)
  • Fix for generic types with multiple type parameters. (#960)
  • Proper support for interpolated strings (verbatim and non-verbatim). (#852)
  • Fix for multi-line properties. (#854)
  • Fixes for events, nested type references (e.g. Root.IInterface<Something.Nested>), variable declarations, nested classes, and fields spanning multiple lines

Hover Tooltips

• Improve display of hover tool tips for built-in C# types, such as int and string. (#250) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Improve display of hover tool tips for nested classes. (#394) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Fix spacing in hover tool tips around <paramref/> in XML doc comments. (#672) (Contributed by @filipw)

Other Updates and Fixes

• Support for running/debugging NUnit tests (#996) (Contributed by @HexWrench)
• Fix exception thrown when sending /autocomplete request to OmniSharp server in location where no completion items are available. (#980)
• Add omnisharp.maxProjectResults setting to control the maximum number of projects to display in the 'Select Project' dropdown. The default is 250. (#875) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Fix signature help display for constructors. (#36) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Ensure that the editor.insertSpaces and editor.tabSize settings are passed to OmniSharp for formatting. Note that this behavior can be controlled with the omnisharp.useEditorFormattingSettings option, which defaults to true. (#1055) (Contributed by @filipw)