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Below you may find all changes since last announced update (2017.1.3):

Updates

Perl project structure internals reworked:
- Perl now may be configured as a second language for any type of project with any SDK selected
- Added support for external libraries
- Perl-related project settings are now in Settings->Languages & Frameworks section in all IDEs
- It's no longer possible to add and/or select Perl as main project/module SDK in Intellij IDEA
- IMPORTANT: it was not possible to automatically migrate user's settings to the new structure, so you'll need to - configure your project again
Built-in subs, namespaces and variables usages are now highlighted and you may find usages for them
Spell checking is now available in Perl5 and POD files, by akashr
You may now annotate methods with #@returns *, meaning that method returns $self, #247
Context view with Alt + Q and navigation with Alt + Up/Down works now, by johndunlap
Editor responsiveness should be much better now
Completion is now opens automatically after typing:
- a sigil
- an opening quote
- an opening brace in a hash index
- an opening brace after a sigil
- a space inside of the qw list
Double-click on variable name should now select variable with sigil
__PACKAGE__ now may be used as class specifier in my/our/state and annotations #@type/#@returns, by @aldem
Inspection for use vars legacy pragma usage with quick-fix for converting to our declaration, #380
Intention to convert statement with modifier to compound statement and vice versa, by @cjelli
Re-worked live templates: abbreviations, defaults and so on (need a feedback)
Already typed import parameters are now excluded from the completion
Completion in braces after typeglobs now contains slots names

Fixes

Few auto-reported exceptions
Lookup elements for arrays now containing array slices
Built-in array/hash elements and slices are now properly colored
Plugin does not add empty <perl/> section to the iml file if perl roots were not configured
Mark Perl5 root action is unavailable if Perl5 support is not configured, unmark still available
Improved $self type detection for tricky situations, #569
Stack overflow exception in Go IDE/plugin, #1584
Exception on override method action Ctrl+O
Exception in convert string to heredoc intention dialog
Mac users should not have problems with SDK addition anymore, by @bbmielke
continue block indentation after while and until
Spacing after for/foreach in compound statement without explicit variable, #1607
Completion for methods on annotated variables, by @bakanov
@EXPORT and @EXPORT_OK handling for large lists of exported variables, by @johndunlap
Unresolved variable inspection false positive on $1 and friends, #1605 (hardcoded variables 1-20)
Console filter should be more selective, to avoid linking other languages exceptions, #1630

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