New Release: Espressif IDE 3.1.0

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Espressif-IDE
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Today we announce the new version of the Espressif IDE, the version 3.1.0. This new version adds new functionalities and bug fixes.

New features
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Updated Eclipse Platform Support
- Support for the Eclipse CDT 2024-06 release, ensuring compatibility with the latest Eclipse features and enhancements.
CDT LSP 2.0 Integration
- Full support for CDT Language Server Protocol (LSP) 2.0, providing enhanced code navigation, syntax highlighting, and error checking.
- Improved Editor responsiveness and language feature parity for a smoother coding experience.
Expanded Hardware Support
- Added support for ESP32-P4, enabling development and debugging for the new Espressif chipset.
- Streamlined setup for other Espressif SoCs, improving multi-target project management.
Unified Target and Board Configuration
- Consolidated all target and board configuration options into a single, intuitive interface for easier access and project configuration. Now, you can configure all of them in the ESP Target window.
Welcome Page Overhaul
- Revamped the welcome page and added the ESP-IDF Manager action to help users quickly get started.
- Added links to key resources, tutorials, and community forums.
Build Settings Enhancements
- Improved Build Settings tab with more flexible configurations, enhanced readability, and easier management of build profiles.
- Added messages for fields in the Build Settings tab to give some context to the user.
- The relative custom-build folder path now relates to the project folder instead of the workspace.
- Change the default name for the debug configuration.
Multi-Configuration Support
- Added support for multi_config setups and allow the developers to run sdkconfig editor from any build folder.
New Project Standards
- Automatic creation of a .clang-format file with default settings when a new project is created. Additionally, if the .clang-format file is missing, it is automatically added after the build.
Feedback-Driven UX Improvements
Quality and Stability Fixes
- Various bug fixes and performance enhancements aimed at improving the overall quality, stability, and developer experience.
Launch Configuration Improvements
- Provided a configuration option in the launch configuration to open the serial monitor right after the serial flash.
- Changing the configuration automatically sets the mode to Run/Debug accordingly.
ESP-IDF Manager Improvements
- Added functionality to remove all versions from the list.
- Added validations for the ESP-IDF path and improved the UI.