Changes

Version 4.6 - 2013-01-27

Added scripting
Bug fix: GTK+: Tools shortcuts are lost when reloading settings
Bug fix: one more v4 regression: 'Replace All' could miss matches
Bug fix: one more v4 regression: 'Open' dialog does not always open

Version 4.5 - 2012-11-12

Bug fix: syntax highlighting of quoted strings in CSS
Bug fix: syntax highlighting of python doc-strings
Bug fix: Windows: leaks of handles with 'Find in Files'
Bug fix: crash with broken files using relative indentation

Version 4.4 - 2012-10-25

Bug fix: JSP syntax highlighting was still broken
Bug fix: "Open in New Tab" don't close the search window anymore
Bug fix: focus moving unexpectedly to first page in Page View
Bug fix: crash when deleting a section targeted by a link in another view
Fixed regression: duplicates in find and replace history

Version 4.3 - 2012-09-20

Linux 64 bit version is back
Edit menu shortcuts from the option editor
Option editor isn't modal anymore (fine-tune your themes easily)
The 'escape' shortcut is now customizable (see Window menu)
Menu command to close a dialog or a window
Menu command to open a new file by selecting a filename first
Better positionning of cursor with kerning
Bug fix: handling of prototypes in configuration files could alter wrong configurations

Version 4.2 - 2012-09-15

Linux version is back (32 bit x86 only)
Dedicated color for an inactive selected section or link
Syntax highlighting: preprocessor highlights only first word
Bug fix: crash when using the ALT+R shortcut with Replace All
Bug fix: syntax highlighting with Makefile multi-line variables were broken

Version 4.1 - 2012-08-11

Option on languages to force the encoding of a file
Restored title of sections
Improved status bar
Bug fix: PHP, JSP and ASP syntax highlightings were broken
Bug fix: match whole word could miss words at end of line
Bug fix: possible corruption of the last line when folding a section in relative indentation mode
Bug fix: editing default language or system theme from the option editor may propagate changes to other elements.
Bug fix: Enter command could stay disabled in page view

Version 4.0 - 2012-07-28

Folders are now called sections
Multiple fonts in styles
Sections and links are editable in-place
Quick new
Close buttons on tabs
Change the language from the menu
Change the theme from the menu
Graphical option editor
Quick switch proportional/monospaced font
No more title of sections to save space
No more extra-id-chars in language. It is computed automatically
No more variables in the configuration files (%(...)).

Version 3.23 - 2011-11-21

Bug fix: restoring a window in Smalltalk-style browser view with text only in bottom pane crashes
Bug fix: replace command did not work in Smalltalk-style browser
Bug fix: another crash related to the Smalltalk-style browser view
Bug fix: session file could be corrupted after searching patterns containing '%'

Version 3.22 - 2011-07-15

Bug fix: crash with the Smalltalk-style browser

Version 3.21 - 2011-06-19

Reverted change from 3.18: Smalltalk-style browser uses only text views

Version 3.20 - 2011-06-11

Fixed a build issue with recent Linux distros

Version 3.19 - 2010-09-20

Bug fix: Windows: crash with the tree view (occurring with multiple search in files)

Version 3.18 - 2010-09-16

Smalltalk style browser now uses true list-boxes as lists
Option to choose the number of lists in the browser view
Option to save the current file only in user tool
Multiple error patterns per user tool
Better handling of focus with tree view
Bug fix: the application may crash when running a user tool after switching the word-wrap

Version 3.17 - 2010-02-20

Bug fix: Windows: leak of gdi resources with XP theme

Version 3.16 - 2010-02-20

Added extra-id-chars to the generic lexer to support additional chars to identifiers (such as '-')
Added Lua syntax highlighting
Windows: use XP theme border
Bug fix: Linux x86_64: crash when opening the file dialog

Version 3.15 - 2009-12-28

Bug fix: crash when opening a file because of recent file list
Bug fix: crash when editing a file with muliple views opened on the file at different depths

Version 3.14 - 2009-12-08

The tree view is now resizable
Recently opened files in the File menu
Home and End commands now take word wrapping into account
Minor improvements in C/C++ syntax highlighting
Bug fix: can't save sessions if options were never saved
Bug fix: settings reloaded on each file open if no session file

Version 3.13 - 2009-10-29

Better syntax highlighting for Objective C and Pascal
The documentation was missing is the previous release
Bug fix: colorization of here documents still wrong
Bug fix: detect circular references in prototype chains of preferences to avoid infinite loops.

Version 3.12 - 2009-10-08

'make install' is now relative to DESTDIR
Better syntax highlighting for C/C++
Better syntax highlighting for assembler and especially Fasm syntax
Added basic syntax highlighting for Objective C
Bug fix: colorization of here documents could go wrong (regression since unicode release)

Version 3.11 - 2009-06-01

Bug fix: possible crash when cloning a windows with elastic tabstops
Bug fix: the "Show Tabs" menu item is not immediately checked

Version 3.10 - 2009-05-22

Added elastic tabstops
Added an option to show tabs

Version 3.9 - 2009-05-14

Commands to reopen files without BOM as UTF-8 or UTF-16
Faster startup when a lot of windows to open
Bug fix: copy selection from output not always working
Bug fix: handle case conversion of cyrillic letters
Bug fix: case insensitive search with non ASCII letters
Bug fix: paste reference on read only files
Bug fix: session not saved if options have never been saved
Bug fix: Windows: the application could stay stuck minimized under certain circumstances

Version 3.8 - 2009-03-11

Ability to define custom error patterns using regular expressions in user tools
Show the search pattern with the search result
Bug fix: sometimes the "Mark All" command did not work
Bug fix: crash with word-wrap and long lines (>8000) without blank

Version 3.7 - 2008-11-12

Bug fix: some unicode characters could not be entered such as capital cyrilic letters (regression since unicode release)
Bug fix: syntax highlighting bugs with non ascii chars (regression since unicode release)
Windows: restored behavior of left and right keys in confirmation dialogs

Version 3.6 - 2008-10-18

Bug fix: crash when closing the modified untitled document

Version 3.5 - 2008-10-10

Automatic unload: files are automatically unloaded when there is no longer used
Bug fix: GTK+: may crash when pasting data (regression since unicode release)
Bug fix: GTK+: may crash when opening dialogs (regression since unicode release)

Version 3.4 - 2008-08-15

'Yes to All' and 'No to All' buttons in dialogs asking to save or reload a file.
Better shell script syntax highlighting
Bug fix: save did not report an error when saving a file with an incompatible encoding.
Bug fix: presentation of 'Find in files' result was broken since the introduction of the docked window.
Bug fix: GTK+: may crash when copying data (regression since unicode release)

Version 3.3 - 2008-06-18

Captured output is displayed in a separate window
Search result is displayed in a separate window
Save session: open files, window geometry and search history
Added option to open a file at given line number from command line
The editor now tends to reuse existing windows instead of opening new ones
Syntax highlighting for .bashrc and .bash_profile
Normalize filenames. This prevents opening a file twice because of '.' or '..' in the filename
Minor improvements with popup menus
Bug fix: GTK+: numpad enter didn't work
Bug fix: Windows: drop down list not always closed

Version 3.2 - 2008-05-08

Bug fix: GTK+: File manager crashes with recent GTK+ versions
FreeBSD: fix wrong include files

Version 3.1 - 2008-04-29

Unicode: can edit UTF-8 and UTF-16 files
GTK+: Better default comment back color
No more line highlighting when no focus
Cut and copy commands use the entire line if the selection is empty
Added the zenburn color scheme
Bug fix: a very old bug freezing the editor when the window is activated with a dialog open and a file has been externally modified
Bug fix: removed blanks from the filename in the file manager
Bug fix: Windows: error markers not set when using '/' as path separator
Bug fix: crash when unloading a file with a tree view on it

Version 3.0 - 2008-02-17

The last line is no longer a comment line
The text view looks more like a traditional text editor than a literate program

Version 2.20 - 2008-02-09

Bug fix: variables $(...) not expanded in paths of links in output
Bug fix: crash with errors captured in the output
Bug fix: crash with markers
Bug fix: GTK+: Shift+Insert did not work in edit widgets
Bug fix: selection with mouse didn't work when a modeless dialog is open

Version 2.19 - 2008-01-15

Mac OS X (GTK+) version
Find All: found items are marked
Find All: references keep synced while text is modified
Errors: found items are marked
Errors: references keep synced while text is modified
Better handling of selection: when selection is outside window, it is centered.
Scrollbars available in page view
Better handling of undo/redo with modeless dialogs
Bug fix: crash with "Replace All" short-cut (ALT-A)
Bug fix: potential crashes with modeless dialogs
Bug fix: sometimes, 'Cancel' button in find dialog does not work
Bug fix: GTK+: transfering focus in modeless dialogs (TAB)
Bug fix: GTK+: tab to transfer focus in modeless dialogs
Bug fix: GTK+: drop files broken on recent GTK+ versions
Bug fix: GTK+: drop files did not work with spaces in filename
Bug fix: GTK+: arrows in notebook tabs didn't work

Version 2.18 - 2007-10-12

Bug fix: crash when closing a window and using the tree view
Bug fix: name was no longer escaped in the 'properties' dialog
Bug fix: GTK+: characters doubled
Bug fix: 'properties' dialog does not always edit the selection from the tree view

Version 2.17 - 2007-10-08

Added bookmarks
Added incremental search
Added "Mark All" command
Embedded several modal dialogs into the main form
Quick command to switch word wrapping
Vertical scrollbar displayed only when needed
Changed look of the title bar of each pane
Reorganized menus
Bug fix: crash if default layout is neither 0 nor 9

Version 2.16 - 2007-08-24

Find in files: dialog showing the progression
Find in files can be cancelled
Minor improvement in C syntax highlighting
Improvement in TeX syntax highlighting: handle keywords and added keywords for plain.tex and LaTeX
Customizable background color in "Page View"
Customizable color for disabled panes
Bug Fix: the output could be truncated when the tool returns a non zero error code

Version 2.15 - 2007-05-22

Bug fix: TeX folding markers were no longer recognized

Version 2.14 - 2007-05-15

Added option to display notebook tabs at the bottom
Added syntax highlighting for AVR assembler (in config-optional/)
Added multiline strings in the generic syntax highlighter
Read preferences in two passes (allows forward references)
Bug fix: Regression with the 'Paste Reference' command
Bug fix: Options could not be saved unless the preferences directory already exists (affect new users).
Bug fix: display of very long lines (> 8K chars)
Bug fix: possible crashs with the unload command
Bug fix: read-only under Linux

Version 2.13 - 2007-04-12

Integrated ZoomEdit (use the 'Page View')
Read-only files are no more editables
Windows: use the Windows XP/Vista visual style
Added syntax highlighting for CMake
Ability to view and change the end-of-line style (Unix, Mac, Windows)
File loader checks the patterns without wildcards first
Moved Torque syntax in an optional config file

Version 2.12 - 2007-02-06

Bug fix: GTK+: move cursor with mouse always selects text
Bug fix: x86_64: preferences not loaded

Version 2.11 - 2007-02-05

Reorganized configuration files
Added horizontal scrollbar
DEL key to close windows in Windows menu
Files can be unloaded
Reopen a file in raw mode if the fold markers are broken
Do not automatically enter into a folder created from a non empty selection
Shift+mouse button selects a block of text
'Match whole word' and 'Regular expressions' are deactivated when using CTRL+F3/CTRL+SHIFT+F3

Version 2.10 - 2006-11-29

Support of x86_64 (amd64)
Bug fix: can corrupt a file if a subfolder ends with a non empty comment line (regression from 2.9)
Bug fix: Paste raw text prepends a comment to special directives (Paste Raw Text or Paste to another editor)
Bug fix: 'Goto Page' command did not always work

Version 2.9 - 2006-09-26

Bug fix: "Replace All" sometimes crashes
Bug fix: syntax highlighting not updated with multiples windows on same folder (regression from 2.8)
Bug fix: syntax highlighting could be affected by text in special comment lines (regression from 2.8)
Bug fix: Windows: opening file with network paths (\\computer\...)
Bug fix: handling of the carriage return of the last line when folding is not available
Bug fix: GTK: Use latin-1 encoding if conversion with current locale fails
Bug fix: crash when saving settings without a default configuration available (a config without filename pattern)

Version 2.8 - 2006-07-13

Single instance
Added syntax highlighting for PHP
Added syntax highlighting for ASP files
Redesigned syntax highlighting: it works better, especially with long comments and python doc-strings
Fixed performance issue: slow navigation on huge flat files.
Bug fix: syntax highlighting in JSPs with 2 adjacent <%@ %>
Bug fix: fold/unfold uncomment special comment lines when relative indentation is active

Version 2.7 - 2006-06-12

Added syntax highlighting for JSP files
Display the relative indentation status in the file manager
Various minor bug fixes in syntax highlighting
Bug fix: crash when opening file or pasting text with long lines (>8K)
Bug fix: the output of user tools could be truncated
Bug fix: bad syntax highlighting when deleting a huge comment block
Bug fix: replacing selection with a text of same size could cause a display bug.

Version 2.6 - 2006-03-05

Added syntax highlighting for Perl
Bug fix: leaks of GDI/GTK resources

Version 2.5 - 2006-02-12

Better Ruby syntax highlighting (here documents, %strings, regular expressions...)
Better shell script syntax highlighting
Added syntax highlighting for SQL
Bug fix: Windows XP: text was clipped with ClearType font rendering

Version 2.4 - 2005-12-21

Added relative-indentation option: a text file can have its folders indented with the indentation of their header. Especially useful for syntax sensitive languages such as Python
Added option to edit arguments before launching a tool
Bug fix: a crash could occur when deleting a folder with another multi-pane view on it.
Bug fix: Windows: potential crash when deleting a folder with multiple tree views on it.
Bug fix: crash when replacing using regular expressions with a reference to a non-existent group (\n+1 and only n groups)
Bug fix: filename was not updated in the tree view after a 'Save as'

Version 2.3 - 2005-11-09

Directory selector in Find All/Replace All dialogs
Search history in Find dialogs
Button to close windows in the Window Selector
Better caret positioning using mouse
GTK: Use Pango to get anti-aliased fonts
Bug fix: GTK: better support of non ASCII encodings
Bug fix: GTK: crashes sometimes when loosing focus in browser views

Version 2.2 - 2005-09-26

Added menu entries to open quickly all configuration files
Added direct access to panes using shortcuts
Ability to define special 'search' links
XML syntax highlighting handles CDATA
Bug fix: Compilation from source with gcc 4.0
Bug fix: Trap with Find and invalid regular expressions
Bug fix: Windows: file types for Find in Files were case sensitive
Bug fix: Windows: Alt+Space to open window menu
Bug fix: Windows: double-clicks on edits to select all
Bug fix: Windows: beeps with mnemonics in dialogs

Version 2.1 - 2005-07-03

Added regular expressions in Find and Replace
Various fixes in Find All and Replace All dialogs
Ruby colorizer highlights global variables
Bug fix: Windows: handle leaks when running external tools
Bug fix: multiple untitled files
Bug fix: trap could occur when launching a tool with a modified preferences file

Version 2.0 - 2005-06-02

Replace all: can replace in current file, current folder, current selection or in multiple files
Find all: can search in current selection
Find all: can search in multiples files
Popup on the tree-view uses a temporary selection
The editor can capture structured output from external tools
Added 'Find matching bracket' command (CTRL+])
Added 'Copy as Reference' command
Added unfold command
Added $(CurLine) and $(CurCol) variables in tools arguments
Added auto-close option to user tools
Auto-scroll the output window
Added auto-scroll on text selection
Customizable shortcuts (for menu commands)
New config file system: files can be merged, generalization of inheritance, added variables substitution
Better syntax highlighting for cb-config files
Can specify a preference file to merge in command line
Command line accepts multiple files
GTK: use the new file chooser if GTK+ 2.4 or better installed
Bug fix: the replace-all did not replace adjacent matching strings

Version 1.5 - 2005-05-05

Bug fix: Windows: backspace does not work in dialogs
Bug fix: find all did not work if focus on the tree view
Bug fix: remove whitepaces at the start of tree view items
Bug fix: do not truncate long lines (>8192 characters)
Bug fix: preserve end of line format when saving
Bug fix: read mac files correctly
Bug fix: better behavior with word commands & non ascii letters
Added icons to the tree view

Version 1.4 - 2005-04-28

Added tree view
Added ALT-Backspace shortcut to undo
Dropped the 'parent' command (use reopen+back instead)
The 'directory' property in tools can now use variables
Bug fix: Windows: use the default charset instead of the latin1
Bug fix: Trap when typing non-ascii chars in some syntax highlighted files

Version 1.3 - 2004-01-29

Reload files on external changes
Added commands to make the selection uppercase or lowercase
Fixes in XML syntax highlighting
Better Ruby syntax highlighting (embedded documentation, instance & class variables, constants)

Version 1.2 - 2004-11-27

Added a command to stop execution of tools
Find: what you've typed is no longer lost when search failed
Handle X Window primary selection (middle click button)
Various fixes in syntax highlighting
Bug fix: GTK: unexpected focus change with links because of scroll
Bug fix: GTK: trap when pressing letter key in file manager (occurs with recent GTK versions)
Bug fix: GTK: do not convert to UTF-8 on paste
Bug fix: GTK: changed default font (the previous font was not available on all X distributions)

Version 1.1 - 2004-10-31

Added syntax highlighting for C#, VB.Net, CSS and sh
Added detection of file type by reading the first line of file
Added eclipse color scheme
Bug fix: syntax highlighting of xml element names with namespace
Bug fix: syntax highlighting of control sequences in TeX files
Bug fix: do not trap if user-preferences file is missing (application not installed)

Version 1.0 - 2004-09-29

A relative path in output is resolved using the directory of the tool if specified instead of the current directory of the editor
Bug fix: Preview not always synced in browser view
Bug fix: filenames starting with '\' were badly expanded (Windows)
Bug fix: Command shortcuts could insert a char since version 0.15 (Linux/GTK+)
Bug fix: No more assert with GTK+ scrollbars
Bug fix: No more flicking with browser layouts (GTK+)
Bug fix: Restore previous tab when closing a window did not work with recent GTK+ versions

Version 0.15 - 2004-09-24

Better documentation, chm documenation added
Bug fix: unindent a folder or a link could delete its title
Bug fix: support accents and dead keys in Linux/GTK+ version
Bug fix: force a newly created file to have a fully qualified name (prevent a file to be loaded twice)

Version 0.14 - 2004-09-18

Added 'clone window' command
Added pink color theme
Backspace can unindent line with expand-tab mode
File manager: display full path of selected file
File manager: sort files in the listbox
Better navigation with 4-6 pane layout when having several links to same file.
Bug fix: no more annoying beep in dialogs with TAB key
Bug fix: Some resources were not freed, leading to slow down Windows after multiple saves of options.
Bug fix: scrollbars were not updated when settings changed

Version 0.13 - 2004-09-06

Added syntax highlighting for python
Added CTRL-Backspace & CTRL-Del commands
Insert text/comment can be used to transform selection
Bug fix: Stop blinking of the caret when menu is activated (Windows)
Bug fix: when closing a window, the previous active one is re-activated
Bug fix: added missing keywords to NSIS and C++

Version 0.12 - 2004-08-22

Manage config file (Windows and GTK+)
Automatically enter in a newly created folder
Keep similar selection when changing preview in a pane
GTK dialogs: choose 'Yes' by default instead of 'No'
Bug fix: the right alt key (Alt gr) does not work on some non-US keyboards
Bug fix: paste from external application deletes empty lines (GTK+)
Bug fix: paste on word wrapped document
Bug fix: invalid page relocation with word wrap and multi-view
Bug fix: bad syntax highlighting C preprocessor lines ending with \
Bug fix: bad relocation of caret when multiple views on a file
Bug fix: reset of caret location while a tool is running
Bug fix: focus problems with multiple views on same file
Bug fix: can loose focus when changing layout (GTK+ 2.4)
Bug fix: preview not updated when changing link properties

Version 0.11 - 2004-07-26

Can open new files from command line
New asks for a filename to get right syntax highlighting immediately
Keep consistent state when changing the layout of a window
Added command to paste text without its structure
Added overwrite mode
Undo command cancels an indent-block or a replace-all in one shot
Pack adjacent items in undo stack to reduce memory usage and to cancel contiguous insertions in one shot
Bug fix: get rid of the annoying error box on invalid links
Bug fix: change title font in settings was not taken into account

Version 0.10 - 2004-07-14

Changing preferences takes effect immediately after saving
Display only filename in tabs
Quick close: change close window shortcut from CTRL-F4 to ESC
Added syntax highlighting for DOS Batch, Pascal and NSIS files
Added alternative block comment to generic colorizer (pascal)
Added alternative line comment to generic colorizer (nsis)
Newly created folders start with a text line (can be customized)
Bug fix: memory was never freed leading to huge memory usage
Bug fix: invalid clipboard content on Linux platform
Bug fix: columns displayed in status bar doesn't count tabs
Bug fix: 'untitled' window cannot be closed once re-opened
Bug fix: hazardous result when closing dialog box with close-button
Bug fix: scrollbar unusable in listboxes

Version 0.9 - 2004-07-04

Added word wrapping
Bug fix: Incorrect position under mouse detected if page scrolled horizontally
Bug fix: Trap when closing edit-link dialog box

Version 0.8 - 2004-04-26

Added replace
Better navigation with browser mode
Installer for the Windows version (zip is still available)
Added appropriate cursors
Fixed memory leaks

Version 0.7 - 2004-04-08

Added scrollbars
Added contextual menu
Added 'open in new tab' feature
New layouts

Version 0.6 - 2004-03-26

Add syntax highlighting for makefiles, ruby (very basic) and TeX
Add layouts to have a browser a la Smalltalk
Changes in navigation: find, undo, goto line do not save anymore the location in the back stack
Bug fix: file extension to find language was case sensitive in windows
Bug fix: trap with invalid colorizer or language in config files
Bug fix: case sensitive element and attribute names for xml colorization

Version 0.5 - 2004-01-18

New feature: Notebook tabs
Better cycling of windows
Group search results by folders
Display a white caret when on dark background
Added a 'bright on dark' color scheme.
Bug fix: no more unexpected selection when double click on folder
Bug fix: sometimes, a window is not brought to front
Bug fix: selection with mouse outside window in GTK+
Bug fix: flicking when switching between windows in GTK+

Version 0.4 - 2004-01-08

First Linux/GTK+ version
Signals end of tool processing with their exit code
Ctrl-left/ctrl-right skip '_' and digits
Bug fix: potential trap in find all
Bug fix: case sensitive comparison causing files to be loaded twice

Version 0.3 - 2003-12-14

User defined tools: tools can be run from the editor, output is parsed.
Find all: creates a web-like search result, can search through links
Links can reference files in parent folders using '../'
Bug fix: possible trap when deleting a block up to end of text
Bug fix: could not open file when filename enclosed with quotes in command line
Bug fix: find or goto can show a blank page when used in second pane
Bug fix: cycling windows forces focus on first pane
Bug fix: title of second pane not updated when renaming a folder from first pane

Version 0.2 - 2003-12-04

New feature: each window can display two panes.
Bug fix: crash when opening empty file
Bug fix: the last line of a text without language, if empty, is not saved

Version 0.1 - 2003-11-25

First release