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Textadept Changelog

What's new in Textadept 10.8

Jan 3, 2020
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed incorrect event arguments for events.AUTO_C_SELECTION_CHANGE.
  • Fixed bug in “Replace All in selection” with match at the end of a selection.
  • Fixed long line output for run, compile, and build commands.
  • Changes:
  • Changed events.TAB_CLICKED to emit button clicked as well as modifier keys.
  • Autocompletion and documentation for Textadept’s Lua API only happens in Textadept files now (i.e. files in _HOME and _USERHOME).
  • textadept.editing.api_files and _M.lua.tags can contain functions that return file paths.
  • Added support for txt2tags.
  • Scintilla: Added access to virtual space at the start and end of multiple selections.
  • Scintilla: The target can have virtual space.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.11.2.

New in Textadept 10.7 (Jan 3, 2020)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed scroll issues when toggling line wrap.
  • Properly handle absolute paths in run/compile/build output and also case-insensitivity on Windows.
  • Restore virtual space state when switching between buffers.
  • Restore rectangular selection state when switching between buffers.
  • Fixed opening of non-UTF-8-encoded filenames dropped into a view.
  • Fixed macro toggling with some key combinations.
  • Ensure events.BUFFER_AFTER_SWITCH is emitted properly during buffer.new().
  • Prevent double-counting fold points on a single line.
  • Changes:
  • Refactored “Replace All” to be more performant.
  • Added back textadept.editing.paste_reindent() as a separate menu/key/command from buffer.paste().
  • Enabled all theme colors by default, and changed line number color in the terminal version.
  • Replaced ui.command_entry.enter_mode() and ui.command_entry.finish_mode() with simplified ui.command_entry.run().
  • Added ui.find.find_incremental_keys table of key bindings during “Find Incremental” searches.
  • Replaced textadept.macros.start_recording() and textadept.macros.stop_recording() with textadept.macros.record().
  • Updated C, Rust, Prolog, and Logtalk lexers.
  • Added MediaWiki lexer.
  • Scintilla: Updated case conversion and character categories to Unicode 12.1.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.11.1.

New in Textadept 10.6 (Sep 2, 2019)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fail more gracefully when users attempt to create buffers on init.
  • Improve caret sticky behavior when switching between buffers.
  • Do not auto-indent when pressing enter at the start of a non-empty line.
  • Scintilla: Fix deletion of isolated invalid bytes.
  • Scintilla: Fix position of line caret when overstrike caret is set to block.
  • Changes:
  • Use CP1252 encoding instead of ISO-8859-1.
  • Added support for ksh and mksh.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.11.0.

New in Textadept 10.5 (Jul 1, 2019)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Do not advance the caret on failed incremental find.
  • Fixed bug with filters that have extension includes and pattern excludes
  • Changes:
  • Added case-insensitive option to textadept.editing.show_documentation().
  • Updated the default window size and some default dialog sizes.
  • Updated Markdown lexer.
  • Improved C++ lexer to support single quotes in C++14 integer literals.
  • Scintilla: Improved performance opening and closing large files with fold points.
  • Scintilla: Tweaked behavior of buffer.style_case’s buffer.CASE_CAMEL option to treat only letters as word characters.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.10.6.

New in Textadept 10.4 (May 1, 2019)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed scrolling found text into view on long lines.
  • Fixed crash on Mac with malformed regex patterns.
  • Changes:
  • Recognize .vue and .yml file extensions.
  • Line number margin grows for large files as needed.
  • Do not emit events.SAVE_POINT_LEFT event for unfocused views.
  • Updated CSS lexer to support CSS3.
  • Updated YAML lexer.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.10.4.
  • Updated to LuaFileSystem 1.7.0 and LPeg 1.0.2.

New in Textadept 10.3 (Mar 1, 2019)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed block comment support for Nim.
  • Fixed escaping of newlines (n) in Lua and C API documentation.
  • Changes:
  • Version control markers like .git are not limited to directories.
  • Allow redefinition of WGET in Makefile for
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.10.2.

New in Textadept 10.2 (Nov 2, 2018)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed error when performing “select enclosed” on a non-ASCII character.
  • Fixed regression of Retina display support of Mac OSX.
  • Fixed key handling on some international keyboards.
  • Fixed tab labels not updating when loading message buffers from a session.
  • Fixed potential crashes in string.iconv() with tiny strings.
  • Fixed inability to resize one split view configuration with the mouse in the terminal version.
  • Changes:
  • Renamed spawn() to os.spawn().
  • os.spawn() now allows omission of cwd and env parameters.
  • spawn_proc:wait() returns the process' exit code.
  • textadept.editing.filter_through() halts on non-zero status instead of clobbering the buffer or selected text.
  • Removed textadept.editing.paste() and textadept.editing.paste_reindents option; Textadept no longer reindents pasted text by default.
  • Experimentally added textadept.macros module for recording, playing, saving, and loading keyboard macros.
  • Scintilla: Improve efficiency of idle wrapping.
  • Scintilla: Updated case conversion and character categories to Unicode 11.
  • Scintilla: Updated ConTeXt, HTML, and Markdown lexers.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.10.1.

New in Textadept 10.1 (Nov 2, 2018)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed view focus synchronization issues when dropping files into split views.
  • Fixed potential crash with non-UTF-8 bytes copy-pasted into non-UTF-8 buffer.
  • spawn_proc:read() correctly handles rn sequences.
  • Changes:
  • Added ability to save/restore persistent data during a reset event via events.RESET_BEFORE and events.RESET_AFTER.
  • Replaced ui.find.find_in_files_filter with ui.find.find_in_files_filters table for project-specific filters.
  • Added Chinese localization.
  • Updated to GTK 2.24.32 on Windows, which fixes a number of various GTK-related issues.

New in Textadept 10.0 (Jul 28, 2018)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed unset lexer bug upon splitting a newly created buffer.
  • Fixed a potential infinite loop with “replace in selection”.
  • Fixed crash on Mac OSX with regex searches.
  • Fixed selection of “find in files” result if it’s at the start of the line.
  • Properly handle abbreviated setting of write-only buffer properties via command entry.
  • Changes:
  • Removed bit32 module in favor of Lua’s bitwise operators.
  • Makefile can be used to build on case-insensitive filesystems.
  • Interpret uXXXX sequences in regex replacement text.

New in Textadept 10.0 Beta 2 (Jun 1, 2018)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed unset lexer bug upon splitting a newly created buffer.
  • Fixed a potential infinite loop with "replace in selection".
  • Fixed crash on Mac OSX with regex searches.
  • Fixed selection of "find in files" result if it's at the start of the line.
  • Properly handle abbreviated setting of write-only buffer properties via command entry.
  • Changes:
  • Removed `bit32` module in favor of Lua's bitwise operators.
  • Makefile can be used to build on case-insensitive filesystems.
  • Interpret `uXXXX` sequences in regex replacement text.

New in Textadept 10.0 Beta (May 1, 2018)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed incorrect style settings when splitting views.
  • Fixed restoration of vertical scroll for buffers with different line heights.
  • Fixed potential crash in terminal version with newer versions of ncurses.
  • Changes:
  • Change SQL comments to use `--` instead of `#`.
  • Updated Textadept icon.
  • Minimum required Mac OSX version is now 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or higher.
  • Removed LuaJIT version of Textadept.

New in Textadept 10.0 Alpha 2 (Mar 1, 2018)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed clang build warnings/errors regarding LuaJIT.
  • Fixed busy wait in second instance of Textadept on Windows.
  • Fixed bug in remote-controlled Textadept when no arguments were initially given.
  • Fixed session loading when only it is provided as a command line argument.
  • Fixed copy-paste between views in the terminal version.
  • Fixed crash when attempting to show a badly-encoded filename in the titlebar.
  • Scintilla: Fixed double-click word selection on Windows 10.
  • Scintilla: Fixed rectangular and line modal selection movements.
  • Changes:
  • Added fold.compact buffer property.
  • Added buffer.move_extends_selection for enhanced modal keyboard movement.
  • Auto-detect UTF-16-encoded files automatically.
  • Save to the loaded session on quit and removed the textadept.session.default_session option.
  • Various Makefile improvements.
  • The terminal version can immediately focus on a clicked split view.
  • Textadept only minimally supports GTK3 now – it still compiles, but deprecated function calls have not been, and will not be migrated.
  • The terminal key sequence for Ctrl+Space is now 'c ' instead of 'c@'.
  • The terminal version can now remap ^H (which was previously locked to Backspace).
  • Scintilla: Theoretical support for files larger than 2GB in size on 64-bit machines (but this is not recommended or encouraged).

New in Textadept 10.0 Alpha (Jan 6, 2018)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Scintilla: Fixed a couple of wrapped line drawing cases.
  • Scintilla: Ensure overtype caret is drawn when manually set.
  • Scintilla: Fixed some instances of incorrect scrollbar drawing and flickering.
  • Scintilla: Fixed line selection when clicking in the margin when scrolled.
  • Changes:
  • Textadept requires GTK 2.24 (circa early-2011) or greater.
  • Pasted text is reindented by default via textadept.editing.paste(), and is configured with textadept.editing.paste_reindents.
  • Replaced textadept.editing.match_brace() with a menu function, enhanced textadept.editing.select_enclosed() behavior, and removed redundant “Select in …” menu items.
  • Removed the need for ~/.textadept/properties.lua. All buffer settings set in ~/.textadept/init.lua will apply to the first and subsequent buffers.
  • Renamed ui.set_theme() to buffer.set_theme().
  • Enforce extra argument to buffer.brace_match() added back in Scintilla 3.7.0.
  • Added events.ZOOM.

New in Textadept 9.6 (Nov 1, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Regular expressions consider r to be a newline character.
  • Fixed block comments for APDL.
  • Changes:
  • Scintilla: Block caret appears after selection end instead of on it. (Reverts change from Textadept 9.3)

New in Textadept 9.5 Beta (Jul 1, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed bug that deleted characters outside of mangled snippets.
  • Fixed start-anchored "Find Prev" regex searches.
  • Correctly handle multiple '!'-prefixed patterns in file filters.
  • Scintilla: Pressing `Esc` while rectangular selection is active does not collapse it.
  • Changes:
  • Changed "Cancel Snippet" keybinding from `Ctrl+Shift+K` (`⌥⇧⇥` on Mac OSX | `M-S-K` in curses) to `Esc`.
  • Added [`buffer.caret_line_frame`][] option for outlining the current line.
  • Added [`buffer:line_reverse()`][] for reversing selected lines.
  • Added [`ui.dialogs.colorselect()`][] and [`ui.dialogs.fontselect()`][] dialogs.
  • Handle pipes in shell commands for [filter-through][].
  • The [Lua command entry][] prints results like Lua 5.3's interactive prompt (e.g. no need for explicit '=' prefix).
  • The Lua command entry now invokes bare functions as commands (e.g. `copy` invokes `buffer:copy()`, `split` invokes `view:split()`, etc.).
  • Scintilla: Updated case conversion and character categories to Unicode 9.
  • Scintilla: Update scroll bar when annotations are added, removed, or changed.
  • Effectively updated to [Scintilla][] 3.7.5.

New in Textadept 9.4 (May 1, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed some C++ and Moonscript file associations.
  • Fixed some bugs in “Replace All”.
  • Fixed some instances of snippet insertion with selected text.
  • Fixed make install for desktop files and icons.
  • Scintilla: Fixed crash in edge-case for fold tags (text shown next to folds).
  • Scintilla: Fixed stream selection collapsing when caret is moved up/down.
  • Scintilla: Fixed bugs in fold tag drawing.
  • Scintilla: Fixed crash in GTK accessibility (for screen readers) code.
  • Scintilla: Only allow smooth scrolling in Wayland.
  • Scintilla: Fixed popup positioning on a multi-monitor setup.
  • Changes:
  • Added support for Logtalk.
  • Scintilla: Accessibility improvements including the ability to turn it off.
  • Effectively updated to Scintilla 3.7.4.

New in Textadept 9.3 (Mar 1, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Improved LuaJIT compatibility with 3rd-party modules.
  • Do not move over selected typeover characters.
  • Fixed “Match Case” toggling during “Regex” searches.
  • Fixed building from the source when dependencies are updated.
  • Fixed folding in multiple-language lexers.
  • Fixed accidental editing of cached lexers.
  • Scintilla: Minimize redrawing for buffer.selection_n_* settings.
  • Scintilla: Fixed individual line selection in files with more than 16.7 million lines.
  • Scintilla: Various accessibility fixes for GTK on Linux.
  • Scintilla: Fixed a couple of folding regressions.
  • Scintilla: Fixed various issues on GTK 3.22.
  • Scintilla: Fixed inability to extend selection up or down in stream selection mode.
  • Changes:
  • Lexer initialization errors are printed to the Message Buffer.
  • Updated Polish locale.
  • Updated C, C++, Scheme, Shell, and JavaScript lexers.
  • Added support for rc and Standard ML.
  • Scintilla: Block caret appears on selection end instead of after it.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.7.3.
  • Updated to Lua 5.3.4.

New in Textadept 9.2 (Dec 23, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Scintilla: Fixed crash when destroying Scintilla objects.

New in Textadept 9.1 (Dec 12, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed bug in find/replace with consecutive matches.
  • Fixed encoding detection for encodings with NUL bytes (e.g. UTF-16).
  • Fixed duplicate entries in io.recent_files when loading sessions.
  • Scintilla: Fixed caret placement after left or right movement with rectangular selection.
  • Scintilla: Fixed GTK 3 incorrect font size in auto-completion list.
  • Scintilla: Fixed various minor GTK bugs.
  • Changes:
  • Added support for Protobuf and Crystal.
  • On Linux systems that support it, make install installs .desktop files too.
  • Removed MacRoman encoding detection and options.
  • Scintilla: Character-based word selection, navigation, and manipulation.
  • Scintilla: Added buffer.EDGE_MULTILINE, buffer:multi_edge_add_line(), and buffer:multi_edge_clear_all() for multiple edge lines.
  • Scintilla: Added buffer.MARGIN_COLOUR and buffer.margin_back_n for setting arbitrary margin background colors.
  • Scintilla: Added buffer.margins for more margins.
  • Scintilla: Added accessibility support for GTK on Linux.
  • Scintilla: Added buffer:toggle_fold_display_text() and buffer.fold_display_text_style for showing text next to folded lines.
  • Scintilla: Added new buffer.INDIC_POINT and buffer.INDIC_POINTCHARACTER indicators.
  • Scintilla: Added buffer.tab_draw_mode for changing the appearance of visible tabs.
  • Scintilla: Margin click line selection clears rectangular and multiple selection.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.7.1.

New in Textadept 9.0 (Oct 1, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Better error handling with “filter-through”.
  • Fixed error in building projects.
  • Better handling of key bindings on international keyboards.
  • Scintilla: Respect indentation settings when inserting indentation within virtual space.
  • Scintilla: Fixed bug with expanding folds.
  • Scintilla: Fix GTK 3 runtime warning.
  • Changes:
  • Added TaskPaper lexer.
  • Scintilla: Added buffer.VS_NOWRAPLINESTART option to buffer.virtual_space_options.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.6.7.

New in Textadept 9.0 Beta (Sep 2, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed potential bug with events.disconnect().
  • Fixed potential infinite loop with “Replace All” in selection.
  • Fixed passing of quoted arguments to OSX ta script.
  • Fixed CapsLock key handling.
  • Fixed button order in the terminal version’s dialogs.
  • Fixed potential crash on Windows with textadept.editing.filter_through() and some locales.
  • Fixed infinite loop in “Replace All” with zero-length regex matches.
  • Changes:
  • Added events.TAB_CLICKED event.

New in Textadept 8.7 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Much better UTF-8 support in the terminal version.
  • Completely hide the menubar if it is empty.
  • Fix building for some BSDs.
  • Added some block comment strings for languages lacking them.
  • Fixed a number of small encoding issues in various corner cases.
  • Fixed bug in textadept.editing.convert_indentation() with mixed indentation.
  • Fixed an obscure side-effect that reset buffer properties when working with non-focused buffers.
  • Fixed incremental find with UTF-8 characters.
  • Fixed bug in session restoration of scroll and caret positions in multiple views.
  • Fixed bug where existing files were not closed when a session is loaded.
  • Fixed corner case in “replace within selection”.
  • Fixed regression for % and %[...] in snippets.
  • When executing compile/run commands from a different directory, indicate it.
  • Fixed error when showing style popup at the end of a buffer.
  • “Find in Files” should not print the contents of binary files.
  • Fixed lack of environment in spawned processes on Linux.
  • Scintilla: Support longer regexes in searches.
  • Changes:
  • Support UTF-8 pattern matching in “Lua Pattern” searches by incorporating bits of luautf8.
  • Improved efficiency of autocompleting words from all open buffers.
  • “Find in Files” defaults to the current project’s root directory.
  • Submenus and menu items can be accessed by name. (See textadept.menu.menubar for an example.)
  • Only show snippet trigger and text when selecting from a dialog.
  • More efficient screen refreshes in the terminal version.
  • Save and restore horizontal scroll position when switching buffers.
  • The undocumented keys.utils was removed. This will break custom key bindings that depend on it. See this mailing list post for more information.
  • The menubar is loaded on events.INITIALIZED now. See the above mailing list post for more information.
  • Allow file-specific compile commands and run commands.
  • Added new dialog for specifying compile/run command arguments to “Tools” menu.
  • textadept.editing.enclose() works with multiple selections.
  • Disabled textadept.run.CHECK_SYNTAX by default.
  • Updated to lspawn 1.5.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.6.5.
  • Updated to Scinterm 1.8.

New in Textadept 9.0 Alpha 2 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Check range bounds for buffer:text_range().
  • Fixed inability to properly halt lfs.dir_foreach().
  • Changes:
  • Replaced Lua pattern searches with regular expressions.
  • Added timeout prompt to Find in Files. (10 second default.)
  • Better differentiation between Python 2 and 3 run commands.

New in Textadept 9.0 Alpha (Jul 1, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed stack overflow when accessing nil keys in textadept.menu.
  • Fixed inability to re-encode files incorrectly detected as binary.
  • Scintilla: Fixed crash when idle styling is active upon closing Textadept.
  • Scintilla: Fixed various bugs on GTK 3.20.
  • Lua: Fixed potential crash with four or more expressions in a for loop.
  • Changes:
  • Renamed io.snapopen() to io.quick_open() and tweaked its arguments, renamed io.SNAPOPEN_MAX to io.quick_open_max, and renamed io.snapopen_filters to io.quick_open_filters.
  • Removed BOM (byte order mark) encoding detection. (BOM use is legacy and discouraged.)
  • Removed detection and use of extinct r (CR) line endings.
  • Removed project support for CVS and assume Subversion v1.8+.
  • Key and menu commands must be Lua functions; the table syntax is no longer recognized.
  • Renamed lfs.FILTER to lfs.default_filter and tweaked arguments to lfs.dir_foreach().
  • Locale files can optionally use # for comments instead of %.
  • Renamed ui.SILENT_PRINT to ui.silent_print.
  • Renamed all textadept.editing.[A-Z]+ options to their lower-case equivalents and renamed textadept.editing.braces to textadept.editing.brace_matches.
  • post_init.lua files for language modules are no longer auto-loaded; use events.LEXER_LOADED to load additional bits instead.
  • Renamed ui.find.FILTER to ui.find.find_in_files_filter and added an optional argument to ui.find.find_in_files().
  • Renamed all textadept.session.[A-Z]+ options to their lower-case equivalents.
  • Removed syntax checking support, renamed textadept.run.RUN_IN_BACKGROUND to textadept.run.run_in_background, removed textadept.run.cwd and textadept.run.proc, added optional arguments to textadept.run.compile(), textadept.run.run(), and textadept.run.build(), and changed the format of textadept.run.error_patterns.
  • Rewrote sections 7-9 in the manual and added a new part to section 11. Understanding how to configure and script Textadept should be easier now.
  • textadept.editing.goto_line() takes a 0-based line number like all Scintilla functions.
  • ui.goto_view() and view:goto_buffer() now take actual view and buffer arguments, respectively, or a relative number.
  • Added file-based snippet capabilities.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.6.6.
  • Updated to Lua 5.3.3

New in Textadept 8.6 (Mar 1, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Prevent silent crash reports from being generated on Mac OSX when child processes fail to be spawned.
  • Do not "busy wait" for spawned process stdout or stderr on Mac OSX.
  • Fixed bug in escaping ([{< after mirrors in snippets.
  • Only change spawned process environment if one was specified on Mac OSX.
  • Fixed focus bug in view:goto_buffer() with non-focused view.
  • Fixed building the terminal version in debug mode.
  • Recognize the weight style property.
  • Fixed potential crash with malformed style properties.
  • Fixed unlikely buffer overflow in messages coming from Scintilla.
  • Fixed potential memory access error when closing Textadept while a spawned process is still alive.
  • Fixed bug in setting view properties when restoring sessions with nested splits.
  • Changes:
  • Added support for APL, Docker, Faust, Ledger, MoonScript, man/roff, PICO-8, and Pure.
  • Enabled idle-styling of buffers in the background in the GUI version.
  • Undocumented buffer:clear_cmd_key() only takes one argument now.
  • Added -v and --version command line parameters.
  • Added single-instance functionality on Win32.
  • Require GLib 2.28+.
  • Added lexer.line_state and lexer.line_from_position() for stateful lexers.
  • Updated to lspawn 1.4.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.6.3.
  • Updated to Scinterm 1.7.

New in Textadept 8.5 (Jan 2, 2016)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed some '%' escape sequences in snippets.
  • Fixed bug resolving relative paths with multiple '../' components.
  • Do not visit buffers that do not need saving in io.save_all_files().
  • Fixed various small bugs in snippets.
  • Fixed restoration of split view sizes in large windows.
  • Lua: Fixed potential crash in io.lines() with too many arguments.
  • Changes:
  • Allow compile, run, and build commands functions to specify a working directory.
  • Added support for SNOBOL4.
  • Added support for Icon.
  • Added support for AutoIt.
  • Updated to Lua 5.3.2.

New in Textadept 8.4 (Nov 11, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Various fixes for snippet bugs introduced in the refactoring.
  • Fixed S-Tab in Find & Replace pane in the terminal version.
  • Do not error when attempting to snapopen a non-existant project.
  • Scintilla: fixed height of lines in autocompletion lists.
  • Scintilla: fixed bug in buffer:line_end_display().
  • Changes:
  • Bookmarks are saved in sessions.
  • New snippet placeholder for a list of options (%n{list}).
  • Snippets can now be functions that return snippet text.
  • Added Lua API tags to the "ansi_c" module.
  • Updated Swedish translation.
  • Added support for Gherkin.
  • Scintilla: whitespace can be shown only in indentation.
  • Scintilla: optimized marker redrawing.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.6.2.
  • Updated to LPeg 1.0.

New in Textadept 8.3 (Oct 1, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Stop annoying black box from flashing when saving some files on Win32.
  • Fixed bug in parsing Ruby error output.
  • Do not emit events.LEXER_LOADED for the command entry.
  • Fixed bug with Python syntax checking on Win32.
  • Scintilla: fixed bug in buffer:count_characters().
  • Scintilla: small GTK fixes.
  • Changes:
  • Improved API documentation lookup behind the caret.
  • Refactored snippets to longer display placeholder text.
  • spawn() can now optionally specify the child’s environment.
  • Added Gherkin lexer.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.6.1.

New in Textadept 8.2 (Sep 1, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed crash when quitting while the command entry is open.
  • Block commenting respects indentation levels.
  • Handle `typeref` in ansi\_c module's ctags support.
  • Do not error when block commenting in an unsupported language.
  • Scintilla: fix scrollbar memory leaks.
  • Changes:
  • Highlight found text in "Find in Files" searches.
  • Added Italian translation and updated French translation.
  • Added [automatic syntax checking][] as source files are saved, along with [`textadept.run.CHECK_SYNTAX`][] and [`textadept.run.GOTO_SYNTAX_ERRORS`][] configuration fields.
  • Scintilla: multiple selection works over more key commands like caret movement, selections, and word and line deletions.
  • Scintilla: new [`events.AUTO_C_COMPLETED`][] event for when autocompleted text has been inserted.
  • Updated to [Scintilla][] 3.6.0.

New in Textadept 8.1 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Detect #!/usr/bin/env ... properly.
  • Fix incorrect menu shortcut key display on Windows.
  • Changes:
  • Added support for Elixir and Windows Script Files (WSF).
  • Added parameter to textadept.editing.select_word() for selecting all occurrences.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.5.7.
  • Updated to Lua 5.3.1.

New in Textadept 8.0 (May 6, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed filename encoding issues on Windows.
  • Changes:
  • Added [`textadept.run.RUN_IN_BACKGROUND`][] for shell commands.

New in Textadept 8.0 Beta (Apr 22, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed require() bug with lfs and utf8 libraries in LuaJIT version.
  • Changes:
  • Added symlink filter option for ignoring symlinked files and folders to io.snapopen(), lfs.dir_foreach(), and ui.find.FILTER.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.5.5.

New in Textadept 8.0 Alpha (Apr 2, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Ensure events.BUFFER_AFTER_SWITCH is fired before events.BUFFER_DELETED.
  • Prevent command line help switches from exiting an open instance of Textadept.
  • Changes:
  • Upgraded to Lua 5.3, LPeg 0.12.2, lfs 1.6.3, and lspawn 1.2.
  • Removed keys.LANGUAGE_MODULE_PREFIX, but left that prefix unused on all platforms.
  • textadept.editing.filter_through() now uses spawn().
  • Removed long-hand compile and run macros in favor of shorter ones.
  • textadept.bookmarks.toggle() accepts an optional line to bookmark.
  • Added support for Rust and TOML.
  • “Goto Bookmark” now lists bookmarks in all open buffers.
  • spawn_proc:kill() can send signals to processes.
  • New lexer._FOLDBYINDENTATION field for lexers that fold based on indentation.

New in Textadept 7.9 (Mar 12, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed command entry's abbreviated environment to allow functions to return values.
  • Fixed accidental firing of "Escape" key on window focus lost.
  • Fixed tab stop calculation in the terminal version.
  • Changes:
  • The following view-specific properties are now considered buffer-specific: "view EOL", "view whitespace", "wrap mode", "margin type", and "margin width"; updated the "Buffer" and "View" menus appropriately.
  • Officially supported language modules moved to a new repository.
  • Added Fish lexer.
  • Merged events.FILE_SAVED_AS into events.FILE_AFTER_SAVE as a new parameter.
  • Merged textadept.file_types.shebangs into textadept.file_types.patterns.
  • Removed io.boms.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.5.4.

New in Textadept 7.8 (Feb 2, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed snippets bug where name matches lexer name.
  • Changes:
  • Removed language-specific context menus; manipulate textadept.menu.context_menu directly from language modules.

New in Textadept 7.8 Beta 3 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed opening files with network paths on Win32.
  • Fixed minor GTK 3 issues.
  • Fixed bug in hiding caret when Textadept loses focus.
  • Changes:
  • Restore ^Z key binding as "undo" if terminal suspend is disabled.
  • Added events.SUSPEND and events.RESUME events for terminal suspend and resume.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.5.3.

New in Textadept 7.8 Beta 2 (Jan 12, 2015)

  • Bug fxes:
  • Improved C module’s ctags lookups and autocompletion.
  • Do not select a line when clicking on its first character in the terminal version.
  • Fixed some cases of toggling find options via API in the terminal version.
  • Changes:
  • The terminal version can suspend via ^Z (changed “undo” key binding to M-Z and added additional M-S-Z “redo” binding).
  • Added spawn_proc:close() for sending EOF to spawned processes.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.5.2.

New in Textadept 7.8 Beta (Dec 4, 2014)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed extra space pasting from external Win32 apps.
  • Fixed bug in C autocompletion.
  • Disable GCC optimizations when compiling with debug symbols.
  • Ensure “find in files” is off when activating normal find.
  • Fixed return values from ui.dialogs.optionselect().
  • The command entry does not hide when the window loses focus.
  • Fixed ‘//’ bug when iterating over root directory with lfs.dir_foreach().
  • Fixed bug in jumping to compile/run errors and clear annotations before building projects.
  • Changes:
  • Replaced the command entry text field with a Scintilla buffer and added ui.command_entry.editing_keys for changing the editing keys in all modes.
  • Added lexer and height parameters to ui.command_entry.enter_mode().
  • Support bracketed paste in the terminal version.
  • Allow handling of unknown CSI events.
  • Added mouse support for buffers and eliminated many curses incompatibilities.
  • Added _G.LINUX and _G.BSD platform flags for the sake of completeness.
  • Rectangular selections with the mouse on Linux use the Alt modifier key instead of Super.
  • Display the current working directory in fileselect dialogs.
  • Added _SCINTILLA.next_image_type() for registering images.
  • Added Arabic translation.
  • File dialogs in the terminal span the whole view.
  • Added basic UTF-8 support for terminal widgets – locales such as Russian now display properly.
  • Added UTF-8 input mode for Mac OSX (⌘⇧U) and the terminal version (M-U).
  • Show character information in “Show Style” popup.

New in Textadept 7.7 (Oct 2, 2014)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed corner-case in switching to most recent buffer after closing.
  • Fixed find/replace bug when embedded Lua code evaluates to a number.
  • Changes:
  • Mac OS X GUI version can truly spawn() processes now.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.5.1.

New in Textadept 7.6 (Sep 2, 2014)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Recognize DEL when emitted by the Backspace key in the terminal version.
  • Changes:
  • Terminal version can truly spawn() processes now.
  • Added Linux .desktop files for menus and launchers.
  • Indicate presence of a BOM in the statusbar.
  • Switch to previous buffer after closing a buffer.
  • More options for lfs.dir_foreach().
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.5.0.

New in Textadept 7.5 (Jul 21, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • New events.FOCUS event for when Textadept's window receives focus.
  • Condensed manual and API documentation into single files.
  • Added Polish translation.
  • Updated to Scintilla 3.4.4.

New in Textadept 3.0 (Jul 6, 2010)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed Mac OSX paste issue.
  • Fixed buffer:text_range() argcheck problem.
  • Save buffer before compiling or running.
  • Fixed error in the manual for example ~/.textadept/init.lua
  • Ignore "file://" prefix for filenames.
  • Changes:
  • Remove initial 'Untitled' buffer when necessary.
  • Moved core extension modules into textadept module.
  • New API (see Luadoc: http://caladbolg.net/luadoc/textadept3/index.html)
  • An appropriate ~/.textadept/init.lua is created for you if one does not exist.
  • No more autoload of ~/.textadept/key_commands.lua and ~/.textadept/snippets.lua
  • Updated to Scintilla 2.12.
  • Abbreviated Lua commands in the command entry.
  • Dynamic command line parameters.
  • Added statusbar notification on reset().
  • Added Gtkrc, Prolog, and Go lexers.
  • _USERHOME comes before _HOME in package.path so require searches ~/.textadept/ first.
  • More accurate CSS and Diff lexers.

New in Textadept 2.0 (Oct 30, 2009)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed bug with reloading PM width from session file.
  • Only show a non-nil PM context menu.
  • Fixed lsnippets module bug.
  • Fixed bug in core/ext/mime_types.lua caused during textadept.reset().
  • Close all buffers before loading a session.
  • Identify shellscript files correctly.
  • D lexer no longer has key-command conflicts.
  • Changes:
  • Refactored lsnippets module.
  • Updated key commands.
  • Allow PM modules in the ~/.textadept user directory.
  • Added style_whitespace to lexers for custom styles.
  • Added standard F3 key command for 'Find Next' for Windows/Linux.

New in Textadept 1.6 (Mar 2, 2009)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed bookmarks bugs.
  • PM browsers are not re-added to the list again on textadept.reset()
  • Fixed ctags PM browser bug with filenames.
  • Marker colors are set for all views now.
  • Fixed never-ending 'reload modified file?' dialog bug.
  • Fixed key command for m_snippets.list.
  • Fixed issues with _m.textadept.run module.
  • Fixed document modification status bug for unfocused split views.
  • Fixed filename encoding issues for Windows.
  • Updates:
  • Added key commands and menu items to navigate 'Find in Files' list.
  • The recent_files popup list behaves better.
  • Attempt to preserve existing EOL mode for opened files.
  • Add dropped directories to the PM browser list.
  • Removed 'project' PM browser.
  • Multiple character encoding support. (Open, save, convert on the fly.)

New in Textadept 1.5 (Feb 20, 2009)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed some corner cases in Find in Files user interface.
  • Fixed some OSX key command issues for consistency.
  • Fixed some key command modifiers for 'enclose in' series.
  • Updates:
  • Consolidated core/ext/key_commands_{std,mac}.lua into single core/ext/key_commands.lua.
  • Can use the Tab and Shift+Tab keys for snippets now.
  • Removed support for Textmate-style snippets.
  • Load dropped directories into file browser; can toggle showing 'dot' files.
  • Prompt for file reload when files are modified outside Textadept.
  • Added textadept.context_menu field for right-click inside Scintilla.
  • Project Manager cursors are saved and restored. (No more complete loss of state.)
  • Only use escape sequences in Lua pattern searches.
  • Rewrote modules/textadept/run.lua to be easier to use and configure.
  • Find in Files marks the selected line for easier reference.
  • Save special buffers in session file (e.g. error buffer, message buffer, etc.)
  • Moved mime-types into a configuration file (core/ext/mime_types.conf).
  • Moved localization into a configuration file (core/locale.conf).

New in Textadept 1.4 (Feb 11, 2009)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Handle empty clipboard properly.
  • Fixed some widget focus issues.
  • Fixed a couple Find in Files bugs.
  • Workaround for GTK-OSX pasting issue.
  • Updates:
  • Added menu options for changing line endings.
  • The Project Manager Entry responds better.
  • Critical data in the Lua State is more bulletproof (e.g. textadept.buffers, textadept.views, etc.)
  • Keep only 10 items in Find/Replace history.
  • Special buffers aren't "Untitled" anymore.
  • Moved textadept.locale table to the globals table.

New in Textadept 1.3 (Jan 31, 2009)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Binary files are opened and handled properly.
  • Dropped files are now opened in the correct split view they were dropped in.
  • Fixed some various GTK-OSX UI issues.
  • Fixed a special case of 'Replace All'.
  • Clicking 'Ok' closes any error dialogs on init.
  • Fixed statusbar glitch when creating new buffers.
  • Windows' CR+LF line endings are handled properly.
  • Do not go to non-existent buffer index when loading session.
  • Do not attempt to open non-existent files when double-clicking error messages.
  • Updates:
  • Look for ~/.ta_theme for setting Textadept _THEME; _THEME can now be a directory path.
  • Themes now contain a lexer.lua for defining lexer colors; modifying them in lexers/themes/ is no longer necessary.
  • Added 'Find in Files' support.
  • Can set the Project Manager cursor through Lua.
  • Look for ~/.ta_modules to load instead of default modules in init.lua.
  • Added 'Replace All' for just selected text.
  • Removed menu label text in favor of using menu id numbers for menu actions.
  • Added Find/Replace history.
  • Use a combo entry for the Project Manager browser entry.
  • Print messages to a split view instead of switching buffers.

New in Textadept 1.2 (Jan 22, 2009)

  • Windows command line support ("Open With Textadept" works too).
  • Added new _m.textadept.run module for compiling and running scripts/programs.

New in Textadept Release 6 (Nov 25, 2008)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Gracefully exit when core/init.lua fails to load.
  • Updates:
  • Windows support! (finally)
  • Theming support (SciTE theme used by default).
  • Added textadept.size field; window size is saved in session files.
  • Some C++ API-simplifying changes.
  • Drag-and-drop files into Textadept works as expected.
  • Revised manual.
  • Buffer and View properties are no longer set in C++, but Lua through 'buffer_new' and 'view_new' handlers respectively.
  • File types can be recognized by pattern matching the first line.