What's new in iVerbum 3.5.1 Build l73
Apr 5, 2009
- Execute Last Command:
- Some of the iVerbum special commands, such as "Capitalize" do not have shortcut keys. To avoid the tedious mouse movement for executing many such commands repetitively, the use can execute the "Edit > Last Command where "Last Command" in the Edit menu will be substituted with the last such command which always has the shortcut ⌃⌥⌘]
- The following commands apply: Capitalize, Set Lower Case, Set Upper Case, Sort Lines as Ascending, Sort Lines Descending, Convert Normal to Smart Quotes, Convert Smart to Normal Quotes, Convert Paragraph Breaks to Line Breaks; Convert Line Breaks to Paragraph Breaks, Smart Conversion of Hard to Soft Returns, Strikethrough, Remove Background Color, Remove Links, Remove Table Block Formatting, Set Background Color.
- Search Results Context Menu:
- The Search Results Context Menu has been debugged and also changed to allow a user to open the document containing the hit directly in the default (usually native) application (e.g., Word). Note: The default application will correspond to your settings for that document type in Finder. (Get Info…)
- File Tree: Changing Names and Deleting Objects:
- Deleting a files or folders form the file tree or changing an item's name is now updated properly in the window if that file is currently open, even as a tab. If the item (or containing folder) was deleted, the file becomes Untitled and dirty. If there are more than one instance of that file in mutliple windows or tabs, each instance, which is now Untitled and dirty, is independent of the other instances.
- Synchronize Preferences:
- When creating Root folders or Index Sets, the change is immediately saved to Preferences.
- OS X.4 (Tiger) now saves the user name and serial number correctly when purchasing iVerbum or when enter-in the registration number. (Previously, Tiger would test ok for the trial period but would not correctly save the registration information upon purchase. Please contact us if there are any such problems.)
- Closing "all tabs":
- Closing all tabs will no longer close the current window, but will close all tabs leaving the current window blank and Untitled. (Option-clicking the close icon of a tab to close all the tabs rather than that particular tab.)
- Other:
- Enhanced Index Set Panel behavior; fixed bug regarding renaming Index Sets with the Index Sets Popup menu; fixed bug that prevented files stored outside the File Tree to be recognized as "clean"; normalized the "undo" behavior for the Search Window; iVerbum now "quits" gracefully with the tabbed windows.
New in iVerbum 3.5 Build l72 (Nov 22, 2008)
- New: iVerbum "Hits" Document:
- Drag frequently used files or search results into a "Hit" Window and save in a table for quick reference.
- Save the "Hits"/Files to disk; option to choose one such file as "default" to open on startup.
- "Hits" can be opened with or without tabs in the current or new window(s).
- Drag & drop from the File Tree or from Search Results.
- Enhanced Tab Features:
- Combine all windows into one window with tabs.
- Make a tab into its own window.
- Enhanced Context Menus:
- More File Tree Context Menu commands: Rename…, Duplicate, Add…, Delete Items, Combine Items, Make New Archive, Update Archive.
- More Text Pane Context Menu commands: Move Tab to New Window, Merge Windows, Show Page Numbers / No Page Numbering, Print Selection.
- Search Results now have a Context Menu: Various commands for opening the "Hit" in the same or different window as well as opening multiple hits as tabs; Save Selected Hits to a new "Hit Table" window or one that is open.
- The "Hits" Document Context Menu: Commands for opening the file(s) or hit(s) in the same or new window with various options including tabs; save the current window as default.
- Other:
- Enhanced Index Set Panel behavior.
- Fixed bug regarding renaming Index Sets with the Index Sets Popup menu.
- Fixed bug that prevented files stored outside the File Tree to be recognized as "clean".
- Normalized the "undo" behavior for the Search Window.
- iVerbum now "quits" gracefully with the tabbed windows.
New in iVerbum 3.4 Build l69 (Oct 22, 2008)
- Safari-style "Tabs" - Multiple Documents per Window:
- Implementation of a "tabs" option (like Safari) so a given window can have several documents open at the same time.
- Tab Features include:
- New File in either a) new window; b) new file in same window; c) new (blank) Tab in same window;
- Open File in either a) new window; b) same window; c) in a new tab in same window;
- Open File from File Tree with Double Click: a) in current window, or b) as tab in current window by holding the option key down.
- Open Multiple Files from the File Tree in same Window: Option-double-click selected files from the File Tree: All files opened in tabs in current window.
- Open Multiple Search Results in Same Window: Option-double-click selected results and they open as tabs, with the hit-highlighted in current window.
- Open multiple instances of the same file in the same window, displaying different search "hits": The file itself is only loaded one time to maximize memory-management efficiency; but each tabs maintains its respective highlighting to denote search "hits".
- Edit a Single File in Multiple Tabs in Multiple Windows:
- Changes in files (including PDF markup) are also tracked in other instances of that same file in other tabs of the same window or in other windows.
- Other:
- Page Settings Panel: Fixed bug which sometimes disabled the control for footer/header options.
- Implemented "Finder-style" sorting for the File Tree. (e.g. you now name files "name9, name10, name11" rather than "name09, name10, name11" and still have the proper ordering.)
- Can now drag contiguous multiple selections within the "Combine File" table when the Utilities > Combine Selected Files… command is executed.
New in iVerbum 3.3.1 Build l67 (Aug 29, 2008)
- Enhanced context menu for File Tree (right-click or control-click the mouse when in the File Tree Pane) for greater file / folder creation and indexing of selected folders.
- Enhanced context menu for document pane to include features such as strikeout, background color, special editing commands, search for selections, view modes, and pane modes.
- Corrected a bug that sometimes froze the program if a folder was being searched while indexed.
- Alerts now give the proper names of the folders being indexed rather than the name of the mapped folder.
- Gives a single alert for all folders being indexed rather than multiple alerts.
- Search Window Interface: Can now set the Boolean Range Mode (either Characters or Words) from the Search Window.
- Shift-Command-F: The shortcut to select the Search Field (for input of search terms) will now open the Search Pane, File Tree Pane, and Search Results Pane if necessary.
- Corrected a bug causing occasional problems for language encoding (Latin, Greek, or Hebrew) for viewing search results.
- Corrected bug inhibiting Save / Save As… of PDF documents.
New in iVerbum 3.3 Build l64 (Aug 16, 2008)
- No Limitations on Folder / File Names.
- No Indexing Files in Data Folders.
- Supports Greek and Hebrew.
New in iVerbum 3.2 Build 162 (Jul 15, 2008)
- Pages, Keynote, & Mellel: iVerbum now searches and indexes Pages, Keynote, & Mellel files. The files are parsed and displayed in plain text. The original documents cannot be modified, but the parsed files have the usual select & copy ability so they can be not only searched, but utilized for incorporation of research projects.
- The Import Panel and the Preferences Import Pane have been updated appropriately.
- Utilities > Combine Selected Files� The combine files feature has been significantly updated, including the option to combine files in either an RTF or PDF format. RTF combo's now have the option of parsing PDFs as either RTF or plain text. The PDF format gives appropriate options for page numbering the newly-created PDF files. This update includes a table that facilitates moving / copying / deleting of the selected files. Moreover, the combined files are updated in panel, so in the rare instance of a problematic file (e.g., does not export to PDF), the problem file can be isolated and accounted for.
- File Tree: File Tree manipulation and drag & drop has been enhanced; some bugs have been detected and fixed.
- Export > Export As TXT� Batch Export Files, Folders & Subfolders > As Plain Text� Exporting as plain text has been enhanced to provide easy selection of desired encoding.
New in iVerbum 3.1.1 Build 161 (Jul 3, 2008)
- PDF files opened from the Finder now load into a Search Window rather than a special PDF window. The window can be set by default to load the empty (i.e., "Blank") Index Set and have all panes toggled off except for the Text Pane.
- The Search Window has been modified to incorporate the Table of Contents Drawer that applies to PDF files. (The Drawer is not applicable to files other than PDF.)
- Corrected parameters used for toggling the visibility of the Search Pane.
New in iVerbum 3.1 Build 160 (Jun 17, 2008)
- Export As "format" - Enhanced options for exporting the current file in another format.
- Batch Export commands - Batch export selected files and folders in the file tree to multiple formats; includes an option to include all documents contained in subfolders as well.
- Remove Table Formatting - Can remove table block formatting for selected text. Convenient for quickly cleaning up an html file (using tables) that has been converted to rtf or rtfd.
- Remove Links - Remove links for selected text.
- Transparency feature for panels - All floating panels can now be set to have their unique transparency (or conversely, opacity).
- Batch Editing - Some simple batch editing can be applied to selected files and folders (with the option of including subfolders): bold, italic, underline, table removal, link removal, font, font size, text color. Command includes an archive option to zip the files first.
- Some fixes - Corrected some bugs regarding exporting, file trees, and non-redundant selection of files and folders from the file tree.
New in iVerbum 3.0 Build 159 (May 13, 2008)
- Search Window Interface - Full control over case sensitivity and the context (e.g., whole word) from the search window.
- Case Sensitivity - Now has four modes: Case sensitive / insensitive; first-letter sensitive / insensitive.
- Context - Now has four modes: Contains, whole word, begins with, ends with.
- Boolean - Now has three modes: Boolean AND, Boolean OR, and boolean AND NOT
- Search Again - Search again in three modes: The standard (or OR) mode will apply search anywhere in the files that contain hits; the AND mode will search in those files within the specified range from the previous hits; the AND NOT mode will search in those files and register hits only if they are not within the specified range from the previous hits.
- String Search - String Search greatly enhanced in interface and performance: Exact searches for expressions; the shortcomings regarding the Glimpse search engine for single words have been overcome by allowing the user to add words to an exclusion table so practically any string can be searched. Optional color coding in the Search Field for string searches so as not to confuse them with regular Boolean searches; the Search Field now displays the string "as is" after the search instead of inserting special boolean characters. Exclusion floating panel with its own set of features has also be introduced.
- Other File Extensions - Other file extensions for loading into iVerbum can now be entered in the appropriate table in Preferences.
- PDF - PDF markup and performance is greatly enhanced.
- Alerts Instead of Trial Period - No more trial period which requires some form of hidden files to determine the date. Rather, iVerbum has alerts that periodically remind you to purchase.
- Other - Miscellaneous debugging and general improvement of code and stability.
New in iVerbum 2.3.2 Build 156 (Dec 13, 2007)
- MARKING SEARCH TERMS: The default is now to mark all the search terms (rather than the primary one) which appear in the listing of Search Results. These terms can be marked clearly with the color defined by the user in Preferences as well as displayed with a bold typeface.
- MARKING ONLY ONE SEARCH TERM: Previous versions only marked the primary term. This change is long overdue; I was afraid of performance issues but there is no problem unless there are many search results (like thousands). The user still has the option choose to mark only the primary search term; simply click the "Mark 1 Word Only in Results" check box in the Search Pane in Preferences.
- USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS: The user can set both the File Tree Outline and the Search Results Outline to alternate row background colors (or not). Set these defaults in the Fonts Pane in Preferences. The user can also set the default for marking the search terms which appear in the Search Results to have a bold typeface. This setting is also found in the Fonts Pane in Preferences.
- SAVE / OPEN INDEX SETS: Collections of Index Sets can be saved to disk from the Index Sets Panel. Prior to versions 2.3.2, the extension was a generic ".dict" extension. (It stands for a "dictionary" file.) That imprudent generic description has been eliminated and the files are now labeled as ".iVerbum". However, you can still read in files with a ".dict" extension for backwards compatibility. Also, iVerbum now remembers the directory where you last stored such a file to make file navigation easier.
- DISPLAYING PANELS: The panels have an additional display feature in addition to the "Open All Panels" and "Close All Panels" commands found in the Window menu. The new command is "Open Last Set of Panels" which is found in the same menu. This command is very convenient since you typically may use two or three panels which are off to the corner. Now with a stroke of the shortcut key, you can improve your the screen real estate by hiding those panels, and then with another stroke of a shortcut key show only those panels of interest without cluttering the screen with the unwanted panels.
New in iVerbum 2.3.1 Build 154 (Nov 29, 2007)
- Displaying Search Results:
- Sample Strings of search results continue to be displayed with a collapsable outline in which the file name is displayed followed by the Sample Strings as subitems.
- User can now display the Sample Strings as either:
- One long line which can be horizontally scrolled. (This has been the only mode until present.)
- Wrapped text which which cannot be horizontally scrolled and which can be set to be between one and five lines inclusively.
- The default option can be set with a popup menu in Preferences in the Search Pane; this setting for the active Search Window can be set using the Search Settings floating panel.
- The formatting of the outline panel has been slightly modified to make the file name and the search result itself more readable. (i.e., display of the file name, the full path of the file name, and the search term in the sample text.)
- Floating Panels and the user workspace:
- iVerbum can now remember the size and positions of the Floating Panels upon closing.
- This option can be set in with the Remember Open Panels checkbox in the View pane in Preferences.