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1JEDIT 4.2 VERSION HISTORY
2
3{{{ Version 4.2final
4
5Thanks to Brant Gurganus, Justin Dieters, Ollie Rutherfurd and Thomas
6Bock for contributing to this release.
7
8{{{ Syntax Highlighting
9
10- Added Factor syntax highlighting.
11
12- Updated BBj syntax highlighting (Thomas Bock).
13
14- Added ANTLR syntax highlighting (Brant Gurganus).
15
16- Added D syntax highlighting (Jim Lawton).
17
18- Added INNO setup syntax highlighting (Ollie Rutherfurd).
19
20- Added Doxygen syntax highlighting. This includes doxyfile*
21 configuration files, and Doxygen comments in C, C++, Objective-C and
22 D modes. (Jim Lawton)
23
24}}}
25{{{ Scripting
26
27- Some new clipboard macros (Ollie Rutherfurd).
28
29}}}
30{{{ Bug Fixes
31
32- Fix a roundoff error in the monospaced font optimization that would
33 result in zero-width tabs using some fonts.
34
35- When printing, any syntax styles with a foreground color of white are
36 printed as black (Justin Dieters).
37
38- Entering / in the file system browser dialog's text field no longer
39 has any special action if the caret is not at the end of the field.
40
41- Removed the feature that would pass arrow keys to the text area from
42 the search bar, since people didn't like it and it didn't work
43 properly anyway.
44
45- Fix appearance of rollover toolbar buttons on Windows.
46
47- "Go to Next Bracket" would throw an exception if the caret was
48 positioned at the end of the buffer.
49
50- The caret position of the current buffer was not saved when closing
51 all buffers.
52
53- The activity log set an incorrect list row height.
54
55- File names containing & and < were not properly being escaped when
56 perspective.xml was being written.
57
58- Some file names could not be opened because jEdit would mistake them
59 for URLs (for example, "foo.bar:baz").
60
61- the +line: and +marker: command line parameters moved the caret to
62 the right position, but the text area was not always scrolled
63 correctly.
64
65- The scroll state was not updated correctly if the caret was at the end
66 of the buffer and a 'Replace All' was performed replacing \n\n with
67 \n.
68
69- jEdit did not auto-detect the character encoding within GZipped files.
70
71}}}
72
73}}}
74
75{{{ Version 4.2pre15
76
77Thanks to Adrian Baker, Bertalan Fodor, Eric Ladner, Justin Hagstrom,
78Lionel Fiol, Nicholas O'Leary, Ollie Rutherfurd and Thomas Alspaugh for
79contributing to this release.
80
81{{{ License Change
82
83A small amendment has been added to jEdit's license. It formally allows
84development of non-GPL jEdit plugins. See doc/COPYING.PLUGINS.txt.
85
86}}}
87{{{ Syntax Highlighting
88
89- Updated PHP syntax highlighting for PHP5 and PHPDoc (Justin Hagstrom).
90
91- Updated PL/SQL syntax highlighting (Eric Ladner).
92
93- Updated LaTeX syntax highlighting (Thomas Alspaugh).
94
95- Added Lilypond syntax highlighting (Bertalan Fodor).
96
97- Updated Omnimark syntax highlighting (Lionel Fiol).
98
99- Added Groovy syntax highlighting (Ollie Rutherfurd).
100
101- Added PTL syntax highlighting (Ollie Rutherfurd).
102
103}}}
104{{{ Miscellaneous
105
106- More flexible remapping of modifier keys (Adrian Baker).
107
108For example, this BeanShell snippet points both the ALT and META
109modifiers to A+:
110
111KeyEventTranslator.setModifierMapping(
112 InputEvent.CTRL_MASK,
113 InputEvent.ALT_MASK | InputEvent.META_MASK,
114 0,
115 InputEvent.SHIFT_MASK);
116
117- "Java File Save", "Move Line Up", "Move Line Down" macros
118 (Nicholas O'Leary).
119
120}}}
121{{{ Bug Fixes
122
123- The rest.xml and embperl.xml mode files were missing from the
124 distribution.
125
126- HyperSearch results would not use floating positions if the files
127 being searched were symbolic links.
128
129- Findbugs suggests changing 'new Boolean(' to 'Boolean.valueOf(', so I
130 changed all occurrences in pre14. However, the latter does not exist
131 in JDK 1.3. This change was reverted.
132
133- File permission preservation code no longer waits for 'chmod' command
134 to exit; since on some Java versions, Process.waitFor() would hang.
135
136- Fix problem if a line had more than 127 screen lines.
137
138- The dirty flag was not cleared if 'redo' was invoked when the redone
139 edit was created as part of a compound edit.
140
141- Fix a possible ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException with zero-height text
142 areas.
143
144- Fix some problems when deleting all visible lines with folding or
145 narrowing active.
146
147- If jEdit was run with the -background -nogui switches, there was no
148 perspective.xml, and then a client instance was started, a
149 NullPointerException would be printed.
150
151- On Windows, C:\ was considered an absolute path (which is correct)
152 but C:/ was considered a relative path (which is incorrect).
153
154}}}
155
156}}}
157
158{{{ Version 4.2pre14
159
160Thanks to Gerd Knops, Ollie Rutherfurd, Paul Libbrecht and Rob Watson
161for contributing to this release.
162
163{{{ Miscellaneous Changes
164
165- jEditLauncher no longer included due to a large number of bugs, and
166 the fact that it is unmaintained.
167
168- Join Lines (C+j) now inserts a space between joined lines.
169
170- Added some global abbreviations for inserting Greek letters and
171 various math symbols (Paul Libbrecht).
172
173- The buffer state icons and window icon can now be customized with
174 icon themes.
175
176}}}
177{{{ Syntax Highlighting
178
179- PL/I syntax highlighting (Rob Watson).
180
181- Embperl syntax highlighting (Ollie Rutherfurd).
182
183- reStructuredText syntax highligting (Ollie Rutherfurd).
184
185- Fix an issue with SSI directives in SHTML files.
186
187}}}
188{{{ Bug Fixes
189
190- Fix exceptions being thrown if the text area has a negative height.
191
192- "File Changed Since Save" warning on Reload now has the buffer name,
193 to make it clear which buffer is being reloaded.
194
195- Abbreviations are now loaded/saved using the UTF8 encoding, making
196 them more friendly towards international characters.
197
198- Fix a few problems (mainly not closing streams after exceptions, and
199 unused fields/methods) found by the FindBugs tool.
200
201- Fix possible ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in
202 DisplayManager.hideLineRange() when narrowing to folds in
203 indent-folded buffers.
204
205- Fix for window geometry load/save on multiple monitor setups
206 (Gerd Knops).
207
208- If a plugin creates an ActionSet with a null label (which would be a
209 bug in the plugin), the Shortcuts option pane didn't work.
210
211- The folding triangles in the gutter were not always being repainted
212 when using indent folding.
213
214}}}
215
216}}}
217
218{{{ Version 4.2pre13
219
220Thanks to Magnus Henriksson, Nicholas O'Leary, Ollie Rutherfurd and
221Patrick Tingen for contributing to this release.
222
223{{{ Miscellaneous Changes
224
225- During auto-save, ~/.jedit/perspective.xml is only written if files
226 were opened or closed or views were split or unsplit since the last
227 time it was auto-saved.
228
229- Greedy_Backspace, _Left and _Right macros (Ollie Rutherfurd).
230
231}}}
232{{{ Syntax Highlighting
233
234- Updated Progress syntax highlighting (Patrick Tingen).
235
236- Zope Page Template syntax highlighting (Ollie Rutherfurd).
237
238- Updated XSLT syntax highlighting (Magnus Henriksson).
239
240}}}
241{{{ Bug Fixes
242
243- Fix ClassCastException when changing kill ring size.
244
245- QuickNotepad plugin didn't compile.
246
247- jEdit didn't compile with jikes due to overly pedantic inner class
248 semantics.
249
250- Pressing "Reload" after "Select All" in the files changed dialog
251 didn't work (Nicholas O'Leary).
252
253- Fix a problem where sometimes after loading, only the first line of a
254 file would be visible.
255
256- PropertyManager.getProperties() did not include site properties.
257
258- When creating a new file, the horizontal scroll bar was not updated
259 correctly.
260
261}}}
262{{{ API Changes
263
264- A few methods added to JEditTextArea for Gestures plugin:
265
266 isRightClickPopupEnabled()
267 setRightClickPopupEnabled(boolean)
268 handlePopupTrigger(MouseEvent)
269
270}}}
271
272}}}
273
274{{{ Version 4.2pre12
275
276Thanks to Lionel Fiol, Nicholas O'Leary, Ollie Rutherfurd and
277Thomas Alspaugh for contributing to this release.
278
279{{{ Miscellaneous Changes
280
281- The Buffer Options and Global Options->Editing panes no longer allow
282 setting the wrap mode to 'soft' with a wrap margin of zero. Previously
283 this was allowed, but did nothing since the feature was removed in
284 4.2.
285
286- DELETE key works with the tall caret now.
287
288- Macros in the user macros directory now override macros in the system
289 macro directory.
290
291- Added 'Next Dirty Buffer' and 'Insert Selection' macros
292 (Ollie Rutherfurd).
293
294- Pressing A+DOWN in a history text field now shows the field's popup
295 menu (Joerg Spieler).
296
297- Added "Mode Switcher" macro (Nicholas O'Leary).
298
299}}}
300{{{ Syntax Highlighting
301
302- Updated BibTeX and LaTeX syntax highlighting (Thomas Alspaugh).
303
304- PHP mode now recognizes <script language="PHP">...</script>.
305
306- Updated Omnimark syntax highlighting (Lionel Fiol).
307
308- Added RTF syntax highlighting (Lionel Fiol).
309
310}}}
311{{{ Bug Fixes
312
313- Fixed a possible deadlock on startup when loading the SQL plugin. In
314 fact this would happen with any plugin that attempted to load icons
315 from its class initializer.
316
317- Fixed NullPointerException when unloading a plugin which has at least
318 one floating window that is not docked.
319
320- Fixed problems immediately after changing the font size due to a
321 missing recalculateLastPhysicalLine() call.
322
323- Fixed NullPointerException in PluginJAR on startup if settings
324 directory can not be written to.
325
326- File->Save All would ask for confirmation even if "Confirm Save All
327 Buffers" was switched off.
328
329- Fixed off-by-one error in Edit->Word Count if the selection ended with
330 whitespace.
331
332- Text area's horizontal scroll did not update when the text area was
333 resized.
334
335- jEdit.getActiveView() would return null if the current view was
336 closed, and another view was not focused. This would break the
337 edit server if -reuseview was specified.
338
339- Fixed NullPointerException from syntax highlighting code when buffer
340 switching APIs were called in a certain sequence.
341
342- Fixed exception when clicking in one-line-high text area.
343
344- Fixed problems with rectangular selections when changes were being
345 made before the selection in the buffer.
346
347- Disabling the status bar in the Status Bar option pane did not disable
348 the "Show clock" option.
349
350- Scrolling with the keyboard did not update the horizontal scroll bar.
351
352- Control-clicking in a read-only buffer would beep, even if the click
353 location was not beyond the end of a line.
354
355- Fix possible deadlock when calling VFSManager.waitForRequests() from
356 an EditBus message handler for BufferUpdate.CREATED or
357 EditPaneUpdate.BUFFER_CHANGED.
358
359- The new PropertyManager in pre10 broke handling of site properties;
360 they would be overriden by plugin properties, which is not intended
361 behavior.
362
363- QuickNotepad was not saving files with the correct encoding.
364
365- Filename completion on backspace was not disabled in the "Save As"
366 dialog box, as intended.
367
368- Minor fix to VHDL syntax highlighting.
369
370- Kill ring was not being loaded properly; the text entries were loaded
371 but the count was never incremented, so the "Paste Deleted" dialog
372 would always be blank after a jEdit restart.
373
374- Fixed a possible deadlock when unloading the ProjectViewer plugin.
375
376- Workaround for A+PAGE_UP/PAGE_DOWN inserting garbage in the text area
377 on Windows.
378
379- Fix ClassCastException when changing edit mode in Buffer Options
380 dialog box.
381
382- A zero-length file did not open with the default line separator, but
383 rather the Unix line separator.
384
385- jEdit did not start if the font size was set to zero.
386
387- Changing the font size did not update the font in open activity log
388 windows.
389
390}}}
391
392}}}
393
394{{{ Version 4.2pre11
395
396This release fixes a show-stopper bug in pre10. The JAR file included in
397the installer was not completely up-to-date, and it had a property file
398lossage bug.
399
400Note that if you compiled from source, you will not see this problem.
401
402}}}
403
404{{{ Version 4.2pre10
405
406Thanks to Barry Carr, Brad Mace, Ken Turner, Nahuel Foronda,
407Ollie Rutherfurd, Trevor Harmon and Thomas Galvin for contributing to
408this release.
409
410{{{ Miscellaneous
411
412- Added "Create Constructor" macro, updated "Make Get and Set Methods"
413 and "Get Class Name" macros (Thomas Galvin).
414
415- It is now possible to customize the metal look and feel fonts under
416 JDK 1.5.
417
418- Page Up/Page Down restored to jEdit 4.1 behavior: when they are
419 invoked at the beginning/end of the buffer, the caret is moved to
420 the beginning/end, instead of staying at its current position.
421
422- File system browser now uses locale's short date format, not a
423 hard-coded DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm (Ollie Rutherfurd).
424
425- Many macros updated, new Keywords_to_Uppercase.bsh,
426 Emacs_Next_Line.bsh, Emacs_Previous_Line.bsh, Buffer_Switcher.bsh,
427 Delete_Current.bsh, Glob_Close.bsh, Reverse_Lines.bsh,
428 Single_Space_Buffer.bsh macros added (Ollie Rutherfurd).
429
430- Documentation updates.
431
432- Status bar clock now uses locale's short time format, instead of a
433 hardcoded format.
434
435}}}
436{{{ Syntax Highlighting
437
438- Updated Pascal syntax highlighting (Barry Carr).
439
440- Updated ActionScript syntax highlighting (Nahuel Foronda).
441
442- Updated SDL/PR syntax highlighting (Ken Turner).
443
444- Added CVS and Subversion commit info syntax highlighting
445 (Ollie Rutherfurd).
446
447- Added S# syntax highlighting (Barry Carr).
448
449}}}
450{{{ Bug Fixes
451
452- Fixed another NullPointerException in the file system browser when
453 using VFS's that do not set the VFS.DirectoryEntry.symlinkPath field.
454
455- Actually fix the MacOS plugin for the latest MRJ update.
456
457- Fix status bar problem with GTK look and feel if memory indicator is
458 enabled.
459
460- Fixed exception with auto indent (Brad Mace).
461
462- jEdit didn't compile with Sun's JDK 1.5 beta (Trevor Harmon).
463
464- "Find Next" didn't work with directory searches where the paths
465 contained symbolic links.
466
467- Fixed highlighting of verbatim environments in LaTeX files.
468
469- Fixed ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when invoking "Expand Fold"
470 outside of a narrowed range.
471
472- Fixed problem where any dialogs boxes shown by the search and replace
473 code would force the search and replace dialog to be shown on OS X.
474
475- Fixed a performance regression since 4.2pre7 on MacOS X.
476
477- More deep indent fixes (Brad Mace).
478
479- The JARClassLoader's loadClass() method was not synchronized -- this
480 problem has been there for ages!
481
482- Fixed backspace key in file name field of file dialogs on Java 1.5.
483
484- Fixed exception when control-clicking beyond the end of a line in a
485 read-only buffer.
486
487- Fixed key binding conflict on OS X; command-drag would both activate
488 rectangular selection and quick copy. This has been resolved and now
489 quick copy is activated with an option-drag.
490
491- The order of the elements in the recent file list was being reversed
492 each time jEdit was restarted if 'sort recent files' was switched off.
493
494- PluginJAR.generateCache() didn't correctly handle the case where a
495 plugin JAR file had an actions.xml but no core class.
496
497- Unloading a plugin did not remove the buttons for its docked windows.
498
499- The "Rescan Macros" command did not update the actions list in the
500 action bar.
501
502}}}
503{{{ API Changes
504
505- Added "optional dependencies". An optional dependency looks like this:
506
507 plugin.MyPlugin.depend.0=optional plugin AnotherPlugin 1.3.1
508
509 On startup, optional dependency are ignored; if AnotherPlugin does not
510 exist, MyPlugin will still load. However, if AnotherPlugin is unloaded
511 while jEdit is running, all plugins that depend on it, even ones with
512 optional dependencies, will be reloaded.
513
514 If your plugin does a runtime check for the existence of another
515 plugin, and uses its services if it exists, but can otherwise
516 function fine, then you *MUST* add an optional dependency on that
517 plugin, otherwise reloading plugins will leave stale classes in the
518 active class loader.
519
520- jEdit.getProperties() now returns a new collection, not the internal
521 insance.
522
523}}}
524
525}}}
526
527{{{ Version 4.2pre9
528
529Thanks to Brad Mace, David Hardin, Matthew J. Price, Ollie Rutherfurd,
530Patrick Tingen, Thomas Galvin and Wiktor Adamski for contributing to
531this release.
532
533{{{ Miscellaneous
534
535- Includes new "Create Get/Set Methods" macro (Thomas Galvin).
536
537- Minor improvements to "Deep Indent" feature (Brad Mace).
538
539- "Reload All Buffers" command now only asks for confirmation if there
540 are buffers with unsaved changes (Ollie Rutherfurd).
541
542}}}
543{{{ Syntax Highlighting
544
545- Updated Visual FoxPro syntax highlighting (Matthew J. Price).
546
547- Updated Lisp syntax highlighting (David Hardin).
548
549- Updated Progress syntax highlighting (Patrick Tingen)
550
551}}}
552{{{ Bug Fixes
553
554- Horizontal scroll bar was not updated sometimes.
555
556- The code that determines if a selection is being dragged is now much
557 more accurate; for example, with rectangular selections is only
558 registers a drag if the mouse is actually within the rectangular
559 region, not just between the start and end locations in the buffer.
560
561- jEdit did not compile with Java 1.3.
562
563- Clicking "Select All" in the "Files Changed on Disk" dialog box did
564 not enable the Reload button (Ollie Rutherfurd).
565
566- startup.bsh file was not included in installer bundle.
567
568- Fixed a performance problem with rollover buttons.
569
570- Pressing a shortcut that reads the next character from the keyboard
571 while a control other than the text area is focused will now shift
572 focus to the text area, and back again to the original control when
573 the key is pressed. This allows you to use commands like "Go to
574 marker" from the search bar, and so on.
575
576- Collapsing a folder node in the file system browser that is
577 immediately followed by an expanded folder node would remove all
578 columns from the view.
579
580- This change was advertised in the pre8 change log but didn't actually
581 make it in:
582
583 - Fixed possible deadlock in VFSFileChooserDialog when changing the
584 cursor.
585
586- Hard wrap would wrap one word too early when inserting beyond the wrap
587 margin.
588
589- Fixed exception when tab size was set to 0.
590
591- Fixed caret being offset too far to the right when dropping text in
592 the text area, due to the gutter's width not being taken into account
593 (Wiktor Adamski).
594
595- Dismissing the buffer switcher popup now sends focus back to the text
596 area.
597
598- Fix layout problem with tool bars at the bottom of the view.
599
600- Fix layout problem with tool bar obscuring the right docking area.
601
602- Docking area sizes would be determined before the button sizes were
603 known, so it was possible to resize a docking area beyond the edge of
604 the view.
605
606- ChunkCache.getScreenLineOfOffset() didn't return the correct value -1
607 if the given offset was before the first visible line.
608
609- "Confirm 'Save All Buffers' command" option didn't work.
610
611- jEdit would throw an exception on startup if the GTK look and feel was
612 in use.
613
614- The MacOS plugin didn't work with the latest MRJ release.
615
616- Commands in the right-click menu of the parent directories list
617 operated on the files currently selected in the file listing table.
618
619- Fixed NullPointerException in GUIUtilities.getComponentParent().
620
621}}}
622{{{ API Changes
623
624- BufferUpdate.SAVING is now sent before the IO flag is set to true.
625
626}}}
627
628}}}
629
630{{{ Version 4.2pre8
631
632Thanks to David Moss, Justin Dieters, Kris Kopicki, Ollie Rutherfurd,
633Philipp Janda, and Scott Allen for contributing to this release.
634
635{{{ Miscellaneous
636
637- New splash screen (Kris Kopicki).
638
639- Clicking "Reload" in the "Files Changed on Disk" dialog box now
640 selects the next buffer. This improves usability.
641
642- Added Alt-key mnemonics to "Files Changed" dialog box
643 (Ollie Rutherfurd).
644
645- Alternative caret movement shortcuts (A+a,i,j,k,l,q,x,z) now work
646 together with Shift to extend the selection.
647
648- "Using jEdit" section of the jEdit user's guide is now mostly up to
649 date for jEdit 4.2.
650
651- Fixed various mistakes in the documentation (Justin Dieters).
652
653}}}
654{{{ Scripting
655
656- BeanShell 2.0b1 imported. It has the following improvements over the
657 previously-bundled release (1.3.1):
658
659 - Full support for scripted classes that behave exactly the same as
660 compiled classes.
661
662 - Java 1.5-style static imports (this does not require Java 1.5). For
663 example:
664
665 static import java.lang.Math.*;
666 sqrt(4.0);
667
668 - Instance object imports (mix-ins) with the importObject() command.
669 For example:
670
671 importObject( new HashMap() );
672 put("foo", "bar");
673 print( get("foo") ); // prints "bar"
674
675- The ASM bytecode generation library is now bundled with jEdit since it
676 is required by BeanShell 2.0.
677
678}}}
679{{{ Syntax Highlighting
680
681- Lua syntax highlighting (Philipp Janda)
682
683- SMI-MIB syntax highlighting (Scott Allen).
684
685- Updated Lisp syntax highlighting (Ollie Rutherfurd).
686
687- Added Swig and PSP syntax highlighting (Ollie Rutherfurd).
688
689- Added Poplog-11 syntax highlighting (David Moss).
690
691- Java mode now highlights the "enum" keyword, and annotation types that
692 were added in Java 1.5.
693
694- BeanShell mode is now loaded from java.xml since now that BeanShell
695 2.0 supports class declarations, the syntax is almost identical. The
696 "beanshell" mode is still distinct from "java" mode though, to allow
697 plugins to differentiate between the two file types.
698
699}}}
700{{{ Bug Fixes
701
702- Fixed NullPointerException in FileCellRenderer if a VFS.DirectoryEntry
703 had a null symlinkPath (which should not be the case anyway).
704
705- Fixed the roots: VFS to return non-null symlinkPaths.
706
707- "Go to Last Visible Line" went one line too far if the last visible
708 line was only partially visible.
709
710- "Remove" button in Tool Bar pane of the Global Options dialog box now
711 selects the next item after removing the currently selected item.
712
713- Changing the view layout in the View pane of the Global Options dialog
714 box did not take effect for currently opened views.
715
716- Fixed a few dockable window layout problems.
717
718- Fix for numeric keypad not working after switching virtual desktops
719 with various keyboard sequences on Linux.
720
721- Fixed a performance regression -- the entire text area was being
722 repainted on every edit.
723
724- apacheconf.xml in 4.2pre7 distribution was corrupted.
725
726- New files no longer appear in the perspective if the autosave task
727 runs while the "Close Files" dialog box is showing.
728
729- Delete perspective.xml before saving it so that past versions don't
730 accumulate on OpenVMS.
731
732- Fixed MiscUtilities.isAbsolutePath() on OpenVMS.
733
734- It was not possible to bind an action to S+SPACE.
735
736- Key event workaround code now uses the time when an event was fired,
737 not when it was received. This should fix the problem with stray keys
738 getting inserted into the text area when an action takes a long time
739 to execute.
740
741- Fixed possible deadlock in VFSFileChooserDialog when changing the
742 cursor.
743
744- 0-byte files are now opened with the default line separator, not the
745 Unix line separator.
746
747- Fixed some minor inconsistencies in the behavior of the directory
748 chooser dialog box.
749
750- On some Windows systems, the last few lines of each page would not
751 be printed. This was due to a Java bug; the incorrect
752 FontRenderContext was being returned. There is now a workaround for
753 this bug.
754
755- BeanShell 2.0b1 fixes a problem with variable scoping in macros.
756
757- Added a workaround for a Java bug where switching between windows
758 using A+TAB would focus the menu bar.
759
760- Removed debugging message from VFSBrowser class ("request already in
761 progress").
762
763- The backspace key now functions correctly with a tall caret.
764
765- Making changes in a buffer before the start of a rectangular selection
766 would cause exceptions to be thrown.
767
768}}}
769
770}}}
771
772{{{ Version 4.2pre7
773
774Thanks to Aaron Bell, Alessandro Falappa, Ben Williams, Chris Petersen,
775Kris Kopicki, Lee Turner, Ollie Rutherfurd, Mike Dillon, Randolf Mock,
776and Randy Hudson for contributing to this release.
777
778{{{ Miscellaneous
779
780- The list of modes in various dialog boxes is now sorted (this does not
781 affect the order that buffer names are matched against modes).
782
783- Bundled some macros from various sources (Ollie Rutherfurd).
784
785- The plugin manager no longer lists the JDK's "tools.jar" if it is
786 loaded.
787
788- The "Search in Directory" command now always selects the most recently
789 searched in directory. To search in the current directory with the
790 filter based on the current buffer's file name, click the
791 "Synchronize" button.
792
793- Updated "Preview Javadoc of Current Buffer" macro (Tom Gutwin).
794
795- Added option to file system browser's Commands->Encoding menu to
796 disable encoding auto-detection.
797
798- Added support for UTF-8Y encoding, which is like UTF-8 except there
799 is a three-byte signature (0xEFBBBF) at the beginning of the file.
800 See http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/docs/papers/forms_of_unicode/#t2.
801 UTF-8Y files are automatically detected, just like UTF-16.
802
803- Removed File->Insert File command. As before, you can still invoke
804 File->Open and select "Insert" from a file's right-click menu in the
805 file system browser.
806
807- Added "Display Actions" macro (Lee Turner).
808
809- Wrote "What's new in jEdit 4.2" document.
810
811}}}
812{{{ Syntax Highlighting
813
814- Added MoinMoin syntax highlighting (Ollie Rutherfurd).
815
816- Added Relax NG compact syntax highlighting (Randy Hudson).
817
818- Minor fix to Perl heredoc syntax highlighting (Chris Petersen).
819
820- Updated ADPL syntax highlighting (Randolf Mock)
821
822- Added Renderman-RIB syntax highlighting (Alessandro Falappa).
823
824- Added PowerDynamo syntax highlighting (Ben Williams).
825
826- Added WebSphere MQ scripting syntax highlighting (Aaron Bell).
827
828- Added squid.conf syntax highlighting (Kris Kopicki).
829
830}}}
831{{{ Platform Specific
832
833- MacOS plugin now supports services (Kris Kopicki).
834
835}}}
836{{{ Bug Fixes
837
838- Fixed NullPointerException on startup which prevented jEdit from
839 loading if a corrupted JAR file was present in one of the jars
840 directories.
841
842- Dropping a file onto the text area did not work if the text area was
843 read-only.
844
845- On Windows, MiscUtilities.constructPath() would fail if the parent
846 path was a URL and the child path started with a \.
847
848- On Windows, MiscUtilities.constructPath() would return a path with a
849 double backslash if the parent used / as a separator, and ended with a
850 /.
851
852- UTF16 files with a byte order mark were not being detected due to a
853 regression in pre6.
854
855- The history code now tries very hard not to write a malformed
856 ~/.jedit/history file.
857
858- Fixed a slowdown of 5-7 seconds on startup in some cases that results
859 from calling GraphicsDevice.getConfigurations().
860
861- The list of words in the "Complete Word" window was not sorted.
862
863- Fixed a race condition where the text area would throw a
864 NullPointerException if EditPane.setBuffer() was called twice in a row
865 with buffers that were not yet loaded.
866
867- Loading and unloading plugins that added menu items to the file system
868 browser did not update the file system browser's "Plugins" menu.
869
870- History lists were not being saved at all unless the history file
871 existed in the first place!
872
873- The "Shortcuts" option pane will no longer refuse to display with
874 various malformed plugins.
875
876- An entry for inform.xml was missing from the mode catalog file.
877
878- Removing from the before the first visible line to inside the visible
879 region threw an exception.
880
881- Fixed NullPointerException when pressing PageUp/PageDown inside a
882 collapsed fold.
883
884- Sometimes, multiple line insertions did not update the screen line
885 count of newly inserted lines. This would result in the scroll bar
886 value being incorrect until you went to the end of the buffer and back
887 again.
888
889- Using the TextTools plugin's "Transpose Lines" command in the first
890 line of a collapsed fold would cause the folding state to be
891 incorrectly updated, resulting in exceptions and an unusable text
892 area.
893
894- When performing a text removal that would put the first visible line
895 inside an invisible region, the chunk cache would be updated
896 prematurely so the invisible line would be visible, and trying to
897 move the caret to it would throw exceptions.
898
899- GZipped files were not being loaded correctly.
900
901- Opening an XML file that specified an invalid encoding name in the
902 <?xml?> processing instruction would throw an exception. Now, XML
903 files that specify an invalid encoding are opened with the default
904 encoding.
905
906- Changed default shortcut of "Find Previous" from C+h to C+e g since on
907 Mac OS X, C+h is always captured by the OS.
908
909- Changing the wrap mode didn't invalidate screen line counts, this
910 could result in scrolling getting messed up.
911
912- Fixed NullPointerException when right-clicking on a drive root in the
913 file system browser on Windows.
914
915- Fixed floppy drive access when selecting a floppy drive in the drives
916 list on Windows.
917
918- Fixed a problem on some Windows versions where going to the drives
919 list would display an error message from the OS.
920
921- A display manager that is not associated with a visible buffer no
922 longer tries to maintain state; instead everything is recalculated
923 when it becomes visible. This fixes a whole class of bugs that would
924 manifest usually as incorrect scrolling behavior after switching
925 buffers.
926
927- The Utilities->Action Bar command would only work once.
928
929- Scrolling would jump if electric scrolling was off when moving the
930 caret past the first or last visible line, if they were only partially
931 visible due to soft wrapping.
932
933- Fixed scrolling inconsistencies after collapsing a fold with soft wrap
934 switched on.
935
936}}}
937{{{ API Changes
938
939- MiscUtilities.getFileExtension() now works with path names too.
940
941- Removed BufferListener.wrapModeChanged() method.
942
943}}}
944
945}}}
946
947{{{ Version 4.2pre6
948
949Thanks to Magnus Henriksson, Mirco Bova, Ollie Rutherfurd, and
950Stephen Bartlett for contributing to this release.
951
952{{{ Syntax Highlighting
953
954- Added Apache httpd.conf syntax highlighting (Ollie Rutherfurd).
955
956- Improved Scheme syntax highlighting (Stephen Bartlett).
957
958- Improved MS-DOS batch file syntax highlighting (Mirco Bova).
959
960- Added MCS51 (8051) microcontroller assembly syntax highlighting
961 (Mirco Bova).
962
963- Updated XSLT syntax highlighting (Magnus Henriksson).
964
965}}}
966{{{ Miscellaneous
967
968- Pressing TAB with a rectangular selection now inserts a tab at the
969 appropriate column, instead of shifting indent to the right.
970
971- Added Up/Down arrows to the file system browser's colors option pane.
972 This lets you change the order that file names are matched against the
973 patterns in the list.
974
975- Collapsed/expanded arrow icons in file system browser should now look
976 good with a dark background as well (Kris Kopicki).
977
978- The option for what to do when files change on disk in the General
979 pane of the Utilities->Global Options dialog box is now tri-state:
980
981 - Do nothing
982 - Prompt
983 - Automatically reload
984
985 The first and last options correspond to the previous setting in
986 4.2pre5. The second option is similar to the behavior in jEdit 4.1,
987 except all changed buffers are listed in one dialog box.
988
989- Edit->Complete Word now completes words in all visible buffers (ie,
990 showing in at least one edit pane). So as a poor man's CodeAid, you
991 can open a text file listing Java classes and methods in a zero-height
992 split.
993
994- The plugin manager now has better handling of loading and unloading
995 plugins with dependencies.
996
997- jEdit now attempts to auto-detect the encoding of XML files by looking
998 for an <?xml ... encoding="..." ?> processing instruction on the first
999 line of the file. Note that if this processing instruction is present,
1000 an encoding selected in the File->Open dialog box is ignored.
1001
1002- jEdit will now refuse to load a plugin if some of the JAR files listed
1003 in its 'jars' property are missing.
1004
1005- Added a few macros to the base distribution (Ollie Rutherfurd).
1006
1007}}}
1008{{{ Bug Fixes
1009
1010- Fixed problems with structure matching when soft wrap is on, if the
1011 structure spans more than one screen line (for example, this can
1012 happen with the tag matcher in the XML plugin).
1013
1014- If 'Complete Word' was bound to TAB, pressing TAB would show the popup
1015 and immediately hide it.
1016
1017- File drag and drop actually works now (so you should now remove the
1018 DragAndDrop plugin. Having it installed causes all dropped text to be
1019 copied, instead of moved.)
1020
1021- Fixed a problem highlighting C preprocessor directives containing <.
1022
1023- Batch mode didn't recognize @rem as a comment.
1024
1025- The multiple results toggle in the HyperSearch results window was not
1026 being saved.
1027
1028- International keys should once again work on JVMs that send AltGR
1029 sequences as Control+Alt (which is completely broken).
1030
1031- Buffer.getPriorNonEmptyLine() did not access segments properly. This
1032 caused obscure problems with auto-indent.
1033
1034- Fixed more problems with symbolic link handling in the file system
1035 browser.
1036
1037- Fixed long-standing race condition in file system browser that could
1038 prevent a directory listing from being updated after a file was
1039 created, removed or renamed.
1040
1041- Changes made in the Docking option pane only took effect after a
1042 restart.
1043
1044- Fixed minor problem with digit handling in the Complete Word popup.
1045
1046- Fixed problem with repeating user input in the action bar.
1047
1048- Made it so that site properties are loaded just before user
1049 properties. This allows the look and feel to be changed via the site
1050 properties.
1051
1052- Fixed a problem with Replace All over rectangular selections where
1053 only the first occurrence would be replaced.
1054
1055- If a duplicate copy of a plugin was installed, opening the Shortcuts
1056 option pane could throw an exception.
1057
1058- The Plugin Options dialog box can still be opened if initialization of
1059 an option pane fails.
1060
1061- The key event workaround would ignore a KEY_TYPED event with the AltGR
1062 modifier that followed a KEY_PRESSED with a keyCode of \0. This is
1063 incorrect, and broke international key handling.
1064
1065- Changing the buffer sorting options, or having untitled files would
1066 would cause the wrong buffers to be restored on startup.
1067
1068- Fixed a problem with inserting text at the beginning of a fold line.
1069
1070- The behaviour of shift-clicking inside an existing selection did not
1071 work in 4.2pre5.
1072
1073- Selecting the "Install" or "Update" tab in the plugin manager no
1074 longer shows a modal dialog, since on some systems this would cause a
1075 beep.
1076
1077- After opening a new file, the scroll bars would still reflect the
1078 previous buffer's state while the new file was being loaded.
1079
1080- If a Replace All failed (for example, because the regular expression
1081 was invalid) the wait cursor would linger in the search and replace
1082 dialog box.
1083
1084- If a buffer listed in the 'files on changed' dialog box was closed,
1085 clicking it in the list would cause problems.
1086
1087- When editing a buffer in more than one text area, changing the last
1088 token of a line (for example, by inserting the start of a comment on
1089 that line) would not update subsequent lines in some cases.
1090
1091}}}
1092
1093}}}
1094
1095{{{ Version 4.2pre5
1096
1097Thanks to Ollie Rutherfurd, Peter Lundqvist and Silas Smith for
1098contributing to this release.
1099
1100{{{ Syntax Highlighting
1101
1102- Updated Icon syntax highlighting (Silas Smith).
1103
1104- Updated Pike syntax highlighting (Peter Lundqvist).
1105
1106- The "if" in #include <net/if.h> is no longer highlighted in C and C++
1107 modes.
1108
1109- SCRIPT tags in HTML files no longer recognize <?php ... ?>.
1110
1111}}}
1112{{{ Miscellaneous Changes
1113
1114- Drag and drop in the text area. You can disable this in the Mouse pane
1115 of the Global Options dialog box. The functionality of the DragAndDrop
1116 plugin (handling files dropped from your operating system's file
1117 manager) has been incorporated too.
1118
1119- Files that don't exist on disk are no longer saved in the perspective
1120 (Ollie Rutherfurd).
1121
1122- The end of a fold is now indicated in the gutter.
1123
1124- Added "Plugin Options" button to plugin manager.
1125
1126- Pressing a non-alphanumeric character with the 'Complete Word' popup
1127 showing now inserts the currently selected entry first, instead of
1128 just closing the popup and then inserting the entered character.
1129
1130- If there are several search results in one line, clicking the line in
1131 the HyperSearch Results window now selects all occurrences, not just
1132 the first one.
1133
1134- If regular expressions are on, the search bar now shows an error
1135 message instead of silently failing if you attempt a reverse search
1136 with S+ENTER (reverse search with regular expressions is not
1137 supported).
1138
1139- Added an option for disabling the confirmation dialog box shown by the
1140 "Save All Buffers" command.
1141
1142- When running on Java 2 version 1.4, jEdit now uses NIO APIs to obtain
1143 a list of supported file encodings. On Java 2 version 1.3, the same
1144 hard-coded list of encodings is offered as before.
1145
1146- The Docking option pane has been reintroduced since a number of people
1147 preferred the old docking style (the new direct manipulation still
1148 works of course).
1149
1150}}}
1151{{{ Bug Fixes
1152
1153- Fixed international keys on MacOS X.
1154
1155- "Multiple results" button in the HyperSearch Results window did not
1156 work correctly.
1157
1158- Line number shown in status bar when matching brackets was off by one.
1159
1160- Fixed some usability issues with the "Search in selection" setting in
1161 the Find dialog box.
1162
1163- Directory search settings were being reset when a search flag was
1164 changed.
1165
1166- Fixed handling of space bar which could result in extra spaces being
1167 inserted when using dead keys.
1168
1169- Fixed NullPointerException sometimes thrown when scrolling to the line
1170 after the last visible line with electric scrolling switched off.
1171
1172- Fixed problems such as ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsExceptions or the
1173 beginning of the buffer becoming inaccessible when expanding the last
1174 fold in a buffer.
1175
1176- Pressing ENTER at the end of a collapsed fold line now properly
1177 expands the fold.
1178
1179- Setting indentOpenBrackets and indentCloseBrackets to ( and ) didn't
1180 work, this broke Lisp auto indent.
1181
1182- When text editing moves the caret out of the visible region, jEdit
1183 only scrolls the text area if its active, so that editing with a split
1184 view does not scroll the inactive text area's caret into the visible
1185 region. However the logic for handling this case in jEdit 4.2 was
1186 flawed and even selecting a command from a menu would not cause
1187 scrolling.
1188
1189- "Searching..." message in HyperSearch window did not go away if the
1190 file set contained no files.
1191
1192- jEdit will no longer fail to start if the user properties file could
1193 not be loaded.
1194
1195- Fixed a few cosmetic bugs in the Global Options dialog box.
1196
1197- In some cases changing between text and BeanShell replace mode would
1198 not take effect.
1199
1200- Clicking "Replace and Find" or "Replace All" in Search dialog will now
1201 beep if no search string is entered, instead of using the last search
1202 string.
1203
1204- Text insertion while overwrite mode is on is now recorded correctly in
1205 macros.
1206
1207- Collapsing or expading nodes in the file system browser would deselect
1208 the node. This was a usability problem since pressing LEFT or RIGHT
1209 should not deselect anything.
1210
1211- The labels of -toggle and -float actions for dockables were not being
1212 set correctly.
1213
1214- Triple clicking to select a line did not place the line in the %
1215 register.
1216
1217- Various combinations of insertions and removes could mess up floating
1218 positions.
1219
1220- "Run Temporary Macro" no longer runs the temporary macro file from
1221 disk if the buffer is not open.
1222
1223- Inserting text at the end of the buffer did not update the vertical
1224 scroll bar in other text areas viewing the same buffer.
1225
1226- Fixed an exception thrown when narrowing to a range where the first or
1227 last line was the first or last line of the buffer.
1228
1229- Various combinations of insertions and removes could mess up the fold
1230 visibility map.
1231
1232- The up/down arrow keys, delete line, expand/collapse fold and a few
1233 other commands might not have put the caret in the right place if
1234 horizontal scrolling was involved.
1235
1236- AElred (the XML parser used by jEdit) would bomb if an XML element
1237 contained more than twice the text of the current I/O buffer size.
1238 When it ran out of the room, the I/O buffer was always doubled even if
1239 the text to be inserted was more than this length.
1240
1241- Restored the jEdit 4.1 behavior of consuming key events that are bound
1242 to an action. So now you can bind A+f to a command, and pressing A+f
1243 will execute the command without popping up the File menu.
1244
1245- The text area's screen line cache was not invalidated on buffer
1246 changes. This caused rare and obscure problems like bracket matching
1247 and the caret showing up in the wrong place.
1248
1249- Incorporated BeanShell 1.3final, which fixes a bug with static field
1250 access.
1251
1252- _REGEXP syntax rules that matched strings containing whitespace did
1253 not display in some circumstances.
1254
1255- The file system browser would not refresh, and edit modes would not be
1256 reloaded, if the paths in question contained symbolic links.
1257
1258- "Join Lines" no longer prints an exception if the buffer is read only.
1259
1260- Fixed NullPointerException being thrown when clicking tool bar buttons
1261 in a file dialog box with no associated view.
1262
1263- Fixed NullPointerException when pressing RIGHT at the end of a line
1264 with rectangular selection mode on.
1265
1266- The "Save As" dialog box no longer completes file names on the fly.
1267 Press TAB to complete file names. This was done since previously it
1268 was impossible to save to a file named "jjj.sss" if there was a file
1269 "jjj.sss.xxx" already in the destination directory.
1270
1271}}}
1272{{{ API Additions
1273
1274- Icon theme support. Pass a URL to GUIUtilities.setIconPath() and all
1275 icons will be loaded from that URL prepended to the icon name.
1276
1277- Added BeanShell.runScript(View view, String path, Reader in,
1278 NameSpace namespace) method. Also added a corresponding _runScript()
1279 method.
1280
1281}}}
1282{{{ API Changes
1283
1284- Within an event listener, Buffer.isTransactionInProgress() always
1285 returns true, and transactionComplete() is now always called on each
1286 event listener after every buffer change. As far as I know, no plugins
1287 use the transaction API so this should not affect anyone.
1288
1289}}}
1290
1291}}}
1292
1293{{{ Version 4.2pre4
1294
1295Thanks to Chris Morris, Marcelo Vanzin, Ryan Fowler and Ryan Grove for
1296contributing to this release.
1297
1298{{{ Syntax Highlighting
1299
1300- Updated NSIS2 syntax highlighting (Ryan Grove).
1301
1302- Modes from the user catalog file are checked first for a matching
1303 first line or file name glob (Ryan Fowler).
1304
1305- Updated Ruby syntax highlighting (Chris Morris).
1306
1307- Updated Pike syntax highlighting (Peter Lundqvist).
1308
1309}}}
1310{{{ Scripting
1311
1312- BeanShell 1.3b2 is now included. Improvements since 1.3a1 (which was
1313 included with jEdit 4.2pre3) include:
1314
1315 - Properties style auto-allocation of variables.
1316
1317 // foo is initially undefined
1318 foo.bar.gee = 42;
1319 print( foo.bar.gee ); // 42
1320
1321 - Scripted class support (with class keyword). Limitations:
1322
1323 - Scripted classes may only extend other scripted classes
1324 - implement clauses are currently ignored
1325 - All Scripted classes appear as type bsh.This - they are
1326 effectively the same type of object.
1327
1328 - The bsh.system object which is shared across Interpreter instances
1329 has been renamed "bsh.shared". For backwards compatability it is
1330 still referenced as bsh.system as well.
1331
1332 - All scripted objects now implement the standard object protocol of
1333 toString(), hashcode() and equals().
1334
1335 - Various bug fixes and optimizations.
1336
1337- Actions and dockables are now invoked in their own temporary
1338 namespace. This prevents memory leaks in code like this:
1339
1340 antfarm = wm.getDockable("antfarm");
1341 antfarm.foo();
1342 // reference to 'antfarm' remains in global namespace, possibly
1343 // after the dockable is closed
1344
1345}}}
1346{{{ Miscellaneous
1347
1348- Removed the "synchronized scrolling" option which hasn't actually
1349 worked since 4.2pre1 or 4.2pre2. If you liked this feature, you can
1350 write a plugin that does the same thing pretty easily.
1351
1352- The kill ring is saved between editing sessions.
1353
1354- The Latest Version plugin now shows the latest stable and development
1355 version numbers, previously it only showed the latest development
1356 version.
1357
1358}}}
1359{{{ Optimizations
1360
1361- Faster regular expression search and replace.
1362
1363}}}
1364{{{ Bug Fixes
1365
1366- Changing the no modifier click action for the gutter didn't work.
1367
1368- The 'jedit' script was not being created on Unix.
1369
1370- Fixed AltGR key on certain JVMs that send it as Control+Alt.
1371
1372- Regular expression replace didn't work with certain regular
1373 expressions.
1374
1375- When deep indent is on, indentation of code like this is handled a bit
1376 better:
1377
1378 if(foo
1379 bar)
1380 {
1381
1382 However it is still not 100% correct.
1383
1384- Added an option for the "deep indent" setting to the Editing option
1385 pane.
1386
1387- "Save as" did not update the buffer map properly if buffer sorting was
1388 switched off, or if symbolic links were involved.
1389
1390- Heredocs in PHP are <<< not <<.
1391
1392- Position tree update code had several problems, and this caused hangs
1393 and various exceptions.
1394
1395- jEdit would do a two-stage save for settings files, but it would still
1396 delete the old file if the save failed, thus settings could be lost of
1397 the disk is almost full, etc. Now, files are only overwritten if the
1398 new settings are saved successfully.
1399
1400- Fixed possible NullPointerException in Shortcuts option pane when a
1401 newly-installed plugin contains dockables but no actions.
1402
1403- Using the Global Options dialog box or anything else that calls
1404 jEdit.propertiesChanged() no longer clears the kill ring.
1405
1406- Escape sequences in the replace string (\n, \t) didn't work properly.
1407
1408- When viewing the favorites: URL, the full path of the entries is now
1409 shown, just like in 4.1.
1410
1411- The Favorites menu in the file system browser was sorted by entry
1412 name, but full paths were listed, so it looked like there was no order
1413 to it at all.
1414
1415- Fixed bogus DIRTY_CHANGED messages sent when loading a buffer with
1416 persistent markers.
1417
1418- The numeric keypad didn't work on JDK 1.3.
1419
1420- Apparently OS/2 Java has a broken File.getCanonicalPath()
1421 implementation, so we don't call this method on that OS.
1422
1423- Reload command now works with Untitled files.
1424
1425- If a virtual file system threw an exception other than an IOException,
1426 the file system browser would refuse to perform further operations
1427 with an "I/O already in progress" message.
1428
1429- Fixed Perl syntax highlighting for variable names that began with
1430 s, m, q or tr followed by a non-alphanumeric character.
1431
1432}}}
1433{{{ API Changes
1434
1435- SearchMatcher.nextMatch() returns an instance of SearchMatcher.Match
1436 instead of a two-element integer array.
1437
1438- Added jEdit.getPlugin(String name, boolean loadIfNecessary) method
1439 (Marcelo Vanzin).
1440
1441}}}
1442
1443}}}
1444
1445{{{ Version 4.2pre3
1446
1447Thanks to Brad Mace, Brant Langer Gurganus, Christoph Daniel Schulze,
1448Jonathan Revusky, Ken Turner, Kris Kopicki and Ollie Rutherfurd for
1449contributing to this release.
1450
1451{{{ Editing
1452
1453- The kill ring no longer shows duplicate entries, or entries that
1454 consist entirely of whitespace.
1455
1456- Added emacs-like "deep indent" which can be enabled using the
1457 deepIndent buffer-local property:
1458
1459 fooBar(baz,
1460 moreParameters,
1461 ...); (Brad Mace)
1462
1463- Just like the Find Previous command, S+ENTER in the search bar now
1464 shows an error message if regular expression search is enabled.
1465 Previously it would just search forward.
1466
1467- The "Format Paragraph" command now shows an error message instead of
1468 just beeping if the wrap margin is not set.
1469
1470- The "Paste Previous" and "Paste From List" dialog boxes now show the
1471 selected item in a multiple-line text area (Ollie Rutherfurd).
1472
1473}}}
1474{{{ Syntax Highlighting
1475
1476- Added LOTOS syntax highlighting (Ken Turner).
1477
1478- Added SDL/PL syntax highlighting (Ken Turner).
1479
1480- Added IMPORT element to RULES tag. All rules from the ruleset named
1481 by the required attribute DELEGATE are copied into this ruleset.
1482
1483- Improved Velocity syntax highlighting.
1484
1485- Added TPL syntax highlighting (Brant Langer Gurganus).
1486
1487- Added UnrealScript syntax highlighting (Christoph Daniel Schulze).
1488
1489- Updated FreeMaker syntax highlighting (Jonathan Revusky).
1490
1491- Updated Pyrex syntax highlighting (Ollie Rutherfurd).
1492
1493}}}
1494{{{ User Interface
1495
1496- Activity Log now autoscrolls when dragging the mouse outside the log
1497 area bounds.
1498
1499- Docked window menu buttons should now look better on MacOS X.
1500
1501- When closing a buffer, the previous buffer is now selected, not the
1502 first buffer. The code that does this was actually there all along,
1503 but it never worked and I didn't notice (it would just go to the first
1504 buffer).
1505
1506- On Windows, entering X:\ or X:/ where X is a drive letter will
1507 automatically list that drive so that further paths can be completed.
1508 This is similar to how on Unix entering / opens the root directory.
1509
1510- Improved 'Choose Directory' dialog box.
1511
1512- A warning dialog box is now shown if nothing is selected in the text
1513 area and the "search in selection" setting is activated.
1514
1515}}}
1516{{{ Plugin Manager
1517
1518- The plugin manager now lists JARs that do not contain a plugin core
1519 class.
1520
1521- A warning is shown when updating a plugin from a version using the old
1522 API to a version using the new API, advising the user to restart
1523 jEdit.
1524
1525- The plugin manager no longer removes an existing plugin if downloading
1526 of an update failed.
1527
1528}}}
1529{{{ Optimizations
1530
1531- Fixed a performance regression from pre2. Opening large files with
1532 soft wrap off should now be as fast (or faster) than 4.1.
1533
1534- Fixed delays when exiting editor if help viewer and/or plugin manager
1535 windows were open.
1536
1537- jEdit.getBuffer() now uses a hashtable instead of a linear scan.
1538
1539- Optimized away some redundant code in the display manager, which
1540 should result in improved performance.
1541
1542- Search dialog should open a little bit faster. This fixes the issue
1543 where if you press C+f and type a search string really quickly,
1544 characters would be inserted in the text area.
1545
1546- Undo queue is now stored in a linked list, rather than an array. As
1547 offensive as it might sound, the array was being shifted along one
1548 position for each (non-compound) edit! Especially if the undo limit
1549 was set to a large value this could cause slowdowns.
1550
1551- The buffer no longer grabs a write lock when calculating a fold level
1552 or syntax tokens for a line. This should prevent the text area from
1553 stalling if the buffer is being saved in an I/O thread.
1554
1555- Fixed a performance regression from pre2. If all line contexts were
1556 valid, a subsequent request for a line's syntax tokens would
1557 invalidate all contexts from that line onwards. This did not happen if
1558 for example all but one context was valid.
1559
1560- Faster directory listing in the file system browser.
1561
1562- Fixed slowdown if activity log was docked and the "tail"…Large files files are truncated, but you can click here to view the full file