1 Release Notes for NEdit Version 5.5, October 2004
4 $Id: ReleaseNotes,v 1.67 2009/09/14 19:18:23 edg Exp $
6 This file contains last minute notes to users about the release, which are not
7 included in the documentation or README files included with the distribution
8 kits. It also contains change information, for users who are interested in
9 what bugs have been fixed, and what features have been added in the current
12 If you are upgrading NEdit from a version prior to 5.0, please see the notes in
13 the README file which came with the (source or executable) distribution kit,
14 about updating macros and font settings in your .nedit file.
16 New Features in $NEXT_VERSION
18 - The macro variable $VERSION returns NEdit's version number.
20 - The new macro function filename_dialog() can be used to query a file
21 name from the user by using the usual file selection dialog.
24 Bugs fixed in $NEXT_VERSION
26 - Fix for SF bug #2858723: off-by-one error causing a crash
28 - Fix for SF bug #2687525: tipsfile parser error wrt to eof
30 - Fix for SF bug #2222159: File was not reload when type was changed
33 - Fix for SF bug #2149312: parse error with zero menu entries.
35 - Force a terminating \n on macro file load time, to prevent syntax errors
36 with statements on the last line. (util/fileUtils.c:ReadMacroFile())
39 - Fix multiple memory leaks in interpret.c:PromoteToGlobal()
42 - Fix for SF bug #1908890: window title not updated.
44 - Fix for SF bug #1730611: $match_syntax_based is not set.
46 - Crash on window close when a "File modified externally" dialog was up
49 - Crashes and artifacts when using ARGB visuals (SF bugs #1579544,
50 #1030467, #1030192, and #1458006).
52 - The text insertion cursor does no longer blink while typing
55 - The status bar reflects a changed keybinding in the shell command banner.
57 - There is now a pattern for highlighting nested command substitution in
58 shell scripts (SF patch #1010742).
60 - Duplicate display bugs SF#464967 and SF#1041077 are fixed.
62 - A typo in Ada's syntax highlighting patterns is fixed (SF bug #858874).
64 - The shell used to run programs from the shell_command() macro function
65 and from the Shell menu is now part of NEdit's normal settings, and no
66 longer in the X server's settings. It also defaults to the user's login
67 shell, not /bin/csh. This fixes SF#403738 and SF#880607.
69 - File history is now consistent across multiple sessions (SF bug #557032).
71 - If a macro file contains function definitions mixed with code segments
72 the code segments were excuted in the wrong order in certain cases. This
73 is fixed (SF bug #622291).
75 - The current file name is (again) displayed in the Save As dialog text
76 field. (SF bug #1451337)
78 - A crash caused by highlighting patterns with complex regular expressions
79 has been fixed. (SF bug #1536002)
81 - Crashes when the maximum number of patterns in a hightlighting pattern
82 set was exceeded, have been fixed. (SF bug #1536451)
84 - Files are now optionally opened without format changes (SF bug #1003241).
86 - Replace operation where the result exceeded a fixed length silently
87 clipped the result. The limit has been increased and the behaviour on
88 failure is now configurable. (SF bug #1015499)
90 - NEdit can now optionally detect and avoid symlinks (SF bug #1027788).
92 - A minor visual glitch has been fixed (SF bug #1055649).
94 - NEdit asks the user with a dialog if it detects that a document's file
95 is no longer accessible on disk. This dialog is changed to better match
96 expected usage pattern (SF bug #1066144).
98 - Various documentation bugs are fixed (SF bugs #1066765, #1078397, #1110024,
101 - Some minor usability bugs have been fixed (SF bugs #1371896, #1508608,
104 - New highlighting pattern are now used immediately (SF bug #1117848).
106 - Changes in case no longer modifiy the text if no change is actually
107 performed (SF bug #1333103).
109 - Some Linux distros ship with XKEYSYMDB set to a bogus filename which
110 breaks all Motif applications. NEdit ignores that, and let X fall back
111 on the default which is far more likely to work (SF bug #1564907).
113 - Fixed a problem in the macro language on 64-bit systems (SF bug #1625283).
115 - Long macro function names could cause a buffer overflow (SF bug #1640304).
117 - The built-in macro "Make C prototypes" choked on some comments (SF bug
120 - Fixed a small bug while inserting special characters (SF bug #682004).
122 - Fixed a translation bug which crashed NEdit on pressing osfInsert in the
123 help window (SF bug #1772468).
125 - Fixed bad exception handling of default macros (SF bug #1731384).
130 - The most important new feature is the introduction of window tabs
131 (SF patches #569287 and #893177).
133 - More efficient string search operations for the macro language.
135 - Auto-scrolling is now (partly) configurable through the preference menu.
137 - Find and Clear buttons for i-search bar (SF patch #891884).
139 - Faster user-defined menu creation (SF patch #891126).
141 - Open documents on current desktop (SF patch #963120)
143 - Superuser receives a warning when trying to overwrite a read-only file.
145 - Simplified global font resources.
147 - Macro language: added new $args[] array and removed 9 arguments limit
150 - Improved Latex & Python syntax highlighting patterns
154 - If underscore (_) is among the word delimiters for a language mode then
155 word boundary regexes will work as expected. (SF bug #1008656)
157 - Problem with writing history file on VMS (SF bug #933146).
159 - Race condition fix for running NEdit in -sync mode (SF bug #978104).
161 - Removed obsolete special window title treatment on SGI (SF bug #779454).
163 - Forbid the deletion of the "Plain" Text Drawing Style (SF patch #970491).
165 - File descriptor handling fix that allows shell commands to be invoked
168 - Crash on Solaris when dragging a calltip (SF bug #925951).
170 - Preference resource name mistakes (SF bug #884862).
172 - Don't delete incremental backup files when incremental backups are off
175 - Allow zero-length ranges to be added to range sets (SF bug #871209).
177 - Improved shell syntax highlighting patterns (SF bug #770855).
179 - Regular expression crash fix (SF bug #987102).
183 - Using exit() in macro no longer causes hang (SF bug #999021).
185 - Updated rangeset documentation (SF bug #1005442).
187 - Minor changes to the regular expression word boundary semantics
190 - Tabs keep reasonable sizes when things get crowded (SF bug #1005064).
192 - Many unnecessary file status checks are avoided.
194 - Warn On Exit also affects closing of window with multiple tabs
197 - "File Modified Externally" dialogs are only allowed for top tabs.
199 - Broken virtual key bindings workaround was restored (problems with
200 page-up and page-down).
202 - Preference file number was bumped.
204 - Dialogs' OK button layout fixes.
206 - Fix for SF bug #999820: spaces in dialog button mnemonics.
208 - Fix for SF bug #996786: problems with overtype mode
212 - Less confusing menu wording (SF bug #1023089).
214 - Shell command output is now sent to a new window or a new tab,
215 depending on the tabbed editing preference settings.
217 - Detaching/Moving non-top tab should not change top tab (SF bug #1020035).
219 - Opening new window from a tabbed window no longer diminishes size
224 - Calltips (SF patch #495286)
226 - Rangesets (SF patch #529298, #628933)
228 - Backlighting (SF patch #529298)
230 - Highlighting information macros (SF patch #529298)
232 - Full mouse wheel support for XFree86 (SF patch #715941)
234 - Look-behind matching for regular expressions (SF patch #530308)
236 - Regular expression and syntax highlighting speed-ups
238 - Flexible resource file location (SF patch #484674)
239 See the section "Upgrading from 5.3 to 5.4" of the README file for
242 - Color dialog (SF patch #595330)
244 - Option to auto-hide mouse pointer while typing
246 - Option to keep cursor away from top and bottom of the screen
248 - Check for real changes of externally modified files (SF patch #602426)
250 - Synchronized interaction between nc and nedit (SF patch #403647)
252 - Several smaller improvements on usability and speed
254 - Several smaller improvements to the macro language (SF patch #552760, ...)
258 - Unconvential word boundary semantics for regular expressions have
259 been corrected (including affected syntax highlighting patterns).
260 See the section "Upgrading from 5.3 to 5.4" of the README file for
261 important information.
263 - Config files didn't accept non-Unix file format (SF bug #411092)
265 - Removed regex search bugs (SF bug #429110, #515120)
267 - Smart-indent macros were unaffected by language mode renames (SF bug #439867)
269 - All dialogs have titles now (SF bug #480960)
271 - Giving long filenames at startup caused buffer overflows (SF bug #488412)
273 - Made sure that dialogs don't get wider than screen
274 (SF bug #488593, #489614, #713999)
276 - Workaround for Motif drag icon bug (SF bug #526981: Crash using btn2 on
277 help window buttons and SF bug #582469: 5.3 crash when selecting stats
280 - Dragging a rectangular selection could delete characters (SF bug #557225)
282 - Show Matching Range bug (SF bug #559902)
284 - Keyboard-based rectangular selections were forgotten if the selection ever
287 - Workaround for KDE's FONTLIST bug (SF bug #561659)
289 - Paths were still shown in current's window Windows menu after global option
290 was changed (SF bug #564782)
292 - Scrolling to searched or undone/redone section stopped short (SF bug #578551)
294 - Removed flicker in stats line due to bug prevention (SF bug #594838)
296 - Crash while dismissing a resized help window (SF bug #600175)
298 - Macro functions were evaluated in a wrong order (SF bug #602336, #628552)
300 - Syntax highlighting failures in LaTeX (SF bug #607072)
302 - Crash with wrong values for -tabs option (SF bug #608693)
304 - Macro shortcuts were sensitive to Lock and NumLock (SF bug #612558)
306 - Appending the terminating line break was not reflected in the buffer
309 - A new nc(1) hanged after a server was killed or crashed (SF bug #619231)
311 - Adds (short) list of deprecated macro functions (SF bug #619236)
313 - Removed hazardous command shortcut (SF bug #649442)
315 - Workaround for OpenMotif radio button bug (SF bug #678198: bug in
316 Replace in multiple files).
318 - Typo in SCO makefile (SF bug #689808)
320 - Syntax highlighting routines assumed ASCII encoding (SF bug #700823)
322 - Crash when starting up in a UTF-8 locale (SF bug #703246, 621972)
324 - Crash while manipulating highlighting pattern (SF bug #705495)
326 - Removed flicker in stats line during macro execution (SF bug #713780)
328 - Close pane resize bug (SF bug #715767)
330 - Macro function goto_line_number() only accepted one argument (SF bug #726325)
332 - Newline macro inserting a string caused a crash when triggered
335 - Help text foreground was hard-coded to black (SF bug #723096)
337 - System default colors from CDE Style Manager were ignored (SF bug #544053)
341 - Panes didn't inherit the right colors (SF bug #780267)
343 - Fixed Rangeset API usability issues and bugs.
345 - Plain KP Enter now inserts a newline, not <CR> (SF bug #779439).
347 - Enabled Motif version checking for xBSD.
349 - SGI: compilation problem (SF bug #780841)
351 - File modification issues (SF bug #782513, SF bug #784442)
353 - Documentation updates.
355 - Color dialog button resize problem.
357 - undoModifiesSelection is no longer saved in .nedit/nedit.rc
359 - Workaround for Lesstif's 'frozen windows' bug.
361 - Fixed calltip parsing problem (SF bug #779681)
363 - Macro language HL pattern updates.
365 - nc -do ... no longer creates unwanted windows (SF bug #785738).
367 - Improved color resource migration.
369 - File accessibility is now determined with access() (SF bug #782518)
373 - Nc crash fix on VMS.
375 - Fixes in highlighting information inspection macros.
377 - Nc -lm command line option fix.
381 This is mainly a bug fix release. The list of new features is therefore
384 - The built-in Help system was revamped. Most notably, a hyperlink
385 mechanism was added for following cross-references.
387 - Enhanced Exuberant ctags support (SF #491109).
389 - Line numbers are available in shell commands (SF #434451).
391 - Goto Line also accepts column numbers (SF #403435).
393 - Automatic line-feed termination when saving is now optional (SF #503073).
395 - A customizable window title (SF #477875/#519092).
397 - Optional syntax based parenthesis matching (iso. purely character based)
403 - Find Definition incorrectly reads the X selection when not needed
406 - Background popup menu could lock up X-server when used with any of
409 - Very wide windows when starting NEdit under fvwm (SF #496526).
411 - Workaround for illegal key bindings installed by other Motif applications,
412 causing PageUp/PageDown and arrow keys to stop responding in NEdit
413 (SF #493421/#525903). This is not an NEdit bug, it just looks like one.
415 - Fix for PageUp/PageDown keys not responding (SF #508961).
417 - Crash when running X on 2nd screen (SF #478234, #500353).
419 - Line number display updating in continous wrap mode (SF #516920).
421 - Performance problem with X Resources highlight patterns (SF #481290).
423 - Menu fonts showing up as blocks (SF #434383)
425 - Lockup's in syntax highlighting (especially Perl) (SF #512961).
427 - Crash when using characters with ASCII code >= 128 in syntax
428 highlighting patterns.
430 - Crash when modifying tab distance in continous wrap mode (SF #510631).
432 - Crash when running NEdit in low-depth color modes.
434 - Continous wrap mode + variable width font display bugs.
436 - Potential scroll bar corruption in continuous wrap mode (SF #510765).
438 - Workaround for selection copy/paste problems with recent versions
441 - Jump to tags only referenced by line number.
443 - Composed characters in learned sequence (SF #480966).
445 - Missing titles in some dialogs (SF #480960).
447 - Macro language: continue statement outside loop crash (SF #495293).
449 - Rectangular overstrike past fixes (SF #487945).
451 - Hard-coded statistics line font (SF #487153).
453 - Open filenames starting with a dash (SF #485610).
455 - Crash when closing window of non-existing file while error dialog is up.
457 - Bad CapsLock grab on certain keyboard configurations (SF #482504).
459 - Replacements in rectangular selections could sometimes fail.
461 - Various buffer overflow fixes.
463 - Multiple selection dialog does not pop up on first find (SF #473602).
465 - Tag not found (SF #466742).
467 - Files opened with -read command line option could not be unlocked.
471 - Added built-in patterns for CSS, XML, and regular expressions (Regex).
472 Many other pattern updates.
474 - Support for high- and true-color systems. NEdit now will automatically
475 select the best visual from your X server. This reduces the chance of
476 running out of colors.
478 - New features in the Find and Replace dialogs:
480 o Replacement across multiple windows in a session.
481 o Case sensitivity may be set independently of regular expressions.
482 o Add "Replace and Find" command, which saves keystrokes when doing
483 a large-scale find & replace.
485 - ClearCase version-extended pathnames.
487 - Many new macro subroutines and variables.
489 - Array support in macros.
491 - Range highlighting of matching delimiters.
493 - Undo and Redo highlights the text that has changed, when visible.
495 - Support for wheel mouse scrolling on servers that support it (XFree86).
497 - Improved accelerator key handling.
499 - Insert Control Code dialog accepts value in any valid C notation
501 - Optional beeping when search operations wrap.
503 - Additional default search styles.
505 - Optional displaying of path names in the window list menu.
510 - Fix a crash when entering an invalid line number in "Goto Line".
512 - Ignore the Caps-Lock key when invoking accelerators.
514 - Fix problems when running NEdit on 64-bit platforms like Alpha
516 - NEdit failed to open files if some directories above were not "readable"
518 - Fix potential crashes if some system calls fail
520 - When no colors are left, attempt to reuse the closest matching color. This
521 allows NEdit's syntax highlighting to better coexist with Netscape, which
522 unfortuntely takes all available colors.
524 - "Overtype" mode is now bound to the Insert key, to be consistent with
527 - Accelerators now available in confirmation dialogs, and may be invoked
530 - Don't even try to open a directory for editing
532 - Fix a couple of memory corruption problems
537 - Significant extensions to the regular expression syntax. See details
540 - Incremental search, and optional search bar.
542 - New ctags code with full support for Exuberant Ctags, better
543 handling of tag collisions, multiple tag file support, on-demand
544 loading of tag files, and automatic reload of modified tag files.
546 - Optional display of line numbers along the left side of the text.
548 - NEdit can now read and write MS DOS format files.
550 - New built-in syntax highlighting patterns for Lex, PostScript, SQL,
551 Many syntax highlighting pattern improvements.
553 - Improved international character set input
555 - New macro subroutines: list_dialog, getenv, set_language_mode.
557 - Optional warnings about external modifications to files
559 - Clearcase awareness
561 - Session manager restart capability
563 - Default language mode "*" for user-defined menu items, allows
564 per-language variations on a common base
566 - Allow additional modifiers like Sun diamond key in user defined
569 - Option to sort open previous menu.
571 - -geometry and -iconic command line arguments act per-window, and
572 can be specified via nc
574 - -geometry now specified in characters, rather than pixels
576 - -lm (language mode) command line option
578 - Save As dialog defaults to same file name
580 - Better default fonts for Linux systems
582 - .nedit file version mechanism to make future upgrades easier
587 - Crash on large amounts of data fed to shell command which does not
590 - Delayed secondary windows when executable statements specified in
591 users .neditmacro file
593 - Many corrections to online help
595 - Many highlight patterns corrections
597 - Using window close box in file open/save dialogs leaves nedit server
600 - escape in macro dialogs can cause macro hang
602 - Lesstif-specific fixes: attachment warnings in font selector,
603 Work around replace dialog focus bug.
605 - NEdit no longer maintains original protection settings on files. It
606 allows them to be changed externally.
609 Details of Regular Expression Changes in 5.1
613 o Fixed bug that caused character classes with a character range not to
614 work properly if one of the range characters was an escaped character.
616 Improvements In Existing Features
618 o Increased maximum number of capturing parentheses from 40 to 50.
620 o Removed optimization that uses `must match' strings (it didn't work and
621 caused more problems than it solved.)
623 o Improved error messages.
625 o Improved Start-Of-Line and End-Of-Line detection by the `^', `$', and the
626 new `\B' (see below) anchors. The Start-Of-Word and End-Of-Word anchors
627 `<' and `>' where not enhanced due to syntax color highlighting pattern
628 compatibility issues.
630 o Changed code to use "unsigned char" in most cases instead of "signed
631 char". Also, use of ANSI character functions (e.g. isdigit(), isspace())
632 were added wherever possible. These changes should improve support for
633 locales other than "C", for example character sets with accented
636 o Added character escapes for:
637 - \e ASCII escape character (for environments that use the EBCDIC
638 character set, set the EBCDIC_CHARSET compiler symbol to get the
639 EBCDIC equivalent escape character.)
645 o Removed the `\"' escape since `"' is not a meta character.
647 o In order to support numeric escapes, use of `\0' as a synonym for `&'
648 in replacement strings was removed. `\0' now signals the start of a
649 numeric (octal) escape sequence (see below.)
651 o Minor tweaks for improved performance.
655 o Octal and Hexadecimal Escapes
657 Octal and hexadecimal escapes begin with \0 and \x (or \X) respectively.
658 For example, \052 and \X2A both specify the `*' character. Escapes for
659 null (\00 or \x0) are not valid and will generate an error message.
661 o Shortcut Escapes for Common Character Classes
664 \l letters a-z and A-Z
665 \s whitespace \t, \r, \v, \f, and space
666 \w word characters a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and underscore, `_'
668 `\D', `\L', `\S', and `\W' are the same as the lowercase versions except
669 that the resulting character class is negated.
673 The `\B' non-word boundary anchor has been added as the logical opposite
674 of `<' and `>' collectively. This anchor ensures that the left and
675 right characters are either both delimiter characters or both
676 non-delimiter characters.
678 o Word Delimiter Escape Sequences
680 \y Word delimiter character
681 \Y Not a word delimiter character
683 The `\y' token matches any single character that is one of the characters
684 that NEdit recognizes as a word delimiter character, while the `\Y' token
685 matches any character that is NOT a word delimiter character. Note:
686 these are not anchors and DO consume one character of input.
691 + Minimal (lazy) Matching Quantifiers
693 *? Match zero or more
694 +? Match one at least one
697 These quantifiers match only what is absolutely necessary to achieve
700 + Counting (or Brace) Quantifier
702 {min,max} Match from `min' to `max' times the previous regular
705 If `min' is omitted, it is assumed to be zero. If `max' is omitted,
706 it is assumed to be infinity. Whether specified or assumed, `min'
707 must be less than or equal to `max'. If both are omitted, then the
708 construct is the same as `*'. Note that `{,}' and `{}' are both
709 valid brace constructs. A single number appearing without a comma,
710 e.g. `{3}' is short for the `{min,min}' construct, or to match
711 exactly `min' number of times.
713 o Non-Capturing Parentheses
715 Non-Capturing Parentheses are of the form `(?:<regex>)' and facilitate
716 grouping only and do not incur the overhead of normal capturing
719 o Positive Look-Ahead
721 Positive look-ahead constructs are of the form `(?=<regex>)' and
722 implement a zero width assertion of the enclosed regular expression. In
723 other words, a match of the regular expression contained in the positive
724 look-ahead construct is attempted. If it succeeds, control is passed to
725 the next regular expression atom, but the text that was consumed by the
726 positive look-ahead is first unmatched (backtracked) to the place in the
727 text where the positive look-ahead was first encountered.
729 o Negative Look-Ahead
731 Negative look-ahead takes the form `(?!<regex>)' and is exactly the same
732 as positive look-ahead except that the enclosed regular expression must
737 (?i<regex>) Case insensitive; `AbcD' and `aBCd' are equivalent.
738 (?I<regex>) Case sensitive; `AbcD' and `aBCd' are different.
740 Regular expressions are case sensitive by default, i.e `(?I<regex>)' is
741 assumed. All regular expression meta characters respond appropriately to
742 case insensitivity including character classes and back-references.
746 (?n<regex>) `.', `[^...]', `\s', `\S' will match newlines
747 (?N<regex>) `.', `[^...]', `\s', `\S' do not match newlines
749 `(?N<regex>)' is the default behavior.
753 Comments are of the form `(?#<comment text>)' and can be inserted
754 anywhere and have no effect on the execution of the regular expression.
756 o Notes on New Parenthetical Constructs
758 Except for plain parentheses, none of the parenthetical constructs
759 capture text. If that is desired, the construct must be wrapped with
760 capturing parentheses, e.g. `((?i<regex))'.
762 All parenthetical constructs can be nested as deeply as desired, except
763 for capturing parentheses which have a limit of 50 sets of parentheses,
764 regardless of nesting level.
767 New Features in 5.0.2:
769 - Word-selection (double click) can be used to select ranges of delimiters
771 - New built-in macro variables: $line, $column, and $modified
773 - Smart-indent mode available for Python language
775 - Minor improvements in default pattern sets for NEdit Macros, X Resources,
781 - -import did not work as advertised in 5.0.1. When used, it re-set a
782 number of preferences back to default values. Could also potentially
785 - Macro -> Repeat crashes on some systems.
787 - Mouse state can get "stuck" on Alpha-based systems.
789 - Combination of auto-wrap, auto-indent, and unbreakable lines extending the
790 width of the window, caused nedit to unnecessarily insert blank lines.
792 - Incorrect case-insensitive comparison in character sets > 128 bits.
794 - in by-word drag-selection (double click then drag) when begun in the middle
795 of a whitespace selection, anchor would revert to original cursor position
796 rather than maintaining the entire whitespace block.
798 - Language mode names containing spaces could not be used in language
799 sensitive user-defined menu items.
801 - New windows did not always see existing learn/replay sequence, recorded
802 before the window was created.
804 - Possible crash in search_string and search_window macros, when used with
807 - Possible crash in get_selection("any") macro.
809 - Under Solaris, crashes on window opening, file dialog, and language mode
810 selection, when user-defined sub-menus were used.
812 - Filenames containing spaces could cause the .neditdb file to become
815 - Escape key could not be used to cancel file-selection dialogs when the
816 file list had keyboard focus (which it almost always does).
819 New Features in 5.0.1:
821 - Repeat-over-range, and repeat-to-end capability for repeating last
822 command and learn/replay sequence.
824 - Import capability for loading macro/shell menu commands, highlight
825 patterns, and style sets created by other users.
827 - New macro language routines: string_to_clipboard, clipboard_to_string,
828 toupper, tolower, variables: $em_tab_dist.
830 - Additional default highlight patterns for sh and X resources.
832 - Sorted Open Previous menu.
834 - Numerous improvements to default highlighting patterns and smart indent
840 - Various crashes on Motif 2.0 (Linux and FreeBSD) systems, usually
841 associated with opening files and changing language modes. Usually,
842 but not necessarily, following changes to user-defined menu items.
844 - Background menu activation during drag operation could leave drag
845 unfinished, cause undo to malfunction, and eventually lead to a crash (which
846 was easy to trigger accidentally when the middle button is emulated with
847 mouse-chords on a two button mouse).
849 - X11R6 clients talking to X11R5 servers could crash on font dialog.
851 - Rapid repetition of long macros (such as binding to key and using keyboard
852 repeat) could cause crash.
854 - Several commands which put up dialogs were vulnerable to timing windows
855 where repeating the command could cause a crash.
857 - Calling macro close() routine could cause crash if used to close the window
858 in which the macro was executing.
860 - Using load_macro_file() as an "include" statement in macro files could
863 - Artifacts when using non-matching highlight fonts, and making certain types
864 of changes which change the fonts used to display other (not the line being
865 modified) lines in the file.
867 - Auto-newline wrap in overtype mode could duplicate part of wrapped text.
869 - Lower panes in split window mode allowed modification to read-only windows.
871 - Several minor dialog and window focus related problems for explicit (click
874 - Paste Column ignored existing selection.
876 - After copying and re-naming language mode information, highlight patterns
877 and smart indent macros remained attached to the re-named pattern instead of
880 - Trailing newlines should not have been prohibited in Open Selected.
882 - Help for creating smart indent macros was missing.
887 - Completed macro extension language (Simple C/awk-like syntax, safe,
890 - Syntax highlighting. Built-in patterns for C, C++, Java, Fortran, Pascal,
891 Ada, Perl, Python, Tcl, Awk, Csh, HTML, LaTeX, VHDL, Verilog, and more.
893 - Programmable Smart indent. (Experimentally, at least. There are only
894 macros for C and C++, and they may not fit everyone's programming style.)
896 - Language-sensitive preferences
898 - Continuous wrap mode (long line wrapping), in addition to existing
899 automatic-newline wrapping
901 - User-defined menus can be hierarchical and language-sensitive.
903 - Configurable right-button pop up menu
907 - Searchable on-line help
909 - Word boundary matching (<>) in regular expressions
913 - More dialogs have up-arrow recall
915 - White-space selection via double-click
918 Bug Fixes and Enhancements to Existing Features in 5.0
920 - No more limits on editing files containing ascii nul characters
922 - Fill Paragraph command handles leading indents
926 - Better directory defaulting in Open Selected and shell commands
928 - Open Selected processes tilde (~) and wildcards
930 - Goto Mark centers scroll position better
932 - Multiple shell commands can be run simultaneously
934 - Shell command execution doesn't block server command processing
936 - Emulated-tab deletion treats auto-indent as emulated tabs
938 - Auto-wrapping of pasted text is optional (off by default)
940 - Notice that default preferences have changed and ask about saving
943 - Selections remain selected after shell command and filter execution
945 - Wrap margin and emulated tab distance preferences are properly
946 transferred to new panes in split window mode