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10.8 (01 Jan 2020)

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• Textadept 10.8 – Win32 | PGP – 10.8 Win32
• Textadept 10.8 – Mac OSX 10.6+ | PGP – 10.8 OSX
• Textadept 10.8 – Linux | PGP – 10.8 Linux
• Textadept 10.8 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.8 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.8 – Modules | PGP – 10.8 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed incorrect event arguments for events.AUTO_C_SELECTION_CHANGE.
• Fixed bug in “Replace All in selection” with match at the end of a selection.
• Fixed long line output for run, compile, and build commands.

Changes:

• Changed events.TAB_CLICKED to emit button clicked as well as modifier keys.
• Autocompletion and documentation for Textadept’s Lua API only happens in Textadept files now (i.e. files in _HOME and _USERHOME).
• textadept.editing.api_files and _M.lua.tags can contain functions that return file paths.
• Added support for txt2tags.
• Scintilla: Added access to virtual space at the start and end of multiple selections.
• Scintilla: The target can have virtual space.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.11.2.

10.7 (01 Nov 2019)

Download:

• Textadept 10.7 – Win32 | PGP – 10.7 Win32
• Textadept 10.7 – Mac OSX 10.6+ | PGP – 10.7 OSX
• Textadept 10.7 – Linux | PGP – 10.7 Linux
• Textadept 10.7 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.7 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.7 – Modules | PGP – 10.7 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed scroll issues when toggling line wrap.
• Properly handle absolute paths in run/compile/build output and also case-insensitivity on Windows.
• Restore virtual space state when switching between buffers.
• Restore rectangular selection state when switching between buffers.
• Fixed opening of non-UTF-8-encoded filenames dropped into a view.
• Fixed macro toggling with some key combinations.
• Ensure events.BUFFER_AFTER_SWITCH is emitted properly during buffer.new().
• Prevent double-counting fold points on a single line.

Changes:

• Refactored “Replace All” to be more performant.
• Added back textadept.editing.paste_reindent() as a separate menu/key/command from buffer.paste().
• Enabled all theme colors by default, and changed line number color in the terminal version.
• Replaced ui.command_entry.enter_mode() and ui.command_entry.finish_mode() with simplified ui.command_entry.run().
• Added ui.find.find_incremental_keys table of key bindings during “Find Incremental” searches.
• Replaced textadept.macros.start_recording() and textadept.macros.stop_recording() with textadept.macros.record().
• Updated C, Rust, Prolog, and Logtalk lexers.
• Added MediaWiki lexer.
• Scintilla: Updated case conversion and character categories to Unicode 12.1.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.11.1.

10.6 (01 Sep 2019)

Download:

• Textadept 10.6 – Win32 | PGP – 10.6 Win32
• Textadept 10.6 – Mac OSX 10.6+ | PGP – 10.6 OSX
• Textadept 10.6 – Linux | PGP – 10.6 Linux
• Textadept 10.6 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.6 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.6 – Modules | PGP – 10.6 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fail more gracefully when users attempt to create buffers on init.
• Improve caret sticky behavior when switching between buffers.
• Do not auto-indent when pressing enter at the start of a non-empty line.
• Scintilla: Fix deletion of isolated invalid bytes.
• Scintilla: Fix position of line caret when overstrike caret is set to block.

Changes:

• Use CP1252 encoding instead of ISO-8859-1.
• Added support for ksh and mksh.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.11.0.

10.5 (01 Jul 2019)

Download:

• Textadept 10.5 – Win32 | PGP – 10.5 Win32
• Textadept 10.5 – Mac OSX 10.6+ | PGP – 10.5 OSX
• Textadept 10.5 – Linux | PGP – 10.5 Linux
• Textadept 10.5 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.5 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.5 – Modules | PGP – 10.5 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Do not advance the caret on failed incremental find.
• Fixed bug with filters that have extension includes and pattern excludes.

Changes:

• Added case-insensitive option to textadept.editing.show_documentation().
• Updated the default window size and some default dialog sizes.
• Updated Markdown lexer.
• Improved C++ lexer to support single quotes in C++14 integer literals.
• Scintilla: Improved performance opening and closing large files with fold points.
• Scintilla: Tweaked behavior of buffer.style_case’s buffer.CASE_CAMEL option to treat only letters as word characters.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.10.6.

10.4 (01 May 2019)

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• Textadept 10.4 – Win32 | PGP – 10.4 Win32
• Textadept 10.4 – Mac OSX 10.6+ | PGP – 10.4 OSX
• Textadept 10.4 – Linux | PGP – 10.4 Linux
• Textadept 10.4 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.4 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.4 – Modules | PGP – 10.4 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed scrolling found text into view on long lines.
• Fixed crash on Mac with malformed regex patterns.

Changes:

• Recognize .vue and .yml file extensions.
• Line number margin grows for large files as needed.
• Do not emit events.SAVE_POINT_LEFT event for unfocused views.
• Updated CSS lexer to support CSS3.
• Updated YAML lexer.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.10.4.
• Updated to LuaFileSystem 1.7.0 and LPeg 1.0.2.

10.3 (01 Mar 2019)

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• Textadept 10.3 – Win32 | PGP – 10.3 Win32
• Textadept 10.3 – Mac OSX 10.6+ | PGP – 10.3 OSX
• Textadept 10.3 – Linux | PGP – 10.3 Linux
• Textadept 10.3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.3 – Modules | PGP – 10.3 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed block comment support for Nim.
• Fixed escaping of newlines (\n) in Lua and C API documentation.

Changes:

• Version control markers like .git are not limited to directories.
• Allow redefinition of WGET in Makefile for
• Updated to Scintilla 3.10.2.

10.3 beta (01 Jan 2019)

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• Textadept 10.3 beta – Win32 | PGP – 10.3 beta Win32
• Textadept 10.3 beta – Mac OSX 10.6+ | PGP – 10.3 beta OSX
• Textadept 10.3 beta – Linux | PGP – 10.3 beta Linux
• Textadept 10.3 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.3 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.3 beta – Modules | PGP – 10.3 beta Modules

Bugfixes:

• Ensure Esc clears highlighted words.
• Fixed behavior of Home and Shift+Home keys on non-OSX platforms.
• Fixed some instances of snippet next/prev not working correctly.
• Fixed Alt+Gr key handling in the Windows terminal version.
• Only pass command entry text to function passed to ui.command_entry.finish_mode().
• Fixed handling of escaped double-quotes in os.spawn() in the terminal version.
• Ensure long filenames are visible in the reload dialog prompt in the terminal version.

Changes:

• Added optional position argument to textadept.editing.show_documentation().
• textadept.editing.highlight_word() does not select the word by default anymore.
• Changed file filter format to be more flat and intuitive.
• Added -l and --line command line switches to jump to a buffer line.
• Updated to PDCurses 3.6 for the Windows terminal version.

10.2 (01 Nov 2018)

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• Textadept 10.2 – Win32 | PGP – 10.2 Win32
• Textadept 10.2 – Mac OSX 10.6+ | PGP – 10.2 OSX
• Textadept 10.2 – Linux | PGP – 10.2 Linux
• Textadept 10.2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.2 – Modules | PGP – 10.2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed error when performing “select enclosed” on a non-ASCII character.
• Fixed regression of Retina display support of Mac OSX.
• Fixed key handling on some international keyboards.
• Fixed tab labels not updating when loading message buffers from a session.
• Fixed potential crashes in string.iconv() with tiny strings.
• Fixed inability to resize one split view configuration with the mouse in the terminal version.

Changes:

• Renamed spawn() to os.spawn().
• os.spawn() now allows omission of cwd and env parameters.
• spawn_proc:wait() returns the process' exit code.
• textadept.editing.filter_through() halts on non-zero status instead of clobbering the buffer or selected text.
• Removed textadept.editing.paste() and textadept.editing.paste_reindents option; Textadept no longer reindents pasted text by default.
• Experimentally added textadept.macros module for recording, playing, saving, and loading keyboard macros.
• Scintilla: Improve efficiency of idle wrapping.
• Scintilla: Updated case conversion and character categories to Unicode 11.
• Scintilla: Updated ConTeXt, HTML, and Markdown lexers.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.10.1.

10.1 (01 Oct 2018)

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• Textadept 10.1 – Win32 | PGP – 10.1 Win32
• Textadept 10.1 – Mac OSX 10.6+ | PGP – 10.1 OSX
• Textadept 10.1 – Linux | PGP – 10.1 Linux
• Textadept 10.1 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.1 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.1 – Modules | PGP – 10.1 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed view focus synchronization issues when dropping files into split views.
• Fixed potential crash with non-UTF-8 bytes copy-pasted into non-UTF-8 buffer.
• spawn_proc:read() correctly handles \r\n sequences.

Changes:

• Added ability to save/restore persistent data during a reset event via events.RESET_BEFORE and events.RESET_AFTER.
• Replaced ui.find.find_in_files_filter with ui.find.find_in_files_filters table for project-specific filters.
• Added Chinese localization.
• Updated to GTK 2.24.32 on Windows, which fixes a number of various GTK-related issues.

10.0 (01 Aug 2018)

Please see the 9 to 10 migration guide for upgrading from Textadept 9 to Textadept 10.

Download:

• Textadept 10.0 – Win32 | PGP – 10.0 Win32
• Textadept 10.0 – Mac OSX 10.6+ | PGP – 10.0 OSX
• Textadept 10.0 – Linux | PGP – 10.0 Linux
• Textadept 10.0 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.0 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.0 – Modules | PGP – 10.0 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed markdown lexer lists and C# lexer keywords.
• Fixed child lexers that embed themselves into parents and fixed proxy lexers.
• Fixed handling of custom fold functions in legacy lexers.
• Fixed buffer:set_theme() for lexers that have their own styles.
• Scintilla: Fixed potential crash with newer versions of ncurses.
• Scintilla: Fixed some regex searching corner-cases.

Changes:

• Updated German localization.
• Scintilla: Added new buffer.INDIC_GRADIENT and buffer.INDIC_GRADIENTCENTRE indicators.
• Scintilla: Added buffer.WRAPINDENT_DEEPINDENT line wrapping option.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.10.0.
• Updated to Lua 5.3.5.

10.0 beta 2 (01 Jun 2018)

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• Textadept 10.0 beta 2 – Win32 | PGP – 10.0 beta 2 Win32
• Textadept 10.0 beta 2 – Mac OSX 10.6+ | PGP – 10.0 beta 2 OSX
• Textadept 10.0 beta 2 – Linux | PGP – 10.0 beta 2 Linux
• Textadept 10.0 beta 2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.0 beta 2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.0 beta 2 – Modules | PGP – 10.0 beta 2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed unset lexer bug upon splitting a newly created buffer.
• Fixed a potential infinite loop with “replace in selection”.
• Fixed crash on Mac OSX with regex searches.
• Fixed selection of “find in files” result if it’s at the start of the line.
• Properly handle abbreviated setting of write-only buffer properties via command entry.

Changes:

• Removed bit32 module in favor of Lua’s bitwise operators.
• Makefile can be used to build on case-insensitive filesystems.
• Interpret \uXXXX sequences in regex replacement text.

10.0 beta (01 May 2018)

Download:

• Textadept 10.0 beta – Win32 | PGP – 10.0 beta Win32
• Textadept 10.0 beta – Mac OSX 10.6+ | PGP – 10.0 beta OSX
• Textadept 10.0 beta – Linux | PGP – 10.0 beta Linux
• Textadept 10.0 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.0 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.0 beta – Modules | PGP – 10.0 beta Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed incorrect style settings when splitting views.
• Fixed restoration of vertical scroll for buffers with different line heights.
• Fixed potential crash in terminal version with newer versions of ncurses.

Changes:

• Change SQL comments to use -- instead of #.
• Updated Textadept icon.
• Minimum required Mac OSX version is now 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or higher.
• Removed LuaJIT version of Textadept.

10.0 alpha 3 (01 Apr 2018)

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• Textadept 10.0 alpha 3 – Win32 | PGP – 10.0 alpha 3 Win32
• Textadept 10.0 alpha 3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 10.0 alpha 3 OSX
• Textadept 10.0 alpha 3 – Linux | PGP – 10.0 alpha 3 Linux
• Textadept 10.0 alpha 3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.0 alpha 3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.0 alpha 3 – Modules | PGP – 10.0 alpha 3 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed hang in the terminal version on Windows.
• Fixed accidental stripping of leading newlines in pasted text.
• Fixed initialization errors not showing in the terminal version.

Changes:

• Textadept requires GCC 4.9 (circa early-2014) or later to compile (not run).
• C++11 regex replaces old TRE library.
• Scintillua and Scinterm were merged into Scintilla and are no longer dependencies.
• Emacs-style ^K for OSX and the terminal version joins lines at EOL.
• Pasted text reindents an extra level after a fold header.
• buffer.set_theme() now takes an initial buffer argument like all other buffer functions and does not have any call restrictions.
• Scintilla: Added events.AUTO_C_SELECTION_CHANGE event.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.8.0.

10.0 alpha 2 (01 Mar 2018)

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• Textadept 10.0 alpha 2 – Win32 | PGP – 10.0 alpha 2 Win32
• Textadept 10.0 alpha 2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 10.0 alpha 2 OSX
• Textadept 10.0 alpha 2 – Linux | PGP – 10.0 alpha 2 Linux
• Textadept 10.0 alpha 2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.0 alpha 2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.0 alpha 2 – Modules | PGP – 10.0 alpha 2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed clang build warnings/errors regarding LuaJIT.
• Fixed busy wait in second instance of Textadept on Windows.
• Fixed bug in remote-controlled Textadept when no arguments were initially given.
• Fixed session loading when only it is provided as a command line argument.
• Fixed copy-paste between views in the terminal version.
• Fixed crash when attempting to show a badly-encoded filename in the titlebar.
• Scintilla: Fixed double-click word selection on Windows 10.
• Scintilla: Fixed rectangular and line modal selection movements.

Changes:

• Added fold.compact buffer property.
• Added buffer.move_extends_selection for enhanced modal keyboard movement.
• Auto-detect UTF-16-encoded files automatically.
• Save to the loaded session on quit and removed the textadept.session.default_session option.
• Various Makefile improvements.
• The terminal version can immediately focus on a clicked split view.
• Textadept only minimally supports GTK3 now – it still compiles, but deprecated function calls have not been, and will not be migrated.
• The terminal key sequence for Ctrl+Space is now 'c ' instead of 'c@'.
• The terminal version can now remap ^H (which was previously locked to Backspace).

10.0 alpha (01 Jan 2018)

Download:

• Textadept 10.0 alpha – Win32 | PGP – 10.0 alpha Win32
• Textadept 10.0 alpha – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 10.0 alpha OSX
• Textadept 10.0 alpha – Linux | PGP – 10.0 alpha Linux
• Textadept 10.0 alpha – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 10.0 alpha Linux x86_64
• Textadept 10.0 alpha – Modules | PGP – 10.0 alpha Modules

Bugfixes:

• Scintilla: Fixed a couple of wrapped line drawing cases.
• Scintilla: Ensure overtype caret is drawn when manually set.
• Scintilla: Fixed some instances of incorrect scrollbar drawing and flickering.
• Scintilla: Fixed line selection when clicking in the margin when scrolled.

Changes:

• Textadept requires GTK 2.24 (circa early-2011) or greater.
• Pasted text is reindented by default via textadept.editing.paste(), and is configured with textadept.editing.paste_reindents.
• Replaced textadept.editing.match_brace() with a menu function, enhanced textadept.editing.select_enclosed() behavior, and removed redundant “Select in …” menu items.
• Removed the need for ~/.textadept/properties.lua. All buffer settings set in ~/.textadept/init.lua will apply to the first and subsequent buffers.
• Renamed ui.set_theme() to buffer.set_theme().
• Enforce extra argument to buffer.brace_match() added back in Scintilla 3.7.0.
• Added events.ZOOM.
• New, object-oriented way to create lexers.

9.6 (01 Nov 2017)

Download:

• Textadept 9.6 – Win32 | PGP – 9.6 Win32
• Textadept 9.6 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 9.6 OSX
• Textadept 9.6 – Linux | PGP – 9.6 Linux
• Textadept 9.6 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 9.6 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 9.6 – Modules | PGP – 9.6 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Regular expressions consider \r to be a newline character.
• Fixed block comments for APDL.

Changes:

• Scintilla: Block caret appears after selection end instead of on it. (Reverts change from Textadept 9.3)

9.5 (01 Sep 2017)

Download:

• Textadept 9.5 – Win32 | PGP – 9.5 Win32
• Textadept 9.5 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 9.5 OSX
• Textadept 9.5 – Linux | PGP – 9.5 Linux
• Textadept 9.5 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 9.5 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 9.5 – Modules | PGP – 9.5 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Do not attempt to provide code completions when there is no context.
• Properly handle buffer.margin_left and buffer.margin_right.
• Ensure context menus are configurable outside of events.INITIALIZE.
• Various fixes in diff, Forth, and Elixir lexers.
• Character transposing is now UTF-8-aware.

Changes:

• Added z-order parameter to ui.switch_buffer().
• When searching in files, show more lines below a match.
• Added optional encoding parameter to io.open_file().
• Improved file associations on Mac OSX.
• Added support for Myrddin.
• The terminal version updates its cursor position for display in tools like tmux.

9.5 beta (01 Jul 2017)

Download:

• Textadept 9.5 beta – Win32 | PGP – 9.5 beta Win32
• Textadept 9.5 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 9.5 beta OSX
• Textadept 9.5 beta – Linux | PGP – 9.5 beta Linux
• Textadept 9.5 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 9.5 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 9.5 beta – Modules | PGP – 9.5 beta Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug that deleted characters outside of mangled snippets.
• Fixed start-anchored “Find Prev” regex searches.
• Correctly handle multiple ‘!’-prefixed patterns in file filters.
• Scintilla: Pressing Esc while rectangular selection is active does not collapse it.

Changes:

• Changed “Cancel Snippet” keybinding from Ctrl+Shift+K (⌥⇧⇥ on Mac OSX | M-S-K in curses) to Esc.
• Added buffer.caret_line_frame option for outlining the current line.
• Added buffer:line_reverse() for reversing selected lines.
• Added ui.dialogs.colorselect() and ui.dialogs.fontselect() dialogs.
• Handle pipes in shell commands for filter-through.
• The Lua command entry prints results like Lua 5.3’s interactive prompt (e.g. no need for explicit ‘=’ prefix).
• The Lua command entry now invokes bare functions as commands (e.g. copy invokes buffer:copy(), split invokes view:split(), etc.).
• Scintilla: Updated case conversion and character categories to Unicode 9.
• Scintilla: Update scroll bar when annotations are added, removed, or changed.
• Effectively updated to Scintilla 3.7.5.

9.4 (01 May 2017)

Download:

• Textadept 9.4 – Win32 | PGP – 9.4 Win32
• Textadept 9.4 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 9.4 OSX
• Textadept 9.4 – Linux | PGP – 9.4 Linux
• Textadept 9.4 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 9.4 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 9.4 – Modules | PGP – 9.4 Modules

Bugfixes:

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

Changes:

• Added support for Logtalk.
• Scintilla: Accessibility improvements including the ability to turn it off.
• Effectively updated to Scintilla 3.7.4.

9.3 (01 Mar 2017)

Download:

• Textadept 9.3 – Win32 | PGP – 9.3 Win32
• Textadept 9.3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 9.3 OSX
• Textadept 9.3 – Linux | PGP – 9.3 Linux
• Textadept 9.3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 9.3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 9.3 – Modules | PGP – 9.3 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Improved LuaJIT compatibility with 3rd-party modules.
• Do not move over selected typeover characters.
• Fixed “Match Case” toggling during “Regex” searches.
• Fixed building from the source when dependencies are updated.
• Fixed folding in multiple-language lexers.
• Fixed accidental editing of cached lexers.
• Scintilla: Minimize redrawing for buffer.selection_n_* settings.
• Scintilla: Fixed individual line selection in files with more than 16.7 million lines.
• Scintilla: Various accessibility fixes for GTK on Linux.
• Scintilla: Fixed a couple of folding regressions.
• Scintilla: Fixed various issues on GTK 3.22.
• Scintilla: Fixed inability to extend selection up or down in stream selection mode.

Changes:

• Lexer initialization errors are printed to the Message Buffer.
• Updated Polish locale.
• Updated C, C++, Scheme, Shell, and JavaScript lexers.
• Added support for rc and Standard ML.
• Scintilla: Block caret appears on selection end instead of after it.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.7.3.
• Updated to Lua 5.3.4.

9.2 (21 Dec 2016)

Download:

• Textadept 9.2 – Win32 | PGP – 9.2 Win32
• Textadept 9.2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 9.2 OSX
• Textadept 9.2 – Linux | PGP – 9.2 Linux
• Textadept 9.2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 9.2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 9.2 – Modules | PGP – 9.2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Scintilla: Fixed crash when destroying Scintilla objects.

Changes:

• None.

9.1 (11 Dec 2016)

Download:

• Textadept 9.1 – Win32 | PGP – 9.1 Win32
• Textadept 9.1 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 9.1 OSX
• Textadept 9.1 – Linux | PGP – 9.1 Linux
• Textadept 9.1 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 9.1 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 9.1 – Modules | PGP – 9.1 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug in find/replace with consecutive matches.
• Fixed encoding detection for encodings with NUL bytes (e.g. UTF-16).
• Fixed duplicate entries in io.recent_files when loading sessions.
• Scintilla: Fixed caret placement after left or right movement with rectangular selection.
• Scintilla: Fixed GTK 3 incorrect font size in autocompletion list.
• Scintilla: Fixed various minor GTK bugs.

Changes:

• Added support for Protobuf and Crystal.
• On Linux systems that support it, make install installs .desktop files too.
• Removed MacRoman encoding detection and options.
• Scintilla: Character-based word selection, navigation, and manipulation.
• Scintilla: Added buffer.EDGE_MULTILINE, buffer:multi_edge_add_line(), and buffer:multi_edge_clear_all() for multiple edge lines.
• Scintilla: Added buffer.MARGIN_COLOUR and buffer.margin_back_n for setting arbitrary margin background colors.
• Scintilla: Added buffer.margins for more margins.
• Scintilla: Added accessibility support for GTK on Linux.
• Scintilla: Added buffer:toggle_fold_display_text() and buffer.fold_display_text_style for showing text next to folded lines.
• Scintilla: Added new buffer.INDIC_POINT and buffer.INDIC_POINTCHARACTER indicators.
• Scintilla: Added buffer.tab_draw_mode for changing the appearance of visible tabs.
• Scintilla: Margin click line selection clears rectangular and multiple selection.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.7.1.

9.0 (01 Oct 2016)

Please see the 8 to 9 migration guide for upgrading from Textadept 8 to Textadept 9.

Download:

• Textadept 9.0 – Win32 | PGP – 9.0 Win32
• Textadept 9.0 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 9.0 OSX
• Textadept 9.0 – Linux | PGP – 9.0 Linux
• Textadept 9.0 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 9.0 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 9.0 – Modules | PGP – 9.0 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Better error handling with “filter-through”.
• Fixed error in building projects.
• Better handling of key bindings on international keyboards.
• Scintilla: Respect indentation settings when inserting indentation within virtual space.
• Scintilla: Fixed bug with expanding folds.
• Scintilla: Fix GTK 3 runtime warning.

Changes:

• Added TaskPaper lexer.
• Scintilla: Added buffer.VS_NOWRAPLINESTART option to buffer.virtual_space_options.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.6.7.

9.0 beta (01 Sep 2016)

Download:

• Textadept 9.0 beta – Win32 | PGP – 9.0 beta Win32
• Textadept 9.0 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 9.0 beta OSX
• Textadept 9.0 beta – Linux | PGP – 9.0 beta Linux
• Textadept 9.0 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 9.0 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 9.0 beta – Modules | PGP – 9.0 beta Modules

Bugfixes:

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

Changes:

• Added events.TAB_CLICKED event.

9.0 alpha 2 (11 Jul 2016)

Download:

• Textadept 9.0 alpha 2 – Win32 | PGP – 9.0 alpha 2 Win32
• Textadept 9.0 alpha 2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 9.0 alpha 2 OSX
• Textadept 9.0 alpha 2 – Linux | PGP – 9.0 alpha 2 Linux
• Textadept 9.0 alpha 2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 9.0 alpha 2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 9.0 alpha 2 – Modules | PGP – 9.0 alpha 2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Check range bounds for buffer:text_range().
• Fixed inability to properly halt lfs.dir_foreach().

Changes:

• Replaced Lua pattern searches with regular expressions.
• Added timeout prompt to Find in Files. (10 second default.)
• Better differentiation between Python 2 and 3 run commands.

9.0 alpha (01 Jul 2016)

Download:

• Textadept 9.0 alpha – Win32 | PGP – 9.0 alpha Win32
• Textadept 9.0 alpha – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 9.0 alpha OSX
• Textadept 9.0 alpha – Linux | PGP – 9.0 alpha Linux
• Textadept 9.0 alpha – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 9.0 alpha Linux x86_64
• Textadept 9.0 alpha – Modules | PGP – 9.0 alpha Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed stack overflow when accessing nil keys in textadept.menu.
• Fixed inability to re-encode files incorrectly detected as binary.
• Scintilla: Fixed crash when idle styling is active upon closing Textadept.
• Scintilla: Fixed various bugs on GTK 3.20.
• Lua: Fixed potential crash with four or more expressions in a for loop.

Changes:

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

8.7 (01 May 2016)

Download:

• Textadept 8.7 – Win32 | PGP – 8.7 Win32
• Textadept 8.7 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 8.7 OSX
• Textadept 8.7 – Linux | PGP – 8.7 Linux
• Textadept 8.7 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 8.7 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 8.7 – Modules | PGP – 8.7 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Much better UTF-8 support in the terminal version.
• Completely hide the menubar if it is empty.
• Fix building for some BSDs.
• Added some block comment strings for languages lacking them.
• Fixed a number of small encoding issues in various corner cases.
• Fixed bug in textadept.editing.convert_indentation() with mixed indentation.
• Fixed an obscure side-effect that reset buffer properties when working with non-focused buffers.
• Fixed incremental find with UTF-8 characters.
• Fixed bug in session restoration of scroll and caret positions in multiple views.
• Fixed bug where existing files were not closed when a session is loaded.
• Fixed corner case in “replace within selection”.
• Fixed regression for %<...> and %[...] in snippets.
• When executing compile/run commands from a different directory, indicate it.
• Fixed error when showing style popup at the end of a buffer.
• “Find in Files” should not print the contents of binary files.
• Fixed lack of environment in spawned processes on Linux.
• Scintilla: Support longer regexes in searches.

Changes:

• Support UTF-8 pattern matching in “Lua Pattern” searches by incorporating bits of luautf8.
• Improved efficiency of autocompleting words from all open buffers.
• “Find in Files” defaults to the current project’s root directory.
• Submenus and menu items can be accessed by name. (See textadept.menu.menubar for an example.)
• Only show snippet trigger and text when selecting from a dialog.
• More efficient screen refreshes in the terminal version.
• Save and restore horizontal scroll position when switching buffers.
• The undocumented keys.utils was removed. This will break custom key bindings that depend on it. See this mailing list post for more information.
• The menubar is loaded on events.INITIALIZED now. See the above mailing list post for more information.
• Allow file-specific compile commands and run commands.
• Added new dialog for specifying compile/run command arguments to “Tools” menu.
• textadept.editing.enclose() works with multiple selections.
• Disabled textadept.run.CHECK_SYNTAX by default.
• Updated to lspawn 1.5.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.6.5.
• Updated to Scinterm 1.8.

8.6 (01 Mar 2016)

Download:

• Textadept 8.6 – Win32 | PGP – 8.6 Win32
• Textadept 8.6 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 8.6 OSX
• Textadept 8.6 – Linux | PGP – 8.6 Linux
• Textadept 8.6 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 8.6 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 8.6 – Modules | PGP – 8.6 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Prevent silent crash reports from being generated on Mac OSX when child processes fail to be spawned.
• Do not “busy wait” for spawned process stdout or stderr on Mac OSX.
• Fixed bug in escaping ([{< after mirrors in snippets.
• Only change spawned process environment if one was specified on Mac OSX.
• Fixed focus bug in view:goto_buffer() with non-focused view.
• Fixed building the terminal version in debug mode.
• Fixed potential crash with malformed style properties.
• Fixed unlikely buffer overflow in messages coming from Scintilla.
• Fixed potential memory access error when closing Textadept while a spawned process is still alive.
• Fixed bug in setting view properties when restoring sessions with nested splits.

Changes:

• Added support for APL, Docker, Faust, Ledger, MoonScript, man/roff, PICO-8, and Pure.
• Enabled idle-styling of buffers in the background in the GUI version.
• Undocumented buffer:clear_cmd_key() only takes one argument now.
• Added -v and --version command line parameters.
• Added single-instance functionality on Win32.
• Require GLib 2.28+.
• Recognize the weight style property.
• Added lexer.line_state and lexer.line_from_position() for stateful lexers.
• Updated to lspawn 1.4.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.6.3.
• Updated to Scinterm 1.7.

8.5 (01 Jan 2016)

Download:

• Textadept 8.5 – Win32 | PGP – 8.5 Win32
• Textadept 8.5 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 8.5 OSX
• Textadept 8.5 – Linux | PGP – 8.5 Linux
• Textadept 8.5 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 8.5 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 8.5 – Modules | PGP – 8.5 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed some ‘%’ escape sequences in snippets.
• Fixed bug resolving relative paths with multiple ‘../’ components.
• Do not visit buffers that do not need saving in io.save_all_files().
• Fixed various small bugs in snippets.
• Fixed restoration of split view sizes in large windows.
• Lua: Fixed potential crash in io.lines() with too many arguments.

Changes:

• Allow compile, run, and build commands functions to specify a working directory.
• Added support for SNOBOL4.
• Added support for Icon.
• Added support for AutoIt.
• Updated to Lua 5.3.2.

8.4 (11 Nov 2015)

Download:

• Textadept 8.4 – Win32 | PGP – 8.4 Win32
• Textadept 8.4 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 8.4 OSX
• Textadept 8.4 – Linux | PGP – 8.4 Linux
• Textadept 8.4 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 8.4 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 8.4 – Modules | PGP – 8.4 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Various fixes for snippet bugs introduced in the refactoring.
• Fixed S-Tab in Find & Replace pane in the terminal version.
• Do not error when attempting to snapopen a non-existant project.
• Scintilla: fixed height of lines in autocompletion lists.
• Scintilla: fixed bug in buffer:line_end_display().

Changes:

• Bookmarks are saved in sessions.
• New snippet placeholder for a list of options (%n{list}).
• Snippets can now be functions that return snippet text.
• Added Lua API tags to the “ansi_c” module.
• Updated Swedish translation.
• Added support for Gherkin.
• Scintilla: whitespace can be shown only in indentation.
• Scintilla: optimized marker redrawing.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.6.2.
• Updated to LPeg 1.0.

8.3 (01 Oct 2015)

Download:

• Textadept 8.3 – Win32 | PGP – 8.3 Win32
• Textadept 8.3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 8.3 OSX
• Textadept 8.3 – Linux | PGP – 8.3 Linux
• Textadept 8.3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 8.3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 8.3 – Modules | PGP – 8.3 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Stop annoying black box from flashing when saving some files on Win32.
• Fixed bug in parsing Ruby error output.
• Do not emit events.LEXER_LOADED for the command entry.
• Fixed bug with Python syntax checking on Win32.
• Scintilla: fixed bug in buffer:count_characters().
• Scintilla: small GTK fixes.

Changes:

• Improved API documentation lookup behind the caret.
• Refactored snippets to longer display placeholder text.
• os.spawn() can now optionally specify the child’s environment.
• Added Gherkin lexer.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.6.1.

8.2 (01 Sep 2015)

Download:

• Textadept 8.2 – Win32 | PGP – 8.2 Win32
• Textadept 8.2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 8.2 OSX
• Textadept 8.2 – Linux | PGP – 8.2 Linux
• Textadept 8.2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 8.2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 8.2 – Modules | PGP – 8.2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed crash when quitting while the command entry is open.
• Block commenting respects indentation levels.
• Handle typeref in ansi_c module’s ctags support.
• Do not error when block commenting in an unsupported language.
• Scintilla: fix scrollbar memory leaks.

Changes:

• Highlight found text in “Find in Files” searches.
• Added Italian translation and updated French translation.
• Added automatic syntax checking as source files are saved, along with textadept.run.CHECK_SYNTAX and textadept.run.GOTO_SYNTAX_ERRORS configuration fields.
• Scintilla: multiple selection works over more key commands like caret movement, selections, and word and line deletions.
• Scintilla: new events.AUTO_C_COMPLETED event for when autocompleted text has been inserted.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.6.0.

8.1 (01 Jul 2015)

Download:

• Textadept 8.1 – Win32 | PGP – 8.1 Win32
• Textadept 8.1 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 8.1 OSX
• Textadept 8.1 – Linux | PGP – 8.1 Linux
• Textadept 8.1 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 8.1 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 8.1 – Modules | PGP – 8.1 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Detect #!/usr/bin/env ... properly.
• Fix incorrect menu shortcut key display on Windows.
• Fixed ASP, Applescript, and Perl lexers.
• Fixed segfault in parsing some instances of style definitions.
• Scintilla: fixed performance when deleting markers from many lines.
• Scintilla: fixed scrollbar drawing on GTK 3.4+.
• Scintilla: respect encoding for margin text.

Changes:

• Added support for Elixir and Windows Script Files (WSF).
• Added parameter to textadept.editing.select_word() for selecting all occurrences.
• Scintilla: added buffer:multiple_select_add_next() and buffer:multiple_select_add_each() for creating multiple selections from selected text.
• Scintilla: added buffer:is_range_word() and buffer:target_whole_document() helper functions for search and replace.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.5.7.
• Updated to Lua 5.3.1.

8.0 (01 May 2015)

Please see the 7 to 8 migration guide for upgrading from Textadept 7 to Textadept 8.

Download:

• Textadept 8.0 – Win32 | PGP – 8.0 Win32
• Textadept 8.0 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 8.0 OSX
• Textadept 8.0 – Linux | PGP – 8.0 Linux
• Textadept 8.0 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 8.0 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 8.0 – Modules | PGP – 8.0 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed filename encoding issues on Windows.

Changes:

• Added textadept.run.RUN_IN_BACKGROUND for shell commands.

8.0 beta (21 Apr 2015)

Download:

• Textadept 8.0 beta – Win32 | PGP – 8.0 beta Win32
• Textadept 8.0 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 8.0 beta OSX
• Textadept 8.0 beta – Linux | PGP – 8.0 beta Linux
• Textadept 8.0 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 8.0 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 8.0 beta – Modules | PGP – 8.0 beta Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed require() bug with lfs and utf8 libraries in LuaJIT version.
• Fixed Perl lexer corner-case.
• VB lexer keywords are case-insensitive now.

Changes:

• Added symlink filter option for ignoring symlinked files and folders to io.snapopen(), lfs.dir_foreach(), and ui.find.FILTER.
• Added _FOLDBYINDENTATION field for lexers that fold by indentation.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.5.5.

8.0 alpha (01 Apr 2015)

Download:

• Textadept 8.0 alpha – Win32 | PGP – 8.0 alpha Win32
• Textadept 8.0 alpha – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 8.0 alpha OSX
• Textadept 8.0 alpha – Linux | PGP – 8.0 alpha Linux
• Textadept 8.0 alpha – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 8.0 alpha Linux x86_64
• Textadept 8.0 alpha – Modules | PGP – 8.0 alpha Modules

Bugfixes:

• Ensure events.BUFFER_AFTER_SWITCH is fired before events.BUFFER_DELETED.
• Prevent command line help switches from exiting an open instance of Textadept.

Changes:

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

7.9 (11 Mar 2015)

Download:

• Textadept 7.9 – Win32 | PGP – 7.9 Win32
• Textadept 7.9 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.9 OSX
• Textadept 7.9 – Linux | PGP – 7.9 Linux
• Textadept 7.9 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.9 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.9 – Modules | PGP – 7.9 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed command entry’s abbreviated environment to allow functions to return values.
• Fixed accidental firing of “Escape” key on window focus lost.
• Fixed tab stop calculation in the terminal version.
• Improved performance of lexers that fold by indentation.
• Scintilla: fixed adaptive scrolling on Mac OSX.

Changes:

• The following view-specific properties are now considered buffer-specific: “view EOL”, “view whitespace”, “wrap mode”, “margin type”, and “margin width”; updated the “Buffer” and “View” menus appropriately.
• Officially supported language modules moved to a new repository.
• Added Fish lexer and updated PHP and Python lexers.
• Merged events.FILE_SAVED_AS into events.FILE_AFTER_SAVE as a new parameter.
• Merged textadept.file_types.shebangs into textadept.file_types.patterns.
• Removed io.boms.
• Scintilla: added buffer.indic_hover_fore and buffer.indic_hover_style for styling indicators differently when the mouse is over them.
• Added new buffer.INDIC_COMPOSITIONTHIN, buffer.INDIC_FULLBOX, and buffer.INDIC_TEXTFORE indicators.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.5.4.

7.8 (01 Feb 2015)

Download:

• Textadept 7.8 – Win32 | PGP – 7.8 Win32
• Textadept 7.8 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.8 OSX
• Textadept 7.8 – Linux | PGP – 7.8 Linux
• Textadept 7.8 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.8 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.8 – Modules | PGP – 7.8 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed snippets bug where name matches lexer name.

Changes:

• Removed language-specific context menus; manipulate textadept.menu.context_menu directly from language modules.

7.8 beta 3 (21 Jan 2015)

Download:

• Textadept 7.8 beta 3 – Win32 | PGP – 7.8 beta 3 Win32
• Textadept 7.8 beta 3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.8 beta 3 OSX
• Textadept 7.8 beta 3 – Linux | PGP – 7.8 beta 3 Linux
• Textadept 7.8 beta 3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.8 beta 3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.8 beta 3 – Modules | PGP – 7.8 beta 3 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed opening files with network paths on Win32.
• Fixed minor GTK 3 issues.
• Fixed bug in hiding caret when Textadept loses focus.
• Fixed bug in overwriting fold levels set by custom fold functions.
• Scintilla: fixed placement of large call tips.
• Scintilla: fixed background color of annotation lines with text margins.
• Scintilla: fixed some instances of paste on Mac OSX.
• Scintilla: fixed incorrect margin click handling in the terminal version.

Changes:

• Restore ^Z key binding as “undo” if terminal suspend is disabled.
• Added events.SUSPEND and events.RESUME events for terminal suspend and resume.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.5.3.

7.8 beta 2 (11 Jan 2015)

Download:

• Textadept 7.8 beta 2 – Win32 | PGP – 7.8 beta 2 Win32
• Textadept 7.8 beta 2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.8 beta 2 OSX
• Textadept 7.8 beta 2 – Linux | PGP – 7.8 beta 2 Linux
• Textadept 7.8 beta 2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.8 beta 2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.8 beta 2 – Modules | PGP – 7.8 beta 2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Improved C module’s ctags lookups and autocompletion.
• Do not select a line when clicking on its first character in the terminal version.
• Fixed some cases of toggling find options via API in the terminal version.
• Improved folding by indentation.
• Scintilla: fixed caret blinking when holding down Del.
• Scintilla: avoid extra space when pasting from external applications.

Changes:

• The terminal version can suspend via ^Z (changed “undo” key binding to M-Z and added additional M-S-Z “redo” binding).
• Added spawn_proc:close() for sending EOF to spawned processes.
• Updated Tcl lexer.
• Scintilla: Added buffer.ANNOTATION_INDENTED for indented, non-bordered annotations.
• Scintilla: tab arrows, wrap markers, and line markers are now drawn in the terminal version.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.5.2.

7.8 beta (01 Dec 2014)

Download:

• Textadept 7.8 beta – Win32 | PGP – 7.8 beta Win32
• Textadept 7.8 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.8 beta OSX
• Textadept 7.8 beta – Linux | PGP – 7.8 beta Linux
• Textadept 7.8 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.8 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.8 beta – Modules | PGP – 7.8 beta Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed extra space pasting from external Win32 apps.
• Fixed bug in C autocompletion.
• Disable GCC optimizations when compiling with debug symbols.
• Ensure “find in files” is off when activating normal find.
• Fixed return values from ui.dialogs.optionselect().
• The command entry does not hide when the window loses focus.
• Fixed ‘//’ bug when iterating over root directory with lfs.dir_foreach().
• Fixed bug in jumping to compile/run errors and clear annotations before building projects.
• Fixed memory leaks in ui.dialog().

Changes:

• Replaced the command entry text field with a Scintilla buffer and added ui.command_entry.editing_keys for changing the editing keys in all modes.
• Added lexer and height parameters to ui.command_entry.enter_mode().
• Support bracketed paste in the terminal version.
• Allow handling of unknown CSI events.
• Added mouse support for buffers and eliminated many curses incompatibilities.
• Added _G.LINUX and _G.BSD platform flags for the sake of completeness.
• Rectangular selections with the mouse on Linux use the Alt modifier key instead of Super.
• Display the current working directory in fileselect dialogs.
• Added _SCINTILLA.next_image_type() for registering images.
• Added Arabic translation.
• File dialogs in the terminal span the whole view.
• Added basic UTF-8 support for terminal widgets – locales such as Russian now display properly.
• Added UTF-8 input mode for Mac OSX (⌘⇧U) and the terminal version (M-U).
• Show character information in “Show Style” popup.

7.7 (01 Oct 2014)

Download:

• Textadept 7.7 – Win32 | PGP – 7.7 Win32
• Textadept 7.7 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.7 OSX
• Textadept 7.7 – Linux | PGP – 7.7 Linux
• Textadept 7.7 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.7 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.7 – Modules | PGP – 7.7 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed corner-case in switching to most recent buffer after closing.
• Fixed find/replace bug when embedded Lua code evaluates to a number.
• Scintilla: fixed some instances of the autocompletion window not showing up.
• Scintilla: fixed sizing of the autocompletion window.

Changes:

• Mac OSX GUI version can truly os.spawn() processes now.
• Improved performance for lexers with no grammars and no fold rules.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.5.1.

7.6 (01 Sep 2014)

Download:

• Textadept 7.6 – Win32 | PGP – 7.6 Win32
• Textadept 7.6 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.6 OSX
• Textadept 7.6 – Linux | PGP – 7.6 Linux
• Textadept 7.6 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.6 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.6 – Modules | PGP – 7.6 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Recognize DEL when emitted by the Backspace key in the terminal version.
• Scintilla: fixed buffer:del_word_right() selection redrawing bug.
• Scintilla: fixed autocompletion list memory leak.
• Scintilla: fixed overtype caret when it is over multi-byte characters.

Changes:

• Terminal version can truly os.spawn() processes now.
• Added Linux .desktop files for menus and launchers.
• Indicate presence of a BOM in the statusbar.
• Switch to previous buffer after closing a buffer.
• More options for lfs.dir_foreach().
• Updated to Scintilla 3.5.0.

7.5 (11 Jul 2014)

Download:

• Textadept 7.5 – Win32 | PGP – 7.5 Win32
• Textadept 7.5 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.5 OSX
• Textadept 7.5 – Linux | PGP – 7.5 Linux
• Textadept 7.5 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.5 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.5 – Modules | PGP – 7.5 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed Bash heredoc highlighting.
• Scintilla: fixed some instances of indicators not being removed properly.
• Scintilla: fixed crash with Ubuntu’s overlay scrollbars.

Changes:

• New events.FOCUS event for when Textadept’s window receives focus.
• Condensed manual and API documentation into single files.
• Added Polish translation.
• Scintilla: added buffer.auto_c_multi for autocompleting into multiple selections.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.4.4.

7.4 (11 Jun 2014)

Download:

• Textadept 7.4 – Win32 | PGP – 7.4 Win32
• Textadept 7.4 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.4 OSX
• Textadept 7.4 – Linux | PGP – 7.4 Linux
• Textadept 7.4 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.4 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.4 – Modules | PGP – 7.4 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fix crash in Windows with sending input to spawned processes.
• Fix compile, run, and build command output with split views.
• Fix #RRGGBB color interpretation for styles.
• Fix word autocompletion when ignoring case.

Changes:

• Pressing the Enter key in the message buffer and find in files buffer simulates a double-click.

7.3 (01 Jun 2014)

Download:

• Textadept 7.3 – Win32 | PGP – 7.3 Win32
• Textadept 7.3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.3 OSX
• Textadept 7.3 – Linux | PGP – 7.3 Linux
• Textadept 7.3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.3 – Modules | PGP – 7.3 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Export Lua symbols correctly on Windows.
• Fixed occasional bug when double-clicking in the message buffer.
• Fixed an edge-case in word highlighting.
• Fixed some folding by indentation edge cases.
• Scintilla: fixed caret invisibility when its period is zero.
• Scintilla: fixed flickering when scrolling in GTK 3.10+.

Changes:

• Added reST and YAML lexers and official language modules for each.
• Use os.spawn() for launching help.
• Renamed io.set_buffer_encoding() to buffer:set_encoding().
• Removed Adeptsense in favor of autocompleter functions, but kept existing api file format.
• Renamed textadept.editing.autocomplete_word() to textadept.editing.autocomplete('word').
• New textadept.editing.AUTOCOMPLETE_ALL field for autocompleting words from all open buffers.
• Dropped support for official java, php, rails, and rhtml modules; they are on the wiki now.
• Removed textadept.editing.HIGHLIGHT_BRACES option, as indicator style can be changed to hide highlighting.
• Removed textadept.editing.select_indented_block().
• In-place menu editing via textadept.menu.menubar, textadept.menu.context_menu, and textadept.menu.tab_context_menu tables.
• Removed textadept.command_entry.complete_lua() and textadept.command_entry.execute_lua() and moved their key bindings into their module.
• Updated D lexer.
• Scintilla: added buffer.FOLDFLAG_LINESTATE for lexer debugging aid.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.4.2.

7.2 (01 May 2014)

Download:

• Textadept 7.2 – Win32 | PGP – 7.2 Win32
• Textadept 7.2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.2 OSX
• Textadept 7.2 – Linux | PGP – 7.2 Linux
• Textadept 7.2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.2 – Modules | PGP – 7.2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed cases of incorrect Markdown header highlighting.

Changes:

• Message buffer can send input to spawned processes.

7.2 beta 4 (11 Apr 2014)

Download:

• Textadept 7.2 beta 4 – Win32 | PGP – 7.2 beta 4 Win32
• Textadept 7.2 beta 4 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.2 beta 4 OSX
• Textadept 7.2 beta 4 – Linux | PGP – 7.2 beta 4 Linux
• Textadept 7.2 beta 4 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.2 beta 4 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.2 beta 4 – Modules | PGP – 7.2 beta 4 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug in parsing output from a cancelled dropdown dialog.
• Always use absolute file paths so sessions are saved and reloaded properly.
• Temporarily disabled asynchronous spawning on OSX due to GLib crashes.

Changes:

• None.

7.2 beta 3 (01 Apr 2014)

Download:

• Textadept 7.2 beta 3 – Win32 | PGP – 7.2 beta 3 Win32
• Textadept 7.2 beta 3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.2 beta 3 OSX
• Textadept 7.2 beta 3 – Linux | PGP – 7.2 beta 3 Linux
• Textadept 7.2 beta 3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.2 beta 3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.2 beta 3 – Modules | PGP – 7.2 beta 3 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug in Win32 terminal version with “shifted” character input.
• Scintilla: fixed bug when moving caret down on wrapped lines.
• Scintilla: fixed instances of bad caret positioning within characters.
• Scintilla: fixed automatic indentation when the caret is within virtual space.
• Scintilla: fixed annotation deletion from lines.
• Scintilla: fixed placement of large call tips.

Changes:

• New optionselect dialog.
• Added ui.SILENT_PRINT option for printing messages.
• The GUI version can spawn processes in separate threads.
• Removed experimental Windows io.popen() and os.execute() replacements due to spawning support.
• Snapopen now supports projects; added new menu entry and key command.
• Added support for building projects.
• Scintilla: draw unicode line ends as blobs.
• Scintilla: added buffer.WRAP_WHITESPACE for wrapping on whitespace, not style changes.
• Updated to LuaJIT 2.0.3.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.4.1.

7.2 beta 2 (01 Mar 2014)

Download:

• Textadept 7.2 beta 2 – Win32 | PGP – 7.2 beta 2 Win32
• Textadept 7.2 beta 2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.2 beta 2 OSX
• Textadept 7.2 beta 2 – Linux | PGP – 7.2 beta 2 Linux
• Textadept 7.2 beta 2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.2 beta 2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.2 beta 2 – Modules | PGP – 7.2 beta 2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug with empty entries in multiple entry inputboxes.

Changes:

• Terminal version now has split views along with key bindings for them.

7.2 beta (11 Feb 2014)

Download:

• Textadept 7.2 beta – Win32 | PGP – 7.2 beta Win32
• Textadept 7.2 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.2 beta OSX
• Textadept 7.2 beta – Linux | PGP – 7.2 beta Linux
• Textadept 7.2 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.2 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.2 beta – Modules | PGP – 7.2 beta Modules

Bugfixes:

• Handle ./ and ../ sequences in filepaths.
• Correctly restore views with word wrap enabled.
• Scintilla: fixed some instances of caret placement when scrolling.

Changes:

• Added Swedish translation.
• Added support for multiple entry boxes in inputdialogs.
• Updated LaTeX and Go lexers.
• Scintilla: added buffer:drop_selection_n() for dropping a multiple selection.
• Scintilla: added buffer.call_tip_pos_start for altering call tip backspace behavior.
• Scintilla: added buffer.MARK_BOOKMARK marker symbol.
• Scintilla: better marker drawing.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.3.9.

7.2 alpha (01 Jan 2014)

Download:

• Textadept 7.2 alpha – Win32 | PGP – 7.2 alpha Win32
• Textadept 7.2 alpha – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.2 alpha OSX
• Textadept 7.2 alpha – Linux | PGP – 7.2 alpha Linux
• Textadept 7.2 alpha – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.2 alpha Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.2 alpha – Modules | PGP – 7.2 alpha Modules

Bugfixes:

• Honor ui.maximized setting in session files.
• Do not halt opening files if one of them is already open.
• Better key input handling in the terminal version.
• Fixed Makefile bug in grabbing dependencies with older versions of wget.
• Recognize lower-case drive letter names for files passed from external programs in Windows.
• Scintilla: fixed some instances of adjacent indicator drawing.
• Scintilla: fixed scroll width tracking for annotated lines.
• Scintilla: fixed horizontal scroll bar range.
• Scintilla: fixed caret placement when margins change.
• Scintilla: fixed some instances of incorrect selection redrawing.

Changes:

• Added Dart lexer.
• Do not split the view when printing messages if tabs are enabled.
• Look for ~/.textadept/osx_env.sh for OSX environment variables due to changes in Mac OSX 10.9.
• [Experimental] Replaced Lua’s io.popen() and os.execute() with versions that do not flash the “black box” on Windows.
• Added read-only access to the current key chain via keys.keychain.
• Renamed “hypertext” lexer and its corresponding module to “html”.
• Added configurable tab context menus via textadept.menu.set_contextmenus().
• New GUI theme for Mac OSX.
• [Experimental] Merged separate lexer states into Textadept’s Lua state.
• Updated HTML lexer.
• Scintilla: the Ctrl modifier in Mac OSX mouse clicks is recognized as buffer.MOD_META.
• Scintilla: added buffer.representation for changing the representation of characters.
• Scintilla: added buffer:position_relative() for character navigation.
• Scintilla: added buffer.mouse_selection_rectangular_switch for aiding in rectangular selection creation.
• Updated to Lua 5.2.3.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.3.7.

7.1 (11 Nov 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 7.1 – Win32 | PGP – 7.1 Win32
• Textadept 7.1 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.1 OSX
• Textadept 7.1 – Linux | PGP – 7.1 Linux
• Textadept 7.1 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.1 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.1 – Modules | PGP – 7.1 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Textbox dialogs' scroll_to option works correctly.
• Emit autocompletion and hotspot events properly.
• Handle replacement captures with escapes properly.
• Fixed slowdown in processing long lines for folding.
• Fixed slowdown with large HTML files.

Changes:

• Tabs for multiple buffers along with ui.tabs API.
• Split C/C++ lexer into separate lexers and replaced default “cpp” module with “ansi_c”.
• Find and replace text may utilize “%0” capture containing the entire match.
• Disable textadept.editing.STRIP_TRAILING_SPACES by default.
• ui.clipboard_text is no longer read-only.
• Added events.FILE_CHANGED event.

7.0 (01 Nov 2013)

Please see the 6 to 7 migration guide for upgrading from Textadept 6 to Textadept 7.

Download:

• Textadept 7.0 – Win32 | PGP – 7.0 Win32
• Textadept 7.0 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.0 OSX
• Textadept 7.0 – Linux | PGP – 7.0 Linux
• Textadept 7.0 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.0 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.0 – Modules | PGP – 7.0 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug with buffer.SCFIND_REGEX flag.
• Fixed OSX Command key recognition for click events.
• Fixed compile error with GTK3.
• HTML and XML lexers maintain their states better.

Changes:

• Added Assembly (NASM) lexer with compile and run commands.
• textadept.adeptsense.goto_ctag() can show all known tags now.
• textadept.editing.enclose() encloses the whole current word.

7.0 beta 5 (21 Oct 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 7.0 beta 5 – Win32 | PGP – 7.0 beta 5 Win32
• Textadept 7.0 beta 5 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.0 beta 5 OSX
• Textadept 7.0 beta 5 – Linux | PGP – 7.0 beta 5 Linux
• Textadept 7.0 beta 5 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.0 beta 5 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.0 beta 5 – Modules | PGP – 7.0 beta 5 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Show more helpful user-init startup error messages.
• Lua run command buffers output correctly.
• Fixed corner case in paragraph selection.
• Fixed corner case in block uncommenting.
• Disable folding when fold property is 0.

Changes:

• Changed ui.set_theme() API to accept a table of property assignments.
• Added Nimrod lexer and compile and run commands.
• Use textadept.editing.INDIC_BRACEMATCH indicator for brace highlighting instead of styles.
• The buffer API applies to all buffers now, not just the global one.
• Added “Save All” to the menu.
• Updated D lexer.
• Added additional parameter to lexer.load() to allow child lexers to be embedded multiple times with different start/end tokens.
• Lexers do not need an “any_char” rule anymore; it is included by default.
• Child lexers do not need an explicit M._lexer = parent declaration anymore; it is done automatically.

7.0 beta 4 (01 Oct 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 7.0 beta 4 – Win32 | PGP – 7.0 beta 4 Win32
• Textadept 7.0 beta 4 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.0 beta 4 OSX
• Textadept 7.0 beta 4 – Linux | PGP – 7.0 beta 4 Linux
• Textadept 7.0 beta 4 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.0 beta 4 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.0 beta 4 – Modules | PGP – 7.0 beta 4 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed various compile and install errors.
• Fixed error when block commenting plain text.
• Fixed occasional crash when getting the lexer name in a multi-language lexer.

Changes:

• events.disconnect() now accepts function argument instead of ID.
• buffer.filename and all internal filenames are no longer encoded in UTF-8, but in _CHARSET.
• Removed many unused Scintilla constants and stripped many constants of SC and SC_ prefixes.
• Changed marker margin symbols via properties.lua.
• Calling textadept.editing.select_word() repeatedly makes multiple selections.
• Renamed buffer:convert_eo_ls() to convert_eols().
• Added textadept.run.MARK_WARNING marker.
• Renamed textadept.run.compile_command and textadept.run.run_command to compile_commands and run_commands, respectively.
• Renamed textadept.run.error_detail to error_patterns and changed its internal structure.
• Compile and run commands for languages that support them are now built-in along with their respective warning and error messages. The supplemental ones on the wiki are no longer needed.
• New ui.dialogs module for more user-friendly dialog support. Removed ui.filteredlist() as a result.
• Changed io.open_file() and io.snapopen() to accept tables of files and paths instead of “\n” delimited strings.
• Changed lexer.get_fold_level(), lexer.get_indent_amount(), lexer.get_property(), and lexer.get_style_at() functions to be lexer.fold_level, lexer.indent_amount, lexer.property, and lexer.style_at tables, respectively.
• Added lexer.property_int and lexer.property_expanded tables.
• Changed API for lexer.delimited_range() and lexer.nested_pair().
• Only enable fold.by.indentation property by default in whitespace-significant languages.

7.0 beta 3 (11 Sep 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 7.0 beta 3 – Win32 | PGP – 7.0 beta 3 Win32
• Textadept 7.0 beta 3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.0 beta 3 OSX
• Textadept 7.0 beta 3 – Linux | PGP – 7.0 beta 3 Linux
• Textadept 7.0 beta 3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.0 beta 3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.0 beta 3 – Modules | PGP – 7.0 beta 3 Modules

Bugfixes:

• User functions that connect to events.BUFFER_NEW and events.VIEW_NEW are run on startup.
• Fixed potential crash caused by split views.

Changes:

• Copied constants from _SCINTILLA.constants into buffer.
• Renamed events.LANGUAGE_MODULE_LOADED to events.LEXER_LOADED.
• Renamed gui to ui.
• Renamed _M.textadept to textadept.
• New events.INITIALIZED event.
• Renamed buffer:get_style_name() to buffer.style_name.
• Renamed ui.docstatusbar_text to ui.bufstatusbar_text.
• Removed textadept.bookmarks.BOOKMARK_COLOR, textadept.editing.HIGHLIGHT_COLOR, and textadept.run.ERROR_COLOR while exposing their respective marker and indicator numbers for customization.
• Moved buffer IO functions into io module.
• Updated to CDK 5.0-20130901.

7.0 beta 2 (11 Aug 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 7.0 beta 2 – Win32 | PGP – 7.0 beta 2 Win32
• Textadept 7.0 beta 2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.0 beta 2 OSX
• Textadept 7.0 beta 2 – Linux | PGP – 7.0 beta 2 Linux
• Textadept 7.0 beta 2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.0 beta 2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.0 beta 2 – Modules | PGP – 7.0 beta 2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug with theme loading when resetting.
• Fixed bug with property settings in gui.set_theme() not persisting.
• Scintilla: fixed some instances of case conversions.
• Scintilla: fixed some instances of word wrapping and improved performance.
• Scintilla: fixed minor memory leak.

Changes:

• New gui.maximized field so Textadept can remember its maximized state.
• Changed lexer._tokenstyles to be a map instead of a list.
• Scintilla: improved UTF-8 case-insensitive searching.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.3.4.

7.0 beta (11 Jul 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 7.0 beta – Win32 | PGP – 7.0 beta Win32
• Textadept 7.0 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.0 beta OSX
• Textadept 7.0 beta – Linux | PGP – 7.0 beta Linux
• Textadept 7.0 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.0 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.0 beta – Modules | PGP – 7.0 beta Modules

Bugfixes:

• Added file type for Go.
• Fixed disorienting scrolling in some instances of splitting views.
• Fixed corner-case bug in Lua Pattern “Replace All”.

Changes:

• Renamed _M.textadept.mime_types to _M.textadept.file_types.
• Eliminated mime_types.conf files. Add or modify file type tables directly.
• Changed scrollbar look and feel on Mac OSX.

7.0 alpha 2 (01 Jul 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 7.0 alpha 2 – Win32 | PGP – 7.0 alpha 2 Win32
• Textadept 7.0 alpha 2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.0 alpha 2 OSX
• Textadept 7.0 alpha 2 – Linux | PGP – 7.0 alpha 2 Linux
• Textadept 7.0 alpha 2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.0 alpha 2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.0 alpha 2 – Modules | PGP – 7.0 alpha 2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug in user theme loading.
• Fixed “Enter” key autocompletion in curses.
• Fixed crash when transposing in an empty buffer.
• Fixed bug in find and run double-click event handlers.

Changes:

• Makefile improvements. See compiling for more information. The source release is no longer necessary.
• Removed _G._LEXERPATH and _L._EXISTS().
• Renamed Adeptsense image fields.
• Renamed _M.textadept.editing.STRIP_WHITESPACE_ON_SAVE to STRIP_TRAILING_SPACES.
• _M.textadept.editing.block_comment() supports block comment delimiters.
• Block comments for languages is now built-in. The supplemental ones on the wiki are no longer needed.
• gui.set_theme() accepts key-value argument pairs for overriding theme properties.
• Removed gui.select_theme() since selected themes do not persist.
• Removed _G.RESETTING flag.
• Consolidated _M.textadept.bookmarks.goto_*() functionality into _M.textadept.bookmarks.goto_mark().
• Updated to LuaJIT 2.0.2.
• New nightly builds.

7.0 alpha (01 Jun 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 7.0 alpha – Win32 | PGP – 7.0 alpha Win32
• Textadept 7.0 alpha – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 7.0 alpha OSX
• Textadept 7.0 alpha – Linux | PGP – 7.0 alpha Linux
• Textadept 7.0 alpha – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 7.0 alpha Linux x86_64
• Textadept 7.0 alpha – Source | PGP – 7.0 alpha Source
• Textadept 7.0 alpha – Modules | PGP – 7.0 alpha Modules

Bugfixes:

• Scintilla: fixed memory access bug.
• Scintilla: fixed crash when pasting in Windows.
• Scintilla: fixed some event reporting in GTK 3.x.
• Scintilla: fixed undo grouping with tab and backtab.

Changes:

• Completely new theme implementation.
• New properties.lua for custom buffer and view properties.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.3.3.

6.6 (01 Jun 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 6.6 – Win32 | PGP – 6.6 Win32
• Textadept 6.6 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 6.6 OSX
• Textadept 6.6 – Linux | PGP – 6.6 Linux
• Textadept 6.6 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 6.6 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 6.6 – Source | PGP – 6.6 Source
• Textadept 6.6 – Modules | PGP – 6.6 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed GTK assertion errors in find/replace history.
• Command entry loses focus less often.
• Allow empty tables as keychains if they have metatables.
• Fixed caret placement in block comment/uncomment.
• Use ‘\n’ keycode in curses instead of ‘\r’.
• Fixed crash caused by split views.
• Scintilla: fixed typing into multiple carets in virtual space.

Changes:

• Removed _M[lang].set_buffer_properties() functions. Set properties through events.LANGUAGE_MODULE_LOADED instead.
• Print the results of ‘=’ Lua commands.
• Updated D lexer.
• Scintilla: added buffer.INDIC_COMPOSITIONTHICK indicator.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.3.2.

6.6 beta (01 May 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 6.6 beta – Win32 | PGP – 6.6 beta Win32
• Textadept 6.6 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 6.6 beta OSX
• Textadept 6.6 beta – Linux | PGP – 6.6 beta Linux
• Textadept 6.6 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 6.6 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 6.6 beta – Source | PGP – 6.6 beta Source
• Textadept 6.6 beta – Modules | PGP – 6.6 beta Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed rendering on Mac OSX retina displays.
• Fixed rectangle indicator display in curses.
• Fixed Fn key recognition on Mac OSX.
• Fixed compile errors for Mac OSX.
• Find Previous for Lua patterns works.

Changes:

• Textadept supports multiple curses platforms, not just ncurses. Make targets now use “curses” instead of “ncurses”.
• Better 16-color terminal support in lexer theme.
• Reduced the delay when pressing Esc in curses.
• Messagebox dialogs can show icons via --icon and --icon-file.
• New Win32 terminal version.
• New key modes functionality.
• Scintilla: added buffer.auto_c_order for sorting autocompletion lists.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.3.1.
• Renamed _G.buffer_new() to buffer.new().
• Changed the display of highlighted words, including removing _M.textadept.editing.INDIC_HIGHLIGHT_ALPHA.
• Changed _M.textadept.editing.autocomplete_word() API.
• Removed _M.textadept.menu.menubar, _M.textadept.menu.contextmenu, and events.handlers tables from the API.
• Moved _M.textadept.filter_through module functionality into _M.textadept.editing.filter_through().
• Mark errors in compile/run commands and added _M.textadept.run.goto_error() menu options and key shortcuts.
• Renamed gui.find.goto_file_in_list() to gui.find.goto_file_found().
• Consolidated _M.textadept.editing.grow_selection() functionality into _M.textadept.editing.select_enclosed().
• Renamed io.try_encodings to io.encodings.
• No need for ‘!’ in front of font faces anymore.

6.5 (01 Apr 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 6.5 – Win32 | PGP – 6.5 Win32
• Textadept 6.5 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 6.5 OSX
• Textadept 6.5 – Linux | PGP – 6.5 Linux
• Textadept 6.5 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 6.5 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 6.5 – Source | PGP – 6.5 Source
• Textadept 6.5 – Modules | PGP – 6.5 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Only consider visible directories in _USERHOME/themes/ as themes.
• Indicator for highlighted words works in ncurses.
• Improved message double-clicking behavior for compile and run commands by adding _M.textadept.run.cwd.
• Fixed disorienting scrolling when wrapping only one search result.
• Fixed crash when attempting to load a non-existant lexer.
• Fixed CSS preprocessor styling.
• Fixed labels for inputbox dialogs.
• Scintilla: fixed some instances of incorrect folded text display.
• Scintilla: fixed buffer:visible_from_doc_line() to never return a line beyond the end of the buffer.
• Scintilla: fixed buffer:line_scroll() for negative columns.
• Scintilla: fixed tab marker display when indentation lines are visible.

Changes:

• Reset Lua state after selecting a new theme.
• Added lfs.dir_foreach().
• Added file and directory filtering for Find in Files.
• Moved _M.textadept.snapopen into io.
• Renamed some lexer constants.
• Added Less, Literal Coffeescript, and Sass lexers.
• Scintilla: added buffer:scroll_range() for scrolling ranges into view.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.3.0.
• Updated to Lua 5.2.2.

6.4 (01 Mar 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 6.4 – Win32 | PGP – 6.4 Win32
• Textadept 6.4 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 6.4 OSX
• Textadept 6.4 – Linux | PGP – 6.4 Linux
• Textadept 6.4 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 6.4 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 6.4 – Source | PGP – 6.4 Source
• Textadept 6.4 – Modules | PGP – 6.4 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Dialogs belong to the Textadept window.
• Double-clicking a filteredlist item selects it.
• Fixed bug in documentation link generator.
• Fixed bug with indexable buffer properties that return strings.
• Scintilla: fixed scrollbar drawing when toggling visibility.

Changes:

• Added command line switches for loading sessions on startup.
• Added command line switches for running Lua code on startup.
• Updated AWK lexer.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.2.5.
• Updated to LuaJIT 2.0.1.

6.3 (01 Feb 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 6.3 – Win32 | PGP – 6.3 Win32
• Textadept 6.3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 6.3 OSX
• Textadept 6.3 – Linux | PGP – 6.3 Linux
• Textadept 6.3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 6.3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 6.3 – Source | PGP – 6.3 Source
• Textadept 6.3 – Modules | PGP – 6.3 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Do not error on non-existant dropped URIs.
• Fixed crash in Python module when parsing some syntax error messages.
• Scintilla: fixed pasting with NULL bytes.
• Scintilla: autocompletion should only have one undo step.
• Scintilla: fixed crash when drawing very long lines.
• Scintilla: fixed unexpected collapse of selections when extending by character.

Changes:

• Use Scintilla API for ncurses mark mode.
• Scintilla: added buffer.caret_line_visible_always for showing the caret line despite not having focus.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.2.4.
• Added typeover characters.

6.2 (01 Jan 2013)

Download:

• Textadept 6.2 – Win32 | PGP – 6.2 Win32
• Textadept 6.2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 6.2 OSX
• Textadept 6.2 – Linux | PGP – 6.2 Linux
• Textadept 6.2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 6.2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 6.2 – Source | PGP – 6.2 Source
• Textadept 6.2 – Modules | PGP – 6.2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• None.

Changes:

• Greatly improved speed when loading large files.
• make install and make ncurses install install separate binaries on Linux.
• Changed API for _M.textadept.snapopen.open() and removed PATHS.

6.1 (11 Dec 2012)

Download:

• Textadept 6.1 – Win32 | PGP – 6.1 Win32
• Textadept 6.1 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 6.1 OSX
• Textadept 6.1 – Linux | PGP – 6.1 Linux
• Textadept 6.1 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 6.1 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 6.1 – Source | PGP – 6.1 Source
• Textadept 6.1 – Modules | PGP – 6.1 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Do not set current directory when opening/saving files.
• Detect Linux processor arch better.
• Recognize special ncurses keys better.
• Fixed potential bug with determining _HOME on Linux.
• Fixed bug when opening non-existent files from the command line.
• LuaJIT compiles correctly on ARM now.

Changes:

• Improved speed and memory usage of lexers.
• Better Makefile support for building packages for Linux distros.
• Rewrote LuaDoc API documentation.
• Added French translation.
• Updated to LuaJIT 2.0.0.
• Improved speed and memory usage of lexers.
• Updated Java lexer.

6.0 (01 Nov 2012)

Please see the 5 to 6 migration guide for upgrading from Textadept 5 to Textadept 6.

Download:

• Textadept 6.0 – Win32 | PGP – 6.0 Win32
• Textadept 6.0 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 6.0 OSX
• Textadept 6.0 – Linux | PGP – 6.0 Linux
• Textadept 6.0 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 6.0 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 6.0 – Source | PGP – 6.0 Source
• Textadept 6.0 – Modules | PGP – 6.0 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Handle rapidly pressing Esc twice in ncurses dialogs.
• Complete transition to buffer.tab_size from buffer.indent.
• Fixed regression in ncurses command selection.
• Fixed GUI menu key shortcut handling.
• Fixed string collation bug in ncurses due to CDK.
• Pass Esc to Scintilla correctly in ncurses.
• Fix errors when specifying directories and files for file dialogs.
• Fixed some operators in Bash lexer.
• Scintilla: fixed hang when removing all characters from an indicator at the the end of a buffer.
• Scintilla: fixed crash when drawing margins in GTK 3.
• Scintilla: do not draw spaces after an italic style at the end of a line in the terminal version.

Changes:

• Added key binding for toggling fold points.
• Added ncurses key bindings for bookmarks.
• Added event.FIND_WRAPPED event.
• Removed _M.textadept.run.execute().
• Updated documentation and documentation formatting.
• Added Python module.
• Rewrote Makefile lexer.
• Scintilla: improved performance when performing multiple searches.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.2.3.
• Updated to LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta11.

6.0 beta 3 (01 Oct 2012)

Download:

• Textadept 6.0 beta 3 – Win32 | PGP – 6.0 beta 3 Win32
• Textadept 6.0 beta 3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 6.0 beta 3 OSX
• Textadept 6.0 beta 3 – Linux | PGP – 6.0 beta 3 Linux
• Textadept 6.0 beta 3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 6.0 beta 3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 6.0 beta 3 – Source | PGP – 6.0 beta 3 Source
• Textadept 6.0 beta 3 – Modules | PGP – 6.0 beta 3 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Cancelling in buffer:close() caused unwanted key propagation.
• Correctly emit RUN_OUTPUT events.
• Fixed bug with extra empty entry in the buffer browser.
• Fixed incremental find in ncurses.
• Fixed ncurses crash when pasting with no clipboard text.
• Keep termios disabled in ncurses CDK widgets.
• Do not write ncurses initialization errors over titlebar.
• Fixed bug in string.iconv().
• Include _ as identifier char in Desktop lexer.

Changes:

• Attempt to autodetect locale using LANG environment variable.
• Removed _M.textadept.menu.rebuild_command_tables().
• Manual and Lua API documentation largely re-written.
• Key Bindings reference moved from Appendix to _M.textadept.keys LuaDoc.
• Plain text lexer name changed from container to text.
• New application icon.
• Removed ./?.lua and ./?.so from package.path and package.cpath, respectively.
• Added marks for making selections in ncurses.

6.0 beta 2 (01 Sep 2012)

Download:

• Textadept 6.0 beta 2 – Win32 | PGP – 6.0 beta 2 Win32
• Textadept 6.0 beta 2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 6.0 beta 2 OSX
• Textadept 6.0 beta 2 – Linux | PGP – 6.0 beta 2 Linux
• Textadept 6.0 beta 2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 6.0 beta 2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 6.0 beta 2 – Source | PGP – 6.0 beta 2 Source
• Textadept 6.0 beta 2 – Modules | PGP – 6.0 beta 2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Disabled --help switch to ncurses version due to terminal output mangling.
• ncurses replace entry can now be focused.
• Fixed ncurses memory leaks.
• Fixed multiple selection in Mac OSX.
• Show key shortcuts in ncurses _M.textadept.menu.select_command().
• Scintilla: fixed rectangular selection range after backspacing.
• Scintilla: fixed bug with negative ranges in call tip highlighting.

Changes:

• Added make install and make uninstall rules for optional installation.
• Updated manual with ncurses key commands.
• Consolidated _M.textadept.bookmarks.add() and _M.textadept.bookmarks.remove() into _M.textadept.bookmarks.toggle().
• Updated manual images.
• _M.textadept.snapopen.DEFAULT_DEPTH is now 99 since MAX is the limiting factor.
• Use constant names in theme options instead of nondescript integers.
• Added new lexer.last_char_includes() function for better regex detection.
• Updated AWK lexer.
• Scintilla: added buffer.selection_empty.
• Scintilla: added buffer:vc_home_display() and buffer:vc_home_display_extend() for navigating wrapped lines.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.2.2.

6.0 beta (01 Aug 2012)

Download:

• Textadept 6.0 beta – Win32 | PGP – 6.0 beta Win32
• Textadept 6.0 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 6.0 beta OSX
• Textadept 6.0 beta – Linux | PGP – 6.0 beta Linux
• Textadept 6.0 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 6.0 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 6.0 beta – Source | PGP – 6.0 beta Source
• Textadept 6.0 beta – Modules | PGP – 6.0 beta Modules

Bugfixes:

• Lots of bugfixes to the experimental ncurses version.
• Fixed bug with $$ variables in Perl lexer.
• Scintilla: do not show empty autocompletion list if buffer.auto_c_choose_single is set.
• Scintilla: fixed buffer:marker_delete() to only delete one marker per call.
• Scintilla: fixed caret positioning after undoing multiple deletions.
• Scintilla: fixed margin drawing after buffer.margin_style is altered.
• Scintilla: fixed margin click handling.
• Scintilla: fixed hang when drawing block carets on a zero-width space at the beginning of a buffer.
• Scintilla: fixed crash deleting negative ranges.
• Scintilla: fixed drawing of overlapping characters.

Changes:

• Removed Lua, Ruby, and PHP modules' goto_required() functions.
• Moved _M.textadept.editing.prepare_for_save() directly into event handler.
• Moved _M.textadept.session.prompt_load() and prompt_save() functionality into _M.textadept.session.load() and _M.textadept.session.save().
• Removed _G.user_dofile().
• Converted some buffer “get” and “set” functions into properties.
• Moved _M.textadept.adeptsense.complete_symbol() and show_documentation() functionality into _M.textadept.adeptsense.complete() and show_apidoc().
• New 64-bit Windows version (note: without LuaJIT).
• Updated Perl lexer.
• Scintilla: added buffer.punctuation_chars, buffer.word_chars, and buffer.whitespace_chars for manipulating character sets.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.2.1.

5.5 beta (01 Jul 2012)

Download:

• Textadept 5.5 beta – Win32 | PGP – 5.5 beta Win32
• Textadept 5.5 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 5.5 beta OSX
• Textadept 5.5 beta – Linux | PGP – 5.5 beta Linux
• Textadept 5.5 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 5.5 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 5.5 beta – Source | PGP – 5.5 beta Source
• Textadept 5.5 beta – Modules | PGP – 5.5 beta Modules

Bugfixes:

• None.

Changes:

• Experimental ncurses support.
• No more 'gtk-' stock menu item support and changed 'separator' to ''.
• Renamed gui.gtkmenu() to gui.menu().
• Changed gui.statusbar_text to be write-only.
• Changed ‘Quit’ key command to ‘Ctrl+Q’ on Win32 and Linux.
• Show text that could not be localized.
• Changed make commands for compiling Textadept.
• x86_64 binary provides libpng12 executables by default.
• Can cross compile to Mac OSX from Linux.
• Updated AWK lexer.
• Updated HTML lexer to recognize HTML5 ‘script’ and ‘style’ tags.
• Updated to Lua 5.2.1.
• Updated to LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta10.

5.4 (01 Jun 2012)

Download:

• Textadept 5.4 – Win32 | PGP – 5.4 Win32
• Textadept 5.4 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 5.4 OSX
• Textadept 5.4 – Linux | PGP – 5.4 Linux
• Textadept 5.4 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 5.4 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 5.4 – Source | PGP – 5.4 Source
• Textadept 5.4 – Modules | PGP – 5.4 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Scintilla: fixed boxed annotation drawing.
• Scintilla: fixed virtual space selection bug in rectangular selections.
• Scintilla: replacing multiple selections with newlines is a single undo action.
• Scintilla: fixed autocompletion list height in GTK 3.
• Scintilla: fixed mouse scrolling due to recent GTK changes.

Changes:

• Identify more file extensions.
• Updated Batch lexer.
• Scintilla: Ctrl+Double Click and Ctrl+Triple Click adds words and lines, respectively, to selections.
• Scintilla: added buffer:delete_range() for deleting ranges of text.
• Scintilla: added buffer.WRAPVISUALFLAG_MARGIN for drawing wrap markers in margins.
• Scintilla: improved UTF-8 validity checks.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.2.0.

5.3 (01 May 2012)

Download:

• Textadept 5.3 – Win32 | PGP – 5.3 Win32
• Textadept 5.3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 5.3 OSX
• Textadept 5.3 – Linux | PGP – 5.3 Linux
• Textadept 5.3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 5.3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 5.3 – Source | PGP – 5.3 Source
• Textadept 5.3 – Modules | PGP – 5.3 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug with run/compile commands in LuaJIT version.
• User annotation preferences are preserved.
• Fixed bug with number representation in some locales.
• Scintilla: fixed selection drawing in word wrap indentation.
• Scintilla: fixed styling bug.
• Scintilla: fixed problems with drawing in margins.
• Scintilla: fixed corner case in buffer:move_selected_lines_*().
• Scintilla: fixed scrolling with mousewheel.
• Scintilla: fixed column calculations to count tabs correctly.

Changes:

• Annotations are used for showing run/compile command output.
• Textadept is single-instance by default on Linux and Mac OSX.
• Textadept requires GTK 2.18 or higher now instead of 2.16.
• The provided Textadept binaries require GLib 2.28 or higher.
• Scintilla: added buffer.auto_c_case_insensitive_behaviour for controlling case sensitivity in autocompletion lists.
• Scintilla: \0 in regex replacements represents the full found text.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.1.0.

5.2 (01 Apr 2012)

Download:

• Textadept 5.2 – Win32 | PGP – 5.2 Win32
• Textadept 5.2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 5.2 OSX
• Textadept 5.2 – Linux | PGP – 5.2 Linux
• Textadept 5.2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 5.2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 5.2 – Source | PGP – 5.2 Source
• Textadept 5.2 – Modules | PGP – 5.2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed LuaDoc for buffer:get_lexer().
• Fixed bug with relative paths from command line files.
• buffer:get_lexer(true) is used more often when it should be.
• Improved message double-clicking behavior for run and compile commands.
• Scintilla: line and selection duplication is one undo action.
• Scintilla: allow indicators to be set for entire document.
• Scintilla: fixed crash in buffer:move_selected_lines_*().
• Scintilla: fixed image and fold marker drawing.
• Scintilla: fixed some instances of multiple clicks in margins.
• Scintilla: fixed buffer:page_*() not returning to the original line.
• Scintilla: fixed various issues with wrapped lines.
• Scintilla: fixed line end selection drawing.

Changes:

• _M.set_buffer_properties() is now optional for language modules.
• Added keypad keys to keys.KEYSYMS.
• _G.timeout() accepts fractional seconds.
• Replaced scripts/update_doc with src/Makefile targets.
• New Manual and LuaDoc HTML page formatting.
• _M.textadept.editing.autocomplete_word() accepts default words.
• Added documentation on generating LuaDoc and Lua Adeptsense.
• Moved Markdown: comments into LuaDoc.
• Added Spanish and German translations.
• Updated VB and VBScript lexers.
• Improved the speed of simple code folding.
• Use GTK 2.24 on Windows.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.0.4.

5.1 (01 Mar 2012)

Download:

• Textadept 5.1 – Win32 | PGP – 5.1 Win32
• Textadept 5.1 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 5.1 OSX
• Textadept 5.1 – Linux | PGP – 5.1 Linux
• Textadept 5.1 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 5.1 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 5.1 – Source | PGP – 5.1 Source
• Textadept 5.1 – Modules | PGP – 5.1 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed crash caused by gui.filteredlist() dialogs.
• Support multiple @return tags in Lua Adeptsense.
• Fixed display of buffer._type when it has slashes in its name.

Changes:

• Better Lua Adeptsense formatting.
• Use new Cocoa-based GtkOSXApplication library for better OSX support.
• Lexers with no tokens can be styled manually.
• Added more OSX default key shortcuts.

5.0 (01 Feb 2012)

Please see the 4 to 5 migration guide for upgrading from Textadept 4 to Textadept 5.

Download:

• Textadept 5.0 – Win32 | PGP – 5.0 Win32
• Textadept 5.0 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 5.0 OSX
• Textadept 5.0 – Linux | PGP – 5.0 Linux
• Textadept 5.0 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 5.0 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 5.0 – Source | PGP – 5.0 Source
• Textadept 5.0 – Modules | PGP – 5.0 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug with recent files in sessions.
• Scintilla: fixed page up/down in autocompletion lists.
• Scintilla: fixed fold highlighting.

Changes:

• Added default extension and folder filters in modules/textadept/snapopen.lua.
• Added ChucK lexer.
• Updated Lua lexer.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.0.3.
• Also include LuaJIT executables in releases.

5.0 beta (11 Jan 2012)

Download:

• Textadept 5.0 beta – Win32 | PGP – 5.0 beta Win32
• Textadept 5.0 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 5.0 beta OSX
• Textadept 5.0 beta – Linux | PGP – 5.0 beta Linux
• Textadept 5.0 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 5.0 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 5.0 beta – Source | PGP – 5.0 beta Source
• Textadept 5.0 beta – Modules | PGP – 5.0 beta Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug in reset() from update to Lua 5.2.

Changes:

• Changed locale.localize() to global _L table and removed locale module.
• Renamed _m to _M.
• Do not clear registered images when autocompleting with Adeptsense.
• Renamed editing module’s current_word() to select_word().
• Updated manual.
• Updated D lexer.

5.0 alpha (21 Dec 2011)

Download:

• Textadept 5.0 alpha – Win32 | PGP – 5.0 alpha Win32
• Textadept 5.0 alpha – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 5.0 alpha OSX
• Textadept 5.0 alpha – Linux | PGP – 5.0 alpha Linux
• Textadept 5.0 alpha – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 5.0 alpha Linux x86_64
• Textadept 5.0 alpha – Source | PGP – 5.0 alpha Source
• Textadept 5.0 alpha – Modules | PGP – 5.0 alpha Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug in Matlab lexer for operators.
• Fixed highlighting of variables in Bash.
• Fixed multi-line delimited and token strings in D lexer.

Changes:

• Updated to Lua 5.2.
• Updated sections in the manual to reflect Lua 5.2 changes.
• Textadept can be compiled with LuaJIT.

4.3 (01 Dec 2011)

Download:

• Textadept 4.3 – Win32 | PGP – 4.3 Win32
• Textadept 4.3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 4.3 OSX
• Textadept 4.3 – Linux | PGP – 4.3 Linux
• Textadept 4.3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 4.3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 4.3 – Source | PGP – 4.3 Source
• Textadept 4.3 – Modules | PGP – 4.3 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug with opening files in the current directory from the command line.
• Fixed erroneous charset conversion.
• Fixed bug with folding line comments.
• Scintilla: fixed drawing at style boundaries on Mac OSX.
• Scintilla: fixed crash when painting uninitialized pixmaps.

Changes:

• Added on-the-fly theme switching.
• All new light and dark themes.
• Removed _m.textadept.editing.select_style().
• Simplify theming via gtkrc by naming GtkWindow only.
• Added lexer.REGEX and lexer.LABEL tokens.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.0.1.

4.2 (01 Nov 2011)

Download:

• Textadept 4.2 – Win32 | PGP – 4.2 Win32
• Textadept 4.2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 4.2 OSX
• Textadept 4.2 – Linux | PGP – 4.2 Linux
• Textadept 4.2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 4.2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 4.2 – Source | PGP – 4.2 Source
• Textadept 4.2 – Modules | PGP – 4.2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug with %n in Replace introduced in 4.1.
• Fixed Adeptsense autocomplete for single item.
• Scintilla: fixed annotation drawing in multiple, wrapped views.

Changes:

• Scintilla: drawing improvements and various optimizations.
• Scintilla: call tips can be displayed above text.
• Updated to Scintilla 3.0.0.

4.1 (01 Oct 2011)

Download:

• Textadept 4.1 – Win32 | PGP – 4.1 Win32
• Textadept 4.1 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 4.1 OSX
• Textadept 4.1 – Linux | PGP – 4.1 Linux
• Textadept 4.1 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 4.1 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 4.1 – Source | PGP – 4.1 Source
• Textadept 4.1 – Modules | PGP – 4.1 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Only fold when clicking on fold margin, not any sensitive one.
• Fixed bug with CALL_TIP_CLICK event disconnect in Adeptsense.
• Fixed bug with autocomplete and capitalization.
• Scintilla: fixed incorrect mouse cursor changes.
• Scintilla: fixed end-of-document indicator growth.

Changes:

• Handle mouse dwell events DWELL_START and DWELL_END.
• Rearranged Tools menu slightly.
• Slight API changes:
  • _BUFFERS and _VIEWS structure changed.
  • Removed buffer.doc_pointer and view.doc_pointer.
  • Added view.buffer field.
  • Renamed gui.check_focused_buffer() to buffer:check_global().
  • view:goto_buffer() and gui.goto_view() arguments make sense now. (May require changes to custom key commands.)
• Directory is remembered in file chooser dialog after open or save as.
• Added language-specific context menu support.
• Use LuaCoco patch for Lua 5.1.4.
• Use lexer at the caret for key commands and snippets.
• Added selected and monospaced-font options for dropdown and textbox dialogs, respectively.
• Updated to Scintilla 2.29.

4.0 (01 Sep 2011)

Please see the 3 to 4 migration guide for upgrading from Textadept 3 to Textadept 4.

Download:

• Textadept 4.0 – Win32 | PGP – 4.0 Win32
• Textadept 4.0 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 4.0 OSX
• Textadept 4.0 – Linux | PGP – 4.0 Linux
• Textadept 4.0 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 4.0 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 4.0 – Source | PGP – 4.0 Source
• Textadept 4.0 – Modules | PGP – 4.0 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Makefile should only link to libdl.so on Linux/BSD.
• Fixed memory access bug in gui.dialog().
• Autocompletion list sort order respects buffer.auto_c_ignore_case now.
• Fixed split view focus bug with the same buffer in two views.
• Set new buffer EOL mode properly on Mac OSX.
• Fixed some general bugs in folding.

Changes:

• Added Russian translation.
• Changed some key commands from 4.0 beta 2.
• Do not hide the statusbar when the command entry has focus.

4.0 beta 2 (11 Aug 2011)

Download:

• Textadept 4.0 beta 2 – Win32 | PGP – 4.0 beta 2 Win32
• Textadept 4.0 beta 2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 4.0 beta 2 OSX
• Textadept 4.0 beta 2 – Linux | PGP – 4.0 beta 2 Linux
• Textadept 4.0 beta 2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 4.0 beta 2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 4.0 beta 2 – Source | PGP – 4.0 beta 2 Source
• Textadept 4.0 beta 2 – Modules | PGP – 4.0 beta 2 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed transpose characters bug at end of buffer.
• Do not autosave over explicitly loaded session.
• Fixed startup crash on Mac OSX.
• Fixed resize crash on Mac OSX Lion.

Changes:

• Added Scala lexer.
• Add recent file list to session files.
• Autocomplete supports multiple selections.
• Swapped OSX c and m key command definition modifiers.
• Changed some key bindings from 4.0 beta.

4.0 beta (01 Aug 2011)

Download:

• Textadept 4.0 beta – Win32 | PGP – 4.0 beta Win32
• Textadept 4.0 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 4.0 beta OSX
• Textadept 4.0 beta – Linux | PGP – 4.0 beta Linux
• Textadept 4.0 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 4.0 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 4.0 beta – Source | PGP – 4.0 beta Source
• Textadept 4.0 beta – Modules | PGP – 4.0 beta Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed Markdown lexer styles.
• Fixed bug when setting both dialog with and height.
• Scintilla: fixed incorrect mouse cursor changes.
• Scintilla: fixed bug with annotations beyond the document end.
• Scintilla: fixed incorrect drawing of background colors and translucent selection.
• Scintilla: fixed lexer initialization.
• Scintilla: fixed some instances of fold highlight drawing.
• Scintilla: fixed some cases of case insensitive searching.

Changes:

• Mac OSX uses GTK 2.24.
• Added io.open_recent_file().
• Changes to localization file again.
• buffer functions may omit the first buffer argument (e.g. buffer.line_down() is allowed).
• Complete overhaul of menus and added accelerators to menu items.
• Renamed _m.textadept.editing.SAVE_STRIPS_WS to _m.textadept.editing.STRIP_WHITESPACE_ON_SAVE.
• Renamed _m.textadept.editing.select_scope() to _m.textadept.editing.select_style().
• Completely new set of key commands.
• Scintilla: translucent RGBA images can be used in margins and autocompletion and user lists.
• Scintilla: added new buffer.INDIC_DOTBOX indicator.
• Scintilla: IME input now works.
• Scintilla: Ctrl+Shift+U used for Unicode input.
• Updated to Scintilla 2.28.

3.9 (01 Jul 2011)

Download:

• Textadept 3.9 – Win32 | PGP – 3.9 Win32
• Textadept 3.9 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.9 OSX
• Textadept 3.9 – Linux | PGP – 3.9 Linux
• Textadept 3.9 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.9 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.9 – Source | PGP – 3.9 Source
• Textadept 3.9 – Modules | PGP – 3.9 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug for when gui.dialog steals focus.
• Colors are now styled correctly in the Properties lexer.
• Scintilla: fixed bug with wrong colors being drawn.
• Scintilla: fixed font leak.
• Scintilla: fixed automatic scrolling for wrapped lines.
• Scintilla: fixed multiple selection typing when selections collapse.
• Scintilla: expand folds when needed in word wrap mode.
• Scintilla: fixed edge line drawing for wrapped lines.
• Scintilla: fixed unnecessary scrolling in buffer:goto_line().
• Scintilla: fixed undo functionality when deleting within virtual space.

Changes:

• Added support for GTK 3.0.
• Use ID generator functions for marker, indicator, and user list IDs.
• Scintilla: added buffer:set_empty_selection() for setting selections without scrolling or redrawing.
• Scintilla: added new buffer.INDIC_DASH, buffer.INDIC_DOTS, and buffer.INDIC_SQUIGGLELOW indicators.
• Scintilla: added option to allow margin clicks to select wrapped lines.
• Updated to Scintilla 2.27.
• Use string constants for event names.
• Compile and run commands emit events.
• Enhanced Luadoc and Lua Adeptsense.
• Added fold.line.comments property for folding multiple single-line comments.
• Use GTK 2.22 on Windows.
• Can localize the labels and buttons in the GUI find frame.
• Added ConTeXt lexer and updated Coffeescript, HTML, LaTeX, and TeX lexers.
• Multiple single-line comments can be folded with the fold.line.comments property set to 1.

3.8 (11 Jun 2011)

Download:

• Textadept 3.8 – Win32 | PGP – 3.8 Win32
• Textadept 3.8 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.8 OSX
• Textadept 3.8 – Linux | PGP – 3.8 Linux
• Textadept 3.8 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.8 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.8 – Source | PGP – 3.8 Source
• Textadept 3.8 – Modules | PGP – 3.8 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Removed non-existant key chain.
• Fixed bug in snippets.
• Fixed bug in lexers that fold by indentation.
• Scintilla: fixed indentation guide drawing on the first line.
• Scintilla: fixed display of folds for wrapped lines.
• Scintilla: fixed various GTK-related bugs.

Changes:

• Updated Adeptsense and documentation.
• events.handlers is accessible.
• Added menu mnemonics for indentation size.
• Added support for indicator and hotspot events.
• Updated documentation for installing official modules.
• Scintilla: allow highlighting of margin symbols for the current folding block.
• Scintilla: added buffer:move_selected_lines_up() and buffer:move_selected_lines_down() for moving lines.
• Scintilla: added new buffer.INDIC_STRAIGHTBOX indicator.
• Scintilla: indicators can be used for brace matching.
• Scintilla: translucency can be changed for buffer.INDIC_*BOX indicators.
• Scintilla: improved text drawing and measuring.
• Updated to Scintilla 2.26.
• Writing custom folding for lexers is much easier now.
• Added native folding for more than 60% of existing lexers. The rest still use folding by indentation by default.
• Added regex support for Coffeescript lexer.
• Embed Coffeescript lexer in HTML lexer.

3.7 (01 May 2011)

Download:

• Textadept 3.7 – Win32 | PGP – 3.7 Win32
• Textadept 3.7 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.7 OSX
• Textadept 3.7 – Linux | PGP – 3.7 Linux
• Textadept 3.7 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.7 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.7 – Source | PGP – 3.7 Source
• Textadept 3.7 – Modules | PGP – 3.7 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug in buffer:get_lexer().

Changes:

• Changed Mac OSX Adeptsense complete key command from ~ to Ctrl+Escape.
• Added PHP module.

3.7 beta 3 (01 Apr 2011)

Download:

• Textadept 3.7 beta 3 – Win32 | PGP – 3.7 beta 3 Win32
• Textadept 3.7 beta 3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.7 beta 3 OSX
• Textadept 3.7 beta 3 – Linux | PGP – 3.7 beta 3 Linux
• Textadept 3.7 beta 3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.7 beta 3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.7 beta 3 – Source | PGP – 3.7 beta 3 Source
• Textadept 3.7 beta 3 – Modules | PGP – 3.7 beta 3 Modules

Bugfixes:

• Small Adeptsense bugfixes.
• Snapopen respects filesystem encoding.
• Standard input dialogs have “Cancel” button by default.
• Scintilla: fixed performance with the caret on a long line.

Changes:

• Adeptsense tweaks for better completion and apidoc support.
• Language modules load a user post_init.lua script if it exists.
• Added Ruby on Rails lexer and module.
• Added RHTML module.
• Updated mime-types and prioritize by shebang, pattern, and then file extension.
• buffer:get_lexer(true) returns the lexer at the caret position.
• Adeptsense can be triggered in embedded lexers now.
• Added C standard library and Lua C API to C/C++ Adeptsense.
• Lua module fields are now in Lua Adeptsense.
• Updated to Scintilla 2.25.
• Rewrote _m.textadept.snippets with syntax changes.
• Alt+I (Ctrl+I on Mac OSX) is now “Select Snippet” instead of “Show Style”. “Show Style” is now Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I (Ctrl+Apple+Shift+I).
• Adeptsense can exclude types matched by sense.syntax.type_declarations patterns.
• Ctrl+T, V (Apple+T, V on Mac OSX) keychain for toggling whitespace, wrap, etc. is now Ctrl+Shift+B (Apple+Shift+B).
• Key commands and menu definition syntax changed.
• Snapopen allows for multiple-selection.
• gui.print() handles nil and non-string arguments properly.
• Officially supported modules have their own repositories and are available as a separate download.
• Added cancel button to standard dialogs.

3.7 beta 2 (01 Mar 2011)

Download:

• Textadept 3.7 beta 2 – Win32 | PGP – 3.7 beta 2 Win32
• Textadept 3.7 beta 2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.7 beta 2 OSX
• Textadept 3.7 beta 2 – Linux | PGP – 3.7 beta 2 Linux
• Textadept 3.7 beta 2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.7 beta 2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.7 beta 2 – Source | PGP – 3.7 beta 2 Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug with Win32 paths in Adeptsense goto_ctag().
• Adeptsense could not recognize some symbols.
• Handle \n sequences correctly in Adeptsense apidoc.
• Fixed bug with Adeptsense C/C++ type declarations.
• Adeptsense can now recognize more than 1 level of inheritence.
• Keychain is cleared on key command error.
• Fixed infinite loop bug in _m.textadept.editing.select_scope().
• Fixed bug with nested embedded lexers.
• Scintilla: fixed memory leak.
• Scintilla: fixed double-click behavior around word boundaries.
• Scintilla: right-click cancels autocompletion.
• Scintilla: fixed some virtual space problems.
• Scintilla: fixed unnecessary redrawing.
• Scintilla: fixed rectangular selection creation performance.

Changes:

• Scintilla: events.UPDATE_UI now occurs when scrolling.
• Scintilla: added per-margin mouse cursors.
• Updated to Scintilla 2.24.
• Updated mime-types.
• Line margin width is now 4.
• Adeptsense completion list images are accessible via scripts.
• Added class context completion to Adeptsense.
• Added class type-inference through variable assignment to Adeptsense.
• Added Adeptsense tutorial.
• Added _m.textadept.adeptsense.always_show_globals setting for showing globals in completion lists.
• Ctrl+H (highlight word) is now Ctrl+Shift+H.
• Ctrl+H now shows Adeptsense documentation.
• Added Adeptsense complete() and show_documentation() functions to the menu.
• Language modules condensed into single init.lua file.
• Added sense.syntax.word_chars to Adeptsense.
• Included libpng12 build for 64-bit Debian-based Linux distros (Ubuntu).
• Added CSS, HTML, Java, and Ruby modules with Adeptsenses.
• Updated BibTeX lexer.

3.7 beta (01 Feb 2011)

Download:

• Textadept 3.7 beta – Win32 | PGP – 3.7 beta Win32
• Textadept 3.7 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.7 beta OSX
• Textadept 3.7 beta – Linux | PGP – 3.7 beta Linux
• Textadept 3.7 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.7 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.7 beta – Source | PGP – 3.7 beta Source

Bugfixes:

• update_ui is called properly for buffer_new and view_new events.
• Use proper pointer type for Scintilla calls.
• Fixed bug with loading lexers from _USERHOME on Win32.

Changes:

• More informative error message for unfocused buffer.
• Added Adeptsense, a smarter form of autocompletion for programming languages.
• Emit a language_module_loaded as appropriate.
• Added indentation settings to “Buffer” menu (finally).
• Added gui.filteredlist() shortcut for gui.dialog('filteredlist', ...).
• Can navigate between bookmarks with a filteredlist.
• Language-specific char_matches and braces can be defined.
• command_entry_keypress event accepts modifier keys.
• Updated BibTeX and Lua lexers.

3.6 (01 Jan 2011)

Download:

• Textadept 3.6 – Win32 | PGP – 3.6 Win32
• Textadept 3.6 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.6 OSX
• Textadept 3.6 – Linux | PGP – 3.6 Linux
• Textadept 3.6 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.6 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.6 – Source | PGP – 3.6 Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed infinite recursion errors caused in events.
• Fix statusbar update bug with key chains.
• Do not emit buffer_new event when splitting the view.
• Fixed comment bug in Caml lexer.

Changes:

• buffer.rectangular_selection_modifier on Linux is the Super/Windows key.
• Improved HTML lexer.
• Added Markdown, BibTeX, CMake, CUDA, Desktop Entry, F#, GLSL, and Nemerle lexers.
• Added _m.textadept.filter_through module for shell commands.
• Moved GUI events from core/events.lua to core/gui.lua.
• Separated key command manager from key command definitions.

3.5 (01 Dec 2010)

Download:

• Textadept 3.5 – Win32 | PGP – 3.5 Win32
• Textadept 3.5 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.5 OSX
• Textadept 3.5 – Linux | PGP – 3.5 Linux
• Textadept 3.5 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.5 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.5 – Source | PGP – 3.5 Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug introduced when exposing Find in Files API.
• Fixed bug in Tcl lexer with comments.

Changes:

• Lua files are syntax-checked for errors on save.
• Menus are easier to create.
• Changed _m.textadept.editing.enclose() behavior.
• Win32 and Mac OSX packages are all-in-one bundles; GTK is no longer an external dependency.
• New manual.
• Added file_after_save event.

3.4 (01 Nov 2010)

Download:

• Textadept 3.4 – Win32 | PGP – 3.4 Win32
• Textadept 3.4 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.4 OSX
• Textadept 3.4 – Linux | PGP – 3.4 Linux
• Textadept 3.4 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.4 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.4 – Source | PGP – 3.4 Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed menu item conflicts.
• Pressing Cancel in the Switch Buffers dialog does not jump to the selected buffer anymore.
• Autocomplete lists sort properly for machines with a different locale.
• Statusbar is not cleared when set from a key command.
• Unreadable files are handled appropriately.
• Scintilla: fixed scrolling bug where caret was not kept visible.
• Scintilla: fixed caret position caching after autocompletion.
• Scintilla: fixed paging up/down in virtual space.
• Scintilla: fixed crash with negative arguments passed to buffer:marker_add() and buffer:marker_add_set().
• Scintilla: dwell notifications are not emitted when the mouse is outside the view.

Changes:

• Multi-language lexers (HTML, PHP, RHTML, etc.) are processed as fast as single language ones, resulting in a huge speed improvement.
• An update_ui event is triggered after a Lua command is entered.
• gui.dialog() can take tables of strings as arguments now.
• _m.textadept.snapopen.open() takes a recursion depth as a parameter and falls back on a DEFAULT_DEPTH if necessary.
• Removed _m.textadept.editing.smart_cutcopy() and _m.textadept.editing.squeeze() functions.
• Added _m.textadept.editing.SAVE_STRIPS_WS option to disable strip whitespace on save.
• Changed locale implementation. Locale files are much easier to create now.
• gui.statusbar_text is now readable instead of being write-only.
• Can highlight all occurances of a word.
• Added jsp lexer.
• More consistant handling of \ directory separator for Win32.
• Consolidated textadept.h and lua_interface.c into single textadept.c file.
• Added _G.timeout() function for calling functions and/or events after a period of time.
• Find in files is accessible through find API.
• Updated XML lexer.
• Added search-column and output-column options for filteredlist dialogs.
• Scintilla: added buffer:contracted_fold_next() for retrieving fold states.
• Scintilla: added buffer:vertical_centre_caret().
• Updated to Scintilla 2.22.
• Renamed _G.MAC to _G.OSX.

3.3 (01 Oct 2010)

Download:

• Textadept 3.3 – Win32 | PGP – 3.3 Win32
• Textadept 3.3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.3 OSX
• Textadept 3.3 – Linux | PGP – 3.3 Linux
• Textadept 3.3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.3 – Source | PGP – 3.3 Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed buggy snippet menu.
• Comments do not need to begin the line in Properties lexer.

Changes:

• Added _m.textadept.snapopen module with menu options for rapidly opening files.
• Added coffeescript lexer.
• Updated D and Java lexers.

3.2 (01 Sep 2010)

Download:

• Textadept 3.2 – Win32 | PGP – 3.2 Win32
• Textadept 3.2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.2 OSX
• Textadept 3.2 – Linux | PGP – 3.2 Linux
• Textadept 3.2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.2 – Source | PGP – 3.2 Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed “Replace All” infinite loop bug.
• Handle strings properly in Groovy and Vala lexers.
• Scintilla: fixed drawing bug after horizontally scrolling too much.
• Scintilla: fixed various folding bugs.

Changes:

• Updated to the new Scintillua that does not required patched Scintilla.
• Updated to Scintilla 2.21.

3.1 (21 Aug 2010)

Download:

• Textadept 3.1 – Win32 | PGP – 3.1 Win32
• Textadept 3.1 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.1 OSX
• Textadept 3.1 – Linux | PGP – 3.1 Linux
• Textadept 3.1 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.1 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.1 – Source | PGP – 3.1 Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed memory leak in Mac OSX.
• Scintilla: fixed crash when searching for empty strings.
• Scintilla: fixed lexing and folding bugs when pressing enter at the beginning of a line.
• Scintilla: fixed bug in line selection mode.
• Scintilla: fixed alpha indicator value ranges.
• Scintilla: fixed compiler errors for some compilers.
• Scintilla: fixed memory leak in autocompletion and user lists.

Changes:

• Refactored key commands to support propagation.
• Updated TeX lexer.
• Only highlight C/C++ preprocessor words, not the whole line.
• Scintilla: added new buffer.CARETSTICKY_WHITESPACE caret sticky option.
• Scintilla: lexing improvements.
• Updated to Scintilla 2.20.
• Added Lua autocompletion.

3.0 (01 Jul 2010)

Please see the 2 to 3 migration guide for upgrading from Textadept 2 to Textadept 3.

Download:

• Textadept 3.0 – Win32 | PGP – 3.0 Win32
• Textadept 3.0 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.0 OSX
• Textadept 3.0 – Linux | PGP – 3.0 Linux
• Textadept 3.0 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.0 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.0 – Source | PGP – 3.0 Source

Bugfixes:

• None

Changes:

• More accurate CSS and Diff lexers.

3.0 beta (21 Jun 2010)

Download:

• Textadept 3.0 beta – Win32 | PGP – 3.0 beta Win32
• Textadept 3.0 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 3.0 beta OSX
• Textadept 3.0 beta – Linux | PGP – 3.0 beta Linux
• Textadept 3.0 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 3.0 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 3.0 beta – Source | PGP – 3.0 beta Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed Mac OSX paste issue.
• Fixed buffer:text_range() argcheck problem.
• Differentiate between division and regex in Javascript lexer.
• Fixed bug with child’s main lexer not having a _tokenstyles table.
• Scintilla: fixed flashing while scrolling.
• Scintilla: fixed marker movement when inserting newlines.
• Scintilla: fixed middle-click paste in block-selection mode.
• Scintilla: fixed selection bounds returned for rectangular selections.
• Scintilla: fixed case-insensitive searching for non-ASCII characters.
• Scintilla: fixed bad-UTF-8 byte handling.
• Scintilla: fixed bug when rectangular selections were extended into multiple selections.
• Scintilla: fixed incorrect caret placement after scrolling.
• Scintilla: fixed text disappearing after wrapping bug.
• Scintilla: fixed various regex search bugs.
• Scintilla: improved scrolling performance.
• Scintilla: fixed Shift+Tab handling for rectangular selection.

Changes:

• Remove initial “Untitled” buffer when necessary.
• Moved core extension modules into textadept module.
• New API.
• ~/.textadept/init.lua is created for you if one does not exist.
• No more autoload of ~/.textadept/key_commands.lua and ~/.textadept/snippets.lua
• Updated Java and D lexers.
• Scintilla: added buffer.multi_paste for pasting into multiple selections.
• Updated to Scintilla 2.12.
• Abbreviated Lua commands in the command entry.
• Dynamic command line arguments.
• Added statusbar notification on reset().
• Added Gtkrc, Prolog, and Go lexers.

2.2 (11 May 2010)

Download:

• Textadept 2.2 – Win32 | PGP – 2.2 Win32
• Textadept 2.2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 2.2 OSX
• Textadept 2.2 – Linux | PGP – 2.2 Linux
• Textadept 2.2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 2.2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 2.2 – Source | PGP – 2.2 Source

Bugfixes:

• Save buffer before compiling or running.
• Fixed error in the manual for ~/.textadept/init.lua example.
• Ignore file:// prefix for filenames.

Changes:

• _USERHOME comes before _HOME in package.path so require searches ~/.textadept/ first.

2.2 beta 2 (01 May 2010)

Download:

• Textadept 2.2 beta 2 – Win32 | PGP – 2.2 beta 2 Win32
• Textadept 2.2 beta 2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 2.2 beta 2 OSX
• Textadept 2.2 beta 2 – Linux | PGP – 2.2 beta 2 Linux
• Textadept 2.2 beta 2 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 2.2 beta 2 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 2.2 beta 2 – Source | PGP – 2.2 beta 2 Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed crash with buffer:text_range().
• Fixed snippets bug with %n sequences.
• Respect tab settings for snippets.
• Fixed help hanging bug in Win32.
• Fixed Lua module commands bug.
• Fixed bug with style metatables.
• Fixed bug with XML namespaces.

Changes:

• Added BSD support.
• Removed kill-ring from editing module.
• Compile and Run commands are in language modules.
• Block comment strings are in language modules now.
• Remove “Untitled” buffer when necessary.
• Moved “Search” menu into “Tools” menu to prevent Alt+S key conflict.
• Rewrote lexers implementation.
• Added Inform, Lilypond, and NSIS lexers.
• _m.textadept.editing.enclosure is now an accessible table.
• Updated D, Java, and LaTeX lexers.

2.2 beta (01 Apr 2010)

Download:

• Textadept 2.2 beta – Win32 | PGP – 2.2 beta Win32
• Textadept 2.2 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 2.2 beta OSX
• Textadept 2.2 beta – Linux | PGP – 2.2 beta Linux
• Textadept 2.2 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 2.2 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 2.2 beta – Source | PGP – 2.2 beta Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed transform bug in snippets.
• Fixed bug with Io lexer mime-type.
• Fixed embedded css/javascript bug in HTML lexer.
• Fixed bug in multi-language lexer detection.

Changes:

• Removed _m.textadept.mlines module since Scintilla’s multiple selections supercedes it.
• Removed side pane.
• New `gui.dialog(‘filteredlist’, …) from gtdialog.
• Can select buffer from filteredlist dialog (replacing side pane buffer list).
• Can select lexer from filteredlist dialog.
• Can have user key_commands.lua, snippets.lua, mime_types.conf, locale.conf that are loaded by their respective modules.
• Added Matlab/Octave lexer and updated Haskell lexer.
• Backspace deletes auto-inserted character pairs.
• Added notification for session files not found.
• Snippets use multiple carets.
• Removed api file support.

2.1 (01 Mar 2010)

Download:

• Textadept 2.1 – Win32 | PGP – 2.1 Win32
• Textadept 2.1 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 2.1 OSX
• Textadept 2.1 – Linux | PGP – 2.1 Linux
• Textadept 2.1 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 2.1 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 2.1 – Source | PGP – 2.1 Source

Bugfixes:

• Do not close files opened from command line when loading PM session.
• Fixed bug for running a file with no path.
• Fixed error message for session file not being found.
• Fixed key command for word autocomplete on Win32.
• Changed conflicting menu shortcut for Lexers menu.
• Fixed typos in templates generated by modules PM browser.
• Scintilla: fixed crash after adding an annotation and then adding a new line below it.
• Scintilla: fixed buffer:get_sel_text().
• Scintilla: fixed some instances of text positioning.
• Scintilla: fixed various problems with rectangular selections and rectangular pastes.
• Scintilla: fixed some instances of navigation through and display of wrapped lines.
• Scintilla: fixed drag and drop.
• Scintilla: fixed extra background styling at the end of the buffer.
• Scintilla: fixed crash when adding markers to non-existant lines.
• Scintilla: fixed indentation guide drawing over text in some cases.

Changes:

• Added Dot and JSON lexers.
• Search _USERHOME in addition to _HOME for themes.
• Added command line switch for not loading/saving session.
• Modified key commands to be more key-layout agnostic.
• Added reset_before and reset_after events while textadept.reset() is being run.
• Reload current lexer module after textadept.reset().
• Added ~/.textadept/modules/ to package.path.
• Scintilla: added support for multiple selections and virtual space.
• Scintilla: buffer.first_visible_line is no longer read-only.
• Scintilla: added buffer.whitespace_size for changing the size of visible whitespace.
• Scintilla: added buffer.auto_c_current_text for retrieving the currently selected autocompletion text.
• Updated to Scintilla 2.03.
• Modified quit and close dialogs to be more readable.

2.0 (01 Oct 2009)

Download:

• Textadept 2.0 – Win32 | PGP – 2.0 Win32
• Textadept 2.0 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 2.0 OSX
• Textadept 2.0 – Linux | PGP – 2.0 Linux
• Textadept 2.0 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 2.0 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 2.0 – Source | PGP – 2.0 Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug with reloading PM width from session file.
• Only show a non-nil PM context menu.
• Fixed bug in modules/textadept/lsnippets.lua.
• Fixed bug in core/ext/mime_types.lua caused during textadept.reset().
• Close all buffers before loading a session.
• Identify shellscript files correctly.
• D lexer no longer has key-command conflicts.

Changes:

• Refactored modules/textadept/lsnippets.lua.
• Updated key commands.
• Allow PM modules in the ~/.textadept user directory.
• Added style_whitespace to lexers for custom styles.
• Added standard F3 key command for “Find Next” for Windows/Linux.

2.0 beta (31 Jul 2009)

Download:

• Textadept 2.0 beta – Win32 | PGP – 2.0 beta Win32
• Textadept 2.0 beta – Linux | PGP – 2.0 beta Linux
• Textadept 2.0 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 2.0 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 2.0 beta – Source | PGP – 2.0 beta Source

Bugfixes:

• Alphabetize lexer list.
• Fixed some locale issues.
• Fixed some small memory leaks.
• Try a list of encodings rather than just UTF-8 so “conversion failed” does not happen so often.
• Restore a manually set lexer.

Changes:

• Removed _m.textadept.macros module and respective PM browser (use Lua instead).
• Linux version can be installed and run from anywhere; no need to recompile anymore.
• Added many more events to hook into lots of core functionality.
• Updated to Scintilla 1.79.
• Run module allows more flexible compile commands and run commands.
• Save project manager cursor over sessions.
• Allow mime-types and compile and run commands to be user-redefinable in user scripts.
• Use ~/.textadept/ for holding user lexers, themes, sessions, etc.
• Added “Help” menu linking to Manual and LuaDoc.
• Textadept compiles as C99 code. (Drops Microsoft Visual Studio support.)
• Sessions functionality moved to modules/textadept/session.lua from core/file_io.lua.
• The char_added event now passes an int, not a string, to handler functions.
• Replaced cocoaDialog and lua_dialog with my C-based gtdialog.
• Incremental find via the Lua command entry.

• NO dependencies other than GTK on all platforms.

  • Win32 no longer requires the MSVC++ 2008 Runtime.
  • Linux no longer requires libffi.
  • Mac OSX no longer requires cocoaDialog.

• Can cross compile to Win32 from Linux.

• Removed confusing local function and local table LuaDoc.
• Rewrote the manual and most of the documentation.

1.6 (01 Apr 2009)

Download:

• Textadept 1.6 – Win32 | PGP – 1.6 Win32
• Textadept 1.6 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 1.6 OSX
• Textadept 1.6 – Linux | PGP – 1.6 Linux
• Textadept 1.6 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 1.6 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 1.6 – Source | PGP – 1.6 Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed NULL byte bug associated with Lua interface due to multi-encoding support.
• Find marker is colored consistently.
• Fixed issue with buffer browser cursor saving.
• Fixed block character insertion issue on GTK-OSX.

Updates:

• Trimmed theme files.
• Added file_before_save event.

1.6 beta (01 Mar 2009)

Download:

• Textadept 1.6 beta – Win32 | PGP – 1.6 beta Win32
• Textadept 1.6 beta – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 1.6 beta OSX
• Textadept 1.6 beta – Linux | PGP – 1.6 beta Linux
• Textadept 1.6 beta – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 1.6 beta Linux x86_64
• Textadept 1.6 beta – Source | PGP – 1.6 beta Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bookmarks bugs.
• PM browsers are not re-added to the list again on textadept.reset().
• Fixed ctags PM browser bug with filenames.
• Marker colors are set for all views now.
• Fixed never-ending “reload modified file?” dialog bug.
• Fixed key command for m_snippets.list.
• Fixed issues with _m.textadept.run module.
• Fixed document modification status bug for unfocused split views.
• Fixed filename encoding issues for Windows.

Updates:

• Added key commands and menu items to navigate “Find in Files” list.
• The recent_files popup list behaves better.
• Attempt to preserve existing EOL mode for opened files.
• Add drag-and-dropped directories to the PM browser list.
• Removed project PM browser.
• Multiple character encoding support for opening and saving files.

1.5 (20 Feb 2009)

Download:

• Textadept 1.5 – Win32 | PGP – 1.5 Win32
• Textadept 1.5 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 1.5 OSX
• Textadept 1.5 – Linux | PGP – 1.5 Linux
• Textadept 1.5 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 1.5 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 1.5 – Source | PGP – 1.5 Source

Bugfixes:

• Fixed some corner cases in Find in Files user interface.
• Fixed some OSX key command issues for consistency.
• Fixed some key command modifiers for “enclose in” series.

Updates:

• Consolidated core/ext/key_commands_{std,mac}.lua into single core/ext/key_commands.lua.
• Can use the Tab and Shift+Tab keys for snippets now.
• Removed support for Textmate-style snippets in favor of Lua-style snippets.
• Load drag-and-dropped directories into file browser.
• Can toggle showing “dot” files in file browser.
• Prompt for file reload when files are modified outside Textadept.
• Added textadept.context_menu field for right-click inside Scintilla.
• Project Manager cursors are saved and restored.
• Only use escape sequences in Lua pattern searches.
• Rewrote modules/textadept/run.lua to be easier to use and configure.
• Find in Files marks the selected line for easier reference.
• Save special buffers in session file (e.g. error buffer, message buffer, etc.)
• Moved mime-types into core/ext/mime_types.conf configuration file.
• Moved localization into core/locale.conf configuration file.

1.4 (10 Feb 2009)

Download:

• Textadept 1.4 – Win32 | PGP – 1.4 Win32
• Textadept 1.4 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 1.4 OSX
• Textadept 1.4 – Linux | PGP – 1.4 Linux
• Textadept 1.4 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 1.4 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 1.4 – Source | PGP – 1.4 Source

Bugfixes:

• Handle empty clipboard properly.
• Fixed some widget focus issues.
• Fixed a couple Find in Files bugs.
• Workaround for GTK-OSX pasting issue.

Updates:

• Added menu options for changing line endings.
• The Project Manager Entry responds better.
• Improved Lua State integrity for critical data.
• Keep only 10 items in Find/Replace history.
• Special buffers are not “Untitled” anymore.
• Moved textadept.locale table to _G.

1.3 (30 Jan 2009)

Download:

• Textadept 1.3 – Win32 | PGP – 1.3 Win32
• Textadept 1.3 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 1.3 OSX
• Textadept 1.3 – Linux | PGP – 1.3 Linux
• Textadept 1.3 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 1.3 Linux x86_64
• Textadept 1.3 – Source | PGP – 1.3 Source

Bugfixes:

• Binary files are opened and handled properly.
• Drag-and-dropped files are now opened in the correct split view they were dropped in.
• Fixed some various GTK-OSX UI issues.
• Fixed a special case of “Replace All”.
• Clicking “Ok” closes any error dialogs on init.
• Fixed statusbar glitch when creating new buffers.
• Windows' CR+LF line endings are handled properly.
• Do not go to non-existent buffer index when loading session.
• Do not attempt to open non-existent files when double-clicking error messages.

Updates:

• Look for ~/.ta_theme for setting Textadept _THEME.
• _THEME can now be a directory path.
• Themes now contain their own lexer.lua for defining lexer colors.
• Added “Find in Files” support.
• Can set the Project Manager cursor through Lua.
• Look for ~/.ta_modules to load instead of default modules in init.lua.
• Added “Replace All” for just selected text.
• Removed menu label text in favor of using menu id numbers for menu actions.
• Added Find/Replace history.
• Use a combo entry for the Project Manager browser entry.
• Print messages to a split view instead of switching buffers.

1.2 (21 Jan 2009)

Download:

• Textadept 1.2 – Win32 | PGP – 1.2 Win32
• Textadept 1.2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 1.2 OSX
• Textadept 1.2 – Linux | PGP – 1.2 Linux

Bugfixes:

• None.

Updates:

• Windows command line support (“Open With Textadept” works too).
• New _m.textadept.run module for compiling and running programs. Output is displayed in a message buffer and you can double-click errors and warnings to go to them in the source file.

1.1 (11 Jan 2009)

Download:

• Textadept 1.1 – Win32 | PGP – 1.1 Win32
• Textadept 1.1 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 1.1 OSX
• Textadept 1.1 – Linux | PGP – 1.1 Linux

Bugfixes:

• Fixed core/ext/key_commands_std.lua key conflict (Ctrl+V).

Updates:

• Dramatic speed increase in lexing for large, single-language files.
• Added localization support.
• Added bookmarks support.
• All require statements have been moved to init.lua for easy module configuration.
• Various improvements to efficiency, speed, and readability of source code.
• Manually parse ~/.gtkrc-2.0 on Mac since GTK-OSX does not do it.

1.0 (01 Jan 2009)

Download:

• Textadept 1.0 – Win32 | PGP – 1.0 Win32
• Textadept 1.0 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 1.0 OSX
• Textadept 1.0 – Linux | PGP – 1.0 Linux

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug with placeholders in Lua-style snippets.
• Fixed view grow/shrink error thrown when the view is not split.
• Various fixes to recognize windows directory separators.
• Fixed some Find bugs.
• Fixed macro recording and playback bugs.

Updates:

• Added actions for all menu items.
• Added Lua interface functions and fields for the find box.
• Nearly full Mac OSX support with GTK-OSX.
• Compile LPeg and LuaFileSystem libraries into Textadept by default.
• Use UTF-8 encoding by default.
• Added light color theme used by default.
• New Textadept icons.
• Added a true project manager.

0.6 (03 Oct 2008)

Download:

• Textadept 0.6 – Win32 | PGP – 0.6 Win32
• Textadept 0.6 – Linux | PGP – 0.6 Linux
• Textadept 0.6 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 0.6 Linux x86_64

Bugfixes:

• Gracefully exit when core/init.lua fails to load.

Updates:

• Windows support! (finally)
• Theming support (SciTE theme used by default).
• Added textadept.size field and save it in session files.
• Some C++ API-simplifying changes.
• Drag-and-drop files into Textadept works as expected.
• Revised manual.
• Buffer and View properties are no longer set in C++, but in Lua through “buffer_new” and “view_new” event handlers respectively.
• File types can be recognized by pattern matching the first line.

0.5 (23 Jul 2008)

Download:

• Textadept 0.5 – Linux | PGP – 0.5 Linux
• Textadept 0.5 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 0.5 Linux x86_64

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug in Lua module when there is no matching file to go to.

Updates:

• Added user-friendly key commands and menus.
• Added 43 more lexers.
• Moved block-comment commands from language modules to textadept.editing module.
• Updated some Luadoc.

0.4 (25 Jun 2008)

Download:

• Textadept 0.4 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 0.4 OSX
• Textadept 0.4 – Linux | PGP – 0.4 Linux
• Textadept 0.4 – Linux x86_64 | PGP – 0.4 Linux x86_64

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug with “%” being contained in text to replace.
• Fixed compile warnings.
• Fixed bug for menu actions on non-focused buffer.

Updates:

• Added bookmark support through modules/textadept/bookmarks.lua (not loaded by default).
• Added icons to Textadept.
• Added a modules browser for adding, deleting, and editing modules easily.
• Consolidated source files into textadept.c, textadept.h, and lua_interface.c.
• Always load project manager settings from session file if available.
• Include liblua5.1.a for compiling Lua into Textadept.
• Added true tab-completion to Lua command entry.
• Added Doxygen documentation for C source files.
• Updated Luadoc, and added Textadept manual.

0.3 (04 Mar 2008)

Download:

• Textadept 0.3 – Linux | PGP – 0.3 Linux

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug in editing module’s select_indented_block().
• Fixed empty buffer.filename bug in textadept.io.save_as().
• Fixed setting of Ruby lexer after detecting filetype.

Updates:

• Makefile builds Textadept to optimize for small size.
• Lua is no longer an external dependency and built into Textadept.
• Zenity is no longer a dependency on Linux. lua_dialog is used instead.
• Resources from io.popen() are handled more appropriately.
• Added textadept.reset() function for for reloading Lua scripts.
• Added new find in files project manager browser.
• Fixed some code redundancy and typos in documentation.

0.2 (20 Dec 2007)

Download:

• Textadept 0.2 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 0.2 OSX
• Textadept 0.2 – Linux | PGP – 0.2 Linux

Bugfixes:

• Fixed command line parameters bug.
• Fixed package.path precedence bug.
• Use 8 style bits by default.

Updates:

• Scintilla-st.
• Lexers.
• Improved support for embedded language-specific snippets.

0.1 (01 Dec 2007)

Download:

• Textadept 0.1 – Mac OSX Intel 10.5+ | PGP – 0.1 OSX
• Textadept 0.1 – Linux | PGP – 0.1 Linux

Initial Release

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