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Changelog for Alpha 0.5 releases
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+Improved consistency of Python auto-completion to provide results under more
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+Show call tips on mouse over when available.
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+When in DEBUG mode trace statements are dumped to a log file in the systems
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temp directory and are kept for up to seven days.
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+Update Launch plugin to version 1.8 (bug fixes)
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+Add observer interface for mouse dwell events in buffer.
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+Add observer interface for when bookmarks are added or removed.
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+Fix issue with tab activation after tabs had been reorganized via user
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+Fix issue where using pane navigator would result in all event handlers being
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disconnected until main window received an deactivation followed by another
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+Fix bug in reporting file errors under certain use cases.
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+Fix incorrect highlighting for some css2 keywords.
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+Don't crash when bitmap resource for tab navigator fails to load correctly.
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+Fix issue where some UpdateUI events where not getting handled in modal dialogs.
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+Fix inconsistency that could lead to an un-handled exception when switching between
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different saved perspectives.
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+Fix crash caused by thread safety issue that could occur when updater fails
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to get version info from the network.
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+Fix bug where editor area would be readonly after a failed file load that
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required the user to select the proper encoding.
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+Fix infinite recursion error that could occur when loading a non existent
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This release includes some important Unicode and file loading issues as well
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as some new features. See the included change summary below for more details
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on what has changed for this release.
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+Add Search in Current Directory option to Find/Replace Dialog
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+Increase persistence limit for search in directory history
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+Add support for DSP56K assembly
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+Add support for OOC programming language
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+Support multiple views of the same file within the same window.
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+Add support for NONMEM Control Stream files (patch from Robert McLeay)
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+Updated CodeBrowser plugin 1.2 (sort view by line number or alphabetically)
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+Edge guide color can be configured through Style Editor Dialog.
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+Fix major error in handling events when more than one window has been opened.
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+Fix bug in style sheet parsing that was not properly setting undefined style
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tags to the default_style.
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+Fix encoding detection issue that could lead to unhanded exception error.
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+Fix handling of Unicode text by Django lexer.
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+Fix issues with detecting UTF-16 encoded files that don't have a BOM.
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+Fix not being able to run executables in Launch that have spaces in their
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+Fix issues with aborting processes with Launch plugin on Windows.
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+Fix crash that could occur if text was dragged over PluginMgr ListBox.
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+Fix issue in Shelf tabs not being restored in correct order
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+Fix issue where context menu on editor tabs could refer to wrong tab.
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+Fix error that could occur when showing statusbar popumenu for line endings
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caused by improper menu item type.
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+Fix DeadObjectError in UpdateFileHistory
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+Properly handle application exit when os is shutting down (patch from Eric Gaudet)
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This release addresses a critical bug in the handling of HTML/XML files.
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+Fix error in HTML autocompletion.
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+Fix application icon not showing up on Windows Vista and 7.
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+Fix spellchecker dependencies missing in Windows binary builds.
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+Improved TCL/Tk Highlighting
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+Updated CodeBrowser Plugin 1.1 (improved Tcl/Tk, C, and CSS Support)
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+Update Launch Plugin 1.7 (word wrap and lock file options)
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+Improved AutoIndent functionality for HTML/XML
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+Improve behavior of HTML autocomp
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+Syntax modules that provide AutoIndenters are now responsible for adding the
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text to the buffers them self instead of returning a string to the EditraStc.
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+Fix braces not getting un-highlighted when toggling setting on and off.
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+Fix incorrect handling of xml in IPC server (patch from rqsall)
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+Fix file open from commandline not respecting open files in new windows option.
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+Fix incorrect closer notifications that could occur when using the close tab shortcut.
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+Fix crash that could occur due to Python autocompletion executing a SystemExit exception.
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+Fix Shelf tabs not updating when show icons on tab option is toggled.
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This is primarily a bug fix release to address a number of issues from the
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big tab control change in the previous release as well as some other standing
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issues. This is a suggested update for all users of the previous release.
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+Improvements to Verilog and SysVerilog highlighting (patch from akhailtash)
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+Fix issue with tab selection events not being sent in split notebook.
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+Fix page change notifications not being sent under certain tab close scenarios.
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+Unsubscribe from file history messages on window deletion.
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+Fix issue in handling invalid data in custom style sheets.
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+Fix issue with search being incremented when control key was pressed.
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+Fix crash that could occur when iterating syntax globals during startup.
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+Fix issue with portable profiles not loading when install directory path changes.
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+Fix crash that could occur when tab menu handler is called with no context manager.
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+Handle errors that can occur when adding items to file history.
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+Fix crash from selecting invalid register when using vim mode.
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+Ctrl+Tab functionality for switching tabs has been restored.
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+Double click on split notebook sash now properly unsplits the notebook on OSX.
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+Fix Python auto-indenter not indenting after 'with' statements.
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+Fix handling of improper paths when typing in command mode.
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This release was initially going to be held until wxPython 2.8.11 was released
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but it seems to be delayed so this release will still have some minor issues
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when running on OSX 10.6.
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There are a number of new features in this release. The tabs in the notebooks
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can be dragged out to split the notebook into separate views so that files can
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be viewed side by side. This feature has also been extended to the Shelf window.
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There are also new versions of the CodeBrowser and Launch plugins included with
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this release. For detailed changes please review the changelog below.
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+Tabs can be dragged out to split notebooks so that buffers and Shelf items
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can be viewed side by side.
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+What items are displayed in the Lexer menu are now configurable.
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+Basic support for highlighting asp script embedded in html files.
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+New version of Launch plugin with some bug fixes.
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+Add Close Others option to right click tab menu to close all but the selected tab.
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+Add support for highlighting Forth source files.
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+Add support for Java to CodeBrowser (patch from Eric Gaudet)
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+Add support for Diff files to CodeBrowser (patch from Eric Gaudet)
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+Custom autobackup directory can be configured.
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+Extend HTML support to support HTML5 syntax (patch from Hagn99)
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+Add --no-clean option to source file installer to skip old file cleanup.
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+New plugin interface for adding autocompletion providers added (iface.AutocompI)
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+FilterDialog class added to eclib
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+Fix segmentation fault on Linux when using right click context menu to paste.
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+Fix some minor vhdl highlighting issues.
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+Fix issue where typing over selected text would sometimes not overwrite it
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+Fix exception that could occur when syntax highlighting extensions are removed.
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+Fix issue where autocomp/callip popups would not get hidden when they should.
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+Fix issue where window could be restored off screen when extra displays have
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been removed from the system between running the program.
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+Fix issue where tab label would incorrectly show a modified state after loading
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a large file in incremental mode.
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+Fix bug in python autocompleter that could raise an error when retrieving a
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calltip under some conditions.
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+Fix issue with detecting magic encoding if it was changed after the buffer
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was loaded on subsequent saves.
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+Fix bug in reloading of buffers after encoding error is detected that would
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result in them always becoming a read only buffer.
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+Fix bug in retrieving file extension for file types that have no extensions
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associated with them.
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+Fix bad link to online documentation in Help menu
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+Default to English local when localized resource for LANGUAGE_DEFAULT are not
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+Fix issue with folded code disappearing when folding option is toggled off.
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Another quick bug fix release to address some critical issues that were still
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present after the last release.
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+Fix error introduced into extended autocomp in previous release.
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+Handle win32api errors from calls to GetLongPathName.
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+Restore html/xml autocomp behavior to put cursor between tags that are inserted.
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+Fix issue with custom key profiles being saved to system directory instead of
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user config directory.
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Quick bug fix release for some issues that arose after the last release.
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+Fix Unicode handling for file names when opening files from the command line.
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+Fix bug in not properly shutting down ipc server on exit app event.
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+Fix bug in not automatically continuing with the window closure when a modified
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file action takes place.
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+Fix duplicate entries in autocomp lists that could occur when using extended
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autocomp (patch from cowo78)
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+Fix replace action not being working when up is selected as the the find direction.
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+Fix index error when accessing empty history cache.
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+Fix error in returning a list instead of a string when getcalltip fails.
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+Fix error handling for when select_style has no background color defined.
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Compatibility with older Editra Style Sheet's modifier syntax has been removed,
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style sheet made for pre 0.4 release version may have trouble properly loading
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+New version of Launch plugin (new handlers can be added via xml interface)
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+Clicking on encoding field in statusbar will allow encoding of current document
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+Some performance improvements
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+The -g command line switch now will work when existing instance of Editra is
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+Xml interface added to Launch plugin
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+Fix error in handling of unknown encodings.
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+Trim long python calltips to ensure that function signature is visible (patch from appliedmath)
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+Fix issue with opening files via relative path from commandline
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+Fix error when adding shelf items to an undocked shelf window
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+Fix index error in page synchronization of filebrowser plugin
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+Fix index error in BackTab functionality
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+Fix BackTab at end of line deleting eol characters
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+Fix startup errors caused by files that were left over from previous installs.
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+Fix issue where Windows binary installer would misplace files that could cause
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subprocess commands to fail.
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+Fix issue in handling short form paths on Windows by converting to long name.
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This release contains a a large number of internal changes. New features include
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the ability to customize syntax highlighting and add new file type support
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through xml files. Spell checking is now also supported through the use of the
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enchant spell checking library.
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+Syntax highlighting can be extended and overridden by user defined extensions.
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+Spell checking support (requires enchant)
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+Plugins can now be un-installed through plugin manager.
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+Add support for STATA (patch from Jean Eid).
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+New api for plugins and other clients to customize buffer context menu.
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+New profile api's for registering for notifications of profile changes.
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+Fix crash that could occur when loading some binary data into buffer.
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+Return unique sorted list of terms when using extended autocomp.
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+Fix some color issues when running under GTK.
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+Fix line number preference not being remembered on startup.
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+Fix error in handling corrupted session files.
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+Fix bug in auto clearing of status text that would let timer to continue
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running unnecessarily.
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+Fix errors that could occur occasionally when setting status text.
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+Fix bug in error reporting when file reload fails.
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+Fix some compatibility issues with wxPython 2.8.4
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+Fix issue where search direction could get stuck in search previous when using
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the quick search shortcuts.
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+Fix crash that could occur when showing find dialog under certain cases.
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Important bug fix release to fix a critical regression with handling of files that have
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BOM characters in them. All users of release 0.5 should quickly update to this
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release as the bug could lead to data loss.
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NEW: [features/improvements]
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+Find bar is now customizable via right click menu.
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+Add Hungarian, Galician, Romanian, and Slovak translations.
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+Updated translations
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+Fix error in handling BOM when saving files that could result in data loss.
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+Use wxversion to make sure that Editra is started with wxPython2.8 or later.
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This release contains a large number of important bug fixes. Due to various
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outside issues that have limited my development time the last few months I have
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decided to change the focus to bug fixes for this release and most of the
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features I had slated for 0.5 have been pushed back to the later 0.5 series
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releases in order focus on stability for 0.5.
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NEW: [features/enhancements]
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+BackTab can no be used to compress space that is embedded in a line.
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+Record position changes from mouse clicks in position navigation history.
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+Add command line switch -g for specifying line to open file to.
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+Fix copying from OutputBuffer.
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+Fix some error handling if file session handling.
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+Fix some minor translation issues.
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+Don't reposition caret if it was moved during a threaded load operation.
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+Fix some errors with setting custom highlighting colors.
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+Set highlight foreground colour to White when selection colour is dark.
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+Fix search in directory message handler in search controller that caused
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some issues when the dialog had already been created.
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+Fix search in directory crash on windows when accessing it from filebrowser.
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+Files with embedded NUL bytes can now be loaded properly.
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+Properly handle filenames that have spaces in them in the Launch plugin.
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+Fix saving of files where pasted in text would cause the encoding of the text
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to fail on write to disk.
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+Fix direction choices not being disabled for search in files operation in
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+Fix error handling for when incorrect regular expressions are used in a
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+Fix error that could occur when right clicking on tab area.
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+Fix off by one error in vim jump to line command.
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+Fix some clipboard related issues when running under gtk.
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+Fix tab scrolling rate on gtk
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+Handle errors due to failed socket connection in IPC server
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