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NFOpad Changelog

What's new in NFOpad 1.81

Nov 27, 2022
  • Fixed issue with using alt + keypad numbers to insert special characters

New in NFOpad 1.8 (Apr 3, 2022)

  • Added support for zooming the text with Ctrl+plus/Ctrl+minus/Ctrl+0 or scrollwheel
  • Added support for adding/removing a specified string to the start of all selected lines (typically used for commenting lines in scripts/source code)
  • All icons updated and 256x256 version added
  • Untabify now remove spaces as well as tabs
  • Added Reset all settings button to Options/Misc
  • "Allow changes to text" checkbox moved from menu to Options/Misc to avoid accidental use of feature and READ ONLY status bar item will be shown when set
  • bugfix: ctrl-stepping the caret did not work for some cases
  • bugfix: open new file with F6/F7 did not ask to save unchanged changes
  • bugfix: horizontal scroll position restored properly for a bunch of cases

New in NFOpad 1.75 (Feb 9, 2020)

  • Triple clicking now selects the whole line
  • Open dialog now shows all file types by default
  • Recent files list now shows 10 files instead of 6 by default
  • Bugfix: opening a new file with the same contents as the currently open did not scroll the text to the top
  • Minor tweaks and fixes

New in NFOpad 1.74 (Jun 18, 2018)

  • Improved detection of when to load text as unicode (tries to detect UTF-8/UTF-16 even when the BOM is missing)
  • Fixed so non-text files containing null is displayed as expected
  • Pasted text with non-windows line endings (n instead of rn) is now displayed properly
  • Fixed Replace/Replace all not working for some cases if clipboard was locked
  • URL detection improved to handle URLs within other tags
  • Initial paths set in Open/Save dialog when passing a file as argument to the exe
  • Misc. optimizations
  • Localization updates

New in NFOpad 1.73 (Sep 9, 2017)

  • Added command for sorting the selected lines alphabetically
  • Recent files list instantly updated for all open NFOPad instances
  • Scrolled position is preserved so the selected text is kept in view (for when reopening files, changing wordwrap/font etc)
  • When reopening a file the text selection is no longer preserved if the selected text has changed
  • Fix for detection of email addresses within citation marks
  • Tabify behavior tweaked
  • .LOG feature (adding current date and time on open) now marks file as dirty as expected
  • Bugfix: Opening a file which ends with a non-empty line will no longer add one empty line
  • Bugfix: Ctrl+Insert and Shift+Insert no longer toggles OVERWRITE
  • Bugfix: Tabify honors read only setting
  • Minor fixes to both NFOPad and the installer

New in NFOpad 1.72 (Nov 17, 2016)

  • Tab key will indent the current selection (tabify)
  • Hebrew localization added
  • Url/email detection improvements
  • Apostrophe added as word delimiter by default for better word selection in scripts/source code
  • App path registration fixed for non admin windows accounts
  • Installer updated to fix windows 10 issues
  • Bugfix: Delete line did not work as expected if word wrap was enabled

New in NFOpad 1.71 (Feb 22, 2016)

  • Load times for large text files improved
  • Double clicking a word and keeping the button held down now allows the user to select several words just as ctrl + click
  • Slovak localization added
  • Set the NFOPad icon on "Edit with NFOPad" in the windows context menu
  • Opening an empty NFOPad, adding text and removing it again will no longer prompt to save on close
  • Added help text about starting the app as administrator when writing to the registry fails
  • Localization fixes
  • Bugfix: when having the menu bar hidden, AltGr no longer flickers the menu when held down
  • Bugfix: Auto Window Width no longer changes the window size when NFOPad is maximized

New in NFOpad 1.7 (Jul 31, 2015)

  • Search while typing setting added
  • Different icons can now be selected when associating files with NFOPad, the old one updated and five new added
  • Fixed the file extension description to display the correct file type when associating files with NFOPad
  • Associating files from NFOPad should now always work and will immediately update the explorer icons
  • Bugfix: Shell/Edit extension dialog was not always checking the "Use NFO font" setting correctly
  • Bugfix: auto width was not calculated correctly for some cases
  • Localization fixes

New in NFOpad 1.69 (Apr 7, 2014)

  • French localization added
  • Fixed so CTRL + backspace removes the whole word

New in NFOpad 1.68 (Jan 27, 2014)

  • Italian localization added
  • Minor localization and code fixes

New in NFOpad 1.67 (Oct 28, 2013)

  • Brazilian Portuguese added
  • Added so F6/F7 will open the next/previous file in the directory of the currently open file
  • Double click on path in status bar will copy it to the clipboard
  • Fixed so the NFOPad window and dialogs don't open outside the desktop
  • Bugfix: text in main window could get manipulated using keyboard shortcuts when the Find dialog had focus
  • Bugfix: restoring scrolled position in text failed for some cases if selection was outside of the view
  • Bugfix: minor fixes

New in NFOpad 1.66 (Jan 21, 2013)

  • Ukrainian localization added
  • INI file location can be selected from Options
  • Find text will try to scroll so the matched string is not at the bottom of the screen for better overview
  • Fixed so undo works for the following operations: delete line, replace, replace all, change case and insert date
  • Bugfix: "Count search hits" and "Replace all" dialogs could end up behind the NFOPad main window
  • Bugfix: When searching to the end and then reversing search direction Find had to be pressed twice

New in NFOpad 1.65 (Oct 1, 2012)

  • Word selection updated, now works for ctrl + click, ctrl + arrow keys and double click. Also appending a word to the selection with ctrl + shift + click works as expected now
  • Added a customizable list of word delimiters
  • Performance fixes for opening and saving large documents
  • Bugfix: NFO files not shown correctly on some systems, changed default setting for "load nfo files with western latin encoding" to false for all except users with asian operating systems
  • Bugfix: When NFOPad was set to be always on top some dialogs were hidden by the main window
  • Bugfix: Windows information/warning sounds were played incorrectly on some dialogs
  • Bugfix: Some dialogs was not positioned correctly if the main window had been moved
  • Bugfix: Filesize was not shown on locked files
  • Bugfix: Portuguise localization file updated
  • Minor fixes

New in NFOpad 1.64 (Oct 1, 2012)

  • Hungarian localization added
  • Direct scrolling (scroll the text using the arrow keys) and a bunch of options for when to enable it
  • Improved dialog shown when trying to save unicode characters with the wrong encoding
  • Menu bar can be hidden (use ALT to show it again)
  • You can specify where on the screen to open NFOPad by sending in two extra command line arguments (nfopad.exe [file to open] [x coordinate] [y coordinate])
  • Specifying a shortcut as command line argument now opens the referenced file
  • Bugfix: opening files from network shares or really long paths could fail
  • Bugfix: error message for setting NFOPad language was sometimes incorrectly shown when pressing OK on the Options dialog

New in NFOpad 1.63 (Nov 21, 2011)

  • Korean localization added
  • Tweaked some default values

New in NFOpad 1.62 (Oct 24, 2011)

  • Russian localization added
  • URL detection now also detects URLs starting with www (without http://)
  • Pressing insert will switch input mode (overwrite/insert)
  • Input mode indicator on the status bar and a setting to turn it off
  • Potential fix for NFOPad requesting administrator rights every time it starts
  • Bugfix: title of the document was never sent to the printer when printing
  • Bugfix: "View with NFOPad" was not removed properly from the context menu
  • Bugfix: scrolled position and selection could be reset for some rare cases

New in NFOpad 1.61 (Oct 3, 2011)

  • Chinese localization added
  • Added alpha blending support for the program window (and a setting + shortcut)
  • Added an asterisk to the program title when the text is changed and unsaved
  • Added a setting to disable all registry writes to ensure 100% portability
  • Fixed so ctrl-clicking a word to select it also works when holding down the mouse button to select several words
  • Context menu renamed "View with NFOPad" -> "Edit with NFOPad"
  • Minor layout fixes and code optimizations
  • Bugfix: switching font selection using F9-F12 now keeps the scrolled text position
  • Bugfix: tabs was handled incorrectly when printing

New in NFOpad 1.6 (Oct 6, 2010)

  • Polish localization added
  • Added option for toggling all status bar items on/off
  • Added new status bar items: file size, unicode indication, selection length (not shown by default)
  • "Match case" in the Find dialog is not saved between sessions anymore
  • Added setting for always using the standard tab width 8 for nfo files, since some nfo files assumes this (default true)
  • When reopening a file (F5) the text is scrolled back to the previous location
  • Find/replace/count performance greatly improved
  • Changed some default values for Auto Width
  • Fixes and tweaks on how to select text by double clicking and ctrl-clicking
  • Added a warning if trying to use a language when the language file has not been installed
  • Fixes, checks and warnings regarding reading and writing registry keys for all users using an windows account without admin rights
  • bugfix: Find dialog was always on top all other windows
  • bugfix: Changing font selection using the menu or keyboard shortcuts did not update the Save As dialog's default extension
  • bugfix: Misc localization fixes

New in NFOpad 1.59 (Jul 23, 2010)

  • Program language can be set in options
  • Quick switch between NFO/text mode can be done from menu or with shortcut keys.
  • URL detection now work within xml tags
  • Default encoding for saving files can be set in options
  • Fixed taskbar icon to use the one with high resolution
  • German localization added
  • Portuguese localization added
  • Spanish localization added

New in NFOpad 1.58 (May 25, 2010)

  • Added support for multiple languages in the GUI. Added localizations for Swedish
  • Added setting to select whether to save the window position/size on exit
  • Added word count in the search dialog
  • Hourglass cursor shown during large operations
  • "New Window" will open the new window with a small offset
  • Replace All optimized
  • "Open" defaults to system default encoding and "Reopen" remembers the selected encoding
  • Bugfix: The program settings INI file is now saved as Unicode
  • Bugfix: Changing the word wrap setting no longer resets the tab width
  • Bugfix: Printing large texts with lots of tabs was very slow
  • Bugfix: Application could crash if unable to read the INI file

New in NFOpad 1.57 (Apr 10, 2010)

  • Tab width can be set in Options
  • NFOPad warns if trying to save a text with unicode characters with an incompatible encoding
  • More intuitive word selection when double clicking a word.
  • Double clicking an URL or e-mail address will select it
  • Adding ".LOG" at the top of a text tells NFOPad to automatically add the current date and time to the text upon opening, just as Notepad.
  • Recent files list always sorted so the most recent files are shown first.
  • Word wrapping added when printing to make sure all text fits the page.
  • Bugfix: Removed false warning when printing
  • Bugfix: Tabs where not handled correctly when printing
  • Bugfix: URL/e-mail detection did not work in the end of really long texts
  • Bugfix: Delete line was possible in read only mode
  • A bunch of minor tweaks

New in NFOpad 1.56 (Oct 2, 2009)

  • Program settings can now be saved to an INI file or the windows registry.
  • Added a READ ONLY notification in the status bar.
  • "TXT file" is now shown in the Windows Explorer's New menu (can be turned off in Options).
  • bugfix: fixed so force western latin encoding setting doesn't apply to unicode files.
  • bugfix: Save As and changing encoding would reload the wrong file (file saved correctly but wrong text loaded).

New in NFOpad 1.55 (Jun 23, 2009)

  • New Options dialogue
  • Added Auto width, including settings in Options
  • Added operations for making the selected text uppercase, lowercase, sentence case, title case and inverted case
  • Added "Insert Time/Date"
  • Added support for URLs within {} and
  • Save dialog tweaks
  • bugfix: URL detection didn't work on uppercase addresses

New in NFOpad 1.54 (May 17, 2009)

  • Made a new icon for NFOPad (and all associated files)
  • Added option to search text in reverse direction (shift+F3)
  • Improved URL/e-mail detection to handle addresses within parenthesis/brackets and detect the following keywords: http://, https://, ftp://, ftps://, file://, gopher://, news://, nntp://, telnet://, wais://, prospero://
  • Added Reopen current file (F5)
  • Optimized "Replace all" to be >40 times faster
  • Changing the encoding of a file when saving will refresh the text to reflect the change
  • Bug fixes

New in NFOpad 1.53 (Apr 14, 2009)

  • Added option "Load NFO files with western latin encoding", true by default. NFO files was not displayed properly for users with a non latin OS language (such as Chinese or Japanese).
  • Added separate colors for nfo/txt
  • Made is easier to associate new extensions with NFOPad and also made it possible to set what font to use for each extension
  • Fixed so you can use Start->Run "nfopad" to start NFOPad, even when the program wasn't installed using the installer
  • Removed unwanted shortcuts (CTRL + H, J, I, M)
  • Font character set is used and saved properly
  • Improved unicode support in Find/Replace dialog
  • Suggested filename cleared on New
  • Program renamed to NFOPad with a capital P
  • Various fixes

New in NFOpad 1.52 (Feb 11, 2009)

  • Added support for some rare line ending characters, fixes problems with some NFO files having double blank lines
  • SaveAs dialog now suggests the previous path and filename
  • Bugfix: extension detection was case sensitive
  • Bugfix: you could open several font/color dialogs in Options which would stall NFOpad
  • Bugfix: parts of the recent items list could be cleared and using several NFOpad could overwrite recent items
  • Some minor fixes

New in NFOpad 1.51 (Jan 12, 2009)

  • Fixed so locked files can be opened by NFOpad (files used by some other process)
  • Additional Unicode support, encoding can be selected upon open and save
  • Fixed so the scrolled location in the file is preserved upon replace
  • The SaveAs dialog suggests the default extension from the opened file
  • Shift+delete to remove a line only applies if nothing is selected in the text (else the selection is removed as expected)

New in NFOpad 1.5 (Dec 3, 2008)

  • Full Unicode support
  • "Copy on select" added which copies the selected text on mouse up, can be enabled in Options
  • "New Window" menu item added. Opens a new instance of NFOpad
  • Replace functionality added
  • Selected text is automatically copied to the search field
  • Search dialog has new settings for "always start from top" and "close on search"
  • Search dialog uses ASCII font if that is used in the text
  • Added support for Vista/XP themes.
  • Loading and saving of files rewritten (loading a large text is much faster)
  • Added option when using "extension determines font"to use either nfo or txt as default extension when saving and viewing files without extension
  • Increased max number of recent items to 20
  • Dropping a shortcut (.lnk) on NFOpad will open the referenced file as expected
  • Optimized url and e-mail detection which could be really slow on large text files
  • Changed how the application settings are stored, this unfortunately means all your old settings will be wiped