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ConnectedText Changelog

What's new in ConnectedText 6.0.15.41

Jul 8, 2016
  • New: There is new INI file called Advanced.ini that enables some tweaking in how ConnectedText works.
  • New: There is a new option for inclusion of headings: Inclusive.
  • Improved: ConnectedText now better handles high DPI values. It is not a complete solution.
  • Improved: Added new options to the Highlight Plugin.
  • Fixed: Regression in the Full Text query dialog. The first tab was not selected when called.
  • Fixed: When natural order is not set ordering works like in previous versions.

New in ConnectedText 6.0.14.38 (Jul 8, 2016)

  • Improved: Natural sort order now handles leading zeros.
  • Improved: Added option for enabling natural sort order.
  • Fixed: Parser of Full Text expressions with date values due a regression.

New in ConnectedText 6.0.13.38 (Sep 30, 2015)

  • New: Added new option to skip encrypted projects at startup.
  • New: Included new style sheets (thanks to Paul Miller).
  • Improved: Topics are ordered using natural sort order.
  • Improved: Goto dialog now permits to drag topics to other views.
  • Improved: Import function now better handles the file encoding.
  • Fixed: Paste may not work while editing a node in the outline when text was copied from another application.
  • Fixed: Using alt and double clicking an entry in the Goto dialog opens the previously-selected item.
  • Fixed: Alt+Enter does not work in the Goto dialog.
  • Fixed: 0000 was being considered a year leading to an exception during parse.
  • Fixed: Moving a section in TOC could displace the text block wrongly under certain conditions.

New in ConnectedText 6.0.12.35 (Feb 21, 2015)

  • New: Outline now supports Cut, Copy and Paste.
  • New: Added search function on floating view.
  • New: Added new link type for $Graph command: include.
  • Improved: ConnectedText can now use up to 4gb on 64bits systems.
  • Improved: Reduced the usage of memory during Global Replace processing.
  • Improved: Drag and drop topic onto category from summary pane.
  • Improved: Added popup on History pane.
  • Improved: History pane now supports Alt+Enter for floating view.
  • Improved: Outline now uses the same shortcut of the main menu for Save, Open, New operations.
  • Fixed: Renaming a topic removes the named block part of inclusion command.
  • Fixed: Inclusion of a section on a category yields metadata.

New in ConnectedText 6.0.11.30 (Jan 8, 2015)

  • Fixed: TAB while editing a node in Outline generates an exception if it is the last node of the tree.
  • Fixed: Regression in Outline. Content of the outline is lost during startup if configured to reopen the last outline used.
  • Fixed: Options for suppression of events and of calendar are switched in project configuration dialog.

New in ConnectedText 6.0.10.29 (Dec 2, 2014)

  • Improved: Outlines remember the state of each node (expanded or collapsed).
  • Improved: Added option in Outline view for always load outlines with all nodes expanded.
  • Fixed: HTML export option Meta tags is not saved/loaded.
  • Fixed: Regression due the changes to solve problem related to macros not being processed.

New in ConnectedText 6.0.9.28 (Nov 14, 2014)

  • Fixed: Regression due the changes to solve problem related to macros not being processed.

New in ConnectedText 6.0.8.27 (Nov 3, 2014)

  • New: Refresh button in search results view
  • Improved: It is now possible to suppress calendar and events in date topics per project
  • Improved: Added a switch to control if case of the links should be considered during rename
  • Improved: Alt+double click on a link declared with CT protocol open topic in a floating windows
  • Fixed: Images from pages declared with HTTPS are not retrieved
  • Fixed: Tab images for search images and navigator views were switched
  • Fixed: Macros sometimes are not processed if multiple commands are declared in the same line
  • Fixed: Next and Previous buttons now follow the same ordering of Topic list

New in ConnectedText 6.0.7.25 (Sep 29, 2014)

  • New: Multiple floating image viewing windows.
  • Improved: Internal viewer for images now scales images in order to fit to screen dimensions.
  • Improved: Added popup menu with Copy, Locate and Close functions in the image viewing window.
  • Improved: Added functions Copy as Text, Copy as Link and Copy as URL to the popup menu of floating window.
  • Improved: Floating window now can be opened clicking in a bookmark holding Alt key.
  • Improved: Combination Alt+double click can now be used in Go To dialog for opening topic in a floating window.
  • Improved: Double click in topic title opens it in a floating window.
  • Improved: Navigator now accepts Alt+double click for opening the selected node in a floating window.
  • Improved: Added function Open Float to the popup menu of the Navigator.
  • Improved: Handling of different types of link in Copy Link function of the Viewer.
  • Fixed: Corrected the caption of Global Find and Global Replace dialogs in order to better reflect their purpose.

New in ConnectedText 6.0.6.24 (May 9, 2014)

  • New: Open multiple selected topics as floating windows using ALT+Enter.
  • Improved: Clicking in the image of Outline's search field clears it.
  • Improved: Outline now accepts drag and drop from topic title and from topic tab.
  • Improved: Handling of paths containing wildcards during export.
  • Fixed: App buttons not working if parameters contained German letters (ä, ö, ü, ß).
  • Fixed: Some menu items are not translated.

New in ConnectedText 6.0.5.23 (Mar 12, 2014)

  • Improved: Initialization log for plugins are now generated in user folder instead of program folder.
  • Fixed: Title case does not work if selection is in upper case
  • Fixed: ASK returns an empty Edit link for every non-matching name BLOCK
  • Fixed: Property value with apostrophe causes error when used in full text expression

New in ConnectedText 6.0.4.22 (Jan 6, 2014)

  • Fixed: Exception error when clicking in a red link (empty topic).

New in ConnectedText 6.0.3.20 (Dec 13, 2013)

  • New: Predicate $Has
  • New: Predicate $File
  • New: Added RTF to Outline export options.
  • Improved: Shortcut to increase/decrease text size in floating windows.
  • Fixed: AV in Navigator under very rare circumstances.
  • Fixed: Changing the font size in viewer using mouse wheel scrolls the text as well.
  • Fixed: App buttons not working in floating windows.
  • Fixed: Viewer loses focus when link is clicked.

New in ConnectedText 6.0.2.17 (Dec 13, 2013)

  • New: Auto numbering option in Outline.
  • Improved: Click in [Edit] link on a floating window opens the topic for editing.
  • Improved: Added Edit shortcut in floating window.
  • Improved: Added Shift+Enter for previous match in Incremental Search.
  • Fixed: Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V stop working if a node is selected in TOC view.

New in ConnectedText 6.0.1.16 (Dec 13, 2013)

  • New: Floating windows for previewing any number of topics.
  • New: Named blocks of text. They are defined as comments.
  • New: Trash can for deleted topics. They can be restored from there.
  • New: Tooltips with topic text preview in Navigator (they can be suppressed)
  • New: Auto numbering of headings.
  • New: Background color command added.
  • New: Added switch to Inline queries to search in projects different from the one containing the topic with the query.
  • New: It is now possible to define a folder for Auto backup files.
  • New: Headings in Table of contents view can be edited, created, moved, promoted and demoted.
  • New: URLs can be opened by double-click from edit mode
  • New: Accept outline files as templates
  • New: Added GEFX format to export.
  • New: Added Map plugin support.
  • New: Added Back button in Navigator.
  • New: Added color choice for "like this" bar in Summary view
  • New: Added option to configure meta tags on exporting project in Exporting projects.
  • New: Allow Built-in image as alias
  • New: Enabled editing of headings in Table of contents view
  • New: Added Demote/Promote operations in Table of contents view
  • New: Files and folders can be used as Outline items
  • New: Full text expressions can be used in Graph generation.
  • New: Nodes in the Navigator can be removed.
  • New: Outlines can be saved as templates
  • New: Pop-up menu in Categories view when in Cloud mode
  • New: Project option for disabling inclusions
  • New: Added method FloatTopic to Project class of the OLE Automation interface.
  • New: Title of the main window shows the current project & topic.
  • New: Tooltips with footnote text when the footnote link is hovered.
  • New: Usage of Portable Python allowed.
  • New: Added Filter option for topics without a category.
  • Improved: Insert Text command now accepts CTO and OPML files. Outline is converted to a bulleted list.
  • Improved: Syntax highlighter in edit mode (in Options pane) now supports style commands ( %% ) for Inline styles.
  • Improved: Analysis tool window remembers its settings (options are persistent).
  • Improved: Completion proposal for $FILE, $IMAGE and $MOVIE made smarter.
  • Improved: Completion proposal for $ASK made smarter.
  • Improved: Added scroll bars to notes view.
  • Improved: Auto Link during import. It is done now in two steps.
  • Improved: Capacity of notes view increased to 65000 chars.
  • Improved: Completion proposal displays sub-folders (after $FILE and $IMAGE commands).
  • Improved: Files view was removed. A new section Files was added to the Summary view.
  • Improved: Full support to PCRE regular expression engine.
  • Improved: Handle tables when converting HTML to CT markup. (works on importing HTML files to CT and on pasting them from browsers).
  • Improved: Icons of command buttons are renewed.
  • Improved: In the USB version deleted files are not moved to recycle bin.
  • Improved: Matches in Goto dialog are displayed in bold.
  • Improved: Matches in Outline view are displayed in bold.
  • Improved: Progress bar indicates properly that CT is processing when saving a topic.
  • Improved: Python plugin version 3.3 is now supported.
  • Improved: Removed the [Edit] link when printing topic.
  • Improved: Using filtered topics as a source for Export. The icon filter is removed from the export wizard.
  • Improved: When a project is deleted (from the Project manager), its folder is moved to recycle bin (not erased).
  • Improved: Outline now supports Ctrl+C and Crtl+V shortcuts for copying and pasting names of outline entries.
  • Improved: Goto dialog is a floating window, updated automatically.
  • Improved: File icons now support transparency.
  • Fixed: Drag and drop from Project Outline does not work.
  • Fixed: No icons in Bookmark manager.
  • Fixed: Nested includes do not process footnotes correctly.
  • Fixed: Diff tool viewer doesn't show the full line of changed text.
  • Fixed: Spurious selection of text when dragging a link from viewer.
  • Fixed: Matching words at the beginning of the text may not be highlighted.
  • Fixed: Topics with non-ascii characters are not printed correctly.

New in ConnectedText 5.0.0.14 (Jul 11, 2012)

  • Improved: Handling of HTML copied from IE8/IE9. Links and images are copied correctly now.
  • Fixed: Topic is not saved if Back is used after a click in an item of the TOC box.
  • Fixed: An AV could occur while closing the application due screen repaint (very rare).

New in ConnectedText 5.0.0.13 (Jul 11, 2012)

  • New: Added font configuration in Note views.
  • New: Comment mark-up is added in the next line if enter is pressed in a comment line.
  • New: Allowed the usage of environment variables in the filename of a script.
  • New: Allowed incomplete path in the filename of a script.
  • Improved: Font names are ordered alphabetically in Options dialog.
  • Improved: Internal browser now supports IE8/IE9.
  • Improved: Invalid scripts are not removed anymore during startup.
  • Improved: Invalid scripts are shown in red in the Scripts Manager.
  • Improved: Columns sizes in Scripts Manager are maintained between runs.
  • Fixed: An AV occurs if a note is added to a new topic which is empty.
  • Fixed: Notes pane doesn't save its data when it is in auto-hide mode.
  • Fixed: Clicking IMG not working if there is selected text.
  • Fixed: Program hangs if * is typed in Topic List in tree mode.
  • Fixed: No cursor visible when editing an item in the outline view if font size is larger than 9.

New in ConnectedText 5.0.0.12 (May 28, 2012)

  • Improved: Handling of errors in Page Configuration function.
  • Improved: Handling of database transactions.
  • Fixed: "Use another folder" option for storing new folder is grayed out.
  • Fixed: An AV occurs in Table of Contents when program is closed.

New in ConnectedText 5.0.0.11 (May 14, 2012)

  • New: Added command $NOCALENDAR for suppression of calendar in individual Date topics.
  • New: Table of Contents is automatically updated while editing a topic.
  • Improved: Table of Contents tries to keep nodes collapsed/expanded when switching between modes View/Edit.
  • Improved: Double clicking in a item of the Table of Contents makes the item visible even if the it is already selected.
  • Improved: Long lines are word-wrapped in Table of Contents view.
  • Improved: Added Auto Backup selection during project creation.
  • Improved: Added a CSS class for styling buttons.
  • Improved: Last used icon is remembered while creating a new topic.
  • Improved: Made ConnectedText more responsive during long delete/rename/merge operations.
  • Improved: Minor cosmetics changes in Topic list.
  • Fixed: Print Margin were not remembered.

New in ConnectedText 5.0.0.10 (Apr 4, 2012)

  • Fixed: When a single word is selected in View mode with a mouse click Copy function is not enabled.
  • Fixed: Some functions in Navigator are resulting in AV due a regression.

New in ConnectedText 5.0.0.9 (Apr 4, 2012)

  • New: Added new modifiers for date related macros.
  • New: Added buttons for adding date/time in topic name when creating a new topic.
  • Improved: Added standard shortcuts Ctrl+X, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to Notes view.
  • Improved: Better handling of OPML and MM (Freeplane) files with empty nodes.
  • Improved: Enabled the selection of an existing file when saving a template.
  • Improved: Full screen is maintained when a topic is clicked in a pinned view.
  • Fixed: Merging a topic with an empty date topic can lead to AV if calendar view is visible.
  • Fixed: When swapping desktop layouts, macros get re-rendered with wrong style if syntax highlight is active.
  • Fixed: Selected node is not updated in Navigator after popup menu is removed.
  • Fixed: Link is not created correctly in Outline view if it contains non-ASCII characters.
  • Fixed: When exporting to a single HTML file ConnectedText fails to open the generated file it the name contains spaces.
  • Fixed: Some very obscure minor bugs.

New in ConnectedText 5.0.0.8 (Mar 9, 2012)

  • New: Custom built-in images.
  • New: Title Case function.
  • New: Switch DESCENDING for inclusion of topics in reverse order.
  • New: Global scope option in Goto function. If marked all open projects are searched.
  • Improved: Smarter auto-link.
  • Improved: Column widths in Agenda are maintained between runs.
  • Improved: Added link to current date in the calendar in date topics.
  • Improved: Added Save to Template to Tab bar popup menu.
  • Improved: Flat option can now be used to extract just the beginning of topic till the first heading.
  • Improved: Goto window is now re-sizable. Size and options are maintained between calls.
  • Fixed: Redirected topic doesn't use custom style sheet for topic.
  • Fixed: Macros are not handled correctly inside property definition.
  • Fixed: Macros are not handled correctly inside category definition.
  • Fixed: $ASK with index format is always displayed in 3 columns regardless of the default configuration.
  • Fixed: Double quotes are not handled correctly in $CHECKBOX command.
  • Fixed: Property names with double quotes are not handled correctly in $LISTBOX and $COMBOBOX commands.
  • Fixed: Icons are not drawn correctly after start up under Windows Vista/7.
  • Fixed: Failure on full screen resolution change.

New in ConnectedText 5.0.0.7 (Jan 31, 2012)

  • New: Added Union/Intersection options in Filter for categories.
  • New: Added Union/Intersection options in Categories view.
  • Fixed: \\ is not rendered correctly when used at the end of a topic.
  • Fixed: Bad UTF-8 error when script's folder contains non-ascii characters.
  • Fixed: An AV could happen in Analysis Dialog if selected a topic that does not exist anymore.
  • Fixed: Random crashes under Windows 7/Vista.

New in ConnectedText 5.0.0.5 (Jan 23, 2012)

  • New: Buttons HOME, BACK and FORWARD.
  • New: Option for scope in Full Text Search: Filtered topics.
  • New: Option for scope in Global Find/Replace: Filtered topics.
  • Improved: Added option for grouping date topics by date for HTML export.
  • Improved: Better handling of dictionary files.
  • Improved: Handling of file locks while exporting to a single file.
  • Improved: Export function in Results view now behaves like other views. Exports just the selected topics.
  • Improved: Last used parameters are now retained in Insert Image dialog.
  • Improved: Project tab panel is now hidden when there is just one project open.
  • Improved: ConnectedText is now compatible with Comodo Firewall.
  • Fixed: Topics are not sorted correctly when exported to single HTML file.
  • Fixed: $ASK command containing non-ASCII characters returns nothing (regression).
  • Fixed: A quote is missing in ordered list tags when topics are exported to HTML.
  • Fixed: Generation of HTML Help can fail if a invalid extension is used for HTML export.
  • Fixed: Some $ASK expressions are not considered valid due improved handling of parenthesis (regression).
  • Fixed: Password dialog is covered by splash screen during startup.
  • Fixed: Open function in Image and Files Manager could be used when no file was selected leading to an AV.

New in ConnectedText 5.0.0.4 (Nov 30, 2011)

  • Improved: Better error handling when ConnectedText shuts down.
  • Improved: Added option for copying dragged URL without page title.
  • Improved: Handling of parenthesis in full text query in order to avoid conflict with include command.
  • Improved: Error handling when exporting to a single file.
  • Fixed: Incorrect handling of values enclosed with double quotation marks in inline style commands.
  • Fixed: $NOCROSS: made the category/related box to disappear in any topic that has categories/related topics.
  • Fixed: Certain constructs of include command could make the program stop responding.
  • Fixed: Incorrect title when URL is dragged from URL button in the internal browser.

New in ConnectedText 5.0.0.3 (Nov 11, 2011)

  • New: Enabled color configuration of selected items in views.
  • New: Enabled color configuration of caret in editor.
  • New: It is not possible to rename project in Project Manager.
  • New: Added site icon in Internal Browser as source for drag and drop.
  • Improved: = sign is now accepted as part of attribute value.
  • Improved: User Folder is created automatically if it does exist when license file is saved.
  • Improved: Reject key codes lower than space in editor (Ctrl+Letter sequence)
  • Improved: Small improvements in HTML generation
  • Improved: Several minor improvements in the internal browser
  • Improved: Added additional verification in order to prevent spurious "Cannot open clipboard" error in Vista/7
  • Improved: Handling of invalid UTF8 encoded characters
  • Improved: Allowed deeper nesting when including property values.
  • Improved: Enabled usage of $NOCROSS in Category topics.
  • Fixed: Internal browser generates "invalid floating point" error under specific situations.
  • Fixed: Text alignment is ignored when topic is exported to HTML.
  • Fixed: Invalid index error while importing topics containing invalid characters.
  • Fixed: Include command with section parameter just includes the first match if $ASK is used.
  • Fixed: An error is generated when expanding a node which is a category of a topic in Navigator.
  • Fixed: Categories are not expanded correctly in Navigator (regression).
  • Fixed: Topic named "CON" generates an error when exported.
  • Fixed: AV when tooltip is activated in a dual monitor system.

New in ConnectedText 5.0.0.2 (Oct 19, 2011)

  • New: Property values in format YYYYMMDD are formatted as date in $SUMMARY and $INFOBOX.
  • New: Added option Reverse for List format in $ASK command.
  • New: Added options NoLetters and Columns for Index format in $ASK command.
  • Improved: Handling of errors during register.
  • Fixed: Syntax highlighter odd behavior when markup contains a "!" or a ":".
  • Fixed: $INFOBOX not working if project is not specified.
  • Fixed: Add function in the Project Manager not working.
  • Fixed: Pinned views are not updated correctly at startup.
  • Fixed: An AV could happen when a file is deleted in Files view using DEL key.
  • Fixed: Pressing F5 in Files view can cause AV.

New in ConnectedText 5.0.0.1 (Sep 26, 2011)

  • New: Like this section in Summary view with a list of topics similar to the current one being displayed.
  • New: $LIKETHIS predicate for queries.
  • New: Predicate $TREE for collecting all topics of a given category and its subcategories.
  • New: Per-project defined variables called Project macros
  • New: Include macros: $CTVERSION and $TOPICREVISION .
  • New: Powerful controls: checkbox, combobox and listbox.
  • New: Merge topics tool.
  • New: Protect your projects with a password.
  • New: Added ordering option in $SUMMARY command.
  • New: Project Outline view.
  • New: Cloud view for categories.
  • New: Category view mode is stored per project.
  • New: Topics can be filtered from Category view.
  • New: Auto tag tool for categorizing current topic based in the previous usage of categories.
  • New: Category view now shows the number of members of each category (sortable). Count is automatically updated after any change.
  • New: $CLOUD command.
  • New: $WHATIS command (Semantic Incoming Properties).
  • New: Semantic predicate $IS
  • New: Query predicates $ICON , $TOSET and $FROMSET .
  • New: Insert Symbol function.
  • New: Spell checker engine. Any Open Office 3.0 dictionary can be used.
  • New: Spell check ignores plugins, commands and comments.
  • New: Language can be selected per project and changed at any time. Spell check is done only if there is a suitable dictionary for the current language of the project.
  • New: Editor now supports syntax highlighting for includes and plugins.
  • New: Editor now accepts double click command to select a command.
  • New: A double click in an $IMG command now opens window which enables to edit all options of it.
  • New: Include command now accepts parameters.
  • New: Include command now supports user-defined macros.
  • New: Added new button type .
  • New: Added support for Python 2.7 and 3.2.
  • New: Format PIE for inline query results.
  • New: Format SUM for inline query results.
  • New: Options WholeWordsOnly, UseSynonyms, TitleOnly, TextOnly for inline queries.
  • New: First lines of topic are previewed in a tooltip when mouse hovers over a link. File links also have a tooltip.
  • New: $INFOBOX now accepts option to display selected parameters only.
  • New: Added Included in section in the Summary view.
  • New: Entries in brackets in outline creates a link automatically.
  • New: Topics can be selected by revision date or by icon in Exporting projects window.
  • New: Sections in Summary view can now be selected for display.
  • New: Image properties window is now shown after drag and drop or paste of a picture.
  • New: OLE classes: Revision collection class and Revision item class.
  • New: OLE properties in Topic class: Revision and Revisions .
  • New: Method GetRevisions in Topic class.
  • New: Double-clicking $FILE command in Edit mode locates the respective file on disk.
  • New: Ctrl+ double-click in preview mode selects a paragraph with external spaces trimmed.
  • New: Clickable star indicator for bookmarked topics.
  • New: Menu commands Project|Files and Project|Images to open respective project subfolders.
  • New: Menu command Save and reload.
  • New: NOEVENTS switch for Include command.
  • New: $NOEVENTS command for event list suppression in Date topics.
  • New: Recycle bin for deleted topics. Auto Backup saves deleted topics in a special file recycle.cbk , see Recycle bin for deleted topics.
  • New: Option in Analysis tool. It enables to discard empty topics that are categories from the results.
  • New: Help buttons (in dialogs) and toolbar buttons (in windows) linking to Welcome.chm .
  • New: CSS class to control the $CLOUD result.
  • New: CSS class to control the attribute links.
  • Improved: What links here now displayed as search results for a current topic or selected item in lists.
  • Improved: Browser is now a floating window.
  • Improved: Removed flicker when main screen is resized.
  • Improved: Values in Infobox which are URLs are now displayed as links.
  • Improved: Include options are now kept if referenced topic is renamed.
  • Improved: wildcard support in query predicates $LINKTO , $LINKFROM , $CATEGORY .
  • Improved: Tree in category view now only shows top categories in the first level.
  • Improved: Added Del button as a shortcut to the Delete function in outline view.
  • Improved: Del key should respect editing mode in outline.
  • Improved: Collapse all/Expand all commands added in Outline view and categories tree.
  • Improved: Icons for category view entries: and .
  • Improved: Reduced the number of accesses to the database while rendering topic.
  • Improved: Numbered lists are better handled in the editor. A starting number can now be enforced.
  • Improved: Bullet now disappears on a line if pressing Enter twice in Editor.
  • Improved: Brace matching in Editor uses bold and red.
  • Improved: Better alphabetical and numerical sorting of properties and attributes in $SUMMARY and $CROSS results.
  • Improved: Nesting inclusions in include commands allowed.
  • Improved: Headings which contain links are accepted as anchors.
  • Improved: Completion proposal now shows 10 lines.
  • Improved: Goto window now passes typed text as a proposal of topic name after clicking New.
  • Improved: Added a Keep open option in Goto window.
  • Improved: $Category and $Related Built-in commands commands do not accept circular reference: a topic cannot be a category of/refer to itself.
  • Improved: Expand All/Collapse All in Editor work the same way as in the Viewer.
  • Improved: GraphViz plugin can now use Graphviz installed in the USB drive. See: Using Graphviz with USB version.
  • Improved: Detection of hhc.exe for Exporting projects. HHC.EXE is accepted without a path (program folder assumed). Environment variables are accepted in HHC path and in destination folder path.
  • Improved: h1 tag is now used for topic titles when exporting in HTML.
  • Improved: Added column Project notes in Project manager.
  • Improved: Added column in Category view with number of members.
  • Improved: Changed how indented paragraphs are rendered in HTML.
  • Improved: Current topic is saved automatically before Global Search/Replace.
  • Improved: Images and files manager now shows unused project's files/images.
  • Improved: In Insert image window custom image prefix is deselected to type image file names easily.
  • Improved: Increased size of topic notes from 2000 to 10000 characters.
  • Improved: Better handling of filenames enclosed in quotes.
  • Improved: Better handling of images in header/footer of HTML export.
  • Improved: Detection of default browser in Windows Vista/7.
  • Improved: Saved name of the active filter appears in its own panel in the status bar of the topic list.
  • Improved: Column widths in Files view is remembered between sessions and after docking/undocking.
  • Improved: Added an indicator for USB version in the title of main screen.
  • Improved: Viewer pop-up menu reorganized. "What Links Here" command added to it.
  • Improved: Viewer text size is remembered per project.
  • Improved: Accepted configuration of Internal editor without path: program folder assumed.
  • Improved: Attribute input window expanded.
  • Improved: This project Welcome to ConnectedText is much renewed and expanded, and packed with examples. Lots of images added/updated.
  • Fixed: Commands ending with ]]] were not rendered correctly in the editor with syntax highlighter active.
  • Fixed: Full text search matches were not highlighted for some full text expressions containing AND and NOT or if word contains quotes or apostrophes.
  • Fixed: No match if accented characters and wildcards were used with predicates LinkTo/LinkFrom in full text expressions.
  • Fixed: Python plugin generated error message with bad UTF8 for non-English Windows.
  • Fixed: No-wiki markup should not be considered inside preformatted block.
  • Fixed: A wrong path could be displayed in Insert Image dialog when selecting a file in Windows Vista/7.
  • Fixed: Menu for icon selection in Images and Files manager would be enabled even if the selected file was not linked to any topic.
  • Fixed: Topics containing several movies in sequence would not be exported correctly to HTML or HTML Help.
  • Fixed: Error while building Infobox of a topic belonging to a closed project.
  • Fixed: One icon for all .lnk files regardless of what they are linked to.
  • Fixed: Topics starting with $ were not rendered correctly in links.
  • Fixed: Bad UTF8 when scanning files/images.
  • Fixed: If $ASK command was incomplete a BAD_UTF8 error message could appear.
  • Fixed: PCRE error -8 due mal-formed command in long lines.
  • Fixed: Invalid XHTML ('') in exported property/value pages.
  • Fixed: Thumb images 100% smaller than 90%.
  • Fixed: Sort order was not maintained between runs in Search Results view.
  • Fixes: Typing in viewer could thrown an exception if Topic List was not visible.
  • Fixed: Minor memory leaks.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.15 (Nov 8, 2010)

  • Fixed bug in Clipboard Catcher. Text copied from PDF files was paster four times.
  • Backported internal fixes from version 5.0.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.14 (Sep 22, 2010)

  • Improved handling of Japanese and Chinese characters by the full text indexing engine. Reindex your projects.
  • Fixed bug in the full text engine. Query with Japanese or Chinese characters could lead to false matches.
  • Fixed bug. Error PCRE_ERROR_BADUTF8 could occur when printing if project's path contained non-ascii characters.
  • Fixed bug. Non-ascii characters displayed incorrectly in the caption of function "Seachr for" in Viewer popup menu.
  • Fixed regression in installer. Ploticus prefab scripts were not being installed.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.13 (Aug 25, 2010)

  • Changed how alias is handled in $URL command. If no alias is defined the URL is used as alias as it was typed.
  • Fixed bug. (($PROJECTFULLPATH)) was not shown in status bar if contained non-ascii chars.
  • Fixed bug. Property value could not be set when it was enclosed by parentheses.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.12 (Aug 22, 2010)

  • Updated the database engine.
  • Added new macro $PROGRAMFOLDER. Useful for USB users.
  • Improved handling of anchors in inclusions.
  • Added button for function "Clean Filter".
  • Fixed bug. Properties were exported when option "Generate property page" was unmarked.
  • Fixed bug in the Editor. An AV could occur when switching to edit mode if no match could be found for the selected text in Viewer.
  • Fixed regression. Due the last changes in how properties are handled, commands $NOTOC and $NOCROSS were not recognized if generated by plugins.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.11 (Aug 9, 2010)

  • Made several changes to avoid unnecessary processing of plugins, improving the overall speed.
  • MOVIE command now accepts WMV and MP4 format.
  • Added new $PARENTTOPIC macro.
  • Added popup menu on topic title.
  • Improved handling of movies when exporting to HTML. Some movies could not be shown in Firefox, Opera or Chrome.
  • Improved how properties and attributes are handled. They can now be declared anywhere in the topic. No need to declare them before usage.
  • Improved handling of URLs in Drag and Drop.
  • Improved detection of infinite loops when redirect and include commands are used.
  • Improved parser for completion proposal.
  • Added more options to the tab popup menu.
  • Added function for toggling HTML conversion on/off under Edit->Options. A shortcut can be assigned to it.
  • Added an indicator for HTML conversion status in status bar. Clicking in it toggles status.
  • Made several minor optimizations.
  • Minor cosmetic changes.
  • Fixed spurious bug when processing include commands. An error could occur in long paragraphs containing the pattern "(( )".
  • Fixed bug in include command. If two or more Infobox includes were added to the same topic all of them would be displayed with the same title.
  • Fixed bug in the Editor. Drag and drop of selected text was not moving it but copying it, not matter if Control key was pressed or not.
  • Fixed cursor positioning in the Editor when moving back from another topic.
  • Fixed bug when many movies are displayed in the same topic. An error could occur when navigating to a different topic.
  • Fixed bug in History view. List didn't scroll automatically after incremental search match to show selection.
  • Fixed bug in Bookmarks. If a bookmarked topic was renamed or deleted the change didn't persist in Bookmarks across runs.
  • Fixed bug. If there were no desktops saved, and Next Layout function was selected, an AV would occur.
  • Fixed bug in $URL command. Macros were incorrectly encoded if used in the alias part of the command.
  • Fixed bug. An AV could occur when removing a topic under very specific condition.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.10 (Jun 19, 2010)

  • Made several improvements in the Full Text engine. Relevance is more accurate now.
  • The address bar in the internal browser now accepts drag and drop.
  • File references can now be dragged and dropped into the internal browser, Windows Explorer or any other browser.
  • Added new parameter FLAT for inclusion of headings.
  • Calendar now accepts double click as a shortcut to create/view date topics.
  • Improved property handling when a topic is included.
  • Improved how file paths containing .\ are handled.
  • Made some minor improvements in how HTML is converted to ConnectedText markup.
  • Changed how method FullText of Project Class works. Search now also uses titles.
  • Fixed problem with character ' followed by ;. It could generate an undesired subscript.
  • Fixed bug in Export function. When exporting to Text files if option Copy Images/Files options were not selected nothing was exported.
  • Fixed bug in Print function. An error could occur when printing the Editor's content.
  • Fixed bug in Print Function. Images declared using Raw HTML could not be printed.
  • Fixed bug in Outline view. Under very specific conditions when closing a modified outline it was not saved after answering "Yes".
  • Fixed a regression in the internal browser. Typing in input boxes could trigger some ConnectedText's functions.
  • Fixed some minor memory leaks.
  • Minor fixes.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.9 (May 20, 2010)

  • Fixed bug in Full Text search. Under certain conditions a "division by zero" error could occur during search.
  • Fixed bug in "Full Text Results" view. "Copy as Link" function was not working correctly.
  • Fixed bug in "Full Text Results" view. Size of the columns were not being restored correctly.
  • Minor internal fixes.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.8 (May 18, 2010)

  • New LilyPond Plugin.
  • New relevance scoring for full text search results.
  • Improved overall speed.
  • Improved support for Windows Vista and 7. Buttons could sometimes become invisible.
  • Improved Navigator. Increased drawing speed and made some tweaks in the algorithm for graph displacement.
  • Improved how Buttons are generated to avoid unnecessary HTML tags.
  • Improved completion proposal for Macros. Date modifiers can now be selected.
  • Improved macro processing. If the macro can not determine a result nothing is displayed now.
  • Improved Goto dialog. The list of matches now accepts incremental search.
  • Improved Table of Contents. Clicking in an item automatically expands it if necessary.
  • Improved the handling of images during drag and drop to better support Firefox.
  • Added new button: RELOAD_TOPIC.
  • Headers can now be used as anchor in links.
  • Made some small improvements in HTML import function.
  • Made an optimization in the highlight algorithm for search results.
  • Plugins are more well behaved under Windows Vista and 7.
  • Added code to prevent spurious message from not being able to open the Clipboard.
  • Fixed a spurious bug that could lead to program hang when adding long topics.
  • Fixed bug in project creation. Images and Files folders were not created automatically when a non-standard folder was chosen.
  • Fixed bug in Goto dialog. An AV could occur if the result list was empty and enter was pressed.
  • Fixed bug in Export function. Destination folder was not created if selected single Text file.
  • Fixed several minor memory leaks.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.7 (Apr 1, 2010)

  • Fixed bug in image command introduced in version 4.0.0.6. A blue border could appear around images.
  • Fixed bug in topic filter. Topic counter were not updated correctly after a topic was deleted.
  • Fixed bug in Insert Template function. If an icon were not chosen the icon of the topic would be removed if it existed.
  • Fixed bug in Export. File and Image copy could not work when exporting to Text files.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.6 (Mar 18, 2010)

  • Added functions Global Find/Replace.
  • Added buttons for previous/next match in the Incremental Search bar.
  • Added icon selection in Insert Template.
  • Added wildcard support in Full Text query predicates $CATEGORY, $LINKTO and $LINKFROM.
  • Added new macro $PERSONALFOLDER. Returns the path of ConnectedText's personal folder.
  • Date and Time macros now accept format modifiers.
  • Made several small enhancements in the compare tool. Faster.
  • Improved handling of markup commands. A sequence of underlines (_______) was not handled correctly.
  • Improved handling of folder references in Export.
  • Improved handling of URLs containing ~.
  • Improved GraphViz installation detection.
  • Minor tweaks in Search/Replace functions.
  • Fixed bug in include command. If a header was used and its title had more than 44 characters an error would occur when the mouse hovered over the edit link.
  • Fixed bug in URL parsing. An URL would be converted to lower case if it was not enclosed in an $URL command.
  • Fixed bug in $ASK command. If a included topic contained an $ASK command the result links would not be created using the source project.
  • Fixed bug in include command. A fully qualified link (inter-project) did not work if it referenced its own project.
  • Fixed bug in Replace command. Replace all was not working when backward direction was selected.
  • Fixed bug in Replace command. Under very specific conditions the program could hang.
  • Fixed bug in Export. Files would not be moved to the correct folder while exporting to Text or XML.
  • Fixed bug in Spell Check. Under very specific conditions the program could hang.
  • Fixed bug in Import function. While importing XML files, topic titles with non-ascii characters were not handled correctly.
  • Fixed bug in Incremental Search. Edit box was not accepting Paste using its shortcut.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.5 (Jan 25, 2010)

  • Export function can now copy files and images while exporting to Text and XML.
  • Added new Import options: append at top and append at bottom.
  • Improved Import function for better handle images and files. References in Text and XML files are now adjusted and files are moved to project's folders.
  • Outline view now shows the current filename in the title bar.
  • Made some internal changes for better handling Vista and Windows 7.
  • Improved parsing of links. Empty brackets ([[]]) are now ignored.
  • Improved parsing of include command. A property/attribute defined in the topic that is referenced below it is now correctly used.
  • Now it is possible to select an icon when creating a new topic.
  • Text position is now preserved when switching projects.
  • Added Welcome function in Help menu (F1 shortcut). Shows project Welcome content in HTML Help format.
  • Fixed some translation problems.
  • Fixed bug in Topic Redirection. An invalid index error could occur if used a non existing topic.
  • Fixed bug in Outline. Project name was not displayed correctly in the views's status bar if it contained non-ascii characters.
  • Fixed regression. Inter-project links whose titles contained non-ascii characters could sometimes be displayed erroneously.
  • Fixed invalid pointer bug when selected a topic that was removed when the current topic was saved.
  • Fixed bug in completion proposal. It was not working if typed text contained non-ascii characters.
  • Fixed bug in Image manager. Delete were correctly removing references from topics but not removing PNG files.
  • Fixed bug in Image manager. Delete were not updating the current topic correctly if it contained a reference to the image being deleted.
  • Fixed bug. "Save desktop" command was not visible in menu.
  • Fixed bug in Topic List. With filter on the topic counter at the status bar was not being updated correctly after a change of icon.
  • Fixed bug in $FILE command. Clicking in a link to a folder containing a coma in its name would not open the folder but in an error message instead.
  • Minor internal tweaks.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.4 (Nov 26, 2009)

  • Added new function "Create Links" in outline. Create links to all selected items using their titles.
  • Added search box in Outline. Hides/disables items that do not contain search text.
  • Added new Outline shortcuts for topic linking.
  • Improved handling of forward slash in file names.
  • Added support to TrueCrypt mounted drives in the USB version.
  • Fixed bug in Categories. An AV could occur after a node was expanded.
  • Fixed bug in cursor positioning after replace. If the next match was just after the last match it was skipped if it was not replaced.
  • Fixed regression. Anchors were lost in link after renaming a topic.
  • Fixed regression in command $GRAPH. Inbound option was not working.
  • Minor internal tweaks.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.3 (Nov 18, 2009)

  • Improved Goto function. First match is now selected automatically. Added button for topic creation.
  • Included new Topic Processing option: Ask template when editing new topic. If selected the Template selection window is shown after a topic red link (new) is clicked.
  • Included new system option for opening the last used outline when ConnectedText starts.
  • Improved drag and drop from outline view into editor. If shift is pressed selected nodes are converted to ConnectedText markup.
  • Added option 'Category' for Links parameter in command $GRAPH.
  • Added a status bar in Topic List. It has an indicator for showing whether is a filter active or not. It also shows the current number of topics being displayed.
  • Improved the layout of graphs generated by $GRAPH command with just 2 or 3 nodes.
  • Improved how font size is handled in tree views.
  • FreeMind/FreePlane files can now be imported into an Outline.
  • Included all available export formats to function Save As in Outline View.
  • Improved FreeMind export in Outline view. It now exports checkboxes as built-in icons of FreePlane.
  • Double click does not expand/collapse nodes anymore in Outline view.
  • Category view now loads faster.
  • Made some improvements in the full text engine to better handle synonyms.
  • Improved circular reference detection when redirect is used.
  • Improved completion proposal engine for better handling topics with ':' in title.
  • Fixed sort order of date topics in index lists. Now date topics are always grouped as in the Topic List.
  • Fixed bug when saving the Skip List and the Dictionaries folder is missing.
  • Fixed bug in Auto Copy. If the editor contained selected text by right-clicking to invoke the pop up menu the text was copied to the clipboard.
  • Fixed bug in replace. Confirm window asked permission to replace target text rather than source text.
  • Fixed bug in Highlight plugin. It was not accepting non-standard extensions.
  • Fixed bug in Calendar view. Under certain conditions if a date topic was renamed the view was not updated correctly.
  • Fixed some memory leaks.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.2 (Oct 8, 2009)

  • Changed Infobox rendering to avoid displaying an empty box when topic has no properties or attributes.
  • Fixed bug in Editor. It was not accepting URL from a Web page.
  • Fixed bug in What Links Here. Date topics were sorted by string value rather than chronological order.
  • Fixed bug in Notes. Adding a note to an empty topic could result in a Foreign Key error message. Notes can be only added to a non empty topic.
  • Fixed bug in Export. The path of images in Raw HTML were being changed unnecessarily.
  • Fixed bug. Macros were not processed correctly in a $ASK expression when used inside a include command.
  • Fixed bug in Completion Proposal. When typed a vertical bar key quickly followed by the up, down, or right arrow key, auto completion would pop up listing all topics in the project.

New in ConnectedText 4.0.0.1 (Sep 23, 2009)

  • Case sensitivity in the topic names is now maintained. Titles can have any combination of upper/lower case letter and can be renamed anytime.
  • Attribute values now link to meta-topics.
  • New command $GRAPH. It enables to embed graph images in topics.
  • New command $CROSS. It creates a cross reference of a property or attribute.
  • $ASK can now be used in include commands.
  • $RELATED now accepts inter-project links.
  • Improved how full text search hits are highlighted. Each term of the query expression is highlighted with a different color.
  • Added function for table creation and insertion. It is possible to load/save table templates.
  • Image manager is vastly improved. Added File Manager to it. Shows all files referenced in the current project. Included topic functions, topic icons, file names are now case preserved and much more.
  • It is now possible to define a prefix for image name in a per project basis. A new field was added in project properties enabling to define a sequence of up to 8 characters as an image name prefix.
  • The value of property or attribute of a topic can be used as alias in a link.
  • Image filename is now generated with the sequential number padded with zeros.
  • Added 'contain' operator for $PR predicate expressions in Full Text queries.
  • Added Python 2.6, 3.0 and 3.1 support (see Before using Python).
  • Added Goto function.
  • Added new button type GOTO_TOPIC.
  • Added new predicate $DATE for full text expressions.
  • Added new predicate $INCLUDE for full text expressions.
  • Added new macros: $TOPICDATE, $PROJECTNOTES.
  • Added Hoist operation in Outline.
  • Added functions "Move to top" and "Move to bottom" in Outline view.
  • Added function for built-in image selection.
  • Added option in Outline view for strikeout checked items.
  • Added option No Icon in Filter.
  • Added option No Icon in Full Text search.
  • Added new XML export format.
  • Added XML import.
  • Added font and colors configuration for Viewer.
  • Added topic processing options for suppressing the list of events in date topics.
  • Added new OLE class: Browser Class.
  • Added new property in Project Class: Browser.
  • Added support to Regular Expressions in Search/Replace.
  • Added new import option: Move images. When checked local images are copied to the project's image folder automatically, taking care of not copying the same image twice.
  • Added support to ConnectedText protocol (ct://) when used in Raw Html.
  • Added three new built-in images.
  • Added function "Locate on disk" in the popup menu that appear when an image is clicked with the right mouse button.
  • Added functions Print and Print Preview in Navigator view.
  • Added shortcuts for functions Add and Delete checkbox in Outline view.
  • ConnectedText protocol (ct://) can now be used in the $URL command.
  • Changed the way Notes are handled. Now they are always saved even if the associated topic is not modified.
  • Anchors are correctly displayed in the statusbar when mouse hovers a link.
  • Applications (EXE files) can now be used as external scripts.
  • Clicking in a Table of Contents entry automatically expands the associated item if it is contracted.
  • Changed Template manager to list also table templates. It is possible to edit a table template directly from the manager.
  • Reload function now refreshes the topic even if it is not modified.
  • USB version now supports USB/Firewire external hard drives.
  • The last 20 full text queries are now remembered between runs.
  • Topic icon is now shown in Full Text search results.
  • Movies in topics are exported to HTML paused if the option "Load movies in pause" is set.
  • Anchors now appear in status bar when mouse hovers over topic link.
  • Attribute name is displayed when mouse hovers an attribute link.
  • Improved footnote handling. Characters [ and ! were not accepted inside a footnote.
  • Improved syntax highlight. Headers and Footnotes are now colorized.
  • Improved handling of images in raw HTML when exporting to HTML.
  • Improved handling of images in raw HTML when no path is specified. It now assumes that images are in project folder.
  • Improved handling of HTML encoded characters by the indexing engine.
  • Improved the inline style parser.
  • Width of the columns in the search results panel and in the summary panel are now retained between runs.
  • Width of the columns of the Template manager now retained between runs.
  • Width of the columns of the Project manager now retained between runs.
  • Width of the columns of the Image and File manager now retained between runs.
  • Improved handling of numeric values in properties. Decimal point and thousand separator are interpreted more accurately.
  • Completion proposal now can be used for selection of anchors.
  • Headers can now be selected in include commands using completion proposal.
  • Menu items that are created dynamically (Queries, Filters, Bookmarks and Scripts) are now automatically sorted.
  • The table of contents view are now updated when the topic is a redirect.
  • Topic is not toggled anymore when double clicked in trees.
  • Faster image scan. Images inside links are now handled.
  • Environment variables can now be used in the external editor path.
  • Included column Size in Image Manager.
  • Included function "Locate on disk" in the Image manager.
  • Improved image handling in links when converting HTML to ConnectedText markup.
  • Improved URL handling when converting HTML to ConnectedText markup.
  • Changed the way colors are selected for Editor options. Colors can now be selected using Windows color selection dialog.
  • Changed AutoLink function to avoid linking inside plugin calls.
  • Updated Ploticus plugin with the latest Ploticus distribution.
  • Updated TeX Plugin with the latest MimeTeX distribution.
  • Made several changes in user interface in order to adjust font size accordingly to screen DPI setting.
  • Made some improvements in the RSS Plugin to better handle text. Included a switch for disabling the description of feeds. The maximum number of feed entries to be retrieved can now be set.
  • Made some speed improvements in the Import function.
  • Made several minor adjustments in the interface.
  • Changed how some non-latin letters are handled, like Greek letters.
  • Changed how topics are sorted. Year/Month date topics are now sorted using the date.
  • A confirmation is required prior removing invalid links when loading Outline files.
  • Outline view now displays the full path of the most recently used files.
  • PNG images with transparency are now handled correctly when dropped/pasted.
  • Fixed HTML export function. Included parts in topics were not handle correctly leaving images with incorrect path.
  • Fixed small memory leaks.
  • Fixed bug. A link with anchor would not go to the right position when clicked if the topic with it was included in another topic.
  • Fixed bug in Auto Link. It didn't work if the first line of the topic was a comment.
  • Fixed highlight bug. Words containing superscript or subscript were not marked correctly.
  • Fixed bug in import function. Cancel button didn't work if no files were found for importing.
  • Fixed bug in full text engine. Some words containing non-ascii characters would not be indexed under certain conditions.
  • Fixed macro spelling error. TOPICTOMORROW was misspelled.
  • Fixed bug in HTML import. Local images without path were not handled correctly.
  • Fixed bug in the rendering engine. If a topic contained an InfoBox and NOTOC command was used it could generate an error, making the topic unreadable.
  • Fixed bug in completion proposal. It could be activated in locked topics.
  • Fixed bug in Viewer. No margin between text and right-aligned image or Infobox.
  • Fixed bug in search/replace functions. Find next could skip a match if it was just after the current one.
  • Fixed bug. Links to topics with just one letter would not work.
  • Fixed bug. Links to topics with characters and & would be invisible.
  • Fixed bug. After renaming/deleting a topic include commands using it would not be updated/removed correctly.
  • Fixed bug in Table of Contents view. It was showing some characters HTML encoded.
  • Fixed bug in Outline view. The selected format in Export was ignored in some situations.
  • Fixed bug in History view. An AV could occur during incremental search due to very specific conditions.
  • Fixed bug in Summary view. An AV could occur if selected multiple links that were recently created and not saved.
  • Fixed bug in Auto Link. Topics containing non-latin characters would be marked with extra spaces.
  • Fixed bug in Last Changes dialogs. List was not scrolling using arrow keys.
  • Fixed bug in drag and drop. Text from Microsoft Word was pasted as an image. Bug introduced in version 3.1.0.1.
  • Fixed bug in AutoBackup. Date and version number of the current topic would be updated incorrectly if another topic was automatically saved.
  • Fixed bug in Editor. When URL was moved from one location in a topic to another it duplicated the URL instead of moving it and another $URL prefix was added on it.

New in ConnectedText 3.1.0.6 (Mar 16, 2009)

  • Reduced memory requirements for open projects Use the shrink function on your projects to benefit from it.
  • Added page configuration for printing. A shortcut can be configured for it.
  • Added cancel button to the Image scan window.
  • Improved handling of wildcard in full text expressions. Example: 'art*' matches words 'art' and 'artistic'. Before, word 'art' was not matched.
  • Environment variables can be used in CSS path.
  • Replaced the Polish dictionary by a better one.
  • Corrected an initialization problem that allowed some functions to be executed before ConnectedText was completely loaded.
  • Corrected the template database for new projects. It contained the wrong version number which triggered a message when a new project was created informing that it needed an unnecessary conversion.
  • Fixed bug in functions Next and Previous. An error could be generated while using those functions being in a new topic.
  • Fixed bug in outline export function. If a CSS was specified when exporting to HTML it was not copied to the folder of the destination file.
  • Fixed bug in Viewer. Non-ascii characters were not displayed correctly in buttons.
  • Fixed bug in history view. An AV could occur when a link to a new topic which was in the navigation history was removed.
  • Fixed bug in export function. Link to main topic was not working when exporting to single HTML file.

New in ConnectedText 3.1.0.5 (Mar 2, 2009)

  • Improved how $created and $modified dates are handled in full text expressions, being much more precise now. Examples: $created = 2009 returns all topics created in 2009, $modified = -1 returns all topics that were modified yesterday.
  • Improved HTML generation when handling headers in order to avoid validation warnings when using tools like Tidy.
  • Improved the way dates are handled to avoid UTF8 encode problem when they are formatted.
  • It is now possible to delete a layout clicking with the right button over the desired layout in the menu Desktop under View.
  • Made small improvements in how export function deals with files when copy option is not selected.
  • Fixed bug in export function. Files with non-ascii characters could cause an UTF8 encode error.
  • Fixed bug in full text search engine. Several errors could occur if date separator in the Windows' regional settings is set to . and predicates $created and/or $modifies are used.
  • Fixed bug in insert file function. If filename contained non-ascii characters a bad UFT8 message would appear.
  • Fixed bug. Toolbar configuration was lost between sessions.
  • Fixed bug. Topic creation date was not always set.
  • Added Polish dictionary.

New in ConnectedText 3.1.0.4 (Feb 20, 2009)

  • ConnectedText now stores topic's creation date.
  • Added new themes for menus and toolbars.
  • Added 14 new macros.
  • Added new format COUNT for $ASK results.
  • Added 2 new properties to Topic OLE Automation Class.
  • Added functions Next and Previous. They enable navigating between topics using alphabetical order.
  • Added 2 new buttons.
  • Added 2 new predicates for full text expressions. They enable the use of topic creation date and last modified date in expressions.
  • Added new export option for Text files that enables to save all topics in a single file.
  • Added new export option that enables to export topics that are linked to the selected ones.
  • Included new section Info in Summary view. It contains topic creation date, date of the last revision and total number of revisions.
  • Include command for attributes and properties now accepts an empty topic name as the current topic.
  • Spell checker now handles better single-quoted words.
  • Made small adjustments in drag and drop. Now it is possible to drag the topic header into the desktop or into another applications.
  • Made some small improvements in the internal browser. Status bar now shows URL when hovered the mouse pointer over a link. The address field is now updated accordingly when an URL is selected.
  • Improved the way an URL is copied to the Clipboard. Microsoft Word and other programs now recognizes as an URL.
  • Improved Graphviz Plugin. It now supports AT&T implementation, producing better results. It also works under Vista.
  • Added CSS selection when exporting an Outline to HTML.
  • Made several minor adjustments in user interface.
  • Fixed bug in Print Preview. Buttons Fit to Width and Fit to Page were not working.
  • Fixed bug in Export. If a topic was selected multiple times in topic list the export function would include it as many times is was selected.

New in ConnectedText 3.1.0.3 (Dec 28, 2008)

  • Inclusion of properties are automatically encoded when used inside $URL command.
  • Improved verification of empty topic when importing topics using the "Use separator" option.
  • Fixed bug where properties would not be updated under certains circumstances resulting in an error message.
  • Fixed bug. Protocols.txt was being read from ConnectedText program folder and not from ConnectedText data folder.
  • Fixed bug in import function. A single RTF would result in error since conversion DLL was not being loaded

New in ConnectedText 3.1.0.2 (Dec 25, 2008)

  • Added 12 new macros.
  • Added new separator option in import. When selected the imported text is broken into several topics, using the separator as a delimiter.
  • Added shortcut configuration for background color.
  • Added status bar with number of matches in search results view.
  • New command $Button.
  • New command $Infobox.
  • Improved Full Screen mode
  • Internal changes in Full Text engine in how results are combined when the search is made both in text and title.
  • Clicking in the left margin of editor sets/unsets bookmark.
  • Clicking with right mouse button now selects item in tree views.
  • Made a small adjustment in syntax highlight to ignore // in URLs.
  • Macros are automatically encoded when used inside $URL command.
  • Fixed bug in Full Screen. Toggling mode in Edit mode would not preserve cursor position/selection and text colorization.
  • Fixed bug in Full Screen. Edits not saved between topics when closing full screen mode.
  • Fixed bug in $ASK command. Topic titles weren't being considered during search.
  • Fixed bug in inline styles. Incorrect placing of tags at the end of line.
  • Fixed bug. After toggling the status bar invisible it would not possible to turn it visible again.
  • Fixed bug in syntax highlighter. In newly added paragraphs in the end of a topic, the syntax was neither formatted nor highlighted.
  • Fixed bug in background function. Background color picked was not used for next selection.
  • Fixed bug in Infobox generation. Box title could display invalid characters.

New in ConnectedText 3.1.0.1 (Dec 11, 2008)

  • Outlines can now be exported to Text files.
  • Outlines can include text of linked topics when exported to HTML.
  • Outlines can be printed with the text of linked topics.
  • Clicking in the edit link of an inclusion now positions the editor at the beginning of the included text.
  • Text files with indented text can now be imported into an outline.
  • Improved drag and drop handling in Editor. Selected text can now be moved/copied. To copy the selected text drag and drop it holding the Ctrl key pressed.
  • Fold support in Editor. Expand all and Collapse all function can be used to contract and expand headers and fixed blocks.
  • Added options in Edit menu to toggle Word Wrap and Folding in Editor. Shortcuts can be assigned to them.
  • New Wikipedia search function. Search in Google the currently selected text.
  • It is now possible to set a category for a topic by dragging from the search results to the category list.
  • New Macro words for include command.
  • Include command for properties and attributes can now ne used anywhere.
  • Included new sections in Summary view: Backlinks and Includes.
  • Inline Styles can now be nested.
  • Changed Import function so options are now saved between runs.
  • Search results view now enables multi selection of topics.
  • Reload now removes highlight marks.
  • Topic icon is now displayed in Full Screen mode.
  • Improved handling of encoded characters while importing HTML files.
  • Improved processing speed of topics containing many headers.
  • Improved drag and drop of topics into Editor. Holding shift key while dropping topics generates inclusion command.
  • Improved HTML generation when handling inline styles. An extra space could be added sometimes and the resulting code could generate validation errors when using tools like Tidy.
  • Improved HTML Help file generation. It now includes Table of Contents, generated using topic headers.
  • Improved handling of links with image when transforming HTML in ConnectedText markups.
  • Combo box for URLs in the internal browser can now be resized.
  • Made some improvements in completion proposal for better suggestions.
  • Copy image now accepts WMF and EMF. Example: an embedded image in PowerPoint or Word.
  • Highlight marks are now removed before printing.
  • It is now possible drag and drop images from PowerPoint and other programs which use WMF and EMF.
  • Wildcard characters are now accepted at the beginning of words in Full Text query expressions.
  • Caption of image window title shows image title when thumbnail is clicked.
  • Added function for background color markup in Edit->Block submenu (see Inline Styles).
  • Improved color and background markup commands. If the selected text already has the desired mark with the selected color it is removed from the text.
  • Added functions to navigate between desktop layouts. Shortcuts can be configured.
  • Added new system options (printing) to control whether header/footer should be printed or not.
  • "Remove all icons" function now asks a confirmation prior execution.
  • Made several internal tweaks and improvements.
  • Cosmetic changes in Diff window improving the appearance of the display of difference positions.
  • Changed syntax highlighter. The content of {{{ }}} sections are skipped like in the Viewer.
  • Changed function "Copy as link". Link was copied to Clipboard always in uppercase.
  • Focus is now maintained in Editor/Viewer when Full Screen mode is closed.
  • Fixed small problems in keyboard configuration.
  • Fixed bug in Insert Date function. Inserted text was not encoded correctly.
  • Fixed bug in wiki engine. If project contained footer, footnotes would be displayed after it instead of before.
  • Fixed bug in wiki engine. Headers containing would display invalid characters.
  • Fixed layout problem in "What links here". First line could be truncated depending of the selected language.
  • Fixed bug in history view. It was not possible to drag and drop the current topic if it was a newly created one.
  • Fixed bug in drag and drop. An image dragged from a WEB page could not appear because filename might be generated mal-formed.
  • Fixed bug in inclusion command. Including a property with multiple values would show just one value instead of the complete list.
  • Fixed bug in Editor. With Active spell check on it would not update the misspelled words after dictionary was changed.
  • Fixed bug in Search Results view. Incorrect ordering when results contained date topics.
  • Fixed bug in inclusion processing. An inclusion of a property inclusion could generate an error if in the first/last line of the topic.
  • Fixed bug in export function. A error could occur if Windows date format changed since the last time export was executed.
  • Fixed bug in Outline. Adding/removing links would not trigger the outline as modified.
  • Fixed bug in Outline. It was accepting invalid drag sources.
  • Fixed bug in toolbar. "Show text labels" option wasn't persistent between sessions.
  • Fixed bug in USB version. Language settings was not respected at ConnectedText startup.
  • Fixed bug in color markup command. Text could be removed if the selected text contained other inline style commands.
  • Fixed bug in wiki parser. URLs without command $URL containing =were not recognized correctly.
  • Fixed bug in inclusion. If in a section to be included, there is not at least one non-empty line, the whole topic would be included instead of nothing.
  • Fixed bug in inclusion. Including a topic of the same project with its project name would not update the list of inclusions of that topic.

New in ConnectedText 3.0.0.7 (Sep 15, 2008)

  • Fixed bug in $SUMMARY command. Links were not handled correctly when a page containing it was exported.
  • Fixed bug in Viewer. Position was not restored when moving back to a topic.

New in ConnectedText 3.0.0.6 (Sep 14, 2008)

  • New #SUMMARY command.
  • Added function for color markup in Edit->Block submenu.
  • It is now possible to add formatting markups not only around a selected text, but also around the cursor when no text is selected.
  • Changed the markup for subscript. Now it is ;; instead of vv. The latter can still be used but we recommend avoiding it.
  • Added CTRL+Mouse Wheel for zoom in/out in Viewer and Editor.
  • Fixed bug when rendering Infoboxes. Properties with multiple values were displayed concatenated.
  • Fixed bug when creating new projects. An error would occur if the selected folder name contained character &.
  • Fixed bug in property selection dialog box. Values were not sorted.

New in ConnectedText 3.0.0.5 (Sep 1, 2008)

  • Outlines can now be exported to FreeMind format.
  • Outlines can now be printed.
  • Included new options to control the position of the URL command when text is copied into editor using the clipboard or drag and drop.
  • Added new section "Paste" in options to better organize them.
  • Added new project option for controlling which topic is shown when project is open.
  • Added new command to mark selected text as an attribute.
  • Include command now accepts property/attribute name.
  • Infobox can now be generated using properties/attributes of a topic.
  • Improved drag and drop. ConnectedText now accepts messages dragged from Outlook.
  • Improved rendering speed of topics containing Properties And Attributes.
  • Fixed bug in HTML conversion. No break spaces were not handled correctly.
  • Fixed bug when opening URLs using Internet Explorer with -nohome switch.
  • Fixed bug when printing topic in edit mode. If topic was modified changes were not printed.

New in ConnectedText 3.0.0.4 (Jun 17, 2008)

  • Outlines can now be exported to HTML.
  • Added new options for controlling graph appearance in Navigator.
  • Improved syntax highlight engine to be more responsive when editing long texts.
  • Improved autocompletion handling of non-ascii characters.
  • Fixed some layout problems when rendering indexes.
  • Fixed bug in Outline view. An AV could occur while exporting if any node was selected.
  • Fixed bug in editor. An AV could occur when deleting non-ascii characters.
  • Fixed bug in editor. An AV could occur when the last character typed at the end of the text was non-ascii.
  • Fixed bug in functions Next Hit and Previous Hit. Text was highlighted incorrectly if contained non-ascii characters.
  • Fixed bug when opening an URL if the default browser is Safari.
  • Fixed bug in Python plugin. It was not handling scripts containing non-ascii characters correctly.

New in ConnectedText 3.0.0.3 (Apr 29, 2008)

  • Added new property to PropertyItem OLE Automation Class: Topics. List all topics of a property.
  • Now it is possible to change the location of user data. See the article Changing user data location.
  • Improved index engine for better handling Asian characters. If you have topics with such characters, reindex your project. See the article Full text queries and Asian characters.
  • Added Copy function in Query Manager and in Filter Manager.
  • Corrected index rendering. When the list contained date topics it could result in topics being displayed in a different level wrongly.
  • Fixed bug when deleting/renaming a topic just after it was created.
  • Fixed bug in Analysis. Empty topics were displayed twice.
  • Fixed bug in Navigator. When creating a new topic the $RELATED command could be generated incorrectly.
  • Fixed bug in editor. Topics with Asian characters were loaded incorrectly if Windows language was Asiatic.
  • Fixed bug in editor. If topic was locked the text was not loaded correctly into the editor.
  • Fixed bug in editor. Auto indent was not working correctly.
  • Fixed bug in Table of Contents view. Some characters, like ampersand, were displayed incorrectly.

New in ConnectedText 3.0.0.2 (Apr 14, 2008)

  • Added new property to Project OLE Automation Class: Properties. List all project's properties with all possible values.
  • Commands for increase/decrease text size are now available in edit mode.
  • Fixed bug in completion proposal. Text typed when selecting an image was added incorrectly to the path of the selected image.
  • Fixed bug in editor. Text was copied not moved while doing drag and drop of a selected block. Also text was not converted correctly to UTF-8.
  • Fixed bug in editor. It was not restoring some configured color in startup.
  • Fixed bug in editor. It was not acception characters from different keyboard layouts, like Russian or Hungarian.

New in ConnectedText 3.0.0.1 (Apr 7, 2008)

  • New Google search function. Search in Google the currently selected text.
  • Improved editor with new commands. Better handling of long lines. Check the new editor commands.
  • Changed the location where user data and projects are stored. Now they are stored in folder ConnectedText under My Documents (or Documents in Vista).
  • Editor now supports proportional fonts.
  • Included link for the current month in topic's calendar.
  • Included print preview when printing editor's content.
  • Included new built-in image: (/O)
  • Added new options when copying topics to a different project using drag and drop: overwrite and overwrite all.
  • Added new command $PR for project properties.
  • Added new semantic extension enabling markup of attributes.
  • Added new view Summary. It shows all links, categories, properties and attributes of the current topic.
  • Added new project option for Auto Backup.
  • Added new command Insert Date.
  • Added new command Insert Images, which enables image formatting.
  • Added predicates for Full Text queries.
  • Added syntax highlighter to editor with color customization.
  • Added checkbox support in Outline view.
  • Added new system option to control whether movies should be loaded in pause or not.
  • Added new properties to Topic OLE Automation Class.
  • Added new OLE classes: Property Collection Class and Property Item Class.
  • Shortcuts for views now select them instead of closing them when they are open.
  • Image format for paste/drag and drop can now be configured.
  • Clicking in a $FILE link which contains an outline file (CTO) opens it in the Outline view.
  • Improved full text search. Query speed is now 10 times faster.
  • Improved spell check engine. Better suggestions and faster dictionary loading.
  • Improved Auto Completion.
  • Improved speed when exporting to text files.
  • Improved Analysis tool. New option for topics that do not contain categories. Faster processing.
  • Improved Import function. It now accepts a single file. Added option to ignore existing topics.
  • Improved image handling in links when converting HTML to ConnectedText's markup.
  • Included topics can now show a list of all topics that include them.
  • Completion Proposal can now be used for includes.
  • Focus is now moved to Editor/Viewer when incremental search is closed.
  • Added shortcut F10 for moving focus to Editor/Viewer.
  • Added new function in Project manager for adding project to ConnectedText. It enables the register of existing projects stored in different folders/drives, like USB drives.
  • When a URL is dragged and dropped into Editor, page title is now automatically added to the $URL generated command as an alias.
  • Fixed bug in $FILE command. It was not working if file name contained [ or ].
  • Fixed bug in topic's calendar. Previous month link was not working.
  • Fixed bug in export function. Main topic link in menu line was not working if it contained non-standard characters.
  • Fixed bug when headers were collapsed and topic contained footer. Footer was hidden when top most header was collapsed.
  • Fixed command Insert Date/Time. Only date part was being inserted.
  • Fixed bug when copying a topic as link when its title contained accented characters. The pasted command was not working correctly.
  • Fixed bug in Close View function. It was not saving Outline contents when Outline had focus.
  • Fixed long standing bug in spell check. Auto check was marking some words as misspelled incorrectly.
  • Fixed bug in rename/delete. The current topic would not have its links adjusted correctly if the version being displayed wasn't the latest one.
  • Fixed bug in Web Browser. If dock position was changed for any view its content would disappear and if refresh was called an "Unspecified Error" would occur.
  • Fixed bug in Import function. Some empty topics and some with suffix could be created unnecessarily.
  • Fixed bug in Python Plugin. Lines longer than 256 were split in several lines. That could lead to unexpected results when topic was rendered.
  • Fixed memory leak when creating a new project.

New in ConnectedText 2.1.0.3 (May 15, 2007)

  • Included Italian translation. Many thanks to Massimiliano Belletti.
  • Included German translation. Many thanks to Bettina Aring, Manfred Kuehn and Ulrich Florian.
  • Included project's path in properties dialog.
  • Included new dictionaries.
  • Included new options for controlling the position of Categories and Related topics boxes.
  • Included new built-in image: /F
  • Improved handling of images when capturing from a WEB page.
  • Improved drawing speed in Navigator.
  • Changed the icon for folder used in lists generated by command $FILE.
  • If there is a selected text in Viewer when toggling to edit mode, a search is performed automatically to find the first match in the text. Find next can be used to find the subsequent matches.
  • Minor tweaks in the installer for USB version.
  • Fixed problem in Clipboard Catcher. Some programs could send several messages at once making ConnectedText enter in an endless loop.
  • Fixed bug in topic list update algorithm.
  • Fixed bug when displaying underline characters in Chinese and Japanese for some fonts.
  • Fixed bug when generating index when Windows language is Chinese or Japanese.
  • Fixed bug in text parser. An index out of bounds could occur if text contained certain very specific char sequences.
  • Fixed bug when capturing images from Internet. Some images were not captured due to a problem handling file paths.
  • Fixed bug when changing system language. Views captions were not being translated.
  • Fixed bug in Full Text parameters dialog. Last query expression was not being saved correctly if contained Chinese or Japanese characters.
  • Fixed bug in startup. Projects were not being loaded when ConnectedText starts if the last used topic contained Chinese or Japanese characters.
  • Fixed minor problems when handling translations.
  • Fixed bug in OLE interface initialization.
  • Small correction in Danish translation

New in ConnectedText 2.1.0.2 (Mar 23, 2007)

  • Adjustments were made in the layout of some dialogs to avoid text truncation when using Danish translation.
  • Fixed problem when running ConnectedText under Windows Vista. Several AV messages could occur.
  • Fixed minor bug in plugins. A T could appear in topic text in some very rare situations.
  • Fixed bug in installer. Could hang if machine has many mapped drives.
  • Small correction in Danish translation.

New in ConnectedText 2.1 (Mar 19, 2007)

  • Windows Vista support.
  • USB Version.
  • Included Danish translation. Many thanks to J�rgen Brenting.
  • It is now possible to mix raw HTML with topic text.
  • Included new mark for comments.
  • Added new command for topic redirection.
  • Added function Copy as URL. It copies to the clipboard the URL of the current topic.
  • Changed function Copy as Link. It now copies to the clipboard the link command for the current topic.
  • Added functions Next Hit and Previous Hit for finding full text matches in a topic. Shortcuts can be configured for them.
  • Added new Clipboard Catcher option for topic naming. Now is possible to enter a topic name to where text should be copied.
  • Added new option for controlling HTML conversion to ConnectedText marks when pasting, dropping or catching from Clipboard.
  • Added scrollbars to the Synonyms dialog. Dialog position is now retained.
  • Added functions Expand All and Collapse All in Navigator.
  • Enhanced update algorithm in Topic list when in tree mode.
  • Improved treatment of pre-formatted blocks (PRE) when importing/pasting HTML. Lines breaks are now preserved.
  • Improved handling of filenames to avoid possible conflicts based in which folder ConnectedText is installed.
  • Several internal tweaks for improving stability and consistency.
  • Fixed bug when renaming a new topic. If Calendar view was open an exception could occur during the operation.
  • Fixed bug in the tab bar popup menu. It was using always the current project not the project associated to the tab where the mouse click occurred.
  • Fixed bug in full screen mode. Editor was not accepting upper-case letters when in full screen.
  • Fixed bug in topic inclusion. Topic would not be included if its title contained character '.
  • Fixed bug when copying text from Viewer to Editor. Incorrect text was being copied.
  • Fixed bug in plugin cache. Under rare conditions a plugin call could return wrong result if cache was being used.
  • Fixed bug in editor. Clicking in a link with Chinese or Japanese characters could jump to an invalid topic.

New in ConnectedText 2.0.0.9 (Jan 7, 2007)

  • New clipboard catcher. Included support for Flash, AVI and MPEG files, Full engine improved. New sparkline pluing. Improved drag and drop operations. Links can be copied to other applications. Many bugfixes.

New in ConnectedText 2.0.0.7 (Nov 17, 2006)

  • Included new shortcut for closing the current view: Ctrl Q. It can be changed in Options.
  • Changed behavior of menu shorcuts. Alt-S was opening Search menu when Save Topic function was disabled.
  • Made some adjustments in Project Managers. Projects can now be opened using Enter key.
  • Added new User Interface option for suppressing animation when hiding a docked window.
  • Added new User Interface option for confirmation when closing a project.
  • Added new Topic Processing option for controlling cache use in Inline Queries.
  • Added new editor command: Goto Link (Ctrl-G). When executed jumps to the topic referenced in the command where cursor is positioned.
  • When a topic is included inside another, a link to edit it is now placed at the top of the inserted text, like in Wikipedia.
  • Increased docked window auto-hide speed.
  • Clicking a image shows it in its original size when image is resized.
  • Fixed bugs in Navigator related to Home function. In certain circumstances it could trigger an AV error.
  • Fixed bug in Rss Plugin. Title was being lost when parsing if RSS contained certain tags.
  • Fixed bug in HTML export. Link to main topic in header would not work if it contained spaces.
  • Fixed bug when saving export parameters. If header and/or footer contained certain HTML entities like   the generated file could not be read afterwards.
  • Fixed bug when exporting topics with very long titles.
  • Fixed bug in editor. Del key was not working when in full screen mode.
  • Fixed issues related to dragging a topic from one project to another. If topic in source project was new it was not being copied. Menu was not being updated correctly after copy.
  • Fixed bug in layout manager. An error could occur when a layout was loaded

New in ConnectedText 2.0.0.5 (Oct 25, 2006)

  • Improved user interface.
  • New scripting system.
  • Full engine improved.
  • New sparkline pluing.
  • Improved drag and drop operations.
  • Links can be copied to other applications.

New in ConnectedText 2.0.0.4 (Oct 15, 2006)

  • Improved user interface.
  • New scripting system.
  • Full engine improved.
  • New sparkline pluing.
  • Improved drag and drop operations.
  • Links can be copied to other applications.