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Depeche View Lite Changelog

What's new in Depeche View Lite 1.7.5

Oct 30, 2022
  • Rel: 29.10.2022, Major Update
  • Sum: Added vertical block copying.
  • Added multi core search and optimizations
  • With DView Pro, searching 9 times faster in most cases.
  • Copy to clipboard can now copy larger text.
  • Add: multi core search and optimizations with Depeche View Pro.
  • Improves search performance by factor 9
  • In most cases, or even more with complex queries.
  • Uses by default as many threads as cpu cores found.
  • Add: vertical block copying. keep ctrl and left mouse
  • Button pressed, then move vertical and to the right.
  • Great for structured text like log files and CSV.
  • Add: copy to clipboard is now possible with text
  • Larger then 10 mb. dview will ask once per session
  • If a large copy > 30 mb is intended.
  • Add: command line option -code n to set a codepage
  • For better viewing and editing of some text files.
  • May only work with a limited set of codepages.
  • Fix: wrap paste long text in editor by ctrl+shift+v
  • Dropped last text line.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.7.4 (May 5, 2021)

  • rel: 01.05.2021, Major Update
  • sum: Depeche View can now edit UTF-8 text files if text and system code page are 1250 or 1252. Other code pages may work partially, or not at all. Try Depeche View Lite for a test if it works with your language and system settings. DView Lite can now edit all loaded files.
  • add: utf-8 text editing, if text and windows system code page are 1250 or 1252.
  • chg: Depeche View Lite can now edit all loaded files.
  • add: hotkey ctrl+shift+u in editor to toggle between utf-8 and ansi text save.
  • add: function 'edit new text' in the open menu.
  • fix: unexpected changes of process working dir after file dialogs for open or save.
  • add: Save Text As to save text with new name.
  • chg: Depeche View Pro default safety load limit before a popup asks if to continue) is now 2.2 gb on devices with 4-8 gb.
  • chg: text encoding header infos: utf8 files without bom are now shown as "utf8", and with bom as "utf8bom". "ansi" within the editor marks plain Ansi encoding.
  • fix: files with ansi characters in filename and utf-8 in text displayed as raw.
  • fix: assist mode: unexpected menu close when near left border.
  • del: Windows XP is no longer supported.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.7.3 (Jun 5, 2019)

  • sum: Depeche View can now load and search text from office 2007 format files like .docx .xlsx .odt
  • add: option to load text from office files, either by setup or command line option -office.
  • FIX: open by dialogue on a single folder: unwanted loading of archive contents no matter what the archive load settings were.
  • del: noumlauts setting is now ignored.
  • add: status message whenever current working dir changes unexpectedly, e.g. after file appends
  • add: text failed to load: current working dir info in the message log.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.7.2 (Apr 18, 2017)

  • sum: improved open dialog to load folder or file content with auto select of the most recent folder used.
  • multi file select with append file(s).
  • dview lite can now reload editable files by F5.
  • add: Load or Append file now allows multi file selection, so several files can be loaded in one go.
  • chg: Open or Append dialogue now shows the recent selected folder, or the current working dir, or the folder loaded on startup.
  • add: command line option -browse mypath to use mypath as the initial starting point for Open or Append dialogue to load folders or files.
  • add: dview lite: single file reload on F5 key, within the first 30 loaded files.
  • chg: load by drag+drop without append: bookmark root is now set only to the first loaded file.
  • chg: load by drag+drop: if multiple files are selected
  • binary files are ignored unless setup / work / load binary is activated.
  • doc: Depeche View Book (Smartphone PDF) updated.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.7.1.2 (Oct 11, 2016)

  • rel: 11.10.2016, Maintenance Update
  • add: top context display: expressions now support keyword [ortext], e.g. class[ortext]struct
  • fix: dview lite: stop of edit by GUI button did not show the changed file

New in Depeche View Lite 1.7.1.0 (Jul 30, 2016)

  • sum: loading of web text or data from http urls, by GUI or command line. fixed unwanted stop of netlog auto follow.
  • CHG: F5 reload change: if SHIFT+F5 is pressed it no longer reloads the current file (which was undocumented) but all files. to reload current file press CTRL+F5 only.
  • add: option to reload only current file on F5, while SHIFT+F5 reloads all files. see Setup / work / F5 reloads ...
  • add: loading of web text or data from http urls, by open button, by drag+drop from web browser, or by giving an http url on the command line.
  • add: support for sfk filter urls.txt +fview to load a list of http url's given in a file.
  • fix: netlog auto follow was stopped by up motion in any view, not just the first one.
  • add: linux: support for "%" wildcard in command line file selection instead of "*".
  • add: close of script edit dialogue when closing edit hotkey button.
  • chg: open/close filtered view: show text "filtered view" and "normal view" only with assistance mode. otherwise always show number of hits.
  • chg: improved info message if single file fails to reload.
  • fix: config file: http://... was stripped as comment.
  • add: user scripts: variable $webroot providing host and port of the current viewed web file.
  • fix: scripts: message "waiting for user command" not cleared in other target views.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.7.0.3 (Apr 24, 2016)

  • add: top context line: support for [start].
  • chg: create scope button: improved default title text.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.7.0.2 (Apr 1, 2016)

  • FIX: DView Lite: jump to start of single selected file failed. other jumps like bookmark selection may have failed as well.
  • chg: cleanup of default config file.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.7.0.0 (Mar 16, 2016)

  • ADD: user buttons for search scopes, user scripts hotkey editing, and running scripts from the bookmark area with configurable parameters
  • ADD: tooltips serving as link into help text fix: bad linux display with wine 1.6.2 now all transparency is disabled in linux mode
  • fix: sometimes wrong text in create config file dialog
  • fix: ctrl+shift+2 produced unwanted filtered view
  • fix: unwanted config reload after save then reenter window
  • add: option -id to set an instance id which appears in window titles
  • add: dview lite now also supports search for line start, line end, full words
  • fix: click into first bookmark with assist mode and context display did not work
  • fix: load by open button was not possible if text with context line was displayed

New in Depeche View Lite 1.6.5.2 (Jan 7, 2016)

  • chg: netlog auto follow is now stopped by mouse surf up, mouse wheel up, cursor up or page up in the same view.
  • fix: top button jumps when entering dview with shift+click.
  • shift+click on netlog was impossible when reentering dview.
  • chg: skip of auto reload by shift+click or size:
  • postponed reload button may now reuse help button location.
  • add: netlog: ctrl+click now adds a marker line.
  • fix: hide bookmarks while scrolling: sometimes they
  • immediately were hidden again after ctrl+q.
  • Initial Release:
  • add: editor: word jumps by ctrl+right and left
  • chg: default line mode on empty file is now crlf.
  • add: change of crlf/lf line mode while editing.
  • add: optional auto hide of bookmarks while scrolling.
  • add: ctrl+a in editor now marks all text.
  • opt: copy of long text from editor is now faster.
  • add: command line option -edit or -e to edit text instantly.
  • add: if dview.exe is renamed to e.exe it edits instantly.
  • add: instant creation of new files listed on the command line.
  • add: instant edit of single new file given on the command line.
  • chg: improved loading of interleaved color text from sfk.
  • add: editing of interleaved color text, removing colors.
  • fix: text files with no content were not loaded at all.
  • fix: unwanted text editing when clicking a bookmark over text.
  • fix: unwanted text editing when clicking a button over text.
  • fix: append of text not possible after loading color text.
  • fix: append file: sometimes path start was truncated.
  • fix: editor: error message on backspace at text start.
  • fix: editor: error message on delete at text end.
  • fix: editor: cursor right handling at end of text.
  • fix: wrong save status message when trying to save unchanged file

New in Depeche View Lite 1.6.5 (Nov 11, 2015)

  • add: editor: word jumps by ctrl+right and left
  • chg: default line mode on empty file is now crlf
  • add: change of crlf/lf line mode while editing
  • add: optional auto hide of bookmarks while scrolling
  • add: ctrl+a in editor now marks all text
  • opt: copy of long text from editor is now faster
  • add: command line option -edit or -e to edit text instantly
  • add: if dview.exe is renamed to e.exe it edits instantly
  • add: instant creation of new files listed on the command line
  • add: instant edit of single new file given on the command line
  • chg: improved loading of interleaved color text from sfk
  • add: editing of interleaved color text, removing colors
  • fix: text files with no content were not loaded at all
  • fix: unwanted text editing when clicking a bookmark over text
  • fix: unwanted text editing when clicking a button over text
  • fix: append of text not possible after loading color text
  • fix: append file: sometimes path start was truncated
  • fix: editor: error message on backspace at text start
  • fix: editor: error message on delete at text end
  • fix: editor: cursor right handling at end of text
  • fix: wrong save status message when trying to save unchanged file

New in Depeche View Lite 1.6.4 (Nov 11, 2015)

  • changed: automatic activation of bookmark display on add bookmark.
  • add: optional gaps between views to allow access to other applications behind dview. Requires isolated window mode, or overscan mode. Can be activated by shift+click on square window mode button or by setup / general. Overscan mode is no longer activated by shift+click but only right click on square window button.
  • add: extended list of well known archive file extensions by .odt .ods .odp .odg .odc .ott .ots .otp .otg

New in Depeche View Lite 1.6.3 (Jan 8, 2015)

  • add: command line options:
  • -find "the text" to find text instantly after startup
  • -sfind "the\qtext\q" to find a string using slash patterns
  • -path "foo\src" to set path instantly on startup
  • -spath "foo\\src" to set path using slash patterns
  • -tab n to set tab size n

New in Depeche View Lite 1.6.2 (Sep 16, 2014)

  • fix: display on multi monitor systems: incomplete content display after window was moved to a larger monitor.
  • add: persistent storage of window location on a second or further monitor.
  • add: option for UTF-8 loading and search on systems using codepage 1250 Central Europe or 1252 Western Europe. further code pages are more or less displayed.
  • fix: ctrl+e to call external editor: if text was previously edited by internal editor then it did not call external editor even if no unsaved changes exist.
  • chg: Config Syntax Change: option to load wide character files changed from "loadutf" to "loadwchar" as it has nothing to do with real UTF loading. if you used this experimental option then you have to re-enable it in Setup / Work. same applies to command line option -utf which was changed to -wchar.
  • add: call external editor command: support for parameters
  • viewdeskx - current window desktop x position in pixel
  • viewdesky - current window desktop y position in pixel
  • viewwidth - current view width in pixel
  • viewheight - current view height in pixel
  • fix: lite: setup / context layout.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.6.1.2 (Aug 26, 2014)

  • add: block context display, a text line at the top telling about the current function or block start. text scanning is configurable by user through SFK Expressions.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.6.1 (Jul 8, 2014)

  • Add:
  • block context display, a text line at the top telling
  • about the current function or block start. text scanning
  • is configurable by user through SFK Expressions.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.6.0.2 (May 27, 2014)

  • fix: open file by F10 created a shell window.
  • fix: no soft scrolling during dictionary create phase.
  • fix: unique line match: did sometimes not find differences.
  • fix: dview lite: wrong graying out of some mode menu entry in assist mode.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.6.0 (May 10, 2014)

  • chg: improved soft scrolling by mouse wheel, which is now active by default.
  • chg: improved display and scroll performance by optimized caching.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.9 (Apr 15, 2014)

  • add: optional soft scrolling by mouse wheel.
  • add: alternative input support for touch screens and notebook touchpads via setup / scroll button.
  • add: top right history buttons in assistance mode.
  • FIX: slow scrolling because display cache was inactive. display cache is now always active.
  • fix: mouse wheel scroll with shift: nearby scrolled view was not updated.
  • chg: less unwanted horizontal scrolling by separate movement thresholds for vertical and horizontal scrolling.
  • fix: repeat edit found word in following file even if file was not selected by path mask.
  • fix: unwanted line selection from filtered view if mouse not locked on move.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.8.3 (Feb 12, 2014)

  • FIX: netlog button did not work.
  • FIX: netlog follow button wrong display.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.8.2 (Feb 12, 2014)

  • add: user defined commands on hotkeys set tabsize = "3"

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.8 (Aug 27, 2013)

  • Add: top right side toolbar (sidebar) that appears whenever the mouse is in the top right corner, with history, narrow, next file etc. can be disabled or shown permanently by a Setup / General setting. A config file entry "sidebartrans" may change sidebar transparency.
  • Add: clip button in sidebar if no other clip button exists at the top.
  • Fix: ctrl+click on back button showed no feedback when in filtered view. now closing filter then.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.7 (Aug 7, 2013)

  • CHG: FUNCTION KEY CHANGES:
  • F9 pro: create scratch file
  • F9+CTRL open empty notepad
  • F9+CTRL+SHIFT open current file in Notepad
  • CHG: horizontal text surf is now enabled by default. It can be disabled under Setup / general.
  • add: Pro: create editable copy of current viewed content, called a scratch file, by pressing F9. Allows to create archive copies of the current clipboard or network text. scratch file folder can be configured under Setup / Edit.
  • chg: dview lite can now load up to 10000 files with up to 1 GB of text approx.
  • chg: dview lite can now call an external text editor, but no longer supports internal text editing.
  • chg: dview lite can now run external apps registered for a file extension by F10.
  • chg: dview lite can now run explorer on current folder by pressing F11.
  • chg: now by default shows loaded text while loading. Setup / general / show text ... to disable.
  • chg: dview pro: dictionary status button is now also shown in a wide view within three views.
  • fix: netlog: with more text then buffer size, searches did not find anything.
  • fix: netlog: with more text then buffer size, line selection in filter view did not work.
  • fix: CTRL+mouse button text selection for copy: if SHIFT is pressed temporarily, e.g. to jump to global text end, it ran a search on SHIFT release.
  • fix: temporary blocked dialogues on goto line number or setup dialog with active file monitor.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.6.3 (Oct 23, 2012)

  • chg: follow of network text is now stopped automatically if something is sent into the view, e.g. by middle click on blank space within the nearby view.
  • chg: on active network follow, creation of filter view in first view now also jumps to bottom of text.
  • add: help text notice on how to print contents indirectly via clipboard and notepad.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.6.2 (Oct 13, 2012)

  • fix: layout errors in assitance mode: edit and netlog buttons too close at top, empty filter view showed damaged button.
  • add: receive and filter network text sent via plain UDP. must be enabled in Setup / General.
  • add: unique line match, a simple function to highlight unique added lines between two versions of a text.
  • add: optional horizontal surf, yet experimental and not active by default (Setup / General).
  • add: script: set shift to change horizontal shift.
  • add: right click on setup now also creates a config file if it doesn't exist yet.
  • add: support for PortableApps mode also in DView Pro if it is installed to USB stick. If the binary is renamed to DepecheViewPortable.exe then the config file is expected in a data folder.
  • chg: assistance mode button: when disabling assist mode, scrollbars in vertical tile are now also disabled by default, to get a maximum clean GUI.
  • to keep the scrollbars, disable assist mode by a right click on the button.
  • chg: Setup / Load Config From now closes setup.
  • fix: create config file button did not close setup, producing an invisible messagebox.
  • fix: loading of clipboard with a new installation: did not jump to clipboard text. default is now to jump to top of clipboard text.
  • fix: freeze when marking text by shift+right at end of a text within editor.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.5 (Sep 10, 2012)

  • add: clip group match, highlight all words found in the current clipboard text.
  • add: surf two views in parallel with SHIFT+lbutton.
  • add: ctrl+x on blank space now jumps to a file with similar name within target view's path, to compare two versions of a project.
  • add: ctrl+y now does the same as ctrl+shift+z, jump forward to a recent location.
  • chg: ctrl+x on blank space no longer jumps to a line number (use ctrl+g instead).
  • chg: dview lite can now edit up to 30 loaded files.
  • chg: F7 now also usable in edit mode.
  • fix: setting word highlights by ctrl+h didn't work in dview lite.
  • fix: ctrl+7...ctrl+9 and ctrl+0 were not usable for scripts.
  • fix: after disable of auto suggest the most recent suggested word was shown endless.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.4.2 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • add: trim text lines on copy to clipboard: option to always keep first blank of lines containing just blank characters.
  • fix: installer: when installing as admin, now creates desktop icon on common desktop for all users.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.4 (Jun 29, 2012)

  • add: installer: optional creation of desktop icon.
  • add: uninstaller: removal of desktop icon.
  • add: setup option to show text contents while loading.
  • add: copy to clipboard: removal of trailing blanks can now be disabled by setup option: trim text lines on copy.
  • chg: create desktop icon: this function now creates a pure icon without any parameters, which behaves identical to the program's .exe icon in explorer.
  • fix: loading of text on startup: did not always list the actual dir and file filters. now even if dview is run from command line with multiple dir parameters the status display is correct.
  • fix: reset of layout by double click on blank space: did not work with some view combinations.
  • fix: edit of bookmark remark not possible with option to always add bookmarks at bottom of list.
  • fix: loading on startup: dir/file filters were always displayed even if not active. now they are hidden if "apply filters" is not set within setup.
  • fix: delete of bookmarks with horizontal tiling: incomplete display update.
  • fix: copy to clipboard: different trimming of trailing blanks on multi line copy versus full text copy. now both ways behave the same.
  • fix: dview mydir !.zip loaded nothing due to wrong internal conversion of mask argument.
  • chg: minimum automatic load ask limit now 128 MB, relevant only on systems with very few memory

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.3.3 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • ADD: with three views, double click on blank space in the middle view will expand it if all views are fully visible and not maximized
  • add: option to always add bookmarks at the bottom of the bookmark list, no matter if any other bookmark is currently selected
  • add: editor: ctrl+shift+delete now deletes from cursor to end of line
  • CHG: cleanup of topmost text line display no longer showing double filenames topline now always shows the name of the text at that position, but not the selected text name
  • chg: default load limit now documented as load ask limit
  • chg: loading of folders with large files: whenever a file takes longer than one second to load, the whole filename is now displayed during load
  • fix: editor: duplicate line by ctrl+shift+c ndid not work with lines containing tab characters; now the cursor x position also stays unchanged
  • fix: unexpected search or filter after repeat edit followed by jump to other file by F3
  • fix: ctrl+end jump to bottom of a file which is not selected by path mask: is now supported with files covering at least halve of the window
  • fix: click into blank space of toolbar lines produced unexpected popup menu

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.3.2 (May 2, 2012)

  • CHG: Jumping through search results by Left Button and Mouse Wheel, or by SHIFT and Mouse Wheel is now disabled by default. It was invoked accidentially too often, especially on notebooks with a touchpad emulating a mouse wheel.
  • The functions can be reactivated by editing the config file (search for jumpresultsby ...). chg: back button now supports up to 15 steps.
  • add: assistance popup on word: option to use external text editor instead of internal one.
  • fix: dview c:\ from the command line didn't work.
  • fix: maximize of master frame window: setup and other dialogs were placed at wrong positions. new size of overall area was not stored on program exit.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.3 (Apr 23, 2012)

  • CHG: MAJOR CHANGE IN DEFAULT BEHAVIOUR: AutoFilter mode is now active by default, because filtered views are basically the same as a search result list in every editor, and common practice. In AutoFilter mode, filter button no longer shows an "A", as this is now default. Instead, disabling AutoFilter now shows three dots on the filter button.
  • CHG: USAGE CHANGE: SHIFT+Cursor and CONTROL+Cursor: SHIFT+CursorDown/Up now ALWAYS scrolls fast through the text, no matter if search term is given or not. CONTROL+CursorDown/Up no longer cycles view contents but jumps to next/previous search result. To cycle view contents, CONTROL+CursorLeft/Right can still be used, or the new button at right top.
  • CHG: FUNCTION KEY CHANGES:
  • F4: toggles filter view
  • F6: toggles file list view
  • F7: toggle case sensitive search
  • F7+CTRL: disables syntax highlighting
  • F8: search for "class ..."
  • F9+CTRL: pro: open empty notepad
  • F10: pro: open file in associated app
  • F12:minimize all windows
  • CHG: delay of search with mouse on bookmarks:
  • is now disabled by default, to avoid irritation of first time users. must be activated via setup / general / delay search ... default wait time changed to 5 sec.
  • chg: right click on frame mode button now enters overscan even if already in isolated views mode.
  • chg: ctrl+shift+s now always saves bookmarks and configuration even if in edit mode.
  • chg: text copy to clipboard: no longer echoing string but showing number of characters. full statistics with lines and words now available via stat button.
  • chg: delete of bookmark now always sets current bookmark to that slot.
  • chg: while an info text box is shown at the right bottom, ESCAPE key now closes this instead of the current window. SHIFT+Escape still forces window close.
  • add: stop horizontal shift button, shown whenever screen is blank due to shift+cursor right movement.
  • add: default syntax highlights: added .m and .mm file extensions as another c source dialect.
  • add: Pro: user script commands to allow remapping: toggleCaseSearch, toggleFilterView, toggleFileList, minimizeAll, helpText
  • add: full line copy to clipboard now highlights copied text line temporarily.
  • add: click on bottom statistics button (near next result) now shows a permanent statistic.
  • add: clear button for find mask in full sized window if find mask is non-empty.
  • add: click on ": >" of "find:" now clears the find mask. click on ": >" of "path: " now clears the path mask.
  • add: file list button.
  • add: stop load button.
  • add: when disabling assistance mode by a right click on the assist button, scrollbars in vertical tiling are now also disabled.
  • add: feedback on maximize, vtile, reset layout with only a single view.
  • fix: border resize click now also possible with text under mouse cursor at right side border.
  • fix: unexpected blank screen in filtered view after change of search scope.
  • fix: unexpected resize of left side view after deleting bookmarks in that view.
  • fix: usage of bookmarks across multiple views: random change of current insert position depending of most recent activated view.
  • fix: current bookmark selected incorrectly after bookmark delete.
  • fix: change bookmark font from pulldown menu.
  • fix: assistance mode: selection of long phrases never produced a popup menu.
  • fix: assist popup: unwanted activation of editor with specific selected phrase lengths, edit icon appeared directly under mouse cursor.
  • fix: ctrl click into top line with current filename did nothing with assistance mode active.
  • fix: bookmarks import form clipboard: no longer keeping old bookmarks if list was shrunk.
  • fix: ctrl+f find dialogue: cursor jumped to left when starting search with auto filter.
  • fix: open menu entries unselectable if text underneath.
  • fix: change of result focus line now highlights that line temporarily.
  • fix: jump of cursor to screen top after selection of a pulldown menu entry in master frame mode.
  • fix: configuration changes are now saved instantly when closing setup dialog.
  • fix: text over bookmarks display: pure blank text no longer overwrites bookmarks.
  • fix: window activation with master frame mode: on application reentry two views shown as active.
  • fix: auto reset of find mask: grayed out find mask is now reactivated on every click into bottom lines of view.
  • fix: click on bottom filter button changed focus to path mask unexpectedly.
  • fix: file list view not shown colorized after view cycle.
  • fix: search for words didn't start after loading text before word dictionary was completed.
  • fix: no. of files calculation on initial load.
  • fix: wrong no. of loaded files info in message log.
  • fix: narrow of path in filtered or file list view, then close filter, dropped selected path.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.2.2 (Feb 27, 2012)

  • fix: browse with depeche view from explorer failed to load from folders with blanks in their name if subdir filters were active
  • add: Setup / workspace: option to apply sub dir and filename loading filter also on startup when loading by drag+drop onto dview icon
  • chg: dview.exe no longer writes an uninstaller when Setup / Register Depeche View is selected. uninstaller is written only during installation of DView Pro
  • fix: correct detection of C:\Program Files folder under Win7 to avoid creation
  • of dview-config.txt therein
  • fix: never use a dview-config.txt located somewhere in C:\Program Files, even if this location is listed in the PATH or if it's parallel to dview.exe
  • fix: Setup / add popup menu entry: now showing info text if admin rights are required

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.1.2 (Jan 23, 2012)

  • add: dview lite: highlight a word temporarily by Alt over is now mentioned in the pulldown menu and the main help text.
  • chg: dview lite: text editing now possible up to a maximum of 10 loaded files, or 10 MB of total loaded text.
  • fix: jump back to recent text position sometimes did not work from within filtered view.
  • fix: temporary word highlights by Alt key: now uses the case sensitivity setting from mode menu, case insensitive by default.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.1 (Dec 2, 2011)

  • USABILITY CHANGE:
  • highlighting of words by DoubleControl or CONTROL+H: by default all highlights are now GLOBAL, across all views, in the same color. This allows
  • faster and easier text comparison than before. For the old behaviour, see Setup / General /ocal word highlights
  • USABILITY CHANGE:
  • right click on the clip button no longer loads text, this is now done by a
  • left click. a right click appends text
  • CHG:
  • Clipboard Automation No Longer An Official Feature
  • By default, clipboard automation is now disabled as long time tests have shown that the functionality can not be guaranteed. The feature can be reactivated by Setup / General / enable clipboard automation but it may work or not, and is totally unsupported
  • CHG:
  • Depeche View Pro now comes with an installer
  • add: assistance mode: top toolbar with back/forward next/previous search result and filter button
  • add: statistics field in dashboard near next/previous search result buttons. shows detailed text infos on mouse over or click
  • DEL:
  • removed easy settings button and documentation
  • if you still need it, shift+control+click on the statistics field next to next result
  • chg: find next search result in editor: if no more hits in current text, now continues to search globally across all selected files
  • chg: improved layout with graphical separation of top lines
  • chg: assistance mode popup: click on bottom of file more than once now jumps over file starts
  • fix: editor: save, stop edit buttons did not show tooltips on mouse over
  • fix: sending a search into a view sometimes produced unexpected message "on bookmarks" with delay
  • fix: many detail improvements in status text display
  • fix: next or previous result by (CTRL+)F3 after CTRL+Z or end edit did nothing
  • fix: ctrl+z after filtered view creation did not
  • jump back to text before search
  • fix: no longer showing file list if there is
  • only one file

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.0.3 (Oct 14, 2011)

  • fix: dview -dir anydir -file foo*.txt did not select files with extension .txt

New in Depeche View Lite 1.5.0 (Sep 16, 2011)

  • opt: reduced text file loading time.
  • chg: global autosuggest dictionary creation after loading, while there is no user input, to further reduce loading times.
  • chg: unintentional press of ctrl+blank while editing text now simply inserts a blank.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.4.9 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • Added assistance mode for beginners: popup menus on left click on a word, or right click on blank space. Some bugfixes.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.4.8.5 (Jul 29, 2011)

  • fix: overscan mode selection by shift+click on square button didn't work.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.4.8 (Jun 17, 2011)

  • FIX: crash on clipboard automation: after closing any window and then, for example, reloading the config, the next clipboard event caused dview to exit due to endless recursion.
  • CHG: mouse text surf improved. it is now possible to start text surfing also by a left click into words, if the mouse is moved vertically afterwards. if it's not moved, one click search or edit can be used.
  • CHG: Depeche View Base renamed to Lite.
  • chg: now stopping all file monitors on start edit in any view.
  • chg: clipboard automation: automatic deactivation if event receiver window (the first view) is closed.
  • chg: clipboard automation: after copy to clipboard, any incoming clip events are now ignored for 750 msec by default, as the own clipboard write may cause such events.
  • chg: more tolerant single click detection, to allow easier one click editing even if the mouse is moved slightly.
  • add: optional inversion of text surf direction through Setup / general.
  • add: help text: how to cross copy words, move text between views, auto insert.
  • fix: automatic close of all editors on :
  • reload of single files
  • clipboard loading
  • word wrap toggling
  • file monitoring
  • fix: filemon kept running even without a matching file.
  • fix: setup dialog: registration of all file extensions via all checkbox didn't work.
  • fix: .jar and .tar extension registrations were mixed up, showing the wrong file association active in the setup dialog.
  • fix: dview base now tells that registering of file extensions is a pro feature.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.4.7 (May 30, 2011)

  • chg: Reduced code size of Depeche View Base.
  • add: Depeche View Pro Demo, a 30 days trial version.
  • add: Pro editor: duplicate current line by CTRL+SHIFT+C.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.4.6 (Mar 24, 2011)

  • WORD search operator. allows to search single words made of alpha numeric and "_" characters.
  • add: Display Cache for faster scrolling, especially in text with long lines containing many different colors, like HTML source code.
  • add: global word higlight across all views by holding SHIFT and then DOUBLE CONTROL on a word.
  • add: editor SHIFT+ENTER within a line now creates a new blank line below.
  • add: editor: CTRL+D to delete current line.
  • chg: loading of SFK SnapFiles is now possible only if a single SnapFile is selected for Open or Append or if it uses the default file prefix :file: All other (undocumented) options have been dropped to enforce a clean and safe loading process.
  • fix: mode menu change no longer selects bookmark below.
  • fix: editor: mode menu changes no longer change the edit cursor location.
  • fix: editor: noops, noseq button no longer stops edit.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.4.5 (Jan 18, 2011)

  • ADD: dview-config.txt can now also be placed into My Documents\DepecheView OR My Documents (at top level) and will be found therein on startup, if no other dview-config.txt exists in the PATH or parallel to dview.exe.
  • add: Setup / config: SHIFT click on create button
  • always creates the config within My Documents.
  • ADD: New Setup and File Filter Dialog, allowing to edit most DView settings within the GUI.
  • ADD: Automatic storage of settings in config file. Whenever a setting changes, DView will write the config file whenever the user presses CONTROL+S OR on program exit
  • CHG: All config file entries active by default, no longer using out-commented entries in the default config file. This way DView knows where to write changed entries otherwise it must append them at the end of an existing config file).
  • NOTE: it is recommended to create a new config file through Setup / Create to ... then copy your scripts into that.
  • CHG: some config file entries renamed:
  • "case" -> is now "casesearch"
  • "accent" -> is now "accentsearch"
  • "punct" -> is now "punctsearch"
  • old syntax is auto converted.
  • DEL: config file entry "context" is no longer supported to keep the config file structure easy.
  • DEL: config file entries for a background image are no longer mentioned in the default config file, as text can never be displayed correctly with an active background image.
  • DEL: config setting "filteronctlf" no longer mentioned.
  • DEL: environment variables for command execution are no longer supported. use "on key" scripts instead.
  • CHG: filenames relative to the startup directory are now shown as relative names by default. can be configured under Setup / general.
  • add: user scripts: echo "foo": quotes are now stripped on command execution. escaped quotes \" are supported.
  • add: config: cursorblinkspeed setting to slow down the blinking speed of text editor's cursor.
  • FIX: editor auto indentation: wrong indentation when pressing enter near line start.
  • fix: bookmark loading: locations within foo.cpp may have been relocated into anyfoo.cpp, now the filename start is checked.
  • fix: ctrl+x on foo.cpp:123 jumped into anyfoo.cpp, now the filename start is checked.
  • fix: ctrl+enter toggled main font, now it is only ctrl+j as documented.
  • fix: editor: after selection of a different view, then click stop edit in the current view, text was marked unexpectedly.
  • fix: double click into find mask entered edit mode instead of changing to insert cursor.
  • fix: file monitor: always showed bottom of file, now show= accepts both top and bottom.
  • fix: editor: cursor did not blink permanently.
  • fix: text overwrote position indicator at right border.
  • fix: when selecting alternative main or bookmark font, sometimes the wrong font was changed.
  • fix: bookmark font selection now also allows non-fixed pitch fonts.
  • fix: file loading filter button display.
  • fix: config entry "separatorline" using "==="... produced an invalid error message

New in Depeche View Lite 1.4.4 (Nov 6, 2010)

  • chg: ctrl+x jump to "Filename:lineNumber" with ambiguous filenames now jumps to the file nearest to those containing the File:line text.
  • add: relative startup window size configuration, set the windows size to whole desktop minus some space by config entry "space" or command line option "-space".
  • add: command line option -max to cover whole desktop.
  • add: help text: compiler integration by example, to turn DView into a low overhead IDE. just type "compiler integration" in the help text.
  • add: config setting "highresultline" to highlight whole result line by default when stepping through search results by F3.
  • add: option -edit to edit instantly from start if only a single file is loaded.
  • add: user script commands: toggleFindHighlight - toggle full line highlight of search result toggleFilterHighlight - toggle word hits highlight in filtered view dialogAddMark - open Add Word Highlight dialog
  • chg: repeat edit with mask phrase search: if a phrase like foo*bar was searched and then edited instantly, CONTROL+R will now repeat the search for that phrase instead of the replaced word.
  • fix: priority handling of command line options versus config file entries and env variables.
  • fix: ctrl+r repeat insert didn't work sometimes.
  • fix: replace phrases by nothing from find dialog only produced an error message.
  • fix: editor: quick selection of words by ctrl+lbutton didn't work in lines containing tab characters.
  • fix: editor: ctrl+r repeat insert of phrase that was cross-copied from other view by control+rbutton didn't work.
  • fix: editor: cursor down/up produced wrong positions if text was shifted horizontally.
  • fix: user scripts: "set location file" produced a non-speaking syntax error, now it clearly says it must be: set location = "file"
  • fix: after block replace by ctrl+rbutton from nearby the ctrl+r replace did not work.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.4.3 (Jul 29, 2010)

  • add: editor: now search supports full wildcards and patterns like * AND OR NOT.
  • add: bookmark selection by right button: target view can now be changed by mouse move.
  • add: config file setting "appexitask" to request confirmation before closing the whole app.
  • add: middle button click now sends a phrase to left side view.
  • add: middle button click in filtered view now selects to left.
  • add: one click resize can now be toggled by Mode button.
  • add: file monitor user script command, used for automated reload of compiler outputs.
  • add: ctrl+rbutton in filtered view with open editor in nearby view now cross copies the selection.
  • add: select bookmark into left side view by middle button.
  • add: pull down menu when using master frame window.
  • add: toggling between joined and isolated windows.
  • add: editor: alt+r repeat edit and keep case of target.
  • add: editor: optional auto insert mode: instant copy+insert of word by ctrl+lbutton phrase selection within the same editor view.
  • add: instant phrase copy to nearby editor by ctrl+rclick if any editors are currently active.
  • chg: improved display under Linux/WINE, however DView now requires WINE 1.1.37.
  • chg: no longer selection large font automatically on start with a high-resolution desktop.
  • chg: ctrl+click on a bookmark no longer jumps to that position, but allows to move the bm without jump.
  • chg: unified search behaviour from within edit mode, ctrl+f find mask now changes global search mask and F3 only uses this mask, independently from any recent CTRL+R edit changes.
  • chg: config file: dropped resizemode setting, replaced by framemode setting.
  • chg: javascript syntax highlight now also active by default for file extensions .htm .html .shtml.
  • chg: with option -lean, the initial window now has 40 percent of the max. width. as long as there is no second window, it can be maximized by F1.
  • chg: clip button now always visible with showbm.
  • chg: load show feature removed.
  • opt: faster block selection in editor.
  • fix: autoreload stopped instant editing when re-entering an inactive dview window.
  • fix: file monitor: improved file size change check.
  • fix: reload "$curfile" lead to error "unknown filename". now quoted filenames are also accepted.
  • fix: left size one click resize in edit mode now limited to empty text lines.
  • fix: mode and open menu showed no tooltips.
  • fix: window resize click was ignored when clicking very close to the left border of a window.
  • fix: help and clipboard text: superfluous blank line in front of text header removed.
  • fix: editor block insert: removed additional blanks at line end.
  • fix: consistency errors while editing same text in multiple views.
  • fix: shift+rbutton search from editor didn't work.
  • fix: missing layout reset on send search.
  • fix: double click on blank layout reset with > 3 views.
  • fix: multiple editors on same text: stable cursor position.
  • fix: interal resource overflow when viewing help text with images for a longer time.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.4.2 (Jan 30, 2010)

  • add: xe: integrated text editor, instant text editing by double click on a word.
  • add: xe: optional one click edit to edit text by a single click on a word.
  • add: xe: user functions on numeric keypad keys.
  • add: xe: support for Razer Naga gaming mouse, which has an integrated numeric keypad.
  • add: jump to a file location by ctrl+x: now the target window is pulled to front automatically.
  • add: when loading text in append mode, dview now jumps to the first appended content automatically.
  • add: info message if tab size is changed by bookmark. config file option bookmarktabsize.
  • add: user scripts on hot keys: set first.x now addresses the first absolute view. set second.x addresses the second absolute view. set filter on/off switches filter view on or off. set location filename [-bottom] jumps to the given file's content top or bottom. run -min ... now hides the window which is often opened while executing commands. the same applies for runback -min[imized].
  • add: option -lean, config option startlean to open the first window non-maximized and centered. chg: user scripts on hot keys: echo now also prints status into the status line. chg: editor: overwrite mode: when typing chars at a line's end, they are now inserted.
  • fix: left click on a button or menu entry didn't work when the mouse was slightly moved.
  • fix: reload: text positions within view windows are now kept across reloads.
  • fix: text wrapping now blocked while editing.
  • fix: wrap then unwrap of text left a memory leak.
  • fix: editor: search backward in text lead to blank space at screen top.
  • fix: editor: enter key at line end in overwrite mode produced error message.
  • fix: ctrl+i position indicator information was often invisible, is now shown like a tooltip.
  • fix: tooltip display over buttons: when mouse was moved the tooltip immediately disappeared even while staying on the same button. with mouse devices that send too many events, the tooltip disappeared nearly instantly.
  • fix: double click detection was nearly impossible with some high resolution mouse devices. now, if clicking within text, the mouse surf is blocked for better double click detection.
  • fix: double press of right Alt key highlighted words the same way as with double Control key press.as Alt is often used when typing text, this is now disabled.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.4.1 (Sep 1, 2009)

  • add: mode menu: optional highlight of a word
  • in all views on alt key and mouse over.
  • add: optional registering of DView in Windows Explorer.
  • add: xe: find mask auto suggest, based on
  • preferred search terms of the user.
  • optionally, a global realtime dictionary,
  • which however takes 10 to 30 percent
  • of additional memory.
  • add: user's preferred search terms are now stored
  • in parallel to bookmark files, in a .dvdb file.
  • add: xe: optional auto reset of find mask after some
  • time of inactivity. activate this with the new
  • reset button, or by pressing the PAUSE key.
  • add: bookmark group indendation move:
  • moving a bookmark to right or left now also
  • moves the bookmarks of the same group below.
  • this mechanism can be escaped by holding CONTROL
  • while moving a bookmark left or right.
  • add: bookmark auto indent on creation:
  • if a bookmark was selected, the bookmark added
  • after it gets the same indendation.
  • add: optional delay of reloading of large files
  • during an auto reload. see reloaddelayonsize
  • in the config, and the new setting in the
  • loading filter dialog. if large files are skipped,
  • a blue lreload button is shown to load them later.
  • add: optional skip of autoreload by pressing SHIFT,
  • CTRL or ALT CTRL during window activation.
  • in this case, a blue reload button is shown with
  • which the postponed autoreload can be applied.
  • add: dv base/xd: command line options -base / -xe
  • to select the runmode instantly.
  • add: config option "loadutf" for experimental
  • loading of wide character text files.
  • chg: highlight of search results in filtered views
  • can now only be toggled by ctrl+shift+h.
  • chg: default for F7 is now to set the findmask to:
  • class* $findmask NOT public $findmask NOT ;
  • AND to reset the path mask to "", which should
  • find a c++ or java class instantly, everywhere.
  • fix: file menu entries were unselectable if there
  • was underlying text from a filtered view.
  • fix: config file entries using "=" did not produce
  • a speaking error message.
  • fix: autoreset of find mask: now also done on
  • activation of a view.
  • fix: startup open button covered log messages
  • on low resolutions.
  • fix: filter view line selection and help link clicks
  • now set the undo position.
  • fix: selecting a bookmark now sets ctrl+z undo.
  • fix: -fileset using "names with blanks" did't work.
  • now such names can be used with double quotes.
  • fix: large files reload skip now uses on-disk size.
  • fix: clip autoload menu occasional wrong display.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.4.0 (May 24, 2009)

  • add: file open pulldown menu, listing all available open and append functions for direct selection.
  • add: config option snapautoreload to run an immediate reload scan after snap file load on startup.
  • add: optional limiting of auto reload file scan.
  • add: manual word highlighting by CTRL+H.
  • add: drag and drop of files and dirs from explorer. right to the Open button to configure in detail which files or directories to include during load.
  • add: syntax highlighting: html detection by first text.
  • add: .dtd content is now syntax highlighted as xml.
  • add: single file open dialog, for systems like win2k where open on files may not work.
  • chg: vertical window size slightly incremented under windows, no change with -linux option.
  • fix: copy text file to clipboard by ctrl+shift+c: no longer copying the :file: and filename, as in most cases only the content is relevant.
  • fix: insert into path mask did not adjust cursor.
  • fix: single file open dialog changed current dir.
  • fix: file auto reload may have not worked after appending a single file, due to the work dir being changed.
  • fix: speaking error message on unallowed blanks at line start in the config file.
  • fix: buttons were too bright for some displays.
  • fix: status color on initial single file load.
  • fix: right click on open or append was sometimes not recognized and lead to view creation.
  • fix: drag+drop of non-existing file blocked append of any content later.
  • fix: reload of appended binary file content failed.
  • fix: crash on reload of text containing unexpected binary (null) characters.
  • fix: wrong window activation status on application change while (re)loading text.
  • fix: ctrl key was not detected after app change. now always verifying ctrl status even if dview window is inactive.
  • fix: open, append buttons now react on button up to avoid interference with file open dialog.
  • fix: .tbz2 files now also detected as .tar.bz2
  • fix: reduced display limits on log line outputs.
  • fix: statistics counter was not reset on repeated loads.
  • fix: some systems did not allow to select an alternative config or bookmark file. now using a different file open dialog for these cases.
  • fix: copy screen or file content to clipboard: every line had a trailing blank character.
  • fix: ctrl+e to open a subfile in external editor: line text containing TAB chars was not found. now, the text with original TAB chars is copied into clipboard before calling the editor.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.3.9 (Jan 24, 2009)

  • chg: USABILITY CHANGE: the load opion buttons "+zip, +bin" etc. are now hidden by default, reduced to a single load option summary button. click on this button to show all load option buttons.
  • chg: USABILITY CHANGE: CTRL+INSERT in a filtered view no longer copies all filtered lines, but only the visible lines on screen (same behaviour as without a filtered view). Use CTRL+SHIFT+INSERT to copy all filtered lines to clipboard.
  • chg: USABILITY CHANGE: CTRL+C no longer lists user defined commands (use right click on ukeys button for that). Instead, CTRL+C does the same as CTRL+INSERT, i.e. copy the current visible text lines to clipboard.
  • chg: USABILITY CHANGE: CTRL+B no longer marks excluded files, use CTRL+K instead.
  • opt: READ PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION: loading text files should now be >= 5 times faster.
  • opt: search performance optim: using AND together with NOT is now much faster.
  • add: CTRL+E now opens the current text in an external editor, also in DView Base. Furthermore, the line of text under the mouse cursor is copied to clipboard, to allow an instant jump in the editor to the same line.
  • add: config file entry "runeditor" to customize the preferred external text editor.
  • add: config file user scripts: "third." now addresses the third window, if any.
  • add: CTRL+SHIFT+C or CTRL+SHIFT+Insert copies all lines of the currently active text or filt. view to clipboard.
  • add: Clipboard Hot Search. click on the new "clip" button to configure automated clipboard loading, or automated searches on every clipboard change.
  • add: press CTRL+W word wrap the current selected file at the current window width. press CTRL+SHIFT+W to force a streamed word wrap, ignoring single linefeeds, keeping only paragraph endings at double linefeeds.
  • add: mouse button input test in the setup dialog.
  • add: xe: user scripts on middle mouse button down/up as well as on extra buttons of gaming mouses.
  • add: default syntax highlighting of .js JavaScript files.
  • add: command line option -verbose to tell in detail which dirs and files are selected for loading.
  • add: SHIFT click on setup now also reloads the config.
  • fix: reload of empty file produced missing header lines.

New in Depeche View Lite 1.3.8 (Dec 12, 2008)

  • USABILITY CHANGE: CTRL+F NO LONGER OPENS A FILTERED VIEW. Use CTRL+A instead. CTRL+F now opens a Find dialogue, as it is common to most windows applications, and as it is expected by any new dview user. Existing dview users: if you have permanent problems to re-learn to CTRL+A, you may set a line in the config file "filteronctlf yes" to restore the old behaviour. With this setting active, the find dialog is still available through CTRL+SHIFT+F.
  • USABILITY CHANGE: CTRL+A no longer toggles autofilter, but CTRL+SHIFT+A.
  • USABILITY CHANGE: F3 and SHIFT/CTRL+F3 NO LONGER CYCLES VIEW CONTENTS. Use only CTRL+CrSr LEFT/RIGHT instead. F3 now jumps to the next search result, CTRL+F3 jumps to the previous search result, as it is common to most windows applications.
  • USABILITY CHANGE: filter button: left click now only switches filter on or off, while right click toggles autofilter mode.
  • USABILITY CHANGE: CTRL+X no longer toggles AND OR NOT search operators, but CTRL+F4. this way three modes are concentrated on F4: case, noseq and operators.
  • USABILITY CHANGE: Creation of bookmark remarks no longer requires to type text into the find mask. Just press CTRL+R and then enter the remark text.
  • USABILITY CHANGE: Editing of bookmark remarks no longer requires to type text into the find mask. Just double click onto an existing remark.
  • USABILITY CHANGE: CTRL+W no longer toggles autoreload, use CTRL+SHIFT+L instead. CTRL+SHIFT+W no longer activates power settings, use CTRL+SHIFT+P instead.
  • search delay control by CTRL+P: added another stage of 1200 msec, for relaxed input in large projects.
  • user-defined delay is now included in CTRL+P toggle.
  • improved help text on double click into find mask.
  • create view button.
  • large startup open button.
  • horizontal tiling: close and open of windows.
  • overall function reference in the help text, also listing the hotkeys that changed recently.
  • reload single file now also available by CTRL+F5.
  • optional disable of subdirectory content loading through a small "-sub" button near "load".
  • optional loading of hidden and system files through a small "+hid" button near "load".
  • CTRL+G to jump to a specified line number, or to a location given under the mouse cursor.
  • prefixing of window title by "" depending on the window location.
  • automatic selection of mainfont2 (large font) on window size >= 1300 pixels. new config setting "autoselectfont2" to disable this behaviour.
  • .xpi now also recognized as a zip file.
  • small bottom buttons for vertical tiling.
  • line number info on some config file errors.
  • accent insensitive search (ctrl click on case).
  • punctuation insensitive search (shift click on case).
  • optional gray out of excluded text file contents, toggled by ctrl+b or rclick on 1click button.
  • double click into "find:" or "path:" now toggles insert text into mask mode.
  • click into "find:" or "path:" now sets cursor.
  • XE only: user commands on middle mouse button.
  • F10 default is now to open an empty notepad
  • message on bookmark creation with hidden bookmarks.
  • CTRL+P: 0 ms stage removed, 200 ms is the same.
  • click on previous result from fview now jumps to the last overall search result.
  • reduced bottom status messages on few space.
  • mixed mode activation by ctrl+shift+a removed, use only ctrl+shift+p.
  • bookmark locking function removed (ctrl+l).
  • easy settings on ctrl+y removed (use ctrl+blank).
  • F3 in filtered view showed blank screen.
  • autoreload: now long reloads can be stopped by ESC.
  • wrong display on click on next from within filter.
  • wrong button update on horizontal tiling.
  • when loading files in any other window than the first, no status was shown, and crash when pressing escape.
  • status message "no matching files" sometimes not shown when entering non-existent filenames in the path mask.
  • zip file loading: clicking "no" on the load limit popup did not stop loading.
  • syntax highlight of files with

New in Depeche View Lite 1.3.6 (Jun 16, 2008)

  • configurable syntax highlighting by config file.
  • create a config file, then read the comments.
  • fix: syntax highlighting: .c was taken as css.
  • fix: append of empty directory produced errors.
  • fix: deleting characters by pressing DEL in find mask; did not delay the next search.
  • fix: click on right halve of a bookmark set selector selected wrong set. on rightmost set, error 284282057 may have appeared, going to set 0.
  • fix: append of snapfiles produced error messages.
  • performance optimizations, esp. on update and display of filtered views.
  • one click search mode can now be set selected per view.