What's new in TextMorph 3.6
Dec 13, 2022
- Bug Fix: An error message appeared when opening 0-byte files in v3.5.
New in TextMorph 2.8 (May 19, 2015)
- TextMorph appears to install and operate fine on Windows 8, 8.1, and 10 in much the same way it operates on Windows 7. In regards to Windows 10, as of this writing the OS has not been released and the presumed support is based on TextMorph's functioning on the Technical Preview. The support of these OS's means that TextMorph can now run on most all Windows OS's from Windows 95 to Windows 10, covering a timespan of about 20 years.
- Default printing font size is now 12 pt. (down from 14)
- When using the CTRL+C keyboard shortcut to copy text, it might have copied the text with font formatting, whereas if you used the Copy option on the Edit menu or used the Copy All function, it would not have done so. Now, the keyboard shortcut should function the same as the other copy options and should not copy font formatting. Note that the CTRL+X keyboard shortcut used to cut text (as opposed to copy) does still copy font formatting to the clipboard. I left this in on purpose since it doesn't matter when cutting within TextMorph - the only time this might be a concern is if you were cutting text in TextMorph and then pasting in some other program. But if you do that, then you should just copy the text anyway as opposed to cutting. And by leaving that behavior alone, technically you can have your choice whether to copy the font formatting or not in regards to pasting the text to other programs, depending on whether you use CTRL+C or CTRL+X.
New in TextMorph 2.7 (Feb 6, 2012)
- Updated fonts and some graphics to look better, especially on modern LCD displays. Older machines running Windows 9x/ME/NT4/2000 or possibly XP and greater that don't use ClearType font rendering might look better with earlier versions instead of this new one.
- Made it less likely to open Unicode or UTF-8 files now, which TextMorph does not support. Trying to open such files or modify them with a Multiple File Morph will likely bring up an error message.
- "Super Fast Morph" is now enabled by default for "Multiple File Morph" operations.
- New ability to modify filetypes that are seen as "Known Text Files" from within the Options menu
New in TextMorph 2.6 (May 13, 2011)
- Fixed a longstanding problem with the find functionality where if you minimized TextMorph while the find option was open, when you restored the TextMorph window, the find function was visually distorted.
- Updated the TextMorph installer yet again - the version included with 2.5 may have exhibited crashing during uninstalls on Windows 7.
New in TextMorph 2.5 (May 13, 2011)
- Removed the splash screen by default. You can enable it by using / YESSPLASH command-line option. The /NOSPLASH command-line option no longer exists since that is now the default.
- Changed the name of the Email tools to "Cleanup" because really they are general text cleanup tools, not just for email. Email Standard is now "Cleanup Text" and Email Poem or List is now "Cleanup Text - Poem or List".
- Updated the TextMorph installer yet again and can confirm TextMorph's support of Windows 7 (both 32-bit and 64-bit) - with the same caveat as Vista: You must be an Administrator (not standard) user to install. I have now made it so that you can optionally install it for other users as well though - there's an option during install for that. TextMorph does appear to run under Standard users (though they may have more troubles due to UAC related issues when trying to save files to locations they don't have write access to, etc.). However, be aware that only the Administrator user that installed will have their settings (custom tools, font settings, etc.) transferred / upgraded to any new versions in the future (not that any future versions are planned).
New in TextMorph 2.3 (May 13, 2011)
- Just a few minor changes. Updated a few visual things and also made a fix to the "Add Trailing Carriage Returns" tool so that it now normally won't go over the set limit even if a word is only 1 character longer than the limit, etc. It now enforces the limit. Also, the "Convert to HTML" tool no longer converts all URL's it encounters to lowercase. This caused problems with some websites that used mixed-case letters (such as YouTube).
- I've also updated the TextMorph installer yet again and can officially confirm TextMorph's support of Vista x64.
New in TextMorph 2.2 (May 13, 2011)
- The following changes were made:
- TextMorph now will make "Lucida Console 10pt" the default font / fontsize if the Lucida Console font exists on the computer (it should on XP / Vista). If this font doesn't exist on your computer then Terminal 10 pt is used as the default (down from Terminal 12 pt in the past). This hopefully will make it less likely that users will encounter the multiple font switching issue that occurred in previous versions.
- I have made a few changes to enable a better experience on Windows Vista. These changes include changing the help file to HTML Help (from WinHelp) and not allowing Vista users to change the default text handler to TextMorph from the Options menu (this wouldn't work right so now it will not show on Vista machines). I have also updated the installer to a version of my SSE Setup program that can correctly work on Vista so that TextMorph will now install correctly. (v2.1 and previous versions would NOT have installed correctly on Vista!)
- TextMorph 2.2 does run and work on Windows Vista with the following caveats:
- You must be an Administrator user. A Standard user (non-admin) will not be able to install the program.
- As with previous versions, TextMorph is still non-theme aware, meaning that command-buttons and other elements have the old-style look to them. However because of some Vista applied settings, the overall look (including the menus) actually look half-way decent!
New in TextMorph 2.1 (May 3, 2007)
- For the sake of brevity, I have combined all information on versions 2.0a, 2.0b, 2.0c as well as new information on version 2.1 in this section. Items pertaining to 2.0a,b,c are noted as such.
- Note: If you have files that you have encrypted with TextMorph 2.0, this version has a small bug in decrypting them, though it will still do so. See the Known Bugs section of the help file.
- BUG FIXES
- Bug Fix: Using either of the 2 Custom Tool buttons on the toolbar would have incorrectly shown "Undo Edit" on the Edit menu instead of "Undo Tool" after the custom tool was run.
- Bug Fix: Occasional incorrect setting of website links with Convert to HTML tool.
- Installation Bug Fix: TextMorph may not have installed correctly on some machines. This was due to some bugs in the SSE Setup program included with previous versions.
- Bug Fix: The text on some of the buttons may have been cut off if your display fonts were set at 96dpi (small fonts). Now the program detects this and alters the width of the buttons. Note that if you are using a non-standard custom display font size, the buttons may possibly still be incorrectly positioned. (2.0b)
- Bug Fix: Opening encrypted files with TextMorph via Explorer or by command line would cause problems trying to save the file if you decrypted it. This bug only occured with version 2.0. (2.0a)
- Bug Fix: Read-only files were not correctly dealt with when opened via Explorer or command line. (2.0a)
- NEW FEATURES
- New Feature: You can now choose whether to use the new "fancy" toolbar buttons introduced in version 2.0 or whether to use the "original" buttons of v1.0. This is done on the Options menu. Some people didn't like the new buttons introduced in version 2.0 and some liked them better. By default, the "fancy buttons" are not used now.
- NEW CHANGES (made to existing features)
- New Change: The "fancy buttons" of version 2.0 are not enabled by default. Some people really liked them and some people really didn't but there weren't too many in the middle...You can change this in the Options menu.
- New Change: Easier Find functionality. After you perform a Find operation using Find, if you bring it up again, the search term will automatically be highlighted so you can easily type in a new one that will overwrite the previous one.
- New Change: The "Use for Every Line" option is now enabled by default with the Convert to HTML tool. This is usually what you want with this tool to ensure correct formatting with a wide range of files.
- New Change: Automatic settings tranfer from previous versions during installation. If a previous version of TextMorph is detected on your machine during installation, you will have the ability to automatically transfer your settings from your old version to this new version (you will be prompted to transfer your settings).
- New Change: A few documentation updates and changes.