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Twistpad Changelog

What's new in Twistpad 3.13

Dec 1, 2023
  • Improved display on High-DPI devices
  • Added a command in the File Browser Window to go to the parent of the current path
  • Added a command in the File Browser Window to sort the contents
  • File Browser root folder is now omitted
  • Visual clue in Bookmarks Bookmark Dock Window if it's not the current document
  • Improved Close All Documents Dialog
  • Customize options direct link to Preferences (Color section)
  • Status bar "Modified" panel replaced icon with text
  • Status bar "Modified" panel can now be clicked to compare with current saved version
  • Fixed: Unusable after DPI Change on Windows 11
  • Fixed: Clipboard history in Paste Sub-Menu
  • Fixed: Compare window respects current application theme
  • Fixed: Bookmark all found lines from the Find/Replace Dialog when in Word-wrap mode
  • Fixed: Lock file option on 64 bit systems
  • Fixed: Document order after document bar drag drop
  • Fixed: Unhandled exception cancelling a virtual printer action
  • Fixed: Compare text position after a CTRL+Mouse Wheel to zoom text
  • Fixed: Editing Unicode snippets
  • Fixed: Unhandled exception saving locked snippets
  • Optimizations for Windows 11
  • General internal optimizations
  • Updated Json Syntax
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Twistpad 3.12 (Nov 22, 2022)

  • Added a new option to disable syntax highlighting on long single line documents (Preferences - Syntax)
  • Reorganized Indent and Tab Options
  • Added recent browsed folders to the Favorites button menu of the File Browser Window
  • Match Section Command can now also match HTML/XML Tags
  • Improved display of non-printing characters
  • Replaced the sort combo box with buttons in Workspace window
  • Reset Window Layout command resets window dialogs position and size as well
  • Added the ability to select the Escape or the Tab Key as a command shortcut
  • Fixed: Replacing files in UTF-8 format could result in loss of extended characters after the replace
  • Fixed: Some options in the Go-to dialog were not working
  • Fixed: Unicode encoded files would always display MAC (CR) as the line break format
  • Fixed: Match case option when searching with Regular expressions
  • Fixed: Backward search using Regular expressions
  • Fixed: Pressing Shift+enter would force an extra indentation on the new line
  • Fixed: Sometimes pressing the tab key would not insert a tab/space
  • Fixed: Some issues with the "Automatic" detection of tab mode
  • Fixed: After saving large files, Twistpad would ask to reload the file as if it was edited elsewhere
  • Fixed: Refreshing the file browser would lose the current selected file or folder
  • Fixed: Exiting full screen without any documents loaded
  • Fixed: Importing a non-HTML file with the "Import Text From HTML" command
  • Fixed: Save template command would always create the template
  • Fixed: Deleting old file revisions
  • Json Syntax is now bundled in Twistpad
  • Optimizations when running in portable mode
  • Updated Help File
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Twistpad 3.11 (Sep 5, 2022)

  • Capture tool output can now be canceled with a new button in the main menu bar when executing or pressing "esc" key in the Output window
  • Capture tool output now marks the end of the process with "Done." or "Canceled." in the Output window
  • New tool Parameter: Ask for password. A dialog will be prompt for a password on execution of the Tool
  • "Insert Color" command now defaults the color to the the current selected color (if applicable)
  • Bracket highlighting now works when selecting text
  • Taskbar Tabs now shows the document path of the current tab
  • Fixed: When "Enhanced document switch" was switched off an error would be raised when closing documents
  • Fixed: Not setting focus to Twistpad when opening a file from Windows Explorer
  • Fixed: Mouse-Wheel would not always respond to the current split editor view
  • Fixed: First bookmark set in a document would not be shown in the Document Bar
  • Fixed: Tools associated with a syntax type would only be shown if the file existed on disk
  • Fixed: Capture tool output could duplicate lines under some circumstances
  • Fixed: Download link for free edition when a new update is found
  • Fixed: Function list was duplicated after a file reload
  • Fixed: Search results "Visited" color
  • Fixed: Bookmark column order
  • Fixed: Insert color from menu palette
  • Fixed: Resizable dialogs size was not restored
  • Fixed: Close all documents would hide the main window (32 bit edition only)
  • Fixed: Installer/Uninstaller would not check if Twistpad was running
  • Fixed: Expand/Collapse in Search results was inverted
  • Fixed: Right click a document tab would not select the document view
  • Some Fixes in the "Dark Gray" application theme
  • Improved "Dark Gray" Editor theme
  • Updated VB Syntax file
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Twistpad 3.1 (Jun 17, 2022)

  • New: Application Themes (Available from the Customize interface)
  • Only the last 10 recent file types used are now shown in the New Command Sub-Menu
  • Calculate expression result is now copied to the clipboard
  • Ruler colors are now the same as the Gutter colors
  • Fixed: Function Separator theme color was not applied
  • Fixed: Document Bar background color is now the same as the editor
  • Fixed: Commands with caption on the toolbars could interfere with main menu shortcuts
  • Removed obsolete option "Maximize document window on open"
  • Update Python Syntax definition file
  • New Editor Themes: "Dark Gray" and "Carbon"
  • Updated Help File
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Twistpad 3.0 SR1 (May 2, 2022)

  • Fixed a problem related to a false positive on the installer
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Twistpad 2.6 (Oct 28, 2019)

  • When a file cannot be saved due to insufficient permissions, it can now be retried as administrator
  • Save All command will ignore files that cannot be saved due to insufficient permissions (Information displayed on the output window)
  • New dock file browser mode: Tree view instead of file list
  • New command: "Auto Scroll" to automatically scroll the current document
  • New command: "Reload Automatically" to automatically reload the current document every X seconds
  • Added a new status panel : Folder (of the active document)
  • New option to only capture clipboard operations within Twistpad
  • The Paste command now displays a sub menu with the collected clipboard items
  • Multiple paste menu now pre-selects the second item in the clipboard list on popup
  • Internal Clipboard no longer needs the Clipboard dock window visible to collect items
  • New Option to wrap Quick search commands
  • Added Incremental Search command to the Compare Window views
  • Added a "Open File Location" command to the search results list to open the file in Explorer
  • Added a new option to use the current folder (and type) in the Find/Replace in files dialog
  • Quote commands now anchor to text instead of starting at the beginning of the line
  • Quote commands now support column selection
  • Editor ruler can now be hidden via right click
  • Improved the algorithm of automatic detection of UTF-8 files without signature
  • File history sub-menus will only be shown if there are items
  • Favorites sub-menu will always be shown and not only when there are favorite files
  • SDF Files (Twistpad Syntax definition files) can now be automatically installed if opened in Twistpad
  • Editor gutter can now be used to select lines
  • New warning when replacing all without the "Wrap text" option
  • Improvements to the Close dialog
  • Improvements to the Reload modified files dialog
  • Improvements to the detection of files changed outside Twistpad
  • Improvements to the Customize dialog
  • Improvements to the Compare window
  • Redesigned some toolbar images
  • General usability improvements
  • Fixed: Faster replace on a Replace All command
  • Fixed: Go to line in Compare window
  • Fixed: Unicode characters in Compare window
  • Fixed: Detection of current document deleted or moved when Twistpad was activated
  • Fixed: Improved performance on files with long lines
  • Fixed: Invalid folder on multiple folders search
  • Fixed: Internal clipboard items were not restored in certain scenarios
  • Fixed: Improved Quote commands
  • Fixed: Escape key now cancels folder look up in the Find/Replace in files dialog instead of closing the dialog
  • Fixed: Resizable dialogs did not have a close button
  • Fixed: No printers installed unhandled exception on Windows 10
  • Updated Help file
  • New editor theme: Zen
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Twistpad 2.52 SR1 (Dec 29, 2017)

  • Due to popular demand, the Find / Replace in files dialog is now resizable again
  • Fixed: Warning when searching in an invalid folder
  • Fixed: Refreshing in the Compare Window would raise an error
  • Minor Bug Fixes

New in Twistpad 2.52 (Nov 8, 2017)

  • Clipboard history now retains IdentPaste, line copy and block select mode when reusing a stored clipboard item
  • Improved display of the Paste Multiple menu
  • Multiple Items paste now shows hint with the history contents
  • New Commands: Next and Previous modified line to quickly jump between edited sections in the current document
  • Copying from the compare window now supports IdentPaste and line copy mode when pasting in the main editor
  • Added First and Last Difference commands in the Compare Window
  • Added a new command in the Compare window to switch between vertical and horizontal views
  • Shortcuts in Compare window can now be customized in the customize dialog
  • New option to display the compare overview bar on the left of the window
  • Feedback on line jumped via double click in the Output window is now displayed on the Status bar
  • Numbers are now highlighted in the Output window
  • Toggle Bookmark command now shows the current bookmark list in sub-menu (same view as the Dock Bookmark window)
  • New Option in FindReplace in Files: "Search in hidden items"
  • Replace in files now makes a backup for replaced files (only when the option "Create Backup Copy" is selected)
  • Reorganized the "FindReplace in files" dialog
  • Updated some command button icons
  • New command line Switch to Jump to line of the file opened, after the file path specify the line number. Eg: c:twistpad.exe "c:file.txt" xxxx
  • Fixed: Warning of failure to make the replace in read only files (No indication that the replacement was not done)
  • Fixed: In the compare window, if there was only one difference and on the first line, Twistpad would crash
  • Fixed: Editing a line in the editor, right after a jump from the search results would delete that line
  • Fixed: When searching in opened files, current document changes would be lost
  • Fixed: Same select mode in main editor and compare displays
  • Fixed: Same Gutter colors in main editor and compare displays
  • Fixed: Join Lines command now discards any indent spaces when joining the lines
  • Fixed: double click a number in the output window sometimes would not jump to the respective line number
  • Updated Help file
  • Other minor bug fixes and tweaks

New in Twistpad 2.51 (Nov 8, 2017)

  • Added a interface to edit snippet sets
  • Improved snippet editing directly from the dock window, allowing to create new set of snippet and delete sets of snippets without having to manually edit the snippet files
  • Added a Copy Snippet command on the Snippet dock window
  • Twistpad can now act as a standalone compare tool, the included "TwistCompare.Exe" when invoked with two files in the command line will launch the Twistpad compare window or using the command line switch "/C" (and 2 files) directly into Twistpad command line
  • When comparing a file with older revisions, other revisions can now be selected directly in the Compare window
  • New shortcuts to find next and previous differences in the Compare window (F2Shift F2)
  • Added a quick find forwardbackward in the Compare window (like in the editor: select text press F3Shift F3)
  • New option to make searches of text and differences wrappable in the Compare window
  • Added a menu entry to display file properties in the File History dialog
  • Favorites are now displayed in the File Menu (Note: This menu entry is only visible if there are favorite files defined)
  • Pressing the key now reverts the auto-correction (if pressed immediately after)
  • New Option: Wait X minutes: Interval between saved backups (Only available in "Full History" backup type)
  • Updated display of "non loaded" file contents
  • Inserting a clip item will now send the item to the clipboard and to the top of the clipboard list
  • Added a warning the when running a macro more then once
  • Fixed: Sometimes inserting a snippet would add repeated lines
  • Fixed: Copying from then Compare window would not ignore deleted lines
  • Fixed: Viewer 1 from the Compare window background color
  • Fixed: Sometimes the clipboard window would stop collecting items
  • Fixed: NextPrevious function commands (and goto dialog) would not work correctly when function list was sorted alphabetically
  • Fixed: Refreshing a comparison between a file and a revision would make the history file loose the syntax highlight
  • Fixed: Document statistics command would hang Twistpad if the document had long lines
  • Fixed: Lag editing remote stored files
  • Fixed: Zoom in the Compare window was not synchronized
  • Fixed: Switch Window would sometimes display a horizontal scrollbar
  • Fixed: Bookmarks were always set on document 1 in the Compare window
  • Updated Help file
  • Other Minor bug fixes and tweaks

New in Twistpad 2.5 (Sep 15, 2014)

  • Dock Function Window contents can now be sorted by line (default) or by line content (alphabetically)
  • Dock Function Window can now be filter function names
  • Added a command to browse the current file history (requires Backup type set to "Full History")
  • Added a new command to Align text in a tabular style with given separator
  • Added a new command to compare the current file with the clipboard contents
  • Added a new command to compare the current file selection with the clipboard contents
  • Added an option to lock opened files in Twistpad
  • Added an option to show progress operations in the application Taskbar button (Windows 7\8.x only)
  • Added an option to show folder history on Open\Save file dialogs or, if not set, show favorite folders from the Dock File Browser window (Windows Vista\7\8.x only)
  • Ruler now displays the current cursor position and selection (if selection is in the same line)
  • "Automatic URL color" will "adapt" to the current syntax scope color (and be underlined)
  • When URL are Control+Click is now used to launch the URL, instead of double click
  • Added a new command, in the Preferences dialog, to clear the search\replace history
  • Added a new command: "Remove consecutive blank lines" to the Format menu
  • Added two new options to the Find in Files dialog; "Expand Search Results" and "Clear Previous Results"
  • Added a new option for searched terms (in Search results and Find functions\List bookmarks) to be highlighted with the same background color as the editor search highlight)
  • Close Window allows to compare contents of the modified files with the saved version (Via context menu)
  • New option to output sort operations to a new window
  • Compare With command now uses current editing buffer instead of saved version
  • Compare now displays number of changes (added, deleted and modified lines)
  • Compare now supports temporary word highlight (Ctrl+Click)
  • Commands hint show the command description
  • Added shortcuts to paste multiple menu items
  • Added the possibility to edit name and description of macros
  • Organize Macros command is now available in the Playback Macro Dialog
  • Improvement: Usability in Playback Macro Dialog for better keyboard support
  • Improvement: Usability in the compare window
  • Improvement: Usability in the Window Manager
  • Improvement: Usability in the Switch Window
  • Improvement: Usability in the Close\"Close All But This" Dialog
  • Improvement: Usability in the Document bar
  • Added a context menu to the Document bar to add or remove items
  • Check for new version now warns about available beta versions (Note: Beta versions are only available to registered users)
  • Recovered files are now displayed with the document warning panel
  • Clean obsolete history files at startup now also clean obsolete favorite folders as well
  • improvement: Copy append command will now append items in the internal clipboard as well
  • Active Spelling new default shortcut: Shift+F7
  • Context in the Bookmark window has been moved to the second column
  • "Format Text" command is now called "Wrap Text"
  • Fixed: Some issues in the compare window
  • Fixed: Document bar is now in sync with the scrollbar Thumb
  • Fixed: Show Current selection in document bar (option) was not working
  • Fixed: Update of track changes display on horizontal scroll
  • Fixed: Faster shutdown of application
  • Fixed: Highlighted internet links are now ignored by the active spell checker
  • Fixed: Search highlight match's would always consider the whole document even if the Document bar was not active
  • Fixed: At startup, when loading the last workspace, the function list would not show the document functions
  • Fixed: Undo behavior upon deleting a block selection
  • Fixed: "Save As" would not remove the warning bar
  • Fixed: Find all on current document or on all documents would raise an error if there was an empty document
  • Fixed: Statistics command would not be disabled if there was no active document
  • Fixed: Documents not loaded would not be fully loaded for comparison
  • Fixed: Temporary search color was not restored from a previously saved theme
  • Fixed: Clipboard window mouse hint would go beyond end of screen
  • Fixed: Full Screen would make the taskbar button disappear on Windows 8.x
  • Fixed: On Windows 8.x having more than 30+ document windows open would raise an application error and Twistpad would be closed
  • Dialogs now use the correct font for Windows Vista\7 and 8.x
  • Removed classic and high Color icons
  • Updated Help file
  • Other Minor bug fixes and tweaks

New in Twistpad 2.4 (Feb 16, 2013)

  • Undo and Redo now also update track changes markers. Additionally if the Undo goes all the way to unsaved state, the document modified flag is cleared
  • New button style (please note all previous interface styles are optionally available)
  • New command: "Search online" allowing searching online of the current word or selection. Can Configured per syntax and globally.
  • External Tools can now be configured to be shown on specific document syntax
  • Added command descriptions, when hovering menus or toolbars in the status bar (optional)
  • All message boxes have been reviewed and optimized
  • Added a "current character" value cell to the status bar displayed in hex or decimal
  • Improved Smart Comments behavior
  • Added a "Show all" link to the warning bar to see all modified files
  • Added a new option to restore captured clipboard items on startup
  • Improved editor ruler display
  • Reorganized preferences dialog
  • "Open With" command now uses the default Windows "Open With" dialog
  • Added a "Copy Files to" to copy selected files to a folder in the Windows List dialog
  • Added a select Menu to the Window List dialog for easier selection of files
  • Documents deleted now show as grayed in the Window List dialog
  • Trim Trailing spaces will now also trim tabs characters
  • Compare commands moved to a sub menu under "Tools" for cleaner organization
  • Added new color themes
  • Fixed: Creating new documents with templates, no longer the document shows it's been modified
  • Fixed: Sometimes the "Check New Version" command would not notify of new version available
  • Fixed: Improved Windows Taskbar thumbnails previews display (Windows 7 and 8 only)
  • Fixed: Taskbar tab previews would sometimes be blank
  • Fixed: Printer margin values would not be rounded
  • Fixed: Delete key would not work in the Output window
  • Fixed: Export settings now suggests a default filename
  • Fixed: Sometimes closing documents the active document would not be reflected on the active tab
  • Fixed: When using virtual spaces the column position on status-bar was incorrect
  • Fixed: When the cursor was on position 1, the character position on status bar was incorrect
  • Fixed: Extended selection jumps would not be reflected in the document bar
  • Fixed: Tooltips for long stored clipboard items is now optimized for smaller display
  • Fixed: Middle tab click would make current document loose focus
  • Fixed: Shortcuts in the close dialog (with the modified document list) no longer require pressing the Alt key
  • Fixed: Improved Undo Behavior on some commands
  • Fixed: Temporary highlight issues with Unicode
  • Support for Windows 8
  • Updated Help file
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Files loaded in bulk will be only fully loaded when needed resulting in faster loading of files and memory optimization (optional): Multiple files opened via open dialog
  • At startup when restoring from last known session
  • Multiple files opened via Drag drop opening of files
  • Multiple files opened via command line
  • Note: Until fully loaded some information is not present, like number of lines in the Window Manager or showing Taskbar previews

New in Twistpad 2.3 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • New default interface for toolbars and menus
  • Added new Interface options in the customize dialog
  • Reorganized the settings dialog
  • Added a new option to silently display that a file has been changed or deleted using a warning bar at the top of the editor section
  • "SmartTab" now has two modes: Classic and Enhanced
  • Added a new option: "Smart Comments"
  • Document statistics is now available from the Tools menu
  • Added a copy command to the Document statistics dialog to copy the list contents
  • File - properties now shows the default properties dialog from the system
  • Improved enhanced document switch display (When running Windows Aero only)
  • Added a new command: "Compare current file with saved version"
  • Jumping from search results, will now highlight all words in the document instead of the result line
  • Added an docked panel in the print preview window with additional options
  • Printing can optionally be done in columns (only available in the print preview dialog)
  • Clipboard items can now be multi-selected
  • Added a new command for tools: "Selection as temporary file" which creates a temporary filename with the selection contents and opens the tool with the file
  • Auto Recover improvement: modified files will be opened with the unsaved contents at the time of the unexpected shutdown
  • Auto Recover improvement: All files, (modified or not) are now optionally restored
  • F5 Shortcut added to the refresh command in the compare dialog
  • "Revert" command has been renamed to "Reload"
  • Fixed: Menu toolbar would dock itself to dock windows
  • Fixed: Changing the "Show white space" option would not be updated if a split view was active
  • Fixed: Under some circumstances non current lines would stay highlighted
  • Fixed: Auto correct list did not support Unicode characters
  • Fixed: Auto Correct list editing feedback
  • Fixed: Auto Correct list is now alphabetically sorted
  • Fixed: Jumping from a search result would not go to the matching column
  • Fixed: Removed seconds from the variable "Time" in the printing properties for header and footer
  • Fixed: Closing selected documents in window manager no longer prompts individually to save each document
  • Fixed: When compared files have no differences, the compare dialog no longer shows
  • Fixed: Hiding a panel from the status bar would not be preserved across sessions
  • Fixed: Escape key can now be used in all dialogs to cancel or deny the action
  • Fixed: Finding or replacing text using regular expressions would never find a match on line 1 when the search was wrapped
  • Fixed: Replace All using regular expressions tagged expressions used the sub expressions from the first match instead of the relevant match
  • Updated Help file
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Twistpad 2.2 (Jun 12, 2012)

  • Added a document bar that shows relevant parts of the text in a condensed pane
  • On Windows Vista and 7, the native 'Open File' interface is now used
  • Added a new Backup type "Full History" that will preserve all file modification history under a sub-folder of the file, hidden, called '__history'
  • Added a 'Compare current file with...' command to quickly compare the current file with another
  • Added a new color constant, 'Temporary highlight color'
  • Added a "Add current file" item the project root menu
  • Files can now be reordered (via drag-drop) in the project tree
  • Workspaces now include the project loaded
  • Added Page count as a variable to Header\Footer configuration
  • Added a "Save as Copy" command
  • Highlight Line will now "blend" with the syntax background
  • Go to Next\Previous Search Highlight in the 'Go to' Dialog now matches current word highlighting
  • Match Bracket command can be used to match Start\Stop syntax sections
  • Added an option to show full main menu bar in the Customize dialog
  • On 'Goto dialogs', the 'Relative' check box has been removed, the same functionality can be archived using '+' or '-' in the edit box, this applies to the search bar as well when pressing "Enter" and "Shift"
  • Show Current line in the gutter is now possible with 'Number all lines'
  • On the Status-bar the read only icon has been removed and merged with the shell icon panel
  • Added the property 'EndOfPar' to 'StartStop' definitions in the syntax highlighter to always stop at the end of the paragraph regardless the stop section is found
  • Compare files dialog is now resizable
  • Fixed: When 'Indent paste' was enabled, the original indent was not preserved when pasting on other applications
  • Fixed: Canceling the 'Goto Line' dialog in preview mode, will revert the editor to the original line
  • Fixed: Adding a file to the current project could be duplicated if the file was already in the project
  • Fixed: When using enhanced document switch, closing a window would not activate the next window in the Z-Order
  • Fixed: Workspace now focus the file that was active when the workspace was saved
  • Fixed: Added visual feedback to external tools configuration list (Tool icon and tool not found warning)
  • Fixed: Settings in sort dialog are now preserved across sessions
  • Fixed: Twistpad is no longer a virtual store aware application (eg: saving in \Program files\ folder no longer saves the file in Windows virtual store)
  • Fixed: Sometimes the 'playback macro until the end of the file' command would not reach the last line
  • Fixed: Taskbar tab previews would sometimes be blank
  • Fixed: When opening a large number of files, sometimes a "eOleSysError" would be raised (Windows 7 only)
  • Fixed: The theme color list would not be sorted
  • Updated help file
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Twistpad 2.1 SR1 (Nov 29, 2010)

  • Added an option to sort the editor snippets list
  • Fixed: Access Violation when saving a file under some circumstances
  • Fixed: Pressing Shift+Tab in position 1 would raise a error
  • Fixed: Options set in the preview dialog (margins and line numbers) will be persistent
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Twistpad 2.1 (Nov 22, 2010)

  • File browser now features a "Breadcrumb" for easier navigation (The toolbar has been removed)
  • Support for Windows Taskbar tabs (Only available when running on Windows 7)
  • Added a Go to Line dialog, for quick line jumping. Go to dialog retains all previous functionality
  • Search results can now be transferred to a new editor window or exported in XML format
  • Added an option to automatically detect indent
  • Added a new preference page " Tabs and Indent"
  • Added an option to show only the extension instead of full description to the file type column on the File Browser
  • Option "Indent using spaces" has been removed
  • Added Indent level and related functions to a new panel on the Status-bar
  • Most recent file types (invoked by the new command) are show on top of the new file sub-menu
  • When saving a file without document (eg: untitled) the name suggested is now based on the first non blank line of the document
  • Estimated selected bytes are now displayed in the status bar (alongside number of lines and characters)
  • Added a "Remove All" function to the configuration of Auto Correct Items
  • Invoking Copy Full Path command, with shift pressed, will copy the filename (without path) only
  • Output window buffer can now be used as a scratch pad to hold temporary text
  • Scrollbars (either vertical or horizontal) will not be shown disable if there is no need.
  • Opening a file from command line, no longer cancels loading last workspace
  • recovering files, no longer cancels loading last workspace
  • Improved smooth scrolling support
  • Double click in active tab auto hides all dock windows
  • Fixed: List bookmarks command was listing functions
  • Fixed: Saving As under a new file name would not be refreshed on the workspace tree when grouped by type
  • Fixed: Sometimes the progress dialog would raise an error (Windows Vista\7 only)
  • Fixed: Drag and drop document icon was active when the respective file did not exist on disk
  • Updated VB.net syntax file
  • Two new theme files available with the setup
  • New Icon \ Splash
  • Updated Help files
  • Internal code tweaking
  • Other minor bug fixes

New in Twistpad 2.0 SR1 (Jan 24, 2010)

  • Temporary highlight is now activated with a double click
  • Temporary highlight is now activated with a "Quick Find" command
  • "Vb.net" syntax is now included in the default installation
  • Fixed : PhP Syntax was not aware of the new color constants
  • Fixed : Transparent selection state (when off) would not be saved across sessions
  • Install setup has been updated
  • Minor bug fixes and improved stability

New in Twistpad 2.0 (Nov 12, 2009)

  • Added initial support for new Taskbar features of Windows 7 (Only available when running on Windows 7)
  • Added a horizontal or vertical split View in the same document (edit different parts of the same document in a dual view)
  • Added navigation capabilities (Go back and Go forward in current document)
  • Added a saveload of editor color themes to EditorColors options
  • Added new color constants for syntax keywords that can be used globally in syntax definition files.
  • Added ability to highlight numbers (defined per syntax)
  • Commands to view Dock windows now set the focus instead of hidingshowing the window
  • Added syntax formatting of underline and Strikeout to keywords
  • Ctrl+Select Word with the mouse, now temporarily highlights occurrences of the selected word (Active highlight)
  • Added a "Dropdown Box" to the toolbar to show the current function and allow to select from the list of available functions (not shown in default mode)
  • Dock Function list now follows the current function
  • Snippets dock are now displayed in a tree structure, making it more ergonomic and accessible from the keyboard
  • Reorganized the main menu structure
  • Reorganized the FindReplace dialog
  • Added shortcuts to common Regular Expressions commands in FindReplace dialog
  • Added support for favorite files (in "New File" dialog)
  • Added the ability in "New File" dialog, to open a recent file or a favorite file to be opened as copy
  • When invoking Find functions, if only a function is found (if the current word is selected) it automatically will jump to the function found.
  • Added a "Format Text" command to format text wrap text at a certain column (configurable)
  • Enhanced Switch now shows modified files in red and read only in blue
  • Enhanced Switch now allows to switch to any tool window
  • Added a new sort mode on Workspace dock window which groups the documents by file type
  • Added a editor transparent selection option (to preserve syntax highlight under selections)
  • Added a color option to select backgroundforeground color of output window
  • Added an option to not use syntax highlighting when printing
  • Added an option to print non syntax text always in black
  • Added an option to use the current file path and extension when invoking FindReplace in files
  • Added a new option for External Tools, "Confirm" which prompts for confirmation before executing a tool
  • Replacing with regular expressions now supports template substitution. (see help file on how to use) please note that replace in files do not support this option at this time
  • Added a Popup menu to the filter in the Dock File Browser to quickly revert to a a file filter
  • Improved Dock File Browser keyboard handling when it has the focus (F5 (Refresh) and BackSpace (Go up)
  • File results opened from dock search window are now marked as visited (the text will be grayed out)
  • Improved Status bar with feedback on "clickable" panels
  • Added an "Auto Hide All Windows" command to automatically set the dock windows to the "auto-hidden" state
  • Added shortcuts to Tool items in the Tools Menu
  • Added support for Windows Vista 7 hint style (optionally can be forced to use in Windows XP and 2000)
  • "Ask For parameters" when executing a tool, now preserves additional parameter variables you may have, and, when adding more variables, the actual value will be inserted
  • "Ask For Parameters" dialog is now resizeable
  • Double clicking in switch bar creates a new document
  • Added two new Switch Bar Styles
  • Fixed : If a temporary macro is in memory sometimes the "OK" button was disabled in the playback macro dialog
  • Fixed : Windows list now remembers sort column and direction between sessions
  • Fixed : Document path in Bookmark window was not optimized for the space available
  • Fixed : Setting a temporary syntax for a document was lost if the background color for the editor was changed
  • Fixed : issues dragging dock windows in Windows Vista 7 (When the Aero interface is running)
  • Fixed: some issues with dock windows
  • Fixed: Sometimes opening a file, the focus would revert to the previous document
  • Fixed: Using Insert->File would the focus would be lost on the active document
  • Fixed: Find all in current document would report that the number of files searched would be the same of loaded document count instead of one
  • Fixed: "Preserve Indent on Paste" would not work if "Shift+Ins" was used
  • Fixed: Decimal point, when calculating an expression, is now the same as defined in the control panel
  • Fixed: Replacing parameters, on execute a tool, would not verify if the variable was empty, resulting sometimes in empty values ("")
  • Fixed: Context menu for toolbars would only be shown when the toolbar was on top dock
  • Fixed: Some issues in Windows Vista 7
  • Fixed: Sometimes Nex/Previous functions was not enabled when switching documents
  • Fixed: "Copy File Path's" in the Window manager would copy the asterisk if a document was modified
  • Fixed: Some issues in the sort dialog
  • Fixed: Sometimes an annoying "There is no disk in the drive..." message would pop up on start up
  • Other small bug fixes
  • Internal code tweaks optimizations for improved performance

New in Twistpad 1.65 (Feb 24, 2009)

  • Added the current file type (syntax) to the status bar (which can be clicked to select another syntax)
  • Added Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll lock to status bar
  • Added the ability to Double Click (to set the status) in the Insert/Overwrite, Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll lock panels
  • Added a context menu to Status Bar that allows to select which panels should be visible
  • Added A "Copy File Path" to the Windows window to copy all selected documents file path
  • Improved search and replace results item (with number of occurrences replace count and number of found files)
  • Added goto Line Relative (for jumping to n or -n lines from current cursor location)
  • Added a Clear Selection in Parameters in External tools parameters menu
  • Temporary Macro RecordPlay, now have a default shortcut (Shift+Ctrl+RP)
  • Added a new sort mode on Workspace dock window which orders the documents in the same order as they are loaded in Twistpad
  • Added a Windows command to Workspace dock window
  • Added a "Go To Last Editing Position" command
  • Last sort mode of Dock Workspace window is now saved between sessions
  • Quick find text is now added to find history (toolbar and FindReplace dialog)
  • File Size Status indicator now turns disabled if file has been modified (to warn the value may not be up to date)
  • Added a Popup menu path to the Up Button of the File Browser
  • Added shortcuts to the Print Preview dialog (Esc to close, Page Up and Page Down keys)
  • Added a Goto To First and Last page in Print Preview dialog (shortcuts Home and End)
  • Removed Status bar from Print Preview dialog (current page now shown in toolbar)
  • Added a more subtle icon for Revert
  • Added a confirmation dialog to "Reset window layout" command
  • Fixed : Locked files would raise an error and the file would not be opened. (if "Automatically detect UTF-8 Files" was selected)
  • Fixed : When refreshing documents in compare, current position would be reset to the top
  • Fixed : Some issues with multi-monitor setup's
  • Fixed : Under certain conditions, "Insert snippet" would replace the previous word if there was no selection
  • Fixed : Enhanced document switch did not work on Windows 2000
  • Fixed : Setting a document read only (through Document Properties) would set the modified flag of the active document
  • Fixed : When there was no history in the goto dialog (empty list) an exception was raised
  • Fixed : Double clicking a file search now does not locate the line if the file is now longer valid or has not been opened
  • Updated Help File
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Twistpad 1.64 (Aug 25, 2008)

  • Added a "Import and Export Settings" command to backup the current settings or import settings previously stored.
  • Added a new encoding format, "UTF-8 Without Signature" to save files in UTF-8 format, without the Unicode signature at the beginning of the file
  • Added an option to automatically detect UTF-8 Encoded files without signature
  • Compare is now a non-Modal window, allowing editing in the main window while the compare window is opened and available for reference
  • Added a refresh button in compare window to re-compare the loaded files
  • Added a "Go-to line" command in the compare window
  • Added a "Open Files" command in the compare window to open a set of files to compare
  • Compare can now be displayed horizontally (optional)
  • Improved Check for updates dialog when a new version is found. Release date and change history are now displayed.
  • Improved Window organizer (command "Windows"), search is now possible, as well as more information is displayed
  • Added an option to reactivate dialog box's which have the "don't display this again" option
  • Added a "Display" sub-menu to the Edit Menu, with common persistent editor display options
  • Long Menu's can now be scrolled with Mouse-Wheel
  • Chevron wrap of toolbars now show vertical commands with label instead of horizontal icon only commands
  • When Invoking the Replace dialog, the "In selected text only" check box is now set by default if selected text is set in the active document and the selection is more that one line
  • Added a "Copy As HTML Code" Command, which makes the current selection with syntax highlight copied as HTML code
  • Added an option in the customize window to select the Switch Bar style
  • Added a new page in preferences with common startup options
  • Added an option to discard white space text in Copy/Cut operations
  • Added an option to automatically replace the last word a non found incremental search
  • Workspace context menu is now the same as the tab context menu
  • Added Plug-in Interface version to about box
  • Improved enhanced document switch display
  • Added a default file syntax to be applied when selecting the new file command
  • Added an option to display Indentation guides in the editor.
  • Added an option to choose the indent guide and tab display color
  • Scroll hint now shows the range, and the current procedure if available.
  • When setting the tool menu, if the tool path does not exist or is invalid, the menu item will be disabled with a notification that it was not found
  • Pressing SHIFT ENTER in the find bar will make the find bar invoke a go-to line number (if a valid number is entered)
  • Added a real time preview (as option) in the Go To dialog for instant jump to a line
  • Added a "Reset" Shortcuts command to Customize dialog to reset all shortcuts to default.
  • Shell icon (in status bar) can now be dragged into other applications like in Windows Explorer to open/copy current document
  • MDI child window caption now displays the title as defined in the option "Include last document folder(s) in tab display"
  • Files copied in Windows Explorer can now be opened when pressing the Paste Command, or create a new document with the file path list.
  • Added a fixed "My Documents" item to the favorites menu of the File Browser
  • Added Icons to favorites menu of the File Browser
  • Improved documents tab display when using high-color icons
  • Fixed : Help Shortcut was not available when the Goto and FindReplace dialog had the focus
  • Fixed : When using CTRL UPDOWN the cursor did not stay visible
  • Fixed : Sentence case would not work if all letters in the selection were upper case
  • Fixed : Outline block would not collapse if the cursor was under the block (when using the command "Collapse Current Block")
  • Fixed : when using the find bar, the search term would not be saved in the history list
  • Fixed : When using a shortcut to stop macro recording, this shortcut would be recorded, thus would be impossible to playback the macro
  • Fixed : if closed minimized, Twistpad would start minimized on the next session
  • Fixed : Some issues with Multi-Monitor setup's
  • Fixed : Option "Paint Beyond Right line" was not restored between sessions if selected
  • Fixed : Templates defined in syntax files located in user folder, where not applied if set in the syntax template
  • Fixed : Bookmarks dock window was not hidden when using the Full Screen command
  • Fixed : Internal workspace file (for reload last workspace) would appear in the Reopen Workspace menu
  • Fixed : Find dialog will now adjust the position after a FindReplace action if over the found selection in the editor.
  • Fixed : Reverting a document would not update the encoding format
  • Fixed : Long menu's no longer cover the Windows taskbar
  • Fixed : Replace count (when using Replace all) was not shown under specific circumstances
  • Fixed : If Twistpad was closed, and a macro recording was executing, an illegal operation would be raised
  • Fixed : If "Check for new version at startup" option is set, and a internet connection is not available, no longer the a message box displays the error (the error is now displayed in the Dock Output window.
  • Fixed : Sometimes the columns of Dock File Browser Window, would disappear.
  • Fixed : Some issues with dialog boxes's in Windows Vista
  • Fixed : Some issues with invalid files in compare file selection dialog
  • Fixed : File browser file size was not shown Windows Vista
  • Fixed : Double click in the project window folder would raise an error
  • Fixed : Command "Find Files" raised an error on Windows Vista
  • Updated Help File
  • Updated HTML Template

New in Twistpad 1.63 (Mar 20, 2008)

  • Added a dockable window to hold all bookmarks set in the current section of all opened documents.
  • Improved saving of read only files, instead of showing the "Save As" dialog, a dialog now asks if the "Save As" dialog should be shown or if Twistpad should remove the read only attribute of the file and try to save it.
  • Added a Record/Play/Save temporary macro commands for faster Keyboard macro access.
  • When saving a keyboard Macro, a description can now be included for easier recognition of stored macros.
  • When recording a keyboard Macro, the command for the recording type (temporary/normal) is shown in the main menu bar for faster access and feedback
  • Added Repeat macro until end of document to Playback Macro window
  • Added a sent to Clipboard command to the context menu of a stored item the Clipboard tool window
  • Added a "Sentence case" command to the "Change Case" set of commands
  • Added a "Select Word" command (Same as CTRL Click)
  • Added a "Highlight Word" Command, to highlight either the current selection or current word if no selection is found in the whole document
  • In FindReplace Dialog, the "Mark All" button is replaced by a "More" button with the following new sub-options : Find All , Find in All documents, Highlight All and Bookmark All
  • Improved File Browser filter, now a full wildcard can be used instead of only filtering extensions, also a filter history is now retained
  • Due to popular demand, the smart new line key combination are now the same as other IDE's (Shift Enter = Line below and CTRL Enter=Line above)
  • CTRL UP and CTRL Down now moves the top / bottom view of the editor without moving the selection. This shortcuts are now removed from Next/Previous function commands*
  • Added a "Browse File Folder" Command that points the File browser tool window to the folder of the active document
  • When the option "Cut/Copy operations without selection apply to current line" is checked and an empty or with whitespace line is cut, the line is now deleted, but the contents of the clipboard are not affected
  • Added a new option, when "Reload last workspace" is selected, to ask if the workspace should be saved when exiting the application
  • After a replace all, the focus is now set in the find box instead of the active document
  • Fixed : If the toolbar find box was visible, the last find text (using the find dialog) was not displayed.
  • Fixed : Recent folder history in file dialogs, did not move the last folder selected to the beginning of the list
  • Fixed : Replace button in fiend dialog did not have a quick shortcut under "R"
  • Fixed : Saving a document with a new name ("save as" command) would add the file in lowercase to the recent files.
  • Fixed : Shift-Tab without selection would add a tab or equivalent spaces
  • Fixed : Calling the goto dialog when it's already open, would not set the focus to the dialog
  • Fixed : Search Results would show a "&" as a "_"
  • Fixed : Opening a file when finding in files would hide the find in files progress
  • Fixed : When Marking all in find dialog, the text would not be retained in find history
  • Fixed : Replace count was not shown if Show Formatting Progress option was set
  • Fixed : When searching/replacing for files, pressing the escape key would cancel the search even if Twistpad was not the active application.
  • Fixed : When iterating between bookmarks, there was no warning if the cursor passed the start or the end of the document
  • Fixed : Loading a workspace would fail if a file add bookmarks set in an unsaved file and the bookmarks were beyond the saved the end of file
  • Fixed : When using the option "Use spaces instead of tab", the tab would not respect the tab-stop fixed positions
  • Fixed : URL color would revert on startup to the search highlight color
  • Fixed : When recording a macro, if no keystrokes were recorded, the save macro dialog would be shown
  • Fixed : When using the TAB key to switch between controls in the Goto dialog, the main window would flicker.
  • Fixed : When selecting Next and Previous buttons in the Goto dialog, the focus was set to the current document
  • Fixed : Some issues in dialogs when large fonts are set
  • Fixed : Unsaved files that were saved upon closing of the application where not restored if "Reload the last workspace" was set
  • Fixed : Using the goto dialog to go to the next or previous modified line, when a document have all lines modified, the application would hang
  • Updated Help File
  • Other Minor Bug Fixes and tweaks

New in Twistpad 1.62 SR1 (Dec 20, 2007)

  • Double clicking in an list element in the goto dialog now activates "Next" Command (If the "Next" Command is available)
  • Fixed : Calling the replace command would not select the current word to the "Find What" text box
  • Fixed : When Replacing All in selected text, "Find What" and "Replace With" text would not be saved in the respective history list
  • Fixed : when commenting a line (without selection) with word wrap set Twistpad would raise an error
  • Fixed : when uncommenting a line (without selection) with word wrap set Twistpad would raise an error
  • Fixed : Join Lines separator history would still be saved in the registry
  • Fixed : Double clicking in the left margin, with word wrap set, Twistpad would raise an error
  • Other Minor Bug Fixes and tweaks

New in Twistpad 1.62 (Dec 2, 2007)

  • Registry is no longer used, a initialization file is now used to store settings*
  • Twistpad can now be converted to run in portable mode (Licensed version only)**
  • Added option "Preserve indent on paste" to align pasted text to insert indent level
  • Added a user toolbar (hidden by default)
  • Added a find combo box to toolbar (hidden by default)
  • Find and Replace in files search results now are preserved together between search's
  • Added Working Folder property to Tools
  • Added a warning when a opened document is moved or deleted
  • Added a read only icon to the each document tab on the Switch Bar (optional)
  • Sort command is now under EditFormat menu
  • Improved Incremental Search Behaviour
  • Added option "Smart New Line" : when selected, CRTL ENTER inserts a new line after the current line and SHIFT ENTER inserts a new line before the current line. in both cases, the cursor is set at the beginning of the new line
  • Choosing Goto Line or Column now closes Goto Dialog
  • Close dialog progress is now only shown if there are more then 10 documents to close
  • Optimized saving settings which leads to a increase of speed when exiting Twistpad
  • Added Image icons to Move Block Up/Down, Uppercase and Lowercase commands
  • Updated some tool dock window icons
  • Fixed : Join Lines with the option not delete lines was not keeping the lines
  • Fixed : Adding a command or separator to an empty toolbar or context menu in the customize dialog would raise an error.
  • Fixed : Replace in selected text only option was "deselected" when the replace dialog was closed
  • Fixed : Search highlight would be cleared if highlight active line options was set
  • Fixed : Search results would draw the TAB character as a square
  • Fixed : browser for folder dialog would stay behind the calling dialog if it was clicked
  • Fixed : Setting a bookmark by double clicking in the gutter, would set the bookmark in another line if there were closed sections above
  • Fixed : If no plugins are loaded, the plugin element in the Add Command list is not shown
  • Fixed : Double clicking in the left margin in the last line of a document, or an empty document would raise an error
  • Fixed : If Auto Recover was not set, the last workspace would be loaded twice
  • Updated Help File
  • Other Minor Bug Fixes and tweaks

New in Twistpad 1.61 SR1 (Oct 18, 2007)

  • Fixed : Some issues with Message Boxes in Windows Vista
  • Fixed : Copying RTF non colored syntax text inside a start-stop section would make the text white when pasted in a RTF aware editor
  • Fixed : Find options would not be restore between sessions

New in Twistpad 1.61 (Oct 14, 2007)

  • Added a file browser (explorer like) tool window
  • Dragged folders from explorer are now opened in file Browser
  • Comment/Uncomment commands now insert comment characters indented with line
  • Added option to allow Copy/Cut commands without selection to copy/cut current line
  • Added option to disable text drag and drop
  • Added option to enable/disable text formatting progress status
  • Added [Enter] Key to jump to a function in functions tool window
  • Added [Enter] Key to insert snippet in the snippets tool window
  • Added Find Functions command to context menu in functions tool window
  • Added CTRL PAGE UP/DOWN to go to the first or the last line currently visible in the editor
  • Added option relative file folder level for tab display
  • Added option to wrap toolbar buttons (in customize dialog)
  • Paragraph hidden character is now drawn in more a subtle color
  • Project tree now supports multi-selection
  • Inserted snippets are now indented to the insertion paragraph
  • In Highlight brackets, when an opposite bracket is not found, is drawn in the color of error underline
  • Rearranged Editor general and display options
  • Fixed : Recover stored non modified files
  • Fixed : If code outline is disabled, sections could still be collapsed
  • Fixed : Comment/Uncomment commands now work properly with Block selections
  • Fixed : Print preview status message was not shown
  • Fixed : A file re-selected in the compare box history, would not be moved to the top
  • Fixed : Copy Append Command would not support Unicode (2 byte) characters
  • Fixed : Limited file compare history to 10 maximum files (Additional internal files are not limited)
  • Fixed : Saving a file as a template, using any of the illegal file character's /:*?"| would raise an error and the template was not created. This characters are now replaced by an underscore _
  • Fixed : Highlight brackets would not clear highlight in the opposite bracket line if a section was collapsed above
  • Fixed : The uncomment command (with a start-stop type comment) without selection would select the line even if there was no comment to remove
  • Fixed : Setting wordwrap on would make display jump to beginning of document
  • Removed option "Add Twistpad to all files shell menu" from installer (it's now available via add-on)
  • Improved Windows Vista compatibility
  • Updated Help File
  • Updated Pascal, DFM (Delphi Forms) and NSIS syntax files
  • Other Minor Bug Fixes and tweaks

New in Twistpad 1.60 (Sep 11, 2007)

  • Improved Goto Dialog (added goto next/previous Bookmark, function, modified line and highlighted line)
  • Comment/Uncomment commands no longer need a selection to work. If there is no selection, the current line is commented / uncommented
  • Added a new splash with information on loading status (if disabled, this information is not shown)
  • Added option to include the full document path in the title bar
  • Added option "Restrain cursor on insert text" that will not reset the position of the cursor (when moving up or down) with new inserted text
  • added character selection count to status bar (alongside lines selected)
  • Added option to reload last workspace at startup
  • improved the context menu's for the compare text viewers
  • Improved CTRL Next/Previous behaviour
  • Improved Find NextPrevious Difference in compare windows
  • Improved Statistics section of document properties
  • Added Click ability to compare differences (Modified/added/deleted) to jump to a specific difference.
  • Added shortcuts for Find and bookmark operations in Diff viewers (same as they set for the main editor)
  • Added File Extension to "Windows" dialog
  • Added an icon to the "Windows" command
  • Fixed : Under certain conditions, an exception error was raised using the spell checker
  • Fixed : Under certain conditions, an internal error was raised when indenting closed blocks of text
  • Fixed : Diff Viewer header would mix Filename and path
  • Fixed : enhanced document switch would freeze when Twistpad add more then 253 documents loaded
  • Fixed : Relative File Folders in tab display would be cut down.
  • Fixed : Removed "basefont" tag when exporting to HTML for Firefox compatibility
  • Fixed : "Open With" was not opening the active document
  • Fixed : Incremental search would not work properly when there was a selection
  • Fixed : Compare files history would not save most recent files on top
  • Fixed : Case functions now work properly with Block selections
  • Fixed : Block Indent/Unident now work properly with Block selections
  • Fixed : Non maximized documents would not update modified asterisk in window caption
  • Fixed : When pasting a Unicode block, double byte characters would be converted to ANSI
  • Fixed : Recover would not work with multi-instances set
  • Updated Help File
  • Updated DFM (Delphi forms) and Javascript syntax definition files
  • Several internal code tweaks for improved performance
  • Minor Bug Fixes

New in Twistpad 1.1 (Aug 2, 2006)

  • Added Snippets Dock Window
  • Added option to specify maximum number of items internal Clipboard can hold
  • added option to wrap search's
  • Added option to discard trailing spaces on save
  • Added clipboard items to the snippets window
  • Added asterisks to caption of modified files in the workspace tree
  • Added recent opened files to the toolbar "Open File" button.
  • Improved file loading speed when loading several files at once
  • Results from calculate expression is now shown on output window instead of a message box
  • After a spell check, the message with the word count is now displayed in the status bar rather then in a message box
  • Added number of lines selected to status bar
  • Updated Snippets file syntax
  • Fixed: Recent files used in compare are removed if no longer exists
  • Fixed: Customizing shortcuts now warns if the shortcut is already in use and removes the old one if the shortcut is duplicated.
  • Fixed: If indent was set with tabs and only a line was selected, the selected text was deleted
  • Several Bug Fixes and internal code optimization