Changes from TDE 5.1u to 5.1v

Bug fixes:

• potential problem closing hidden windows and split browser window;
• macros that ask to wrap;
• Linux: SuSE/KDE keyboard troubles (added more escape sequences);
• Win32: Ctrl+C on Win9X;
• problem caused by non-writeable backups.

General:

• restore scratch window numbering (when closing earlier ones first);
• pad search results line number to the length of the file and the column number to two digits;
• allow browser to recognise filename(line) and filename [line] formats;
• adjust visible windows' letters after closing;
• display a message when globbing ....

Changes from TDE 5.1t to 5.1u

Bug fixes:

• empty replacement at start of line in tab mode;
• sorting will no longer corrupt tabs;
• recording a recursive single-key macro;
• repeating a recursive macro;
• macro that repeats a macro;
• GotoWindow matching the current name;
• DelBegOfLine didn't update syntax highlighting when it scrolled.

General:

• Win32: new function ToggleQuickEdit (Ctrl+Alt+Q) and config setting QuickEdit to control QuickEdit mode;
• Win32: mouse can change window;
• Win32: icon (thanks David!) and version information;
• allow macros to continue after infinite repeat;
• GotoWindow ignores case when matching name (except for Unix);
• make BlockTrimTrailing and BlockExpandTabs work better;
• directory list uses "File name" instead of "Selected file";
• GotoWindow and SyntaxSelect with an empty answer will bring up a list;
• added InflateTabs, PTabSize and LTabSize settings to syntax highlighting.

Changes from TDE 5.1s to 5.1t

Bug fixes:

• Linux: compilation issues;
• binary length from EditFile always being 64;
• Win32: mouse input from a pipe;
• DefineGrep from within the editor preventing EditNextFile from working;
• RepeatGrep would not define the regx pattern;
• various BlockUnComment issues;
• more tab replacement issues;
• dialog checkboxes would not work if function key was a macro;
• NoWrap would sometimes still display "wrapped".

General:

• replaced quicksort with mergesort;
• write macro literals on the same line as the previous function;
• split macro literals at "\n".

Changes from TDE 5.1r to 5.1s

Bug fixes:

• tder.exe directory list when running in DR-DOS;
• replacing tabs in inflate mode;
• prompted replacement when pattern not found when using tabs;
• search results in scratch window;
• dialogs and prompts started from single-key macros;
• command line grep not recognising -b option;
• -b! & -b-n applying to files loaded within the editor;
• -b-n not actually using n;
• using ~/ in EditAnotherFile sometimes brought up the directory list.

General:

• Win32: using the mouse in the editor window can move the cursor (left-click), mark a block (left-click + Alt=Box, Ctrl=Line, Shift=Stream), or PasteFromClipboard (right-click);
• regular expressions will again match the empty string;
• DOS/Win: assume trailing quote in last command line argument should be a backslash;
• treat all single-definition macros as keys (no special processing);
• don't prompt for filename when command line had an invalid filename or directory list was cancelled;
• Binary checkbox for DefineGrep to include binary files (autoload using value of -b).

Changes from TDE 5.1q to 5.1r

Bug fixes:

• Win32: shelling (particularly when redirected; restore Ctrl+C, et al, on return);
• grep causing crash due to inaccessible files found via wildcards;
• -F and -G shouldn't apply to previous file;
• close find handle after filename completion;
• cursor position after quitting a replacement at wrap;
• search results wrapping when starting from line 1;
• isearch highlight after backspace;
• backwards isearch will continue matching current string;
• single-line stream block search/replace and box block regx replace;
• BackSpace beyond EOL using up/down cursor direction;
• prevent DeleteChar beyond EOL from modifying file;
• diff not ignoring trailing space when ignoring all space;
• formatting paragraph terminated by EOF;
• formatting paragraph with line too long;
• wordwrap when wrapping first word of paragraph;
• BackSpace sometimes not matching indent;
• block comment/indent not updating binary offset;
• stream block copy when source and destination were on the same line;
• the make window menu not updating availability;
• binary offset when replacing from TOF;
• workspace crashing when language couldn't be found;
• workspace prompting for binary file;
• menu items running out of letters;
• browse not displaying "changed" after loading a file;
• HTML pseudo-macro cursor position when window scrolls.

General:

• added Help menu;
• remove search highlight from grep when loading all;
• Win32: display filename as console title;
• Win32: recognise shutdown and close;
• Win32: preserve current directory across drive changes;
• workspace will restore the time stamp format;
• workspace will restore scratch windows and files;
• don't display base offset (+ofs) if it means truncating line number;
• pressing MarkLine twice can mark a group of blank lines;
• using MarkLine after MarkStream will mark the entire line, but leave it as a stream block;
• added block size to Status;
• PasteFromClipboard works a lot better;
• End functions really move to end;
• copying a word will use the syntax highlighting startword & inword settings;
• DOS & Windows will only use HOME if tde.cfg exists in it;
• GotoMarkn will move to the nth edit field in a dialog;
• highlight label of current edit field (co80_EditLabel);
• allow the top window to be resized;
• don't disable ZoomWindow on the menu;
• EditFile displays a warning for an invalid path;
• prompts using the file history will expand leading ~/ to TDE's home directory;
• wildcards can have alternatives (*.txt;*.doc) and exclusions (!*.exe;*.com); UNIX can use : as separator;
• directory wildcards and subdirectory scanning (using ... as path, eg: .../*.c);
• -b! will ignore binary files; a negative number will not prompt;
• different test for binary files;
• -?? option will display wildcard help;
• --version option to display version;
• specifying a directory on the command line will bring up the file list for that directory.

Macro:

• fixed recording function keys in dialogs;
• reading keys from the configuration will no longer convert to function (the key is needed for the dialog);
• Pause an entire dialog, not just the current edit field;
• prevent dialogs updating and some more prompts from displaying;
• fixed writing pseudo-macros triggered by semicolon or quote;
• recursive macros are written using PlayBack;
• ReplaceString will only error on control-break;
• additional flags:

  Wrap:	searches will automatically wrap;
  NoWrap:	searches will automatically stop at EOF;
  NoWarn:	don't display warnings;
  NeedBlock:	abort if no block is marked;
  NeedBox:	abort if no box block is marked;
  NeedLine:	abort if no line block is marked;
  NeedStream:	abort if no stream block is marked;
  UsesBlock:	unmark the block, restore when done;
  UsesDialog:	don't reset dialogs;

Regular Expressions:

• fixed replacing >;
• fixed my fix to ?;
• fixed <r|s (and similar expressions) not matching correctly;
• ReplaceString replacement now recognises backslashed escapes (see its help);
• added nine backreferences;
• predefined sets use uppercase to match if not in set;
• allow C escapes and predefined sets within a set;
• , is space & tab only (equivalent to POSIX [:blank:]); \:b is space and characters 9 to 13 (equivalent to POSIX [:space:]);
• added << and >> to match beginning and end of string;
• don't match the empty string if a character is present;
• added closing lookahead assertion (similar to Perl);
• operators are greedy by default, use following ? for not greedy.

New Functions:

• About: displays version and credits (Help|About);
• BalanceHorizontal: resize adjoining windows to the same height (Shift+Ctrl+H, Window|Balance horiz.);
• BalanceVertical: resize adjoining windows to the same width (Shift+Ctrl+V, Window|Balance vert.);
• CloseWindow: closes a zoomed window (without closing other windows to the same file) or removes and hides a split window (Shift+Ctrl+F3, Window|Close);
• ContextHelp: load a file in a new window, searches it for the word under the cursor (Shift+Ctrl+F1, Help|Context Help);
• MoveMark: moves the block to the cursor (Shift+Ctrl+M, Block|Move Mark);
• PopupRuler: a movable ruler (Ctrl+=, Other|Popup Ruler);
• StartOfLine: moves cursor to the first column (Shift+Home).

Configuration:

• increased maximum help screen size to 100x50;
• a two-key can be defined with ^ to indicate both normal and control keys are accepted;
• removed config/tdefunc.cfg;
• added config/wordstar.cfg (and its help) by Eric Pement;
• added config/menu.cfg, the default menu layout;
• added config/cua.cfg, a CUA-style menu layout;
• added default keys:
  • Shift+Ctrl+M: ClearAllMacros;
  • Shift+Ctrl+I: ToggleSmartTabs;
  • Ctrl+Space: PseudoMacro;
• HelpFile: the file to use for ContextHelp;
• HelpTopic: the regular expression used to search the above;
• Menu: complete menu customisation.

Changes from TDE 5.1p to 5.1q

Bug fixes:

• menu displaying Esc when function had no key;
• DefineSearch and ReplaceString dialogs not recognising regx when first called;
• search results duplicating the current match;
• macros not removing the search highlight;
• StreamCharLeft crashing when on a blank line beyond EOL;
• removed prompt when starting the grep from EditNextFile;
• -s- is recognised;
• command line grep possibly changing the path;
• cwd display when loading a new file after closing the last.

General:

• Status will not display any time for a new file;
• browse will work on a results window from a scratch file or a filename containing spaces;
• QuitAll no longer autosaves the workspace;
• the default ("global") config, help and syntax highlighting files are now read from:
  • TDEHOME environment variable;
  • HOME environment variable;
  • directory of executable (current if not known)
  on all systems;
• /? is recognised as help;
• -a option to immediately load all files;
• "Load all" option to DefineGrep to do same;
• SaveTo can now append to a file.

New Function:

• SaveAll: save all files, except scratch and read-only (Ctrl+Alt+F2, File|Special|Save all).

Refreshed TDE 5.1p

Bug fixes:

• tde32.exe freezing when using wildcards;
• copying a stream block;
• display correct case for history completion when case is ignored;
• find the current and only match for history completion;
• display the current working directory for a dialog on the bottom line;
• highlight the grep match on the first page.

Changes from TDE 5.1o to 5.1p

Dialogs for some functions:

• BorderBlockEx
• DefineDiff
• DefineGrep
• DefineSearch
• Execute
• FileAttributes
• NumberBlock
• ReplaceString
• SetMargins
• SetTabs

Bug fixes:

• Tab and BackTab will set the file modified flag;
• RestoreLine will no longer restore previous modifications;
• NextLine will give precedence to Indent mode over FW mode;
• Pause in a prompt will display a message when recording;
• BorderBlockEx corner problems;
• copying a word with backward isearch;
• tab problems with isearch, search highlight and replace;
• replacement wrap problems I introduced last version;
• incorrect display with prompted replace and continue wrap but then exit;
• SplitHorizontal on EOF;
• SplitHalfHorizontal on small files;
• all Split functions on a modified line;
• editing long prompt strings;
• regx error message output for DefineGrep/Search;
• free memory used by grep;
• {Word,String}(End)Left beyond EOL.

General:

• StreamCharLeft will treat beyond EOL as EOL;
• don't display halt message when recording Pause;
• use Ctrl+Up/Down for history completion in prompts;
• Execute has filename completion;
• Execute with a blank command will run the shell;
• added zero fill and base options to NumberBlock;
• ReplaceString can search for a regular expression (but still only replace with text);
• added search results option (DefineSearch, DefineGrep and the command line grep functions will create a window containing all matching lines);
• have separate warning messages for DefineGrep and RepeatGrep;
• FillBlockPattern has its own history;
• finding a window number without a letter will find the first (visible) window (not assume a);
• using (Stream)DeleteChar first in the prompt will clear the previous answer;
• replace the match at the cursor first, not last;
• disable menu items that don't apply;
• ignore FileAttributes on non-file windows;
• restore overscan color for shell, user screen and critical exit;
• search/replace across all files (but ignore non-files);
• (Back)Tab will work in read-only mode (just move the cursor);
• ReadConfig will update the menu;
• DefineDiff will warn if windows are identical;
• reloading a language resets all its information first;
• place line number from the command line in center of window;
• DirList:
  • added file time;
  • display hidden or system files in the disabled color;
  • left or right on the first or last column will wrap;
  • press Tab to select a new path/pattern.
• Linux:
  • restore cursor position after ToggleGraphicChars;
  • better handling of keys in an xterm;
  • added bright background and overscan color (console mode only, root privileges required);
  • UserScreen works for any user, not just root.

New Functions:

• NextBrowse and PrevBrowse: move to a line number (and column) in a file given in another window (search results or output capture).

Config:

• UserMenu: add a key, PseudoMacro trigger or function to the new User menu, or its Language pop-out menu when used with syntax highlighting;
• co80_Disabled: disabled dialog item or a hidden or system file in the directory lister;
• co80_MenuDisabled: disabled menu item;
• co80_MenuItemBad: selected disabled menu item.

Changes from TDE 5.1n to 5.1o

Bug fixes:

• the config tab setting will be used if no files were given;
• empty command line arguments ("") will no longer lock;
• -e uses the extended option syntax;
• -s no longer applies to files loaded within the editor;
• -v -r- would not load files as read-write;
• crash caused by loading a workspace when a scratch was the current window;
• DelBegOfLine will scroll the screen when necessary and match indent if the cursor was beyond EOL;
• RestoreLine should finally restore the modified flag properly;
• inserting a file into a file with syntax highlighting tested one line too many (which would crash when inserting at EOF);
• replacing would not continue when the first match was found after wrapping (present since the function was originally created back in 1991?).

General:

• treat backspace as a text character in binary testing;
• all systems will ignore invalid command line filenames;
• split the filename (ie: "name - path") if the relative path is more than one subdirectory from the current directory; it will also just use the drive letter if appropriate;
• reload a file if the time is different, not just newer;
• highlight the found search text;
• slight speed improvement in finding regx "^" operator.

New Functions:

• Execute: run a command, optionally capture output (Shift+Alt+E, Other|Execute).

Config:

• Additional color settings:

  co80_MenuHeader:	menu headings;
  co80_MenuSelected:	selected menu heading;
  co80_Menu:	popup menu;
  co80_MenuItem:	selected menu item;
  co80_Dialog:	dialog boxes (file picker);
  co80_Swap:	swapped block;
  co80_BreakPoint:	break point;
  co80_CWD:	current working directory.

Changes from TDE 5.1m to 5.1n

Bug fixes:

• syntax highlight string and character spanning;
• ignore case in regular expression classes;
• syntax highlight "spanline" setting will error if no character follows;
• reloading a language;
• completing long file names;
• JoinLine will update syntax highlight.

General:

• -s option to load a file as scratch (will prompt to save);
• modified command line option handling to allow single-file and previous file options. See the help screen for usage. (The pipe now requires previous-style options.)

Changes from TDE 5.1l to 5.1m

Bug fixes:

• sorting line blocks;
• -r didn't load the pipe read-only;
• zooming one-line windows in ruler mode;
• non-English ignore case searches;
• marker ruler position;
• position of binary offset (for other than 80 cols);
• workspace loading;
• prevent repeating the currently recording macro.

General:

• diff will treat the extra lines of a longer file as a difference;
• the EOF line number is allowed from the command line;
• DelEndOfLine and DelBegOfLine are recognised in prompts;
• backup file preserves the timestamp;
• removed time from Statistics and added file time to Status;
• use '#' to indicate a scratch window;
• display the read-only flag beside the modified/scratch flag;
• splitting will split the window, not duplicate the old window;
• zooming and closing windows will keep the screen position, if possible;
• only move to marker's screen line if line is off-screen;
• the pipe is a scratch window;
• numbered scratch windows ("scratch", "scratch1", "scratch2", ...);
• Linux: Latin-1 character definitions (sort order might be wrong).

New Functions:

• SaveTo: save the file to a new name (Shift+Ctrl+F2);
• SaveUntouched: preserve the timestamp when saving (Shift+Alt+F2);
• Revert: discard current changes and reload file (Shift+Alt+F4);
• MakeHorizontal/Vertical: splits current window with any other hidden window (replaces NewHorizontal/Vertical);
• SplitHalfHorizontal, et al: split the window in half, leaving cursor unchanged (when possible);
• TitleWindow: rename the current window (Ctrl+`, -c).

Changes from TDE 5.1k to 5.1l

Bug fixes:

• RestoreLine will now reset the modified flag;
• Tab and BackTab will correctly be restored;
• check syntax highlighting after block indenting;
• BorderBlock needs a block big enough for the corners.

General:

• RestoreLine will reset the dirty line flag;
• -n option will create a scratch window, or load the pipe as such;
• modified the help screen and menus to accomodate new functions.

New Functions:

• BlockBlockComment: mark any block as a block comment (Shift+Ctrl+C);
• BlockLineComment: mark the lines of a line or box block as line comments (Shift+Ctrl+L);
• BlockUnComment: remove any comment from any block (Shift+Ctrl+E);
• StreamCharLeft/Right: ignore line boundaries when moving left or right (Shift+Left/Right);
• EndNextLine: move to EOL of the next line (Shift+Ctrl+Enter);
• DynamicTabSize: interactively choose physical tab size (Shift+Ctrl+Tab);
• FillBlockDown: replicate the first line throughout the box (Shift+Ctrl+F);
• FillBlockPattern: repeat a string throughout the box (Ctrl+Alt+F);
• BorderBlockEx: an extended border function allowing for multiple or optional characters (Ctrl+Alt+B).

Changes from TDE 5.1j to 5.1k

Bug fixes:

• various marker bugs on the first page;
• WordDeleteBack on blank lines;
• SwapBlock line display.

General:

• recursive macros can be used within macros;
• moving to an off-screen column will move to the end of the window, instead of the beginning;
• ISearchBackward will leave the cursor at the start of the match;
• allow ISearchBackward/Forward to move to the begin/end of the match;
• SortBoxBlock will sort line blocks;
• RestoreLine resets modified flag, when appropriate.

New Functions:

• ToggleCWD: toggle the display of the current working directory (Toggles|Cur. directory, Ctrl+/);
• ScratchWindow: creates a new window that doesn't prompt to abandon (File|Scratch, Shift+Ctrl+F4);
• NewHorizontal and NewVertical: loads the next file into a new window (Window|New horizontal/vertical, Shift+Ctrl+F9/8).

Config:

• DisplayCWD: display the current working directory at the top of the screen.

Earlier changes.