xEdit
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xEdit's new release, version 1.0.11.470, has several important changes, including:
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The filename hint in the editor is not displayed
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File|Save as changes the highlighter if the file extension is changed
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<script> code is not pretty HTML'd (did not format it correctly)
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Only HTML files are pretty HTML'd when opened (if set)
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When opening a file from Explorer a blank file is not created
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If xedit.htt exists (in the xEdit directory) it becomes the default code when starting a new document
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Right-click menu added
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Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right works correctly now
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Ctrl+Enter will open the file under the cursor -- just like Delphi does
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VCL like palette. Via Edit|Options the user can add pages and components almost like Delphi's VCL. Users will have to open xEdit.ini and copy their snipplets. The new VCL components are stored in xEdit.vcl.
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VCL code supports translation of #13#10 to a new line within the text and places the cursor at the position of the '|' character, eg "<b>#13#10|</b>"
What is xEdit?
xSite is a
good tool and (when it's being well behaved) is great for working
on big sites,
but xSite
has become to big and too slow to start up. Most of my editting
revolves around small changes, or changes to Code Snippets which
are then updated throughout the website...
In addition to this, I've had no real improvements from outside developers
since I released the project as an open source development project. I think
that there have only been people downloading it for their own purposes. Those
developers who did sign up for the list and who did help: thank you.
So I decided to write a new editor and to incorporate all of
xSite's BEST features
and to leave out the bugs. (Well, that was the plan!)
Primarily I wanted to make the app fast. Really fast. I wanted it to
start as fast as notepad does... but I wanted much more functionality,
particularly: Code Snippets, project management, advanced search/replace
tools, color pickers, pretty HTML and syntax highlighting.
xEdit is also focused at the hardcore HTML developer who knows what they
want to get and to code it in a pleasant environment.
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