Old Changelog for Pre-Alpha Releases

VERSION 0.0.97
DATE 04/10/2007
15th Snapshot Release

NEWS:
   Major bug fix for keybindings on Windows. Cut/Copy/Paste/Undo/Redo/Select
All where aparently not working. This has probably been the case since version
0.0.90 when I made changes to the event handling scheme. Many apologies for
not noticing this sooner, I am usually working on a Mac and get to do very
thourough cross checking on Windows all that often.

NEW: [features/improvements]
+Block (un)commenting command for all supported languages
+Auto-Indent functionality
+New Line Before/After command
+Menu Icons
+Most changes in Preference dialog are now applied immediatly
+Updated Japanese Translations

BUG FIXES:
+Toolbar image scaling now works properly on Windows
+Fixed broken keybindings on Windows (cut,copy,paste,undo,redo,select all,
 zoom in, zoom out)
+Added missing style in Java highlighter
+Addressed numerous issues in the TeX/LaTex highlighter
+Fixed incorrect pascal file detection and highlighter errors
+Fixed some display issues that occured when switching styles

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VERSION 0.0.96
DATE 04/05/2007
14th Snapshot Release

NEWS:
    Included in this version is an experimental implimentation of an
autocompletion/calltip provider for python documents. It is capable of looking
up and providing autompletion lists and calltips for top level defined objects
only. For example this means that if you have imported the wx namespace into
the document with a statement like this.

        import wx

You will be able to get autocompletion/calltip help for anything in the wx
namespace. (i.e if you type 'wx.' into the editor a list of possible items from
the wx namespace will be provided). But this support does not extend to locally
created objects in your file.

        class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
        ...

If this class is defined in the current working file its namespace is unable to be
looked up under the current model. Meaning that if you type 'MyFrame.' you will
not recieve a list of autocomplete options for the MyFrame class or its parent
wx.Frame class). This limitiation is being imposed on purpose currently do
to some rather unpleasant issues that arise from time to time as well as some
performance issues. Hopefully as soon as I think of somthing clever to get around
these issues I will be able to lift this limitation.

   There is also an update to the style sheet behavior in this version. Now when
writing your own custom style sheets the only definition that needs to have all
attributes specifed is the 'default_style' tag. All other tags with undefined
attributes will inherit them from the 'default_style'. This saves allot of repition
in defining style parameters for the various tags.

NEW: [features/improvements]
+Experimental Autocompletion support for python files
+Custom Style Sheets are even easier to write
+Better handling of user level config/resource files
+Editor now checks when opening a file to see if the file is already open in an
   existing buffer and asks if you want to open it again if its already open.
+Drag and Drop text is now supported
+Command Bar Search now has match case/ whole word options
+Line number margin visibilty can be toggled
+Generated HTML files are now on average 20-50% smaller in size.
+A first draft of a platform independent setup script.
+More complete Japanese Translations
+Remember and set carat positions between sessions

BUG FIXES:
+Improper window sizing after removing toolbar from view
+Style editor now properly catches clicks on the frames close button
+Unicode handled properly in Style Editor
+Adding missing attribute to SQL highlighter
+Can now cut/copy/paste in and out of all dialogs
+Fixed some bugs in the style sheet parser
+Fixed some sizing issues when switching controls in the command bar
+Indentation Guide Visibility can be properly toggled again

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VERSION 0.0.94
DATE 03/12/2007
13th Snapshot Release

NEWS:
    Binaries built on updated wxPython 2.8.1.1 this fixed some performance issues
with the some of the stc controls, most notably the python documents which now
do not cause the cpu and ram usage to go out of control on the wxMAC platform.

   New UI component, the "Command Bar" is a narrow bar that is shown directly 
above the status bar. It is used to house various different controls that give 
quick and convenient access to various common commands.

   The text search system was completely rewritten and now has support for 
regular expression search and replaces. The search procedure has also been
fairly optimized over the previous one to use less memory and clock time. A new 
"quick" search control can be opened in the Command Bar by hitting 
"Ctrl+F" (MSW/GTK) or "Cmd+F" (MAC) which allows for searching text without 
opening a separate dialog. The traditional dialog still offers more options
and is available by hitting "Ctrl+Shift+F" (MSW/GTK) or "Cmd+Shift+F" (MAC)

  An HTML generator that outputs a fully styled html page that is styled to
look the same as the text does in the editor window.

NEW: [features/improvements]
+Text control fold margin is now styled to match the syntax scheme's default
foreground and background colors.
+Bookmark system for marking lines and quickly navigating to them
+New search system with support for regular expression search and replace
+Search history is saved from search to search in a single session
+Command Bar, a multi-purpose window for housing controls in the bottom of
editing pane.
+A Firefox like Search Bar, housed in the Command Bar (Ctrl+F) to access
+A Goto Line control, housed in the Command Bar (Ctrl+G) to access
+Color printing modes
+Code Folding can be turned on and off
+An HTML generator for generating html pages from text files
+Broader Unicode support

BUG FIXES:
+Fixed bug in config directory creation caused by the logger
+Improper file creation/deletion fixed in Windows Installer
+Improper keywordlist formatting in cpp syntax module
+EOL mode menu updating (GTK/MSW)
+Select All works again on (MSW)
+Printing now scales all text to fit within the print canvas size properly
+Writing of Unicode data to log files now works
+Save As no properly adds file to history under all conditions
+Fixed multiple Help menus from being displayed on OSX
+Fixed a dialog closer issues in the style editor
+Fixed various Unicode bugs/errors throughout the editor

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VERSION 0.0.90
DATE 02/27/2007
Twelfth Snapshot Release

NEWS:
 Updated program to run on Python 2.5 and wxPython 2.8

 The translations of the editor now use the standard gettext system with mo/po
 files. All display strings have been converted to be used in this system.

 Highlighting color schemes can be customized through writing style sheets to
 describe the theme you want the text to be highlighted in. Style sheets can be
 written very easily by using the new builtin style editor which allows for on
 the fly testing and customization of the text controls styles, can export all
 settings to a style sheet in Editra Style Sheet format.

 Fairly major rewrite of how events are handled and managed. Streamlined allot
 of the code as well as removing redundant operations and old code that is no
 longer in use.

NEW: [features/improvements]
+New i18n management system / completed internationalization of editor
+A style management system for changing the highlighting theme of the syntax
 highlighter. 
+A scripting language and parser for creating style sheets to define the style
 of the highlighter. see docs/editra_style_sheet.txt for the complete v1.0 specifications.
+Some basic UTF-8 support is back
+A style editor dialog for customizing the syntax highlighting.
+Near complete Japanese Translation
+Printing Support
+New About Dialog
+Line Edit Commands (Join, Cut, Copy, Transpose)
+Line ending character(s) visibility can be toggled
+Line ending format can be toggled between (unix, macintosh, and windows)
 format.
+Added (Ada, Smalltalk, tcl/tk) highlighting support
+More efficient event handling
+Support for Transparency on OS X and Windows
+More robust profile system
+Mac OS X version is now more compliant to Mac UI Standards
+Toolbar now supports custom icons and changing tool sizes
+More Help options in Help Menu
+Many minor performance tweaks.

BUG FIXES:
+Negative window positioning now moves the window back into visible space on 
 load
+Dropping multiple files on the editor now opens all of them instead of just
 one.
+Debugging messages now properly handle Unicode output
+Fixed a number of layout issues in the preference dialog
+Fixed broken batch syntax configuration file
+File dialog filters now work properly for all supported file types
+Numerous event handling issues fixed on GTK/MSW
+Only allow one file dialog at a time to avoid lost object errors on destroy
+Profile loading now properly traps the menu event
+New installs now properly update user profiles
+Fixed path resolution to allow for script execution from any relative path
+Font dialog now actually changes the font
+Save profile dialog is now properly deleted on closer fixing a minor memory
leak.
+All file handles are now properly closed after they are not needed
+Fixed minor display problem in debugging messages
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VERSION 0.0.83
DATE 01/15/2007
Eleventh Snapshot Release

NEWS:
  The goals of the work on this version were focused on a general cleanup and
  refactoring of the core modules as much of the code in these modules has been
  there since I first started getting my feet wet with python and wx widgets.

  The main cleanup effort was focused on the text control code. This lead to a
  complete reworking of the syntax management code into its own separate subsystem.
  This allowed for some minor performance improvements as well as a slightly smaller
  memory footprint since the editor now dynamically loads syntax settings/specs 
  only when they are needed instead of preloading all supported syntax/style specs
  like it previously did.

  Also as of this release all changes where made using Editra to edit itself. 
  Which has allowed me do bug testing while I work and see what parts of the 
  editor are lacking. 

NEW: [features/improvements]
+More configuration options available in Preference Dialog
+The editor now has 2 distinct modes of operation that can be configured by
 setting the MODE value in your profile. The default mode is CODE which just
 runs the editor in a normal mode. The second mode is DEBUG it will create and
 run a debugging window that displays all the programs debugging information.
+Enhanced debugging messages
+Improved Syntax/Filetype Detection
+More Complete/Accurate Syntax definitions for all supported languages
+Improved Brace/Bracket Highlighting
+AutoComp/Keyword Helper is now bound to ALT key and toggles on/off by pushing 
 button again.
+Optimized bytecode for Mac OS X binaries
+"Improved" Printing Support (its better but still mostly broken)
+Editor can remember its window size/position on exit and automatically restore 
 it self to that size/position on next launch.
+More complete Japanese translation

BUG FIXES:
+Proper setting of page images
+Menu Updating Fixes
+Proper handling of file save/saveas errors

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VERSION 0.0.80
DATE 12/02/2006
Tenth Snapshot Release

NEWS:
  I've been fairly busy and hopefully it shows. I did a more thorough testing
  of the program and was able to flush out a fair number of bugs, while at the
  same time making some big improvements in usability and new features.

  Major UI upgrades and improvements to page management/layout system.

  The initial implementation of the plugin system for customizing the
  menus language is in place. It is a fairly simple system uses a custom
  python module as the language source. For a more complete explanation see
  the sample English module in the languages directory of your installation.

  The Preferences Dialog can now be used to configure the interfaces language
  and some of the other features such as Syntax Highlighting and Indentation Guides.
  Changing the language however requires closing and restarting the editor before
  the changes will take effect.

  UTF-8 Support has temporarily been disabled until a number of bugs related to
  it can be resolved.

NEW: [Features/Improvements]
  +New page tabbing system (Close buttons / file type images on each page,
  drag 'n drop tabs)
  +Language Plugin System for Menus
  +Improved Language Support (cpp, php, html, sql)
  +Font/Color refinement for text control.
  +Improved file type support
  +Find/Replace Optimizations/Improvements (Faster search, Match Case Option)
  +File history depth can be configured through profile
  +Tab/Indentation Width configurable through profile
  +Some of the Preference Dialog is now active(Language, syntax on/off, ect)

BUG FIXES:
  +File history properly tracks files after a 'Save As'
  +Language menu improperly checking currently language fixed
  +Find/Replace All, now works when replace string differs in size from the
  search string.
  +Clipboard Bugs (Double/Triple copy/cut/pastes, improper event firing)
  +Improper EOL characters on OSX
  +Irregular window creation locations now appear predictable locations
  +Exit not checking buffer modification properly
  +Exit failure after save/saveas fixed
  +Proper error handling when unsupported file type is opened
  +Improper window sizing after toolbar is added/removed
  +Toolbar now updates properly
  +Misc minor memory leaks cleaned up

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VERSION 0.0.76
Ninth Snapshot Release

NEWS:
  Project has new name "Editra", this was done in order to give the
  project a name that was not being used by another project.
  
  Mac OSX applet now available (Universal Binary).

NEW:
  +Improved Language Support (C, CPP, Java, Header files)
  +New toolbar module
  +Bracket/Paren Highlighting can be toggled on and off
  +Toolbar can be toggled on and off

BUG FIXES:
  +Fixed Drag and Drop open bug where it would prompt for save when new file
  was dropped.
  +Fixed problem with opening documents that are in the root directory of a
  filesystem.
  +Filenames can have spaces in them and be loaded into file history properly
  +FileHistory is ordered properly on each application load

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Previous Releases:

VERSION 0.0.70
Eight Snapshot Release

NEWS:
  This version is the first release to be put out after migrating the code to
  cvs. This should help manage the development in a more efficient manner.

  Also added to the project during this release is the use of PyLint to check
  the code for proper formatting and style. All modules are required to
  maintain a score of 7/10 or higher.

  Complete testing was also performed on OSX for this release and has shown
  that all features work as expected on the platform at this time.

  The source release has also been reorganized into a more proper directory
  structure.

NEW:
  +Profile support for user customization (per user, dynamic loading,
  					   remember last settings)
  +Improved Language Support for (CSS, Visual Basic)
  +FileHistory Support, remebers last 4 opened files
  +New About Dialog
  +Improved command line execution. Open multiple files at once from command line
   or when dropping on link(msw)
  +Preferences Dialog

BUG FIXES:
  +Language Menu now updates status properly
  +Settings Menu now updates status properly
  +View Menu properly displays zoom status
  +Paste/Copy/Cut Menu's display status properly
  +Redo/Undo display status properly
  +ZoomDefault works properly now regardless of previous zoom event type
  +When opening a file from the command line that doesnt exist the editor will
   not crash and will now instead create a new empty file with that name.
  +Fixed string not found dialog in Find/Replace

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VERSION 0.0.63
Seventh Snapshot Release

NEWS:

NEW:
  +New Language Support for (ASM, Batch, Html, Java, Pascal, 
  			     PHP(linux only), PostScript, Tex, 
			     VHDL(linux only))
  +Improved Language Support for (CSS, Lisp, Perl, Shell Scripts)
  +Indentation Guides
  +Files can now be opened from commandline
  +Manually Set Lexer from Settings Menu when autodetect doesnt work
  +Uses Unix style EOL markers(LF) by default on all platforms

BUG FIXES:
  +Fixed Drag and Drop bug created when dropping a file from the root dir.
  +Zoom In/Out display properly in menu, disabled when at max in/out.


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VERSION 0.0.55
Sixth Snapshot Release

NEWS:
  This version is the result of a complete rewrite in order to better utilize
  object oriented programming. Most components of the program are now objects and
  have been reimplimented in there own modules. This has resulted in a drastic
  cleanup of the code making it much easier to read and much easier to
  impliment further improvements. Also during the rewrite a number of bugs
  were fixed, making this the most stable version thus far.

NEW:
  +New Language Support for: BASH, KSH, SH, NSIS, Perl, Visual Basic)
  +Code Completion Help Menu  for all supported languages 
  	- (Hit CTRL to bring up list & ESC to close it) Windows
	- (Hit CTRL SHIFT to bring it up & ESC to close) Linux
  +Basic Printing Support (finally)
  +Unicode Support
  +AntiAliasing
  +Holding Ctrl and scrolling mouse wheel will zoom in or out


BUG FIXES:
  +Fixed line column indicator to work with all pages
  +Fixed loss of focus on find dlg close (Windows)
  +Fixed segfault error that would occur on some exits
  +Close page now performs proper checking before closing the page
  +Fixed other minor errors caused from drag and drop files
  +Minor Menu Bugs fixed

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VERSION 0.0.41
Fifth Snapshot Release

NEW:
  +New Language support for: CSS, SQL
  +Improved Language support for: Lisp
  +Code Foldering for: Python, C, CPP, Header files, Lisp
  +Tabbed file editing support for multiple files open in one window.
  +Open, opens files to a new background tab
  -Open now can not open documents in current open window
  +Turn Syntax Highlighting on or off in settings menu
  +Improved toolbar / added more tools
  
BUG FIXES:
  +Lexer now accepts files with upper or lower case extensions (i.e hello.c == hello.C)
  +Pressing the exit button (the X in the corner), now performs proper
  checking before closing program.
  +Save/Exit dialogs now show filenames when asking if user wants to save.
  +Drag and Drop file support is now functional (opens doc in top page DOES NOT 
						perform proper checking before open) 

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VERSION 0.0.30:
Fourth Snapshot Release

NEW:
+Color Contexting and bracket highlighting for code editing 
+Supported Languages Thus Far: Python (.py), C (.c), CPP (.cpp), C/CPP Header Files (.h)
				       Makefiles, and Lisp (.lisp)  
+Color Contexting for Doxygen syntax in C and CPP file documentation
+Drag and Drop File support
+Now possible to change font / font style (Currently limited to 1 font/style per document)
+Find/Replace Dialog
+Settings menu added as place holder for future configuration options
+Theme Info file added to pixmaps directory
+Dockable toolbar (GTK ONLY)
+View Menu
+Zoom In, Zoom Out, Zoom Default
+Line Number Indication in left margin of control

BUG FIXES:
  +Fixed SaveAs dialog title bar display bug that was created once the Cancel button was pushed.
  +Find works with highlighting and setting focus correctly
  +Check if modified before doing open and ask for save instead of just opening new file

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VERSION 0.0.24:
Third Snapshot Release

NEW:
  +Fixed Exit Menu Bugs / Added check modify to see if save is needed
  +Added App Icon for windows and Linux (dont have mac hardware to test on)
  +Added Redo Ability
  +Improved on Undo function to remember previous save points
  +Added Word Wrap on/off option
  +Title bar file name notification
  +Line / Column Notification in Status Bar
  +Font Selection
  +Find / Find Replace Text 
  +Print Dialog (still no printing)
  +Right Click Context Menu on text window
  +Select All Function
  +Basic Toolbar (new, open, save) 

Windows Specific: 
  +Improved Installer
  +Uninstaller
  +Optimized Byte Code

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VERSION 0.0.12:
Second Snapshot Release

NEW:
  +Save As option
  +Copy, Cut, Paste
  +More advanced text control
  +Limited Undo Capability
  +Key Accelerators
  +Status Bar Notifications

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VERSION 0.0.1:
Initial Snapshot Release

NEW:
  +Basic text control
  +Open and Save functions

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