Version history

What's new in version 1.2

• The package HTML 2.0 is removed, since it is out-dated. From now on there will only be two packages, one with the latest official HTML and one where extensions have been included.
• There is now only two way to input attributes, the dialogs introduced in 1.1 and the status bar.
• Improved behavior when attributes are given in the status bar. ctrl-z to cancel, ctrl-f for a file dialog or new color. When a value is chosen from a popup window, Alpha immediately jumps to the next attribute.
• A new userfriendly way to add new HTML elements.
• A function to move files between folders and automatically update all links to and in them.
• Changed JavaScript coloring. Only reserved words are colored, not built in methods and properties. Comments in JavaScript are now colored.
• A window cache just like the URL cache. Frame names are automatically added to this cache.
• A new submenu with plug-ins.
• JavaScript's event handlers can now optionally appear in the attribute dialog.
• Only one menu item for <A>.
• Added SRC to <SCRIPT>.
• Added <NOSCRIPT>, <MULTICOL> and <SPACER>.
• Added FRAMEBORDER, BORDERCOLOR to <FRAME>.
• Added FRAMEBORDER, BORDERCOLOR, BORDER to <FRAMESET>.
• Added FACE to <FONT>.
• Added onMouseOut to <A>.
• Added onAbort, onError, onLoad to <IMG>.
• Added onClick, onMouseOver, onMouseOut to <AREA>.
• When trying to add a link via a file dialog, windows with ' <n>' added to the window name were asked to be saved even if they already were saved. Fixed!
• Send file to browser didn't work for windows with ' <n>' appended. Fixed!
• Problems finding the browser fixed.
• Reveal color didn't find color attribute if color wasn't quoted. Fixed!
• Check links didn't find BASE if it was split into two lines. Fixed!
• Check links and cmd-double-click now correctly interpret paths of the form "./file.html".
• Check links and cmd-double-click now search for a file index.html when a link points to a folder.
• Check links didn't work for files with UNIX or IBM newlines. (All links were found to be ok.) Fixed!
• Some lists couldn't be inserted when using the status bar. Fixed!
• 'Change opening' didn't work for INPUT elements in lower case. Fixed!
• The variable htmlElemAttrsForAll is no longer supported.
• Some other minor changes and bug fixes.

What's new in version 1.1.1

• Rewrote some of the code so that HTML mode loads faster.
• The menu Use Attributes is disabled when it is not needed.
• Added <U> and <NOEMBED>.
• The new suffix mapping is used to determine if a file is a HTML file when deciding which files to scan to check the links.

What's new in version 1.1

• The HTML elements are put into three packages, HTML 2.0, HTML 3.2 and Extensions.
• Support for JavaScript coloring and editing.
• A function to check that all links between files in your home page are ok.
• Attributes to an element can be input in one single dialog box, rather that giving the attributes one after another.
• When you are asked about an URL attribute, you can choose a file via a file dialog. The relative path is automatically inserted.
• "Fill paragraph" is now sensitive to HTML elements.
• cmd-doubleclick on a relative URL opens the file, or if it does not exits, it can create a new file and save it in the right place.
• You can define a new color when you are asked about a color attribute.
• You can define files with footers, which can be automatically inserted when you create a new document.
• Control that a value given to a number attribute is valid.
• Control that a value given to a color attribute is valid.
• New dialog box for "New document" where you can choose which elements you want in the head, and also select a file with a footer to insert in the end of the body.
• Character translation can be done in a selection. The translation is also a lot faster.
• Tab marks can be removed in a selection.
• "Select container" and "Untag" now find the correct pair of tags when there are elements of the same kind within each other, like a <TABLE> within a <TABLE>.
• "Select container" and "Untag" now ignores all tags without a closing tag.
• A function to select a tag with no closing tag.
• A function to untag a element with no closing tag.
• A function to untag a container and automatically select the content.
• A function to change an element in the document.
• New key binding for untag: ctrl-F1. It has been bundled with the new functions just mentioned.
• Mark file now finds headers with opening and closing tags on different lines. Each menu item is limited to 30 characters, not to make them too long.
• If you use any of the two old ways of inputting attributes, you can set a flag for each element, so that you can optionally be asked about the attributes not chosen in the "Use attributes" menu.
• A table template function, to quickly make tables.
• With "Tabs to rows" you can now optionally put table headers in first row and/or column.
• "Rows to tabs" now follow the HTML code, not the line breaks in the file.
• A function to insert <BR> at the end of every line in a selection.
• A function to remove every <BR> in a selection.
• A function to insert <P> at empty lines in a selection.
• A function to make a HTML list from a *'d list.
• Undo is now easier, although you sometimes still have to make two "Undos" to undo something.
• For attributes which can take any value, beginning and ending spaces are no longer removed. Sometimes these spaces are wanted.
• When <A NAME="xxx"> or <MAP NAME="xxx"> is inserted, "#xxx" is added to URL cache.
• New dialog box for cleaning up URL cache.
• Two identical colors can no longer be defined.
• New elements STRIKE and DFN.
• New element <INPUT TYPE=BUTTON> in extensions package. To be used together with JavaScript.
• A couple of new attributes added so some elements.
• For the AREA element, a check is made that you use one of the attributes HREF and NOHREF is used, but not both.
• The key binding for "Comment line" have been changed to ctrl-C-L to conform with other modes.

What's new in version 1.0

• A lot of new elements are included.
• It's possible to define colors to use as background color, text color etc. from a color picker.
• Translation of accented letters (é, á etc.) to HTML entities and vice versa.
• The attributes of the elements are divided into required and optional ones. If you skip a required one, no element is inserted. You can no longer make elements like <A></A>.
• For some elements there is a separate key binding as well as menu item to automatically skip all attributes.
• Improved behavior when the status bar is used to input attributes.
• Untagging works better.
• Marking of the file works better.
• Plus a number of other small changes.