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====================================================================== Jext history changes file since v2.0 ====================================================================== v2.12: - API changes: + Jext now uses GNU regexp package v1.1.2 instead of 1.1.1 - New features: + New SQR syntax mode + Virtual Folders accept subfolders (thanks to Grant Stead) + You can make the open dialog use current opened file directory instead of last directory (option) v2.11: - API changes: + Jext now uses GNU regexp package v1.1.1 instead of 1.0.8 - GUI changes: + You can choose flat menus or classic Swing menus + You can use or not the Jext UI theme (thin fonts) + You can use or not highlighted buttons + New option pane: User Interface + Added skinning possibilities thanks to the SkinLF library Get new themes on http://www.L2FProd.com or http://www.myLookAndFeel.com - Bug fixes: + PHP syntax colorizing mode was a little bit buggy with html tags (same bug as former XML/HTML one) + A null pointer exception was thrown if a key shortcut was invoked when a tab title was selected + In key shortcuts options pane, the menu items of mode specific plugins were duplicated + Unsetting a shortcut would not work + You can now cancel the exit process if one or more files have been modified + Several skins implementation bug fixes + Enter key press wasn't working in Search/Replace dialog + Console was hanging when doing a ls/dir command with files whose names were longer than 26 characters - Features improvments: + Wrap guide and lines interval highlighting are better supported + jext.js starting script is much better and should now works on any configuration + HTML/XML and PHP modes now render better multilines tag attributes values + Item names in key shortucts options pane are now alphabetically sorted + Undos are much much better handled ! + You can use the delete key in CodeMaster to remove a file from a project - New features: + Wrap guide: go to Editor options and enter an offset for the wrap guide. A vertical line will then show you the required position. The offset defines the amount of characters before the guide. + Jext remembers the position of the caret on exit + New console variable: $s which expands selected text + Mixed items in XTree: a mixed item is an item which can contain both plain text and Dawn scripts. Each script encountered is executed and the result is inserted within the text. A script is surrounded by two % (see documentation) + Use CA+UP, CA+DOWN, CA+PAGE_UP and CA+PAGE_DOWN to scroll the text without changing caret position + C# (C-Sharp) syntax support + ASM x86 syntax support + LAT/Turbo LAT syntax support + Filtered paste: performs a replace all operation on clipboard content during the paste + You can drop files over the Console to "type in" their names + SQL (Transact SQL) syntax support + New find matching bracket function (C+m) + Anti-aliased text option v2.10.1: - Bug fixes: + Fixed a bug with ENTER key press in search dialogs + Bracket matching bug fix + Closing all files in a workspace and then switching workspaces was causing weird behavior + Print plugin couldn't save fonts informations + HTML/XML was buggy on tag attributes painting + CodeMaster was hanging up under certain circumstances - New features: + French doc included + C+INSERT and S+INSERT copy and paste text (for MS-DOS addicted) + One Click! actions: click onto the menu item and then, each click within the text area will perform the action ! - Features improvments: + If you associate Jext with a given type of file, edit the variable JEXT_HOME in jext.bat for Win32 + Using the find text field within toolbar set the find pattern so that F3 performs next search + Better rendered lines selection painting + Horizontal scrollbar is now resized according to text width + Plugins can now be translated with the help of languages packs (French pack includes default plugins translation) v2.10: - Core changes: + Base package com.chez.powerteam has become org.jext - API changes: + jextFrame.getTextArea() can now return the splitted text area. Therefore, it is adviced that any non-edition action must call jextFrame.getNSTextArea() (for instance, Jext Open, Close, Save... actions call getNSTextArea()). This second method cannot return the splitted are (which do not hold any 'file' information). - Bug fixes: + Close All wasn't working + Many Java plugin quirks has been fixed + Many syntax colorizing modes file filters definition quirks have been fixed + Solved security issues + HyperTyper couldn't be disabled in About Plugins menu + About Plugins dialog was throwing an exception if no plugin was installed + Actions repeat (C+ENTER) wasn't working well - GUI changes: + Two new splash screens with a total of four + Check boxes focus is better rendered + You can activate titled separators in the drop down menus + Improved version check dialog + New icons - New features: + If Jext is running, launching a new instance of Jext will load this new instance in the first Jext instance JVM. Thus every Jext will run in only single one JVM instance ! In fact, if several users are working on the same machine, one JVM is loaded for each user + You can now select your language pack + Reverse paste action + Insert Class Name feature in Java plugin + If someone attempts to break into your system through the port opened by Jext (the one which allow single JVM loading), you'll be warned by a message + In Tools menu you can now trigger left/top tabbed panes (F7 and F8 key shortcuts) + Text surrounding in XTree: select some text, click on an item in the XTree and the selected text will be simply surrounded by the item (works with HTML tags, braces...) + Auto indent has been separated into "TAB Indent" and "ENTER indent" + IDL and TEX/LATEX modes support + New From Templates menu thanks to Blake Winton + Virtual Folders let you organize most frequently accessed documents + Mouse wheel support thanks to Barranger Ridler and Scott Wyatt. Only under Windows. + New Delete File action in File menu + Workspaces allow to better manage opened files + New editing actions from Matt Benson. Act as normal actions but are case sensitive: CA+LEFT (or RIGHT) CAS+LEFT CA+BACK_SPACE CAS+BACK_SPACE + You can decide to open files passed in arguments to Jext in a running window instead of in a new window (assuming an instance is running and Jext loader server is enabled) + Added drag n' drop to workspaces and virtual folders + Ed plugin is no more shipped with Jext - Features enhancements: + HyperTyper plugin now opens its panes in the left tabbed pane + Undoing back to first action will make the document being considered as unmodified + Pressing enter in search/replace dialogs now starts the research or the replacement + FastFind and FastSyntax plugins are now parts of the core + Java Browser docks itself in the left tabbed pane + ANT-makefile requires ANT 1.2 or higher + JBrowse does not requires file saving anymore <Matt Benson> + JBrowse can now sort methods alphabetically <Matt Benson> + HyperTyper removes unwanted spaces <Matthew Benson> + \c sequences are highlighted in XML mode + A lot of improvments in CodeMaster plugin thanks to Aaron Miller and Carl-Peter + Splitted editor allow any action in the bottom area + Look change in Jext documentation + Documentation complete !! v2.9: - Core changes: + Switched to JDK 1.2 compliance only !! + Plugin can now be associated to syntax colorizing modes: a plugin associated to a given mode will be shown only when the syntax colorizing mode is selected + Console can now be extended through the addCommand(Command) method which allow external classes to add commands to the console + Toolbar and menubar loadings are no more threaded + Changed almost all the Vector to ArrayList which are much faster (plugins menu items are still loaded into Vectors to avoid rewriting them) + Key shortcuts now work even if text area does not have focus + Drag n' drop feature is now part of the core - GUI changes: + New gradient painted progress bar - API changes: + Utilities.chooseFile(Component, int) allows single file selection whereas the brand new method Utilities.chooseFiles(Component, int) allows mutiple files selection + Most of the methods returning a java.util.Vector in the core classes (Jext, Mode...) now return a java.util.ArrayList - Bug fixes: + "Plain replace all" function now works fine + Changes in "show/hide left/bottom panel" handling + Printing plugin options pane wasn't showing + Find accessory panel in find dialog wasn't working well + Fixed a bug in FastSyntax plugin which was causing Jext to set last text area to get same colorize mode as newly opened text area - New features: + Dawn language support + New Java get/set wizard in the XTree (selecting a variable name build get/set using this name) + New Puyo! plugin. This plugin allow you to create a customized batch drop down menu + About plugins window now allow to enable/disable installed plugins + Ed plugin is now shipped with Jext + Jext FE plugin allow to browse your disks very easily + New JSP tags support in the XTree - Features improvments: + "Complete Word" function now displays a selector if several words match the abreviation + Datas pasted from the XTree are now auto indented + XTree can now associate root nodes to syntax colorizing modes + New Dawn function: getSelectedText + File choose now accepts multiple files selection <JDK 1.3> + Improved XTree default libraries + Java Browser feature now auto-parses the source code when your change the selected Java source in Jext + Changed Java Browser icons to match Swing/Jext look v2.8.1: - GUI changes: + New customizable console prompt + New toolbar + New buttons (highlighted in light-blue) + The find all window is now a frame instead of a dialog + Improved HTML syntax colorizing mode + Bug fix in layout changes (show console/xinsert, split editor) + Scripts in the XTree are now shown differently + Two new splash screens randomly shown - New features: + Dawn scripting allows to manipulate Java objects (field constructor new class method and invoke keywords) + TAB console key is now S+TAB and TAB now completes file name + New VHDL/Verilog languages support + New Eiffel syntax colorizing mode + New CodeMaster plugin (replace JCompile) + New plain search + New uncomment functions - Features improvments: + Open file dialog now remembers of last filter used + Class browser now sorts method alphabetically - Core changes: + Scripts running is threaded + Popup menus loading is threaded + XTree loading is threaded + Toolbar loading is threaded + Menubar loading is threaded - Misc: + Sources archive is now complete and is enough to build Jext from scratch v2.8.0: - New scripting language (Dawn) - Dawn server. Use a Telnet client to logon port 1705 and execute scripts on remote Jext - New console variable: $e which stands for current file name, with no extension (very useful to launch java) - New key strokes C+TAB and CS+TAB which browse through the opened files - New files finder in open dialog - Find all dialog now underlines all found occurences for an easier browsing - XTree can now contain infinite nested submenus - You can now split editor area into two areas (F6 key) - Files *.jext-script in plugins or in <HOME>/.jext/scripts are automatically executed on startup - Console for Dawn debugging - User can choose between 5 different sets of icons - New file filters in open dialog - Added a gutter to the text area - New ASP mode (perl, vbs, js, asp...) - New HyperTyper function: auto expand - JBrowse replaces old Method Seeker in Java plugin - Major core changes: old plugins cannot be used in Jext 2.8 - New option: you can save session for your opened files to be automatically loaded on startup next time your launch Jext - New launch script for NetWare 5 - Both ASP and Text syntax colorizing modes are now parts of the core. It speeds up starting a bit. - New syntax modes: Bat, BeanShell, PHP3, Props, Python and Un*x Shell and POVray scenes files - New options dialog - Bug fixes in opening of files at startup - Typing ENTER in replace or serach fields in find dialog will perform the search/replace operation - Better GUI integration API for plugins - New Print plugin v2.7.0: - Multi document edition is finally available - Plugin can more easily add new syntax colorizing modes - New Text syntax colorizing mode plugin - Drag n' drop accept several files at once - FastTyper has become the HyperTyper plugin which adds transient sequences - Plugins have been rewritten due to API changes because of the new multi document editing feature - New console command: run:scriptname - New popup menus over tabs and text areas - New save dialog - Nicer GUI v2.6.1: - Plugins can add menus and menu items in any Jext menu but File menu - Minor codes improvments - Jext now comes along with an XML generated documentation. This documentation is generated by Ga∩a which is (C)1999 by Romain Guy (author of Jext). - New smart HOME/END option - Simple event system implemented. Now FastSyntax changes selected syntax mode when mode was changed by options or by the open function. - Extensions internally used to choose appropriate syntax colorizing mode are no more hard-coded - You can now specify your own file filters to be associated with Jext syntax colorizing modes - New FastTyper option: place your caret at the end of a word or on a word, then press ESC. If this word is specified as an internal abreviation, Jext wille expand it. For example: sout will become System.out.println(""); - Added a key shortcuts editor - Added console colors setup in options dialog - File filters now use Un*x Glob filters (PLEASE DELETE YOUR PROPERTIES FILE IN <HOME>\.JEXT) - New Drag n' Drop plugin v2.6.0: - Search dialog saves history - You can save console history - Mailer provides details - New options - Debugged jHP49 - New text area: provides rectangular selection (keep Ctrl pressed), better selection on double click, you can Shit+click to select, double click a bracket to select a block of code, supports styles (bold, italic) - Removed useless key shortcuts - Improved auto-indentation - New plugin: Dick Tracy - Plugins can now add their options panes in a special plugins options dialog - Support for multi-shortcut. Example: C+e C+m - Properties have moved to <home>/.jext - New splash screen - An XTree item can be inserted several times - Many bug fixes - You can copy text from the console - Unbundled many plugins - JDK 1.1 fully compliant - Press C+D in console to kill process - New Makefile, C and C++ syntax colorization - Syntax colorizing option pane in options - Jext now load properties from XML files - New text features: Begin Lines and End Lines With - New plugin: FastFind which adds a text field in the toolbar to quick search text - Plugins API changes - Added an About Plugins dialog - Files named *.props.xml in a plugin JAR file will be loaded as XML properties - Arghl ! None of my XML files was valid :-( The toolbar DTD was even not the good one ! - Number of recent files can be set - New Tab Stop option - New Indent HTML feature which auto format an HTML source code v2.5.0: - Improved anchors: if you drop it at the beginning of the word 'Java', then delete a line, clickin Go To Anchor will put you at the beginning of the word 'Java' - New anchor features: Select To and Select From Anchor - Added Perl syntax colorizing mode - The Remove All Tags from HTML plugin had a very hazardous behaviour so I removed it - Implemented the Find All function v2.4.9: - You can now use any font installed on your system - Changing properties will affect all opened windows - Opening a new file will store the file name in the Recent menu of each opened window - Typing F10 to hide/show XTree activated File menu - You can choose prompt type in the console - New console command: pwd - Better options dialog - New plugin: the Java HP49 (RPN calculation mode) See plugins/jHP49.txt - You can create submenus in the plugins menu - Plugins menu items support key shortcuts - Moved Java and HTML features in the plugins menu - Pressing twice HOME or END now work - Ctrl+UP goes to start of previous line (no indent) and Ctrl+DOWN to start of next line (no indent) - ARGGGHH !! Jext was using Ctrl+P for paste instead of the well known Ctrl+V !! - Plugins in <user home>\jext\plugins are loaded - XInsert files are loaded from <user home>\jext\xinsert - Properties file has moved to <user home>\jext v2.4.8: - Added a plugin system (see plugins directory) - Takes a little bit less memory - Plugins and Actions were duplicated in memory when you created a new window... - XTree looks better with new icons and new selection colors - Startup is quicker - XTree take less memory (insert datas were duplicated for each new window :-() - Reloading the XTree will affect all the XTrees (if you opened many windows) - XTree bug fixes (you couldn't add an item after a menu !) - Pressing UP in the Console after ENTER wouldn't get last typed command but previous one - Pressing ESC in the Console now delete line - New function in the Console: home (go back to Jext's dir) - Auto Version Check wouldn't notify you bug-fixes releases (if you have 02.04.08.00, it wouldn't tell you 02.04.08.01 is out !) - Word Count function displayed null Strings (the property file was incomplete) - HOME and END finally work perfectly well in the console and the mouse click catch has been improved - New Open In Window function - Due to new option pane, auto save function wasn't started until you go in the option pane - Improved VersionCheck performances (does not slow down your work while trying to download version-check file) - List of available script actions in the following file: scripts\Jext_Functions.txt - Beautify option now format your source code (i.e: if(line==max%3) --> if (line == max % 3) etc...) - Optimized opens from Web and zip files - When you open a script, Jext remembers last directory you used as for open and save - You can launch scripts from the XTree. If you add a script in it, the item tag must contain the attribute script="yes" - Beautified XTree - New functions: Find Next, Find All, Replace Next and Replace Selection. Now placed in the Search menu - If you reloaded the XTree, it became empty - Added a new plugin: uOb. Using it will transform your source code into unicode text, unreadable but compilable ;-) - Makefile is now stored in the jext_src.jar file v2.4.7: - New Beautify feature for java source code - New scripting system - If you are creating new XInsert files, you can now press the Reload button in the XTree panel. Thus you avoid to quit and restart Jext each time - You can join my mailing-list (see Jext.html) - Jext exits only if all windows have been closed or if you click on Quit in the File menu - Auto check version now display news/changes (you might not want to download a version if changes are not important) - Scripts support any system command (you can launch softs and use cd and ls on any platform) - A console has been added (supports ls and cd) - Some bug fixes in the console - Changing font in the option pane wouldn't apply until next launch of Jext - Two new functions in the console: http:// and file: - The Wing and JavaDoc comments were'nt working (bug in the XML !) - Join Lines has become Join All Line (C-A+a) and a new function has appeared: Join Lines v2.4.6: - If you try to open a zip file, Jext will allow you to browse it and open any file directly from it ! - Some options are now set by default - Zip file was created even if you didn't saved your file before and this entailed some errors - Jext can now open jars files ! - Better code for getJextParent() and getTextArea() methods in MenuAction v2.4.5: - Added some stuffs in the Java XInsert menu - XInsert datas are now stored in a tree, next to the text area This way, you can add easily add several datas from the XInsert system. You can hide/show the tree by pressing F3. - Updated the documentation - Argh !! Normal opens (not from Web) didn't work !! - Added the Expand and Collapse buttons for the insert tree - Added the Join Lines function (dedied to you, Sylvain ;-) - Added the Carriage Return option in the XTree - There was a bug in the XTree: an exception was fired when you inserted a data then tried to collapse its branch - The XInsert DTD wasn't valid because of the new tree system - An exception was thrown is you tried to zip a new text (which wasn't saved yet) v2.4.4: - Placed all the options in a separate frame which you can access by pressing C-S+o - Two menus and a lot of classes have dissapeared... - Reduced packages sizes - If you modified your text and tried to close the window with the close button in title bar, then decided to press Cancel, Jext dissapeared but was still running :-( But this is fixed - You can now open files directy from the Web - Needs less memory at startup - Little fix: look and feel was reloaded each time you left the option pane (even if it hasn't changed) v2.4.3: - Minor GUI changes - Changed menus shorcuts (options use all Ctrl+Shift, Edits Ctrl+Alt or Ctrl) - You can decide to use or not regular expressions in find/ replace dialog - Added a 'Mail to...' menu - Removed About special effects (sometimes crashed computer) - Cleaned the code (no more static variables and methods) - Jext now opens files much faster - Improved 'Remove All Tags' a lot (now translates special chars like and some tags like <BR>) v2.4.2: - Cleaned some parts of the code - Added tips at startup - All the messages used by the GUI are stored in jext-gui.text - Minor code improvement - Fixed undo limit to 1000 - Minor bug in Remove End Spaces v2.4.1: - He he, a new f/x is waiting for you in the about menu... Jext will choose one of the two available at random. - Speeded up GUI's build - Sources are now stored in jext_src.jar: this reduces the size of the distribution of about 100 kb - All the classes are now loaded at startup - Ouch !! There was a LOT of duplicated shortcuts in the menus v2.4: - I promised it to you... here it is !! The GUI is now almost entirely built from an XML file. I'm waiting for your trans- lations. Just send'em to romain.guy@jext.org. See the file com/chez/powerteam/jext/menus/jext.menu.xml. - Next step: adding multi-document editing support... - Forgot to validate the new jext.menu.xml file... done ! - The toolbar is now built from an XML file, too - Added the GPL header for source file in the XInsert default menu... v2.3.1: - Hehe... a wonderful surprised is waiting for you in the about menu (do you like demo f/x ?) - I've repackaged the menu items actionlisteners - Next version will be 2.4: the menus will be created from XML files. This way, Jext.java will decrease of about 20 kb and I'll be able to offer translations of Jext in many languages. The translations will only affect the menus at a first time. But then, you'll be able to translate all the strings used by Jext... - Little bug (with the waiting cursor) on tab-press fixed - Changed the GUI icons - Reduced the package size - Very odd bug: insert menu sometimes didn't appear v2.3: - A little bug which occured with wait cursors has been fixed - Insert data files structures have changed: they use XML now ! - I've finally found GNU's regexp sources ! - Please use the DTD file (xinsert.dtd) to validate your insert data files (otherwise you could encounter a lof of errors) - XML parsing errors do not generate awful Java exception messages. Instead, Jext gives you line and column numbers where error occured. - A part of the old insert data file was 'bugged' - Due to the new insert system, caret position after having inserted a data wasn't right - You can now specify the DTD to be used in your XInsert files (this DTD must ALWAYS be "xinsert.dtd") - Oooooopppps ! My default XInsert file wasn't valid ! - Linking .java files with Jext under Win32 previously entailed a bad syntax colorizing mode choose - XML and JavaScript (.js) files are now automatically HTML colorized - Yes, I know, the Special HTML section in the default XInsert file was bugged. I'm really sorry: first time I use XML - There is a tag especially made for separators now: <separator /> instead of <item name="none" separator="yes"> </item>. Better, isn't it ? - Items captions are now defined by the name attribute (instead of title) - I'm discovering XML... default XInsert file is now called jext.insert.xml. There are three other files, called html.insert.xml, jscript.insert.xml and java.insert.xml. These files are PARTS of jext.insert.xml - Argh ! The part of the insert system dedied to the following special chars was bugged: '|', '||', '\n' - Fixed a bug in the loading of a file from command prompt. Anyway, this bug couldn't happend in Jext ;-) - Jext now makes the difference between last path used to open a file and last one used to save a file - Modified the Jext HTML doc. Now have the same style as all my Java producs' doc (see WebHunter, iOb...) v2.2.7: - Minor syntax colorization bug fixes - Now use original syntax colorization package - Minor bug fix in expand abbreviation - Repacked find dialog - Fixed a bug in the GUI - Changed some methods names in JextTextArea and Utilities - Removed a call to a deprecated method (with JDK 1.2.1) - I had a very important exam today, french BAC, and I added an HTML function - Long operations now display a wait cursor v2.2.6: - Added two new commands: Sort Lines and Reverse Sort Lines - Fixed a GUI bug in Remove End Spaces v2.2.5: - A gift to you for my birthday: I've changed the splash screen (nicer, hu ?) - Oh, and a bug fix, too (when load a file from command line) - Star Wars just went out in the US and I improve the methods seeker to wait until Star Wars is available in France (13th October 1999 !!!!) - Added three Java functions to handle comments - Fixed a bug in menu items accelerators - Added accelerators to recent menu items - Fixed a tab-size bug v2.2.4: - For hackers only, I've better documented main sources (Jext.java, JextTextArea.java and Utilities.java) - Changing the look will automatically applies - Fixed a bug when load a file from command prompt v2.2.3: - Improved some parts of the code - Cleaned some parts of the code - Better packaged the classes - Added block-shaped caret v2.2.2: - Improved the Insert menu (you can now defines caret's posi- tion, insert data file is easier to write) - Insert data file is now named "html-java.insert" - You can place as many insert data files as you wish in your home directory (C:\Windows\Profiles\<USER> under Windows) v2.2.1: - Fixed a bug in colorizing mode choice's save - Windows users can now run Jext by double-clicking the jar file v2.2.0: - Added HTML & JavaScript syntax colorizing v2.1.4: - A lot of minor improvements in the code v2.1.3: - Improved method for the Insert menu creation (we gain about 250 milliseconds at startup) v2.1.2: - Made some improvement in the Insert menu (now uses \n instead of ** for carriage return in InsertMenu.txt) v2.1.1: - Several bug fixes in colorizing mode v2.1.0: - Added Zip as... in File menu v2.0.4: - Added Blocks Indent in Java menu v2.0.3: - Changes in syntax colorization implementation - You can now turn into overwrite mode while pressing 'Ins' v2.0.2: - Fixed a bug in colorizing mode when load a file or create a new one - Changed some colors in the colorizing mode v2.0.1: - Fixed bug in UndoListener and EditListener (due to colori- zing mode)