TextEdit Version History
Version 1.700 (22 November 2004)
- Added option to encrypt documents with a password (see File menu).
- New "Extract Lines" command in Tools menu extracts every hard line in the selected text (or all if no selection) that contains the specified text, into a new document.
- New "Insert Date/Time" command in Tools menu inserts the current date/time into the document at the selection position, using the formatting options that you specify.
- Minor bug fixes.
Version 1.631 (27 October 2004)
- Accidentally broke the Find window in the previous release, sorry. Fixed.
Version 1.630 (26 October 2004)
- Added "Include Unicode Marker" option in File menu so you can now save files with or without the unicode marker, which is useful when dealing with old programs that cannot handle a unicode marker being present. A unicode marker identifies the file as a unicode file.
- Added "MS Windows Line Endings" option in File menu if you need the file to be compatible with MS Windows or DOS programs that cannot handle unix-style line endings (unix-style is the default for Haxial).
- Added "Revert To Saved" command to revert the document to the last saved version.
- Added "Move To Trash" command to discard changes and move the file to the Trash / Recycle Bin.
- You can now drag & drop files into the panel-buttons area of a window to open the file(s) in that window.
Version 1.610 (8 May 2004)
Version 1.600 (7 May 2004)
- Updated for Unicode. TextEdit is now a Unicode text file editor, but it can still open non-unicode text files. TextEdit now (only) saves files in Unicode (UTF8) format -- it doesn't support saving in obsolete formats, however UTF8 has a high degree of compatibility with ASCII.
- New interface opens multiple files in the 1 window with buttons/tabs to switch between them, avoiding the clutter of multiple windows.
- Supports Haxial font files. You can download Haxial fonts from the Haxial website, then put them into a folder named "Fonts" in the same folder as TextEdit, and they will appear in the Settings window.
Version 1.450
- Hit F1 or control-shift-W (command-shift-W) to show a popup menu with a list of all windows in the program. Click a window to bring it to the front. Or use the arrow keys and then return/enter.
- Misc bug fixes.
Version 1.440
Version 1.430
- Fix problems with international keyboards.
- Misc bug fixes.
Version 1.420
Version 1.410
- Accidentally broke the tab key in version 1.300.
Version 1.400
- Top right corner now contains an icon which indicates whether or not there are unsaved changes. Also, the Save menu item is disabled if there are no changes to save.
- Added a "Soft Wrap Text" option to the File menu. Turn this off if you want hard-wrapping and a horizontal scrollbar.
- Second-click (or control-click) a window maximize button ('+') to unmaximize, returning it to the size/location that it was at before you last clicked the maximize button.
- If you open a Favorite document using the menu in a new untouched window, then it closes the untouched window, "replacing" it with the Favorite document being opened.
- Couple of minor bug fixes.
Version 1.300
- In Settings, options to individually remember for each document the scroll position, the text selection, and/or the window location/size. For example, if you set it to remember scroll position, then if you close and reopen a document, the scroll position will be where you last left it (thanks Albert).
- Added a window menubar (a menubar immediately underneath the window titlebar). (When the Mac fanatics see this feature, they will want to burn Haxial on the stake for treason and heresy!)
- Added a "Favorites" menu to the menubar, which shows the contents of a folder named "Favorites" in the same folder as TextEdit. Click a document to open it. Shortcuts to folders can also be placed inside the Favorites folder.
- Added a "Location" menu to the menubar, showing the location/path of the file. Click a parent folder to open it.
- Fixed problem where no font was selected in Settings on first use.
Version 1.200
- Updated to use new Haxial Appearance Engine.
- Added a "Sort Selected Lines" command to the Window Menu. If the alt/option key is down, sorts in reverse order.
- Added option "Exit When Last Document Closed" in Settings. So now you have the option of keeping TextEdit open even when there are no documents open.
- Second-click an arrow in a Scroll Bar to scroll a whole "page" at a time (like the "Page Up/Down" keys on the keyboard).
- Clicking in the "background"/track of a Scroll Bar now jumps instantly to that location (like how Sliders behave), instead of scrolling in that direction. This is a much faster way to navigate.
- Second-click (or control-click) in the background/track of a scrollbar to scroll a "page" in that direction. This also works on the arrows.
- Display hot keys in menus.
- Changed the inactive outline of selected text from 1 to 2 pixels thick for improved visibility, especially when using the Find command (thanks G).
- Fixed a problem with opening files on a read-only device such as a CD.
- Fixed a problem with opening a file that was already open.
- MacOS: Added "New Window" command to the File menu in the Mac menubar. Don't forget Command-N also works.
- Windows: Added "New Window" command to the context menu that shows when you second-click the TextEdit button in the Windows task bar. Don't forget Control-N also works.
Version 1.100
- New "Count" command in the Window Menu shows a window with counts of characters/words/returns in the document and selection. It also has a text box for counting the number of occurrences of a piece of text that you enter.
- Option-click / alt-click the Window Menu to show the path to the file. Click a folder to open it.
- Fixed size of tabs in all fonts. Some minor tweaks to the spacing in "Tonik-klonik".
- New "Panitaka" font.
- Fixed bug where the "Save Window Location/Size" command did not always work.
- Where text appears that the user cannot edit/select but that the program changes, second-click it to copy the text to the clipboard. Saves you from re-typing it.
- Some new color schemes.
- Some minor bug fixes.