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v5.0.7 03/10/2023

Added missing HTML tags: portal, slot, template
ChatGPT (menu tools) improved. If request isn't returned from v35, it's automatically send to v30 ChatGPT version. Improved string handling
Search in files - optimization open all result files
List of FTP connection in popup menu - break after each 15 connections
Integrated ChatGPT (menu Tools). Is necessary to insert your API key, links for requesting and inserting API key are on ChatGPT dialog
Program settings / Colors - Current tab changes top highlight color of the current file tab
Program settings / Direct edit - HighlughtCurrentFileTab=0 switches off top highlight of the current file tab
HTML highlighter highlights new pairs FIELDSET, LEGEND
OpenSSL libraries updated to 3.0.8 version
JavaScript Code explorer - added CLASS support
G-Code user highlighter definition (Arman Hayots)
Optimized application start with previous files, optimized open few files from command line
File tab context menu now contain 2 items for copy file name and file name including path
User Highlighter keyword lists extended of indication "Start with". If definition is followed by numbers, keyword is highlighted.
OpenSSL libraries updated to 3.0.7 from Sept. 1st 2022
New Italian spell check disctionary version (Giovanni Maroncelli)
HTML export generates inline CSS for selected text (HTML fragment), for non selected generates whole HTML page with CSS definition and references
ASCII chart - added control chars
Char ^Z (1A) removed from binary file detection
OpenSSL libraries update
General highlighter supports user defined regions using #REGION ... #ENDREGION in code
Left guttter track changes colors are adapting to dark/light background
Autohotkey Code explorer shows hotkey labels too (#<char>::)
Automatic unicode composition (Special settings) is made with clipboard paste and save file too.
User convertors allows you to define delimiter character for lists. In the section [Settings] as DelimiterChar=|. Pipe is used as default, even variable isn't present.
possibility to disable triple and quadruple click behavior in program settings / Direct edit button as TripleClick=0
Run under DEP (Data Execution Prevention) enabled
Cobol highlighter - extended Code Folding capabilities
Modified lines indication
Copy formated text - new function in the Edit menu or editor context menu allows you copy highlighted text into richtext format editor, e.g. Word
New function in File tab context menu - Open file folder in Explorer
Program settings / Direct edit button (Special settings) - added new option UseClearType = 0/1, what allows you to disable cleartype in the editor window. The settings take effect when the program is restarted
FTP - possibility to set default FTP connection. Put asterisk on the end of FTP connection name.
Editor component - reworked UNOD/REDO
File list from menu window redesigned - you can sort by file name, folders, ...
PHP highlighter - added "mixed" type
PHP code completion - added magic constants
Check and automatic fix of the recent.ini file
Ruby - multiline string support
Compiled in new Delphi 11
ASCII chart changes encoding acording to used code page of window (not for unicode encodings) when you click on the status bar
When Save file state is enabled, user changed highlighter has priority over HTML multihighlighter.E.g. PHP file is open in HTML multihighlighter, user changes highlighter to PHP. Next time PSpad will open file as PHP, not as HTML multihighlighter
Added mechanism what fix corrupted PSpad.INI file
In splitted window bookmarks are synchronized
Active file tab highlight when Tab style is selected
Statusbar icons are high DPI ready and light/dark theme ready
TextDiff drop panel was moved from top right to the top left corner
In Filetab context menu you can open file in new PSPad instance as admin
Reverse apostrophe in user highlighter isn't autocompleted if isn't set is as string delimiter
JavaScript - added missing keywords
Split same window horizontally/vertically set second window into same position as the first one
Code folding can't be used together with Wordwrap. Wordwrap activating will disable Code folding for current file. Wordwrap deactivating will enable Code folding back (if supported for this file)
Scripting - new functions mainWindowHandle(): HWND, editorWindowHandle(): HWND
File tabs symbols are High DPI optimized, light/dark optimized
Unix Shell Script - added keywords, added support for backtick expressions, improved highlighting
Program start drawing optimalizations
PSPad is able to open file with broken UTF-8 encoding. After warning and confirmation.
Code folding - settings is part of the Program settings under editor
HEX edit - added history into Find/Replace
Ruby user highlighter - improved strings highlighting
Rewritten statusbar handling information, cleaned-up code from state, when statusbar was part of each window
Code folding manipulation is under the View menu, in the editor context menu, under toolbar button
Updated communication library Synapse
Implemented new OpenSSL version for FTP connection. Now libcrypto-1_1.dll and libssl-1_1.dll libraries are used (or their 64b versions) instead of the old libeay.dll and ssleay.dll what can be deleted.
Code folding support for SQL (Oracle and MySql dialects, rest is supported partially)
Automatic synchronization of File explorer after file save in case when Program settings / Files and dirs is set directory as Active file and File explorer is active.
Search in files results were extended of char position. Click on results line send you to exact file position
StatusBar - dark themes icons support
PSPad informs, if file contains char #0
CompactLineNumbers option in Program settings / Direct edit (0/1) allows change line numbering to compact form
Code folding support added to VB Script and Visual Basic, FoxPro
Close file(s) from whole application was united. Please report any problem joined with editor window close
Code folding support for User highlighters. For now languages based on curly brackets are supported, in rest of languages added support lines. Is necessary to set tcfCurlyBracket for Codefolding type in the User highlighter definition. if you make modification, let me know or send me definition file, I will include it in the next build.
Updated editor component. Report please anything "strange".
CodeFolding support introduced - for now supported languages: JavaScript, Java, C#, C++, Perl, PHP, Pascal
CodeFolding support is possible to switch off in Program settings / Special settings: CodeFolding=0
Editor - tripple click select line, quadruple click whole text
Config backup - before each version update started from PSpad config files are automatically backed up into subfolder backup_cfg of config files placement.
Default limits (Program settings / Special settings) for Multihighlighter, Highlighting and Code explorer were increased to 750 000 bytes
SQL highlighter - added several SQL dialects (Nexus, Postgres, Informix)
Updater - unattended run appends log instead of rewrite it
Updater - added support for updater update. Run PSPUpdRun.exe instead of the direct updater run. More info in .\Updater\Readme.txt
FTP - click on the current path label fill in path into quick change dir
Highlight all occurrences of highlighted text - new option in (Program settings / Editor 1) allows you set highlighting case sensitive
SpellCheck dialog - for visually impaired people the label with original word was replaced for edit (readers support)
Memory manager was returned to default one
Autocomplete (Program settings / Editor 2) - New option Autocomplete replaces rest of the word. When Autocomplete is called from the middle of word it replaces/let the rest behind the cursor
Color dialog - first 6 custom colors are remembered between sessions
Updater was integrated into PSPad. From the automatic check or from menu Help you can decide to download update manually or run updater. Updater can be started from command line too - see included ReadMe file in Updater folder.
HTML preview - it's possible to use WebView2 based on Chromium engine - in the HTML Preview switch engine using first icon in the top left. There is necessary to install WebView2 runtime from MS: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/#download-section, or small MS installer what will do it automatically for you: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=2124703
Changed library for handling INI files. Please report any problem with configuration files
InnoSetup Script highlighter - improoved highlighting
MS SQL highlighter - added new data types
Session - list in the save session dialog is sorted alphabetically
Ruby - added code explorer support

RSS highlighter, cause it duplicates XML highlighter
Set PSPad as IE source viewer

Code explorer for PowerPro - variable occurences
Sessions - current session mark after open
Sessions - restore files with active Code explorer
Exception when file close
PSPad.INI - saving problem
Spell settings - switch dictionary in 64b version
Fixes joined with OpenPClose file redraw
Open favourite panel from the File menu
SpellCheck - load/release dictionary
Program settings / KeyMap - save problem
Perl highlighter - q-function highlighting fix
Close file by mouse wheel doesn't redraw file tabs names
New project from folder - save button wasn't active
Updater - appear in the screen center instead of desktop center
Handled exception when Recent.ini content was damaged
Write system parameters, e.g. Splash screen
Reduced flickering when program starts
Autocorrect in splitted editor window
Open more files at once from OpenDialog
Close numbered file tabs with mouse wheel doesn't update numbers
Remove nonexisting recent files when none recent files left
Drop binary file into TextDif box
Drag/Drop editing - copy selected text with CTRL key
Names of few highlighters and attributs was different in the new editor component what looks like a "lost" configuration
Highlight all occurences of highlighted text - Case sensitive option wasn't written into config
Toolbar background with dark skin
UNDO and modified file indication
Close file tabs to right, Close file tabs to left - sometimes left free tab row
Better difference between enable/disabled UNDO and REDO icon
Duplicate line functionality
Clipboard monitor
Close last file using file tab context menu / Close doesn't hide file panel
Load file containing #0 char ends with End of memory message
Reformat paragraph (menu format) removes blank lines
Highlight selected text occurences - when scrolling, sometimes part of the line was highlighted
Words at cursor doesn't return word when cursor was just behind the word
Corrupted PSPad.INI - if file contains char #0, rest of the file was ignored and it looked like lost of config
Exceptions joined with CodeFolding when window is closed
Play recorded macro was slow
Speed up Undo/Redo command - please report any problem
FTP - handled exception when can't write config file
Macro save/load problem
Word under cursor - case when word was the last on the line and cursor was behind the word
Ctrl+Del doesn't delete spaces before start of next word
Fixed load sections from "non standard" ini like TiDyCFG, Convertors, e.t.c.
Find/Replace with new lines in replace expression
OldSpecialChars in [Special settings] - Program settings / Direct edit
TextDiff - last line was marked as missing
Search/Replace - usage of empty pattern only like ^ or $
HexEdit - Search/Replace witout confirmation doesn't mark file as modified
Split window, synchronize moving and unsplit window caused exception
Activation of last selected window after close current one
Ruby highlighter - embeded expression in string and other reported fixes
Save function is available always, tool button icon depends of the modified state
PHP highlighter - highlight matching bracket in case of multiline string
File plugin fix
TextDiff - file names size with High DPI screen resolution
Print with dark background
Block selection by keys doesn't start on the position where you write last letter
Block selection with F8 + F8 didn't work
Duplicate lines, swap with line above/bellow
MacroRecorder - macros and AutoIndent
Fixed UNDO with active autoindent on the last editor line with real tabs
Fixed combination of Real tabs and smart tabs with Autoindent - unwanted spaces insertion
Fix of potential configuration corruption
Closing of nonactive window using mouse on FileTab - focus in editor
if file is locked by another process, binnary file test raised exception
TextDiff window artefacts after splitter move
Search/Replace or Reload doesn't refresh symbol on the file tab
Copy/Paste in text without highlighter
Undo/Redo - assigning shortcut directly to editor command instead of application action when no Undo/Redo was available caused editor freeze
Coment/Uncomment block (Shift+Ctrl+A) doesn't include last selected line in case the line contains 1 char only
Autocorrect doesn't work for files open with PSpad start
Copy to clipboard always added HTML format
SmartTabs
Active tab after open file from "outside" of PSPad
Select word with dblclick broke on accented chars
Handled exception when decoding invalid string from BASE64
Filetabs visibility after open project or open session
Drag/Drop text with mouse in column or line mode selection
FileTabs visibility when you close all files and open several files using OpenDialog
Windows shell script - variable %~xx highlighting
Paste the copied text into Excel
Autorefresh symbol on file tab
Activate window when file was already open
UserHighlighter - some keywords wasn't highlighted
Call 2x Clear history in Program settings / Files
After Find/Replace save icon wasn't highlighted
Active tab after open file from left panel
Active file tab
Save icon wasn't highlighted after Search/Replace
Save user highlighter definition
Code explorer parsing (if active) when file is open
HTML/XHTML highlighter settings - compiler, applications, ...
Ruller content after program start
Code clips activation after file load
Find dialog - COPY button doesn't open new document when used more times
Assignment of external application when you open file using Open Dialog (Ctrl+O)
Internal WWW preview take care of DPI when you use size presets
Text operation in splitted window
Find in Files - click in result - activate file if file is already open
Find in Files - after double click the line was white font on light gray background
TextDiff window - goto source (dblclick)
Recorded Macro play - reduced problems with clipboard
User highlighter - possibility to save definition witht none string highlight
Reduced flickering when window switching
TextDiff - fixed Window redraw when switching tabs
TextDiff - fixed Ctrl+Mouse wheel behavior
TextDiff - fixed unwanted block selection after dblclick
Reopen modified file
SpellCheck - fix for cyrilic languages, improved similar words search
In some cases closed file wasn't written into recent files list
Clipboard monitor
Fixed behavior of commands Delete last word (Ctrl+BkSpace) and Delete word (Ctrl+Del)
System icons in FTP (if enabled in Program Settings)
Highlight of the selection occurences wasn't repainted after change of the selection
Matching token highlight with missing matching token
Create menu Help content based on the Online.ini file
CrLf was always added when file was saved
Shift+Down, Shift+PgDown on the last line will include last line into selection
Unwanted Autoindent after Enter when cursor was on the first column
Change char case in the selected column block
Windows shell script highlighter
Parameter /F doesn't start from the begin but from cursor position
Restore files doesn't restore last active file tab
Wordwrap with Right Edge
Cursor edge line
Autocorrections and user highlighter
Main menu glitch in some cases after file open
File explorer - fixed form resize or show/hide log behavior
Search/replace recent strings was trimmed of initial spaces
Reload file in splitted window
Refuse open big file dialog with PSPad start caused exception
Open file from FTP with path longer than 260 chars - handled exception
Perl highlighter caused app freeze if file contains #00 char
Find / Copy or List - redraw slows down whole process
Macro - play macro with clipboard handling
Project tree - missing last letter of the project name
File tam context menu - copy file name doesn't include path
Bookmark drawing wren you scroll with arrows
File tabs - file change indication doesn't appear in some cases
Recent storage is saved on program close
TextDiff with running PSpad and registry integration to the Windows explorer context menu
Search/Replace - load profile trims quotes from expressions
Switch to HEX mode and back mark file as modified
Ruby strings %/.../
When SpellCeck was active, it doesn't work for new open files in some cases
Fixed many problems in 64b build
Previous open files was open with C++ highlighter
Open project opens project file for editing as well
User highlighter - keywords start with option fixed for negative numbers e.t.c.
Code pages settings - arrows doesn't stay on the bottom when window was resized
User convertor added additional line to the line end if no text was selected
Problem with open big file and NO answer
Group UNDO problem
Highlighter settings - wasn't possible to switch off Unix shell script highlighter
PowerShell highlighter - problem with multiline comments
PSPad start with undocked window (e.g. OpenFiles) caused exception
Text inserted with Macro wasn't visible immediately
Help - search tab doesn't work
Other fixes reported by users

v5.0.6 04/01/2021

Tab color is applied to the tab you call context menu
Set bookmarks by selection (menu Search) - sets unnumbered bookmarks to the begin and end of selected text
Interactive code clips - window respects high DPI settings
Color selector - height of color cell is higher for high DPI settings
Select text inside bookmarks (menu Edit) - select text according to nearest bookmarks above and bellow the cursor
Ruby - multiline strings
Project settings, Highlighter settings / Compiler, Tools settings - added possibility to set log encoding (OEM, ANSI / UTF-8)
First time run localization isn't taken from system, but from user OS localization
Autocomplete includes first bracket - new option in Program settings / Editor 2
New program actions aDOSFormat, aMACFormat, aUNIXFormat. It allows change line ends format in scripting, allows to assign shortcut
Sessions (File menu, Toolbar button) - PSPad remembers last session. Last session is selected in Session manager, last session is marked in menu items with star icon
New version check was moved into separate thread - it doesn't delay program start
Left panel - you need to keep CTRL when you want to undock Window as protection for unwanted undocking
Add Accent marks function works on selected text. Till now always on whole text
Search/Replace dialog - optimization - when you start with confirmation and answer Replace all, following replace process skips all drawing and will be lightning fast
Undo and Redo optimized for big change number
Exception - added support to send report for mail clients without Simple MAPI support

TextDifference - fixed in 64 bit version
Hex Editor - fix for 64b version
If dark skin was used, the content of help was unreadable (black font on dark background)
Search/Replace - in some cases cursor appear out of editor area
Open big file without running PSPad - wasn't possible to confirm dialog with keyboard
Runtime error after PSPad is closed
Code explorer - if docked in left panel, left panel always appear after start
Program start toolbar flickering
About program dialog with dark skin closes PSPad
Search broke highlight same occurences
Undo/Redo doesn't refresh editor state
Exception when a large number of files are open when starting the PSPad
Catch tool output from Link panel
User Highlighter - fix for case sensitive languages
Lot of fixes joined with skins and drawing
When first file tab was active when program was closed, it wasn't activated with next start
Autocomplete text color problem when Windows skin is set with dark color scheme
Ruby - section #{ ... } in string and string end
FTP - file list icons was too smal for high DPI
64b ends with "program stopped working" message in some cases
Ruby highlighter - class method was highlighted as label

v5.0.5 03/01/2021

Ruby - in-string section support #{ ... }, variable highlighting
Insert with keep cursor function keeps inserted text selection
Tcl/Tk highlighter extended of new keywords from new version
Stability improvements
Autocomplete - removed brackets
Save file without file change (Shift+Ctrl+S) allows to set time difference. Usage e.g. for synchronized folders. Difference (in seconds) is added to existing File time. Parameter is in Program settings / Direct edit as SaveFileTimeShift variable, value (positive number) is in seconds.
PSPad remembers last used tab from left panel
Automatic corrections (menu Settings / Spell settings) - new option - Maintain char case.
Automatic corrections (menu Settings / Spell settings) maintain case of correction if option enabled. E.g. if defined dt = document, then Dt will be replaced to Document, DT to DOCUMENT
PowerShel 5.1 - new user highlighter definition including code clips
Edit favorite link - for each edit new button with variable list was added instead of right mouse
Select inside brackets works for � and � too
Added basic application version analytics. In program settings / Program 2 you can switch it off, there is info showing what data are send. It's simple HTTP request only, you can cach it and check it. No sensitive information are sent, only one time request.
Delete libraries libSoftMeter.dll and libSoftMeter64.dll, they arn't used
Autosave files when close PSPad - new option in Program settings / Backup
Autocomplete - if you are editing inside word, autocomplete replaces word instead insert autocomplete string to cursor position
Code explorer - selected item is preserved after file save or file reload
Own editor font usage without to have install it - put your TTF files into subfolder .\Fonts. Included fonts: Liberation Mono, Fira Code
Autocomplete uses same font like editor
Autocomplete includes '(' or '()' in the list
PSPad remembers selected text between sessions

Mark all selection occurences (find word at cursor, dblclick on the word end, ...)
Styles - open/close bigger amount of files caused exception
Paragraph reformat lefts space on the begin of line when previous line ends with some chars like ")"
Fixed start with relative path to PSpad.exe, if PSpad was already riunning. E.g. ..\pspad.exe "some file". In this case PSPad opens PSPad binary itself
Program settings - problem with change color scheme followed Apply and OK button
PSPad start with parameter if PSPad already runs opens another empty editor
Windows Shell script highlighter - highlight of call another script with parameters
Splitted editor window - mouse wheel doesn't scroll editor under cursor
FileTabs wasn't visible after project load
Child (editor) Windows isn't
Clipboard problem (delete, paste) and cursor position
Close to tray - there were no file names on the pad after restore
Problem with multiple play macro containing clipboard manipulation
Handled exception when reading proxy server information from registry
XML Code explorer - CDATA caused broken structure in some cases
Autocomplete - sometimes replaced more text
Windows Shell script - small fixes
File tab color without Theme service enabled
Project panel - on the 4k display the folder names were shortened
Project load

v5.0.4 12/31/2020

Autocomplete doesn't complete numbers in automatic mode, in manual mode does
Highlighter settings - added possibility to open selected user highlighter definition
Code explorer - Sort button has "state". You can switch it on/ff for current Window. Default state cames from Program settings / Tools - Sort code explorer
Code explorer - selected item stays selected after sort change or refresh (if exists)
Code explorer - search is case insesitive, Alt, Ctrl, Shift doesn't reset search, Ctrl+Enter search for next occurence
Sort lines uses "stable sort", If lines are same, order isn't changed. It has meaning for sort by column.
FTP quick search box is case insensitive
FTP - new field for change folder with history for each server stored in Recent.ini. ENTER confirm entry and send command to FTP server.
New user highlighter definition for Solidity
Open files panel - possibility to arrange selected windows Horizontally/Vertically
Open file list (left tool panel) - possibility select and close more files at once (right mouse)
File info shows current open file last write time
Scripts files are sorted alphabetically before adding to scripting engine. Put underscore to the file name begin if you want to compile e.g. your script library as the first
Program settings / Backup - new options allow switch on/off autosave files with computer suspend
Program settings - added search option possibility. Repeated Enter key press search for occurences
Synchronize movement activation is possible even in one splitted window
Project - speed up big project file loading
User highlighter - added support for Ruby symbols
FTP ciphering - updated OpenSSL libraries
PHP highlighter - added void type support
AutoIt highlighter marks # as part of the word when double click
JavaScript highlighter - added support for Template literals (Template strings) and new JScript highlighter attribute Template for color setting
Current file tab highlight
Incremental search (Ctrl+E) - extended functionality - Right arrow adds another char, Tab adds string till end of the word
Favorite panel / Tools - added option Save all files before tool starts
Status bar was moved to the bottom of main window from the bottom of individual windows. The reason is reading devices support for visually impaired people.
INI highlighter - hexadecimal numbers are highlighted
C# highlighter is supported now as basic highlighter instead of user highlighter
Color schemes are stored per user highlighter slot instead of previous system where all user highlighter slots has common scheme.
PSPad saves all files in restart/shutdown state include never saved new files.
Skins - Program settings / Colors - is possible to change program skin to black. In the same place you can load Highlighters scheme. Optimized are PSPad_Light and PSPad_Dark. Creating and modifying schemes stays in Highlighter settings. As Skin is possible to use any Delphi VCL scheme (VSF extension).
Program settings / Colors - possibility to set color for other occurrence of selected text
Other occurences of selected text - changed to case insensitive, spaces on the begin/end are trimmed
Many optimalizations made for Load/Save highlighters scheme
Open/Save dialog work was rewrited (joined with skins). For Windows Vista and newer new system dialogs are used
Internal HTML preview - obsolete Mozilla, based on unsupported Mozilla activeX control was replaced for Chromium based Edge. To test it is necessary to install chromium based Edge Canary build. It can coexists with existing Windows 10 edge without problems.
Editor window - highlight all occurences of selected text. You can switch it off in the Program settings / Editor 2
Compiled with Delphi 10.4 Denali (still in beta stage)
New Memory manager version FastMM5
User highlighter - added "Attribute" for PowerShell - it highlights word after square open bracket
Find by lines - new function in the Search menu. Input is list of line numbers and result is set of lines from current document in new document.
Scroll past EOF (Program settings / Editor 1) - separated as standalone option from previous scroll past EOL and EOF
Splitted editor window - splitter has different color, splitter width depends of screen DPI
New scripting function tabsToSpaces(input: string): string
Autocorrect - won't be executed if text is selected
Format block (left/right/center) works in column selection with limitation - text doesn't contain real tabs.
User highlighter extended of Variable attribute with possibility highlight PHP like variables (starting with $)
FTP - added possibility to rename folder with connections. It's possible to use it to join folders too
FTP - connection popup menu is organized into submenus according to folders
Updated color scheme PSPad dark and PSPad light

JSON reformat didn't take indent size from the program settings
Char # was added as word break char for HTML and XHTML highlighter
Program settings / System - some option was unavailable
memory leaks joined with Code explorer
FTP - edit FTP - wrong detection of existing connection
FTP - exception when click on the arrow next FTP connection button
Program settings / System integration. If TXT wasn't assigned to PSpad, PSpad always returned Notepad with Program settings confirmation
User highlighter - variables with '_' char
User highlighter - mark variable starts on $ with dblclick
Statusbar - font size with high DPI
Fixed another problems related to file closing
Windows shell script - highlighting variable with '#' char, e.g. %ip#1%
PHP Code explorer - escaped apostrophe in string
Autoit Highlighter - fix of single line comments
AutoIt code explorer - fixed typo in category name
Save As - hadnel unwanted adding of file extension when extension wasn't included in SaveDialog filter
User highlighter - fixed using different string types together in one highlughter
Find - result won't be centered horizontally, horizontal scroll will be as minimal as possible to ensure result is visible
Search/replace - fix when replace string contains \n (new line)
Scripting - if script runs when PSPad closes, message with script error appeared
Fixed prolems with TXT files and save As dialog filter
Brackets highlight
Fixed another bugs joined to fast window Open/Close
Optimized redraw/flickering in window switching
Tollbar size change for another than default iconset
FTP - sort by date time
New file, Change syntax dialog and TXT button - file extension was changed to New.*
Close bigger count of files at once caused exception
Many fixes related to skins
File explorer - remembering size and resizing file box
Toolbar buttons height with user defined scale in Windows display settings
CSS highlighter - added missing ALL property
Fixed change of the active documents when you minimize/restore maximized PSPad window
Close to SysTray - switching documents after restore
Swap line above/bellow with active WordWrap mode
First start program detection - initial color scheme loading
Lot of fixes related to dark theme
Removed flickering when localization is changed, iconset is changed, ...
Find/Replace in files - problem with code page change in replace process
Tool panel - button size of the first toolbar
Mark all occurrences of selected text - problem with composite unicode characters
Search in files background with dark color scheme and light skin combination;
Unix Shell Script - comment highlight fix
Pascal Code Explorer - fixed missing class names, sorting depends of global parameter, joined procedures and functions into one section
Log panel resize button - status bar was moved under the log window
Search/Replace in files - select directory dialog appears under search window, search dialog was always diaplyed on the top
Windows flicker when maximized PSPad is restored from minimized state
when PSPad starts, new empty window wasn't maximalized
handled exception saving PSpad.INI where there were no user rights
handled exception reading internet proxy settings when user has no right to read it.
TextDiff - line change window wasn't moved by second window horizontal scrollbar
Maximized child window when file is open in empty PSPad
Close all was disabled when no file was open but project was
Code explorer was closed on ESC in some cases
Add accent marks (menu Edit / Special conversion)
Highlighter settings / Right edge position - there was possible to set 2 digits number only for the right edge position
Autocompletion window with styles - window title
Python highlighter - problem with triple quoted strings and escape char
Non maximized windows inside editor was maximized after restore
C++ Code explorer detect printf in some cases as function
Windows Shell Script - keywords and parameters
Autohotkey Code Explorer - fixed included classes hierarchy, added properties into Code explorer content
PageSetup dialog was enabled in case of Hexedit too and it's call caused exception
Autohotkey Code explorer - removed { form the functions list

v5.0.3 02/10/2020

Compiler - if you run compiler and not Catch program output is selected, compiler window won't be hidden
Code explorer - ESC closes Code explorer. Removed.
parameter Statusbar functions require DblClick instead of SingleClick (Program settings / Program 2) has influence of the top editor ruller behavior too.
ASCII chart - new button CP as editor - this buttons sets content of ASCII chart into same CP as current editor window. Note, that ASCII chart works with singlebyte encodings only, not with UTF-xxx
Regular expressions - library based on Perl syntax was replaced with library supporting PCRE syntax
New user highlighter for ASAR assembler (David Wilson)
Computer suspend - FTP is disconnected.
Computer suspend - new modified files are saved in %Temp%\PSPad\Resume folder
TeX code explorer shows \head
User highlighter - added HEX number attribute
TeX highlighter - added block comments --[[ ]]-- and \starthiding \stophidding. Each comment has different attribute and allows you set different color. As "operator" attribute you can color for \if++, \if+-, \eif, \efi
menu Edit / Special conversion between text, URL, QuotedPrintable, Base64 fully supports unicode. UTF-8 is used for char presentation
Find in files dialog was changed from modal to normal. It allows let dialog open and edit files together
Favourite window contains new section - script. You can add script there by selecting from drop down list
User highlighter definition - added block comment for Autoit3 - #cs ... #ce
New PSPad command line parameter /F or /FR (as alternative -F or -FR) will start search on open file. /F for normal search, /FR for search with regular expressions. Syntax: pspad "path\file" /F "search expression"
PSPad remembers column with of Name, size and modified for File explorer and FTP
User friendly message when you try compare file with selected file from disk in case both files has different encoding
Insert text to lines - added "Apply" button, so you can use this function several times without leaving dialog
FTP connection list - added folder functionality
New option in Program settings / Program 1 - Don't change Toolbar icon size when monitor DPI is changed
Insert text to lines (Alt+I) - added step for numbering, added labels
New action Open favourite (Shift+Ctrl+A) for easier access to favourite tab in left panel. Panel is selected and tree with favourite is focused. You can move cursor and open file or run tool with Enter.

Handled exception when Recent.INI file was marked as ReadOnly
Editor window - Ruller - with high DPI was column numbers high above the ticks
Open file from internet (menu File / Open special) - function doesn't detect code page
Char case change doesn't work with cyrilic letters
64b version ends with exception, joined to store recent files
TextDiff drop box was invisible when you drag file over PSPad if left panel was switched off
User highlighter dialog wasn't possible close if no editor window was open
crash on PSPad exit
XML Code explorer
handled exception when closing PSPad x64
handled exception when several PSPad instances was closed at once and all instances write file state in same time
Program Settings / KeyMap - problem drawing with scrollbar (only some group and languages)
if main PSPad window was maximized, minimized and open file from outside, PSPad wasn't restored as maximized
ASCII chart wasn't translated after language change
Python highlighter - search for matching bracket if bracket was in string
Highlighting URL in text doesn't respect two dots - something..html
in case PSPad was set as StayOnTop, some dialog window appear behind the main window
FTP connection - duplicate connection ends with message "Connection already exists"
problem with editor window name when you open many small files at once
HEX editor - search in HEX - if you paste search string from Excel, you got info that text contains non hex chars (Excell adds line break)
HEX editor - undo after bytes rewriting
HEX editor - find/replace when switching from text and back
reduce Windows flicker when you restore PSPad from minimized to maximized state
HEX editor - paste text into HEX part, copied from external source (e.g. Excel)
fixed behavior when PSPad is minimized to Tray icon
Code explorer fix after new regular expression library implementation
HEX editor copy/paste in text part
System integration into context menu for limited user
ASCII chart - Print button changes label when Coda page was changed
exception when bigger amount of files was closed one by one

v5.0.2 12/23/2019

Line duplicate (menu Edit) - in case when line isn't selected, the cursor stay in same position as before in new line

When PSPad is moved to another monitor, icon on taskbar follows application. I was forced to remove program name from PSPad window title to satisfy both groups of users.

Menu Encoding contains new submenu Unicode normalization with 2 items: Canonical Composition and Canonical Decomposition. Accented unicode char can be written as one char containing accent or as 2 chars - basic char followed by accent. These functions provide composition or decomposition of accented chars.

Program settings / Direct edit - new special option UnicodeComposition=1. This settings will automatically make Canonical composition when file is loaded. But note, it will significantly slow down file open speed!

Log window will mark "debug" line with green symbol

Scripting - new function markEditorLine(integer) - will paint sent line with same color as click in the LOG window

Scripting - running scripts are automatically terminated when PSPad is closing

Scripting - new function reloadUserHighlighter(name: string) - reloads user highlighter if loaded. Parametr means name of highlighter or name of definition file.

Find/Replace dialog - added possibility to store profiles

Word under cursor will be returned even cursor is behind the word

Scripting - added variables for getVarValue(): %File% (file name without extension), %Ext% (file extension)

Sample size for code page autodetection was increased from 8 000 to 25 000 chars

Windows Shell script highlighter - added over 100 new keywords

PSPad will inform you when config file save problem occurs.

Function Remove duplicated lines from menu Edit / Line manipulation works with selected text. If no text is selected, it works with whole file

Delete lines with bookmarks - new function in the Search menu or editor Context menu

New code explorer for Z80 assembler (file type FTAssem). New user highlighter Z80 Assembler, which replace existing Z80.

Sort (menu Edit) - function allows you sort by lines up to 3 defined columns

Find in files - results - optimalized drawing, added hint to show whole line

Code explorer for ftXML ignores IMAGE tag what is e.g. in SGML without close tag

User highlighter - added Euklid+ support

Hex editor - paste binnary text changed some chars
Hex editor - statusbar informations
On higher DPI menu items used small font (problem of developer tool)
Code explorer for Unix shell script didn't accept function names containing dot
Code explorer - click doesn't focus editor even it was set in Code explorer toolbar button
SpellCheck - excelption sometimes occured
TextDiff - exception sometimes on the last line
FTP - file list parsing - if year is missing and day and month are grater than now, i will consider last year
Code clips - problem with sorting and "ch" letter (slavic languages considers "ch" as one letter)
Code explorer for Autohotkey
Pascal Code explorer caused program hang up with some specific source content
PHP code beautifier needs existing file. New file caused program hang up
Export highlihted text to RTF
TextDiff - accidental exception on modified line
ISO 8859-2 - fix of code page autodetection
wrong PSPad version (32b vs 64b) in the window title
Oracle SQL highlighter and text literals
Dropper - fixed for 64b version
HEX editor - string is checked before paste for allowed hex chars
Find in files - in the search results tabulator disappeared
Windows Shell script - fixed highlighting of words containing "-"
Find in files results - invisible font with black background
Autohotkey Code explorer - function detection fix
Problem with screen repaint when switch PSPad and Chrome based browser
Impossibility to save file without extension. This will be possible when you change file type in save dialog to *.
Fixed problem with transient freezing joined with pair bracket highlighting
Autocomplete (Ctrl+J) in case of user highlighter with case insensitive keywords offers all words from highlighter definition as upper case
Repaint the ruller if PSPad dragged onto monitor with different DPI
<% %> for ASP doesn't require space after/before % char
Find in Files - after click on the Open file ikon in the search result window, file was open empty
TextDiff with file - handled encoding exception via file load
Taskbar thumbnail update
Many internal fixes related to unicode
WordWrap with highlight matching brackets caused exception in some cases

v5.0.1 02/17/2019

List of open files is stored when any file is opened/closed not only with PSPad end
TextDiff - Both window into one file function marks difference with delimiters between files
TextDiff - added functionality to generate difference file from the Right and from the Left
HEX editor - all copy are made as string. It allows you paste content as text into editor
HEX editor - in hex area you copy as HEX string, in text area you copy as text
Program settings / Direct edit - AutodetectBinary has 3 states: 0 off, 1 on, 2 on with confirmation dialog
scripting function Sleep() calls ProcessMessages
Find/Replace dialog shows counters for characters count before cursor for search and replace field
CSS highlighter - added large amount of missing keywords
SAS code parser - added macro support
Code explorer for XML will expand first 2 levels only automatically. Speed up for big XML files
Code explorer for PHP - classes are expanded automatically
Code explorer - if left docked, page is automatically activated
New Code explorer for KiBasic (ftKiBasic file type for user highlighter)

Project tree - nodes indentation
Editor window flickering when switching
Fixed problem with protocol highlighting (mail, URL, ...) when file with with long lines
ESC key closes Code explorer window
Import from RTF to HTML (HTML menu)
Insert file - fixed problem with BOM included code pages
fixed Greek ANSI CP (1253) autodetection
PSpad freezes with active Code explorer in some cases
Multihighlighter color (start-end of the script)
Log lines display problem with active URL highlightter
Taskbar program icon will appear on screen where prgoram window is (Jochen Heinelt)
Windows Shell script - ^ char breaks meaning of special chars
Windows Shell script - cmd as file extension was highlighted as keyword
Windows shell script - matching bracket highlight with echo command
Cobol highlighter - keywords with underscore
PSPad 64 - SpellCheck exceptions
HEX editor - problem with replace longer expression with shorter without confimration
When project is open, PSpad shows project name on status bar as first
Unix Shell script code explorer includes if and for as functions
Fullscreen mode (F11)
Show PSPad window when with open new file in PSPad after Windows + D (minimize all windows)
Switch tab with 2 windows splitted horizontally or vertically destroys splitting
Cobol code explorer
Command line tool causes freezing when run under MS Dos environment
Search in files result - whole path is shown, char & was removed
Search and search in files results - after dblclick focus is set to editor window
Cobol highlighter - if keyword was part of another word starting with nnnn-
Project - default CP wasn't load, even was stored in project configuration
Project - new file wasn't created with code page set in project
Project - after loading project statusbar information wasn't updated

v5.0.0 04/20/2018

PSPad Code updated to Delphi 10.2 - fully Unicode IDE independent of regional settings. It allows 64b version too.
New file plugin format, much more easier for developers - (see the readme file in plugin subfolder)
New code page handling - PSPad now supports 147 code pages and allows you to open and convert
New CP customization menu dialog (menu Encoding) which allows you select code page set you use
New Batch CP convert tool in the Encoding menu
Code page in status bar shows code page menu
Fast selection of default encoding by Ctrl+Click on menu item in Encoding menu
Language files are stored in UTF-8 with BOM
New ASCII chart with encoding selector, Unicode char value and HTML entities
Script Input Dialog with automatic history
Batch CP conversion (menu Encoding) was changed to non modal and allows you with Enter and DblClick open selected file from list
User convertors are stored in .\Convertor subfolder with UTF-8 encoding. Conversion extended of regular expressions. See the file template.in_ for definition changes
Added anonymous program usage program tracking. You can switch it off in the program settings / Program 1. For now in developer builds only.
Code pages - added ISO 8859-2 autodetection
PSPad remembers height of File explorer file list box
PHP code explorer - added labels
HTML highlighter - added highlight matching MAIN
Hex Editor - Search/replace has been rewritten, fixed problem with 00 in search/replace
PSPad checks new version on start. Parameters are available in the Program settings / Check update
PSPad will activate Multiuser environment switch if detect user unpack it manually into Program files folder
Translators can use \n for line break for resource strings (starting on rs_)
System dialogs was changed into PSPad 4 style
C++ added new keywords from 9.9 and 11 version
Cobol added 114 new keywords (GnuCobol, Open Cobol)
For translators: resource strings was modified. In some resource strings was %s used as line break. It was replaced to \n. Take translation included in builds, not your internal. Contact me if you need more info
If no spell dictionary was choosen, PSPad will show you Spell settings dialog if you initiate Spell check
External help for language in form of URL address accepts new %uword% and %lword% (current word changed to uppercase or lowercase)
New hierarchical Code explorer for TeX language family (LaTeX, ConTeX, ...)
HTML TiDy was updated to version 5.4
Development environment Delphi was upgraded from Delphi 10 Seattle to Delphi 10.2 Tokyo
ASCII chart - Print function uses HTML page now
File info dialog - grids column width is sized by window width. Dialog size is remembered during PSPad session
Sort dialog - added revers string sort functinality
Code explorer parse files in thread, it means faster program start
TeX family - added multiline comment support \bC ... \eC
Compiler with catch output is run in separate thread on the background
FTP client allows you upload general file with context menu or FTP toolbar button. Open dialog allows you select several files at once.
Batch CP conversion forma changes to be more intuitive
Power Pro code parser - variables look
Compilation with output catch is running on the background
FTP client caches passwords if you don't specify it in FTP connection settings. It means PSPad will ask user for the password one time only during session.
TeX code explorer - added \def and \define
File explorer - rename functionality in file context menu is back
Code explorer remebers expanded/collapsed nodes for refresh
Backup/Restore configuration changed from CAB to ZIP and added new files (Program settings / Backup)
TexInfo support in user highlighter
Optional possibility run compiler on background (not as default). Has sense for the long compiler run.
Code explorer speed up
Import from CSV - rewrited to standard CP support
Find in Files - rewrited to standard CP support
File type plugin can be batch file (*.BAT). You can use it to transfotrm parameters for any command line tool. More info in file .\plugins\FileType\Readme.txt.
Added support to gather text from PDF file using PDFToText (http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/) when you open PDF in PSPad. This way uses BAT file type plugin
Added support for users who fill FTP configuration file with external scripts. Now is possible to write FTP connection passwords in plain text form using variable PlainPassword=readable_password. PSPad will encrypt all passwords when you use FTP client and will remove PlainPasswords lines.
Highlight matching brackets in WordWrap mode is back. Please report any problem.
Take Command TC/TCC batch files user highlighter from user qwerky
New scripting function tabColor(string) sets/returns file tab color. Parameter is in RGB format: "RRGGBB"
Status bar shows position in form�t: row:column(char position). The difference is with real tabs
Hash generator was rewriten. It now supports MD5, SHA1, SHA2
Python highlighter - added new keywords, correct words categorization
Import FTP from FileZilla imports Base64 encoded passwords too
Implemented new memory manager FastMM4
Save color scheme function includes TextDiff colors and pair expressions color
Find dialog - you can let PSPad place bookmarks to all search occurrences and go through using ALT+Up/Down
Perl highlighter - partly implemented the 'q' function
Oracle highlighter - partly implemented the 'q' function
Open file from internet - works with HTTPS
OpenSSL libraries was updated to 1.0.2n version
Splitted PSPad 4 and 5 version. Both version can run together and both version uses different file to store file related information.
Code page change on open file will mark file as "modified"
HTML highlighter - added keyword "picture"
JSON compact - new function in menu format as oposite to JSON reformat function
Unix Shell Script highlighter accepts TAB char in comments

Exception during favorite links load on PSpad start
SpellCheck caused exception
Settings dialog and HighDPI
Bookmarks and HighDPI
JScript code explorer - var declared functions
Compiler with catch output causes PSPad freeze on Windows 7
Pascal Code explorer - fixes related to block comment and directives
Clipboard monitor and shortcut problems (Del e.t.c.)
Hex editor - rewrited Search/Replace. Fixed problem with 00 in replace string
SpellCheck caused exception if stay active end you close all files and open new
MarkCurrentFileTab option (Special settings) works again
Batch CP convert causes exception in case PSPad was stored in Program Files and started as portable - recent entries in dialog.
PSPad update check doesn't load settings into Program settings dialog
Handled load damaged project file on PSPad start
Key map direct edit form was empty for default Key map settings
Serious fix of Code page autodetection. There is set minimal limit of significant chars to code page recognition
OutOfMemory exception when "big file" is closed
Few fix from received exception logs
Handled "UpdateTabIcons" exception when more windows are closed
Another problem causing File tab flashing was fixed
Active File Tab highlight when custom tab colors was set
Linux Shell Script - comment fix
Switch to HEX mode from new file causes exception
Fixed several untranslated strings
wrong text file causes PSPad crash and some config content loss
Help for language in the URL form doesn't send current word in %word% variable
Special highlighter settings
Show special chars + TabWidth=2 with small letters - part of letter behind tab was overwritten
C++ Code explorer includes wrong code into functions list
SQL code parser - comments are removed before parsing
Problem of highlighter specification tab content loading (doc comments e.t.c.)
Submenu items size on high DPI
Project info form - grid header
Save project as was disabled if no editor window was open
Log content wasn't loaded from the file after compilation
TeX code parse - \paragraph out of hierarchy
PHP code explorer - wrong label detection
Log extension was associated to TeX extension and causes exception when Code explorer was active
SpellCheck - some buttons like Skip all wasn't functional
Sort dialog - reverse string, sort by line length
Closing splitted editor window caused exception in come cases
Cobol Code explorer and COPY on the start of line in free form syntax
Smart char completion - skipping of the closing char
User highlighter with TextInfo comment style and char @
Hex editor search
Multiline File tabs with maximize and restore
Paste as HTML
Find in Files - fill selected text into search field
C++ Code explorer and functions
File tab icons after file close
Vertical line on cursor position - wrong position on file with real tabs
CP autodetection - CP1250 vs ISO-8859-2
Add text to line function added additional line break
Swap line bellow/above followed by UNDO/REDO with active auto indent options added spaces on the end of the line if second line contains spaces on the begin
PSPad x64 Hexeditor - access violation in some cases
Duplicate line function
File tabs as buttons - when more rows was visible, the last line was partially hidden
Ctrl+MouseWheel in editor window for quick font size change
Editor ruler height for big font size
TextDiff and compare with file on disk - encoding is taken from the open file
Escape closes Code explorer in some cases when Escape exist option was off
Sort function adds empty line
Copy line (menu Edit / Lines manipulation) with spaces on the begin followed by UNDO and REDO added spaces on the end
Contex code explorer causes program hang-up with some files
HTML Multihighlighter - script tag wasn't recognized
Program settings / Registered file types and User highlighter dialogs don't allow "+" char in file extension
Wrong CP detection for empty unicode files with BOM only
Paragraph reformat caused program freeze if the right edge was set to zero
Windows Shell script - matching brackets
Project tree - drag/drop functionality was broken
Comment/Uncomment line(s) keeps cursor position, works for empty line too
Menu Window / Tab color doesn't show current file tab color
File in simplified Chinese with special chars - file content wasn't shown correctly
Fixed problem with help calling
Code explorer caused program freeze
Fixed problem with Code page autodetection
Batch CP conversion doesn't keep line ends from original file
Batch CP conversion always inserts BOM for UTF-8 conversion
Unix Shell Script - comment starts with #!
Windows Shell script - added "net, use" keywords
Windows Shell script - dash in variable
Duplicate line when part of the line was selected
Perl - matching bracket fix in case escaped bracked was in code
Fixed toolbar problem when PSPad starts as maximized
User convertors direction
Ctrl+MouseWheel changes font size but scroll pages too
Copy/Duplicate line - when selection ends on the start of next line
JSON reformat - for very long one line file (over million of chars) few last chars stayed on the end of reformated file
Menu font size with high DPI

v4.6.2 03/01/2017

New Code explorer type for Cisco IOS. You can set it up in the User Highlighter definition
Sort line (menu Edit) allows you sort lines by line length
Find Previous/Next - cursor doesn't jump in selected text but goes to Previous/Next occurrence
New option for File size limit confirmation in Program settings / Confirmation allows you to set file size limit. If file size is grater, PSPad shows confirmation dialog before file is loaded. Zero limit switch off this function.
FTP connection - Refresh button always reconnects FTP connection
New user highlighter PowerPro including Code explorer
File list (Ctrl+Alt+O) - new functionality with filtering in the menu Window. In the list open files + project files are included. It will allow you quickly find file
User highlighter - added new style of comments for ";" - INI style. In difference to existing Basic style new INI style comment starts only as first char on line
ABB Rapid - code explorer extended of local procedures and traps
new action aRemoveDuplicitiesCI - removes duplicated lines as case insensitive
Link panel - added few shortcuts for open link (Enter), open link in default application (Alt+Enter), edit link (Ctrl+Enter)
New icon set PSPAD_64 for 4k displays
removed Memory manager - it should fix problems on new Windows versions

Log window size in memo mode
FTP connect from menu in case FTP window is closed
Statusbar - line number was trimmed in 4k resolution
Code parser for PL/SQL - fixed sequence parsing
Code parser for C++ - function starts with "switch" wasn't included
Text diff with disk content - with external tool is content of the window stored to temporary file first
Right edge setting doesn't respect individual highlighter settings
Find in files - unwanted autocomplete of search expression
Find/replace - substitution /w includes chars with diacritical signs too. Depends of regional settings.
Opt in/out live spell check runs UNDO command
Gutter line number alignment with editor lines for ExtraLineSpacing > 1
When computer is locked or suspended, all background actions are stopped
Fixed caption in Program settings / Editor 2 for Autocomplete confirmation
Left tool panel icons and tabs width with high DPI
File tabs height with high DPI
Ruller font size with high DPI
File tabs
Preview from WebServer after PSpad start
FTP File list - year presentation on some non standard FTP servers
FTPS caused application hang up after long time (about 15 minutes) of inactivity
Insert Date/time dialog replaces "/" with "." for some regional settings
Unix Shell Script - fixed inline comment
File List (menu Window) doesn't activate existing file after dblclick

v4.6.1 07/04/2016

Cascading Style Sheet highlighter was renamed to CSS
File statistics shows all chars in char list include whitespaces
Special settings section extended of MaxWrapSize parameter. This parameter limits file size for WordWrap after you open file. Default value is 200 000 bytes.
CaseSensitiveAutoComplete - new option in special settings: 0 - case insensitive, 1 - case sensitive, 2 (default) - autocomplete case sensitivity depends of highlighter
Log window - now is possible to find Next/Previous error with standard action Find next/Previous (F3/Shift+F3) or using buttons on the Log windows left side
New Special settings option - SortScriptMenu = 1/0. Settings to "0" will prevent script menu sorting.
User highlighter - new option Vectors - support e.g. for MathLab
File list headers (Files, FTP) are localizable
Scripting - new editor based function splitWindow([intetger]): integer. Returns or set editor window split: 0 - isn't splitted, 1 - split vertically, 2 - split horizontally
Search/Replace speed up
New action aFTPConnect (Shift+Ctrl+F) allows you connect to FTP with keyboard without mouse. It's available in the File menu, you can use it in scripting e.t.c.
PSad FTP client uses FEAT command instead of HELP command to detect MLSD support
Communication Synedit library update - new TLS standards support
Menu Script is sorted alphabetically now
SafeFileSave (0/1) - new option in Special settings. Usage for synchronized folders, shared folders from virtual machines e.t.c. File is created into TEMP folder and coppied to target location. It means target is changed at once in one step.
Drag/Drop text from external application is back
Drag/Drop compare - new functionality. If you will Drag file over PSPad window with active editor window, small box "TextDiff" will appear in the right top corner. Drop file into this box will start compare with current file
Visual Basic highlighter - added keyword "friend" include code explorer support
Localization - Portuguese was renamed to Portuguese (European) and Brazilian - Portuguese to Portuguese (Brazilian)

Fixed real tabs problem in TXT files when option URL highlight if no highlighter in program settings / Program 2 was checked
Windows Shell script highlighter - variables and strings
Exception caused by text selection in TextDiff window
FTP file list without year fix for different timezones
Search in FTP list caused exception when FTP wasn't connected
Windows Shell Script - hyphenated-string in label
Removed missed message before external text diff tool starts
Real tabs in HTML multihighlighter
Code explorer for STL - now parses functions with STRING [nn] parameter
Right edge line doesn't fit to ruller
File tabs - problem with whole text and high DPI (4k displays)
File change detection
FTP handles files with special chars in file name, e.g. FileName_14:33.txt
Find/Replace - fixed broken Copy/Count functionality
PSPad can open locked files now (logs, e.t.c.) if source application allows read
BAT highlighter - variables in strings broke bracket highlight
User highlighter - fixed string highlight like aa'string', e.g. in CodeV
Favorite panel - link created by dropping outside of PSPad (e.g. from Windows Explorer) wasn't saved
Log window - fixed High DPI problem
Ignore file list change in program settings wasn't applied immediately but after program restart
Unix Shell Script - "false" wasn't highlighted
Search in files with case insensitive search
Visual Lips - line comment starts right behind another char

v4.6.0 10/03/2015

PSPad start speed up optimalization
New Oberon 2 Code explorer
New action aRightEdgeToCursor (Set right edge to cursor position). In the program settings / KeyMap / Show you can assign shortcut for quick change of the right edge position
MS-Dos batch highlighter was renamed to Windows Shell Script
JSON - new user highlighter including code explorer
MarkCurrentFileTab - new parameter in special settings (default 0). If you set it to 1, PSPad will underline active file tab.
Cursor Edge - new functionality what shows vertical line similar to RightEdge on the cursor position. New option in the Program settings / Editor 1, OFF as default
InfoBasic - new code parser for user highlighter
Highlighter settings - added possibility to set real tabs individually for highlighter. Please notice, that checkbox has 3 states. Grayed means PSPad will respect Program settings.
Set bookmark - function was extended to set/delete bookmark
Search/Replace in files - if isn't checked option in Program settings / Tools for prefill search field with current word/selected text, PSPad will use last used search string
TiDy and PHP beautifier - possibility to define shortcuts for profiles. Format: [profile name*shortcut]
Right edge - possibility to set it highlighter depending (Highlighter settings)
Find in files dialog - new switch on dialog which allows let dialog open after search
Calculate block - improved different number format handling
Code explorer for QBasic
PSPad will check file change after external application run - case when external application changes open file/s
Code explorer - added support for FiveWin
User highlighter - possibility to define own escape char
Code explorer for Autohotkey - class support added
External file diff tool (Program settings / Text Difference). Is possible to set up externa file compare tool which will be used instead of the integrated one.
XML converter - new user highlighter + Code explorer (Michael Seume )
New option ForceSaveWork=0/1 (Program settings / Direct edit) will save open and recent files after each change instead of program close
Autocomplete was rewrited to unicode.
HTML templates - changed charset to utf-8
When language is changed in Program settings, PSPad will show localization help request if language file contains more than 10 untranslated strings.
Current File tab highlight - new option HighlightCurrentFileTab in [special settings] section (Program settings / Direct edit button) with values 1/0 (ON/OFF)
new function Open in new instance - opens current window in new PSPad instance. Menu Window or file tab context menu. You can assign shortcut in program settings / KeyMap under Window section
Special settings section in Program settings will be always sorted alphabetically. Is necessary to use OK or Apply button once.

problem with close tab with splitted window
ABB code explorer - fixed function detection
File tab context menu - fixed translation of File tab color
File locking with R/O attribute
Code clips (Ctrl+space) - fixed list draw with extreme DPI
Autocomplete (Ctrl+J) - fixed list draw with extreme DPI
PSPad start with parameter in case PSpad is running, parameter starts with switch and path isn't enclosed by quotas
search in files dialog and selected text in editor wasn't filled in in search box
Code explorer for Java Script - fixed default alphabetical sort
AutoComplete - fixed writing with accented chars
Fixed save file to OEM with semigraphic
UTF-8 surrogate pair support
Statusbar doesn't show unicode chars correctly. Now it shows correctly surrogate pairs too
Highlighter settings - document comment settings was limited to 2 chars
If file wasn't open as UTF-8 (invalid characters), PSPad will open it as ANSI
Highlight syntax limit wasn't accepted when file was restored on PSpad start
Default current line color is used if highlight syntax is off
Code explorer - C++ code without functions
File with R/O attribute doesn't set R/O status
horizontal line behind the last char with some fonts
Code explorer for Autohotkey - wrong listed function call inside function and some other small fixes
BAT highlighter - fixes in echo line
File locking - missing information File is locked by another user during open
File locking with R/O attribute with Save All function
Cancel answer during close process
BAT highlighter - highlighting of the labels after CALL, exclamation variables, new conditional words
HTML check menu item problem was disabled in some cases
File attributes in files with unicode chars in file name
LaTex - highlight matching {} brackets
Code explorer for FiveWin detects CLASS in block comments
Parameter %input% history for external application or compiler
BAT highlighter - fixed brackets in coditions with variables
Current tab highlight for non themed Windows
HEX editor - handled situation when bytes per column was set to 1 and view was switched from text to HEX mode for unicode file
WindowSplit - tab width defined in Highlighter
File open - restore state - bookmarks behind the end of the file won't be restored
Search in files - problem with search directory history and state
BAT highlighter - fix of the case %( in string, Call and another fixes
Print - folder name is shortened to prevent file stamp ovewrite
PHP highlighter - fixed problem /*/
BAT highlighter - label in CALL and variables include modifiers
Right edge wasn't visible with cursor edge active
Right dock panel width change possibility
Find/Replace in files - store recent items

v4.5.9 03/01/2015

Current tab with Windows theme switched off is marked with thick line under file name
Tcl/Tk Code explorer - added multiword procedure name support
Tab color is applied to tab you used to call context menu instead of the current tab
TiDy - if TiDycfg.ini file contains [Check Only] section, parameters will be used for function from menu HTML/Check HTML (Ctrl+F10)
New script for beautify VB script code from Marcus Roming. Available from Script menu
PHP highlighter - added new keywords for PHP 5.6
Numeric base calculator - small changes like whole binary number is visible, is possible copy with Ctrl+C, ..
Restore last open file - new function (menu file / open special) with default shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Z
program works now correctly with extreme DPI sizes. I suggest you to set icons for toolbar and menu to PSPad_24 in program settings / Program 1 for DPI higher than 125% and above. If you use portable PSPad on PCs with different DPI settings, PSPad will automatically change menu and toolbar icons to best fit your display setting.
Code explorer - added support for code notes. In the user highligher and Highlighter settings you can define string, defining notes in code (e.g. @ToDo). Rest of line behind this comment is taken as note and displyed in Code explorer.
CSS highlighter - added LESS comment support
FTP - new option for SSL/TLS - Prot P or Prot C settings
scripting - new function topLineIndex([integer]):integer - sets top line or returns index of first visible line in editor window
scripting - new function linesInWindow(): integer - returns number of lined in editor window
scripting - new function setWaitCursor([boolean]) - sets/resets mouse cursor to hourglass. Usage for longer running scripts.
Ctrl + Left mouse Click in editor selects whole word
Program settings / Tools - new option Search in Files - remember Replace setting
FTP panel - new quick search field
New bigger icon set 24x24px
Possibility to set iconset for menu and toolbar separately (Program settings / Program 1). It Alows you to set bigger icons for toolbar and/or menu if you use high resolution screen. Toolbar and menu automatically accept iconset size from now. Anybody can create new iconset for PSPad.
HTML multihighlighter - changed behavior. If file size gets over the multihighlighter limit, PSPad will use language highlighter instead of the base highlighter (e.g. PHP instead of the HTML)
New default icon set for the menu and toolbar. Old set is available as PSPad classic. I am preparing bigger toolbar buttons.
New PHP beautifier (http://www.waterproof.fr/products/phpCodeBeautifier/)
Code explorer - possibility Switch off refresh with File save in Program settings / Tools
Search/Replace dialog in files doesn't clear Replace flag and replace string
Cobol highlighter - Specification - added buttons for strict and free mode quick settings
File open exception dialog extended of system error message
HEX editor settings in Program settings - number of bytes per line and column can be freely set
Code Explorer - in Program settings / Tools is possible switch off refresh after file save

File locking - Save file as - fixed old and new file lock
MSDos batch highlighter - fixed bracket highlight with Echo inside of brackets
FTP client with MLSD file listing - fixed situation when file list is returned without file time information
HTML highlighter - fixed curly brackets highlighting in text with switched off template support
Code explorer - problems with a new option Refresh after file save in Program settings / Tools.
Fixed problems with drawing (e.g. scroll in Text diff) in Editor component
Cobol highlighter - cursor on * indicator causes painting first line on page as an comment
File name without path in program title in case PSPad was run with file without path as parameter
Find/Replace dialog in system with increased font size
Unix Shell Script - comment highlighting fix
Inserting code clips with Shift+Space - if template isn't found, PSPad shows list of clips.
Cobol Code explorer - if there was any code before COPY, line doesn't appear in Code explorer
PHP - continue comment inserted unwanted spaces
Cobol code explorer - missing COPY line if there was a code before COPY
PHP - continue comment function
Editor area flickering
LOG parser - fixed case with relative file path in error log
selection to PHP variable conversion for one line (menu HTML/conversion)
start PSPad with file without path as parameter when PSPad instance is already running
Open file with wildchar when another PSPad instance already runs
Fixed problem with empty PSPad help in case PSpad is started from network drive as multiuser. In this case local copy of the help is created in %AppData%\PSpad folder.
WWW Preview and missing cursor
FTP log - copy content to clipboard using right mouse
File tabs - file name with extreme font DPI settings
Matching brackets and keywords on Win 8.1 system and above with active wrap lines
fixed "google" Java scripts recognition in HTML multihighlighter
fixed Drag/drop image into editor (HTML) with pressed CTRL key
problem with line behind the last char with fonts like courier new
Ctrl+DblClik - select text inside quotes
FTP client another fix for MLSD command. For FTP authors: read and respect RFC documents!
PHP highlighter - fixed missing keywords
TextDiff - exception on some computers
most of flicking was removed during windows resize
WWW preview - missing cursor in editor after return from preview
TextDiff exception
Project panel width in case you close PSPad with hidden panel
PSPad start with parameters without file name enclosed in quotas

v4.5.8 09/03/2014

System context menu integration - DLL extension (John Brandwood - sourceforge.net)
Find/Replace dialog is sizable (width)
FTP - added MLSD command detection. If command isn't supported, PSPad will use old LIST command
File Changes detection was extended to file size too. Checked is timestamp + file size
Implemented file locking system. In the Program settings / Tools you can choose between locking using R/O attribute or lock file.
FTP - implemented MLSD command support (new file list command). If command isn't supported by FTP server, PSPad will use LIST command instead automaticaly.
FTP - added support for MLSD file list (standard and it should speed up listing in big folders). For old servers without MLSD command support enable old file listing support in the FTP connection settings (new option)
FTPS - in the log is SSL library version and used server certificate info
HEX editor - added possibility print content using PrintPreview
Updated libraries Synapse (FTP, HTTP communication), MP Hex editor
PHP highlighter - added highlighting of `command`
Code explorer automatical refresh is initiated with File save
Scripting - getVarValue function extended of %Word% variable. It retunrs word under cursor
New user highlighter definition KRL (KUKA Robotic Language) with code explorer support
CSS reformat to structure - new lines for each selector
TiDy was updated for HTML5 support
Added detection of new OS versions
Code explorer will stay expanded as was before refresh
Number of user highlighters was increased to 10 from 5
CAPS lock indication on the status bar
Create project from folder will include empty folders too
Added program icons in higher resolution. In some cases is necessary to rebuild icon cache to see it
New function Remove diplicate lines (menu Edit / Lines manipulation) removes duplicate lines from text without sorting
Code explorer will keep his state (expanded nodes) after refresh
Find matching bracket result position depends of the program settings / Editor 2 - Search result option
HTML highlighter - added highlighting of pair tags center and font
Select tag function was extended - now is possible to select tag from the end of pair tag too
Auto completion - new option in program settings / Editor 2 - is possible to disable insert item with Space bar
Code format dialog - added Apply button. Existing OK button got standard behavior - confirm close dialog.
Search replace dialog with was increased
File information function / Number of chars shows all chars from ascii 33, instead of letters only in previous version
Added possibility to use wildcard in parameter (c:\files\*.txt). Wildcard can be contained in file name only, not in the path. Number of files is limited to 100.
Added possibility to set compatibility of the internel IE browser to IE7 .. IE10 (program settings / system integration)
File information - added possibility to copy list of words only (Shift+Ctrl+C or right mouse)
Added Oracle keywords flash_cache, cell_flash_cache
Added HTML5 tags into html highlighter
Added option to save all files before external application run (highlighter settings and project settings)
Added option to run external application with file or selected text (highlighter settings and project settings)
Program title contains project name if project is open
Added possibility to individually set File tab color (righ mouse menu on file tab or menu Window). Color is stored if save file state option is enabled in program settings / Files and dirs
Added possibility to use wildcard in parameter (c:\files\*.txt). Wildcard can be contained in file name only, not in the path. Number of files is limited to 100.
Added possibility to set compatibility of the internel IE browser to IE7 .. IE10 (program settings / system integration)
File information - added possibility to copy list of words only (Shift+Ctrl+C or right mouse)
Added Oracle keywords flash_cache, cell_flash_cache
Added HTML5 tags into html highlighter
Added option to save all files before external application run (highlighter settings and project settings)
Added option to run external application with file or selected text (highlighter settings and project settings)
Program title contains project name if project is open
Added possibility to individually set File tab color (righ mouse menu on file tab or menu Window). Color is stored if save file state option is enabled in program settings / Files and dirs
Highlighter settings - added possibility define highlighter based current line collor
Oracle highlighter - added keywords TRIGGERS, INSTANCES, DEGREE
HTML highlighter - highlighting of pair tags DL, DT, DD
New Code explorer for Structured Text language (ftSTL file type in User highlighter definition)
Autocomplete window disappear when symbol chars is inserted
New function - Split line - splits line in place of spaces to separate lines
Search/Replace - speed up for case of search/replacement without prompt
Verilog and VHDL user highlighter - added support for PSL (Property Specification Language)
Help for language (Alt+F1) - if selection is available, it's used as content of %word% variable in URL, else word under cursor is used
Code explorer for JS - added support for constructions: myobj.method = function(arg1,arg2)
Search - position of found text is centered horizontally
MSDos batch language - added string support and comment # support
Code explorer for SDL
New TiDy.exe version with HTML5 support
New keywords in Cobol highlighter
New line comment style in user highlighter
Program settings / Backup - added information about PSPad config files path with possibility to open it in Windows Explorer

Some fixes for MAKE code explorer
Autohide left gutter
Usage of system icons in File explorer caused big comsumption of GDI resources
PHP code explorer - // in strings break up parsing
UnixShellScript highlighter - wrong highlighter for if=source
Localization of warning for Synchronize project with folder
Hex editor - wan't possible to open file with unicode chars in name
Fixed OEM files content load
CSS inline reformat - in some cases was selector name changed to lowercase
Send unicode file name into running PSPad instance
C++ code explorer doesn't show content of NAMESPACE
Fortran code explorer - recognition of function with filetypes e.g. real*4
Run Clip function (Shift+Space) works again
Fixed problem with project file containing empty line
Fixed problem if you create project file from drive root
VBScript Code explorer - fixed missing "property get xxx"
Fixed problem with project file containing empty line
Fixed problem if you create project file from drive root
VBScript Code explorer - fixed missing "property get xxx"
Clear content of the PSCache.bin file due to store File tab color
Added string for File tab color into translation
New text file doesn't offer file name as first line
Function Save as doesn't change file time, if file already exists
JavaScript Code explorer fixies
Fixed Wine (Linux) functionality
FTP connection doesn't work with account parameter
Broken funts in Print preview window
Open File from selected text doesn't work for HTTPS://
Unix Shell Script highlighter - fix of the variable highlight
Search in files - change of the search text in search process searched for the new text
MSDos BAT highlighter - fixed string and %%i variable highlighting
Check document changes function was fixed
MSDos bat highlighter - fixed pairt bracked highlight
Object Code explorer - missing procedures caused by block comments
File R/O attribute was removed after file save
FTPS - fixed file listing on VSFTP servers
Lot of small fixes caused by previous build
FTP - folder '.' was removed for MLSD listing
FTP - CHMOD form is prefilled with current file attribute for MLSD file listing
FTP - fixed file sorting for date on Windows 8 and Windows 2012 server and higher
File locking - fixed problem with LCK file method
File browser - fixed wrong file size for files bigger 4GB
Code explorer for PERL - fixed dashed sub name
FTP - New file cut out additional underscores.

v4.5.7 01/25/2013

Code explorer for PVX
MySQL highlighter - added data type boolean
Code explorer - added support for LUA
Oracle highlighter - added support for strings q'{ ... }'
New function - Find file in project (menu project, file tab)
Drag/Drop image into HTML while CTRL is kept inserts image directly into code as BASE64 - it works from PSPad file explorer too
CSS highlighter - added new keywords
Added Code explorer parser for Makefile (ftMakeFile file type in User highlighter)
Added V+ syntax user highlighter definition including Code explorer
User highlighter - added possibility to switch off string escaping
Show color - added possibility to lock all sliders
Open file apointed by selection function works with relative paths
User convertors - extended for unicode replacing. In section [Description] added UTF8List=0/1 option. Strings are stored in UTF-8 encoding
Scripting - new function reloadClips - reloads all code clips
Program settings / System - new option Register as IE HTML viever. Files open from Temporary internet files witout extension will be open with HTML highlighter
Program settings / System - new option Internal browser in IE9 mode
In the menu File/Special added option Delete file history
Search for current word/selection cycles in file same as F3/Shift+F3
PHP highlighter - added keywords trait, insteadof
Ruller font is same as font editor
Into KeyMap was added command DeleteBOL (delete from cursor to begin of the line)
Added new keywords into COBOL highlighter
New user highlighter syntax definition for V+ include Code explorer

fixed file type assign in Windows 7
C# highlighter - enum type
Code clips - fixed problem when selected text contains char '|'
Exception for Code format and user highlighter
HTML multihighlighter - PHP variable is marked include $ using doubleclick
File change detection was reverted into 4.5.4 version
Code clips - checkbox @K control - fixed default checked state
Code clips - fixed problem when selected text contains char '|'
Fixed IE HTML viewer and Internal browser
Fixed block copy
Fixed PSpad settings as IE viewer and IE compatibility
FTP - fixed remove file extension in FTP client settings
Code explorer for PHP - function starts on Includexxxx was taken as include directive
Search in files doesn't work correctly with ignored folders (program settings / Files and dirs)
Fixed doubled menu items in script menu - state when operating system returns 2 same scripting engines
Show color - click on stored color doesn't update HTML color code
File information display problem on system with changed font size
C++ code explorer - fixed problem with __fastcall
PSPad will keep TXT file name sent as parameter
XML reformat - fixed problem with comments
Recent file list - fixed problem with lost content

v4.5.6 11/11/2011

Backup/Restore PSpad configuration in program settings / Backup
Added user highlighter for DART
Modified file change detection
Autocomplete - now is possible to confirm it with TAB key
Open system files funstion opens HOSTS file too
Code explorer for ADA - improoved
User highlighter - added backslash comment possibility (4680 Basic)
Interactive code clips - you can set date format in menu Settings / Program variables in %date% variable
Python highlighter - added With keyword
Open and Close dialogs uses new Windows 7 style
New version of unicode library TNTUnicode controls
New version of JCL library
FoxPro - new code explorer
File backup into designated folde includes drive letter
Code explorer trims redundant spaces
Autocomplete is case sensitive now
HTML5 support - added missing tags
menu Edit / Conversion - items was changed to actions. You can assign shortcuts, use conversion in scripts
Highlighter settings - you can set color for file tab
Current File tab is highlighted
HTML and CSS highlighter - # is included in select word
COBOL Code explorer - added COPY section
REX Code explorer - added support as ftREX in user highlighter
HTML highlighter - double click selects color include # char
Code explorerer - new support for Macomy Script (ftMScript)
New dialog - speed optimalization
file change detection
Cobol highlighter (new keywords, inline comment)
HTML5 tags support
system variables support in external commands and compiler
Search/Replace - PSPad will keep position when nothing is found
Search file from log priority change - PSpad search in compiler folder first, then in project and open files
File detection mechanism was rewriten
Autocomplete appears automatically. You can set delay in Program settings / Editor2
Log parser extended capabilities (Highlighter settings / Compiler)
Added -i /i switch what allows you use alternative config file for PSPad
Load file using plugin autodetects UTF-8 encoding
User highlighter - new multiline comment style * … ;
Program settings / System - new option allows you minimize program instead close it
MS SQL highlighter extended (try - catch)
User highlighter extended - comments start with slash (MEGA)
User highlighter extended - escaped strings
Code explorer - modification for AutoMod (ftAUM)
added FTP support for z/VM - vm/cms
new option for detection deleted files in [Special settings section]: CheckDeleted. Default is off.
TextDiff is scrolling with window above
Code explorer for AutoMod (ftAUM) was extended
Code explorer for CSS shows used colors
Cobol highlighter - words pair highlighting
Color select - dblclick on stored color adds color into editor
Color translator - stored colors was added
Code explorer for UnIcon
New command line parameter -N or /N runs new PSPad instance
Search/replace in files now works with R/O files too
In Highlighter settings / HTML is possible to activate/deactivate template support
Added File Remove/Delete on the background detection
libraries update: JCL, TextDiff
Project synchronize uses ignore masks list (Program settings / Files) for folders too
Code format function remebers settings for individual highlighters between sessions
Project from folder dialog
New multiline comment style for PowerShell <#..#> in User highlighter definition
Wordstar Layout support for editor shortcuts (you can define it)
new Project synchronization with disk include file extensions specification in Project settings. It's first version, modification of Project from folder dialog will follow
variable OldWhitespaceChar is back in program settings / Direct edit
XProfan 11 - new user highlighter from Stephan Sonneborn
Falcon 11 - new user highlighter from GRAWeeLD
possibility to sort file tabs alphabetically - menu Windows or file tabs context menu
Drag/Drop image to HTML file with CTRL key inserts Base64 image form direct into code
LOG parser - added %S what means any count of spaces/tabs
Direct HEX editor works with code switching in menu format (right column)
New script command: highlighter([s: string]): string sets/returns editor highlighter. You can enter start of the highlighter name only.
Show nonprintable chars - small dot for spaces
Editor Command ecInsert inserts new line before current line and place cursor to start of the line
PSPadShell extension first looks for PSpad in current folder then from registry - has meaning for multiuser environment
Included manifest - requestedExecutionLevel is set to asInvoker
JScript highlighter allows you highlight words begining of underscore with different color
Syntax change - new button to set TXT - remove highlighter from file
Manifest file was moved out of PSPad.exe. In default is set "asInvoker"
Fortran Code explorer shows CALL in procedure body
New commend line option /Snnn or -Snnn forced highlighter given by nnn. You can use start of highliter name only. Highlighter is used for all files in command line
In manifest was requestedExecutionLevel set to "highestAvailable" value
FTP client - '..' is available always
HTML preview - refresh after file save
Progress code explorer - added Temp table structure support
ABB rapid Code explorer - addedd Traps support
Updated JCL library - processor and OS detection e.t.c.
Progress highlighter - addedd new keywords
Programm remembers Code clips window size during sessions
Remove file from project (Shift+Ctrl+Del) is available only if project Window is focused
InnoSetup highlighter update - new keywords and flags
new function - Detach file from FPT - if you open file from FTP, you can edit it locally only without automatically save it to FTP
new option if FTP settings allows you keep connection with random commands
new user highlighter for SIEMENS STEP7 industrial automation controller language (Wolfgang T. Url, DynaByte Engineering Url)

XML Code explorer - some XML form (one line XML) freezes PSPad
FTP log doesn't scroll to last line automatically
Main form position after start
Active tab setting after close files right or left
FTP icon on the file tab after file was saved to FTP
Multiline file tabs was displayed incorrectly in some cases
Removing unnumbered bookmark doesn't have influence to bookmarks list
Autorefres for new files
Import FTP settings from FileZilla with FTP servers groups
PSPad start with dots in path
Open files from internet history wasn't stored
Hanlded exception is file was closed on background
FTP client - movement using arrows
Switch to HEX when whole text was selected and file type was different from DOS
Open Text files from project with double click
File change detection
FTP - random command can't be switched off
Main window and more desktops
Icon was lost when you go to settings and files with iconsets was missing
Autoindent behavior corection
Code explorer for Cobol
Bracket highlighting in C++ and JScript
String highlighting in JScript
Fortran line comment in user highlighter takes 'C' only when on the first position in line
Exception after binary file reload
Reformat XML code - handled CDATA section
PSpad doesn't take ShowHint settings (Program settings/Direct edit) after start
FTP keep connection keeps current folder and keeps FTP client connected
for new file extension TXT is set when Highlighter is switched off in Syntax change dialog
corrected exception after paste text into incremental search
fixed new comment style for C++ highlighter
fixed undo problems with active Autoindent mode
Open file from internet - problem in case of UTF-8 page encoding
File change detection
Fixed ECHO highlighting for MSDos BAT highlighter
Perl highlighter - string \# was highlighted as comment
Fixed save ANSI file on VirtualBox shared folder
Remove additional spaces with active WordWrap
JScript - escaped comment problem
FTP client - fixed problem with slow SSL/TLS communication
JScript comment
Drag/Drop from internal file explorer into HEX editor and TextDiff
Statusbar supports unicode chars
Statusbar - char update after delete char
Statusbar - cursor position shows number of char before cursor
Project synchronization wasn't available is no file was open
CSS highlighter - highlight of the matching bracked fix
Project doesn't store extensions for synchronization
Search/replace - replace include new line
Deleted file info was incorrect for new file
CSS highlighter fix for matching bracket
File save with keep date time info
Paste from clipboard, real tabs and enabled EOL
fixed CSS highlighter
file change detection using GetFileInformationByHandle() API function
all window redraw during open files from outside editor
Save main window position in menu Settings was disabled if no file was open
File change detection stops work if file was closed using file tab
Code explorer fo C++ and splitted strings
Scripting - function highlighter() doesn't return highlighter name for user highlighters
LOG resize with filetabs on the bottom
user highlighter - string highlighting
favourite panel - copy link doesn't copy log parser string
program title - fixed display of the file name
toolbar - fixed problem with nondefault font size after start
LOG parser debuger
C++ code explorer
C++ code explorer
AutoCompletion behavior
problems when PSpad was started with -N
File explorer allows you delete folder ..
C++ code explorer
AutoCompletion behavior
C++ Code explorer
Autocomplete - behavior fixes
COBOL code explorer - fixes
COBOL - add/remove comments is driven by AreaA settings
Project - fixed file type filter in File dialog when project file doesn't exist
handled exception in Highlighter settings
fixed Tcl/Tk variable highlight
fixed File tabs draw
Autocomplete works only if PSPad is active
work directory release when PSpad is minimized to tray
Sort dialog with remove duplicities works with unicode files now
VBScript code explorer - procedures and functions
Search/Replace dialog - problems with unicode strings
HTML to plain text convertor (remove tags in menu HTML)
fixed buttons and checkboxes draw on Windows 7 with Alt key
Cobol highlighter - foxed draw od * char if the last position
Dialogs will show in the screen center if main PSPad window is partially behind the screen
File save dialog for TXT files doesn't contain TXT extension when URL highlight was active
Code explorer for C++ doesn't recognize "interrupt void ..."
Dialogs - the caption wasn't transparent
MS SQL 7 highlighter - AND was moved to keywords
Remove redundant spaces - problem with unicode chars
Highlighter settings / compiler tab - exception when there was no content and button INF was pressed

v4.5.4 07/12/2009

added new block comments for CNC machines Okuma and Heller into User highlighter definition
New SAS parser for Code explorer
scripting - function selectionMode() without parameters returns active selection mode for current editor
MS SQL highlighter - dblclick selects @ char as part of variable
PAS highlighter - possibility to set color for data types
Code Explorer is focused after synchronize with code button (in case if Set cursor after goto is disabled)
Code explorer - item stays highlighted (not greyed) even Code explorer isn't focused
Code explorer - added support for ABB Rapid (ftABB file type). Set it as file type in user highlighter definition
Statusbar - diskette symbol is active with same functionality as Save button
Lorem Ipsum form remembers last setting over PSpad sessions
Maximum unnumbered bookmarks stored in project file was extended to 100 for each file
Included the current TiDy.exe version from 03/2009
PHP highlighter - document comment, new keywords, ...
Code explorer for PureBasic - added procedures with return codes
Code explorer for VB - added support for private and public class
User highlighter - new line comment style
PSPad supports Drop text from another application, if aplication supports it (IE, Word, ...)
Duplicate lines works for block too - it duplicates block now
Scripting support - new function logLineIndex([index]): integer - sets or returns current line index in LOG window
New function New file (Shift+Ctrl+N) - creates new file without dialog
Project from folder function fills now default folder in project settings
Program settings / Proram 1 - new option allows you switch off extended mouse support
Program setings / Direct edit - new variable Code explorer init = 200000. It sets max. file length in bytes. Files over this value sin't parsed automatically in Code explorer and you need to start parsing with Code explorer Refresh button
FTP client - added possibility to go to web page with Winsock error explanation after unsucsessfull connection
Check internet version - new dialog
FTP - small modifications in interface behavior (step to upper, sort by date include time, moveable columns, ...)
Code explorer for Tcl/Tk - added class methods (public, private...)
New program action - aScriptRecompile
Scripting - new function logSetParser(expression) to set Log parser string
Scripting - new functions projectItemsCount, projectItems(index), projectItemsType(index) for project tree handling. See included readme in Script subfolder
Swap with line Above/Bellow functions work for selected block too
Swap block - new function swaps line in selected block
Program settings / Program - new option to enable/disable Multimedia keys for PSpad
User highlighter - added Comment style %% (Automaton language)
LOG - Search results uses common font and background colors
Code explorer for JScript - public functions
Line feed in CSS reformating - new parameter in Program settings / Tols
Added buton in the Help / Check version dialog to send you to download page
In FTP connection settings dialog (bottom) is link for download OpenSSL libraries
FTP - added TLS/SSL support using OpenSSL (both DLL libraries have to exist in the PSPad folder). Secure connection is indicated with other yellow icons on the FTP panel.
Update TextDiff component, first version of the line differences in the window bottom. Speed was improved.
removed project hint length limit
new Code explorer for psC
built-in KiXtart highlighter actualized to 4.6.0 - new keywords, added reserved words, labels, parameters groups
Scripts - added function ftpRefresh() - refresh FTP folder. For ftpUploadFile() added 3-rd parameter - refresh folder after file upload
Scripts - added editor function modified([boolean]), sets or returns modified state
Code explorer for PureBasic
Session manager - possibility to set if new session keeps open files
Cobol higlighter - added JCL keywords, JCL comments are still not supported
LOG windows - possibility to set (common) font using font button in the LOG window
FTP connections - import FlashFXP exported accounts
PSPad remembers right dock panel width
Program setings / Dialogs - possibility to switch off close all files befre open project
PSPad now opens UTF-8 even it contains invalid characters
possibility to integrate PSPad into system via registry (Vista 64), now is possible to choose items in the menu
file PSPad_registry_clean.reg clears PSPad registry entries
SQR (Structured Query Reporter) Code explorer
Session - list of existing sessions on the save dialog
Project settings - new options for storing project files only and use absolute paths in project file
Code explorer - added support for Windows Power Shell
Log type List - added horizontal ScrollBar
Added support for multimedial keyboards and additional mouse buttons. Supported commands: Next, Previous, Open, Close, Find, Help, New, Open, Save, Print, Undo, Redo, Spell, Cut, Copy, Paste, Record
Perl highlighter - new keywords
Script menu - open scrip source with both mouse button click instead Shift+Click
Copy to Clipboard (Ctrl+C) works in tree items too (Project e.t.c.)
Updated icon files
added Sessions support - it allows you save/restore open files state (session)
C# code explorer
Remove nonexisting recent files (menu Open / Special or menu next open button)
import FTP settings from FileZilla 3 is now supported
Command window supports program variables
scripting interface - you can set LOG window type with commands logSeTypeMemo and logSetTypeList
C++ highlighter - now is possible to set brackets color
FTP client - new column file type with sorting possibility
increased file load speed in case of Go to EOL in option was disabled
block select with F8 works in HEX editor too
Open selected file in default application opens file in PSPad if Ctrl is pressed
go to parent folder with BackSpace key in the FTP window
Search/Replace with regular expression - number of substitution was increased to 50
removed limitation to 1024 chars in the MEMO log window style

open file from FTP if file contains spaces in name
Open selected file in default application function opens file in PSPad
dblclick in the LOG window
button LIST and COPY in th Search dialog doesn't handle unicode
C++ code explorer and exception related to compiler conditions
Indent block function with TAB/Shift+Tab doesn't use Indent with from program settings
XML reformat with comments
Search in files function doesn't remember used code page selection
Project from folder doesn't include files start with "."
HTML highlighter and Django templates - in some cases text was invisible
XML reformat - exception if XML doesn't start with entity
File name was changed to LowerCase if file was open as PSPad parameter
Search and Case Sensitive
ClipList doesn't show if program was set to StayOnTop
New text file save wih forst line longest then 250 chars
SQL Code explorer - TYPE parsing
FTP client doesn't show file size for files over 2.3GB
Code explorer - comments parsing
TCL/TK highlighter and escaped strings
Project statistics / File information - program doesn't work with current encoding
Scripting support - openFileFromFTP(), problem with local path after CWD command
TextDiff exception
FTP client - problem with date if FTP server doesn't sent complete file date
Char fragments in combination with AutoIndent and real tabs
Code explorer for C#
Print Preview - file from FTP shows local path in header
SpellCheck settings - exception if Autocorrect file was locked by external application
VBScript highlighter - EndIf was highlighted as keyword
URL click
Find dialog - Tabs was replaced with spaces in Copy and List functions
Incremental search and Find Next/Previous works with last Find dialog settings
HTML reformat
Multimedia keys support - switched COT and COPY
Compiler saves file even it wasn't necessary
FTP client - exception when CHMOD was call in folder
FTP client cuts first chars of name on some servers
multimedia keyboard support - switched CUT and COPY
compiled file was saved even wasn't modified
FTP - exception with CHMOD for folder
FTP - on some servers PSPad cuts first 2 chars from filename
e-mail highlighting doesn' count with ampersand char
HTML/RTF export doesn't use font from editor window
Favourite panel - bad icons if panel was empty
Print preview - file name instead file path in header
File tab - hint shows local path for files from FTP
Code explorer for PHP - public / private icons
HTML - templates highlight problem if template finishes on new line
Vista and Program settings related exception
Session manager with [x]don't close files... option
Project - unknown files are sent to associated aplication
FTP client with IBM AIX server cuts off first 2 letters from filename
PHP Code explorer - classes functions
PHP Code explorer - function in classes
LOG window - font size
LOG window - scroll bar autowidth with script and List style
reformat XML
Splitted window - width of the gutter in the second window
TextDiff - goto line in the first window
Code explorer for pcC
FixedSys font problem
Slow file loading problem (return to previous editor component version)
Edit in splitted window - missing Save question
Char '|' in FTP server name
close editor window with active incremental search
disallowed chars in FTP path cause problem to store local copy
PSpad can handle now file name as param with normal path delimiters
Tcl/Tk comments
User highlighter - SQL comment doesn't works if "-" char was included in allowed keyword chars
FTP - IBM AIX server
Code explorer for psC - component hierarchy
Autosave doesn't save file to FTP
Desktop flash during PSpad start
Search file result with unicode file names
FTP sorting after column drag/drop
mischmashed bookmarks after file Reload
Sorting file in tens of MB causes Exception
handled exception in case there is no access to HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry
Search in files - program crashes in some specific case
Search in files doesn't supports ignore file list in folder names
handled case, when PSPad window appears outside desktop
FTP - fixed problem what causes rewrite current file content if you open already open file
interactive templates - removed main window flickering
ShortCut for New file for new PSPad installation
menu File / Open special doesn(t contains recent files after start
Autocomplete - problems with accented chars
E-mail address highlighting with char '+'
FTP - missing confirmation during rename file to existing one
programm writes registry key PSPadPath each start - it's necessary for Windows explorer context menu
PHP highlighter corrections
program takes SSL libraries from PSpad folder
VBScript highlighter fix
Template from block - problem with SQL dialects
Save to FTP
Project settings - exception after click in external application list