Textadept 12.8 (01 Aug 2025)

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• Textadept 12.8 -- Windows
• Textadept 12.8 -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.8 -- Linux
• Textadept 12.8 -- Linux ARM
• Textadept 12.8 -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Added missing menu mnemonic for Tools > Show Keys.
• Fixed inability to escape escape sequences in regex replace.
• Disable mouse and bracketed paste in terminal version after selecting "save all" when quitting.
• Autoupdate: lack of internet connection should not cause autoupdate check error.
• LSP: only shutdown language servers when actually quitting.
• Scintilla: prevent wrapping between 'rn'.
• Scintilla: fixed crash during painting when scrollbars are changed.
• Scintilla: fixed GTK bug where scroll position is not restored in non-wrap mode.

Changes:

• Added Japanese translation.
• Support building on macOS with Homebrew Qt.
• Only check for non-existent recent files on session load instead of on dialog open.
• Autoupdate: added button for copying release link to clipboard instead of auto-clobbering it.
• Open file mode: added autocompletion list icons.
• Open file mode: emulate bash completion better, including ~ expansion.
• Scratch: add ability to save/restore indicators, including for Files Found buffers.
• Scintilla: added view:scroll_vertical() for easily scrolling to wrapped sub-lines.
• Updated to Lua 5.4.8.
• Updated to Scintilla 5.5.7.

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Textadept 12.7 (01 Jun 2025)

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• Textadept 12.7 -- Windows
• Textadept 12.7 -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.7 -- Linux
• Textadept 12.7 -- Linux ARM
• Textadept 12.7 -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed Markdown lexer to not lex some continuation lines as code.
• Fixed reset() turning off folding for newly opened buffers.
• Locale files with territories should load now.
• Fixed find previous advancing backwards through zero-width matches.
• Draw whitespace with the proper color in the terminal version.
• Better wide character support in terminal version autocompletion lists.
• Format: format on save should ignore selected text.
• Debugger: fixed initial view setup.
• Spellcheck: custom Hunspell paths should not require trailing slash.

Changes:

• Added lexer.line_start, lexer.line_end, and lexer.text_range().
• Added view.parent_size for manipulating parent split sizes.
• Removed textadept.editing.XPM_IMAGES.
• Added is_hidpi() for detecting HiDPI/Retina displays.
• Autocompletion lists on HiDPI displays now use 2x image sizes.
• Updated Markdown lexer to allow tab-indented continuation lines.
• Support arbitrary RGB colors in the terminal version.
• Linux package maintainers can define _HOME in CMake via the TEXTADEPT_HOME variable.
• Use different indicators for change history deletions.
• Implement indent guide highlighting in the terminal version.
• Implement fold marker highlighting in the terminal version.
• Updated terminal version line marker glyphs.
• Allow autocompleter functions to return a third value, the item to initially select.
• Autoupdate: new module for checking for application updates.
• LSP: new autocompletion list icons and some terminal version "icon" changes.
• LSP: support diagnostic tags.
• LSP: allow preselected items in completion lists.

Textadept 12.7 beta 2 (01 May 2025)

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• Textadept 12.7 beta 2 -- Windows
• Textadept 12.7 beta 2 -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.7 beta 2 -- Linux
• Textadept 12.7 beta 2 -- Linux ARM
• Textadept 12.7 beta 2 -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed file update notification not working after a canceled io.close_all_buffers().
• Auto-indent should keep trailing whitespace when breaking up lines.
• buffer:save_as() should only ultimately emit one events.FILE_AFTER_SAVE event.
• Fixed some inconsistencies swapping replacement text with the "in files" filter.
• Fixed a hidden caret after some unsuccessful incremental searches.
• Fixed macOS emitting an erroneous Esc to an active key mode.
• Fixed loss of intermediate view state after closing a buffer and switching to a previous one.
• Fixed potential hangs in "Find in Files" by truncating long lines in found output.
• Fixed lack of terminal UTF-8 characters when building on some systems.
• Fixed snippet transform with 'else' conditional if there is no match.
• Fixed annotation display in the terminal version.
• Fixed Qt list dialog sometimes not showing the first item after filtering items.
• Fixed non-existant buffer:get_last_child().
• Horizontal split should scroll the caret into view as necessary.
• Fixed call tips not displaying in the terminal version's Lua command entry.
• Lua REPL: show completions for view too.
• LSP: fixed potential bug showing call tip for the first time.
• Debugger: fixed "Set Watch Expression" dialog.

Changes:

• Increase minimum required Qt from 5.12 to 5.15.
• Added io.track_changes for showing change history.
• Enabled undo selection history via buffer.undo_selection_history.
• Greatly improve startup time when restoring a large session, particularly on macOS.
• Added textadept.clipboard module for interacting with the system clipboard from the
  terminal version.
• Replaced ui.clipboard_text with ui.get_clipboard_text().
• textadept.editing.join_lines() should strip leading indentation and move to the end of
  joined lines.
• Added events.FIND_PANE_SHOW and events.FIND_PANE_HIDE for the find & replace pane.
• Added "Tools > Show Keys..." for querying typed key shortcuts and copying them to the clipboard.
• The keys table can accept direct key code strings without the need for keys.KEYSYMS.
• The cut/copy commands operate on the current line when no text is selected.
• Added keys.assign_platform_bindings() for easily making platform-specific key bindings.
• Keys passed to ui.command_entry.run() can no longer declare their own Esc and \n keys.
• Added ^↩ key binding on macOS to show the right-click context menu.
• Sessions no longer save typed buffers (find in files, output, etc.)
• Disable undo for typed buffers.
• Highlight terminal ANSI escape codes for colors in output buffers.
• Improved filter syntax and speed.
• lfs.default_filter is auto-appended to filters given to lfs.walk(), io.quick_open(), etc.
• Added table.map().
• Moved view.fold* fields into buffer since they are actually buffer-specific fields.
• Added "Buffer > Toggle Code Folding" to turn off/on code folding on a per-buffer basis.
• Changed how folded text is shown.
• Added "View > Code Folding" submenu with more fold manipulation items.
• Updated Lisp lexer to highlight character escapes.
• Updated rpmspec and reST lexers.
• Lexers can have custom fold functions.
• Updated Markdown lexer with folding.
• LSP: wrap hover text like signature help.
• Scratch: save typed buffers as scratch buffers too.
• Scratch: save modified files as scratch buffers and also save their undo histories.
• Lua REPL: added tab-completion.
• Updated to Scintilla 5.3.6.

Textadept 12.7 beta (01 Apr 2025)

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• Textadept 12.7 beta -- Windows
• Textadept 12.7 beta -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.7 beta -- Linux
• Textadept 12.7 beta -- Linux ARM
• Textadept 12.7 beta -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed call tip background color in dark theme.
• Autoindent should happen for each selection.
• Fixed incorrect split view size when Find is active in the terminal version.
• Reduce flickering in the terminal version, especially when split views are present.
• Fixed parts of Find & Replace pane disappearing in the terminal version on Windows.
• Fixed command entry label disappearing in the terminal version on Windows.
• List dialog should scroll to an initially selected item if necessary.
• ui.goto_file() should allow splitting and opening in the original view.
• Fixed command entry keybinding regression on macOS.
• Fixed keyboard macros in macOS.

Changes:

• New Linux ARM binaries.
• Revamped website, manual, and API documentation (including screenshots).
• Only auto-enclose snippet placeholders with auto-paired characters, not just any punctuation.
• Find in Files appends to the list without scrolling.
• textadept.session.load() does not need to return true anymore.
• Require function argument to ui.command_entry.run() unless no args are given.
• LSP: Lua server hides Markdown escapes in call tip text.
• Export: use default browser on Linux instead of hardcoding one.

Textadept 12.6 (01 Feb 2025)

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• Textadept 12.6 -- Windows
• Textadept 12.6 -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.6 -- Linux
• Textadept 12.6 -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed crash resizing the terminal version.
• Fixed build for GTK 2.
• Fixed accidental installation of a dependency when manually running cmake --install.
• Fixed potential crash when manually emitting events.UPDATE_UI without an argument.
• Fixed occasional crash in the terminal version when attempting to scroll and unscrollable view.
• Scintilla: fixed wrapping of removed lines.

Changes:

• Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
• Updated C lexer.
• Added support for Nix.
• Scintilla: improve performance of brace matching.
• Updated to Scintilla 5.5.4.

Textadept 12.5 (01 Dec 2024)

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• Textadept 12.5 -- Windows
• Textadept 12.5 -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.5 -- Linux
• Textadept 12.5 -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Do not consider tab width when jumping to a compile/run/build/test error column number.
• Fixed typing of single-character lexer names triggering key chains.
• Fixed Tools > Select Command on macOS when invoked via key binding.

Changes:

• Restored BSD support.
• Switched back to Qt Fusion style on Windows.
• Support italic and underline styles in the terminal version.
• LSP: added support for code actions and workspace edits.
• Updated to Scinterm 5.2.

Textadept 12.5 beta 3 (1 Oct 2024)

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• Textadept 12.5 beta 3 -- Windows
• Textadept 12.5 beta 3 -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.5 beta 3 -- Linux
• Textadept 12.5 beta 3 -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Inherit entire login shell environment (including $PATH) on macOS without ~/.osx_env.sh.
• Fixed regression in reset().
• Fixed quick open and find in files filters to not ignore directories like .github.
• Fixed slow-pasting of text into the terminal version.
• Fixed rectangular selections not extending beyond end-of-line when virtual space is enabled.
• Fail gracefully if terminal input cannot be read in the terminal version.
• Fixed incremental find spamming find history.
• Fixed insertion of zero-length snippets.
• Fixed inability to quit the terminal version if an initialization error occured.
• Fixed rebinding keys defined in the macOS menubar.
• Support more movement keys in the command entry on macOS.
• Fixed lack of padding in GTK list dialogs.
• Fixed inability to show the first buffer tab in the Qt version when using ui.SHOW_ALL_TABS.
• Format: added format.prefix_map for formatting paragraphs.
• LSP: fixed autocompletion lists when items have spaces in them.
• LSP: Lua language server recognizes conventional M identifier as the current module.
• LSP: lazy-load Textadept API documentation for the Lua command entry.
• LSP: do not scan Textadept's _HOME more than once.
• LSP: fixed Lua language server's Textadept _HOME detection on macOS.

Changes:

• Updated macOS icon to match Big Sur icon style.
• Updated call tip background to match default background in themes.
• Updated to Qt 6.7 on Windows, which uses Windows 11 theme widgets.
• Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation.
• Renamed 'ansi_c', 'dmd', and 'rstats' lexers to 'c', 'd', and 'r', respectively.
• Language-specific keys have changed (e.g. use keys.c and snippets.c now).
• Emit events.VIEW_BEFORE_SWITCH on view:split().
• Enable view.caret_line_visible_always, but only on the current view when Textadept has focus.
• Added select option to ui.dialogs.list().
• Use a proper label widget for the command entry label instead of a Scintilla margin.
• Increased terminal version Find & Replace history to 100 items.
• Remove duplicates from Find & Replace history.
• Added Edit > Deselect menu item and key binding.
• Format: use Homebrew's gfmt for formatting paragraphs on macOS.
• Updated to CDK 5.0-20240619.

Textadept 12.5 beta 2 (01 Sep 2024)

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• Textadept 12.5 beta 2 -- Windows
• Textadept 12.5 beta 2 -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.5 beta 2 -- Linux
• Textadept 12.5 beta 2 -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Limit auto-detected indentation to between 2-8 spaces.
• Fixed buffer:set_encoding() for single-byte conversions.
• Fixed os.spawn() in the GTK and terminal versions with a large env table.
• Document -L and --lua in help output.
• Do not advance the incremental search anchor when Find Next is clicked and nothing was found.
• Fixed error when textadept.run.run_without_prompt is enabled, but no command exists.
• Do not accidentally scroll the view if no text was found.
• Edits in typed buffers like Files Found Buffer should not be recorded in history.
• Fixed Find in Files error when searching an empty directory.
• Fixed incorrect buffer switching after clicking the tab close button for a non-focused buffer.
• Fixed error return values for os.spawn():read().
• Fixed view:split() not preserving scroll state.
• Scintilla: fixed flickering cursor after some mouse action sequences.

Changes:

• Removed encodings table argument from io.open_file(); use buffer:set_encoding() as needed.
• Implemented timeout() for the terminal version.
• Renamed _SCINTILLA.new_* functions to view.new_*.
• Improved os.spawn() in the terminal version by using the reproc library.
• quit() now accepts a status code to return after quitting.
• New internal unit test framework.
• events.REPLACE handlers can now return true to prevent subsequent emission of events.FIND.
• Lua Command Entry and ui.print() now print to the Output Buffer (not the Message Buffer).
• Removed ui.print_silent() (use ui.print_silent_to() instead).
• Removed Message Buffer.
• Changed ui.print_to() and ui.print_silent_to() to only accept a single string message.
• Changed ui.output() and ui.output_silent() to only accept strings or numbers.
• textadept.editing.auto_pairs and textadept.editing.select_enclosed support UTF-8 characters.
• Scroll up/down by pages using Alt+PgUp and Alt+PgDn, respectively, on Windows and Linux,
  and ^⇞ and ^⇟ on macOS. (N/A in the terminal version.)
• Removed ui.find.find_in_files(); ui.find.find_next() with ui.find.in_files invokes it.
• textadept.editing.select_line() expands a multi-line selection to include whole lines.
• Scintilla: increase maximum zoom to +60 points.
• Scintilla: added buffer.copy_separator.
• Scintilla: added buffer:line_indent() and buffer:line_dedent() for
  always indenting/dedenting instead of conditionally doing so with buffer:tab() and
  buffer:back_tab().
• Updated to Scintilla 5.5.2.
• Updated to Scinterm 5.1.

Textadept 12.5 beta (01 Jul 2024)

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• Textadept 12.5 beta -- Windows
• Textadept 12.5 beta -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.5 beta -- Linux
• Textadept 12.5 beta -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed tab label not updating for silently created buffers.
• Skip to next snippet placeholder if the word behind the caret is a lexer name with no snippet
  text.
• Fixed infinite loop when passing nonexistant directory to lfs.walk().

Changes:

• Added menu item to toggle showing line margins.
• Improve Fossil SCM support.
• Updated Spanish and Portuguese translations.
• Added menu item to toggle showing the tab bar.
• Support dynamic horizontal scrollbar resizing.
• Added basic auto-detection of file indentation, conrtrolled with io.detect_indentation.
• Updated to Lua 5.4.7.