Stefans Tools

Version 2.9.3

• List of issues solved for 2.9.3

Version 2.9.2

• List of issues solved for 2.9.2
• updated to Scintilla 5.5.3

Version 2.9.1

• List of issues solved for 2.9.1
• updated to Scintilla 5.5.1
• numbers in the status bar are formatted with thousand-separators

Version 2.9.0

• List of issues solved for 2.9.0
• updated to Scintilla 5.5.0

Version 2.8.9

• List of issues solved for 2.8.9
• Fixed problem where file was not loaded/shown empty when encoding detection failed
• updated to Scintilla 5.3.5

Version 2.8.8

• List of issues solved for 2.8.8

Version 2.8.7

• fixed bug that when clicking on a tab the tab was not selected

Version 2.8.6

• updated to Scintilla 5.3.2 and Lexilla 5.2.1
• List of issues solved for 2.8.6
• Improved visibility of active tab
• Mark modified lines in the left bar

Version 2.8.5

• Fixed a crash when activating the spell checker
• Fixed drawing the bookmarks in the left margin

Version 2.8.4

• updated to Scintilla 5.3.0
• List of issues solved for 2.8.4
• build for ARM64 based OS is now available
• change markers shown in the left margin

Version 2.8.3

• updated to Scintilla 5.2.3
• List of issues solved for 2.8.3
• auto-completion for math formulas that are on a single line

Version 2.8.2

• updated to Scintilla 5.2.0
• use the uchardet lib for better detection of file encodings
• List of issues solved for 2.8.2

Version 2.8.1

• context menu entry for the Win11 explorer
• updated to Scintilla 5.1.3
• List of issues solved for 2.8.1

Version 2.8.0

• updated to Scintilla 5.1.0
• List of issues solved for 2.8.0

Version 2.7.1

• updated to Scintilla 5.0.2
• Huge list of issues solved for 2.7.1

Version 2.7.0

• updated to Scintilla 4.4.6
• autocompletion
• code snippets
• many more new features...
• Huge list of issues solved for 2.7.0

Version 2.6.5

• updated to Scintilla 4.4.5
• fixed a few issues with clipboard handling
• fixed drag and drop when run elevated
• List of issues solved for 2.6.5

Version 2.6.4

• List of issues solved for 2.6.4

Version 2.6.3

• List of issues solved for 2.6.3
• better detection of numbers for tooltips
• more command tooltips contain the keyboard shortcut
• updated to Scintilla 4.4.4

Version 2.6.2

• when moving a tab to another instance, it lost the lexer
• styling fixes for Nant and makefiles
• improved the simple lexer

Version 2.6.1

• fixed broken update check
• new regex capture dialog

Version 2.6.0

• custom styling files
• added a simple lexer

Version 2.5.2

• List of issues solved for 2.5.2
• updated to Scintilla 4.3.3
• improved folding

Version 2.5.1

• List of issues solved for 2.5.1
• updated to Scintilla 4.3.2
• dark mode enabled for dialogs
• improved button states for plugins
• math expressions are evaluated and the result shown in a tooltip

Version 2.5.0

• List of issues solved for 2.5.0
• updated to Scintilla 4.3.0
• fixed: ctrl+doubleclick on text could open an empty browser

Version 2.4.5

• The 'uncomment' function failed to work properly for some lexers
• language files were the wrong version

Version 2.4.4

• List of issues solved for 2.4.4
• updated to Scintilla 4.2.0
• some more fixes for high dpi displays
• altcode-sequences didn't work

Version 2.4.3

• List of issues solved for 2.4.3
• updated to Scintilla 4.1.3
• various fixes and improvements for high dpi displays

Version 2.4.2

• Language files were missing in 2.4.1
• Improved icons for dark mode

Version 2.4.1

• List of issues solved for 2.4.1
• updated to Scintilla 4.1.2
• improved jumplist, added an entry to start BowPad with Admin privileges
• BowPad uses the proper dark mode for the ribbon with Windows 10 update 1809

Version 2.4.0

• New main icon
• updated to Scintilla 4.1.1
• fixed wrong filename when tearing a tab to a new BowPad instance

Version 2.3.9

• List of issues solved for 2.3.9
• fixed: crash with long lines in .editorconfig file
• updated to Scintilla 4.1.0
• performance improvements for the file tree
• preliminary support for R2L languages

Version 2.3.8

• List of issues solved for 2.3.8
• fixed: documents were loaded before a restored session instead of after it
• updated to Scintilla 4.0.5

Version 2.3.7

• List of issues solved for 2.3.7
• Bookmarks are kept when moving a tab to a new process

Version 2.3.6

• Button in statusbar to allow turning the .editorconfig off
• fixed delay when closing the window

Version 2.3.5

• List of issues solved for 2.3.5
• Updated to the latest Scintilla component 4.0.2
• fixed possible crash if a path got deleted

Version 2.3.4

• List of issues solved for 2.3.4
• Performance improvements in the file tree
• fixed possible hang if a file got deleted
• fixed editorconfig issues

Version 2.3.3

• updated to latest Scintilla component 3.7.5
• recognize more file extensions for lexers
• fixed hiding the cursor when scrolling
• fixed handling of EOLs in certain situations
• allow to set the default EOL for new files

Version 2.3.2

• updated to latest Scintilla component 3.7.4
• improved UI responsivness
• improved UI using animations
• fixed situation where the tab-to-spaces and spaces-to-tabs skipped a lot of code
• the setting spaces/tabs is now stored per document instead of globally
• reduced flicker when drawing the scrollbars
• fixed styling issue when reloading

Version 2.3.1

• updated to latest Scintilla component 3.7.3
• improved status bar
• fixed startup flickering
• fixed flickering when resizing the window
• fixed losing the lexer when refreshing/reloading

Version 2.3.0

• updated to latest Scintilla component 3.7.2
• enabled folding for Python
• possibility to mark a file as write protected
• performance improvements
• fix drawing when showing a dialog during file loading
• better tooltip when showing colors
• styles for EDIFact files
• tracking tooltip showing the current line
• allow moving lines without a selection
• fix sizes for high dpi monitors
• improved function detection

Version 2.2.5

• updated to latest Scintilla component 3.7.0
• fixed color highlighting in tooltip
• bookmarks were not updated in the scroll bar immediately
• selection count wasn't shown if equal to search mark
• wheel scrolling of tab bar works now on all OS versions

Version 2.2.4

• updated to latest Scintilla component 3.6.7
• improved function parsing
• fixed crash when searching a path that does not exist
• improved searching binary files
• option to load files as utf8 by default
• fixed recognition of EOLs

Version 2.2.3

• improved c# function parsing regex
• new variables for run commands: $(TAB_NAME) and $(TAB_EXT)
• improved performance when loading many files
• improved auto-brace feature
• tab bar can be scrolled with the mouse wheel
• fixed showing wrong mouse cursor

Version 2.2.2

• updated to latest Scintilla component 3.6.6
• New command: goto symbol/function
• improved "goto brace"
• more improvements to session loading
• improved the hoover tooltip
• two new buttons on the top right to close the current tab and to open a new one
• various small bug fixes

Version 2.2.1

• Fixed a crash when open files get renamed/deleted
• Improved and extended the search feature
• updated to latest Scintilla component 3.6.4
• Improved speed when restoring a session
• changing style colors does not switch to bright mode anymore

Version 2.2.0

• Fixed problem with prev/next command
• Improved the custom style dialog
• Fixed problem with cursor hiding
• Improved the search/replace feature
• Fixed problem where a tab-move to a new BowPad instance would lose not-saved data
• Failed to ask to save changes in some situations
• Improved C++ function recognition

Version 2.1.3

• Files can be opened into an existing empty tab with the Ctrl key pressed
• Fixed problem when quitting and hitting Cancel in the save-as dialog
• Improved tab UI
• Fixed a few issues with the function lists

Version 2.1.2

• updated to latest Scintilla component 3.6.1
• Fixed an issue when pasting HDROP items from the clipboard
• Allow dropping file tabs onto the file tree to move/copy the file
• Improved lexer detection for files without extensions

Version 2.1.1

• updated to latest Scintilla component 3.6.0
• Fixed an issue with opening files as a notepad replacement
• Allow specifying a lexer based on a filename
• When opening files from a previous session, don't show errors if the file(s) don't exist anymore

Version 2.1.0

• updated to latest Scintilla component 3.5.7
• Fixed an issue with coloring regex search matches
• Fixed printing when the dark theme was active

Version 2.0.20

• List of issues solved for 2.0.20
• updated to latest Scintilla component 3.5.5

Version 2.0.19

• List of issues solved for 2.0.19
• Fixed an issue in the file tree when opening folders two levels below root

Version 2.0.18

• List of issues solved for 2.0.18
• Speed improvements when searching
• Spell checker improvements, doesn't stall if the document is big
• File tree refreshes if the document is refreshed
• updated to latest Scintilla component 3.5.4

Version 2.0.17

• List of issues solved for 2.0.17

Version 2.0.16

• Fixed issues with the file tree not updating correctly

Version 2.0.15

• List of issues solved for 2.0.15
• improved handling of brace highlighting
• When a file is changed outside of BowPad, it is reloaded automatically if the file has no edits in BowPad
• File tree expands automatically if the current tab is in a subfolder of the file tree root
• Fixed problems with converting tabs to spaces (and vice versa) in html/xml files
• new feature to automatically save modified files

Version 2.0.14

• List of issues solved for 2.0.14

Version 2.0.13

• List of issues solved for 2.0.13
• fixed a few issues with the file tree handling
• fixed problems with the detection of modifications

Version 2.0.12

• List of issues solved for 2.0.12
• file tree loads in separat thread, no longer blocking the UI
• Updated to the latest Scintilla component 3.5.3

Version 2.0.11

• List of issues solved for 2.0.11
• Improved load speed in the file tree
• Updated to the latest Scintilla component 3.5.2

Version 2.0.10

• List of issues solved for 2.0.10
• Improved the file tree
• Fixed problem when opening BowPad with a right-click in explorer from a folder background

Version 2.0.9

• List of issues solved for 2.0.9
• Added explorer context menu entry for folders and folder backgrounds

Version 2.0.8

• List of issues solved for 2.0.8
• Added a file tree, showing the directory of the first loaded file

Version 2.0.7

• List of issues solved for 2.0.7
• Updated to the latest Scintilla component 3.5.1
• Added coloring for the new BibTex lexer

Version 2.0.6

• List of issues solved for 2.0.6

Version 2.0.5

• List of issues solved for 2.0.5
• improvements for high dpi monitors
• handling touch gestures

Version 2.0.4

• List of issues solved for 2.0.4
• new command to sort lines
• Updated to latest Scintilla component 3.5.0

Version 2.0.3

• List of issues solved for 2.0.3
• Dropping a folder onto BowPad opens all files recursively
• Improved GotoLine for search matches and file-open
• Updated to latest Scintilla component 3.4.4

Version 2.0.2

• List of issues solved for 2.0.2
• use a different icon for documents

Version 2.0.1

• List of issues solved for 2.0.1

Version 2.0.0

• Added support for plugin scripts written in JScript or VBScript
• List of issues solved for 2.0.0
• Updated to latest Scintilla component 3.4.3

Version 1.1.8

• Fixed issue in utf8 detection

Version 1.1.7

• List of issues solved for 1.1.7
• better handling of readonly files
• Fixed issues with scrollbar repainting

Version 1.1.6

• List of issues solved for 1.1.6
• Updated to latest Scintilla component 3.4.1
• Status bar shows tooltips with more detailed info
• Improved handling of high dpi mode

Version 1.1.5

• List of issues solved for 1.1.5
• Updated to latest Scintilla component 3.4.0
• AS and Markdown lexer styles

Version 1.1.4

• List of issues solved for 1.1.4
• It's now possible to delete the file that's shown in the current tab
• The size of visible whitespace has been reduced

Version 1.1.3

• List of issues solved for 1.1.3
• Allow null matches in regex searches
• replace strings in regex replacements are escaped

Version 1.1.2

• Fix: "Find all" was broken
• Issue #57: Rearrange buttons
• Issue #58: Find replace default button and polishing
• Issue #59: Reload fails to set the * modified indicator
• Issue #63: Can't create a file from the command line if other tabs are open
• New command to open a file at the caret position

Version 1.1.1

• Fix: opening a file via double-click in Windows Explorer failed to add it to the MRU list
• Issue #45: Find still retaining highlights after close
• Issue #46: enhance readability of tab strips
• Issue #48: Name section icons on the tool bar
• Issue #49: Find/Replace dialog suggestions
• Issue #50: improve the "corresponding file" interface
• Add French translation
• Issue #52: improve command line argument handling if file does not exist
• Issue #40: rearranging some optionst

Version 1.1.0

• Issue #35: Undo Redo icons are too similar.
• Issue #36: Alt+Backspace (undo) makes annoying bell sound for each undo. Icon doesn't.
• Issue #37: Save all via toolbar icon resets the cursor position
• Issue #38: Shift+End with word wrap on takes me to end of the paragraph, not editor line
• Issue #41: BowPad fills the MRU file list with random temp files
• Issue #44: Consider changing how "changed" / "unsaved" is indicated.
• Updated to latest Scintilla component 3.3.9
• Allow showing EOLs using shift+ShowWhitespace
• New command to convert text to Titlecase

Version 1.0.9

• Issue #27: Consider moving "language" from "Encoding" on the View ribbon to "Code" on the Main ribbon.
• Issue #28: Brace finishing is always on for any file type
• Issue #29: Ctrl+O, probably should be a default and expected short cut for File Open
• Fix: only mark the current/active tab with a red line, not all tabs

Version 1.0.8

• Fix: "Trim Whitespaces" failed to work properly
• Current tab is now underlined to make it more distinguishable
• Issue #22: disable highlight when find dialog is closed
• Issue #21: tag completion optional
• Issue #24: Save disabled once one tab is saved
• Issue #19: Multiple window / instance support
• Issue #23: remember language for files without extension
• Issue #25: Open Console with new tab (i.e. no file loaded) causes error

Version 1.0.7

• Fix: after searching over all open tabs, the tabs were left as readonly
• After showing the functions, those are added to the user functions of certain lexers
• Issue #16: Style configurator -> extension
• Issue #17: Help, especially on replace with regex
• Issue #18: Clipboard is locked

Version 1.0.6

• Issue #14: opening new file with "autoload session" activated puts opened file first
• Fix a crash when pasting files from Explorer
• Issue #15: Search over multiple files

Version 1.0.5

• Context menu on file tabs
• Issue #11: Custom shortcuts
• Fix a crash when reloading a file
• Issue #10: Make font size adjustable
• Issue #13: Search for text in zoomed file then scroll down - BowPad hangs
• Fix endless dialog loop when outside modifications are detected
• Fix loading sessions: only the last loaded file restored the selection and position
• Issue #12: Forward-slashed path errors
• Paste a file from the clipboard opens the file
• Clipboard history (use Ctrl+Shift+V)

Version 1.0.4

• Fix showing wrong file content if the tabs were reordered too fast
• Swedish translation
• Fix replacing text: always start at the beginning of a selection if there is any
• New Menu-Button showing a list of functions/methods in the current file
• Issue #9: maximized window position not restored
• If BowPad is running elevated, a shield icon is shown in the status bar
• Issue #8: Allow opening/saving files by elevating the BowPad process with an UAC prompt
• Better indication if a search does not find anything
• Fix parsing color for the color popup

Version 1.0.3

• Fix broken HTML lexing

Version 1.0.2

• Issue #3: Fixed several issues with the comment/uncomment commands
• Issue #4: changed wording of text
• Issue #5: Added the "Open" command to the File group
• Issue #6: Improved when the color popup is shown
• Issue #7: Added commands to restore the last session
• Use the HTML lexer for PHP

Version 1.0.1

• Issue #2: fixed a problem which prevented all the settings from getting saved.

Initial Release

Released on 8.9.2013