RJ TextEd is a Unicode text editor with features like syntax highlighting and text folding. Below is a small list of features available. For a full list check out the Features section.
Auto completion: Works with tags and classes. Code folding: Fold collapsible text blocks for easier editing. ASCII and binary files: The editor handles these as well. Html tag wizards: There are several included for creating tables, frames... CSS editor: Is included as well. FTP client: Helps you manage your site and synchronize your local and remote files. Sidebar: With explorers, text clip manager, project manager... Convertion: The editor can convert between code pages, Unicode formats and text formats. Windows, Unix/Linux and Macintosh uses different text format (different line feeds). UTF-8: This format is sometimes used without a BOM to identify the file type. RJ TextEd handles these to. Html validation: Validate, format and repair your html code using wizards. Tools: There are several tools installed like the syntax editor, charmap utility... There are a lot of features not listed above. Including spell checking, e-mail support, advanced search with regular expressions... To learn more you could check out the screenshots or just try it out. The program is abslolutely free.
2008-07-12
Changelog
Several small improvements have been made and several issues fixed.
Highlight text Added menu items to highlight the selected text, or the text under the text cursor. All similar words or phrases in the document will be highlighted.
E.g. place the text cursor at the word "dummy". Select the menu item "Highlight text". All instances of the word dummy will be highlighted in the document.
Html lists (ul,ol) Selected lines are included within <li>...</li> when using the ordered or unordered list items in the html menu.
Search (Find All) Made it possible to highlight all found text using "Find All". I've also added some new options.
E.g. search for the word "dummy" using "Find All". All instances of the word dummy will be highlighted in the document. Increase/Decrease font size
Added menu items to increase or decrease font size. You can also use Ctrl+Mouse wheel (up/down).
Toggle Browser View Added an item to the "View" menu to switch between edit view and browser view. It's a simple and fast way to preview your web document. An icon is displayed in the main toolbar, for fast access. The default shortcut is Shift+F9. The default browser used is IE, but can be changed to Firefox.
Open files at startup Improved the speed when you open files at startup.
Firefox preview If Firefox is installed, the install script will install all necessary files for the Firefox preview to work. View Menu
Added several new items. - Set Font... - Increase Font Size - Decrease Font Size - - Show Indent Lines - - Default Browser - Toggle Browser View
Search Menu Added some new items to handle highlighted text. - Highlight Text (highlight selected text and all other instances) - Unhighlight Text (unhighlight all highlighted text) - Unhighlight Search (unhighlighted all found hits using "Find All")
Editor tab options Added some editor tab options to disable the images and close buttons. The options can be found in "Options->Style and fonts".
Also changed or fixed: - Fixed some issues with the user menu Shift+Space. It should handle selected text properly now. - Sort issue in the "New" menu. - Issue with spell check and single characters. - FTP issues including synchronize, download folder, delete folder and progress bar. - Incremental search with certain options. - Hex View: search backwards, Shift+F3 and search wrap at end of file. - Spelling with words that contain an - character. - Several search issues fixed. - Indent lines can be displayed even if code folding is disabled. - Changed how FTP file sizes are displayed. - Added FTP view column sorting (Name, Size...) - Fixed an drag n' drop issue in file commander. - Made some small enhancements to the script editor. - Fixed a small update issue in Add-ons. - Shift+Right mouse button will close a document. - Fixed some project menu issues (New,Open...) - Fixed a few script editor issues. - Fixed a save template issue.
I've fixed a few other issues as well. Check the forum (Bugs) for more details.
Spell check Added some options in the Add-ons dialog.
[] Check spelling as you type (underline) Display suggestions in context menu (max) [ nr ]
If the first option is unchecked, a dialog will be used with spell checking. Just click on the spell check toolbar button to start spell checking.
Drag & drop files Drag & drop files into the document, holding the ALT qualifier key pressed, will insert <a ...> or <img ...> with the file path.
Edit Menu Added several new menu items.
Insert File... Open a file dialog, select a file and insert at the text cursor position.
Select Brace Enclosed Shift+Alt+B Place the text cursor at a bracket and press Shift+Alt+B to select the text between the highlighted braces.
Select Line Shift+Alt+L
Select Word Shift+Alt+W
Select Tag Shift+Alt+T Place the text cursor anywhere inside a tag to select it.
Search/Replace
* File and folder search is now much, much faster.
* Changes in all dialogs to make the result options less confusing.
Expression Evaluator Added a simple expression evaluator tool in the tools menu. It can use variables. The tool will ask the user for numeric variable values when needed.
Project menu Added two new items.
Open all project files Use this to open all your project files at ones, instead of double clicking them one by one.
Add all open files Add all open documents to the current project.
* Also fixed an issue with delete. The deleted file should be properly removed from the project now.
Options
* Added a new option "Show splash screen at startup".
* Made some changes on the search page.
FTP Fixed an issue with some FTP servers that use / as root dir, but report the current dir as something else. E.g. /usr/yourname/.
This should also fix some issues some experience with setting an remote init folder.
Open file speed Improved the open file speed by making some changes to the Unicode detection. The improvement is huge for large files.
Help Made changes to the help file (it also grew a lot...).
Also,
* Added some keyboard shortcuts to the script editor.
* Updated the VB .NET, VBScript and Boo syntax files.
* The menu should now be painted correctly on Windows Server 2003 and higher.
* The installer checks if the Firefox ActiveX component is already installed in the Firefox folder.
Spell check Added some options in the Add-ons dialog.
[ ] Check spelling as you type (underline) Display suggestions in context menu (max) [ nr ]
If the first option is unchecked, a dialog will be used with spell checking. Just click on the spell check toolbar button to start spell checking.
Drag & drop files Drag & drop files into the document, holding the ALT qualifier key pressed, will insert <a ...> or <img ...> with the file path.
Edit Menu Added several new menu items.
Insert File... Open a file dialog, select a file and insert the file contents at the text cursor position.
Select Brace Enclosed (Shift+Alt+B) Place the text cursor at a bracket and press Shift+Alt+B to select the text between the highlighted braces.
Select Line (Shift+Alt+L)
Select Word (Shift+Alt+W)
Select Tag (Shift+Alt+T) Place the text cursor anywhere inside a tag to select it. This will only select the tag though. If you want to select the text between the start and end tag as well, use the "Select Brace Enclosed" feature instead.
Search/Replace - File and folder search is now much, much faster. - Changes in all dialogs to make the result options less confusing.
Expression Evaluator Added a simple expression evaluator tool in the tools menu. It can use variables. The tool will ask the user for numeric variable values when needed.
Project menu Added two new items.
Open all project files Use this to open all your project files at ones, instead of double clicking them one by one.
Add all open files Add all open documents to the current project.
* Also fixed an issue with delete. The deleted file should be properly removed from the project now.
Options - Added a new option "Show splash screen at startup". - Made some changes on the search page.
FTP Fixed an issue with some FTP servers that use / as root dir, but report the current dir as something else. E.g. /usr/yourname/.
This should also fix some issues some experience with setting an remote initial folder.
Open file speed Improved the open file speed by making some changes to the Unicode detection. The improvement is huge for large files. Auto complete and User menu (Ctrl+Space)
Made some changes in code to reduce the use of resources. The list should now be faster and less resource hungry. Some users may have encountered an "Out of resources" message. It should be fixed now.
Help Made changes to the help file (it also grew a lot...).
Other changes - Added some keyboard shortcuts to the script editor. - Updated the VB .NET, VBScript and Boo syntax files. - Fixed a few issues with replace using regular expressions. - The menu should now be painted correctly on Windows Server 2003 and higher. - The installer checks if the Firefox ActiveX component is already installed in the Firefox folder. - Fixed some indent lines issues. - File encoding detection issue on Windows 7. - Also fixed a few issues reported in the forums.
Windows x64 error
Several errors occurred when running the program on Windows Vista x64 Edition or Windows 7 x64 edition. It's been fixed.
Column mode
Fixed an issue when inserting text in column mode and text was selected from below and up.
Save (large) files
Rewrote the save file code to use less memory. The difference is huge.
Open file
Made the code a little bit faster.
Paste from clipboard
Fixed a scroll issue when some lines are wrapped.
Optimized some code. It made a huge difference. Open file(s) is much faster. Editing is much faster. This affects almost all editing features and made a huge difference. Especially in large files.
Regular expressions
Fixed some issues where e.g. + signs were treated as ungreedy. Save cursor position
Fixed an issue where the cursor position was not saved properly. Word wrap
Fixed an issue when printing a selection. Also fixed some other minor issues.
Word wrap or wrapped long lines Made several speed improvements. * Scrolling and text cursor movements are now much faster. * Editing is as fast as with unwrapped text. * Open file speed is almost the same as for unwrapped text. The speed depends on the length of each line and the number of times each line has to be wrapped. * Search/Replace speed is the same as for unwrapped text. * Improved speed in several convert functions like "Convert tabs to spaces". * Fixed several Undo/Redo issues and made some speed improvements. Language issues There were several menu items and dialog strings that were not properly translated. Also fixed some issues when e.g. using an English Windows and a language file in another language than English. Save file(s) Improved speed when saving wrapped text. If a file can not be saved, a message and a save dialog is shown. This will enable the user to save the file using another name or location. Macro shortcuts Added keyboard shortcuts to "Start quick recording" and "Play". You can set more shortcuts using the customize keyboard dialog. Drag and drop It is now possible to drag several files to a document and insert html links. Press the "ALT" key and drag the files to the document. The link are inserted at the current text cursor position. Also fixed Fixed several issues reported in the forum. Please check it out for more information.
Auto complete words
Type a character and a list with available words from the document is displayed.
Open in Hex Editor
Added a menu item to open a file in the hex editor (not hex view). Also made several improvements to the hex editor.
Hex View
Made some improvements to the hex view.
Command line options
/R (/r) = open the file as read-only.
/CP=xxx (/cp=xxx) = open the file using a code page, e.g. /CP=1251
E.g. TextEd.exe /R /CP=1250 C:\MyFile.cpp
Windows 98/Me
Fixed several issues and language problems in W98/Me.
Tab file change indicator
This indicator is now available with all settings.
Color picker in options
Click on a color button, in options, to display a color dialog.
Highlight PHP variables in strings
Variables are now highlighted in PHP strings with the option "Highlight in strings".
Auto complete list
Changed the appearance and removed the title.
Paint (Draw text)
Made some changes in the paint function (better double buffering).
Dialogs are scaled
Most windows (dialogs) are now scaled. On a screen with a low resolution the dialogs will be a little bit smaller. And on a high resolution scrren they will be larger.
Sort in column mode
It is now possible to sort columns. Select a column and use one of the sort functions.
I have also fixed a few issues like a brace matching bug and a context menu issue. I've had very few bug reports since v5.24.
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Added an item to the view menu to switch full screen mode ON/OFF. The keyboard shortcut is CTRL+ALT+ENTER (F11 is already in use). Multiple monitors is supported (the editor enter full screen mode on the current monitor).
A button is displayed to enable you to exit full screen mode even without the keyboard shortcut.
When using themes, the title frame is still visible. Drag and drop files into the document (and cursor position)
When dragging files to the document using the ALT key, the text cursor will follow the mouse to indicate the position to insert the file paths. This should work from external explorers as well as from the explorer tabs. Open file at cursor
Open the file at the text cursor. This is added as a context menu item. Advanced sorting
I've added a dialog for more advanced sorting. It supports sorting based on an indicated column etc. Syntax highlighting
I've added some comment options to be used with syntax files.
LineCommentIfFirstChar=Yes|No Only comment when the comment char is the first character on the line.
AllowNestedComments=Yes|No Allow nested comments. Code Explorer
The first item is preselected. I also fixed several update issues. Download add-ons
Already installed items are displayed using a gray text. Also fixed a few minor issues. Show tabs in bottom bar
Added a menu item in the view menu to display or hide the bottom bar tabs. Script functions
Unhighlight text under the text cursor. If the current text is not highlighted, unhighlight all. FTP issues
Fixed several issues when connecting to servers like vsFTPd. Also made some changes to handle errors better, e.g. when the server wont let you change directory. FTP log
Added a save button to the FTP log. Use this to save the log to a file. Options
Added color buttons to change the line change indicator colors in the left margin.
Added the option "Minimize editor if no files open". Encodings
You can now set the default encoding to be used with new documents. Before it was only possible to use values like ANSI, UTF-8 etc. It is now possible to use any encoding the system support.
Also added detection of meta tag encodings in html files. Ctrl+F and non-modal search pane in bottom bar
If you use the search tab in the bottom bar and press Ctrl+F, it will regain focus. To close the bottom bar use Ctrl+Alt+M.
Fixed issues with:
- Unicode issues with toolbar hints. - Split window issues. - Tab menu items in hex view. - Toolbar hints. - Delete/Duplicate line and wordwrap. - Context help issue with the portable version. - Dual view issue with snap control.
Individual font and tab settings Added the ability to set font and tab settings for different file types. The default types (plain text, ASCII and syntax files) are still there, but you can add new types e.g. Html, PHP...
Convert file encodings Added a simple tool to change the file encodings. You can select as many files as you want, and from different folders, and preview them before conversion. A checkmark at each file also enables you to exclude files from the operation.
You can backup the old files and the operation can be undone.
Backup files options Made it possible to backup saved and auto saved files using an added .bak extension. You can also backup files to a specific folder.
Caret width option Option to change the width of the text cursor. Normally this is set to 1 pixel.
Advanced sorting The advanced sort dialog will allow the use of up to 4 keys with individual settings for sort order and type (ascending, descending, numeric...).
Better language support Included tools are now translated. Added translation support to several UI items as well.
Dialog positions Some dialog positions are now remembered throughout the session. I also added an option to save the positions.
Command line options Added two new options.
/C - Close the entered file. /RL - Reload a file if already opened.
Ext JS and folding Made some improvements to allow folding of properties.
Fixed:
- Issue with tab key and radio buttons. - Office 2000 save dialog issues. - Many minor issues and reported issues in the forum.
Added the ability to set font and tab settings for different file types. The default types (plain text, ASCII and syntax files) are still there, but you can add new types e.g. Html, PHP... Convert file encodings
Added a simple tool to change the file encodings. You can select as many files as you want, and from different folders, and preview them before conversion. A check mark at each file also enables you to exclude files from the operation.
You can backup the old files and the operation can be undone. Backup files options
Made it possible to backup saved and auto saved files using an added .bak extension. You can also backup files to a specific folder. Caret width option
Option to change the width of the text cursor. Normally this is set to 1 pixel. Advanced sorting
The advanced sort dialog will allow the use of up to 4 keys with individual settings for sort order and type (ascending, descending, numeric...). Better language support
Included tools are now translated. Added translation support to several UI items as well. Dialog positions
Some dialog positions are now remembered throughout the session. I also added an option to save the positions. Command line options
Added two new options.
/C - Close the entered file. /RL - Reload a file if already opened. Ext JS and folding
Made some improvements to allow folding of properties. Fixed:
- Issue with tab key and radio buttons. - Office 2000 save dialog issues. - Browser view check mark status when switching document tab. - Better dialog position with replace. - Ctrl + left mouse over an URL will open it in the default browser. This should work properly now. - Many minor issues and reported issues in the forum.
Hover the mouse over a closed code fold icon to display some of the hidden lines as a hint. Message dialogs
Added language support to the message dialogs. (I'll update the language files as I receive the translations.) Fixed
- Issue with text cursor movement in word wrap mode, with the option "Don't move text cursor beyond end of line" unchecked. - Issue with code folding not being updated properly. - Issue with closed code folding blocks and setting new options. - An auto completion window position issue.
Usually the auto complete character is a period (.), but can now be any character. The hint characters are usually the left and right parenthesis (...).
Also made sure string escape only happens inside a string.
View spaces and tabs I've compressed the previously two options into one option. Also made it possible to display toolbar buttons for "View spaces and tabs" and "View line breaks".
Highlight Made several changes to the highlight function in the search menu.
Fixed * "Clear List" entry in the recent files menu was blank. * "Replace All" was slow in column mode. * Undo/redo with "Replace All" in column mode was very slow. * Abort a "Replace All" operation didn't always work. * The open file dialog when selecting tool item command didn't use the correct file filter. * The filter setting in the explorer tabs was not saved. * FTP issue when using an initial remote folder. * A small language issue in the Syntax Editor.
Memory usage The editor does now free up some memory when you first start the editor and when you close documents. Also, a memory address space greater than 2GB (up to 4GB) is now supported. This is supported on Windows x64 or Windows 32-bit (with the /3GB option set).
Startup speed Made some changes that should improve the upstart speed a little. Don't expect too much though...
Command line parameter Added a new command line parameter to use a different settings file than the default one.
E.g. TextEd.exe /settings "<path>\TextEd.ini"
Verbatim strings in C# Verbatim strings in C# are now supported. Also added a new option to syntax files called "VerbatimStringStart=".
Enter and horizontal scrolling Changed the behavior when you hit the enter key. Before, this always made the editor scroll to the left most position. Now, the editor will only scroll the display when necessary.
Syntax Editor Made some changes to the syntax editor. Changed the file dialogs to standard dialogs. And added a new option "VerbatimStringStart=".
Column mode and word wrap You can now activate column mode when using word wrap. Word wrap will be turn off and you can start making a selection or start editing.
Fixed - Improved delete selection speed. This may speed up several functions in the editor. - Fixed an issue with the tab list position on some systems. - Fixed several replace and replace all issues. - Fixed some dialog position issues on Windows 7 and Windows Vista. - Fixed several issues reported in the forum. Please check the forum for more details.
Project manager
Made several changes to the project manager.
* Added multiple selection. Can be used with "Open selected files".
* Hints for all project files, showing the full path to the file.
* Sorting by file extension and name. This will group files by extension.
* Added a context menu item to set the maximum sub folder level. Default is one.
* Relative parent folder items (..) are now skipped.
Explorer Options
Added several option to the explorer tabs.
Tree list:
* Display Buttons
* Display Icons
* Display Tree Lines
File list:
* Display Icons
* Display Folders
* Highlight open Files
* Use colors for added extensions
Highlight
Made some changes to the highlight text feature and fixed some issues.
* Added "Unhighlight All".
* Highlight Words should automatically select the nearest word(s). Even when selecting words.
* Fixed some menu issues.
Search
Fixed several issues with highlight found items.
* Highlight found items should work now with regular expressions.
* Fixed issues with word wrap and highlighting.
* Highlighting should work when doing a multiple line search.
[Misc]
* Fixed several undo issues in word wrap mode.
* Fixed several minor issues and made some small improvements.
* The MRU list is updated when closing a document.
* Added an error message when "Goto line" is out of scope.
* Fixed several bugs.
Project file navigation and auto completion
Made some changes in the source code parsers to include more information about the code. This information is used with auto completion and to navigate in the code.
* Auto completion ( Ctrl + J ) now includes all functions (not class members) available in your project files, as well as all class members. To display functions just press Ctrl+J at an empty spot.
* Go to Declaration. Added as an context menu item. Position the text cursor over a function, class object or a class member and select the context menu item. The correct file will open and the text cursor will be positioned at the function or class member declaration.
* Go to Implementation. Added as an context menu item. This is used with C/C++ and Delphi/Pascal files. Class members are, in these languages, divided into a declaration and an implementation part. You can e.g. use the context menu item "Go to Implementation" when the text cursor is over the class member declaration in header file e.g. Test.h, and "Go to Declaration" from the Test.cpp file to navigate back to the declaration.
* Also fixed a few issues with projects and parsing.
Fold selected text
This feature can be used to make selected text foldable.
* Create selection fold: Select text and use the context menu item or editor tool bar item to make the selection foldable. A normal [+] node should be visible at the top of the selection.
* Remove selection fold: Position the text cursor inside the fold and select this feature to remove the selection fold.
New syntax file fold option
Added a new fold option to handle "If" statements in Visual Basic that doesn't have an "End If" at the end.
NotAlwaysEnded = <Yes|No>
Insert line breaks
Rewrote the feature. It should work properly in word wrap mode and with undo/redo.
Remove line breaks
Rewrote the feature. It should work properly in word wrap mode and with undo/redo.
Open selected files (in the project tab)
Can also be used to open a folder. Just select a folder and use "Open selected files".
I've also fixed several issues, of course.
I could use some feedback on the new "Create fold from selected text" feature (behavior, look etc.).
This is a debug version, as usual. Happy beta testing...
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Project file navigation and auto completion
Made some changes in the source code parsers to include more information about the code. This information is used with auto completion and to navigate in the code.
- Auto completion ( Ctrl + J ) now includes all functions (not class members) available in your project files, as well as all class members. To display functions just press Ctrl+J at an empty spot.
- Go to Declaration. Added as an context menu item. Position the text cursor over a function, class object or a class member and select the context menu item. The correct file will open and the text cursor will be positioned at the function or class member declaration.
- Go to Implementation. Added as an context menu item. This is used with C/C++ and Delphi/Pascal files. Class members are, in these languages, divided into a declaration and an implementation part. You can e.g. use the context menu item "Go to Implementation" when the text cursor is over the class member declaration in header file e.g. Test.h, and "Go to Declaration" from the Test.cpp file to navigate back to the declaration.
- Also fixed a few issues with projects and parsing.
Fold selected text
This feature can be used to make selected text fold able.
- Create selection fold: Select text and use the context menu item or editor tool bar item to make the selection fold able. A normal [+] node should be visible at the top of the selection.
- Remove selection fold: Position the text cursor inside the fold and select this feature to remove the selection fold.
New syntax file fold option
Added a new fold option to handle "If" statements in Visual Basic that doesn't have an "End If" at the end.
NotAlwaysEnded =
Insert line breaks
Rewrote the feature. It should work properly in word wrap mode and with undo/redo.
Remove line breaks
Rewrote the feature. It should work properly in word wrap mode and with undo/redo.
Open selected files (in the project tab)
Can also be used to open a folder. Just select a folder and use "Open selected files".
Fixed
Fixed several bugs reported in the forum, or sent by email. See the forum for more information.
Multi Edit and multi select
With the option "Enable Multi Edit and Multi Select" set, you can select or place a text cursor in several places, by holding the CTRL key. Ones you've made your selections or cursor placements you can start editing. All instances at the same time.
You can use most normal functions like typing, backspace, delete and cut/copy/paste. You can also use the case functions for selections.
Some restrictions though when editing two, or more, instances at ones.
1. You can only delete till the end of line. If you reach EOL on one line, nothing will happen in that place when you hit the "Del" key.
2. You can only backspace till the beginning of line.
3. Some keys like "Enter" or the arrow keys will bring you out of multi edit mode.
User Clipboards
Added 5 user clipboards. You can switch between "Windows Clipboard" and the user clipboards with the "Shift+Alt+0..5" shortcuts or in the "Edit" menu.
After switching you use the normal cut/copy/paste functions.
Project Manager
Added some new features and fixed some issues.
- Project name is displayed in the title.
- Last opened files are remembered.
- You are asked if you want to close open project files when you close the project, open a new one or create a new project.
- The project tree state is remembered.
- You can now filter out files when adding a folder to the project.
- Fixed several issues.
New options
I'll added some new options:
- Minimize on Close (will close all open files before minimize)
- Vertical scroll distance
The Help
I'll work on it till the final version. The help is not updated in the beta version.
I've fixed a few bugs as well, but very few was reported...
Multi edit and multi select let you select or position a text cursor in several places at ones, by holding the CTRL key. Ones you've made your selections or cursor placements you can start editing. All instances at the same time.
Please check out the "Multi Edit and Multi Select" topic in the help file for more information.
You can use most normal functions like typing, backspace, delete and cut/copy/paste. You can also use the case functions for selections.
Some restrictions though when editing two, or more, instances at ones.
You can only delete till the end of line. If you reach EOL on one line, nothing will happen in that place when you hit the "Del" key.
You can only backspace till the beginning of line.
Some keys like "Enter" or the arrow keys will bring you out of multi edit mode.
User Clipboards
Added 5 user clipboards. You can switch between "Windows Clipboard" and the user clipboards with the "Shift+Alt+0..5" shortcuts or in the "Edit" menu. After switching you use the normal cut/copy/paste functions.
Please check out the "User Clipboards" topic in the help file for more information.
Project Manager
Added some new features and fixed some issues.
Project name is displayed in the title.
Last opened files are remembered.
You are asked if you want to close open project files when you close the project, open a new one or create a new project.
The project tree state is remembered.
You can now filter out files when adding a folder to the project.
Fixed several issues.
New options
I'll added some new options:
Minimize on Close (will close all open files before minimize)
Vertical scroll distance
The Help
I've added a few topics in the help (Function Tutorials Chapter).
Fixed
I've fixed several issues in this version. Some were reported in the forum. I also fixed several other minor issues in this version.
