UEStudio IDE/text editor latest changes

The list below contains the latest changes for UEStudio. This is a brief listing of new or enhanced features of the application. For a more thorough look at what has been added, take the tour of the new features.

The most up-to-date version is 09.30, released on 2009-11-04.

UEStudio v09.00 Changes (2009-01-12)

Usability and interface improvements; including
- New gradient toolbars
- Named child windows with improved docking control functionality
- New file tabs with (optional) coloring and close icon
- Tabbed, auto-hidden child windows
- Drag-and-drop functionality to vertically or horizontally split window
Integrated PHP Debugging (with local webserver and Xdebug)
Enhanced PHP IntelliTip support
Integrated Javascript lint (selectable from the Format menu)
Support for current versions of SVN and VCS
Added CVS commands to right-click context menu
Added ability to move to prev/next output window error message with hotkeys
Automatic detection of files under version control
Improved FTP Support
- Full support for FTPS (Control only, Control and data, Implicit)
- Redesigned Open from FTP/Save as to FTP dialogs
- Ability to set a (server based) remote or (Perl regex based) local filter (provides filtering ability for SFTP)
- Improved proxy support
- Ability to set local default directory for each FTP account
Scripting access to the clipboard
- Access content on the clipboard via UltraEdit.clipboardContent;
- Fill the clipboard via var myClipboardContent = UltraEdit.clipboardContent;
Threaded function list with option to move focus to function list on refresh
Line numbers available for "List lines containing string" dialog
Enhanced large file detection and handling
- Prompt for each large file opened to open without temp files, line numbers, etc.
Single click activates file in "Open" list (file tree view)
Added application icon to Windows Explorer context menu option
Added ability to add up to 20 external Help files
Added ability to specify column order for bookmark viewer
Added menu option to reset floating dialogs (View -> Views/Lists -> Recover Floating Windows)
Many other minor enhancements/improvements

UEStudio v09.10 Changes (2009-05-08)

File tab improvements; including
- Option for fixed or dockable/undockable file tabs
- Auto resizing multi-row tabs
- Scrollable tabs
User adjustable controls for auto-hide windows
SSH/Telnet session logging
Ability to create a new file on FTP server diretly from FTP browser dialog
Each syntax highlighting wordfile split into its own file (in "wordfiles" directory)
Unlimited number of wordfiles
Syntax highlighting color settings moved from INI to wordfile
Ability to pass font code page and script from UltraEdit to UltraCompare Professional
Websearch toolbar improvements:
- modifiable via the right-click context menu
- map Websearches to hotkeys
Ability to delete bookmarked lines
New streamlined upgrade process
- Check for FREE updates
- Check for updates notifies if update is free or paid
- Streamlined upgrade request process
Find/Replace column positions automatically from start and end positions of selected text
.config files automatically recognized as XML format for highlighting
Easier column marker toggling
Ability to reorder templates directly in template list

UEStudio v09.20 Changes (2009-08-07)

New XML Manager
- Supports any XML-based document, including XHTML
- Double-click a node to jump to its position in the edit window
- Shift + double-click to select node in edit window
- Ability to cut, copy, paste, and duplicate nodes within the XML browser
- Move nodes up/down
- New configuration item for XML browser window
XMLlint and XML Convert to CR/LF now support all extensions used for XML highlighting
Code Folding enhancements
- Code folding graphical lines
- Folding processed in separate thread
Expanded sort functionality
- Sort now supports removal of duplicates based on any or all sort keys
- New macro/scripting commands for sorting and duplicate removal based on keys (see Help for details)
Column marker enhancements
- Unlimited number of column markers
- Create column marker "groups"
- New keymapping item "ViewShowColumnMarkers"
- Toggle column markers on/off from toolbar button
- Existing (legacy) column markers preserved
Plus other minor features and enhancements

UEStudio v09.30 Changes (2009-11-04)

List Line Containing String dialog now uses edit font
Base 64 encoding and decoding (in Edit menu)
- Key mapping support
- Macro support
- Scripting support (activeDocument object): encodeBase64() and decodeBase64()
Significant Undo enhancements
- Users can undo much larger segments per undo operation
Expanded Undo Support for the following:
- Wrap after column #, insert CR/LF
- Convert to Fixed Columns
- Convert to Character Delimited
- Insert String at Every Increment
- Sort
- Convert CRLFs to Wrap
- Convert Wrap to CRLF
- Tabs To Spaces
- Spaces To Tabs (all)
- Spaces To Tabs (leading)
- XML Convert To CRLFs
- Artistic Styler
- Tabs to Spaces / Spaces to Tabs
CVS/SVN improvements
- Enhancements for committing more than one file into CVS
- Enhanced automatic importing of VCS information
- When checking out, local root path no longer defaults to hard-coded path
- Update for Subversion
New setting to ignore tabs in string literals in Syntax Highlighted Files in Advanced -> Configuration -> Editor Display -> Formatting "Do not convert spaces and tabs inside comments and strings"
Major performance improvements for multi-file open
XML Manager window colors now match application colors