The most important news is the 'colorer' library support, which makes Freddy capable of syntax highlighting more than 100 text formats. The first version of the manual is ready and accessible in PDF and HTML formats. The editor now supports the UTF-8 format. The search function now includes a replace function. Currently unavailable menu items get disabled, and the list of the available graphical styles is dynamically-listed in the menu. The Preferences window now has a "Quick Help" function. Many bugfixes were also made.
The most important news is the 'colorer' library
support, which makes Freddy capable of syntax
highlighting more than 100 text formats. However,
this feature is not yet enabled. The editor can
now load and save UTF-8 texts. The search function
now includes a replace function. Currently
unavailable menu items are now disabled in the
GUI, and the list of the available graphical
styles are dynamically listed in the menu. The
Preferences window now has a "Quick Help"
function. This release also contains many
bugfixes.
Freddy now has a "Preferences" window which makes
it possible to reconfigure it at runtime. Support
for X11's "selection clipboard" was added. Freddy
now marks the modified buffers' name with an "*".
Any nonexistent files specified on the command
line can are now created. The module interface was
rewritten. It is now possible to use modules under
Windows. Some modules now have some interesting
new features, such as the "status ball" of the
console module. Many improvements were also made,
and many serious bugs were fixed.
Command line switches were added. Loading files
into a running instance of the program is now
possible. Horizontal scrollbars were added to
help you view long lines. The tab bar's tabs have
little pixmaps which are draggable, allowing you
to easily change their order. A configuration
window and i18n support were added. Many
improvements and bugfixes were also made.
