nightly

Textadept nightly (07 Mar 2025)

Code Coverage

File	Coverage	Missed Lines
core/args.lua	97.50%	78, 129
core/assert.lua	100.00%
core/events.lua	100.00%
core/file_io.lua	100.00%
core/iface.lua	100.00%
core/init.lua	98.59%	6
core/keys.lua	100.00%
core/lexer.lua	100.00%
core/lfs_ext.lua	100.00%
core/locale.lua	100.00%
core/ui.lua	100.00%
init.lua	93.42%	70-72, 287, 324-326, 328-330
modules/textadept/bookmarks.lua	100.00%
modules/textadept/command_entry.lua	100.00%
modules/textadept/editing.lua	100.00%
modules/textadept/find.lua	99.62%	278
modules/textadept/history.lua	100.00%
modules/textadept/init.lua	100.00%
modules/textadept/keys.lua	98.24%	545-547
modules/textadept/macros.lua	100.00%
modules/textadept/menu.lua	100.00%
modules/textadept/run.lua	100.00%
modules/textadept/session.lua	100.00%
modules/textadept/snippets.lua	98.68%	220, 278, 622, 629
themes/dark.lua	100.00%
themes/light.lua	100.00%
themes/term.lua	100.00%
Total	99.38%

Code Coverage

File	Coverage	Missed Lines
src/textadept.c	92%	51-55, 74, 79, 549, 552-556, 560, 563, 588-592, 594-597, 599-601, 647-649, 656, 751-761, 800-805, 846-847, 880, 1256-1260, 1262-1266
src/textadept_curses.c	59%	295-306, 308-314, 316-319, 321-329, 331, 334-345, 347, 349, 351, 357-371, 375, 378-384, 429, 552, 554-563, 565-568, 597-598, 601-603, 605-609, 611-616, 620, 622-625, 627-630, 633-637, 640-641, 658, 664-666, 679-694, 696-697, 699, 701, 703-709, 712-714, 718-721, 723-725, 727-734, 736-737, 742-753, 755-757, [760-761][71], [763-764][72], [766-772][73], [774-777][74], [779-781][75], [783-790][76], [794-802][77], [895][78], [903][79], [905][80], [907][81], [913-914][82], [916-921][83], [930][84], [955][85], [984-992][86], [994][87], [996-1002][88], [1004-1012][89], [1015][90]
src/textadept_gtk.c	68%	[48-49][91], [53-57][92], [75-80][93], [103][94], [214-219][95], [223-225][96], [327-338][97], [340][98], [448-450][99], [488-491][100], [493][101], [556][102], [565-569][103], [572-582][104], [586-588][105], [590-598][106], [600-601][107], [604-611][108], [614-615][109], [654-655][110], [657-665][111], [667][112], [673-675][113], [681-686][114], [690-693][115], [699-704][116], [706-708][117], [714-716][118], [720-722][119], [725-729][120], [731-737][121], [739-742][122], [744][123], [746-761][124], [764-765][125], [767-776][126], [778-784][127], [786-787][128], [789-791][129], [793-801][130], [920][131], [928-937][132], [939][133], [956][134]
src/textadept_qt.cpp	65%	[91][135], [95-97][136], [101-102][137], [116-117][138], [310][139], [317-320][140], [362-379][141], [381-385][142], [387-397][143], [400-405][144], [408-418][145], [420-421][146], [428-429][147], [447][148], [450-453][149], [455-457][150], [462-469][151], [471-474][152], [476-478][153], [480-494][154], [498-526][155], [528-536][156], [627-629][157], [649][158], [662-667][159], [675][160], [680-683][161], [690][162], [692][163], [702][164], [716-719][165], [749-760][166], [762-766][167], [769-770][168], [787-788][169]
src/textadept_qt.h	100%
TOTAL	74%

12.6

Textadept 12.6 (01 Feb 2025)

Download:

• 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.

12.5

Textadept 12.5 (01 Dec 2024)

Download:

• 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.

12.5_beta_3

Textadept 12.5 beta 3 (1 Oct 2024)

Download:

• 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.

12.5_beta_2

Textadept 12.5 beta 2 (01 Sep 2024)

Download:

• 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.

12.5_beta

Textadept 12.5 beta (01 Jul 2024)

Download:

• 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.

12.4

Textadept 12.4 (01 May 2024)

Download:

• Textadept 12.4 -- Windows
• Textadept 12.4 -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.4 -- Linux
• Textadept 12.4 -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed macOS bug where message dialogs did not return focus to the editor.
• Fixed Bash lexer to not highlight escaped '#' as comments.

Changes:

• Updated AutoHotkey, Perl, and Rust lexers with minor improvements.
• LSP: notify servers that diagnostics are supported.
• Scintilla: significantly reduce memory used for undo actions.
• Scintilla: added additional selection inactive colors to view.element_color.
• Scintilla: scale reverse arrow margin cursor to match user's cursor size.
• Updated to Scintilla 5.5.0.

12.3

Textadept 12.3 (01 Mar 2024)

Download:

• Textadept 12.3 -- Windows
• Textadept 12.3 -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.3 -- Linux
• Textadept 12.3 -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed help files not showing up in Linux releases.
• Fixed ^⌘ key sequences not working on macOS.
• LSP: fixed diagnostics for some language servers that expect client diagnostic capababilities.
• Scintilla: workaround potential crash when a line contains both left-to-right and right-to-left
  text.

Changes:

• None.

12.3_beta

Textadept 12.3 beta (01 Jan 2024)

Download:

• Textadept 12.3 beta -- Windows
• Textadept 12.3 beta -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.3 beta -- Linux
• Textadept 12.3 beta -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Do not assume filter through command output is encoded in _CHARSET.
• Only close the initial buffer if it is blank too.
• Fixed CMake constantly redownloading Qt SingleApplication module.
• Qt version: Allow keypad Enter to invoke action in Find & Replace pane entries
• Scintilla: fixed regex reverse search bug where a shortened match was returned.
• Scintilla: avoid character fragments in regular expression search results.
• Scintilla: fixed excessive memory use when deleting contiguous ranges backwards.
• Scintilla: fixed incorrect substitution when searching for a regular expression backwards.
• Scintilla: fix potential Qt crash when using IME with a large amount of text selected.

Changes:

• Added textadept.snippets.active.
• Scratch: New module for treating untitled buffers as persistent scratch buffers.
• Scintilla: Ctrl+Click on a selection deselects it in multiple selection mode.
• Scintilla: added buffer:change_selection_mode().
• Scintilla: allow setting of buffer.move_extends_selection.
• Scintilla: improve global replace performance.
• Scintilla: make buffer:move_selected_lines_up() and buffer:move_selected_lines_down()
  work for regular selections.
• Updated to Scintilla 5.4.1.

12.2

Textadept 12.2 (01 Nov 2023)

Download:

• Textadept 12.2 -- Windows
• Textadept 12.2 -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.2 -- Linux
• Textadept 12.2 -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Regex replacements with '^' anchors should only match once per line.
• Fix statusbar column number not including virtual space.
• Fixed terminal version crash in some list dialogs with UTF-8 characters in them.
• Gtk input dialogs are resizable.
• Fixed default Gtk icon dialog when none was specified.

Changes:

• Updated Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish localizations.