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Before updating:
Please go to
File>Instruction lists>Export...
and export your customized layout of instructions (to avoid losing the set of instructions that you've created).
Version 0.12.4.0
- The editor didn't register variables as they were typed into data segments,
- (In non-enhanced mode) - After editing a line and pressing the right arrow at the end of line, the caret jumped one line too far down,
- Right-click menu commands for copying, cutting, undoing and redoing didn't work,
- Active box text background colour was not correct and it didn't discolour every time,
- Registers {r8d,r8w,r8b} to {r15d,r15w,r15b} weren't recognized (they didn't get colored) by the editor when formatting.
- Added ability to change the delay for the appearance of onscreen line-jump numbers
Version 0.12.3.0
- rewritten base procedures for analyzing lines
- the old version didn't recognize (or has misrepresented) the line breaks in documents that were saved by some other apps
- faster text formatting,
- applies casing to variables, registers, labels and procedures as it is written in the definition line
- applies casing to opcodes the way it is defined in
Opcode list
menu option
- ability to switch between preferred casing for formatting of registers
- quick navigation tool added - place up to nine markers in document
- quick selection tool added - set selection start and end with keyboard shortcuts or from the menu
- undo/redo commands now work properly
- additional menu appearance settings,
- quick jump to lines on screen improved and available also in ordinary text editing mode
- correction of color issues
Version 0.10.2.0
- corrected issues with formatting quoted strings and labels
- Other corrections and improvements
- Find text option doesn't produce undo marks anymore
Version 0.10.0.0
- Improved logic for faster syntax highlighting,
- Correction of occasional unexpected behavior of the "Line box" after pressing certain "mode keys"
Version 0.9.0.0
- Autocomplete menus improved (they hide and appear when they have to)
- Added SEGMENT block recognition
- Added recognition of PUBLIC variables
- Syntax highlighting now works also when typing directly in text box with the document
- The editor now automatically updates local variables and labels
- Checked state is now visible in main menu
Version 0.8.0.0
- Syntax highlighting didn't work for opcodes which were not written in capital letters,
- Syntax highlighting took too long with large files, so I had to implement the logic for partial document formatting,
- Undo/redo improved,
- Erroneous automatic placement of line for end of macro block ("ENDM") removed,
- Font and color settings improved. Now you can set font, font size, fore color or back color for multiple items, Insert key retains its state through all the text boxes, option to disable syntax highlighting Now supports large files. Optimized collecting autocomplete items (variables, procedure names, etc.),
Version 0.10.0.0
- Edit box behavior improved (extending at long lines, keeping the current box focus, ...), - Added Autoselect menu option to toggle automatic selection in text boxes, - In fully enhanced mode, adjusted behavior of Backspace, Left Arrow, and Return keys when the caret is at the beginning of line, - Added functionality of Ctrl+Shift+PgDn and Ctrl+Shift+PgUp key combinations, - Added "GrayText" system color option to formatting styles - Paste option in main menu corrected - Other smaller improvements
Version 0.7.0.0
- Syntax highlighting didn't work for opcodes which were not written in capital letters,
- Syntax highlighting has been taking too long with large files, so I've had to implement some logic for partial document formatting, and I've also significantly increased the speed of actual formatting,
- Undo/redo improved,
- Improper automatic placement of line for end of macro block ("ENDM") removed,
- Font and color settings improved. Now you can set font, font size, fore color or back color for multiple items,
- Edit box behavior improved (extending at long lines, keeping the current box focus, ...),
- Added Autoselect menu option to toggle automatic selection in text boxes,
- In fully enhanced mode, adjusted behavior of Backspace, Left Arrow, and Return keys when the caret is at the beginning of line,
- Added functionality of Ctrl+Shift+PgDn and Ctrl+Shift+PgUp key combinations,
- Added "GrayText" system color option to formatting styles,
- Paste option didn't execute when selected from main menu,
- Other smaller improvements...
Version 0.6.3.0
- Update: In the re-release I've also included a handler, which will try to save the current document in a different file in the case of application crash.
- Help file reorganized. Most important notes have been put at the beginning.
- Every time the app's window gets focus, it examines if the edited file was changed externally. For instance, you corrected a tiny mistake before compiling the file in another program. The editor will now ask if you want to reload the file.
- Autocompletion for labels sometimes didn't work as expected. Specifically, it didn't register a label when the opcode didn't have any arguments.
- The ENDP, ENDS and ENDM lines were put incorrectly when writing a line containing PROC, STRUC and MACRO in the bottom of the text window.
- Improved and corrected detection of local variables for LOCAL keyword.
Version 0.6.2.0
- Some general improvements and corrections
- Style settings for strings added
Version 0.6.1.0
- Bug fix - The editor crashed in some cases when trying to color a line that contained an instruction followed by macro name and misplaced parentheses
- Adjustment - With certain fonts and their sizes, the shortcut menus were slightly too small
Version 0.6.0.0
- Colorized code - Define custom colors, fonts or even font sizes within the code. (See screenshot in the Blog)
- Several improvements, optimisations, corrections, adjustments...
Version 0.5.0.0
- Right click menu for standard operations
- Standard menu options added, including Replace
- Ctrl+Up/Down Arrows are now used for scrolling
- H/V Scrollbars
- Many smaller improvements and fixes
Version 0.4.1.0
- "Go to line" option adjusted and improved
- Appearance glitches fixed
- Minor appearance improvements
Version 0.4.0.0
- Bug fixed: Crash when 1st textbox contained only spaces
- Menu appearance re-designed
- Insert key is applied to all boxes
- Other improvements
Version 0.3.0.0
Keyboard shortcuts for horizontal scrolling:
Ctrl+.
,
Ctrl+,
,
Ctrl+Shift+.
,
Ctrl+Shift+,
.
TAB support - click to check the
Accepts Tabs
option.
Other functions that I've added are quite easily noticeable, e.g. when you press
Backspace
or
Shift+TAB
in the beginning of the leftmost box, it will load the initial spaces so you can adjust the indent.
I haven't yet updated the screenshots in the Microsoft Store listing, it looks a bit nicer now.