PSPad 5.0.3.377

PSPad

PSPad is a programmers editor with support for multiple syntax highlighting profiles. It comes with a HEX editor, CP conversion, text differences, templates, macros, spellcheck option, auto-completion, and Code Explorer. The program is pre-configured for the most popular programming languages (VB, C++, SQL, PHP, ASP, and Python) and you can further customize the syntax settings.

PSPad features:

work with projects
work with several documents at the same time (MDI)
save desktop sessions to later reopen all session files
FTP client - edit files directly from the web
macro recorder to record, save and load macros
search and replace in files
text difference with color-coded differences highlighted
templates (HTML tags, scripts, code templates...)
installation contains templates for HTML, PHP, Pascal, JScript, VBScript, MySQL, MS-Dos, Perl,...
syntax highlighting according to file type
user-defined highlighters for exotic environments
auto correction
intelligent internal HTML preview using IE and Mozilla
full HEX editor
call different external programs for different environments
external compiler with output catcher, log window and log parser for an "IDE" effect in every environment
color syntax highlight printing and print preview
integrated TiDy library for formatting and checking HTML code, conversion to CSS, XML, XHTML
integrated free version of the top CSS editor TopStyle Lite
export with highlight to RTF, HTML, TeX format to file or clipboard
column block select, bookmarks, line numbers, ...
reformat and compress HTML code, tag character case change
line sorting with ability to sort on defined columns and drop duplicates
ASCII chart with HTML entities
Code explorer for Pascal, C/C++, INI, HTML, XML, PHP and more in development
spell checker
internal web browser with APACHE support
matching bracket highlighting
...(many more features, too numerous to list)

PSPad 5.0.3.377 changelog:

Compiler - if you run compiler and not Catch program output is selected, compiler window won't be hidden
Code explorer - ESC closes Code explorer. Removed.
parameter Statusbar functions require DblClick instead of SingleClick (Program settings / Program 2) has influence of the top editor ruller behavior too.
ASCII chart - new button CP as editor - this buttons sets content of ASCII chart into same CP as current editor window. Note, that ASCII chart works with singlebyte encodings only, not with UTF-xxx
Regular expressions - library based on Perl syntax was replaced with library supporting PCRE syntax
New user highlighter for ASAR assembler (David Wilson)
Computer suspend - FTP is disconnected.
Computer suspend - new modified files are saved in %Temp%\PSPad\Resume folder
TeX code explorer shows \head
User highlighter - added HEX number attribute
TeX highlighter - added block comments --[[ ]]-- and \starthiding \stophidding. Each comment has different attribute and allows you set different color. As "operator" attribute you can color for \if++, \if+-, \eif, \efi
menu Edit / Special conversion between text, URL, QuotedPrintable, Base64 fully supports unicode. UTF-8 is used for char presentation
Find in files dialog was changed from modal to normal. It allows let dialog open and edit files together
Favourite window contains new section - script. You can add script there by selecting from drop down list
User highlighter definition - added block comment for Autoit3 - #cs ... #ce
New PSPad command line parameter /F or /FR (as alternative -F or -FR) will start search on open file. /F for normal search, /FR for search with regular expressions. Syntax: pspad "path\file" /F "search expression"
PSPad remembers column with of Name, size and modified for File explorer and FTP
User friendly message when you try compare file with selected file from disk in case both files has different encoding
Insert text to lines - added "Apply" button, so you can use this function several times without leaving dialog
FTP connection list - added folder functionality
New option in Program settings / Program 1 - Don't change Toolbar icon size when monitor DPI is changed
Insert text to lines (Alt+I) - added step for numbering, added labels
New action Open favourite (Shift+Ctrl+A) for easier access to favourite tab in left panel. Panel is selected and tree with favourite is focused. You can move cursor and open file or run tool with Enter.
Handled exception when Recent.INI file was marked as ReadOnly
Editor window - Ruller - with high DPI was column numbers high above the ticks
Open file from internet (menu File / Open special) - function doesn't detect code page
Char case change doesn't work with cyrilic letters
64b version ends with exception, joined to store recent files
TextDiff drop box was invisible when you drag file over PSPad if left panel was switched off
User highlighter dialog wasn't possible close if no editor window was open
crash on PSPad exit
XML Code explorer
handled exception when closing PSPad x64
handled exception when several PSPad instances was closed at once and all instances write file state in same time
Program Settings / KeyMap - problem drawing with scrollbar (only some group and languages)
if main PSPad window was maximized, minimized and open file from outside, PSPad wasn't restored as maximized
ASCII chart wasn't translated after language change
Python highlighter - search for matching bracket if bracket was in string
Highlighting URL in text doesn't respect two dots - something..html
in case PSPad was set as StayOnTop, some dialog window appear behind the main window
FTP connection - duplicate connection ends with message "Connection already exists"
problem with editor window name when you open many small files at once
HEX editor - search in HEX - if you paste search string from Excel, you got info that text contains non hex chars (Excell adds line break)
HEX editor - undo after bytes rewriting
HEX editor - find/replace when switching from text and back
reduce Windows flicker when you restore PSPad from minimized to maximized state
HEX editor - paste text into HEX part, copied from external source (e.g. Excel)
fixed behavior when PSPad is minimized to Tray icon
Code explorer fix after new regular expression library implementation
HEX editor copy/paste in text part
System integration into context menu for limited user
ASCII chart - Print button changes label when Coda page was changed
exception when bigger amount of files was closed one by one