PSPad 5.0.4.543

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 5.0.4.543 changelog:

Autocomplete doesn't complete numbers in automatic mode, in manual mode does
Own editor font usage without to have install it - put your TTF files into subfolder .\Fonts
Highlighter settings - added possibility to open selected user highlighter definition
Code explorer - Sort button has "state". You can switch it on/ff for current Window. Default state cames from Program settings / Tools - Sort code explorer
Code explorer - selected item stays selected after sort change or refresh (if exists)
Code explorer - search is case insesitive, Alt, Ctrl, Shift doesn't reset search, Ctrl+Enter search for next occurence
Sort lines uses "stable sort", If lines are same, order isn't changed. It has meaning for sort by column.
FTP quick search box is case insensitive
FTP - new field for change folder with history for each server stored in Recent.ini. ENTER confirm entry and send command to FTP server.
New user highlighter definition for Solidity
Open files panel - possibility to arrange selected windows Horizontally/Vertically
Open file list (left tool panel) - possibility select and close more files at once (right mouse)
File info shows current open file last write time
Scripts files are sorted alphabetically before adding to scripting engine. Put underscore to the file name begin if you want to compile e.g. your script library as the first
Program settings / Backup - new options allow switch on/off autosave files with computer suspend
Program settings - added search option possibility. Repeated Enter key press search for occurences
Synchronize movement activation is possible even in one splitted window
Project - speed up big project file loading
User highlighter - added support for Ruby symbols
FTP ciphering - updated OpenSSL libraries
PHP highlighter - added void type support
AutoIt highlighter marks # as part of the word when double click
JavaScript highlighter - added support for Template literals (Template strings) and new JScript highlighter attribute Template for color setting
Current file tab highlight
Incremental search (Ctrl+E) - extended functionality - Right arrow adds another char, Tab adds string till end of the word
Favorite panel / Tools - added option Save all files before tool starts
Status bar was moved to the bottom of main window from the bottom of individual windows. The reason is reading devices support for visually impaired people.
INI highlighter - hexadecimal numbers are highlighted
C# highlighter is supported now as basic highlighter instead of user highlighter
Color schemes are stored per user highlighter slot instead of previous system where all user highlighter slots has common scheme.
PSPad saves all files in restart/shutdown state include never saved new files.
Skins - Program settings / Colors - is possible to change program skin to black. In the same place you can load Highlighters scheme. Optimized are PSPad_Light and PSPad_Dark. Creating and modifying schemes stays in Highlighter settings. As Skin is possible to use any Delphi VCL scheme (VSF extension).
Program settings / Colors - possibility to set color for other occurrence of selected text
Other occurences of selected text - changed to case insensitive, spaces on the begin/end are trimmed
Many optimalizations made for Load/Save highlighters scheme
Open/Save dialog work was rewrited (joined with skins). For Windows Vista and newer new system dialogs are used
Internal HTML preview - obsolete Mozilla, based on unsupported Mozilla activeX control was replaced for Chromium based Edge. To test it is necessary to install chromium based Edge Canary build. It can coexists with existing Windows 10 edge without problems.
Editor window - highlight all occurences of selected text. You can switch it off in the Program settings / Editor 2
Compiled with Delphi 10.4 Denali (still in beta stage)
New Memory manager version FastMM5
User highlighter - added "Attribute" for PowerShell - it highlights word after square open bracket
Find by lines - new function in the Search menu. Input is list of line numbers and result is set of lines from current document in new document.
Scroll past EOF (Program settings / Editor 1) - separated as standalone option from previous scroll past EOL and EOF
Splitted editor window - splitter has different color, splitter width depends of screen DPI
New scripting function tabsToSpaces(input: string): string
Autocorrect - won't be executed if text is selected
Format block (left/right/center) works in column selection with limitation - text doesn't contain real tabs.
User highlighter extended of Variable attribute with possibility highlight PHP like variables (starting with $)
FTP - added possibility to rename folder with connections. It's possible to use it to join folders too
FTP - connection popup menu is organized into submenus according to folders
Updated color scheme PSPad dark and PSPad light
JSON reformat didn't take indent size from the program settings
Char # was added as word break char for HTML and XHTML highlighter
Program settings / System - some option was unavailable
memory leaks joined with Code explorer
FTP - edit FTP - wrong detection of existing connection
FTP - exception when click on the arrow next FTP connection button
Program settings / System integration. If TXT wasn't assigned to PSpad, PSpad always returned Notepad with Program settings confirmation
User highlighter - variables with '_' char
User highlighter - mark variable starts on $ with dblclick
Statusbar - font size with high DPI
Fixed another problems related to file closing
Windows shell script - highlighting variable with '#' char, e.g. %ip#1%
PHP Code explorer - escaped apostrophe in string
Autoit Highlighter - fix of single line comments
AutoIt code explorer - fixed typo in category name
Save As - hadnel unwanted adding of file extension when extension wasn't included in SaveDialog filter
User highlighter - fixed using different string types together in one highlughter
Find - result won't be centered horizontally, horizontal scroll will be as minimal as possible to ensure result is visible
Search/replace - fix when replace string contains \n (new line)
Scripting - if script runs when PSPad closes, message with script error appeared
Fixed prolems with TXT files and save As dialog filter
Brackets highlight
Fixed another bugs joined to fast window Open/Close
Optimized redraw/flickering in window switching
Tollbar size change for another than default iconset
FTP - sort by date time
New file, Change syntax dialog and TXT button - file extension was changed to New.*
Close bigger count of files at once caused exception
Many fixes related to skins
File explorer - remembering size and resizing file box
Toolbar buttons height with user defined scale in Windows display settings
CSS highlighter - added missing ALL property
Fixed change of the active documents when you minimize/restore maximized PSPad window
Close to SysTray - switching documents after restore
Swap line above/bellow with active WordWrap mode
First start program detection - initial color scheme loading
Lot of fixes related to dark theme
Removed flickering when localization is changed, iconset is changed, ...
Find/Replace in files - problem with code page change in replace process
Tool panel - button size of the first toolbar
Mark all occurrences of selected text - problem with composite unicode characters
Search in files background with dark color scheme and light skin combination;
Unix Shell Script - comment highlight fix
Pascal Code Explorer - fixed missing class names, sorting depends of global parameter, joined procedures and functions into one section
Log panel resize button - status bar was moved under the log window
Search/Replace in files - select directory dialog appears under search window, search dialog was always diaplyed on the top
Windows flicker when maximized PSPad is restored from minimized state
when PSPad starts, new empty window wasn't maximalized
handled exception saving PSpad.INI where there were no user rights
handled exception reading internet proxy settings when user has no right to read it.
TextDiff - line change window wasn't moved by second window horizontal scrollbar
Maximized child window when file is open in empty PSPad
Close all was disabled when no file was open but project was
Code explorer was closed on ESC in some cases
Add accent marks (menu Edit / Special conversion)
Highlighter settings / Right edge position - there was possible to set 2 digits number only for the right edge position
Autocompletion window with styles - window title
Python highlighter - problem with triple quoted strings and escape char
Non maximized windows inside editor was maximized after restore
C++ Code explorer detect printf in some cases as function
Windows Shell Script - keywords and parameters
Autohotkey Code Explorer - fixed included classes hierarchy, added properties into Code explorer content
PageSetup dialog was enabled in case of Hexedit too and it's call caused exception
Autohotkey Code explorer - removed { form the functions list