Download AkelPad 4.6.0

AkelPad has been updated to version 4.6.0. This fast open source text editor is less than 200KB in size, but still has an extensive range features. It can be used as a replacement for the Notepad or Notepad supplied with Windows, but also for programming. Through plugins you can also add extra functionality, including syntax highlighting, autocompletion, scripts and macros. In this release, the following changes and improvements have been made to the program:

Changed:

• Plugin architecture. Update plugins.
• Improved compatibility with RichEdit on x64.
• Improved UTF-16LE/UTF-16BE detection without BOM.
• Improved internal work with recent files.
• Closing tab with middle mouse click without activation, if possible (MDI/PMDI).
• Column marker flashing minimized.
• TextLayout plugin integrated in program. Switching keyboard layout according to text under caret. Requires two or more layouts, one of which must be English.
• Renamed parameter “KeybLayoutMDI” in “KeybLayoutOptions”.

Added:

• Possibility to show places bar in open/save dialog.
• Applying a common algorithm for recognizing the UTF-8, if for the specified language (“Settings…->Codepage recognition”) recognition of UTF-8 unsuccessful.
• Column marker movement with mouse and Shift key and also moves wrap limit if their values ​​are equal.
• Option for cycle search.
• Second find/replace dialog call activates it and picks up the selected text.
• Manual parameters “CmdLineBegin” and “CmdLineEnd” – specifies code to be added to the beginning and end of the command line before processing it.
• Variables for “StatusUserFormat”:
  • “%al” – count of lines in document;
  • “%ar” – count of symbols in document (RichEdit);
  • “%se[text]” – text to appear when end of the document reached during search.
• Flag 16 in the manual parameter “PaintOptions” – disable marker painting after last line.
• Undo buffer remember the caret position.
• Parameter for waiting until the program finishes in command line method /Exec().
• Menu item to open help.
• Ctrl+Num/ hotkey to restore font size that was at the program start.

Fixed:

• Edit window updating after text deletion.
• Ignoring left mouse button click.
• WordBreak parameter.
• Scroll position after restoring minimized window with word wrap on (MDI).
• “\|” in /Insert() command-line method.