DocPad Revision History

Version 9.0 (7/26/2010)
З Added the "Document Font" tool to the Options menu.  This allows the user to change the font used to display the document without changing the interface font.
З Added the "Delete Current Line" editbox tool (Ctrl+Q).
З Added the "Favorites" tab to the help file.
З Added the "Customize Toolbar" option to the Options menu.
З Added the /d and /rvse command line switches.
З DocPad is now "Large Address Aware".  This allows it to open larger files, provided that the operating system is configured for large processes.  Please google "3gb" for more information.
З Numerous skin improvements.  The Default skin now conforms with the appearance of Windows 7.  The original default skin has been renamed "Experience".
З If the "Associate", "Disassociate", "Register as View Source editor", or "Open with DocPad" tools are blocked due to a lack of security rights, they will now offer to launch a second instance of DocPad with administrator rights, which will then run the tool.
З The open/save file dialog will now use the operating system style enhancements.
З Numerous improvements to the "Check For Update" tool.
З The Send Feedback and Report Exception features now use HTTP to deliver the information to Gammadyne.  The old SMTP method is only used as a fallback if HTTP fails.  This is necessary because some ISP's only allow SMTP to their own mail servers.
З Moved the "Font Size" submenu to the Options menu.
З Minor improvements to the Print Preview window.
З Improved the installer's appearance.
З Some menu options did not display a description on the status bar.
З Fixed: fixed-pitch fonts were being rendered with too much space between characters.
З Fixed a possible irregularity with tab distances when using a fixed-pitch font.
З Fixed: the Character Set setting was not always being obeyed.
З Fixed some minor incompatibility issues with Vista/2008/7.


Version 8.2 (1/26/2010)
З Fixed: the spell checker was sometimes reporting an incorrect number of words.
З Fixed: very rarely, a bug could cause an editbox to only accept certain characters (e.g. letters or digits) (since 8.1).


Version 8.1 (12/17/2009)
З The Search/Replace dialog will now remember the past 25 search and replace strings in a drop-down list.
З Ctrl+Delete will now delete the word to the right.  Ctrl+Backspace will now delete the word to the left.
З Fixed problems with the "undo" feature, including a rare crash.


Version 8.0 (10/20/2009)
З Most icons have been replaced or improved.
З Added the ability to customize the order and visibility of the toolbar icons.  Right click on the toolbar and choose "Customize".
З Added the ability to detect if an external program has altered the currently open document.  If so, DocPad will inform the user and ask if the document should be reopened.
З Added the "All Files Types: Open with DocPad" option to the Options menu.
З Added the "Help - Options menu" option to the bottom of the Options menu.
З Increased the number of changes that can be undone.  Previously this was always 10.  Now it is 10-100, depending on how much memory is used.
З Numerous interface and skin improvements.
З Numerous improvements to the installer.  The installer and uninstaller will now automatically close any open instances of DocPad or the help file.  The uninstaller will now automatically disassociate any file types that were associated with DocPad.
З The left and right margins are now dependent on the screen width.
З Restored support for Windows 95.
З The Visit Hyperlink tool (Ctrl+H) will now work for email addresses.
З The "яЛП" character sequence is now automatically discarded from the beginning of an opened file.  For no apparent reason, Notepad inserts this if it detects UTF-8.  However this causes problems with .INI files.


Version 7.1 (10/2/2008)
З Added to the Associate window the ability to install the file type on Windows Explorer's 'New' menu.
З Improved the Editbox Statistics and Calculator tools.
З Balloon help has been totally revamped.
З The status bar will now display the hotkey.
З The hotkey for "Open Document" has changed from Ctrl+Shift+O to Ctrl+O.
З The hotkey for "Save Document" has changed from Ctrl+Shift+S to Ctrl+S.
З The help file now mentions how to set tab stops.
З The installer and main executable are now digitally signed.
З The popup window created by the /popup switch will no longer have a blank taskbar button.
З Fixed: the options on the Window menu were not being saved.
З Fixed: rare crash during installation (since 6.1).


Version 7.0 (5/15/2008)
З Added the Status Bar.
З Added the "Record File History" option to the Options menu.
З Added the "Another..." button to the Association Successful window.
З The "Enlarge/Shrink Toolbar" options have been replaced with a set of radio buttons.  The toolbar size is now adjusted relative to the System-G master setting.
З Before making a new file association, the old association is reported and the user is prompted for confirmation.
З Files associated with DocPad are now described as "Text Document" in the Type column of Windows Explorer (in Details view).
З Fixed: file associations will now alter the system's user-specific overrides.  This problem could cause an association to go unrecognized.
З Fixed: selecting and copying text in the help file did not always work properly.
З Fixed: rare crash during installation (since 6.1).


Version 6.1 (3/13/2008)
З Added the "Auto-Position" option to the Spell Checker window's context menu.  The window will only move itself adjacent to the misspelled word if this box is checked.  This box is unchecked by default, which alters the prior behavior.
З The help file now explains the "Register As View Source Editor" feature, including instructions on getting it to work under Vista.
З When DocPad tries to lock a locked file, it will now attempt to open the file without locking and report a warning.
З Fixed a possible hang when opening the Configuration Editor.
З The installer will now warn if it does not have admin rights.  It will also attempt to loosen the security settings on the installation directory (to prevent problems with Vista).


Version 6.0 (1/3/2008)
З Numerous user interface improvements.  Please press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F5 to reset System­G, then reload your preferred skin.
З Added the "Lock File" option to the Options menu.  If checked, other applications will not be able to open a file that is open in DocPad.
З Added the "Register As View Source Editor" tool to the File menu.  This will make DocPad the default 'View Source' application for Internet Explorer.
З Improved icons and icon rendering.
З Added the "Metal" skin.
З Backwards text searches now properly start over at the end.
З Word Wrap now properly supports tab characters.
З Fixed the minimize/taskbar button rearrangement bug.


Version 5.2 (6/20/2007)
З Numerous user interface/skin improvements.  The "Default" skin has been redesigned to match the appearance of Windows XP.
З All interface fonts are now anti-aliased by default.  The setting to control this is located at:  System-G Menu > Configuration Editor > Controls > Font > Anti-alias.
З When restoring focus to DocPad, the caret is no longer scrolled into view.
З The Character Map now defaults to the Character Set specified on the Options menu.


Version 5.1 (9/18/2006)
З All icons are now transparent.
З Improved skins.


Version 5.0 (8/8/2006)
З Added the "Character Set" submenu to the Options menu.
З Added the ability to print page numbers.
З Added the "Full path on caption" option.
З Added the "Show toolbar" option to the toolbar's context menu.
З Added to the help file a description of the Options menu.
З Improved and added skins.
З DocPad will no longer initialize Winsock until a feature that requires it is used.  Currently, only the "Check For Update" and "Send Feedback" features use the Internet.  This is in response to a CNet review that complained that DocPad accesses the Internet when launched.
З When dropping a file on DocPad, and no file is already open, the file will now be fully opened instead of being only inserted into the editbox.
З Fixed a problem where a document containing null bytes could potentially cause changes in the displayed font.


Version 4.0 (7/27/2005)
З Added print preview.  This is the first option on the window after "Print" is chosen from the File menu.
З Added the toolbar.
З Added the ability to set the editbox tab-stop distance.  System-G menu > Configuration Editor > Controls > Editboxes.
З Added the "Minimize to tray" option to the Window menu.
З Added the "Options" menu.
З The document name is now displayed on the taskbar button and in the taskbar button balloon help.
З Eliminated the need for GHELP.EXE.  The main application executable will now handle displaying the help file.  This reduces the size of the installer by about 500 KB.


Version 3.0 (3/25/2005)
З Added support for unlimited keyboard macros.
З Added to the "Print" feature the ability to set the margins and font size.
З Added support for asterisk wildcards in the Search and Replace dialog.
З Added the "/jl" and "/jo" command line switches, which position the caret at a specific line or offset.
З Added the "/a" command line switch, which will associate a file extension with DocPad.
З Numerous user interface improvements.
З When performing a text drag & drop, if the mouse cursor leaves, reenters, then leaves the selected text, the selection will be deselected, and the caret will then move with the mouse cursor.
З Fixed a potential cursor-positioning glitch after pasting text.


Version 2.0 (4/15/2004)
З Added support for the Gammadyne Spell Checking Module.
З Added the "Font Size" submenu to the Edit menu.
З Added support for text drag & drop.
З Added support for file drag & drop.
З Added the "/last", "/pc", "/pd", and "/popup" command line switches.
З Added the "Calendar" Editbox Tool.
З The "Editbox Tools" menu is no longer a separate menu.
З Improved the file-opening speed for large files.
З Updated to System-G version 2.3.  This includes new icons for the editbox menu.
З When clicking with the mouse, the cursor will now be positioned more in line with Notepad's behavior.


Version 1.0
З Original release 3/13/2003
З Project started 6/23/1998