1 Release Notes for XNEdit Version 1.6.1, Jan 2025
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4 This file contains last minute notes to users about the release, which are not
5 included in the documentation or README files included with the distribution
6 kits. It also contains change information, for users who are interested in
7 what bugs have been fixed, and what features have been added in the current
8 version.
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11 XNEdit 1.6.1 font exclude option
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14 To address a bug in older X libraries that causes the X session to crash when
15 certain emoji characters are used in XNEdit, a new compile option,
16 -DEXCLUDE_FONTS, has been introduced.
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18 When XNEdit is compiled with -DEXCLUDE_FONTS, a new nedit.rc config is
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21 nedit.excludeFonts: Noto Color Emoji,Symbola
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23 The excludeFonts setting should contain a comma separated list of font names,
24 that should not be loaded by XNEdit.
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27 XNEdit 1.6.0 alternative Textfield Widget
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30 The alternative text field widget, introduced in version 1.2.1, is now enabled
31 by default. It can be disabled by adding -DDISABLE_XNE_TEXTFIELD to the CFLAGS.
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33 If the font needs adjustments, it can be changed with this X resource:
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35 *XmTextField.XftFont: Monospace:size=10
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38 XNEdit 1.5.0 Experimental Multi-cursor Support
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41 Additional cursors can be added with Ctrl+Btn1 or Ctrl+Super+Up/Down.
42 Inserting/deleting text and moving cursors works like single-cursor operations.
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44 Multiple text selections is unsupported.
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46 The multi-cursor feature is still experimental and can change in the future.
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49 XNEdit 1.3.0 EditorConfig Support
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52 XNEdit supports reading file settings from .editorconfig files
53 (See https://editorconfig.org/ for details).
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56 New XNEdit 1.3.0 preferences
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59 A new nedit.rc setting for controlling the toolbar icon size is available:
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61 nedit.iconSize: <string>
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63 Possible values are:
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65 medium
66 large
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68 It is also possible to specify the size for individual buttons
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71 nedit.iconSize: close=medium,isrcFind=large,isrcClear=large
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74 New XNEdit 1.2.1 alternative Textfield Widget
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77 An alternative text field widget with improved unicode support can be used in
78 the Search/Replace dialogs. This solves the folloing problems:
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80 1. With some locales (non-UTF-8), only ASCII input works
81 2. Motif's XmTextField does not support fallback fonts with Xft text rendering,
82 which limits the variety of characters that could be displayed
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84 To use the new alternative text field widget, add -DXNE_TEXTFIELD to the CFLAGS
85 variable in the platform specific Makefile.
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87 The alternative widget uses 'XmTextField' as widget class, which means many
88 styling options (X resources) of Motif's XmTextField can be used. The font of
89 the new widget can be changed via the 'XftFont' resource. For example:
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91 *XmTextField.XftFont: Monospace:size=10
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94 New XNEdit 1.2 "Insert Unicode" menu entry
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97 The new "Insert Unicode" replaces the "Insert Ctrl Code" menu entry,
98 which wasn't fully functional in XNEdit.
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100 The Insert Unicode dialog allows specifying an Unicode Codepoint in a variety
101 of formats:
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103 Decimal number, for example: 122
104 Possible Hex formats (case insensitive):
105 U+007A
106 \U007A
107 U007A
108 0x7A
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111 New XNEdit 1.1 preferences
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114 XNEdit 1.1 introduces some new preferences, that can be set in the nedit.rc
115 file (~/.xnedit/nedit.rc). Currently there is no way to set these via GUI.
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117 1. nedit.zoomStep: <int>
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119 Configures how much the zoom-shortcuts Ctrl++ and Ctrl+- change the font size.
120 Default value is 1.
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122 2. nedit.autoEnableXattr: <boolean>
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124 If true, changing the encoding in the file save dialog to a non-unicode
125 encoding will activate the "Store encoding in extended attribute" automatically.
126 Default value is True.
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128 3. nedit.fsbView: <int>
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130 Configures the default view in the file dialog. Possible values are:
131 0: icon view
132 1: list view
133 2: detail view (feature disabled by default)
134 Default value is 1.
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136 4. nedit.fsbShowHidden: <boolean>
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138 Configures the default value of the "Show hidden files" togglebutton in the
139 file dialog. Default value is False.
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141 5. nedit.windowDarkTheme: <boolean>
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143 This feature is only available on Gnome 3 and similar desktops. If it is set
144 to true, the gtk theme variant of the window is set to "dark". This will only
145 affect the window decoration and not the content.
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148 New feature: "New folder" button
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151 The file dialog has a new button for creating directories. By default,
152 the button has an icon and no label. To show the label and no icon, set the
153 following X resource:
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155 nedit*newFolder.labelType: XmSTRING
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158 Beta feature: detail file view
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161 Additionally to the icon view and list view, the file dialog supports a detail
162 view, which shows the size and modification date of each file. This feature is
163 disabled by default. To enable it, add -DFSB_ENABLE_DETAIL to the CFLAGS.
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166 Known issues
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169 With enabled Xft text rendering for Motif widgets, some user interface elements
170 can only display ASCII characters when using non-UTF8 locales.
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172 The solution is to disable Xft text rendering. This can be done at compile-time
173 or by changing X resources. The text widget used for editing documents is not
174 affected.
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176 1. Disable at compile-time
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178 Add -DUSE_XFT=0 to your CFLAGS. This can be done in the platform-specific
179 Makefile (for example: makefiles/Makefile.linux on Linux).
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181 This does only changes the default X resources.
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183 2. Disable with X resources
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185 Example X resources for using X bitmap fonts for UI elements:
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187 nedit*FontList: \
188 -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1, \
189 -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1=BOLD, \
190 -*-helvetica-medium-o-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1=ITALIC
191 nedit*XmText.FontList: \
192 -*-courier-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1, \
193 -*-courier-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1=BOLD, \
194 -*-courier-medium-o-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1=ITALIC
195 nedit*XmTextField.FontList: \
196 -*-courier-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1, \
197 -*-courier-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1=BOLD, \
198 -*-courier-medium-o-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1=ITALIC
199 nedit*XmList.FontList: \
200 -*-courier-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1, \
201 -*-courier-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1=BOLD, \
202 -*-courier-medium-o-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1=ITALIC
203 nedit*XmFileSelectionBox*XmList.FontList: \
204 -*-courier-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1, \
205 -*-courier-bold-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1=BOLD, \
206 -*-courier-medium-o-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1=ITALIC
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