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editor2 (lightweight text editor)
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:33 am
by Midas
Zabkat's (
https://www.zabkat.com/)
editor2 has been mentioned a few times here at TPFC forums but has no single topic really fit to post news and updates. Well, that ends now.
The closest thing I have found to a dedicated homepage is this 2010 blog post containing some portability workaround (that, luckily, has seen big improvement since then;
editor2 is now natively portable):
Editor² begun its life as an embedded thread in 2xExplorer [...] Although it won't substitute your main editor (say for writing your source code), it is nevertheless a very compact quick'n'dirty editor/viewer thingme to be appreciated by programmers and lay users alike.
In 'editor2.txt' file included in xplorer2 download packages
Let me quote myself on the peculiar arrangement of
editor2 distribution:
Midas wrote: ↑Although
Editor2 is freeware, it doesn't have a separate download location, and has to be extracted from the
Xplorer2 trial package -- downloadable at
http://www.zabkat.com. (BTW, the corresponding files are:
ed2skin.png,
Editor2.txt,
editor2_64.exe,
editor2_64.exe.manifest,
editor2_UC.exe,
editor2_UC.exe.manifest.)
Editor2 latest version is currently v2.9.5.0 (no specific changelog) -- it's included with any
xplorer2 v4.2.0.1 release.
Please note that if looking for the 64-bit version, you'll have to grab it from the corresponding non-free
Pro or
Ultimate download packages.
Editor2 is made portable by placing an empty '
ed2.ini' file in its folder before first run.
Related and relevant topics you should browse if interested in
editor2:
Re: editor2 (lightweight text editor)
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:10 pm
by webfork
Thanks for giving the program it's own thread. The topic definitely comes up often enough that a source is called for.
Re: editor2 (lightweight text editor)
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:37 am
by Midas
Editor2 v2.9.6.0 released (no individual changelog, see below).
Relevant snippet from '
changes.txt' regarding
xplorer2 v4.3.0.0 released 2019-10-29:
* Internal editor² version 2.96 with better handling of high DPI screens. If you need it in dark mode, tweak the background colors to taste from program settings (VIEW > OPTIONS menu).
Re: editor2 (lightweight text editor)
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:58 am
by Midas
Editor2 v2.9.7.1 released 2020-10-25 (no individual changelog, see below).
Relevant snippet from
'changes.txt' accompanying
xplorer2 v4.5.0.1, released on the same date:
* editor² build 2971 adds automatically managed frequent document list in FILE menu
Re: editor2 (lightweight text editor)
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:48 am
by Midas
Editor2 v2.9.8.1 [part of
xplorer2 v5.0.0.0] released 2021-02-28 (no individual changelog, see below).
This time, I parsed the official
xplorer2 changelog -- available at
www.zabkat.com/changes.txt -- to extract all
editor2 related entries (please note all version headers refer to the former):
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XPLORER² CHANGELOG
http://zabkat.com
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[...]
[5.0.0.0] 28 Feb 21
* Editor² v2.98 supports dark mode through its options, and works
better with unmarked unicode text files.
[4.5.0.1] 25 Oct 20
* editor² build 2971 adds automatically managed frequent document list
in FILE menu
[4.4.0.0] 17 Mar 20
* editor² switches to large toolbar skin when in high dpi
[4.3.0.0] 27 Oct 19
* Internal editor² version 2.96 with better handling of high DPI
screens. If you need it in dark mode, tweak the background colors to
taste from program settings (VIEW > OPTIONS menu).
[4.2.0.0] 3 March 19
* editor² updated with latest macro command syntax. It also allows you
to change the codepage of a plain text document: Use FILE > SAVE AS
menu command and select SAVE AS TYPE == Convert CP, then specify the
windows codepage number (e.g. 1253 for Greek). This usually makes
sense if the document is loaded as UTF-8 or Unicode
[3.5.0.1] 23 Oct 17
* editor² v2.940 adds experimental support for "macro" commands. Use
AUTOTEXT > MACRO menu command or press F9 key. CTRL+F9 repeats the
last macro. For more information on the macro language syntax please
refer to the deskrule help: http://zabkat.com/deskrule/help.htm#macros
# MACRO EXAMPLE: search for TEST and advance past the hit
COMMAND find
WAITWND
FINDWND "find what"
SETTEXT test
OK
FINDCLASS richedit20w
SENDKEY ctrl+right # send <ctrl+right arrow> to editor window
[3.3.0.2] 27 Oct 16
* editor² small update to handle very long filenames
[3.0.0.0] 1 Jan 15
* editor² Search > Match tag menu command handles XML tag names with a
dot (.) correctly e.g. <DropDownGallery.MenuLayout> will match its
closing </DropDownGallery.MenuLayout> tag
[2.4.0.1] 12 Nov 13
* editor² gives a clearer warning when saving on a readonly file
[2.1.0.0] 4 Mar 12
* editor² checks if a ED2.INI file exists next to the program
(portable mode) and uses it automatically instead of registry. You can
pass any custom settings file using the /I: option as before.
[2.0.0.0] 22 July 11
* editor² optionally saves settings in a .INI file (instead of the
registry) if you use the /I command line switch with a .INI filename
Also loader automatically detects common unicode and UTF8 text files
without a BOM
[1.8.1.1] 21 Dec 10
* bugfix for editor² UTF-8 file handling
* hires toolbar skin available for editor²:
http://zabkat.com/skins/ed2skin.png
(place the PNG file in [...] folder)
[1.8.0.13] 3 Aug 10
* editor² gets Edit > Insert tag menu command for HTML/XML tags
[1.8.0.12] 14 May 10
* editor² upgraded to match HTML tags (Search > Match tag menu)
[1.7.2.0] 23 November 08
* editor² v2.9 with x64 compatibility and some bug fixes
[1.7.1.0] 14 February 08
* editor² v2.8 improvements:
Edit > (Un)Comment to (un)comment out a selected block with adjustable
comment lead string
Warning issued when attempting to load a large binary file
Partially aware of changes (saved) in the active document made outside editor²
TopMost command in system (corner) menu to pin it above other windows
keyboard-only command <alt+pageUp> scrolls current line to the top of the window
[1.0.0.0] 10 June 2004: Initial release
Additional usage info can also be gleaned from
Editor2 readme file, which I have posted to
https://rentry.co/editor2_readme.
code: zabkat
Re: editor2 (lightweight text editor)
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:31 am
by rbon
@Midas,
where is located the Unicode version of editor² for 64 bit ?
I have found 'editor2_UC.exe' only in build Professional 32 bit .
Thanks
Re: editor2 (lightweight text editor)
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 6:02 pm
by Midas
@
rbon: I got it from the
Ultimate trial package -- but I could've sworn it's in the
Professional one too, you just have to select the appropriate 64-bit download (see screenshot below) and then (
Uni)extract it...
Re: editor2 (lightweight text editor)
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:30 am
by Midas
Update: latest
editor2 is v2.9.9.3 (no online changelog;
xplorer2 changelog at
https://www.zabkat.com/changes.txt).
64-bit
editor2 executable footprint is now 406kB. A feature that eluded me until now is its support of macros -- for further info, check the screenshot below and refer to
https://www.zabkat.com/x2h_7a.htm.
Editor2 related snippets included in
xplorer2 '
changes.txt' since the
last report:
* improved dark mode for windows 10/11 (menus, listview headers etc; same improvements for editor² v2.993)
* editor² v2.992 supports ADDTEXT macro and also shading and dark mode improvements.
* editor² v2.99 darkens its main window whenever a dialog pops up to assist focusing. This is controlled by bShadeFocus registry switch.
* editor² is also permonitorv2 aware with automatic font changes when moving monitors [from xplorer2 v5.2.0.0 released 2022-03-30].
* BIGGER DIALOGS [...] The same goes for the internal viewer editor² [from xplorer2 v5.1.0.0 released 2021-10-28].
* editor² allows larger toolbar skins, e.g rename 'ed2skin_XL.png' to 'ed2skin.png' in the installation folder and see how it looks (good for high DPI) [from xplorer2 v5.0.0.3 released 2021-06-13].