wxMEdit is a cross-platform text and hex editor, derived from MadEdit. It adds automatic updates, bookmarks, selecting lines with a tripple click, a FreeBASIC syntax file, more supported encodings (L1, CP850, CP437 etc, KOI8, UTF-x), better Max OS X and Windows support, nicer dialogs based on Code::Blocks wxSmith, more localizations, is a bit more stable and comes with an improved build system.
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3.210 Jul 2023 03:16
minor bugfix:
1. added new feature: show file size in human readable format.
2. added a option that always use certain encoding to open files.
3. added GTK+ 3 and Wayland support.
4. added High DPI supoport under Windows.
5. redisigned the icons by jerome KASPER .
6. changed some keyboard shortcuts, see https://github.com/wxMEdit/wxMEdit/wiki/Keyboard-shortcuts-change-in-wxMEdit-3.2.
7. updated GB18030 support to GB18030-2022 standard.
8. updated Unicode block descriptions for Unicode 15.0 (require ICU 72 or higher).
9. crash in text mode when a line exceed the limit of line length.
10. crash when pressing OK button in "About wxMEdit" window.
11. not responding when warping by window with text containing some tab characters.
12. broken triple click behavior in wxMEdit 3.1.
13. that the height of Information Window in MadEdit/wxMEdit (built with wxMSW-2.8) always reduce by 4.
14. fonts and encodings not restored after restart.
15. that cannot type characters via AltGr key.
16. cursor and selection rendering under Linux.
17. that IME candidate window doesn't follow the caret under Windows 10.
18. added French translation by jerome KASPER .
19. updated Simplified Chinese translation.
20. other minor changes and.
3.1.0.9022 May 2023 03:16
minor bugfix:
1. added new feature: show file size in human readable format.
2. added a option that always use certain encoding to open files.
3. added GTK+ 3 and Wayland support.
4. added High DPI supoport under Windows.
5. redisigned the icons by jerome KASPER .
6. updated Unicode block descriptions for Unicode 15.0 (require ICU 72 or higher).
7. crash in text mode when a line exceed the limit of line length.
8. crash when pressing OK button in "About wxMEdit" window.
9. not responding when warping by window with text containing some tab characters.
10. broken triple click behavior in wxMEdit 3.1.
11. that the height of Information Window in MadEdit/wxMEdit (built with wxMSW-2.8) always reduce by 4.
12. fonts and encodings not restored after restart.
13. that cannot type characters via AltGr key.
14. cursor and selection rendering under Linux.
15. that IME candidate window doesn't follow the caret under Windows 10.
16. added French translation by jerome KASPER .
17. updated Simplified Chinese translation.
18. other minor changes and.
3.117 Mar 2016 03:15
minor bugfix:
1. added a killer feature: word boundary with Chinese/Japanese/Thai/Lao/Khmer and Burmese characters etc.
2. added a killer feature: word-wrap meet the Unicode Standard Annex `#14`: Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm.
3. added new feature: column align.
4. added toolbar icon shortcut for Inserting Ordered Sequence.
5. changed End-of-Line mark patterns.
6. updated Unicode block descriptions for Unicode 8.0 (require ICU 56 or higher).
7. incorrect word boundary with non-English characters when selecting word.
8. incorrect word-wrap with non-English letters.
9. broken characters input with numpad in wxMEdit that built with wxWidgets-3.0 GTK2.
10. incorrect behavior of when Ctrl-Backspace pressed at beginning of a text file OR at zero-width selection in column mode.
11. that cannot select the whole word wraped in different lines by double-click.
12. that triple-click cannot select a whole wrapped line.
13. that files are not keep in hex mode after restart restore.
14. newline redundance when copying in regular text mode.
15. updated Spanish translation by Carlos Sánchez .
16. updated Japanese translation by Tilt .
17. updated Simplified Chinese translation.
18. updated Traditional Chinese translation by Vincent_TW.
19. updated Russian translation by Будинов Станислав .
20. other minor changes and.
3.0.231 Aug 2015 03:15
minor bugfix:
1. newline redundance when copying in regular text mode.
2. updated Traditional Chinese translation.
3. updated Russian translation by Будинов Станислав .
3.0.012 Aug 2015 03:25
feature minor:
1. added new options to display/print bookmark independent of line number.
2. added a option whether enable dot matching new-line in regular expression.
3. added a feature that show searching message in status bar when Search/Replace Dialog is invisible.
4. added a feature: insert ordered sequence.
5. improved bookmark appearance for displaying and printing.
6. improved Tab and EOF mark pattern, make it easy to distinguish Tab mark from space mark.
7. fixed that there are too few characters limited in a line with certain word wrap settings.
8. fixed that width of list items in Syntax Highlighting Settings Dialog are not updated on resizing.
9. fixed not responding when counting/replacing-all any zero-length assertions.
10. updated Unicode block descriptions for Unicode 7.0 (require ICU 54 or higher).
11. added German translation by Ronny Steiner .
12. added Polish translation by Adam Massalski .
13. updated Simplified Chinese translation.
14. updated Japanese translation by Tilt .
15. updated Spanish translation by Carlos Sánchez .
16. other minor changes and bug fixes.
3.004 Aug 2015 03:15
feature minor:
1. added new options to display/print bookmark independent of line number.
2. added a option whether enable dot matching new-line in regular expression.
3. added a feature that show searching message in status bar when Search/Replace Dialog is invisible.
4. added a feature: insert ordered sequence.
5. improved bookmark appearance for displaying and printing.
6. improved Tab and EOF mark pattern, make it easy to distinguish Tab mark from space mark.
7. fixed that there are too few characters limited in a line with certain word wrap settings.
8. fixed that width of list items in Syntax Highlighting Settings Dialog are not updated on resizing.
9. fixed not responding when counting/replacing-all any zero-length assertions.
10. updated Unicode block descriptions for Unicode 7.0 (require ICU 54 or higher).
11. added German translation by Ronny Steiner .
12. added Polish translation by Adam Massalski .
13. updated Simplified Chinese translation.
14. updated Japanese translation by Tilt .
15. updated Spanish translation by Carlos Sánchez .
16. other minor changes and bug fixes.
2.9.9.322 Apr 2015 03:15
feature minor:
1. added new options to display/print bookmark independent of line number.
2. added a option whether enable dot matching new-line in regular expression.
3. added a feature that show searching message in status bar when Search/Replace Dialog is invisible.
4. improved bookmark appearance for displaying and printing.
5. improved Tab and EOF mark pattern, make it easy to distinguish Tab mark from space mark.
6. fixed that there are too few characters limited in a line with certain word wrap settings.
7. fixed that width of list items in Syntax Highlighting Settings Dialog are not updated on resizing.
8. fixed not responding when counting/replacing-all any zero-length assertions.
9. updated Unicode block descriptions for Unicode 7.0 (require ICU 54 or higher).
10. added German translation by Ronny Steiner .
11. added Polish translation by Adam Massalski .
12. updated Japanese translation by Tilt .
13. updated Simplified Chinese translation.
14. other minor changes and bug fixes.
2.9.9.204 Feb 2015 03:15
minor:
1. added new options to display/print bookmark independent of line number.
2. improved bookmark appearance for displaying and printing.
3. improved Tab and EOF mark pattern, make it easy to distinguish Tab mark from space mark.
4. fixed that there are too few characters limited in a line with certain word wrap settings.
5. fixed that width of list items in Syntax Highlighting Settings Dialog are not updated on resizing.
6. updated Unicode block descriptions for Unicode 7.0 .
7. updated Simplified Chinese translation.
8. other minor changes and bug fixes.
2.9.928 Dec 2014 03:15
feature minor:
1. added right-click context menu for each tab.
2. added more information for Word Count Dialog.
3. added new feature: close files under given folder.
4. added new features: close to the left/right, close all but this.
5. added bookmark buttons to toolbar.
6. added encoding aliases support for Find-in-Files Dialog and Options Dialog.
7. added always saving restoring normalize window size support for UNIX like OS.
8. improved localization for syntax title.
9. fixed crash when saving a empty file.
10. fixed crash when opening Find Dialog with max line length 100 and find-text history not empty.
11. fixed crash when purging find/replace-text history immediately after wxMEdit start.
12. fixed that syntax type is always reset on saving even manually changed.
13. updated translations of wxmedit.desktop.
14. updated Simplified Chinese translation.
15. updated Traditional Chinese translation by Vincent_TW.
16. updated Spanish translation by Carlos Sánchez.
17. updated Japanese translation by Tilt.
18. other minor changes and bug fixes.
2.9.8.316 Dec 2014 04:25
feature minor:
1. added right-click context menu for each tab.
2. added more information for Word Count Dialog.
3. added new feature: close files under given folder.
4. added new features: close to the left/right, close all but this.
5. added bookmark buttons to toolbar.
6. other minor changes and bug fixes.
2.9.819 Sep 2014 17:30
minor feature:
More choices for whether pasting as hex-string in hex-area when editing in hex-mode. Paste with Overwriting in Hex Area. Added Chinese translations support. Improved encoding groups and aliases. Fixed bugs detected by clang-analyzer. Updated FreeBSD packaging.