1.22 (r4426) to 1.23 (r4724) -- Status: 2021-09-30

Settings

• Fixed missing termination of imported settings.

• Added escaping of \0 chars on export.

• Turned DECIMAL constant to a setting key.

• Fixed work dir configuration.

Mode

• Made settings for DEFAULT pseudo mode work again.

• Added SetSaveOptions setting. This is used for mode BIN.

• Added conversion of old user mode files. (Version 1.22 introduced split mode and highlight configuration.) The old files are converted to highlight and mode files.

Startup

• Added save and restore of all EPM windows on Restart (big change).

• Limit window width at startup to a configurable number of columns.

• Added TrimFrameWindow to display full columns and lines at startup. It also centers the frame window at startup after install or if it was outside of the desktop.

• Fixed unwanted closing of open help panels on startup of another EPM window.

Stability

• Revert: Added pause before restart.

• Resume: Increased pause before restart.

• Improved processing of ring commands.

Edit

• Reworked arg parsing (big change).

• Improved workaround for improper arg parsing of the EPM executable (big change).

File lists

• Reworked history lists. Now 50 entries are saved per default (big change).

• Added import and export of history lists as .epm files. Added program object EPM open filelist with association *.EPM.

• Changed groups to file lists.

• Optionally process a command on all filenames of a list file.

Recompile

• Reworked (big change).

• Added support for external files (big change).

Hide menu items

• As a workaround for EPM's limited menu resources, Format menu items are now hidden on linking an external package that belongs to the critical ones. That avoids crashes on testing them.

NepmdInfo

• Improved fail message processing for VersionCheck.

• Enabled VersionCheck directly after install, independant of the last processing datetime.

• Added NEPMD tools section and a .txt file how to install tools.

Backup

• Added deletion of files saved before a number of days.

• Added automatic daily backup of NEPMD.INI.

Format

• Reworked most Format menu items. With the new Options text it's now clearer which menu items are options and which are actions (big change).

• Reworked commands for Format (big change).

• Prepared Reflow menu items for mode extensions. Only TEXT and CONFIGSYS exist so far.

Code

• Simplified procedures for dynamic menu texts (big change).

• Split the hidden array var file into four files for faster access.

• Added more PM window procedures.

• Use templates for creating new files.

Alt+1

• Reworked (big change).

Tags

• Made TagScan faster for small C files.

RingMore dialog

• Added workaround for empty dialog.

Focus

• Added several workarounds for EPM focus problems.

Bookmarks

• Fixed behavior of Show others button in bookmarks dialog.