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TED Notepad is a portable free text editor. It offers 457 text-processing functions, innovative features and other advanced tools. All of them on hotkeys; all designed for quick advanced editing. It is a light-weight alternative free notepad replacement that fits on USB flash disk and loads instantly with no installation required.

Changes in recent versions

Version 6.4.1 (Jun 4, 2026): Introducing a 64-bit version.; * 2GB file loaded in 6s in ANSI version, using 2.5G of memory (12s in Unicode version, using 4.5G of memory).; * 4GB file loaded in 12s in ANSI version, using 5.0G of memory (26s in Unicode version, using 9.0G of memory).; * 8GB file loaded in 20s in ANSI version, using 10.0G of memory (50s in Unicode version, using 18.0G of memory).; * Note: ANSI version only: Set the Default encoding to ANSI (on the File page in Settings dialog), to avoid conversion.; * Note: Unicode version only: Set the Default encoding to UTF-8 (on the File page in Settings dialog) for fast conversion.; + Added: Selection highlighter, highlighting all occurrences of the selected text.; + Added: Setting for minimum selection length and whether to match case while highlighting.; + Added: Setting for the Color of Selection highlighter.; + Added: Search highlighter, highlighting all search matches via the Search Bar.; + Added: Showing the total number of occurrences in the Search Bar when highlighting all matches.; + Added: Setting for the Color of Search highlighter.; + Added: Search history, Replace history.; + Added: Setting to include searches via Find Selected in Search history.; + Added: Positive zero-width look-ahead assertions in Regular Expressions.; + Added: Negative zero-width look-ahead assertions in Regular Expressions.; + Added: Positive zero-width look-behind assertions in Regular Expressions.; + Added: Negative zero-width look-behind assertions in Regular Expressions.; + Added: Config to change the limit for look-behind assertions.; + Added: Setting to include seconds when inserting date/time.; + Added: Setting to disable the "Exit without saving" hotkey.; + Added: Session Hard to Close option in the Options menu, refusing to close the current window.; - Fixed: Configs are merged upon conflicts in Filters, Favourites, Recent Files, Search History.; - Fixed: Warning is shown upon conflicts in Clips when saving them into Config.; - Fixed: Back-tracking through nested lazy groups could lead to matching too many times.; - Fixed: Back-tracking through nested lazy groups could lead to incorrect last-match positions.; - Fixed: Matching \K while breaking a newline.; - Fixed: Grep newline matching.; - Fixed: Search Bar no longer auto-closes after changing replace pattern and replace-related options.; - Fixed: Search Bar resets Match Case, Whole Words and RegExps upon Find Selected and Find Later.; - Fixed: Search and Last Tool working with zero-length matches.; - Fixed: Search and Last Tool selection when searching upwards.; - Fixed: Search and Last Tool shows "No more matches" message as expected.; - Fixed: Improved stability of Filters upon memory errors.; - Fixed: Creating new Filters could sometimes duplicate existing entries.; - Fixed: Sort dialog no longer validates currently disabled fields.; - Fixed: Columns dialog no longer validates currently disabled fields.; - Fixed: Widened Status Bar panel with selection.; - Fixed: Drawing visible spaces optimized.; * In the Info dialog, both Document length and Document size are shown.; Document length is the number of characters in the current document.; Document size is the size of the document text, either in ANSI or Unicode, depending on the version.; * Unicode file detection checks for illegal Unicode characters.; * Warning is shown when loading Unicode files with odd number of bytes.; * Path to the current Cascading Portable INI file, shown in Settings dialog, can be selected.; * Confirmation is required before settings are restored to default values.; * Replace tool keeps random numbers within 31-bits (i.e. up to 2147483647).; * Find and Replace keeps random numbers within 31-bits (i.e. up to 2147483647).; * Autosave timer maximum accepted value is 131072 seconds (~36.4 hours).; * Values loaded from Config are validated, and updated, if necessary.; * Using MS Shell Dlg font, instead of outdated MS Sans Serif, for dialogs.; * Copying to clipboard optimized.; * Better handling of corrupted clipboard data.; * Search routines optimized.; * Better DPI aware-ness.; Changes against version 6.3.1.

Version 6.3.1 (Dec 1, 2021): + Added: Memory-optimized document loading, able to load files up to 700MB long.; + Added: Memory-optimized document saving, able to save files up to 800MB long.; + Added: More detailed progress shown while loading big files.; + Added: Large document saving shows progress.; + Added: Detect and highlight URLs.; + Added: Option to set the color for detected URLs.; + Added: Launch selected URL in the Right-click menu.; + Added: Web Search Selection in the Right-click menu.; + Added: Visible spaces.; + Added: Non-breaking spaces drawn differently from breaking spaces.; + Added: Session on Top (i.e. Stay on Top for the current window only).; + Added: Cut Append to Clipboard.; + Added: Copy Append to Clipboard.; + Added: Export settings to file.; + Added: Import settings from file.; + Added: Setting to change the saving period timer for autosave.; + Added: Setting to auto-detect Unicode files without BOM by applying statistical analysis.; + Added: Setting to auto-revert without asking when file is modified from outside.; + Added: Setting to automatically flush file buffers upon Save.; + Added: Setting to automatically delete the backup file after successful saving.; + Added: Setting to Keep Escapes on if possible when suggesting selection to the Find dialog.; + Added: Setting to use the main font in the Compare tool dialog.; + Added: Setting for the Color of the Wrap Margin.; + Added: Clear All Undo Steps in the Utility Info dialog.; + Added: Compact Editbox memory usage in the Utility Info dialog.; + Added: Clear Recent Files from Recent Files menu.; + Added: Open Containing Folder, i.e. folder with current document.; + Added: Open Command Line at the Containing Folder.; + Added: Menu hints describing individual functions for convenience.; + Added: Favourite files menu shows a separator if a dash "-" is specified.; + Added: Replace pattern \L& to add the length of the whole match.; + Added: Replace pattern \L1..9 to add the length of the given captured group.; + Added: Replace pattern \L+ to add the length of the last successfull captured group.; + Added: Replace pattern \#d to add decimal number of the current replacement.; + Added: Replace pattern \#x to add lowercase hexadecimal number of the current replacement.; + Added: Replace pattern \#X to add uppercase hexadecimal number of the current replacement.; + Added: Replace pattern \#b to add binary number of the current replacement.; + Added: Replace pattern \#o to add octal number of the current replacement.; + Added: Replace pattern \*d to add a random decimal number.; + Added: Replace pattern \*x to add a random lowercase hexadecimal number.; + Added: Replace pattern \*X to add a random uppercase hexadecimal number.; + Added: Replace pattern \*b to add a random binary number.; + Added: Replace pattern \*o to add a random octal number.; + Added: Command line parameter /E that jumps to the end of the document.; + Added: Command line parameter /v that pastes the Clipboard into the document after opening.; + Added: Command line parameter /T that turns on Session on Top.; + Added: Command line parameter /m that starts the session minimized.; + Added: Command line parameter /M that starts the session maximized.; + Added: Command line parameter /F that starts the session in Fullscreen.; + Added: Command line parameter /H that starts the session with Hide to Tray.; + Added: Command line parameter /x that starts the window at given position from left.; + Added: Command line parameter /y that starts the window at given position from top.; + Added: Command line parameter /w that starts the window with given width.; + Added: Command line parameter /h that starts the window with given height.; + Added: Command line parameter /A that opens the command line file as ANSI.; + Added: Command line parameter /W that opens the command line file as UNICODE.; + Added: Command line parameter /U that opens the command line file as UTF-8.; + Added: Command line parameter /nf that specifies the file to be loaded.; + Added: Command line parameter /nw that ignores unknown command line parameters.; + Added: Command line parameter /nn that ignores the next command line string.; + Added: Command line parameter /nm that terminates the command line.; + Added: Command line parameter //p that resets the saved window position in Config.; + Added: Command line parameter //s that resets the saved window size in Config.; + Added: Command line parameter /? that launches the Online Manual.; - Fixed: Autosave directly to original file.; - Fixed: Saving modified documents while loading new documents.; - Fixed: Missing Ctrl+Shift+Z hotkey added for Redo.; - Fixed: Unindent multiple spaces when Insert Spaces instead of Tab is turned on.; - Fixed: Save Checked now button in Settings dialog no longer saves greyed-out categories.; - Fixed: Restore Defaults button in Settings dialog re-applies Cascading Portable INI files.; - Fixed: Restore Defaults button in Settings dialog re-applies Status bar, Word Wrap, Placement, etc.; - Fixed: Chosen categories of Settings are saved into Config after being previously unchosen.; - Fixed: Unsaved document is automatically saved before execution of filter with %F variable.; - Fixed: Filters always create stdin/stdout/stderr pipes, even with %F variable.; - Fixed: Filters can push input and capture output even with %F variable.; - Fixed: Filters can run "cmd.exe /c %~F" without crashing cmd.exe.; - Fixed: Warning when filters are used with characters, which cannot be converted to as ANSI.; - Fixed: Warning when filters produce characters, which cannot be converted back (to non-unicode).; - Fixed: All newlines are converted to Win type before they are sent to Filters.; - Fixed: Binary characters (i.e. null) are replaced with spaces before they are sent to filters.; - Fixed: Reading multi-byte characters from Filters improved.; - Fixed: Word Wrapping after Hyphens and Zero Width Spaces and Joiners.; - Fixed: Not Word Wrapping after No-break Spaces and Joiners.; - Fixed: Fixed text rewrapping sweeps upon loading big files.; - Fixed: Fixed text rewrapping sweeps upon replacing lots of lines.; - Fixed: Handling horizontal mouse wheel.; - Fixed: Page Up and Page Down movement with very short windows.; - Fixed: Switch to already opened document, while the other window is minimized.; - Fixed: Mimic case in the Extended Replace tool.; - Fixed: Extended Replace tool and Replace all: Regexp zero-length find and replace loop.; - Fixed: Running Text Filter from Search and Tool.; - Fixed: Aborting Search and Tool short-circuits the running Tool, aborting faster.; - Fixed: BOM flag in the File menu is enabled only for relevant encodings.; - Fixed: Error reported correctly when /p command line parameter is cancelled or fails.; - Fixed: Collation and copies are left to be handled by the printer drivers due to "known OS issues".; * Selecting upwards from the first line more user-friendly by moving to the beginning of the first line.; * Selecting downwards from the last line more user-friendly by moving to the end of the last line.; * Optimized and improved text drawing, drawing very long lines, using drawing cache, etc.; * Optimized and improved drawing binary characters, word-wrapping on binary files, etc.; * Progress shown while painting long lines.; * Positioning caret within ligatures improved.; * More progress shown while loading huge files.; * Settings dialog now says System Registry when the Config is stored in System Registry.; * Added messages around file recovery from an autosave to navigate the user through the recovery.; * View All Clips a little bit more accessibility-friendly and keyboard-only friendly.; * Moving caret to the left by whole words is now slightly more granular.; * Search Later shows a message in the Status Bar when Search is updated.; * Search and Last Tool All also shows the total number of replacements.; * The application now complains about unknown command line parameters.; * File Properties moved to File -> System sub-menu.; * Up to Sentences tool renamed to Make Sentences.; * Save'n'Exit renamed to Save and Exit.; * Increased maximum pattern size in Grep tool to 64 KiB.; * Increased maximum pattern size in Find And Replace to 64 KiB.; * Increased maximum pattern size in Extended Replace tool to 64 KiB.; * Increased maximum string size in Compare tool to 64 KiB.; * Raised the "Clip too long" warning threshold to 64 KiB.; * Wrap Margin is turned on by default.; * Line Numbers are turned on by default.; * Some menu mnemonics were updated.; * Reduced icon sizes.; Changes against version 6.2.1.

Version 6.2.1 (Aug 22, 2019): + Added: Text Coloring.; + Added: Grep, Filter lines by Pattern tool.; + Added: Visually highlight Current Line.; + Added: Length of the Current Selection shown in the Status bar.; + Added: Visible newlines based on actual newlines.; + Added: Visible Tabs.; * Optimized drawing long lines and lines containing surrogates, composite characters, clusters.; * Left margin no longer obscures text shifted to the left by horizontal scroll.; * Added hint to Replace All Abort dialog suggesting Extended Replace tool instead.; * Changed default value for File size warning setting to 10MiB.; - Fixed: Undoing all changes makes the document unmodified.; - Fixed: Unicode and non-unicode version no longer share the same config when storing strings.; - Fixed: Preventing one file operation to run within another one, e.g. auto-save while loading a document.; - Fixed: Including an empty file no longer changes current document's newlines.; - Fixed: Drag-and-drop editing and Right-click on a single-character selection no longer impossible.; - Fixed: Longer lines were not fully drawn with larger fonts due to limitations in Windows API.; - Fixed: Default font size, printing font size, and font sizing algorithms, better DPI aware-ness.; - Fixed: Line lengths are no longer jumping back and forth when selecting lines.; - Fixed: Resizing window height recalculates potentially changing size of the horizontal scrollbar.; - Fixed: Horizontal scrolling no longer recalculates horizontal scrollbar.; - Fixed: Printing leading line tabs with non-zero left page margin.; - Fixed: Replacing text unnecessarily redrawing following lines.; - Fixed: Tab size visual extent rendering.; - Fixed: Extended Replace tool zero-length matching after non-zero-length matches.; - Fixed: Partial loading of files over 4GB large.; - Fixed: Partial UTF-8 BOM recognition.; Changes against version 6.1.1.

Version 6.1.1 (Dec 4, 2016): + Added: Support for IME composing window.; + Added: Added support for DPI-aware scaling.; + Added: Push Line Up and Push Line Down for moving lines around.; + Added: Drag&Drop editing; moving text by mouse is available via both buttons.; + Added: Setting: Auto-save Untitled documents (into the Temp path).; + Added: Setting: Store auto-save files in the Temp path instead of current directory.; + Added: Setting: Store backup files in the Temp path instead of current directory.; + Added: Setting: Temp path for storing autosave and backup files to, with relative paths support.; + Added: Setting: Create backup files with hidden attribute.; + Added: Setting: Create multiple backup files and rotate them.; + Added: Setting: Warn on loading binary files.; + Added: Setting: Ignore case in quick Sort tools.; + Added: Check for Updates and Automatic Check for updates.; + Added: If there is a new version available, hint is displayed in the StatusBar.; + Added: Command line parameter: /u Check for Updates.; + Added: Command line parameter: /l Goto Line accepts negative numbers and works from the end.; + Added: Command line parameter: /c Goto Offset accepts negative numbers and works from the end.; + Added: Command line parameter: /s Set Selection accepts negative numbers and works from the end.; + Added: Command line parameters: /l Goto Line and /c Goto Offset can be used together.; - Fixed: Italics fonts are no longer clipped.; - Fixed: Selection background does not clip nearby characters anymore.; - Fixed: Each tab character now enforces at least some minimum visual extent.; - Fixed: Selected end-of-line extent and visible end-of-line extent were unified.; - Fixed: When switching to another instance of the same document, no unexpected questions are asked.; - Fixed: Message about another instance takes precedence over message about lost auto-save found.; - Fixed: Document is not auto-saved if there are no modifications since last auto-save.; - Fixed: The user is now warned that it is necessary to save recovered document.; - Fixed: Auto-save file was not always removed after successful recovery.; - Fixed: Canceling Revert operation no longer removes current auto-save.; - Fixed: Chosen encoding or code page is no longer reset during Revert.; - Fixed: Overwrite flag is no longer reset during Revert or Re-open.; - Fixed: Creating a new file during loading adds such new file to Recent files.; - Fixed: Relative paths are supported for Template file and are not updated during loading.; - Fixed: Changing current encoding also changes BOM flag to reasonable default.; - Fixed: Default newlines are used upon no newlines in the loaded file.; - Fixed: Default newlines are used upon mixed newlines in the loaded file when No mixed newlines are in force.; - Fixed: Default newlines are used upon mixed newlines in the document if No mixed newlines are turned on.; - Fixed: Lists of available codepages split into categories for easier navigation.; - Fixed: Shift+BackSpace deletes previous character just like a simple BackSpace.; - Fixed: Insert Recently Inserted text was needlessly unavailable sometimes.; - Fixed: Sorted Complete Word dialog was inserting incorrect suggestions.; - Fixed: Right-click menu could appear on a wrong position upon several displays.; - Fixed: Scrolling by mouse via selecting text outside of edit window has been slowed down.; - Fixed: Message is displayed after successful replace and no further occurrences.; - Fixed: Extended Replace tool used empty string upon undefined back-references, instead of skipping such occurrences.; - Fixed: Propper icon recovery while re-starting crashed Windows Explorer.; - Fixed: Keyboard focus was not relinquished properly upon Hide to Tray.; - Fixed: Saving widnows position and/or size and restoring them was reviewed.; - Fixed: Config INI file is only updated upon actual changes in the config data.; - Fixed: Some funky edge cases were fixed in various tools and features.; * Esc key cancels any ongoing mouse operation.; * Right-click can also be used to select text before the Right-click menu appears.; * Paste from clipboard thru Ctrl+Right-click occurs only upon releasing the button.; * Selected lines are slightly accentuated by double-drawing the text.; * ODO meter and Trip meter were added to the Utility info dialog for amusement.; * Overwrite mode menu item added to Options menu for convenience.; * Date/time glue setting moved from the Tools page to the General page.; * Warning is show in the Status Bar upon saving Unicode file with no BOM.; * Document title is always displayed in the taskbar and caption, even if also showing the full file path.; * Stay on Top is saved along with other common options in the Basic Options category.; * Newlines are now decoded in Could not find messages; with a new setting to disable this.; * Progress percentage during re-wrap has been rewritten to give a more linear user experience.; * The .reloc section was removed from executables in a hope all future Windows will accomodate.; * Executable code was moved back to the .text section where it belongs.; * Read-only data was moved back to the .rdata section where it belongs.; * Text storage engine improved to support files with truckload of lines.; * Text storage engine memory usage and general behaviour optimized.; * Edit box behaviour and other code optimized.; * Utf-8 recognition algorithm fortified.; Changes against version 6.0.2.

Version 6.0.2 (Nov 30, 2011): - Fixed: Initialization of Random number generator in multi-threaded tools.; Changes against version 6.0.1.

Version 6.0.1 (Nov 2, 2011): This version is a complete rewrite of the entire project. Small changes might be left out by omission.; + Search and Replace dialog replaced by Search Bar.; + Added: Support for Escapes and Regular Expressions in search/replace patterns.; + Added: Experimental Search and Last Tool concept. Similar to Search and Replace.; + Added: Long searches automatically display an abort dialog.; + Added: Option to Mimic Case upon Search and Replace.; + Added: Auto-search for current word upon no selection in Find Selected.; + Added: Extended Replace also supports Escapes, RegExps and Mimic Case.; + Added: Support for user-defined color of text and background.; + Added: Random Color Scheme generator in Settings dialog.; + Added: Display Line Numbers, Newlines and Line Lengths.; + Added: ZoomIn, ZoomOut, ZoomReset.; + Added: Auto-recognition of UTF-8 files without BOM.; + Added: Import/Export/Reopen file in chosen encoding or codepage.; + Added: Full transparent support for binary files (load+edit+save).; + Added: Full transparent support for mixed newlines (load+edit+save).; + Added: Command line parameter: /b Skips the "Create new file" question.; + Added: Option to auto-save documents directly to their original files.; + Added: Option to create recovery auto-save files with hidden attribute.; + Added: Question, whether to auto-load a lost auto-save version of a file.; + Added: Question about saving before closing is skipped for empty Untitled documents.; + Added: Favourite files now support relative paths.; + Added: Template file for new documents.; + Added: Shuffle Lines tool.; + Added: First Capital, Random Case and Fun Case tools.; + Added: Unclose Lines, Trim Empty Lines and Shift Lines Right tool.; + Added: Collapse Empty Lines tool.; + Added: Unwrap Lines tool.; + Added: Extract Words tool.; + Added: Most tools are now showing their progress and support cancel.; + Added: Classic old system edit control replaced by new improved editbox.; + Added: Text storage engine with improved support for working with huge files.; + Added: Support for very long lines (current limit is set to 1 MiB).; + Added: Multi-level Undo and Redo. Better Undo granularity.; + Added: Legacy single-level Undo still available through Alt+BkSpace.; + Added: More sensitive navigation through entire words.; + Added: Support for Triple/Quadruple/Quintuple-click and mouse selecting.; + Added: Option to auto-Copy to clipboard upon mouse selection.; + Added: Paste/Swap from clipboard upon mouse Ctrl-Right-click.; + Added: Option to Mimic Case upon Paste from clipboard.; + Added: Option to auto-select current word/line/paragraph/document upon empty Copy/Cut.; + Added: Insert Recently Inserted and Recently Deleted text.; + Added: Support for Smart Home and End keys, working with indentation; + Added: Support for moving/selecting by entire paragraphs.; + Added: Option to keep distance between the Caret and window borders.; + Added: Improved and enriched Right-click menu.; + Added: Support for Insert/Overwrite mode.; + Added: Horizontal mouse-wheel scrolling.; + Added: Improved INI files for saving settings into Config.; + Added: Support for hierarchical INI file loading.; + Added: Command line parameter: /i Load specified INI file; + Added: Location of current INI file added to Settings dialog.; + Added: Printing font.; + Added: Page Setup for printing.; + Added: Check Updates shortcut.; + Added: Sort tool: Up to five independent sorting keys available.; + Added: Sort tool: Range of columns can be specified in each sorting key.; + Added: Sort tool: Option to ignore white-spaces and/or punctuation while sorting.; + Added: Sort tool: Option to ignore all but alpha-numeric characters while sorting.; + Added: Sort tool: Option to ignore blank and/or control characters while sorting.; + Added: Sort tool: Options to ignore characters supported even while sorting as numbers.; + Added: Sort tool: Uses current user locale settings while sorting as numbers.; + Added: Sort tool: Support for positive signs while sorting as numbers.; * Modif: Sort tool: Sorting keys no longer depend on previous keys.; + Added: Columns and Sort tools: Option to "delimit by entire phrase" rather than "separate characters".; + Added: Columns and Sort tools: Options for saving info from tool dialogs into the Config.; * Modif: Columns and Sort tools: Tool dialogs accept ranges and columns inverted.; + Added: Columns tool: Random number insertion point (%r).; * Modif: Columns tool: Center alignment modifier changed from ^ to !.; + Added: Translate Charaters tool: Supports escapes and ranges.; + Added: XmlTag tool: Works more carefully with singleline/multiline selections.; * Modif: XmlTag tool: Reselects the original selection after enclosing it.; + Added: XmlTag tool: Option to keep or reset fields "Attributes" and "Empty".; + Added: Compare tool: State of checkboxes from tool dialog are saved into Config.; + Added: Compare tool: Option for saving the compared strings into Config as well.; + Added: Filters: New variable %S, which expands with current selection.; + Added: Filters: Option to convert all text to/from UTF-8.; + Added: Filters: Option to push no input (stdin) into filter.; + Added: Filters: Option to ignore output (stdout/stderr) from filter.; + Added: Filters: Option to mix output (stdout/stderr) from filter together.; + Added: Filters: Option to display filter output as message instead of replacing.; + Added: Filters: Option to auto-exit when filter is finished.; + Added: Filters: Option to skip saving upon auto-exit when filter is finished.; + Added: Filters: Option to ignore filter's return value.; + Added: Filters: Option to wait for filter to finish.; + Added: Filters: Option to skip the launch dialog.; + Added: Filters: Quoting variable modifiers, which escape all double-quotes while expanding.; + Added: Search and Replace All feature groups Undo steps into one Undo step.; + Added: Search and Replace All feature shows total count of replacements in the Status Bar.; + Added: Progress and info messages displayed in the Status Bar during most operations.; + Added: Undo feature can now remember the last document save-point.; + Added: Double-clicks on the Status Bar supported (as shortcuts to anticipated actions).; + Added: Word Wrap indicator in the Status Bar.; + Added: Current character value in the Status Bar.; + Added: Suggest filename from first line supports longer filenames.; + Added: Suggest filename from first line now works also in Exclude File feature.; + Added: Option to confirm with user whether to exit by Esc key.; + Added: Option to prevent insertion of control characters.; + Added: Option to show bold Caret upon Overwrite mode.; + Added: Option to improve definition of what a word consists of.; + Added: Option to Indent selection (of multiple lines) with simple Tab key.; + Added: Option to reduce Undo steps to the last single step upon Save.; + Added: Option to persist current scrolling during tools.; + Added: Option to auto-hide the Search Bar after it has been used.; + Added: Option to auto-hide the Search Bar only after a successful use.; + Added: Options to reset/keep specific search attributes in the Search Bar.; + Added: Option to execute search as non-abortable (for compatibility).; + Added: Option to execute all tools as non-abortable (for compatibility).; + Added: Option to warn, when a file being loaded is bigger than a specific value.; + Added: Support for overriding user locale settings (number formats, date/time formats).; + Added: Many more settings and options to subtly adjust behaviour of features.; - Fixed: Malformed UTF-8 files could cause loading troubles.; - Fixed: Save As dialog allows read-only files when read-only files can be forced.; - Fixed: Save As dialog no longer changes current working directory on the way.; - Fixed: Switch to already opened document, while the other document's window is in tray.; - Fixed: Troubles with changing the opened-and-watched-for-modifications file too rapidly.; - Fixed: The opened-and-watched-for-modifications file no longer share-locked unnecessarily.; - Fixed: Statistics tool: Average line length computed over non-empty lines only.; - Fixed: Statistics tool: Line lengths (avg/min/max) ignore tail white-spaces.; - Fixed: Unique Lines tool: Duplicates of empty lines not counted upon Leave empty lines.; - Fixed: Unique Lines tool: Improved algorithm used in the tool (bug with quadratic impact).; - Fixed: SysTray icon reappears after explorer/taskbar crash and recreation.; * Improved and more user-friendly Goto dialog.; * Statistics tool dialog supports copying of the values into clipboard.; * Settings dialog now remembers the last active tab for convenience.; * All tools working with selection can now auto-select word/line/paragraph/document.; * Changing document Encoding or Newlines makes the document modified.; * Old Margin Bar renamed to Wrap Margin. It soft-wraps lines upon Word Wrap.; * Message "Search pattern not found!" now includes the search pattern.; * Current selection and scrolling try to persist Search and Replace All operation.; * Search and Replace All draws all changes at once if there is no idle CPU.; * Undo is available in the Search Bar, when selection is pre-filled as new pattern.; * Ability to define and use the Second Search through the Search Bar.; * Longer patterns (up to 8 KiB) allowed in the Search Bar.; * The selection is reversed upon searching upwards.; * Word Wrap rewraps the line being edited correctly, including previous word.; * Better maintenance of current scrolling and selection upon reverting the document.; * Better maintenance of current scrolling upon rewrapping lines of the document.; * Horizontal Scroll Bar tries to be a bit smarter and less resource consuming.; * Quote Mail tool removed.; * Few hotkeys modified or switched between functions.; * Tools sub-menu and Edit sub-menu rearranged a bit. All dialogs improved.; * Defaults for some of the settings modified to fit the new capabilities.; * Few config names changed or moved to prevent sharing with old versions.; * Core memory-handling and text-processing routines improved.; * Non-linear generator of pseudo-random numbers used in tools.; * Default fonts changed to Courier New and Arial.; * New application icon introduced.; Changes against version 5.4.1.

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