XNEdit 1.6.0

[unixwork]

version 1.6.0 (2024-12-05)

• added IO filters
• added gzip/bzip2 default options for opening and saving of compressed files
• added a filter for monospace fonts to the font selector
• added preferences for undo limits
• added fallbackCharset preference
• improved filedialog error handling
• improved fillParagraph to be utf-8 aware
• improved clipboard_to_string macro function to support utf-8
• improved tolower/toupper macro functions to support utf-8
• improved xnedit unicode-capable textfield and enabled it by default
• improved text rendering and resizing performance
• improved opening of large files
• changed max tab size to 256
• removed dependency on libpcre for matching editorconfig patterns
• fixed encoding when including files
• fixed crash in filename_dialog macro function
  – fixed compatibility with Motif 2.3.8
• fixed detached tab window size
• fixed font width detection
• fixed filedialog not showing the default name when available
• fixed some memory leaks and uninitialized memory access
• fixed crash on Solaris sparc
• fixed build on Solaris/Illumos
• fixed integer overflow/possible buffer overflow in measureVisLine
• fixed some UI color inconsistencies
• fixed some color dialog rendering issues
• fixed encoding error dropdown menu not working sometimes

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This discussion was created from the release XNEdit 1.6.0.

[mhk13]

Any chance to publish a compiled binaries for centos 7 & 9. My machines have no internet access from within and I can't install the required dependencies to build it.
Many thanks in advance

[unixwork]

I've added binaries for centos 7 for now, binaries for other systems will follow.

[mhk13]

many thanks!

[unixwork]

Added more binaries for EL8, EL9 and a distribution independent AppImage.

[mhk13]

Added more binaries for EL8, EL9 and a distribution independent AppImage.

Thanks a lot, really appreciate it

[mhk13]

@unixwork
Hello again, would really appreciate it you could add the binaries for centos 7 like before?
thank you in advance, apologies for the trouble

[unixwork]

Sorry, I had no time for that yet, I will create binaries this weekend.

[mhk13]

Many thanks bro, really appreciate it.

[unixwork]

Binaries are now available.