jedit-announce Mailing List for jEdit

Greetings-

Todays batch of updates consists of new versions of some tried and true
plugins by Slava Pestov (ErrorList, XML) and André Kaplan
(BufferSelector, JBrowse, WhiteSpace).

jEdit 3.2

* BufferSelector 1.0.2:  switched to Ant and Docbook; better layout of
  BufferSelector buttons; requires jEdit 3.2final and JDK 1.1

* JBrowse 1.4.3: switched to Ant; updated for the jEdit 3.2 selection
  API; requires jEdit 3.2final and JDK 1.1

jEdit 4.0

* BufferSelector 1.0.4:  updated for jEdit 4.0pre3; removed support for
  jEdit 3.1; fixed missing option pane name; requires jEdit 4.0pre3 and
  JDK 1.1

* ErrorList 1.2.1:  updated for jEdit 4.0pre4 text area extension API;
  requires jEdit 4.0pre4 and JDK 1.2

* JBrowse 1.4.4:  updated for the jEdit 4.0 Buffer API; updated for the
  jEdit 4.0 Dockable API; requires jEdit 4.0pre4 and JDK 1.1

* WhiteSpace 0.9.1:  updated for the jEdit 4.0 Buffer API; updated for
  the jEdit 4.0 Highlighting API; requires jEdit 4.0pre4 and JDK 1.2

* XML 0.7: HTML files are parsed using Swing HTML parse; XML Tree window
  no longer needs to be open for XML parsing to take place; attributes
  of type "ID" are now listed in the XML Insert window; improved tag and
  entity completion; tag highlighting shows status bar message if
  matching tag not visible; tag completion for XML schema (.xsd) files;
  updated for jEdit 4.0 and ErrorList 1.2 API changes; bug fixes;
  requires jEdit 4.0pre4, ErrorList 1.2.1, and JDK 1.2

...and remember, these plugins are available only to the first 1000
customers, SO ACT NOW BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!! (Offer void where
prohibited; subject to dealer participation)

-md

Note that jEdit now has a source file, Java14.java, that only compiles
under Java 2 version 1.4. If you're using Java 2 version 1.3 and wish to
compile jEdit from source, you should comment out the "jdk14" property
in build.xml.

+ New Features

- Soft wrap.
  - Three wrapping modes are available:
    "none" - no wrapping is performed
    "soft" - soft wrap
    "hard" - this is the old hard wrap feature that has been available
    since jEdit 3.0.
  - Change the wrap mode in Global Options or Buffer Options
  - When soft wrap is enabled, you can set the 'Wrap margin' setting to
    zero to wrap to the width of the text area.
  - Some plugins will need to be updated; see below
- Two JDK 1.4-specific options added to 'Appearance' option pane:
  'Draw window borders using Swing look & feel', 'Draw dialog box
  borders using Swing look & feel'. Both are disabled by default.
- New 'Keyboard Tester' command in Utilities->Troubleshooting menu; it
  displays a 'grab key' dialog and dumps key events into a new buffer
- Option to split file dialogs vertically (Ollie Rutherfurd)
- Plugin manager's install plugins dialog box now shows plugin download
  sizes, and has a slightly improved look
- jEdit Frequently Asked Questions is now included in the online help
  (John Gellene)
- Prolog syntax highlighting (Giulio Piancastelli)

+ Enhancements

- Firewall plugin integrated into editor core
- Global Options dialog box now has an 'Overview' page
- Better GZIP file auto-detection; previously, jEdit would check for a
  filename extension of .gz, now it checks for the GZIP magic number at
  the start of the file
- Unicode files are now automatically detected as being such, and opened
  with the Unicode encoding
- 'Narrow to Fold' on a collapsed fold now automatically expands the
  fold
- The complete word changes started in 4.0pre3 are now complete.
  - UP/DOWN arrow keys wrap selection around in complete word list
  - Keywords are now completed (and shown in the list in a bold font)
  - The popup is updated on the fly if you type or press BACKSPACE while
    it is showing
- In the file system browser, trying to add a file to the favorites now
  adds that file's directory to the favorites, instead of showing an
  error message
- The edit server now un-iconifies the view, if necessary
- Updated ML mode (Ingmar Stein)
- Printing code rewritten to use Java 2 print API. The only user-visible
  change is that the printed output is now word-wrapped.
- The file system browser now preserves expansion state when reloading
  directories
- On Unix operating systems, the roots: VFS is no longer available,
  since it is not necessary (Unix systems have a single file system
  root, /)
- Changed file system browser to underline open files, not show a black
  chunk next to their names
- Closed three possible holes in the edit server:
  - Opening a socket and leaving it open no longer stops other clients
    from connecting; there is now a 1 second timeout
  - Opening a socket and sending a whole load of crap, all on one line,
    no longer causes the edit server to read it in; the protocol has
    been changed to send the authorization key in binary as four octets,
    as opposed to in a line of text
  - On some braindamaged Unix systems, users can read files in each
    other's home directories. jEdit now explicitly sets the server
    file's permissions to 0600 to work around this brain damage
- Improved JSP syntax highlighting (Daiji Takamori)
- Quick-copy (middle mouse button pasting most recent selection) is now
  disabled by default, since people seem to get confused by it to no end
  when they accidentally click the middle mouse button while using a
  wheel mouse to scroll
- Shift-double click and shift-middle mouse button clicks in the file
  system browser now open files in a new view
- Minor search and replace dialog box usability improvements:
  - Keep dialog on by default
  - Somewhat confusing 'Replace' button removed
- Faster HyperSearch
- Updated Foxpro mode (Matthew J. Price)
- jEditLauncher version 4.0 (John Gellene)
  - Revised installer module
  - Logging feature for easier troubleshooting of installation problems
  - Updated for 4.0pre4 EditServer changes (but backwards compatible
    with older jEdit versions)

+ Neutral

- Tips moved to doc/tips directory; documentation is no longer inside
  the JAR

+ Bug Fixes

- Next-fold command was slightly broken
- Fixed possible plugin manager NPE when installing incompatible plugins
- On some Java versions, the plugin manager's progress windows would
  hang until explicitly given focus
- Minor fix for S+HOME/S+END behavior
- Fixed for weird caret position after control-clicking a closing
  bracket
- The position of the wrap guide is now determined using the Java2D API,
  so it should be correct now. Previously, it could be drawn in the
  wrong place if anti-aliasing was enabled
- The tab width is also determined using the correct APIs
- Fixed possible NullPointerException in VFS file dialog box
- Fixed minor bug in 'Select Fold' command
- Fixed some JDK 1.4-specific bugs:
  - The 'select text on focus' feature of some text fields fixed
  - File system browser's type select fixed
  - Keyboard shortcuts only worked in the text area
  - Sometimes keyboard focus would jump to the search bar
  - Unfortunately, fixing the last two required the use of Java
    1.4-specific APIs. As a result, the Java14.java source file will not
    compile under a 1.3 JDK.
- Embedded tabs in lines would show up as boxes in bracket matching
  status bar messages
- Sometimes hard tabs would be inserted into the buffer, even if soft
  tabs were enabled
- Trying to reload a read only file would fail
- Fixed possible NullPointerException in 'Styles' option pane
- I removed the feature that automatically folds newly inserted text as
  necessary, because it had too many problems
- Changed some tree cell renderers to work around problems experienced
  on MacOS X
- Fixed possible ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when closing a view
- File name and first line globs were not shown in the 'Mode specific'
  option pane
- Fixed ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when scrolling a one-line buffer
  with the WheelMouse plugin
- "Insert File" was broken since 4.0pre1
- Text area syntax highlighting would not always be updated properly
  when switching modes
- Display_Shortcuts macro didn't work
- jEdit would hang if 'Find Previous' was invoked while regular
  expressions were enabled
- "Narrow to Fold" would never include the last line of the buffer in
  the narrow, even if it was part of the fold in question

+ API Additions

- BufferUpdate.SAVED message type added. Previously, DIRTY_CHANGED could
  be used for this purpose, but since jEdit now clears the dirty flag
  when all changes up to a save are undone, doing on-save actions when a
  DIRTY_CHANGED is received can have unexpected consequences.
- New method: MiscUtilities.quicksort(List a, Compare a)
- MiscUtilities.Compare now extends java.util.Comparator (which has the
  same API)
- MiscUtilities.quicksort(Object[],Compare) now calls
  java.util.Arrays.sort()
- MiscUtilities.quicksort(Object[],Comparator),
  MiscUtilities.quicksort(List,Comparator) methods added
- The above changes are completely binary compatible, and they make
  jEdit's sorting API more consistent with the Java collections API.
- New OperatingSystem class, with the following methods:

  isDOSDerived(), isWindows(), isWindows9x(), isWindowsNT(), isOS2()
  isMacOS()
  isUnix()
  hasJava14()

+ API Changes

- Offset conversion API changes. Old methods (xToOffset(), offsetToX(),
  yToLine(), lineToY()) deprecated; you must now use xyToOffset() and
  offsetToXY() instead. Also note that xyToOffset() will return -1 if
  the y co-ordinate is not visible in the text area.
- The BufferChangeListener API was inconsistent. foldLevelChanged() was
  called with the last two parameters being a start and end line,
  respectively, but the documentation claimed that the first parameter
  was a single line index, and the second was a fold level. This was an
  error on the part of the documentation, and has since been fixed.
- TextAreaExtension API replaces TextAreaHighlights. It now supports the
  concept of 'layers', so you can for example add an extension that will
  be painted below the selection (the JDiff plugin wants to do this).
-- 
Slava Pestov

Hello-

This evening, I added updated releases of two plugins from André Kaplan,
BufferTabs and WhiteSpace, to Plugin Central.

* BufferTabs 0.7.6:  switched to Ant and DocBook; fixed an
  EditBus-related memory leak; requires jEdit 3.2.2 and JDK 1.1

* WhiteSpace 0.9:  switched to Ant and DocBook; all highlighting options
  except fold highlighting now default to false; WhiteSpace toggle
  actions are now buffer specific; requires jEdit 3.2.2 and JDK 1.1

BufferTabs works with both jEdit 3.2 and 4.0. WhiteSpace only works with
jEdit 3.2.2.

-md

Howdy folks-

Back from a too-short holiday vacation, I've just now had a chance to
release the latest batch of plugin updates. This is a small one,
consisting only of a new version of the WheelMouse plugin for jEdit
3.2.2/JDK 1.4.

* WheelMouse 2.2:  updated to no longer beep when scrolling too far up
  or down; requires jEdit 3.2.2 and JDK 1.4

Happy solstice to all, and Happy New Year to my fellow
Gregorian-calendeers.

-md