Programmer's Notepad

Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.8 Stable Released

simon — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:43:00 +0000

Finally a new stable build! Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.8 has been just over a year in the making. Some of the highlights of this release:

Extensions interface, allows extension of PN using C++ add-ins
Python extension (PyPN), allows scripting of PN using Python
Tag browsing
Keyboard customisation
Comment insertion/removal
Autocomplete (based on keywords and tags)
Code templates

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This release wouldn’t have been possible without the excellent contributions (patches and documentation), testing, bug reports and feature suggestions made by users.

Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7.706 Released

simon — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:55:30 +0000

This new release fixes a bunch of important bugs as we work up to a new stable release.

Text clips bugs have been fixed, memory leaks in the text clips feature and calltips are now working again. Several patches were accepted from contributors. Thanks to all those who tested or contributed to this release.

Download the build here:

PyPN has been updated as well, with Python 2.4 and 2.5 builds now available.

Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7.668 Released

simon — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:13:50 +0000

Version 2.0.7.688 has been released to SourceForge.

Changes are:

Added Rename shortcut to project context menus (you can already rename using the two clicks convention)
Added $(ProjectProp:*) and $(FileProp:*) tools shortcuts, these retrieve values from project item configurations
Added alpha settings for line highlight, new default colour to make use of alpha
Added option to disable folding
New code templates feature (try typing “if” and then Edit->Insert Template in c/c++)
Now supports custom ctags tagger definitions (see in taggers\ctags directory)
Added Open Containing Folder, Open in Default Folder and Copy File Path to various context menus
Text clips now cached in user settings directory to avoid user needing to change files in install path
New extensions method pn_get_extension_info, new options page showing loaded extensions
New extensions types for passing strings safely with stored allocators

Bugs Fixed:

Line numbers toggle not updated when default (SF Bug #1729577)
File corruption with utf-16 files > 65536 characters (SF Bug #1741342)
Some php keywords only being matched in uppercase
Tabs/Spaces override changes don’t save (SF Bug #1632540)

Download Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7.688:

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Portable Zip

There’s a new PyPN release to go alongside this latest build:

Download PyPN 0.6

Mailing Lists moved to Google Groups

simon — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:11:58 +0000

The mailing lists for Programmer’s Notepad are being migrated to use Google Groups, simplifying the work of the pnotepad.org server. If you’re a member of either pn-announce or pn-discuss then you should receive an invitation or migration notice in the next few days. If not, please see the lists page to resubscribe.

Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7.680 Released

simon — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:55:37 +0000

This is a development build of Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7 so it’s not yet classified as stable!

Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7.680 is the latest development release some enhancements to the project properties system (based on project templates) and some prototype functionality for keyword-based text clip insertion. See Text Clips by Keyword for a video of this working.

Download 2.0.7.680

Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7.667 Released

simon — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:46:14 +0000

This is a development build of Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7 so it’s not yet classified as stable!

Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7.667 is the latest development release adding global styles configuration, some extensions improvements and separate PHP/PHP Script schemes.

PyPN has been updated as well and a new 0.5 release is available (still for Python 2.4).

Download 2.0.7.667

The extensions interface is documented!

Discuss this build and pypn on the discussion list or on the forums.

Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7.653 Released

simon — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:26:45 +0000

This is a development build of Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7 so it’s not yet classified as stable!

Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7.653 is the latest development release, adding basic AutoComplete, Comment/Uncomment, better Extensions support including keyboard shortcuts for extension commands. The release also fixes a number bugs.

PyPN has been updated as well and a new 0.4 release is available

Download 2.0.7.653

The extensions interface is documented!

Discuss this build and pypn on the discussion list or on the forums.

Lifehacker Download of the Day

simon — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:37:38 +0000

Lifehacker has Programmer’s Notepad as its Download of the Day today!

Welcome to all the lovely lifehacker visitors, the Programmer’s Notepad web server has been completely overloaded due to your interest and is now quivering in a corner under its bedsheets - the coward.

PyPN 0.3 Released

simon — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:08:51 +0000

Lots of new features and bugfixes in this updated release for PyPN - try it with the latest development release of PN and let me know how you get on!

Download PyPN 0.3

PyPN uses the new extensions interface for Programmer’s Notepad, which is documented!

Discuss this build on the discussion list or on the forums.

Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7.610 Released

simon — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:06:42 +0000

This is a development build of Programmer’s Notepad 2.0.7 so it’s not yet classified as stable!

This build fixes some minor bugs with the last release making the use of extensions a bit more stable.

Download 2.0.7.610

Known problems: Toolbar may look ugly on pre-XP machines, this will be fixed before 2.0.7 goes stable.

Discuss this build on the discussion list or on the forums.