Some new features in versions 2.35 - 2.51:

• The number of programmable tool buttons was increased to 12.
• New programmable tool button were induced. Alternatively the buttons can be labeled with up to 3 characters.
• A few updates needed for Windows 7 were needed.
• Handles modern version of JavaScript.
• New convenience features for projects: The function tree normally stays expanded after updates. Find and Replace operations have options to search all the files in a project. Line numbers were added to copies of the function tree.
• Find and Replace options: Optionally find and replace tool bars can be placed just above the status bar or just below the tool bar instead of the more traditional floating dialog box. Control-R can be used as well as Control-H for replace operations.
• Only the tools that can be used for the current file type are shown: This means that it is possible to create up to 9 tools applying to a particular file type without concern for those shown for another file type.
• "Any project" tool buttons have been added: This makes using projects easier. Project tool buttons have special icons that include the letter "P" for easy identification. For example, when editing files in a Java file that is part of a project, a single click of a button can save any modified project files, compile and run the project.
• Some new tools have been added:
• Some new tool icons: Tool buttons show special icons for Java, JavaFX, ASM, DOS and projects. A few other icons were revised.
• The Save button is enabled only when the current file has been modified: This makes it easy to tell if a file needs to be saved. The save menu item is still available if one wants to save a newly created unmodified file.
• Control C can be used to copy from Macro Control and Help windows. Control V will paste into the Macro Control: A menu was also added to both Macro Control and Help dialog.
• Menu items or short cut keys can be used for increasing or decreasing font size: Implemented in the "Options" menu. Ctrl + and Ctrl - are the short cut keys.
• Template files were moved to their own Templates subfolder: This subfolder is contained in MultiEd's folder
• Separate menu items for Global Setup and Tool Button Setup in the Options menu.
• Improved word wrap options: Changed "Word Wrap" menu item to "Word Wrap Mode" and added non word wrap mode word wrap and hanging indent submenu items: This makes it easy to word wrap in a line mode document or in a section of such a document.
• Menu items for converting spaces to tabs or tabs to spaces at the beginning of indented lines.
• Classes, functions and methods are automatically detected when a project file is loaded.
• JavaFX is supported: A coloring and a template are provided.
• The thesaurus is included in the standard download.
• Macro capabilities were greatly enhanced: Added more macro commands to allow powerful macros. For example, one can convert a unformated text file into a webpage event converting for special items such as "<", ">", "&", URL's and even unordered lists.
• The Tool Setup program was revised: It was modified to correspond with the new way MultiEd handles programmable tool buttons.
• Help files were updated.

Down loads and links:

• Traditional Features
• MultiEd Home Page
• ReadMeFirst.html (Down load and installation instructions)
• Download MultiEd 2.50 (self-exploding file, about 2.3MB)

Please send comments to James Brink, brinkje@plu.edu. Thank you.

Revised 10/5/2011