system requirements: macOS 15 and later
New Features
- Add a feature to export and import settings to transfer them to another Mac.
- Allow opening alias and symlink documents from the file browser.
- Request file access permission from the user by the “Open in New Window” command instead of simply presenting an error when CotEditor doesn’t have permission.
- Display the original path for alias and symlink files in file preview views.
- Support for importing multiple replace definitions from tab-separated values.
Improvements
- Syntax highlighting now takes nesting into account when highlighting symbol pairs.
- Update the Lua syntax to support nested string delimiters.
- Update the contents and layout of the user guide.
Fixes
- Fix an issue in CotEditor 6.1.2 where the text entered in a split editor didn’t match the theme's text color.
- Fix an issue where the default syntax setting reverted to Plain Text after a short time when set to None.
- Fix an issue where scroll bars in the editor became invisible under certain theme and appearance combinations.
- Fix an issue in the Donation settings pane where the purchase button for the one-time donation didn’t work on subsequent attempts.
- Address an issue where scrolling the editor with arrow keys caused unexpected jumps.
- [trivial] Fix the vertical scroller drawing with the RTL writing mode on macOS 26.
Full Changelog: 6.1.2...6.2.0