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12.7_beta_2

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Textadept 12.7 beta 2 (01 May 2025)

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• Textadept 12.7 beta 2 -- Windows
• Textadept 12.7 beta 2 -- macOS 11+
• Textadept 12.7 beta 2 -- Linux
• Textadept 12.7 beta 2 -- Linux ARM
• Textadept 12.7 beta 2 -- Modules

Bugfixes:

• Fixed file update notification not working after a canceled io.close_all_buffers().
• Auto-indent should keep trailing whitespace when breaking up lines.
• buffer:save_as() should only ultimately emit one events.FILE_AFTER_SAVE event.
• Fixed some inconsistencies swapping replacement text with the "in files" filter.
• Fixed a hidden caret after some unsuccessful incremental searches.
• Fixed macOS emitting an erroneous Esc to an active key mode.
• Fixed loss of intermediate view state after closing a buffer and switching to a previous one.
• Fixed potential hangs in "Find in Files" by truncating long lines in found output.
• Fixed lack of terminal UTF-8 characters when building on some systems.
• Fixed snippet transform with 'else' conditional if there is no match.
• Fixed annotation display in the terminal version.
• Fixed Qt list dialog sometimes not showing the first item after filtering items.
• Fixed non-existant buffer:get_last_child().
• Horizontal split should scroll the caret into view as necessary.
• Fixed call tips not displaying in the terminal version's Lua command entry.
• Lua REPL: show completions for view too.
• LSP: fixed potential bug showing call tip for the first time.
• Debugger: fixed "Set Watch Expression" dialog.

Changes:

• Increase minimum required Qt from 5.12 to 5.15.
• Added io.track_changes for showing change history.
• Enabled undo selection history via buffer.undo_selection_history.
• Greatly improve startup time when restoring a large session, particularly on macOS.
• Added textadept.clipboard module for interacting with the system clipboard from the
  terminal version.
• Replaced ui.clipboard_text with ui.get_clipboard_text().
• textadept.editing.join_lines() should strip leading indentation and move to the end of
  joined lines.
• Added events.FIND_PANE_SHOW and events.FIND_PANE_HIDE for the find & replace pane.
• Added "Tools > Show Keys..." for querying typed key shortcuts and copying them to the clipboard.
• The keys table can accept direct key code strings without the need for keys.KEYSYMS.
• The cut/copy commands operate on the current line when no text is selected.
• Added keys.assign_platform_bindings() for easily making platform-specific key bindings.
• Keys passed to ui.command_entry.run() can no longer declare their own Esc and \n keys.
• Added ^↩ key binding on macOS to show the right-click context menu.
• Sessions no longer save typed buffers (find in files, output, etc.)
• Disable undo for typed buffers.
• Highlight terminal ANSI escape codes for colors in output buffers.
• Improved filter syntax and speed.
• lfs.default_filter is auto-appended to filters given to lfs.walk(), io.quick_open(), etc.
• Added table.map().
• Moved view.fold* fields into buffer since they are actually buffer-specific fields.
• Added "Buffer > Toggle Code Folding" to turn off/on code folding on a per-buffer basis.
• Changed how folded text is shown.
• Added "View > Code Folding" submenu with more fold manipulation items.
• Updated Lisp lexer to highlight character escapes.
• Updated rpmspec and reST lexers.
• Lexers can have custom fold functions.
• Updated Markdown lexer with folding.
• LSP: wrap hover text like signature help.
• Scratch: save typed buffers as scratch buffers too.
• Scratch: save modified files as scratch buffers and also save their undo histories.
• Lua REPL: added tab-completion.
• Updated to Scintilla 5.3.6.