CotEditor

⚠️ This is a pre-release version.

Highlights on CotEditor 5.1

Easier to distinguish documents
A parent folder name appears in the window title for documents with the same filename.
Read-Only Mode
Prevent accidental editing by making documents read-only from the Format > Prevent Editing command or the cot command-line tool.
Display Finder Tags
Displaying Finder tags to the document inspector and the file browser ensures consistent document organization.

CotEditor 5.1.0-beta.2

release:

New Features

  • Display Finder tags in the document inspector and the file browser.

Improvements

  • beta: Update the Korean and Polish localizations for strings newly added in CotEditor 5.1.0.

CotEditor 5.1.0-beta

release:

New Features

  • Append the nearest unique ancestor folder name to the document title if multiple documents with the same name are opened.
  • The new “prevent editing” option that prevents documents from being unintentionally edited.
  • Introduce the new AppleScript parameter editable to document objects.
  • Introduce the --readonly (-r) option to the cot command-line tool to open documents as read-only.
  • Read input from the standard input when the cot command-line tool is used with the - option.

Improvements

  • Improve the VoiceOver support.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue in CotEditor 5.0.8 where the file path argument passed to CotEditor scripts is percent-encoded.

previous release notes