CotEditor

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

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.
  • Display Finder tags in the document inspector and the file browser.
  • Add the “text replacement” option to the Mode settings to disable the future in the editor.
  • Add the PowerShell syntax.

Improvements

  • Show an alert and abort the import of setting files if they are not in a valid format.
  • Declare CotEditor can handle folders.
  • Update the JSON syntax to include the .jsonl file extension.
  • Update the Fortran syntax to include the .cuf file extension.
  • Update the PHP syntax
  • Improve the VoiceOver support.
  • Improve the stability.
  • experimental: Improve the syntax highlighting algorithm for inline comments.
  • non-AppStore ver.: Update Sparkle from 2.6.3 to 2.7.0.
  • dev: Update Yams from 5.1.3 to 5.3.1.

Fixes

  • Fix an issue in the AppleScript support where the `print` command is ignored.
  • Fixed an issue in CotEditor 5.0.8 where the file path argument passed to CotEditor scripts is percent-encoded.
  • Fix an issue in the Appearance settings pane where the alert about potential non-monospace fonts keeps appearing even after changing only the font size.
  • Fix an issue where the Settings window is not accessible from the Window menu.
  • Fix an issue on macOS 15 where newly created documents are mispositioned when the frontmost document is tiled.

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