CotEditor

Highlights on CotEditor 6.2

Assist your migration
Export and import all your CotEditor settings, custom syntaxes, themes, and Multiple Replace definitions from the File menu to easily move your environment to another Mac.
Easier access to aliases
The original documents behind aliases and symlinks can now be opened directly in the current window from the file browser.
*If the original is a folder, it will open in a new window.
Build replace rules in bulk from TSV
Import tab-separated pairs of search and replacement texts to create a replace definition. Ideal for large glossaries.
Your built-in guide, newly polished
The built-in user guide now offers clearer explanations, richer content, and a refreshed layout aligned with the latest macOS.

CotEditor 6.2.0

release:

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.
  • trivial: Select the newly added settings after importing a settings file.
  • dev: Update the build environment to Xcode 26.2.

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.

release notes for prerelease versions

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