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CotEditor for Mac

CotEditor 3.7.6

  -  27 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of CotEditor 3.7.6.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of CotEditor for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

New Features:
- Add new variable “file content” to File Drop feature to insert the file content when the dropped file is a text file

Improvements:
- Apply the change of “show other invisible characters” option immediately to the editors
- Add “Hide extension” option to the save dialog
- Use the system appearance in the input candidate window even when the theme has a dark background color
- Give some feedback about the search result in VoiceOver
- Improve the behavior of Opt+Arrow shortcut series to stop the by punctuation marks, such as . and :
- Hide unused items in the font panel toolbar
- Optimize the performance of finding the matching brace to highlight
- Optimize the performance of line number drawing
- Optimize the performance of hanging indent calculation

Fixes:
- Fix an issue where unwanted whitespace was added for variation selector U+FE0E when control characters are visible
- Fix an issue with scripting where regular expression anchors, such as ^ or $, did not match lines
- Fix an issue where the “Writing Direction” toolbar item did not work if it overflows from the visible toolbar area
- Fix an issue where U+FEFF cannot be input via “Input in Unicode hex” command
- Fix a possible crash with continuous U+FEFF characters
- Fix a possible crash on macOS 10.12