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CotEditor for Mac

CotEditor 3.8.11

  -  16.2 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 3.8.11.


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:

Improvements:
- Avoid showing the rainbow cursor while parsing URLs in the editor with large contents when the “link URLs in document” option is enabled
- Improve “Snakecase” and “Camelcase” commands to handle uppercase letters with accent properly
- Improve message for syntax highlighting progress
- Improve drawing performance and general stability
- [trivial] Tweak the visual notification for wrapping search

Fixes:
- Fix an issue where a document window zombie appeared when the window was closed while detached character info popovers remain
- Fix an issue where a blank progress dialog for a long syntax highlighting could rarely remain when the document is updated while parsing
- Fix an issue where the \x{hhhh}, \0ooo, and \$ style character expressions in the regular expression pattern were not syntax-highlighted correctly
- Fix an issue where the application could rarely crash when printing a document
- Fix an issue where the application could rarely crash when opening a document under macOS 10.14 and earlier