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CotEditor for Mac

CotEditor 4.0.4

  -  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 4.0.4.


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:
- Update Lua syntax style
- Update Swift syntax style for more accurate outline extraction and literal number highlight
- Update JavaScript, PHP, and CoffeeScript syntax styles for more accurate literal number highlight
- Avoid escaping non-ASCII characters to Unicode code points when exporting syntax styles to YAML files

Fixed:
- Fix an issue that the application did not terminate when all windows are closed
- Fix an issue in the script menu that a script bundle (.scptd) was handled not as a script but as a folder
- Fix an issue in the snippet key bindings that shortcuts with only Shift key for modifier keys were accepted though does not work correctly
- Fix an issue that the application rarely showed the open dialog on launch even when the user setting for the startup behavior is not “show open dialog.""
- Fix literal number highlight with Ruby syntax style
- Address an issue that annoying dialog that alerts saving was failed could be shown while typing when autosaving is disabled