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CotEditor 4.0.6

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What's new in this version:

Improved:
- Add “Share” command to the menus for setting files, such as theme, syntax style, or multi replacement definition
- Resume “Select word” on top of the document if the search reached the end
- Update the visual style of the multiple replacement window on macOS 11
- Minimize scrolling when focusing on a text such as text search and outline selection
- Improve the syntax highlighting algorithm around comments and quoted text
- Revert JavaScript syntax style update in CotEditor 4.0.5 that modifies regular expression highlight
- Update the bundled cot command to enable reading large piped text entirely
- Update help contents
- [trivial] Sort themes alphabetically regardless of whether they are bundled or not
- [trivial] Make the timing to trim trailing spaces shorter
- [trivial] Tweak Japanese localization in Preferences
- [trivial][non-AppStore ver.] Sign the application with EdDSA signature for update manager (Sparkle)

Fixed:
- Fix an issue that the document theme did occasionally not change when switching the default theme to “Anura” in Dark Mode
- Fix an issue that disabling the “Reopen windows from last session” option did not work if the Auto Save is disabled
- Fix an issue on the latest systems that the open dialog could not see inside .app packages although when selecting the “Show hidden files” checkbox
- Fix an issue that the visual window state occasionally did not restore from the last session correctly
- Fix an issue in the inspector that the content occasionally overlapped with the pane controller above if it is shown when the window opens
- Fix an issue that the navigation bar tinted wrongly when the document window is in fullscreen and the editor is non-opaque
- Fix a typo in German localization

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