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CotEditor 4.4.0

  -  15 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 4.4.0.


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 Advanced Character Count feature to the Text menu
- Dynamically prioritize the scripts in the subfolder whose name is the same as the frontmost document's syntax style when the same keyboard shortcut is determined in multiple CotEditor scripts
- Add URL Encode/Decode commands to the Text > Transformations submenu
- Display a dot in the window tab if the document has unsaved changes
- Add the option to draw the separator line between the line number view and the editor
- Add syntax styles for DOT (Thanks to usr-sse2!) and TypeScript

Improved:
- Support macOS 13 Ventura
- Change the system requirement to macOS 12 Monterey and later
- Improve the Find All button only on macOS 13 Ventura (and later) to enable performing additional commands
- Store the state of the “Don’t ask again for this document” option for the inconsistent line endings alert and respect it for future open
- [for advanced users] Now you can also disable the feature entirely within the application by running the following command in Terminal: defaults write com.coteditor.CotEditor suppressesInconsistentLineEndingAlert -bool YES, though it is not recommended
- Deprecate the length property in AppleScript (Use number of characters of contents instead)
- Support the split cursor for bidirectional languages in multi-cursor editing
- Update the CotEditor's setting view in the print panel
- Change the location and column count to start with zero
- Add the history menu to the regular expression patterns in the pattern sort dialog
- Display the error message in the pattern sort dialog if the regular expression pattern is invalid
- Improve the algorithm to parse numbers in the Sort by Pattern command
- Improve the algorithm of uncommenting
- Improve the algorithm of encoding detection
- Improve VoiceOver support
- Deprecate the “Ignore line endings when counting characters” option
- Deprecate the option to hide file size in the status bar
- Remove the text length display in the document inspector
- Improve stability
- [trivial] Adjust ticks in the line number view for vertical orientation
- [trivial] Save documents asynchronously
- [trivial] Visually adjust the filter field in the outline inspector
- [trivial] Organize the editor's contextual menu
- [trivial] Improve the basic regular expression syntax reference
- [trivial] Improve the status bar display
- [trivial] Optimize the script menu update
- [dev] Update the build environment to Xcode 14.1 (macOS 13 SDK)
- [dev] Migrate helpindex to cshelpindex
- [non-AppStore ver.] Optimize the script menu update

Fixed:
- Fix an issue that the empty draft documents silently discarded remained in the Open Recents menu

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