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CotEditor 4.8.1

  -  15.2 MB  -  Open Source
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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 4.8.1.


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Download CotEditor 4.8.1

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What's new in this version:

Improved:
- Add context menus for text size change to the tables in the outline inspector and find the result view
- Improve the algorithm to parse syntax highlighting with simple words
- Improve error message when failing to load setting files
- Improve general stability

Fixed:
- Address an issue on CotEditor 4.8.0 that the application could crash while updating the editor counts
- Fix an issue on CotEditor 4.8.0 that custom syntaxes could be empty when it contains ill-formed definitions
- Fix an issue on CotEditor 4.8.0 that the editor's kerning did not set to zero despite the font type being monospaced
- Fix an issue on CotEditor 4.8.0 that some steppers in the Settings window were placed on the opposite side
- Fix an issue that the application crashed when the sort key in the Sort by Pattern contains only whitespace
- Fix an issue that the current line highlight did not appear when the insertion point was located at the last empty line
- Fix an issue that the same instance highlight remains under specific conditions

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