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CotEditor for Mac

CotEditor 7.0.4

  -  31.4 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 7.0.4.


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:

Improved:
- Improve VoiceOver support by letting the editor read the text count information shown in the status bar with VO-Shift-H
- Improve the paired-symbol matching algorithm for brackets and quotation marks
- Remove the Rich Text Format built-in syntax
- [non-AppStore ver.] Update Sparkle from 2.9.1 to 2.9.2

Fixed:
- Fix an issue where saving a file could drop special POSIX permission bits, such as setuid, setgid, or sticky
- Fix an issue where moving the cursor near leading invisible characters could crash the application
- Fix an issue where copying or moving a file with certain filenames could unexpectedly change the filename while avoiding a conflict
- Fix an issue where the incompatible character list in the Warnings inspector could miss some characters that change after text encoding conversion
- Fix an issue where block comment delimiters could be inserted at the wrong indentation when commenting out lines with mixed indentation
- Fix an issue where NFKC Case-Fold normalization could leave default-ignorable Unicode characters in the text
- Fix an issue where invisible character symbols could be drawn incorrectly in right-to-left text
- Fix an issue where replacing an existing setting during import could fail for certain files
- Fix an issue on macOS 15 where the Export command in the Format settings pane’s menu could fail to export a syntax
- Fix typos in German localizatio