NEdit news

2005-10-27 - Niki has been updated

Niki, the NEdit Wiki has been moved to the same server the NEdit website is on. In addition, the wiki software has been updated to include spam protection, and Niki has undergone a facelift. As a result, the wiki is now again open for public editing.

2004-10-13 - NEdit 5.5

The NEdit team is pleased to announce NEdit 5.5.

Improvements over NEdit 5.4 include:

• Tabbed windows for working with multiple documents in one window
• Find and Clear buttons for the interactive search bar
• Improved Latex & Python syntax highlighting patterns
• Simpler configuration for auto-scrolling
• Improvements to the macro language
• Efficiency improvements and bug fixes

Improvements over NEdit 5.5RC2 include:

• Detaching tabs should now use the default window size for the new window
• Detaching/moving non-top tab does not change top tab.
• Less confusing wording in the File->New XXX menu items

See the ReleaseNotes file (included in the distribution) for more details.

Executables for a variety of platforms can be downloaded over http or ftp. The source code is also available via http or ftp.

As always, we value your feedback. For that you can use the familiar mailing lists or the SourceForge bug tracker.

2004-09-07 - NEdit 5.5RC2

The NEdit team is pleased to announce the second release candidate for NEdit 5.5. Improvements over NEdit 5.5RC1 include:

• Fix for keyboard problems (PgUp and PgDown) on some platforms
• Regular expressions '<', '\B', and '>' are once again defined in terms of the user-defined word delimiter set
• Fixed mnemonics for "OK" buttons in dialogs
• Various fixes related to tabbed windows

Improvements over NEdit 5.4 include:

• Tabbed windows for working with multiple documents in one window
• Find and Clear buttons for the interactive search bar
• Improved Latex & Python syntax highlighting patterns
• Simpler configuration for auto-scrolling
• Improvements to the macro language
• Efficiency improvements and bug fixes

The source code can be downloaded over http or ftp. Executables for a variety of platforms can also be downloaded over http or ftp. See the ReleaseNotes file (included in the distribution) for more details. Since this is a release candidate, we hope to receive your feedback. For that you can use the familiar mailing lists or the SourceForge bug tracker.

2004-08-06 - License Clarification

NEdit was released under the GPL in 2000; even before that date the preferred distribution method has always been the binaries provided by the developers, so distribution of these binaries has always been implicitly allowed. NEdit's license was clarified recently to cover this point more clearly:

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

In addition, as a special exception to the GNU GPL, the copyright holders give permission to link the code of this program with the Motif and Open Motif libraries (or with modified versions of these that use the same license), and distribute linked combinations including the two. You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than linking with Motif/Open Motif. If you modify this file, you may extend this exception to your version of the file, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.

(See the files README and COPYRIGHT distributed with NEdit for the entire license.)

If you are a contributor to NEdit and have any problems with this clarification, please contact the developers at develop@nedit.org so we can discuss this.

2004-08-03 - NEdit 5.5RC1

The NEdit team is pleased to announce the first release candidate for NEdit 5.5. Improvements over NEdit 5.4 include:

• Tabbed windows for working with multiple documents in one window
• Find and Clear buttons for the interactive search bar
• Improved Latex & Python syntax highlighting patterns
• Simpler configuration for auto-scrolling
• Improvements to the macro language
• Efficiency improvements and bug fixes

See the included ReleaseNotes file for more details.

The source code can be downloaded from nedit.org via ftp or http. In addition, executables for a variety of platforms can be downloaded via ftp or http.

Note that the README file included with the source and executable 5.5RC1 packages was not updated for 5.5RC1. The correct README file can be found here.

Since this is a release candidate, we hope to receive your feedback. For that you can use the familiar mailing lists or the SourceForge bug tracker.

2004-06-24 - Site updates

The NEdit site has undergone some updates. The feeds on the right are now dymamically updated, and searching is finally possible, courtesy of Google.

2004-04-29 - How to take 15 years off NEdit's looks

Drafts of this feature article has been floating around for a while, but now it's finally properly available on nedit.org as a technote.

2004-02-16 - NEdit.org mailing lists move

The NEdit mailing lists have moved. You might experience some small teething problems, but we'll try to keep these to a minimum. The archives are also in the process of being reinstated. See the mailing list page for more information.

2004-02-02 - NEdit.org has moved

After the problems we have experienced with the website and ftp archives, things are looking better now. NEdit.org has found a new home on the other side of 'the pond', but with ample bandwidth to satisfy our needs. We have a new ftp archive, which is also available over http. It will take a little while longer to move the mailing lists.

2004-01-09 - Server problems

We are currently experiencing problems with the server that the nedit.org domain is hosted on. This affects the website, the ftp server and the mainling lists. We are currently looking onto the matter. Update: we have learned that Metrolink, the company that has been hosting nedit.org, has gone out of business. We are currently working on transferring the domain to a new location. Watch this space...