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This release includes Find and Replace support as well as some minor changes to other areas of the program. Please post any bugs to the Sourceforge bug tracker so that I may fix them as soon as possible.

If you feel like checking out the CVS code soon, please do so. I have just added support for finding text within the active document, so I would be glad to see some people looking at the current build.

I am getting closer to a 0.5 release as I work on Find and Replace methods, and so far I have a pretty stable build in CVS. So again, please feel free to check out the new (working!!!) find feature :)

Crystal develops a product called Notepro so we had to come up with a new name for the project. We decided on Pete (Programmers Extendable Text Editor). Let us know what of any comments/problems with the new name.

Just a quick fix to the File -> New menu command. Before now it didn't do anything, but it has been changed.

Expect a 0.5 release within the next week or so.

This release provides Notepro with a new codebase and two new features: Scintilla text editing and word wrapping.

Please submit any bug reports if anything is wrong - I will get to fixing it as soon as I can.

I have been working on a complete rewrite of the Notepro code base, and so far everything is working well. I am going to get as far as I had been with 0.04 and release 0.4.1 (which will mark the beginning of a new versioning scheme: Major.minor.revision).

After I get 0.4.1 out, I will hopefully get to work on 0.5, which will include find and replace functionality at the least. I am planning on releaseing 0.4.1 sometime this week or early next week (6-10-04 until 6-15-04 most likely). 0.5 will come a little while after 0.4.1, as I will be in Canada and away from the internet (I will have a laptop with me and I will be working on Notepro when I am gone). I expect to be away for 2 - 3 months. Hopefully paullyo can pick up some minor development during my absence.

Why did I miss this before? I just found Scintilla, and decided to re-write NotePro with complete Scintilla integration. That means quicker syntax highlighting and more!

I will create a new CVS module named "notepro-scintilla" where the new source will be stored. Feel free to check it out any time. I post some news when I feel ready to realease a new version of NotePro.

Work on NotePro will resume shortly, and I will be moving back to C++. There has been a very long wait since my last post (not that I think anyone has been keeping track), but I will keep working on NotePro as a side project until it is doing well.

I moved NotePro from C++ to C#. The reason being ease of use. It was much easier for me to create the RichEdit in C#, and C# is speeding up my development time. I have a good base for a 0.05 release right now, and I am working hard to get it up.

There is a new CVS module for the C# code. It's name is notepro-sharp. All new updates will be made to that folder.

This is taking far longer than expected. I am not going to stop trying, but development sure has slowed down since I got stuck here. I will try my best to get this working, but I am stuck.

I just thought it would be a good idea to let everyone know why a new release is taking so long.

I created a new CVS module for 0.05 and beyond. The reason behind my doing so is as follows:

I just installed Visual Studio .NET, so I created a .NET VC++ project for NotePro. All of my future work will be done in VC.NET, instead of VC6 (sorry to all VC6 users who may be dissapointed by this, but if you want to make your own project files let me know). I also figured that after the rich edit is implemented, NotePro will have reached a new level of completion. I hope that you understand my reasoning.... read more

I changed the website from xoops to my own custom site. The news link takes you to the sourceforge news archive for NotePro, until I can find a better alternative. The site can be found here: http://notepro.sourceforge.net

As far as development of NotePro goes, I have been trying to get some work done. It turns out that converting my code from using a plain edit box to using a rich edit is not very easy, but I am making progress. The source that is currently in the CVS repository will not allow you to edit anything, because I still need to get the rich edit working.

Sorry for the lack of updates. I have been working on a new website for NotePro (custom design). I just need to get a news posting script up and running. I have also been researching about Rich Edit Controls and how to use them without MFC. When I can do that (which will be for the next release of 0.05), I will get Find and Replace implemented, I promise :).

By the way, check the CVS, because I have uploaded some bug fixes that were pointed out by jimmyflynn. Thanks for the help!

This is just a basic fixer-upper release. The file routines were a bit sketchy and did not work right, so I fixed them. They should work fine now, but if you happen to find any bugs please let me know.

The website is up, and runs on the Xoops CMS. You can access it through the Project Website link or here: http://notepro.sourceforge.net/html.

Please register and post on the forums so I can get some feedback :)

Today I released NotePro 0.03! Not much changes are included, with the exception of fonts. You may now change the font of the main edit box by using the menu command Format -> Font.

I tried to get Find and Replace support in, but I was having too much trouble and I felt that NotePro was worthy enough for a 0.03 release as it was. In 0.04 I will definately include Find and Replace support, but it may take a little while to get in. I also hope to fix NotePro's end-of-line character (currently just "\n" I believe). It needs to be changed to "\r\n", the regular windows style.... read more

Sorry for the two day delay in posting this news, its just that I have been busy looking at website options. I have decided on xoops, not only because it looks good, but it also works well.

Anyways, 0.02 contains a new Edit menu, with Cut, Copy, and Paste. I also added Help -> View Readme, which will open up the readme file. The toolbar was also changed to reflect the new menu commands.

For the 0.03 release, I expect to have font support in. That, with MAYBE the addition of Edit -> Find and other small changes, should be enough for a release. If I can get everything done quickly I should have another release out by the end of this week.

This post is regarding the release plans of the NotePro project. I hope to get one release out per week, but I may go bi-weekly depending on my progress. If enough is completed during the first half of a week I may even get two versions out in one week.

I just thought it would be nice to let you know when to expect new NotePro releases.

This news post is in regard to the release of NotePro v0.01. This is a pre-alpha release, and as such may not work correctly for everyone. Please give it a try if you have a Win32 system, and let me know if it works or not.

See the changelog / notes for more information.

Hello to anybody who may be reading this. I am posting this news in regard to NotePro, a Win32 Text Editor. So far so good, in terms of development. I have NotePro able to open and save files, so its a start. Feel free to get the latest CVS code within the next few days, because so far NotePro seems to be in a stable state.

In the near future I would like to get a toolbar and status bar in the GUI, so that will be my next step. After that, font selection and support for opening multiple file types will be put in (maybe even a custom file type made especially for NotePro).... read more