Thunderpad (formerly Textpad) / Blog: Recent posts

I know HTML and CSS, but I don't want to build a website from scratch ever again (I had to build some for my IT class, and I hope not to write another one again). Well, leaving that apart, I decided to build the website with Weebly, it's way faster and I don't need to install Windows in order to test the website under IE.

As you may have seen, I prefer to write something that can do decisions and be "smart", not just a "fancy document". ... read more

Textpad 0.8.1 has just been released, and you are strongly recommended to upgrade to the newer version.

Please note that the files for 0.8.1 may not be fully loaded until tomorrow, looks like SF is a little bit slower than normal.

This release is mostly a maintenance release, as it fixes the following bugs:

• Quotation marks with nothing inside ("") are now highlighted by the editor.
• Some improvements in the interface shown in Microsoft Windows.
• The application should now open without problems under Mac OS X.... read more

Textpad 0.8 will be released during the next week, many of you may have asked why this release (0.8) took so long to be released, if so, head on and continue reading...

Why did it took so long?

• There where a lot of changes in the base of the source code, so I had to adapt the software to these changes.
• There where some new features that needed to re-implement many things around the source code.
• This release was adapted to every tested OS (Linux, Mac and Windows) to make Textpad feel native on every platform.
• There where many bug fixes.
• I had exams (no need to explain).
• I tested a binary release of Textpad on Ubuntu 13.10 with Mir and Fedora 19 (and works great on both platforms)
• The "drag and drop" feature needed some extra modifications to the source code.
• The preferences engine in Textpad was completely reworked, due to the implementation of a SDI interface.
• I added some export options (HTML and PDF).
• The structure of the source code was redesigned (again).
• The code was tested for stability and performance, so this release should be also the most stable and fast release of Textpad.
• Many, many of other minor changes.... read more

Textpad Editor 0.8 will be released soon, it contains some exciting new features that may interest you.

New features:

• A SDI (Single Document Interface) is now fully implemented (and tested).
• Textpad is now a single-instance application (in order to make the SDI work correctly).
• Syntax highlighting support will be added for Vala and VB.
• All listed programming languages (in the Highlighting Mode menu) are now fully supported by the syntax highlighter.
• Binary releases will be finally be available for download for Windows, Mac and Linux (generic 32 bit).
• (Maybe) translation for Spanish.
• (Maybe) spell checking.
• Recent files is now fully implemented.... read more