I’ve Just Made the Inbuilt Preview/Text Editor in Qutiny a Whole Lot Better and More Useful

I have implemented something that I’ve planned for ages in Qutiny’s inbuilt text editor (when previewing ASCII files):

  • Auto-highlight all occurrences of the word the caret is on (if Auto Highlight is Enabled)
  • Type a word and highlight all occurrences
  • Search Function: Find Next / Previous

This along comes with a “Match Case” and “Whole Words” options.

About “Auto-highlight all occurrences of the word the caret is on” – this is like what you see in editors like VSCodium, you move the caret (not double-click) over a word and all occurrences of the word get highlighted.

I’ve been planning to implement this for a long time but I’ve been postponing it again and again due to other more important bits but I finally got to doing it and I completed it.

I also plan to add an option to automatically convert tabs into spaces but due to the way the file browser is designed, it may take a little bit more time but it is certainly not impossible, just a little bit more time, that’s all.

I will be releasing another subsequent maintenance release very, very soon with what I have shown you here but without the “Tabs to Spaces” option. I might also add a “Set Tab Width” option.

A new release is on the way.

 

 

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