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EmEditor v18.0.8 released!

September 10, 2018/in EmEditor Core/by Yutaka Emura

Today, we are releasing EmEditor v18.0.8.

Updates from v18.0.7 include:

New General Features

  • Improved the speed of sorting and deleting duplicate lines of very large files.

Test results:

v17.9 v18.0 v18.0.8 Comparison to v17.9
Sort A to Z (default options) 64.0 seconds 38.1 seconds 32.5 seconds 1.96 times faster
Sort A to Z (fast binary comparison) 35.5 seconds 10.3 seconds 8.65 seconds 4.10 times faster
Delete Duplicate Lines 31.7 seconds 18.3 seconds 2.24 seconds 14.2 times faster

* 538 MB, 10,000,000 lines, random ASCII data, Use Temporary Files option on (default), Windows 10 (64-bit), Core i7-8700K, 32GB RAM.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed issues related to opening very large files.
  • Fixed customer-reported issues (1).

Please see EmEditor v18.0 New Features for details and screenshots.

If you use the Desktop Installer version, you can select Check for Updates on the Help to download the newest version. If you the Desktop portable version, you can go to the Download page to download the newest version. The Store App versions can be updated through Microsoft Store (64-bit or 32-bit) after a few days.

The desktop versions of this version is available free if you have a lifetime license or if your maintenance plan is valid as of September 10, 2018. Your registration keys might be found in the Emurasoft Customer Center. The registration key for v18 is the same as the key for v14, v15, v16, and v17. The Store App versions are available free if you have a valid subscription via Microsoft Store.

Thank you for using EmEditor!

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EmEditor v18.0.7 released!

September 4, 2018/in EmEditor Core/by Yutaka Emura

Today, we are releasing EmEditor v18.0.7.

Updates from v18.0.6 include:

New General Features

  • Greatly improved the speed of deleting multiple newline selections.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed customer-reported issues (1).

Please see EmEditor v18.0 New Features for details and screenshots.

If you use the Desktop Installer version, you can select Check for Updates on the Help to download the newest version. If you the Desktop portable version, you can go to the Download page to download the newest version. The Store App versions can be updated through Microsoft Store (64-bit or 32-bit) after a few days.

The desktop versions of this version is available free if you have a lifetime license or if your maintenance plan is valid as of September 4, 2018. Your registration keys might be found in the Emurasoft Customer Center. The registration key for v18 is the same as the key for v14, v15, v16, and v17. The Store App versions are available free if you have a valid subscription via Microsoft Store.

Thank you for using EmEditor!

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EmEditor v18.0.6 released!

September 1, 2018/in EmEditor Core/by Yutaka Emura

Today, we are releasing EmEditor v18.0.6.

Updates from v18.0.5 include:

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed customer-reported issues (1, 2, 3, 4).

Please see EmEditor v18.0 New Features for details and screenshots.

If you use the Desktop Installer version, you can select Check for Updates on the Help to download the newest version. If you the Desktop portable version, you can go to the Download page to download the newest version. The Store App versions can be updated through Microsoft Store (64-bit or 32-bit) after a few days.

The desktop versions of this version is available free if you have a lifetime license or if your maintenance plan is valid as of September 1, 2018. Your registration keys might be found in the Emurasoft Customer Center. The registration key for v18 is the same as the key for v14, v15, v16, and v17. The Store App versions are available free if you have a valid subscription via Microsoft Store.

Thank you for using EmEditor!

/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/defining_encoding_dlg.png 301 441 Yutaka Emura /wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logo-minified-margins-1.svg Yutaka Emura2018-09-01 14:42:412018-09-01 14:42:41EmEditor v18.0.6 released!

EmEditor v18.0.5 released!

August 25, 2018/in EmEditor Core/by Yutaka Emura

Today, we are releasing EmEditor v18.0.5.

Updates from v18.0.4 include:

New General Features

  • Greatly improved the speed of opening very large CSV files, Validate CSV, and Adjust Separator Positions commands.
  • Improved the behavior when pressing the Tab key while a veritical selection is made..

Test results:

v18.0.4 v18.0.5 Comparison
Open a very large CSV file 18.9 seconds 5.39 seconds 3.51 times faster

* 1.99 GB, 15,860,000 lines, random number data, Use Temporary Files option on (default), Windows 10 (64-bit), Core i7-8700K, 32GB RAM.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug related to detecting UTF-8 without signature files.

Please see EmEditor v18.0 New Features for details and screenshots.

If you use the Desktop Installer version, you can select Check for Updates on the Help to download the newest version. If you the Desktop portable version, you can go to the Download page to download the newest version. The Store App versions can be updated through Microsoft Store (64-bit or 32-bit) after a few days.

The desktop versions of this version is available free if you have a lifetime license or if your maintenance plan is valid as of August 24, 2018. Your registration keys might be found in the Emurasoft Customer Center. The registration key for v18 is the same as the key for v14, v15, v16, and v17. The Store App versions are available free if you have a valid subscription via Microsoft Store.

Thank you for using EmEditor!

/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/defining_encoding_dlg.png 301 441 Yutaka Emura /wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logo-minified-margins-1.svg Yutaka Emura2018-08-25 08:08:552018-09-25 07:55:30EmEditor v18.0.5 released!

EmEditor v18.0.4 released!

August 22, 2018/in EmEditor Core/by Yutaka Emura

Today, we are releasing EmEditor v18.0.4.

Updates from v18.0.3 include:

New General Features

  • Greatly improved the speed of opening very large files.

Test results:

v18.0.2 v18.0.3 v18.0.4 Comparison to v18.0.2
Open a very large file 7.06 seconds 4.56 seconds 2.73 seconds 2.59 times faster

* 1.34 GB, 100,000,000 lines, random ASCII data, Use Temporary Files option on (default), Windows 10 (64-bit), Core i7-8700K, 32GB RAM.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug related to opening UTF-16BE files.
  • Fixed a bug related to the Large File Controller.

Please see EmEditor v18.0 New Features for details and screenshots.

If you use the Desktop Installer version, you can select Check for Updates on the Help to download the newest version. If you the Desktop portable version, you can go to the Download page to download the newest version. The Store App versions can be updated through Microsoft Store (64-bit or 32-bit) after a few days.

The desktop versions of this version is available free if you have a lifetime license or if your maintenance plan is valid as of August 22, 2018. Your registration keys might be found in the Emurasoft Customer Center. The registration key for v18 is the same as the key for v14, v15, v16, and v17. The Store App versions are available free if you have a valid subscription via Microsoft Store.

Thank you for using EmEditor!

/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/defining_encoding_dlg.png 301 441 Yutaka Emura /wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logo-minified-margins-1.svg Yutaka Emura2018-08-22 15:53:452018-08-23 08:10:56EmEditor v18.0.4 released!

EmEditor v18.0.3 released!

August 17, 2018/in EmEditor Core/by Yutaka Emura

Today, we are releasing EmEditor v18.0.3.

Updates from v18.0.2 include:

New General Features

  • Greatly improved the speed of opening very large files.

Test results:

v18.0.2 v18.0.3 Comparison
Open a very large file 7.06 seconds 4.56 seconds 1.55 times faster

* 1.34 GB, 100,000,000 lines, random ASCII data, Use Temporary Files option on (default), Windows 10 (64-bit), Core i7-8700K, 32GB RAM.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed customer-reported issues (1, 2).

Please see EmEditor v18.0 New Features for details and screenshots.

If you use the Desktop Installer version, you can select Check for Updates on the Help to download the newest version. If you the Desktop portable version, you can go to the Download page to download the newest version. The Store App versions can be updated through Microsoft Store (64-bit or 32-bit) after a few days.

The desktop versions of this version is available free if you have a lifetime license or if your maintenance plan is valid as of August 17, 2018. Your registration keys might be found in the Emurasoft Customer Center. The registration key for v18 is the same as the key for v14, v15, v16, and v17. The Store App versions are available free if you have a valid subscription via Microsoft Store.

Thank you for using EmEditor!

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EmEditor v18.0.2 released!

August 10, 2018/in EmEditor Core/by Yutaka Emura

Today, we are releasing EmEditor v18.0.2.

Updates from v18.0.1 include:

New General Features

  • Greatly improved the speed of Delete Duplicate Lines.

Test results:

v17.9 v18.0 v18.0.2 Comparison to v17.9
Delete Duplicate Lines 31.7  seconds 18.3  seconds 4.28  seconds 7.41 times faster

* 538 MB, 10,000,000 lines, random ASCII data, Use Temporary Files option on (default), Windows 10 (64-bit), Core i7-8700K, 32GB RAM.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where the current folder value was not passed to new documents or extracted documents.
  • Please see EmEditor v18.0 New Features for details and screenshots.

    If you use the Desktop Installer version, you can select Check for Updates on the Help to download the newest version. If you the Desktop portable version, you can go to the Download page to download the newest version. The Store App versions can be updated through Microsoft Store (64-bit or 32-bit) after a few days.

    The desktop versions of this version is available free if you have a lifetime license or if your maintenance plan is valid as of August 10, 2018. Your registration keys might be found in the Emurasoft Customer Center. The registration key for v18 is the same as the key for v14, v15, v16, and v17. The Store App versions are available free if you have a valid subscription via Microsoft Store.

    Thank you for using EmEditor!

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EmEditor v18.0.1 released!

August 9, 2018/in EmEditor Core/by Yutaka Emura

Today, we are releasing EmEditor v18.0.1.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where customized menus on older versions did not work correctly.
  • Fixed a bug where menus didn’t display text on the Free version.

Please see EmEditor v18.0 New Features for details and screenshots.

If you use the Desktop Installer version, you can select Check for Updates on the Help to download the newest version. If you the Desktop portable version, you can go to the Download page to download the newest version. The Store App versions can be updated through Microsoft Store (64-bit or 32-bit) after a few days.

The desktop versions of this version is available free if you have a lifetime license or if your maintenance plan is valid as of August 9, 2018. Your registration keys might be found in the Emurasoft Customer Center. The registration key for v18 is the same as the key for v14, v15, v16, and v17. The Store App versions are available free if you have a valid subscription via Microsoft Store.

Thank you for using EmEditor!

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EmEditor v18.0 released!

August 8, 2018/in EmEditor Core/by Yutaka Emura

Today, we are releasing EmEditor v18.0.

Please see EmEditor v18.0 New Features for details and screenshots.

If you use the Desktop Installer version, you can select Check for Updates on the Help to download the newest version. If you the Desktop portable version, you can go to the Download page to download the newest version. The Store App versions can be updated through Microsoft Store (64-bit or 32-bit) after a few days.

The desktop versions of this version is available free if you have a lifetime license or if your maintenance plan is valid as of August 8, 2018. Your registration keys might be found in the Emurasoft Customer Center. The registration key for v18 is the same as the key for v14, v15, v16, and v17. The Store App versions are available free if you have a valid subscription via Microsoft Store.

Thank you for using EmEditor!

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EmEditor v18.0.0 beta 2 (17.9.92)

August 6, 2018/in EmEditor Beta/by Yutaka Emura

Today, we are releasing EmEditor v18.0.0 beta 2 (17.9.92).

Notes: Beta versions are updated frequently. In order to update automatically to future beta versions, please select Select Update Channel on the Help menu, and select Betas.

New General Features

  • The new version allows you to use any encoding when opening, reloading, or saving files without first defining them in the Define Encodings dialog box. Selecting "More…" in the Encoding drop-down list box or the Reload menu will show additional encodings. The initial list of encodings can be customized via the Encoding list in the Define Encodings dialog box.
  • If Dark mode is used in Windows 10, EmEditor will also use dark colors. EmEditor displays custom bars, drop-down list boxes in the Find/Filter toolbars, text boxes, and list boxes inside dialog boxes in dark colors when Dark mode is selected in the Colors tab under Personalization in Windows Settings. Some of these colors can be further customized in the View page of the Customize dialog box. Editor view colors becomes dark colors when selecting the MinimalZen in the Display page of configuration properties.

New Options

  • Added the Enable/Disable All check box to the Define Encodings dialog box, and removed the New, Delete, Up, Down, Properties buttons from the dialog box. The Encoding Properties dialog box was deprecated.
  • Removed the Open Undefined as System Default Encoding check box from the Detect All Result dialog box.

Please see EmEditor v18.0 New Features for details and screenshots.

This beta includes 64-bit version only, however, please contact us if you need 32-bit version. The official release will include 32-bit version.

To Download

  • 64-bit installer
  • 64-bit portable

These files will be no longer accessible when official release versions become available. The official releases can be downloaded at the Download page.

Please post any questions or comments at Beta Forums.

Thank you for using EmEditor!

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