New in Version 19.9
June 16, 2020
New General Features
- Added the ability to batch or multi-search in the Find, Find in Files, and Replace in Files commands.
- Added the Split Column(s) command to split a column of a CSV document by a specified separator, and put them into right columns or lines beneath.
- Improve the robustness of file opening and sort commands under low-memory situations.
- Improved the Crash Report dialog box/files.
- The new version allows you to open a file path starting with a tilde-slash (~/) from within WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).
- The Wrap Indent option now optionally ignores full-width spaces.
- Greatly improved the speed of Advanced Filter with multiple strings combined by logical disjunction (OR), by using an improved algorithm and SSE, AVX-2, and AVX-512 instructions sets.
Test results:
| v19.8 | v19.9 | Comparison | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Filter (16 threads) | 7.33 seconds | 2.34 seconds | 3.13 times faster |
| Advanced Filter (single thread) | 61.8 seconds | 17.1 seconds | 3.61 times faster |
* 50 random ASCII search strings combined by logical disjunction (OR), ignore case, 1.34 GB, 100,000,000 lines, ASCII random data file. Windows 10 (64-bit), Core i9-9900K, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD.
New Options
- Added the Batch Find, Batch Find in Files, and Batch Replace in Files dialog boxes. Redesigned the Batch Replace dialog box.
- Added the Split Column(s) command to split a column of a CSV document by a specified separator, and put them into right columns or lines beneath.
- Added the Select from Batch List command in the menu displayed when clicked the > button by the Find drop-down list box in Find, Replace, Find in Files, and Replace in Files dialog boxes.
- Added the Batch Options dialog box.
- Removed the Right Click to Set Cursor Position check box from the Mouse tab of the Customize dialog box.
- Added the Ignore Wide Spaces check box to the Tab/Indent dialog box.
New Commands
- Split Column(s)
- Send Feedback
- Write a Review
Plug-in API New Features
- Added the EE_SPLIT_COLUMN message, Editor_SplitColumn inline function, and SPLIT_COLUMN_INFO structure.
- Added the Editor_BatchFindReplace inline function and BATCH_INFO structure.
Macro New Features
- Added the SplitColumn method to the Document object.
- Added the BatchFind and BatchReplace methods to the Selection object.
- Added the filters property to the Editor object.
- Added the AddFind and AddReplace methods to the Filters collection.
- Added the strFilter and nExFlags parameters to the Add method of the Filters collection.
- Added the ExFlags and Replace properties to the Filter object.