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roPEdit - Multifunctional Editor
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roPEdit, a multifunctional text and HTML editor. Freeware under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GPL)
News
2007-08-24 - 2.4.16 Build 293 - See Changelog

Features
roPEdit is a multifunctional editor with additional support for TurboDB and tdbengine.
Language: english. Support other languages is not planned as the effort is too high for a Freeware product.
Hinweis: roPEdit ist ein multifunktionaler Editor mit zusätzliche Unterstützung für TurboDBcomponent und tdbengine.
Sprache: nur auf Englisch. Andere Sprachen sind nicht vorgesehen. Der Aufwand für ein Freewareprodukt wäre zu hoch.
* Multiple editwindows with individual options
* Edit text files up to a size of 4GB
* Syntaxhighlighting for the most common programminglanuages plus EASY, TurboPL, INI, XML, HTML, Wiki
* Functions for edit, search, goto, format, searchmanager, bookmarks, lines
* Pick dialogs for enhanced Line Functions, Syntax styles, HTML, Wiki
* HTML Toolbar with templates
* Intergrated Webbrowser
* Wiki Menu and Toolbar with templates
* Define macros (more then 230 macro functions, QuickMacro function)
* Run macros direct from a commandline or select from a Macro pick dialog
* Supports editing and running Microsoft Windows Scripting Host (WSH) scripts
* Define own external tools and run directly, with parameter. Output captured in a console window
* Define Codelists with Codeblocks to be inserted
o the codelists and associated Codeblocks are stored in a separate database. This powerful feature enables to
+ maintain Lists of Code
+ build Code templates
+ export and import Codeblocks
* Codefolding for the most common programming languages plus EASY and TurboPL
* List of functions / procedures from code in editwindow with direct jump to position
* Multifunction panel with various tabs like filelist, console, macro manager, search manager, searchresults, tools
* Additional tools like plannercalendar, taskmanager, ascii table, color selector
* Quickpanel to perform quick and ease function like searching, running macros
* Various configuration settings
* and lots of functions, from usefull to nice-to-have and some gimmicks too.
* Some examples for roPEdit usage:
o sourcecode editor for application developments (Delphi, tdbengine, VDP, TurboDB)
o replacement for Windows Notepad
o HTML or Wiki editor
o Codelist collector
o ... or just as a simple text editor

Screenshots
Standard Mode

All panels open

A Code Folding example (Pascal/Delphi)

The Turbo Database Viewer

HTML Modus

Filemanager


Downloads
  • roPEdit main program (ropedit.zip (3.639 KB 01.01.2008 11:05))
  • roPEdit latest Helpfile (ropedith.zip (42 KB 20.01.2007 14:47))
  • roPEdit Tip of the Day (ropedit.tip (2 KB 03.09.2006 17:46))
  • HTML-Syntax shown in the editwindow's statusbar (html.syn (4 KB 20.03.2006 18:37))
  • EASY-Syntax shown in the editwindow's statusbar (easy.syn (12 KB 03.07.2005 20:59))
  • HTML-Templates listed by the dropdown buttons Forms, Tables, CSS of the HTML Toolbar (html.ini (2 KB 12.06.2005 09:34))
  • GeboGebo Codeblock. Import using Options/Codeblocks (gebogebo.txt (3 KB 26.11.2006 08:48))
  • Wiki Template for GeboGebo (gebogebo.wik (2 KB 25.12.2006 16:24))
  • Wiki Template for DokuWiki (dokuwiki.wik (1 KB 25.12.2006 16:15))

  • Installation
    Installation
  • Create a new roPEdit folder
  • Unzip ropedit.zip in the new created roPEdit folder
  • Call roPEdit.exe
    De-Installation
  • Delete the roPEdit folder
  • If not all files have been deleted, some files might have the hidden attribute set which must be deactivated
    Updates
  • Save the roPEdit folder in a temp folder (f.e. ropedittemp)
  • Unzip roPEdit.zip in the roPEdit folder
  • Copy the files ropedit.tdbd and ropedit.ini from the temp folder to the roPEdit folder
  • Delete the temp folder

  • Notes
    Know Bugs
  • Definite some which I do not know yet.
    Ideas
  • Use Microsoft Outlook Addressbook for sending eMail
  • Make the menus configurable
  • Print HTML Format attributes in ''
  • Enhance Multifunctions Panel [Tools] with frequently used tools/functions
  • Splitwindows
  • Editwindow statusbar define shortcuts (symbols) at left edge for saving, run macro etc.
  • Double click on filename tab brings up the popupmenu
  • Ability to print the complete helpfile as a document
  • Build a seperate KALHelp Editor (under development)
    HINTS
    Strg+Q:
    ... Open files by entering the name(s) directly. Wildcards, like * and ? are accepted.

    Define Syntaxhints:
    ... Syntaxhint links are to be defined in roPEdit.ini:
    syntax=Internetaddress.
    Following syntaxstyles currently supported:
    Basic, C#, CSS, Easy, HTML, Ini, JS, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Phyton, SQL, XML, Web, Wiki
    Example entries in ropedit.ini:
    [SYNTAXLINKS]
    pascal=www.delphibasics.co.uk/"Delphi Basics (eng)</a>
    easy =www.tdbengine.org/programm/o.prg?pos=9&lan=de"easy Befehlsreferenz (tdbengine.org)</A>
    php =www.phpreferenz.de/index.html"phpreferenz.de</A>
    vbs =msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/cfd87c86-217-4783-9eba-4fee0261ca06.asp">VBScriptA</>

    Use roPEdit settings from previous session:
    ... Activate under Options/General-Start the Option Warmstart.

    Quick Search Options:
    ... Activate under Options/General-Various the Option Use Toolpanel.

    PopUp Menus:
    ... Every Panel has its own Popup Menu.

    Define tdbengine compile and run as tool:
    ... Define tdbengine compile and run as tool in roPEdit.ini:
    [TOOLS]
    Cnt=2
    Tool1=TDBengine compile|Path to tdbengine.exe|"%F"|0|1|1|Strg+F9
    Tool2=TDBengine run|Path to tdbengine.exe|"%N.prg"|0|0|1|F9

    Easy Syntax for VDP and tdbengine:
    ... The textfile easy.syn (roPEdit folder) contains the complete easy-Syntax which can be displayed in the editwindow's statusbar.
    GeboGebo pre-defined Codeblocks:
    ... Download Link gebogebo.txt for a complete codeblock list. Import via Options/CodeLists.

  • Changelog
    (+) = New, (*) = Improved, (-) = Removed (!) = Note
    2007-10-29 - 2.4.16 Build 294
    (*) Fixed : issue with autoindent, backspace and AutoExpand

    2007-08-24 - 2.4.16 Build 293
    (+) Colorpicker/Colorvalue - show name
    (+) Codeblock/Codeblock Picker icon
    (*) Fixed: issue with Ctrl-End, Ctrl-Home selection, PageUp/PageDn scroll behaviour, SelText speed improvement, Faster Lines and Text access

    2007-01-20 - 2.4.16 Build 277
    (*) AscII Table enhanced with Dual, search option and new HTML print format
    (+) Codelist Popupmenu: Print Selected, Run Codeblock as Batch
    (+) Tools/AscII Table: Insert Cell content and Insert Cellselection in editwindow
    (+) Tool Panel/Tools: Grouping new = File Open / Run / Housekeeping; Housekeeping Delete All Files, Delete All from Folder

    2007-01-14 - 2.4.15 Build 276
    (*) TurboDB Table Viewer Menu moved under Tools/TurboDB Table Viewer
    (-) Menu/View TurboDB Menu and under Options show TurboDB Menu
    (*) Multifunctional Panel renamed to Tool panel
    (*) Tool Panel complete redesigned (file list, output, search, search results, macros, tools)
    (-) Create new task, add task -> these are now all handled by Tools/Task Manager
    (+) New macro commands, like findlinehaving, extractlinehaving, deletelinehaving, replacelinehaving
    (-) Tools/PlugIns removed - new plugin concept to be worked out
    (*) WSH support improved

    2006-12-26 - 2.4.11 Build 272
    (+) Codeblock edit: dialog save and print codeblock from statusbar, window sizeble, codelist sorted after refresh list
    (*) Bug fixed: codeblock edit when no codeblock selected
    (+) Wiki styles enhanced, Wiki Tag Picker, added template for dokuwiki.wik
    (*) Taskbar handling bug fixed
    (*) Turbo Database Viewer newest version included

    2006-12-22 - 2.4.9 Build 270
    (+) Codelist Toolpanel: Add Codeblock from Text
    (+) Options/Codelists Set Codeblock Height
    (-) KALHelp support -> there is a separate external KALHelp topic editor called KALHPad
    (*) Toolbars replaced by new TMS component
    (-) Show/Toolbars FileTabs
    (-) Toolbars multiline support
    (*) Commandline handling improved
    (*) MFW Panel sizing ajustments

    2006-12-19 - 2.4.8 Build 269
    (+) Code List Toolpanel: Run Code Block as Macro / Script
    (*) Windows Scripting Host Support improved

    2006-12-18 - 2.4.7 Build 268
    (*) All Toolbar- and Panel Components upgraded (new look)

    2006-12-17 - 2.4.6 Build 266
    (+) Options: Wiki tab with file setting and Wiki Editor
    (*) File extension changes: codeblock = .cob; code folding = .cof; toolbar template = .tbt; wiki = .wik
    (*) wiki.ini renamed to gebogebo.wik
    (-) QuickMacro Key shortcuts removed - causes issues during macro recording and play in cases

    2006-12-16 - 2.4.5 Build 264
    (+) Wiki Menu and Button for TOC, Text Shift Right, Get URL Info
    (*) Improvements for some Wiki items
    (+) New Macros insertbol, inserteol, copyall, clearselection, geturlinfo
    (*) Options: Macro Manager handling improved, some Macros improved

    2006-12-10 - 2.4.4.263
    (+) Wiki Menu
    (*) Wiki Toobar re-worked and enhanced

    2006-12-03 - 2.3.4.262
    (+) CodeBlock insert can have placeholders like %d (date), %t (time)
    (*) tdbengine compile error position fixed when (0/65535)
    (*) Fixed: Undo for Paste action and issue with Find&Replace dialog
    (*) Multifunctional Panel size decrease down to 100 px
    (*) Small Bugfixes

    2006-11-26 - 2.3.2.259
    (+) Edit/Copy Special/Select All and Copy
    (*) Options/CodeLists re-worked
    (+) Options/CodeLists Export, Save
    (+) CodeLists: Popmenu, Dropdown Button with add, edit, delete etc.; Syntaxhighlighting improved.

    2006-10-20 - 2.3.0.250
    (+) Insert/Date and Time/Dateformat yyyy-mm-dd
    (+) Multifunctional Panel/Search Manager: added Replace All option
    (+) Internal Turbo Database Viewer replaced by external Turbo database Viewer (rotdbtv.exe)
    (*) Bugfix save to html and rtf, autocompletion with empty text
    (*) Internal Improvements

    2006-08-14 - 2.2.1.247
    (+) Tools/Run Script and Run Script File edited - supports the Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition language
    (*) Bugfix: issue with block delete & Undo; autocompletion; underscore drawing for italic fonts; RightMargin wordwrap mode

    2006-05-30 - 2.2.1.246
    (+) Turbo Database Table Viewer: Column and Row resizing; Save Column / Row width
    (*) Turbo Database Table Viewer: Various small improvements

    2006-05-25 - 2.2.0.245
    (+) Menu View/Toolbars/Multifunctional Panel
    (*) Multifunctional Panel Toolbar Close button makes Toolbar invisible
    (*) Multifunctional Panel/Console Window - wordwrap set to client width
    (*) Improvement on open / close Toolpanel - now always at the bottom of the window

    2006-05-14 - 2.2.0.244
    (+) New Insert Menu with various new functions for Date&Time, Codelists.
    (+) New Macro functions: Get...
    (+) Menu Help/Keymapping
    (*) Panels reworked: close button, caption, look and feel
    (*) Fix for memo checker on empty memo
    (*) Fix for Ctrl-Backspace for delete word for first word of line
    (*) Syntaxhighligthing Phyton renamed into Python
    (*) Internal improvements

    2006-04-14 - 2.2.0.243
    (+) Menu Tools/ToolPanel; ToolPanel is a panel, displayed above the statusbar, to quick run macros, programs, search for text
    (+) CodeFolding regions definition in ini-files
    (+) Macros: savetofile, savetohtml, savetortf, savetoxml, showfile and some more
    (*) Improved handling closing windows
    (*) Options/Macro Manager: Macrotable sorted by Macroname, Add a function to the macroeditor switches to editmode autom.
    (*) Bug fixed StylerManager font saving
    (*) Bug fixed autocompletion position

    2006-03-26 - 2.2.0.242
    (+) New macro functions for setting comments, build numered lists etc
    (+) Option to enter direct a Macro Command when pressing F11 instead of going thru the Macro Manager
    (+) Possibility to define Macro Command Abbreviations to save typing time
    (+) Multifunction Panel, Macro Manager: Button for Play Macro Command direct, Enter on Macro Command inserts Command
    (*) HTML Toolbar: HTMLQuickTag list replaced by HTML Tag Picker
    (*) Enhanced syntaxfiles for html and easy
    (*) Few new tips in tip of the day file
    (*) Additions to the help file
    (*) and again various small improvements...

    2006-03-17 - 2.2.0.241
    (+) Toolbar for GeboGebo tdbengine Wiki-System
    (+) Clipboard Viewer reworked
    (+) New macro functions for date and time and combinations
    (*) Layout changed for Multifunction Panel
    (*) Internal Browser Improvements
    (*) Various small improvements and gimmicks

    2006-03-04 - 2.2.0.240
    (+) Code Folding for the most common languages plus EASY and TurboPL
    (+) TurboDB Table Viewer Window position and size stored and set when called
    (+) TurboDB Table Viewer Searchfooter in Recordgrid
    (*) Various Improvements

    2005-12-30 - 2.1.0.239
    (+) File Open Wizard: Open from Windows Recent Docs List
    (+) Options Allways Stay On Top

    2005-12-29 - 2.1.0.238
    (+) Navigator enhanced by Navigator Files. Files to be loaded in editwindow.
    (*) Navigator Objects: change to file even if no objects are listed
    (*) Reworked Keymapping
    (+) Line Function Picker with new line functions (Edit/Line Function Picker)

    2005-12-24 - 2.1.0.237
    (+) Line Function Picker with >20 new line functions (Edit/Line Function Picker)
    (+) tdbengine own mainmenu
    (+) View/Menus/Turbo Database
    (+) View/Toggle Max Screen Mode
    (+) Options>General>Special>Show Turbo Database Menu

    2005-12-17 - 2.1.0.236
    (+) Popup menu manager when clicking on toolbar non icon area
    (+) Edit/Lines/Append Text Line End and Insert Text Line Begin
    (+) Edit/Lines/Delete Empty Lines and Delete Duplicate Lines
    (+) Popup menu Gutter Lineindicator function syncronized with Edit/Lines functions
    (+) Edit/Special Functions/Text Sort by Numbers

    2005-12-04 - 2.1.0.235
    (+) Popup menu with Linefunctions (add,ins,copy,del) when rightclick on lineindicator
    (+) View/Activeline Indicator
    (*) View Menu reorganized
    (*) Objectwindow renamed to Navigator
    (*) Helpfile

    2005-11-27 - 2.1.0.234
    (+) Codeblock Popmenu: Add, Delete, Insert, Insert Special (BOL, EOL, BOT, EOT), Print all Print Codeblocks, Copy Clipboard
    (+) Codeblock: Clipboardmode: the code list acts as a clipboard viewer and shows code put on the clipboard in blocks
    (+) Codeblock Drag and Drop from and to an Editwindow
    (+) File/Print/Clipboard prints the content of the clipboard
    (+) Edit/Insert ... with various insertoptions

    2005-11-05 - 2.1.0.232
    (+) Save as ... RTF format
    (+) Option: Gutter, Show Line Modified
    (*) File|Close improved

    2005-09-28 - 2.1.0.231
    (*) Editor internal bugfix adding lines

    2005-08-13 - 2.1.0.230
    (+) Edit/Delete/Line(s) containing Text
    (+) Click on statusbar information panel (panel #4) brings up an informationwindow showing the complete text

    2005-08-09 - 2.1.0.225-229
    (*) Internal Improvements and Bugfixing
    (+) Gimmicks ... but where ;-)))
    (*) Internal improvements
    (+) Open File Wizard/New JavaScript
    (*) Pick and Paste minor improvements
    (*) Multifunctionpanel Macro Manager improved
    (*) Minor bugfxing

    2005-07-11 - 2.1.0.224
    (+) Format/Set Text between Characters
    (+) Format/Convert/OEM to ANSI

    2005-07-05 - 2.1.0.223
    (+) Turbo Database/Table Viewer : Search for Text in Grids
    (*) Some minor modifications

    2005-06-30 - 2.1.0.222
    (+) Turbo Database/Table Viewer : Export CSV format, Compress Single File Database

    2005-06-26 - 2.1.0.221
    (+) Menu Turbo Database
    (*) Turbo Database/Table Viewer : integrated a complete new TDB table viewer
    (*) tdbengine submenu of Turbo Database Menu
    (*) Turbo Database/tdbengine/Show TDB Structure and Records improved

    2005-06-20 - 2.1.0.220
    (+) underline previous line with a char (default is =) as long as the previous line length
    (+) save as options enhancement: html,unix
    (+) format/change editwindow background color
    (+) option to build list using asteriks. when entering to new line, set automaticly new asteriks.to be defined under Format/List Style or Numbered List Style
    (+) icon to show multifunction panel
    (*) view margins menu checks not correct
    (*) view margins, if changes do not change the ini file settings
    (*) open file wizard/recent files/icon select and deselect hint not right
    (*) change options take some time. investigate why.
    (*) spellchecker not shown after activation in any menu
    (*) helpfile glossary still shows GLOSSAR and has too many empty lines befor the first entry is shown
    (*) helpfile about is empty
    (*) helpfile review text
    (*) ropedit check for updates enhance text if not able to connect to the internet and change window to error instead of information
    (*) Window/Maximize All
    (*) Tools Run Program check if program is available befor running
    (*) Run Program window make bigger
    (*) Run Program Text be consistent between Menu and Window caption text
    (*) Colorpicker add a list of standard window colors like clwhite, clwindow etc.
    (*) Taskmanager Help Open directly points to the taskmanager's help
    (*) NewTask from selected text give not information if task has been created
    (*) QuickTask: change Task: to Enter Task: and check why OK und ABBRECHEN instead of OK and CANCEL
    (*) Macros/Show Macro in Multi... must be Show Macros Multifunction Panel
    (*) Font Size Decrease does not work properly (increase instead of decrease)
    (*) Font Size Decrease and Increase Hint not reflecting the actual size
    (*) Format to Upper/Lower and Capital actual position changes to end of change instead of staying at the actual position
    (*) Format/Syntax/Set Style change to Set Style Automatic
    (*) Inconsistent wording for Functionslist (List of Function, Functionliste ...). Proposal: List of Functions or Objectlist
    (*) If View Functionlist etc. is visible then menuentry is not flat (or checked)
    (*) View Toolbars change order between Filetabs and KALHelp. Filetabs should be at the end.
    (*) View Lineposition between Editwindows only enabled if more then one window
    (*) Bugfixing

    2005-06-12 - 2.1.0.219
    (+) Additional number for Goto Position Parameter el or emptyline to goto the N emptyline. Example: el2 sets active line to the second emptyline found
    (+) HTML Toolbar dropdown buttons for Forms-, Tables- and CSS-Templates. Build from html.ini.
    (+) View/Toolbars
    (+) View/Menus
    (+) Plannercalendar: clicking on a day the day of week and the date are copied to the clipboard
    (*) Show File in Webbrowser shows als files and not only with extension .htm / .html
    (*) File Open Wizard re-designed plus new functions (quickopen select file, MRU select/de-select all)
    (*) Bugfixing Fileopen, Filetabcontrol

    2005-06-07 - 2.1.0.217
    (+) Edit/Paste Various/Paste Text from other Editwindow
    (+) Edit/Copy Various/Current Line
    (+) File/Various/Change to current Editwindow Folder

    2005-06-06 - 2.1.0.216
    (+) File/Various/Delete Current File
    (+) HTML Toolbar: Button Show File in Webbrowser to quickview a HTML file
    (+) Font/Font Size Increase and Font/Font Size Decrease
    (*) Bugfixing

    2005-06-05 - 2.1.0.215
    (+) HTML Toolbar with taglist, quick tags, most common used tags as icons
    (*) KALHelp Toolbar

    2005-05-27 - 2.1.0.214
    (*) Redesigned and enhanced the Colorpicker
    (+) Right Mouseclick on Statusbar shows a special Popupmenu with Tools and Information
    (*) Some internal Cleanup

    2005-05-24 - 2.1.0.212
    (+) Edit/Paste Special/Copyright Symbol
    (+) Format/Convert/German Umlaute (ä>ae...)
    (+) Robert's Popup Menu: Show Memory
    (*) behaviour of next/previous word
    (*) SetBreakPoint, SetBookMark no longer triggers OnChange incorrectly
    (*) Edit/Text and extract Line(s) output to console window
    (*) Open File Wizard minor corrections
    (*) MRU List build up at Start adds only existing files

    2005-05-16 - 2.1.0.211
    (*) File Open Wizard/MRU List: if empty MRU List [clear] button is disabled
    (*) File Open Wizard/QuickOpen: accepts wildcards (*,?), return in editfield loads files in editor
    (+) Macrofunction clearmru
    (*) When changing the syntaxstyle to none editwindow statusbar is cleared
    (*) Ini-file syntax is working again
    (*) Format/Wordwrap indicator if enabled
    (*) tdbengine and kalhelp menu moved befor menu window
    (+) Search/Goto Position accepts commands (begin,top,bot,end,bottom,eot,bol,eol,emptyline,el)
    (+) File/Print All Shortcut Alt+P
    (*) Some new Buttons (XP style like)
    (*) File/Save message shows Date and Time
    (*) Wordwrap keeps editwindow settings when changing between editwindows
    (+) Format/Convert Menu
    (*) Helptext enhanced

    2005-05-08 - 2.1.0.210
    (+) English Version
    (+) Various new functions (see help file)



    roPEdit Copyright (c) Robert W.B. Linn


    Letzte Änderung 20.01.2009 14:27 Erstellt mittels KALHelp 6.4.1 (17.11.2008) (alle Rechte vorbehalten) (c) Robert W.B. Linn @53° 38' 60''N 9° 48' 0''E