Brief text editor

Release Notes

Version 4.50 (July 18, 2008)

• Supports Unicode files
• Supports regular expression search and replace, both Brief and Perl syntax
• Comes with a user manual
• Preserves unsaved changes if the system is shutdown
• Detects if a file is modified by another application and allows reload
• Convert selected text to upper or lower case using Ctrl U and Ctrl L
• The case sensitivity and insert mode state are preserved when restarting brief
• Indents when splitting a line
• The mouse can be used to move the cursor
• Fix Alt Backspace behavior when used on last word of a line
• Typing after a search no longer deletes the string found
• Searching when text selection has started but the cursor has not moved results in the selection being expanded to the match rather than confined to the block
• Colors do not reset when Brief is started in a different size console
• The window can be maximized (zoom)
• Other minor fixes and improvements

Version 4.40 (November 22, 2007)

• Split screen windowing
    Alt Arrow switches to another window
    F2        resizes a window
    F3        opens a window
    F4        closes a window
    Alt F2    toggles zoom
    mouse     click to switch windows, double click to zoom a window
• Search & replace stay within the marked area if one exists
• Defaults to original brief keys (KeyPad+ copies, Insert pastes, Alt 0..9 set bookmarks, Ctrl Home/End go to start/end of file, and Ctrl PgUp/PgDn go to start/end of page) . The keystroke mappings found in Version 4.00 - 4.02 can be enabled by pressing Ctrl Alt I.
• New keys:
    Alt P        prints the current file to the printer. If text is marked the marked area is printed.
    Ctrl R       sets a repeat count for the next command
    Ctrl K       deletes from the cursor to the beginning of the line
    Ctrl F       searches (alternative to F5, Alt S)
    Ctrl F4      closes the current file (alternative to Ctrl -)
    Ctrl Alt M   individual key remapping
    Alt Home/End move the cursor to the left/right side of the window respectively
• The Alt B switch to file popup window now allows files to be selectively saved or closed
• In addition to the primary F7/F8 keystroke macro, four more programmable keystroke macros can be defined: F11/F12, Alt F7/F8, Alt F11/F12, Ctrl F11/F12
• Improved installer with a cleaner look and configurable target folder
• Recognizes more compiler errors from vbscript and pc-lint
• Alt KeyPad### now allows any ascii character to be inserted from 0..255 except for new line (10 & 13)
• Marking rows displays the mark all the way to the right edge of the page
• Compatible with more keyboard layouts including Hungarian and German
• A dozen other minor fixes and improvements

Version 4.02 (July 30, 2006)

• minor fixes

Version 4.01 (June 30, 2006)

• New keys:
    Tab       advances to the next tab stop
    Shift Tab moves to the previous tab stop
    Ctrl Tab  sets tab length
    Alt Q     expands all tabs in the file
    Alt J     jumps to a bookmark
    Ctrl M    centers the current line in the window
• Increase cursor size for readability
• Alt keys now function when caps lock is on
• The null character can be used for search and replace

Version 4.00 (May 11, 2006)

• First Windows version