New in Version 21.3
New General Features
- Very large file support on theFree version (previously, only theProfessional version supported very large files).
- The new version allows date/time range and format inNumber Range Expressions forFind/Replace/Filter. For instance,[ 10/28/2021 , 12/31/2021 “M/d/yyyy” ] means all dates between 10/28/2021 and 12/31/2021. Ifadate format is omitted, the default date format is derived from the locale specified in theSort page of theCustomize dialog box.
- Redesigned theEnter Number Range dialog box, and the new version allows you to use any decimal point for a number range. For instance,( 1,0 , 9,0 “,” ) means all decimal numbers between 1 and 9 using a comma as the decimal point.
- The new version allows you to split a window to3 panes. Select theSplit Horizontally orSplit Vertically commands twice to split a window into 3 panes.
- The new version allows theENTER key to be assigned in theKeyboard page of configuration properties. This allows you to assign theENTER key as theNext Cell (Cell Selection Mode Only) command.
- Added a notification when it takes a long time to retrieve theWindows Clipboard History.
- Set the dialog box font toMicrosoft YaHei, 9 point for Simplified Chinese, andMicrosoft JhengHei, 9 point for Traditional Chinese.
- The new version synchronizes the cursor position as well as the scroll position when theSynchronize Horizontal/Vertical Scrolling when Split option is on.
- The new version shows a dialog box to remove nonexistent file names from theMy Macros list if any when you show theMy Macros page of theCustomize Macros dialog box.
- Improved the speed of commands in theEncode/Decode Selection submenu on theEdit menu,Remove Leading Spaces,Remove Trailing Spaces, andFilter in Column commands.
Test results:
v21.2 | v21.3 | Comparison | |
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Percent-encoding to Unicode*1 | 73.8 seconds | 7.16 seconds | 10.3 times faster |
Unicode to Percent-encoding*1 | 95.6 seconds | 10.3 seconds | 9.28 times faster |
Remove Leading Spaces*1 | 9.25 seconds | 3.19 seconds | 2.90 times faster |
Remove Trailing Spaces*1 | 12.1 seconds | 3.19 seconds | 3.79 times faster |
Filter in Column*2 | 1.13 seconds | 0.297 seconds | 3.80 times faster |
*1 1.34 GB, 100 million lines, random ASCII data.
*2 1.99 GB, 15.9 million lines, random CSV data.
All: Default options except Always Discard Lengthy Undo Information to Accelerate on, 16 threads, Windows 11, Core i9-11900K, 64GB RAM, 2TB SSD.
New Options
- Added theAdd an EmEditor icon to the Context menu to theShortcut page of theCustomize dialog box.
- Added theDialog box font size slider to theWindow page of theCustomize dialog box.
New Commands
- Next Cell (Cell Selection Mode Only)
- Previous Cell (Cell Selection Mode Only)
- Cell Above (Cell Selection Mode Only)
- Cell Below (Cell Selection Mode Only)