Textastic Code Editor 10.2

version 10.2

Apr 4, 2024
Version 10.2
- Added file transfer settings: For uploads and downloads, you can now specify whether you are asked for confirmation before files are overwritten or whether existing files should always be overwritten.
- A warning message is now displayed when trying to add a new Google Drive connection and when connecting to existing Google Drive connections. See below for details.
- Removed Microsoft App Center crash reporting because App Center is scheduled for retirement on March 31, 2025.
- Removed duplicate "Share…" item in text selection menu.
- Other minor improvements

Due to Google’s changes to the Google Drive API, the built-in Google Drive client will be removed from Textastic in a future update.

More information about this change and recommended alternatives can be found at: https://blach.io/2024/03/28/removal-of-textastic-google-drive-client/

version 10.1

Jan 9, 2024
Version 10.1
- Updated OpenSSL, libssh2, and libcurl to their latest versions. The new version of the libssh2 library included in this update supports a new strict KEX protocol extension which is a fix for the so-called "Terrapin attack".
- Improved animation and behavior when creating folders and when creating and unpacking .zip files.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when searching for emojis in file names.
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes

version 10.0.3

Nov 29, 2023
Version 10.0.3
- Improved handling of very large files
- Fixed: If a file was changed under iOS 17 while Textastic was in the background, the file was not reloaded when the app became active again.
- Fixed: Stack overflow that could occur when closing files with a large number of lines
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes

version 10.0.2

Nov 7, 2023
Version 10.0.2
This update fixes a crash that could happen when working with files in Google Drive. It includes all new features of Textastic 10:

- Refreshed user interface and new icons in all parts of the app.
- Added a completely new Swift syntax definition with support for modern Swift including async/await.
- Swift classes, structs, enums, functions, properties etc. are now shown in the symbol list.
- Upload files to any remote connection using the new "More" -> "Upload To..." menu without leaving the editor.
- New horizontally scrollable tab bar. It's now easier to re-arrange tabs with drag & drop.
- Updated the icons in the symbol list. The letter in the icon now more accurately reflects the type of symbol.
- Uses menus in more parts of the app, for example when tapping the "More" button and when changing the sort order of file lists.

- Improved behavior of "Open..." and "Add External Folder..." commands. Textastic now doesn't enable multiple file selection in the document picker anymore. This change saves a tap when opening a file. It also fixes an issue on iOS 16 and 17 in which the document picker didn't remember the last used folder. You can still open multiple files at once by selecting the files in the Files app and using drag & drop to open them in Textastic.
- Improved external folder support.
- Improved regular expression replace syntax: Allow backslash in addition to a dollar sign to reference capture groups. For example, 1 and $1 in a replace string now both reference the first capture group. (To reference capture groups > = 10, you still need to use the dollar sign, e.g., $10. This behavior is the same as in Sublime Text.).
- Improved behavior of "Replace All".
- Added "Create ZIP File" to the file context menu.

Fixed text selection issues on iOS/iPadOS 17:
- The cursor was not visible when creating a new file on iOS 17.
- The edit menu was not shown after changing the selection using text selection handles on iOS 17.
- The cursor disappeared when entering marked text on iOS 17.

- Fixed issues when moving files in the iCloud location.
- Fixed performance issues when many files were stored in the iCloud location.
- Fixed issues with dictation on iOS 17.
- Fixed: When pasting text, Textastic now doesn't indent the last pasted line anymore. Changing the indentation could cause problems in languages like Python or YAML in which indentation is meaningful.
- Fixed an issue when previewing files from an external folder.
- Fixed symbol list issues for Python and CSS.
- Fixed a problem with the refresh indicator when listing remote files on iOS 17.
- Fixed issues with password lock and multiple windows on iPad.
- Fixed a performance issue in the C# syntax definition that could cause very slow parsing of C# files.

version 10.0

Nov 2, 2023
Version 10.0
- Refreshed user interface and new icons in all parts of the app.
- Added a completely new Swift syntax definition with support for modern Swift including async/await.
- Swift classes, structs, enums, functions, properties etc. are now shown in the symbol list.
- Upload files to any remote connection using the new "More" -> "Upload To..." menu without leaving the editor.
- New horizontally scrollable tab bar. It's now easier to re-arrange tabs with drag & drop.
- Updated the icons in the symbol list. The letter in the icon now more accurately reflects the type of symbol.
- Uses menus in more parts of the app, for example when tapping the "More" button and when changing the sort order of file lists.

- Improved behavior of "Open..." and "Add External Folder..." commands. Textastic now doesn't enable multiple file selection in the document picker anymore. This change saves a tap when opening a file. It also fixes an issue on iOS 16 and 17 in which the document picker didn't remember the last used folder. You can still open multiple files at once by selecting the files in the Files app and using drag & drop to open them in Textastic.
- Improved external folder support.
- Improved regular expression replace syntax: Allow backslash in addition to a dollar sign to reference capture groups. For example, 1 and $1 in a replace string now both reference the first capture group. (To reference capture groups > = 10, you still need to use the dollar sign, e.g., $10. This behavior is the same as in Sublime Text.).
- Improved behavior of "Replace All".
- Added "Create ZIP File" to the file context menu.

Fixed text selection issues on iOS/iPadOS 17:
- The cursor was not visible when creating a new file on iOS 17.
- The edit menu was not shown after changing the selection using text selection handles on iOS 17.
- The cursor disappeared when entering marked text on iOS 17.

- Fixed issues when moving files in the iCloud location.
- Fixed performance issues when many files were stored in the iCloud location.
- Fixed issues with dictation on iOS 17.
- Fixed: When pasting text, Textastic now doesn't indent the last pasted line anymore. Changing the indentation could cause problems in languages like Python or YAML in which indentation is meaningful.
- Fixed an issue when previewing files from an external folder.
- Fixed symbol list issues for Python and CSS.
- Fixed a problem with the refresh indicator when listing remote files on iOS 17.
- Fixed issues with password lock and multiple windows on iPad.
- Fixed a performance issue in the C# syntax definition that could cause very slow parsing of C# files.

version 9.9.3

Sep 13, 2023
Version 9.9.3
- Fixed: the insertion point was not displayed when tapping once on the editor in upcoming iOS versions
- Other minor fixes

version 9.9.2

Jan 23, 2023
Version 9.9.2
- Improved support for Stage Manager and external displays.
- Improved keyboard handling on iPad:
* When an external keyboard is connected and the collapsed shortcuts bar is displayed in a corner of the screen, it is now ignored instead of moving the UI up.
* Fixed: When switching between code editor tabs, the on-screen keyboard moved down and back up. Now it stays on screen without animation.
* Fixed: Line numbers were sometimes not displayed when an external keyboard was connected.
- Other minor fixes

version 6.2