Recent Releases

0.3.71908 Mar 2023 19:26 minor bugfix: A bunch of small things done in this one. **New Features** * implement KU - Mark Previous Block * Implemented QG - Go to Character... * Implemented QI - Go to page... * Implemented QDel and QY - delete line left of carat and line right of carat * Implemented QT - Delete to character... * Implemented Q= - Go to Next Font Tag * Implemented QH - Go to character backwards... * Implemented P - Move carat to previous position * Implemented QV - Go to last find and replace * Implemented OC - center line * Implemented O - right justify line * Implemented JJ - replaced J to bring up help * Implemented J@ J! J* J: J. J * Implemented out of order .tb values * Implemented .tb different delimiters (.tb 1cm,2cm 3cmz4cm is a valid tab specifier)
0.3.56201 Mar 2023 19:04 minor bugfix: There have been a fair amount of core changes to this version. If you use WordTsar on a daily basis, make sure you keep the old version around... just in case. - Fixed Ticket #57 KP implemented to OP NEW - Implemented menus. These menus closely match Wordstar's. It should make things easier for people not familiar with Wordstar. NOTES - 0.3.562 has not been extensively tested on MacOS. Linux and Windows use has been medium. - I am personally putting it into daily use (eat your own dog food). - I haven t had a crash lately, but it can still happen. BE CAREFUL! - A backup of your file is made every 1 minute (not when opening DOCX files). - The initial page/paper size is 8.5" x 11" - Download the implemented.xlsx file to see what s done and what s next (slightly out of date). - the 0.3.x releases use UTF8 for all in-memory storage of the document. This required some large changes in the backend (dropping the gapbuffer document storage for a paragraph based storage system, as well as a ton of changes in layout and document management. That's why this is labeled pre-alpha instead of alpha.
0.3.40926 Mar 2022 21:45 minor bugfix: - Fixed Ticket #46 __(Regression)__ "Save" should "Save as" if the file has not been saved before - Fixed Ticket #47 WordTsar seems to be unable to print only one line of text. - Fixed Ticket #49 KD and KQ not working correctly on edited document - Fixed Ticket #50 backup file not path-joined - Fixed Ticket #52 Deleting pages does not lower page count in the status bar - Fixed Ticket #53 File Save quietly fails
0.3.37215 Jun 2021 18:16 minor bugfix: Fixed Tickets #37 RTF files not saving Fixed Tickets #35 DOCX incorrectly says it can save files Fixed Tickets #34 Wordstar save fonts failing Fixed Tickets #32 Crash on macOS when exiting Fixed Tickets #30 page break spacing while editing Fixed Tickets #36 Catch Window close to possibly save file
0.3.31209 Jun 2021 01:18 minor bugfix: * Fixed Ticket #37 RTF files not saving
0.3.28119 May 2021 22:57 major feature: Tested extensively under Linux only. * Fixed Ticket #31 stuck carat and crash
0.3.27612 May 2021 23:37 major feature: Tested extensively under Linux only. * Full UTF-8 backend * New RTF loader (less complete, but more robust) * New DOCX loader (incomplete, but not bad)
0.3.13607 Jan 2021 16:09 major feature: Fixed crash when printing some documents
0.3.13406 Jan 2021 18:51 major feature: New Unicode backend, plus multiple bug fixes. Consider this release pre-alpha.
0.2.207327 Apr 2020 14:37 minor feature: Multiple MacOS fixes. Full text justification added.
0.2.206815 Apr 2020 17:36 minor feature: Multiple MacOS fixes. Full text justification added.
0.1.197712 Mar 2020 11:33 minor feature: I've used and am using this version extensively on Windows and Linux. OSX version is being worked on. Windows and Linux versions only. In this Release: Fixed Ticket 11 Fixed ticket 12 Added RTF export for subscript, superscript, and strikethrough Added RTF export of columns Changed RTF right margin to use /ri and not /margr Added RTF export headers and footers Added RTF export save hyphenation Added RTF export margin settings Added RTF export of indexes Added RTF export of kerning on or off Added RTF export save top, bottom, and paragraph margins Added RTF export save page offset ((for odd and even pages, we use .poo to set RTF gutter (RTF only allows one setting)) Added RTF export save tabs Added RTF paragraph alignment Corrected Wordstar .mb usage Fixed Windows scrollwheel use Corrected RTF export unicode character support Sped up RTF saving Removed use of fontcache Fixed wrong display of pagebreak at top of window Fixed layout speed, especially under Linux Corrected Linux layout to better match Word and LibreOffice Features Nothing on the WordTsar side really. Improved RTF export Faster Layout Bugs Fixed Ticket 11 and 12 Known Issues RTF support for many dot commands is not implemented (see implemented.xlsx) KP not implemented, use OP .pt command can only be used once per document, all others are ignored. (wxWidgets doesn't let you change paper type on the fly) OSX keyboard input does not work See Ticket System
0.1.157230 May 2019 13:36 minor feature: Same as the 1571 release with an intermittent hanging bug fixed.
0.1.157130 May 2019 01:44 minor feature: This is the first release I ve made that I have not tested extensively (through daily use). What is not tested is pretty much all functionality when not displaying dot commands. If something breaks, turn dot command display on and everything should work as expected again. OSX version is being worked on. Windows and Linux versions only. In this Release: Cleaned up the code a bit by getting rid of uneccesary debug Added preferences dialog for screen color, etc Center, left, right, and justify status indicators now work Features Count of lines per page in status bar Vertical Line height in status bar Color Selection Dialog for text ( P-) (any color chosen get brought down to Wordstar s 16 color palette) Preferences dialog (via F1) Show and Hide Scroll Bar, Ruler, Top Status Line, Bottom Status Bar (via Preferences) Show/Hide dot commands (via Preferences) Show/Hide flag column (via Preferences) Bugs Fixed Got rid of debug log messages fixed .LM 0 command Known Issues RTF support for many dot commands is not implemented (see implemented.xlsx) KP not implemented, use OP GTK print preview displays a black page. Printing still works fine. This is a wxWidgets issue. .pt command can only be used once per document, all others are ignored. (wxWidgets doesn t let you change paper type on the fly) OSX keyboard input does not work If WordTsar starts with Control Codes not showing, you will not see a cursor until you have some text entered. OB setting not implemented, set them via F1 Preferences Upcoming I got tired of working on RTF, so threw in some of the dialogs (color and preferences), Now back to RTF. I d like to move RTF import and export into a first class citizen so it can be a native file format for WordTsar right beside Wordstar files. In the background, I m thinking of adding column support and how to add table support (Comments welcome. Wordstar never had the concept of tables
0.1.131417 Apr 2019 16:41 minor feature: Most of the work in this version was done to support different paper sizes. In this Release: Work on the caret to make it the same across platforms added a page layout dialog OY completed .po .poe .poo .mt .mb .hm .fm commands added new command .pt to specify paper type (auto added by OY) moved RTF code to make it easier to work on sped up loading LibreOffice s bloated RTF Features .pt command (a non Wordstar dot command) specifies paper type/size. You can use OY to specify the paper. Wordstar doesn t really care about paper size, it uses whatever is in the printer and the .rm .pl, etc commands to print on that paper. Modern printers can have multiple paper bins, and auto select the bin based on paper size. Is no longer hard coded to 8.5 x 11 paper size .po .poe .poo .mt .mb .hm and .fm are all implemented bad dot commands are highlighted in a different color as well as having the ? in the right margin Bugs Fixed more work on the carat. Known Issues RTF support for many dot commands is not implemented (see implemented.xlsx) KP not implemented, use OP GTK print preview displays a black page. Printing still works fine. This is a wxWidgets issue. .pt command can only be used once per document, all others are ignored. (wxWidgets doesn t let you change paper type on the fly) OSX keyboard input does not work See Ticket System Upcoming It s time for a bit of code cleanup. Don t expect any new command or key sequences in the next release. After the code cleanup, I d like to move RTF import and export into a first class citizen so it can be a native file format for WordTsar right beside Wordstar files. In the background, I m thinking of adding column support and how to add table support (Comments welcome. Wordstar never had the concept of tables, really).
0.1.96026 Mar 2019 14:49 minor feature: A large portion of this development cycle was spent on printing issues. In fact, I got so fed up with it, I ported WordTsar from wxWidgets to QT. Doing so helped me find the issue with wxWidgets printing (it's a weird workaround), so the QT port has stopped (it works quite well though). The port also showed me how embedded wxWidgets was into this project, even where maybe it shouldn't be, so I see a code cleanup in the future. In this Release: Features added .IG command based on user request added spell checking (currently Linux only) Bugs Fixed printing should now look the same under Windows and Linux creating a block KB - KK didn't properly highlight the block corrected caret so should now work under all OS's (needs testing) Known Issues RTF import and export of headers and footers is incomplete KP still not implemented, use OP OSX keyboard input is incomplete See ticket system
0.1.80426 Feb 2019 19:01 minor feature: Features Color support when saving and loading files (RTF WS) * Currently, all colors are downgraded to the 16 that Wordstar knows about Bugs Fixed used system colors for help panels to blend in with OS better wxWidgets update broke highlighting of control and saved position characters Recently introduced speed issues fixed Known Issues RTF import and export of headers and footers is incomplete KP still not implemented, use OP
0.1.70513 Jan 2019 17:56 minor feature: Features RTF Font support added Bugs Fixed fixed layout when specifying rows as the unit Ticket #7 - crash on file save fixed Ticket #8 - backup file not created fixed Known Issues RTF import and export of headers and footers is incomplete KP still not implemented, use OP See ticket system
0.1.61620 Dec 2018 13:59 minor feature: Features Headers and Footers now implemented (.he, .h1, .h2, .h3, .4, .h5 with odd or even page settings. Same with footers). Bugs Fixed .rm didn't work while printing. No ticket, fixed on the fly when found Known Issues RTF import and export of headers and footers is incomplete KP still not implemented, use OP See ticket systemt Sourceforge