TextCrawler 2.0 Beta available for trying out

Highend · Post by **Highend** » Tue May 04, 2010 9:50 am

Ok,

thanks you DV!

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Highend

DV · Post by DV » Tue May 04, 2010 4:16 pm

New Version uploaded
Version 2.0.3776.25313 BETA

-Updated encoding detection - Can now distinguish between ANSI and UTF-8 without BOM/Signature files.
-Import Regex/Batch now detects encoding type
-Internal editor line ending type option (defaults to CR/LF)
-Added some menu icons

Rumbo · Post by **Rumbo** » Wed May 05, 2010 7:05 am

Just tested replacing and importing with different encodings and umlauts: everything works fine. Good job!

once_again · Post by **once_again** » Thu May 06, 2010 12:55 am

Tried to download the latest beta version but keep getting a 404. Can you please provide the correct link?

DV · Post by DV » Thu May 06, 2010 7:26 am

I uploaded a newer version, then realised it was missing the menu bar, so i removed it.
I will re-upload the last version soon, while i figure out how to fix the current one... I need to get better with source code backups!

once_again · Post by **once_again** » Thu May 06, 2010 7:46 am

Just a hint: sometimes a version tracker can be a big help, you can always go one step back and/or commit changes. Mercurial (free open source software) for example.

DV · Post by DV » Thu May 06, 2010 2:10 pm

Version 2.0.3778.23456 BETA
Uploaded.
-File scan now skips inaccessable folders.
-Misc bugfixes.

Highend · Post by **Highend** » Thu May 06, 2010 2:35 pm

It's nearly perfect (for my needs)!

One small feature suggestion:

File - Options - Replace

An additional option for a backup directory for the .bak files. It could be a fixed one (all backuped files are going to e.g. (d:\backups) or a relative one (e.g. .\bak which puts all .bak files into a subdir for all replaced files respecting their directory structure).

If it's too much work for you, disregard it

Regards,
Highend

george · Post by **george** » Fri May 07, 2010 9:51 am

James, you are a badass! I have been looking for YEARS for a decent utf-8 regex batch replace, and this one actually works without mangling text. Will post bugs if I find them. Thanks!

I particularly like that \n backreference matches the clause and not the matched text. I see that you changed your default to utf-8 inistead of ansi - good move - so many utf-8 without bom's, and would require another utility...

Rumbo · Post by **Rumbo** » Fri May 07, 2010 9:58 am

> .23456

Very suspicious. Someday you'll have to explain your version numbering

One minor GUI improvement suggestion:
do those two input elements (the top one with the two tabs and the bottom one with the four tabs) have to stand out that much?
In my first try I searched desperately for the Find/Replace/Extract buttons because they look tiny below those two areas. Maybe those tab-holders would look nicer in a more "flat" mode and as a bonus that would make the buttons below appear more important. Just a thought.