Update for 2023-03-24 release.

Author: DavidAnson

ReadMe.txt

@@ -7,14 +7,7 @@
 -- Requirements --
 ------------------
 
-Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (or later versions)
-
-Note: TextAnalysisTool.NET is compiled for .NET 4.0. Later .NET Framework
-versions are supported through a .config that needs to be configured for
-the corresponding version. For more information, please refer to the
-following MSDN article: "How to: Configure an App to Support .NET Framework 4
-or 4.5"
-https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj152935.aspx
+Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 (or later versions)
 
 
 -------------------------------
@@ -79,11 +72,44 @@ all circumstances, but is ultimately bound by the resources available to it.
 -- History --
 -------------
 
+2023-03-24 by Vince Curley and Anton Polinger
+----------
+* Added support for character encodings beyond the system default and UTF-8.
+* Added ability to jump to previous or next line that matches the currently
+  selected filter. Right click on a filter, choose Previous or Next from the
+  filter menu, or use Shift+F8 (previous)/F8 (next).
+* Added a right click context menu to toggle markers (also works with the
+  context menu key and Shift+F10).
+* Improve readability when the filter text color is similar to the selected
+  line background color. When a line is selected use the Highlight and
+  Highlight Text colors specified in the Preferences dialog rather than colors
+  defined by filters.
+* Added /clipboard command line argument to load initial text from the
+  clipboard.
+* Fixed a bug that prevented custom tab size from being saved across sessions.
+* Minor optimization: Setting Tab Size in Preferences to 1 will reduce file
+  load time ~10%.
+* Fix horizontal scrollbar issue on Windows 11.
+* Added the "Remember Filter Column Widths" setting to control whether or not
+  the order and widths of the columns in the filters view are preserved across
+  sessions. The default is the legacy behavior; this can be changed in the
+  Preferences dialog.
+* An Exclude filter will now remember the colors set when it was an Include
+  filter.
+* Added the ability to copy and paste of filters between TextAnalysisTool.NET
+  windows.
+* Added settings to control how the file name is displayed in the title bar.
+* Use window background and text colors specified in Preferences for the line
+  and filter panes. Not full dark-mode, but most of the window can be
+  controlled.
+* Target .NET Framework 4.8 (because version 4.0 is no longer supported).
+
 2020-12-17 by Vince Curley
 ----------
 * Fixed a bug that would truncate lines prematurely.
 * Fixed a bug that would cause a crash when reloading a changed file.
-* Fixed the scrollbar so dragging the thumb will correctly update the view of the file.
+* Fixed the scrollbar so dragging the thumb will correctly update the view of
+  the file.
 
 2018-11-20 by Vince Curley and Jenny Leung
 ----------
@@ -137,7 +163,8 @@ all circumstances, but is ultimately bound by the resources available to it.
 * Prompt to save the filter list before overwriting it when filters are
   loaded from a file and before exiting the app. Prompting only happens if
   there is a backing filter file (that is, if filters were loaded from a
-  file or saved to a file) so we don't prompt to save ad-hoc, temporary filters.
+  file or saved to a file) so we don't prompt to save ad-hoc, temporary
+  filters.
 * Include the filter file name (if any) and a "filters changed" indicator
   in the main window title bar.
 * Fixed a bug that would cause a crash when displaying lines with several
@@ -406,3 +433,4 @@ Contributors
 * Uriel Cohen - https://github.com/cohen-uriel
 * Aleksey Kabanov
 * Vince Curley
+* Jenny Leung

TextAnalysisTool.NET.txt

@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ Edit
  Copy                             Copies the currently selected line(s) to the
                                   clipboard
  Paste                            Displays all text currently on the clipboard
+ Copy Filters                     Copies the selected filter or filters to the
+                                  clipboard
+ Paste Filters                    Adds any filters in the clipboard to the end
+                                  of the filter list
  Select All                       Selects all lines
  Find...                          Finds the next match of a string or regular
                                   expression
@@ -162,8 +166,15 @@ View
  Zoom Out                         Decreases the font size
  Reset Zoom                       Resets the font size to the default size
  Filter List Location             Set the docking location for the filter list
+ Encoding
+  System Default                  Use the OS's default character encoding
+  Windows-1252, UTF-8, GB18030    Commonly used encodings
+  More encodings...               Dialog to select an encoding supported by the
+                                  current system
 
 Filters
+ Previous Match                   Find a match for the current filter, searching up
+ Next Match                       Find a match for the current filter, searching down
  Add New Filter...                Adds a new filter of any type
  Edit Selected Filter...          Edits the selected filter
  Remove Selected Filter           Removes the selected filter
@@ -270,11 +281,12 @@ in your default browser.)
 --------------------------------------
 
 TextAnalysisTool.NET.exe [InputFile] [/Filters:FilterFile] [/Config:ConfigFile]
-                         [/Line:LineNumber]
+                         [/Line:LineNumber] [/Clipboard]
    InputFile - Name of the file to open and display 
    FilterFile - Name of a .tat file containing a saved filter configuration
    ConfigFile - Name of an .xml file containing configuration options
    LineNumber - The line to display when the file is opened
+   Clipboard - Load text from the clipboard
 
 Examples:
 TextAnalysisTool.NET.exe \Logs\MyLog.log /Filters:"\Saved Filters\MyFilters.tat"
@@ -287,6 +299,8 @@ TextAnalysisTool.NET will append the filters from all supplied filter files.
 Configuration options loaded from the command line become active when
 TextAnalysisTool.NET starts and are saved to the registry when it is closed.
 
+If both InputFile and Clipboard are specified, the first one is used.
+
 
 ---------------------------------
 -- Section: Configuration File --
@@ -302,6 +316,30 @@ configuration options from the file if you don't want to override the current
 application value for that option.
 
 
+------------------------
+-- Section: Encodings --
+------------------------
+
+All text files are written with a certain character encoding [1]. This encoding
+determines how characters are translated to bytes when written to the file and
+how a reader should interpret those bytes. If a file is read with the wrong
+encoding the characters can look garbled or random. Using the correct encoding
+is critical for properly analysis. TextAnalysisTool.NET determines which encoding
+to use in the following order, from highest priority to lowest:
+
+  1) Byte order marks in a UTF file [2]
+  2) The current view's encoding chosen in the View / Encodings... menu
+  3) The "Default Encoding" setting in the Edit / Preferences... menu
+  4) The default character encoding of the current system
+
+Note that 2 will immediately impact the current view and not future files.
+3 will only impact files opened after it is changed, not the current view.
+All text copied to the clipboard is UTF-8.
+
+[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encoding
+[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark
+
+
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 -- Section: Bug Reports --
 --------------------------

index.html

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ <h3>
             Includes:
         </h3>
         <ul class="notes">
+            <li>Version <code>2023-03-24</code> for .NET 4.8+ (32- and 64-bit)</li>
             <li>Version <code>2020-12-17</code> for .NET 4+ (32- and 64-bit)</li>
             <li>Version <code>2013-05-07</code> for .NET 2+ (32- and 64-bit)</li>
             <li>Version <code>2006-12-04</code> for .NET 1.1+ (32-bit only)</li>