SynWrite (Syn2)
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- Matthias030
- Senior Member
- Posts: 423
- Joined: 2007-03-04, 10:48 UTC
- Location: Berlin
2 bugs and 1 wish:
1. start syn in editor mode (RO off). Buttons for "Redo/Undo" and "Comment/Uncomment Line" are visible (active). Now go into any dialog window (print - page setup, options dialog, about dialog, lexer configuration,...). Close dialog window. Buttons for "Redo/Undo" and "Comment/Uncomment Line" are grey (inactive). I can't get them activated again.
If you have made changes before opening dialog window, then button "Undo" is active, but "Redo" cannot be activated anymore.
It is better this way: Redo/Undo not active at startup. Buttons only active after first changes are made.
Comment/Uncomment permanent active for these lexers where comment/uncomment is possible. Now buttons are active also for text documents. But without any function.
2. Open any document in syn. type something. press undo. press redo. now close syn. "Save changes to document.txt" appears twice.
Wish: Show "unsaved changes" status in Syn application title bar. In Notepad++ and Ultraedit there is a "*" shown behind filename, if any unsaved changes are made. It is the same as the filesave disc icon gets active/inactive. I find it very useful by working with Ultraedit before I changed to Syn. I would prever this in title bar:
(unsaved changes): Syn - c:\path\filename.txt*
(no unsaved changes): Syn - c:\path\filename.txt
1. start syn in editor mode (RO off). Buttons for "Redo/Undo" and "Comment/Uncomment Line" are visible (active). Now go into any dialog window (print - page setup, options dialog, about dialog, lexer configuration,...). Close dialog window. Buttons for "Redo/Undo" and "Comment/Uncomment Line" are grey (inactive). I can't get them activated again.
If you have made changes before opening dialog window, then button "Undo" is active, but "Redo" cannot be activated anymore.
It is better this way: Redo/Undo not active at startup. Buttons only active after first changes are made.
Comment/Uncomment permanent active for these lexers where comment/uncomment is possible. Now buttons are active also for text documents. But without any function.
2. Open any document in syn. type something. press undo. press redo. now close syn. "Save changes to document.txt" appears twice.
Wish: Show "unsaved changes" status in Syn application title bar. In Notepad++ and Ultraedit there is a "*" shown behind filename, if any unsaved changes are made. It is the same as the filesave disc icon gets active/inactive. I find it very useful by working with Ultraedit before I changed to Syn. I would prever this in title bar:
(unsaved changes): Syn - c:\path\filename.txt*
(no unsaved changes): Syn - c:\path\filename.txt
- Matthias030
- Senior Member
- Posts: 423
- Joined: 2007-03-04, 10:48 UTC
- Location: Berlin
- Matthias030
- Senior Member
- Posts: 423
- Joined: 2007-03-04, 10:48 UTC
- Location: Berlin
1. I have set F5 for reopen file. File with unsaved changes is closed without warning.
2. Print preview window - possible to close by ESC?
3. Print dialog CTRL+P: not possible in RO mode. ( I think it is same issue with my own defined shortcut key CTRL+SHIFT+P for print preview window. Also not possible in RO.)
2. Print preview window - possible to close by ESC?
3. Print dialog CTRL+P: not possible in RO mode. ( I think it is same issue with my own defined shortcut key CTRL+SHIFT+P for print preview window. Also not possible in RO.)
- Matthias030
- Senior Member
- Posts: 423
- Joined: 2007-03-04, 10:48 UTC
- Location: Berlin
- Matthias030
- Senior Member
- Posts: 423
- Joined: 2007-03-04, 10:48 UTC
- Location: Berlin
Yes at resize it flashes too. I didn't see flashing at resize, because I always work fullscreen.
Probably reason for flashing issue at startup and at window resize is the same. But why flashing at startup is only visible for plugin and not for exe?
For me it is better without flashing. Redraw scrolls is fine too, but not with flashing.

For me it is better without flashing. Redraw scrolls is fine too, but not with flashing.
- Matthias030
- Senior Member
- Posts: 423
- Joined: 2007-03-04, 10:48 UTC
- Location: Berlin
- Matthias030
- Senior Member
- Posts: 423
- Joined: 2007-03-04, 10:48 UTC
- Location: Berlin