Download SciTE 5.3.6

Version 5.3.6 of SciTE has been released. Scintilla Text Editor is an open source and cross-platform text editor. It uses the open source Scintilla Text Editor library, which is from the same makers. This library is also used by other programs, including Notepad++. Downloads are available for Windows and Linux, and a commercial version for macOS can be found in Apple’s app store. There is also a standalone executable that can be conveniently carried on a USB stick. Since version 5.3.4, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Release 5.3.6

• Redraw calltip after showing as didn’t update when size of new text exactly the same as previous. Feature #1486.
• On Win32 fix reverse arrow cursor when scaled. Bug #2382.
• On Win32 hide cursor when typing if that system preference has been chosen. Bug #2333.
• On Win32 and Qt, stop aligning IME candidate window to target. It is now always aligned to start of composition string. This undoes part of feature #1300. Feature #1488, Bug #2391, Feature #1300.
• On Qt, for IMEs, update micro focus when selection changes. This may move the location of IME popups to align with the caret.
• On Qt, implement replacement for IMEs which may help with actions like reconversion. This is similar to delete-surrounding on GTK.

Release 5.3.5

• On Win32, implement IME context sensitivity with IMR_DOCUMENTFEED. Feature #1310.
• On Win32 remove dependence on MSIMG32.DLL by replacing AlphaBlend by GdiAlphaBlend. Bug #1923.
• On Qt, stop movement of IME candidate box.
• On Qt, report correct caret position within paragraph for IME retrieve surrounding text.
• On Qt for Cocoa, fix crash in entry of multi-character strings with IME.