Changelog

v3.1.0 - May 15, 2022

Changes and new features:

Dropped support for Windows XP.

Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 5.2.2 and Lexilla 5.1.6.

AutoHotkey v1.1.34 syntax definition updates.

AutoHotkey v2.0-beta support, including a completely rewritten new lexer.

Keyword definitions are now almost entirely sourced from the AutoHotkey documentation instead of maintained by hand.

Introduced new SciTE4AutoHotkey style format (s4ahk.style=2). Version 1 styles are automatically converted when edited by the style editor. Older legacy styles are no longer supported.

Introduced new default Light/Dark styles (replacing the previous collection of built-in styles).

The code font is now independently configured and no longer depends on the selected style.

Enhanced the graphical settings and style editors to support more common options.

Merged numerous Debugger improvements and bug-fixes, courtesy of Lexikos.

SciTE4AutoHotkey is now registered as an "Open With" application for .ahk files.

Added Swedish translation (courtesy of Mikael Hiort).

Added Korean translation (courtesy of joyfuI).

Added mechanism for disabling global Toolbar buttons.

Added support for passing parameters to debugged scripts.

Known issues:

Calltip functionality has been temporarily removed as a side effect of the new syntax definition autogeneration, as well as SciTE limitations.

Help file word lookup is currently broken as a result of (not so) recent changes in AutoHotkey's CHM file.

Debugging AutoHotkey v2 scripts is known to sometimes produce crashes under certain circumstances.

AutoHotkey v2 AutoIndent only works when control flow statements are typed in lowercase.

Bug-fixes:

The auto-updater now behaves properly if the update server is down instead of behaving erratically.

Many other miscellaneous fixes, optimizations, code modernisation and cleanup.

v3.0.06.01 - October 12, 2014

Changes and new features:

Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 3.5.1.

AutoHotkey v1.1.16 syntax definition updates.

AutoHotkey v2.0-a056 syntax definition updates.

Added 'Run selection' context menu command (requires AutoHotkey v1.1.17)

Bug-fixes:

AutoHotkey v2 syntax highlighting: BIFs in command syntax (broken by v3.0.06)

v3.0.06 - August 18, 2014

Changes and new features:

Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 3.5.0.

Added new program icon [designed by kon].

Added support for auto-completion of built-in object methods/properties as well as CallTips.

Debugger: The current line marker color is now translucid instead of opaque cyan.

AutoHotkey v2: added object command syntax support.

AutoHotkey v2: introduced new syntax highlighting styles for object properties, methods, built-in properties and built-in methods.

Bug-fixes:

Minor debugger refactoring.

Toolbar startup stability and reliability fixes.

v3.0.05.01 - April 5, 2014

Changes and new features:

Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 3.4.1.

Incremental search and replace were disabled, this makes the 'Find/Replace Next' button useful again.

An 'Unmark All' button was added to the Find command.

Bug-fixes:

Toolbar startup stability and reliability fixes.

v3.0.05 - March 23, 2014

Changes and new features:

Added AutoHotkey v2 language support (enabled when a v2 platform is selected).

Added graphical style editor.

Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 3.4.0.

AutoHotkey v1.1.14 syntax definition updates.

Added new style format that is easier to process by tools.

ActiveWindowInfo: minor enhancements to user experience.

OpenInclude: %A_LineFile% is now supported.

Other miscellaneous improvements.

Bug-fixes:

Fixed bug that broke inner folders in Extension packages.

Other miscellaneous bug-fixes.

v3.0.04.01 - December 24, 2013

Changes and new features:

Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 3.3.7.

AutoHotkey v1.1.13 syntax definition updates.

VisualStudio is now the default style (except on Windows XP due to its lack of the Consolas font).

Bug-fixes:

New extension: Lua scripts are now created without UTF-8 BOM.

Toolbar: minor button size DPI tweak.

v3.0.04 - August 14, 2013

Changes and new features:

Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 3.3.4.

Added Extension support and framework.

Rewritten Active Window Info in script.

All tools now obey default.text.font instead of hardcoding Courier New.

Scriptlet Utility: major UI redesign.

Bug-fixes:

Syntax definition: added missing A_FileEncoding and removed #AllowSameLineComments.

MsgBox Creator: minor bugfixes and cleanup.

Removed functionality:

AutoScriptWriter, due to it being outdated; use Pulover's Macro Creator instead.

AutoHotkey.net Tool, due to the discontinuation of said service.

SplashImage Maker, due to uselessness.

Compile_AHK II support, as it was obsoleted by new Ahk2Exe functionality.

v3.0.03 - June 21, 2013

Changes and new features:

Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 3.3.3.

AutoHotkey v1.1.11 support.

DPI awareness - many changes to make SciTE4AutoHotkey behave correctly on non-96-DPI systems.

Added a default.text.font property to easily set the default text font.

Bug-fixes:

A bug affecting indentation settings was fixed.

A bug affecting breakpoint filenames was fixed.

v3.0.02 - January 20, 2013

Changes and new features:

Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 3.2.4.

Added ;{ and ;} code folding support.

Added experimental (and disabled by default) AutoHotkey v2 lexer.

Added standalone precompiled version of SciTE4AutoHotkey's custom SciLexer.dll.

Added new program icon in order to tell apart SciTE4AutoHotkey from other SciTE distributions.

Other miscellaneous improvements.

Bug-fixes:

Fixed a certain updater bug that affected hotfixes.

Fixed expression lines beginning with ( being misdetected as continuation sections.

Fixed { / } brace matching.

Debugger:

Fixed hovering stability issues.

Fixed debugger command stability issues.

Added properties for controlling maximum object children and maximum data to retrieve.

Changed the object inspection window to support infinitely nested objects.

v3.0.01.01 - November 30, 2012

Changes and new features:

• Upgraded to GenDocs v3.0-alpha004.
• Added oSciTE.IsPortable, oSciTE.UserDir and oSciTE.Output(text).
• Added debugger configuration support (address/port, stream capturing enabling).
• The internal source code files have been reorganized in order to fix certain failures on some systems.
• Other miscellaneous improvements.

Bug-fixes:

• SciTE/Scintilla is now compiled with VS2012 Update 1's official XP targeting toolchain and with /arch:IA32. This fixes the incompatibility with several older CPUs.
• Breakpoint resetting on launch now works again.
• TillaGoto now correctly parses /* ... */ comment blocks.

v3.0.01 - November 9, 2012

• Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 3.2.3
• Added: AutoHotkey v1.1.09 asynchronous debugging support
• Added: Support for debugging already running scripts (also known as debugger attaching/detaching)
• Upgraded to GenDocs v3.0-alpha003
• Editing fixes:
  • Support for the old obj._BuiltInMethod() syntax is removed
  • else indenting bug fixed
• Fixed: Variable dereferencing autocomplete
• TillaGoto is now configurable through SciTEUser.properties, including listbox sorting.
• TillaGoto and autoupdates can now be turned off through SciTEUser.properties
• The non-portable build of SciTE now automatically detects the AutoHotkey installation directory, and thus it can be installed to anywhere
• The internal copy of AutoHotkey.exe has been renamed to InternalAHK.exe in order to avoid confusion.
• New COM interface method: oSciTE.OpenFile(filename)
• Sweeping changes in order to use the COM interface (including TillaGoto) instead of less reliable methods.
• Double-clicking on an empty spot in the tab bar now opens a new Untitled document.
• Other miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements

v3.0.00 - July 22, 2012

• Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 3.2.1
• AutoHotkey v1.1.08 support
• Added: auto-update system
• Temporarily dropped Windows XP SP2 support (SP3 not affected) due to build issues
• COM interface: added oSciTE.ResolveProp()
• Minor overall bugfixes and improvements

v3.0.00 (Release Candidate) - December 24, 2011

• Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 3.0.2
• The documentation was overhauled.
• AutoHotkey v1.1.05 support
• Added: Basic breakpoint persistence support (in a single SciTE4AutoHotkey session).
• Added: AutoHotkey v2-alpha platform (<AutoHotkey directory>\v2-alpha\<x86 or x64>\AutoHotkey.exe), with debugging support
• Fixed: The global Autorun script now uses the correct User folder.
• Fixed: SmartGUI was writing the settings file to the wrong directory.
• Added: SciTE diagnostics tool
• OpenInclude now supports #Include <LibName>.
• Added: Polish language support
• Fixed: Minor AutoComplete/IntelliSense errors [thanks Uberi and Lexikos]
• TillaGoto hotkey changed to F12.
• Removed redundant bookmark hotkeys (Ctrl+J, Ctrl+K and Ctrl+E).
• Changed: bookmarks are now saved between sessions.
• Fixed: ahk.lua now doesn't delete bookmarks.
• Added HatOfGod and tidRich_Zenburn styles [thanks tidbit and budRich].

v3 beta 5(a) - April 9/10, 2011

• A bug related to running SciTE as admin was fixed.
• Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 2.25
• Latest AutoHotkey_L support changes
• Added COM automation support
• All tools (except the AutoHotkey.net Tool) now use COM to interface with SciTE
• Updated TillaGoto to its latest version
• No longer compiling the toolbar, thus the source is now available!
• Fixed the parameter bug
• Window position is now remembered when SciTE is closed
• Files menu renamed to Tabs.
• Fixed: save dialog default .ahk extension
• Fixed: SmartGUI was writing settings to the wrong directory.
• AHK lexer: Now treating the ternary operators (? :) as operators instead of identifier characters.
• Debugger: Misc. fixes
• Debugger: When a file must be shown, the Debugger now looks if it's already opened in another tab.
• Debugger: Added variable tooltips on hovering
• Sources are now on GitHub
• Added default codepage, default zoom and save window position settings to the settings editor
• Added SciTE Director support
• Added macro recording support

v3 beta 4 - November 8, 2010

• Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 2.21
• Added portable build
• Now using an internal copy of AutoHotkey_L Unicode
• No longer bundling nor forcing the installation of AutoHotkey_L and Compile_AHK II.
• Debugger: Added object support
• Debugger: Removed variable listing warning
• Debugger: Stability fixes
• Debugger: Now using MSXML instead of xpath()

v3 beta 3 - August 20, 2010

• Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 2.20
• Added native 64-bit builds of SciTE and Scintilla
• Debugger engine changed to support AutoHotkey_L x64
• Added platform system that allows to target different AutoHotkey builds
• Added toolbar button to switch between platforms
• Added hotkeys to debugging commands
• Added Light style

v2.1 beta 2 - June 21, 2010

• Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 2.12
• Added support for multiple users
• Added multi-language support
• Added English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese languages
• Added multi-style system, it's now easier to add/set/customize styles without affecting other users/messing with the installation
• Added Noir (courtesy of pajenn) and Blank styles
• A style/autobackup/language settings tool was added

v2.1 beta 1 - June 3, 2010

• Dropped support for Windows 9x/ME/NT4/2000
• Upgraded to SciTE/Scintilla 2.11
• New AutoHotkey toolbar that places itself to the right of the real SciTE toolbar
• AutoHotkey_L support: script debugger, object syntax highlighting, AutoComplete, calltips
• AutoIndent system rewritten completely
• Fixed some style-related AutoComplete bugs
• Folding bugs were fixed
• All tools made Unicode
• Tools are no longer compiled
• New icons for all tools
• GenDocs upgraded to 2.1: it now supports AutoHotkey_L object "properties" and Unicode
• Scriptlet Utility now places scriptlets at My Documents\AutoHotkey\SciTE\Scriptlets
• AutoHotkey.net Utility now places settings file at My Documents\AutoHotkey\SciTE\Settings

v2.0 - March 1, 2009

Initial release.