Encryptext v1.9.4

Changelog

Created a modern-style installer for a new installation experience!

• Created a new installer experience to match more closely to other program installers.
• The program now defaults to a 15 second interval for auto-saving and has auto-save on by default.
• When there's an error with the program, you can now click cancel and retry the same operation.
• Added new dependencies in the requirements.txt file.
• Fixed issues with settings file being corrupted after saving preferences.
• Shortened list comprehension to be cleaner.
• Fixed issues with program not closing and shortcuts not working properly.
• Changed randomisation to the secrets library instead of the random library.
• Fixed issue with version number not showing up in the about page of the program.

Note: Please check that the new version can open your encrypted files before removing the old version.

Coming Soon

• Option to change app icon between multiple styles. (Will only work in "local" mode and not "portable" mode)
• An uninstaller to remove old versions.
• Installers for other OSes.

Issues

• Installer doesn't give you the option to not update the program and create a fresh install.

If you do find any, please open a new issue and describe the steps to reproduce it! Include the version number in the title. (you can find that by going to "Help"->"About Encryptext" in the program)

How to install

1. Download and run the "encryptext_installer_v1.9.4_64bit.exe" file from below.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. Run the desktop shortcut (or the Start Menu shortcut) to get started!

Encryptext v1.9.3

Changelog

Added preview syntax highlighting and dark/light mode support!

• Permanently fixed change tracking delays.
• Updated the UI to look more modern and up-to-date with Windows 11.
• Added CSS styles from the pygments library for code-block formatting.
• Added new requirements when building program
• Encryptext now formats the HTML code into a cleaner format to then display on the preview window.
• Using the fenced code extension allows code blocks to have blank newlines without breaking the code formatting.
• Change tracking previously was dependent on the program and the hardware it was running on, but now it runs trackChanges twice per keystroke to force a preview update to happen immediately.
• Speed isn't affected as the program only tracks the changes once. It's run twice to force the textbox to update their internal contents.
• Using the ttkbootstrap module to get the dark and light mode themes.
• Light/Dark mode settings is now respected and will change the UI colours based on the setting that you've chosen.
• Combined all ttk styles into one style to make it easier to use if needed.
• Added force quite option to quitApp function to not show the confirm box.
• Changed how the file name and unsaved status is displayed due to new UI design.
• trackChanges now properly tracks useful changes to the editor instead of all key presses.
• App now closes if the user is closing the last tab that's left rather than show the tab panes holder area.
• Decreased border padding around the whole app border to give extra space.
• Fixed small issue where cancelling the close tab prompt would still close the app.
• The program now packages the ttkbootstrap and tkinter modules as folders for it to access rather than let pyinstaller handle the package imports.
• Moved update feature to the top of the program so even program with failing imports can still be used to update to a different version.
• ttk is now imported from ttkbootstrap instead of tk.
• Added return and parameter types to installer_creator.py for better clarity.
• Preference values are now clamped between their maximum and minimum allowed values.

Note: Please check that the new version can open your files before uninstalling the old version.

Coming Soon

• Option to change app icon between multiple styles! (Will only work in "local" mode and not "portable" mode)

Issues

• Installer doesn't bring old settings to the new version even though the option to carryover settings was chosen. (#81)

If you do find any, please open a new issue and describe the steps to reproduce it! Include the version number in the title. (you can find that by going to "Help"->"About Encryptext" in the program)

How to install

1. Download and run the "encryptext_installer_v1.9.3_64bit.exe" file from below.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. Run the desktop shortcut (or the Start Menu shortcut) to get started!

Encryptext v1.9.2

Changelog

Added more shortcuts, implemented auto-save feature, and made more coffee.

• New shortcuts are now available such as selecting whole words, deleting whole words, and moving left and right by whole words!
• Fixed a bug where changes wouldn't be tracked because of the type of binding.
• Autosave is now implemented!
• Improved text in preferences for what the auto-save interval value means.
• Changed allowed maximum autosave delay to be 10 minutes.
• Changed increments from 15 to 5 seconds to allow more fine-grained control easily.
• Fixed an issue where if the user was selecting text it would cause issues when saving the file.
• Moved markdown auto-open preview to only run if the file was opened correctly.
• Autosave runs recursively with the specified delay on the current tab.
• Autosave interval value can be changed without needing to reopen the program to see the changes.
• Improved how the installer inserts values into the compilation file.
• Version number is back to being hard-coded as users can have multiple versions of Encryptext installed which can all show up as the latest version.
• Removed update menu option as updates can happen automagically when installing new versions.
• Added better checks when saving file to not cause any edge case errors.
• Installer now adds the version number when compiling the program.
• Shortened the installer_creator.py file by a few lines by removing redundant code.

Note: Please check that the new version can open your files before uninstalling the old version.

Coming Soon

• Syntax highlighting for certain file types! (like Python, JS, Java, etc.)
• Option to change app icon between multiple styles! (Will only work in "local" mode and not "portable" mode)

Issues

If you do find any, please open a new issue and describe the steps to reproduce it! Include the version number in the title. (you can find that by going to "Help"->"About Encryptext" in the program)

How to install

1. Download and run the "encryptext_installer_v1.9.2_64bit.exe" file from below.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. Run the desktop shortcut (or the Start Menu shortcut) to get started!

Encryptext v1.9.1

Changelog

Fixed a few bugs, improved the UI, and rolled a Nat 20.

• Fixed issue where the line highlighting and line numbers wouldn't work in a certain way if they were both turned on. (#61)
• Implemented initial framework for auto-save feature that will be available in a future version.
• Program is now called "Travel Mode" when used on a different computer than the one where it was installed.
• Removed language option taken from OS language as it caused issues with opening the preferences window.
• Added a dialog box that shows up if there's an error when saving the settings.
• Fixed issues with destroying windows that didn't exist.
• Changed bindings to fire on Change instead of Key for trackChanges.
• Changed how version numbers are shown.
• Version numbers now have build numbers!
• Build numbers should help debug any issues that arise between build changes.
• Added debugging print statement for Event handling for later use.

Note: Please check that the new version can open your files before uninstalling the old version.

Coming Soon

• Syntax highlighting for certain file types! (like Python, JS, Java, etc.)
• Auto-save files at a regular interval to never lose your work!
• Option to change app icon between multiple styles! (Will only work in "local" mode and not "portable" mode)

Issues

• An issue with change tracking has been found. (#68)

If you do find any others, please open a new issue and describe the steps to reproduce it! Include the version number in the title. (you can find that by going to "Help"->"About Encryptext" in the program)

How to install

1. Download and run the "encryptext_installer_v1.9.1_64bit.exe" file from below.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. Run the desktop shortcut (or the Start Menu shortcut) to get started!

Encryptext v1.9.0

Changelog

Line highlighting and line numbers are now available and can be toggled!

• updateMode now returns a random key and format strings if the hash given is incorrect. This improves security as it's not easy to know whether it's the real key or not.
• The true and false strings in the settings dictionary are now replaced with the boolean True and False on read.
• Using a different textbox to have the Modified event.
• The setting to toggle line numbers now does something!
• The line numbers update automatically and update based on the size of the text on that line.
• Everything in each tab is now contained within a Frame to make it easier to manage.
• Fixed issue of scrollbar hiding text in textbox.
• Fixed shortcuts for copy, paste, select all, and increase and decrease font size.
• The setting for line highlighting now also does something!
• The current line will now highlight in a darker colour to show that it's where the cursor is. (Only if the setting is turned on)
• The line numbers and highlighting caused issues with each other and required separate logic for each combination.
• The app icon has now been updated to be more recognisable when it's at a small scale.

Note: Please check that the new version can open your files before uninstalling the old version.

Coming Soon

• Syntax highlighting for certain file types! (like Python, JS, Java, etc.)
• Auto-save files at a regular interval to never lose your work!
• Option to change app icon between multiple styles! (Will only work in "local" mode and not "portable" mode)

Issues

• An issue with turning on both line highlighting and line numbers has been found. (#61)

If you do find any others, please open a new issue and describe the steps to reproduce it! Include the version number in the title. (you can find that by going to "Help"->"About Encryptext" in the program)

How to install

1. Download and run the "encryptext_installer_v1.9.0_64bit.exe" file from below.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. Run the desktop shortcut (or the Start Menu shortcut) to get started!

Encryptext v1.8.0

Changelog

Encryptext now shows recent files and the installation/update process is much cleaner!

• Encryptext now reads from the settings file and saves some number of recent file paths.
• The number of file paths it saves can be edited by the user in a future release, but for now it's at 5.
• When closing the program, it saves the recent file paths so that it can be opened next time quickly.
• Fixed small issue with "file not found" error still causing changes to the editor window when it's not supposed to.
• Recent files list automatically changes when opening new files.
• The track changes now has better error handling.
• Newly created textboxes will follow any changes made to preferences (i.e.: word wrapping)
• Special key capture now has return "break" to stop weird issues with formatting.
• There's now an offline mode which is used automatically when the program is used on a computer where the settings file isn't found.
• The installation process now shows a more accurate progress bar with ETA to completion.
• The progress bar style is randomly chosen each time it's run which makes it unique for each install/update!
• The installation process takes much less time now that unneeded packages are not bundled with the installer.
• Added new requirement to requirement file as we're now using a package for the progress bar and shortcut creation.
• Installer creator is now much faster to compile the Encryptext installer as it's using a virtual environment.
• Installer creator has been changed to work on any desktop OS rather than just for Windows.
• The preferences window is now smaller when opening due to there being less content on it.
• Labels, dropdowns, and pickers have been implemented for the font scale factor, font style, recent file paths limit.
• A button has been added at the bottom to save the preferences and close the window automatically.
• Values for all settings are prepopulated when opening the preferences window which improves user experience.
• Text size now changes with the scale factor.
• Buttons now have a newer look to them.
• Menu bar now also changes based on font scale.
• Recent files dropdown now disables if there are now recent files to show.
• Changed format of language stored in settings.
• Cleaned up some duplicate parameters and lines.
• Some settings don't change anything yet as they aren't implemented, but they can be changed and saved.
• Font list now looks through the user's available fonts and defaults to Arial when first installed.
• Removed optional update feature. (Now the update process is secure with or without the updating setting on)
• Moved around some variables to make program run more efficiently if used in update mode.
• Installer no longer asks for user's input when updating as it takes it automagically from the old version.
• File removal now happens closer to when it's created to not cause any issues of files being removed but not created.
• Renamed some intermediate files to conform better.
• Now the installer creates a desktop shortcut and a Start Menu shortcut for Windows!
• All files now have Linux-friendly python interpreter code at the top so that it runs better.

Note: Please check that the new version can open your files before uninstalling the old version.

Coming Soon

• Syntax highlighting for certain file types! (like Python, JS, Java, etc.)
• Line numbers and current line highlighting!

Issues

None found so far. If you do find any, please open a new issue and describe the steps to reproduce it! Include the version number in the title. (you can find that by going to "Help"->"About Encryptext" in the program)

How to install

1. Download and run the "encryptext_installer_v1.8.0_64bit.exe" file from below.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. Run the desktop shortcut (or the Start Menu shortcut) to get started!

Encryptext v1.7.3

Changelog

Improved installation procedure, performance, and file size!

• The installer program now stores the pyinstaller data into a data folder for Encryptext along with some other features for later versions.
• The installer program runs, and then the final program file is shown in the same directory as the installer.
• This should help make the installation procedure much easier as the user can't see any other files that Encryptext uses when installing.
• This version also sets up the base code needed for features that are coming soon!
• Context menu now shows up when right-clicking in the text field.
• Changed binding keys for Ctrl + W to work with the preview window and the editor window.
• Changed preview window to use Toplevel instead of creating a new root window to conform to guidelines.
• Changed preview window to use Toplevel as well.
• Removed unused shortcut to close preview window.
• Created a virtual environment to only include required packages in the installer.
• The installer file has been reduced in size by around 50%.
• Removed modules in requirements.txt file which are already included in the base python installation.
• Changed custom textbox to regular textbox in tkinter.
• Created framework for displaying recent files (will be implemented in next update)
• openFile function now has an easier way to open a file where the file path is known before running the function.
• An error message is now displayed when trying to open a file that doesn't exist.
• More functions now have return "break" to stop any built-in tkinter bindings from running.
• Simplified trackChanges function to be easier to exclude Ctrl, Shift, and Alt keys from firing it.
• Created new function that deals with all the bindings to stop any other issues with key binding.
• Cleaned up menu bar items to look nicer in the code.
• Added more filetypes to git ignore file.
• Renamed installer file as it works cross-platform without needing any changes.

Note: Please check that the new version can open your files before uninstalling the old version.

Coming Soon

• A recent files section to open files much quicker and save time!
• A preferences tab to change certain features!
• Syntax highlighting for certain file types! (like Python, JS, Java, etc.)

Issues

None found so far. If you do find any, please open a new issue and describe the steps to reproduce it! Include the version number in the title. (you can find that by going to "Help"->"About Encryptext" in the program)

How to install

1. Download and run the "encryptext_installer_v1.7.3_64bit.exe" file from below.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. Run the "Encryptext_v1.7.3.exe" file to get started!

Encryptext v1.7.2

Changelog

Quality-of-life update! Multiple facets of the program's general flow have been improved to make it more intuitive and smoother.

• Ctrl+I now correctly italicises text instead of deleting it.
• Added return "break" to all key functions to stop any unintended side effects.
• Changed key bindings to use Ctrl+W for closing tabs and also the window.
• Changed a bunch more key bindings that weren't useful and added extra complexity.
• Encryptext now uses a custom text box to track changes.
• Changes are now tracked when the textbox is edited rather than on key presses which wouldn't have worked with cut, copy, paste shortcuts.
• Shortened list of keys to ignore due to using new textbox.
• Closing a tab now only checks whether the current tab has been saved rather than if every tab has been saved.
• Markdown preview now changes depending on which tab you're on.
• Preview window now only opens automatically once when you open a Markdown file or save a file as a markdown file.
• Changed some shortcut bindings to work on fewer widgets on screen to hopefully improve performance.

Note: Please check that the new version can open your files before uninstalling the old version.

Coming Soon

• A preferences tab to change certain features!
• Syntax highlighting for certain file types! (like Python, JS, Java, etc.)

Issues

None found so far. If you do find any, please open a new issue and describe the steps to reproduce it! Include the version number in the title. (you can find that by going to "Help"->"About Encryptext" in the program)

How to install

1. Download and run the "encryptext_installer_v1.7.2_64bit.exe" file from below.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. Run the "Encryptext_v1.7.2.exe" file to get started!

Encryptext v1.7.1

Changelog

Multi-tab support is now officially supported and complete!

• Text wrapping has been changed to wrap words instead of characters to make content easier to read.
• Markdown preview now updates when the new file hook is run.
• Unsaved changes warning now shows up only if the file has been changed.
• The checks for closing the app should finish a lot faster if there are many tabs with lots of text in each.
• Fixed a bug where the program didn't realise you cancelled the open file command and decided that you had to do the save as command for the same file again.
• Fixed a bug where the formatting from one tab would leak into other files and change their formatting when saving.
• Added confirmation warning when closing a tab with unsaved changes.
• Save state of a file is changed depending on what keys are pressed. (i.e.: Shortcut key combinations don't trigger it)
• Fixed rare edge case where font size could go above or below the limit and continue changing.
• Created a settings file in preparation for v1.8.0!
• The website has been updated with new app images and a new section for the multi-tab support!

Note: Please check that the new version can open your files before uninstalling the old version.

Coming Soon

• A preferences tab to change the window design!
• Syntax highlighting for certain file types! (like Python, JS, Java, etc.)

Issues

None found so far. If you do find any, please open a new issue and describe the steps to reproduce it! Include the version number in the title. (you can find that by going to "Help"->"About Encryptext" in the program)

How to install

1. Download and run the "encryptext_installer_v1.7.1_64bit.exe" file from below.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. Run the "Encryptext_v1.7.1.exe" file to get started!

Encryptext v1.7.0

Changelog

You can now open, edit, save, and format as many files as you want at the same time!

• Multiple tabs can be opened and flipped through using regular shortcuts "Ctrl+Tab" or "Ctrl+Shift+Tab"!
• Each tab can edit and save separate files (of different types) without causing any issues with each other.
• Blocked editing of the encryption key file to stop accidental changes.
• Unsaved changes warning now shows up if there's text present in at least one of the files that are open. This should also reduce the number of times it's shown.
• Removed the file title bar at the top and replaced it with a tab bar to cycle between tabs quickly.
• You can now use the "Ctrl+W" shortcut to close the preview window only if it's in focus.
• The file history now saves more incremental versions with symbols also being counted as a unique change.
• Other small changes that improve the editor.

Note: Please check that the new version can open your files before uninstalling the old version.

Coming Soon

• A preferences tab to change the window design to your heart's content!
• Syntax highlighting for certain file types! (like Python, JS, Java, etc.)

Issues

None found so far. If you do find any, please open a new issue and describe the steps to reproduce it! Include the version number in the title. (you can find that by going to "Help"->"About Encryptext" in the program)

How to install

1. Download and run the "encryptext_installer_v1.7.0_64bit.exe" file from below.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3. Run the "Encryptext_v1.7.0.exe" file to get started!