Version 18.5

January 8, 2019

New General Features

  • Greatly improved the speed of opening very large files without using temporary files.

Test results:

v17.9

v18.4

v18.5

Comparison to v17.9

Open a very large file (without temporary files)

20.4 seconds

15.6 seconds

8.17 seconds

2.50 times faster

\* 1.34 GB, 100,000,000 lines, random ASCII data, Use Temporary Files option off, Windows 10 (64-bit), Core i7-8700K, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD.

  • Greatly improved the speed of changing line-wrap mode using multi-threading.

Test results:

v18.4

v18.5 (single thread)

v18.5 (6 threads)

Comparison (6 threads)

Switch from No-wrap to Wrap by 80 characters

1.469 seconds

0.765 seconds

0.344 seconds

4.27 times faster

\* 538 MB, 10,000,000 lines, random ASCII data, Use Temporary Files option off, Windows 10 (64-bit), Core i7-8700K, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD.

  • The new version allows you to assign shortcuts for CSV cell selection mode related commands separately from other commands. The default CSV keyboard shortcuts include the F2 key for the Edit Cell command, Ctrl+Right/Left/Up/Down keys for Right/Left/Top/Bottom Edge commands, and Ctrl+Shift+Right/Left/Up/Down keys for Right/Left/Top/Bottom Edge Extend commands.

  • The new version allows you to filter with an empty string while Match Whole String is enabled in the Advanced Filter dialog box.

  • The new version allows you to abort advanced filters without dismissing the Advanced Filter dialog box. Replaced the Clear and Cancel buttons with Abort and Close buttons in the Advanced Filter dialog box.

  • In the new version, right-clicking on an empty line or cell and selecting the Filter or Filter in Column command from the context menu will set an empty string as a filter if Match Whole String is enabled.

  • The new version allows you to press the Enter key to insert a newline in multiple selection mode.

  • New default shortcut keys include Alt+Ctrl+Right/Left/Up/Down keys to extend vertical selection (Char Right/Left/Up/Down Extend).

New Options

New Commands