Version 23.1

January 25th, 2024

New General Features

  • The new version significantly enhanced the speed of numerous commands when editing very large files, including CSV, while also reducing crashes caused by low memory. [PF]

  • The new KeepRunning property of the Shell object allows you to use async functions such as fetch in a macro. The fetch can be used to call APIs offered by many services such as generative AIs. [P]

  • Added the Completion List feature. [P]

  • Update LSP servers of CSS and JSON to 1.85.1 and update typescript-language-server to v4.2.0. [P]

  • The Store app version now accepts a registration key for the Desktop versions purchased outside of the Microsoft Store. [P]

Test results:

v23.0

v23.1

Comparison

Open a file [*A]

0.276 seconds

0.107 seconds

2.58 times faster

Replace All [*B]

0.351 seconds

0.125 seconds

2.81 times faster

Cut and Paste [*C]

287 seconds

127 seconds

2.26 times faster

Change Case [*D]

524 seconds

177 seconds

2.96 times faster

Convert CSV format [*E]

1310 seconds

533 seconds

2.46 times faster

AutoFill [*F]

1290 seconds

31.3 seconds

41.2 times faster

Combine Lines [*G]

566 seconds

256 seconds

2.21 times faster

Insert Column [*H]

152 seconds

97.4 seconds

1.56 times faster

Set Column [*I]

137 seconds

90.6 seconds

1.51 times faster

Sort CSV [*J]

373 seconds

239 seconds

1.56 times faster

Split Column [*K]

536 seconds

326 seconds

1.64 times faster

*A: 148 MB, 3 million lines, random ASCII text file.

editor.OpenFile(sFileName, 0, eeOpenAllowNewWindow|eeDontUseTempFile);

*B: 1.03 GB , 30 million lines, random ASCII text file.

document.selection.Replace('a', '', eeReplaceAll);

*C: 35.2 MB , 1 million lines, random ASCII text file.

document.selection.SelectAll(); 
document.selection.Cut(); 
document.selection.Paste(eeCopyUnicode);

*D: 1.03 GB , 30 million lines, random ASCII text file.

document.selection.SelectAll(); 
document.selection.ChangeCase(eeCaseUpperCase);

*E: 1.03 GB , 30 million lines, random ASCII text file.

document.ConvertCsv(2, eeCsvDiscardUndo);

*F: 113 MB , 10 million lines, ASCII CSV file.

document.AutoFill(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 10000000, eeFillSeries, 2);

*G: 113 MB , 10 million lines, ASCII CSV file.

document.CombineLines('1', '2,3', ';', '', eeRemoveDuplicates, 'en-US');

*H: 113 MB , 10 million lines, ASCII CSV file.

document.InsertColumn(4, 'c', '', eeDontQuote, 1, 0);

*I: 113 MB , 10 million lines, ASCII CSV file.

document.SetColumn(1, 'c', '', eeDontQuote, 1, 0);

*J: 113 MB , 10 million lines, ASCII CSV file.

document.Sort('1>N-', eeSortBinaryComparison, '');

*K: 56.1 MB , 5 million lines, ASCII CSV file.

document.SplitColumn('1', '0', eeSplitIntoColumns, '', 0, 0, 'en-US');

All: Default options, Windows 11, Ryzen 9 7950X, 96 GB RAM.

New Options

  • Renamed Web Help to Online Help. [PF]

  • Added the Help page to the Customize dialog box. [P]

  • Added the Show completion list check box to the Language Server page of configuration properties. [P]

New Commands

Macro New Features [P]

Notes

  • [P] EmEditor Professional only

  • [PF] EmEditor Professional and EmEditor Free