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7.4
Jan 16, 2018
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Jan 13, 2017
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6.9
Apr 19, 2016
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Oct 6, 2015
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5.2
Sep 18, 2012
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4.3
Jan 13, 2011

What's new


v7.4 [Jan 16, 2018]
- Typinator can now import text substitution files exported from System Preferences/Keyboard/Text.
- Typinator can now add and edit links in formatted text expansions.
- Access to Typinator's variables via AppleScript.
- New marker for the offset from UTC in the format +hh:mm.
- In a Formatted Text expansion, the built-in DecodeHTML function now produces formatted text from the HTML description.
- Typinator remembers the spell checking options (check while typing, grammar check, automatic correction) separately for plain text, formatted text and HTML expansions.
- Faster updates of the sets after changing the sets folder.
- Internal optimization speeds up background activities and reduces memory allocation.
- Internal cleanup reduces memory footprint of Typinator.
- Date and time information in the diagnostics report now uses the local time zone instead of UTC.
- The diagnostics report now contains information about the length of expansions and internal optimization.
- New expansion technique avoids dropped keystrokes in certain borderline cases and results in slightly faster expansions.
- When Typinator is not registered with a license key, the message at the top of the window now tells what to do.
- Diagnostics report includes information about “quick expansion” settings.
- The download link in the “Predefined Sets” sheet now points directly to the Typinator Snippets section on the Extras page.
- Improved clipboard restoration technique avoids cases where command+V immediately after an expansion pasted the expansion again instead of the previous clipboard.
- Subscriptions are now checked only during periods of inactivity.
- Typinator now decodes HTML expansions nested in formatted or plain text expansions.
- Preferences for smart substitution and spell checking options are now saved immediately.
- Fixes a problem where the find panel did not work in the expansion field because all the buttons were disabled.
- Works around a cursor positioning issue in Microsoft Outlook 2016.
- Works around a rare crash when checking for a newer version.
- Fixes and clarifications in the built-in help page on Regular Expressions.
- Fixes an expansion problem in Reaper, where the typed abbreviation was not completely deleted.
- Fixes a problem with a confusing version alert when there was a problem with the network connection.
- Works around an expansion issue in Microsoft OneNote, which resulted in dropped line breaks.
- Fixes a problem that resulted in empty expansions in rare cases.
- Fixes a layout problem in the German localization, which resulted in a narrow editable part of the expansion field.
- Corrects an error in the German AutoKorrektur set.
- Fixes a problem with certain CJK input methods, when the abbreviation and expansion started with the same letters.
- Improves handling of clipboard-based expansions in certain applications with special requirements.
- Works around a problem that resulted in truncated or overlapping user interface elements.
- Works around a cursor positioning problem in VS Code.
- Works around an expansion problem in Bomgar.
- Fixes a problem where the “What does this symbol mean?” menu command could not show an explanation for secure input mode.
- Works around an expansion problem in FoldingText.
- Fixes a vocabulary conflict in certain AppleScripts (such as the Convert script).
- Works around a cursor positioning issue with the VSCodeVim extension in VS Code.
- Fixes a crash in certain cases where Typinator incorrectly detected and repeatedly handled nested abbreviations.
- Fixes a problem where keystrokes did not work in certain situations in Typinator's save/open dialog windows.
- Works around a cursor positioning problem in Ship.


v7.1 [Jan 13, 2017]
- When an input form is open, it is now possible to temporarily switch to other windows, for example to copy/paste text into form fields.
- New “quick search” AppleScript command.
- The home and end keys now jump to the first and last items in lists.
- Typinator now ignores the “backspace before expansion” marker that was used in previous versions of Typinator.
- Improved display of expansions in the Quick Search results.
- Reduces network traffic caused by subscription checks.
- Typinator now automatically detects and cleans up duplicates of subscriptions.
- Improved handling of conflicts between sets shared via Dropbox.
- Works around a conflict with “smart” cut and paste in Tex-Edit Plus, where spaces were inserted in certain expansions.
- The diagnostics report now contains additional information about internal optimization.
- Works around a rare crash when opening the User's Guide from within Typinator.
- Fixes a problem where a pop-up choice with an empty text result was not suggested as the default value at the next invocation.
- Works around an expansion problem with the Vim plug-in in Visual Studio Code.
- Fixes an expansion problem in the mail address field of MailMate.
- Fixes a problem on macOS Sierra, which caused insertion of pictures from the Includes folder to fail.
- Works around a problem that caused incorrect behavior of formatting keystrokes in long plain text expansions for certain target applications.
- Works around a bug in LibreOffice, which fails to pick up Typinator's expansions from the clipboard.
- Works around an issue with leftover abbreviation characters in Coda.



v6.7 [Oct 6, 2015]
- Solves a problem that caused compiled scripts to be missing from the {…} menu.
- The installer now shows a more prominent warning when the version to be installed is not covered by the current license.
- Silent installation without audible feedback.
- Fixes a truncated button title in the "What's New" window.
- Solves an expansion problem with autocompletion in Mail's address field.


v5.2 [Sep 18, 2012]
- Compatible with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
- Typinator can now import Spell Catcher glossaries that have been exported as XML files.
- New technique for passing context variables to AppleScripts in Unicode format.
- Improves import from text files.
- Formatted text expansions now also work for certain applications that understand only HTML-formatted text.
- Internal redesign of the event mechanism.
- Improves performance and reliability of clipboard-based expansions.
- Cleanup: no longer supports old-style AppleScript expansions.
- Improved message in the registration window.
- Registration reminders appear less frequently in trial mode.
- Improved timing for clipboard restoration.
- Avoids a delay caused by feedback sounds in certain circumstances.
- Typinator's "Show Window" hotkey now also works when a sheet is attached to the main window.
- Works around an expansion problem in Save sheets.
- The Installer's completion sound now plays through the "sound effects" channel and respects the alert volume as defined in System Preferences.
- Works around an initial delay in many clipboard-based expansions.
- Expansion feedback sounds play through the "sound effects" channel specified in System Preferences.
- Subtle time-drift problem solved: All date and time items inside an expansion now refer to the exact time when the abbreviation was typed.
- Undo now works in the Notes field in the Set Info window.
- Fixes a problem that caused loss of pictures in formatted expansions.
- Resolves a shortcut conflict with Adobe Photoshop.
- Fixes a potential crash when changing the default feedback sounds in Typinator's preferences.
- Works around a cursor positioning problem in Cocoa applications when the expansion contains degrees or caret symbols.
- Correctly positions the cursor in expansions containing certain special Unicode characters.
- Solves an expansion problem inside spreadsheet cells in Numbers.
- Fixes a rare lock-up during a Quick Search.
- Improved rounding in the "General" format of the pocket calculator.
- New technique for adding Typinator to the list of Login Items now also works for Mountain Lion.
- Fixes an expansion problem that was introduced with Pages 4.2. Numbers 2.2 and Keynote 5.2.
- Works around a cursor positioning problem in Numbers.
- No longer disables expansions when an ATOK input source is selected.
- Works around an expansion and cursor positioning problem in Xcode 4.
- Improves handling of quickly typed abbreviations that follow each other immediately.
- Now correctly handles cases where a character that terminated a "whole word" expansion is the beginning of the next abbreviation.
- Typinator no longer suppresses formatted expansions or expansions that include backspaces if they match the typed abbreviation.
- Avoids a delay before the first expansion takes place in an application.
- Works around a potential lock-up in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
- Typinator now correctly recognizes Java applications with non-standard process signatures.
- Improves handling of longer and multi-line expansions in CafeTran.
- Fixes an issue where the font and color panels could not be used in rich text expansions after switching to another application.
- Works around a timing problem with clipboard-based expansions in TextMate.
- Now works with the English variant of the "Baram" input source for Korean.
- Fixes a crash on Mountain Lion when importing or exporting sets under certain circumstances.
- Improved detection of AppleScript parameters that consist of multiple lines.
- Improves handling of the "start at login" setting in cases where the Typinator application was renamed.
- The installer now uses an improved technique for finding the preferred destination location.
- Works around an expansion problem when renaming a document via its window title on Mountain Lion.
- Typinator now correctly disables itself in Windows applications running in coherence mode in Parallels.



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