Release Notes
Version 1.5 (released 10/31/2009)
- Added a structure definition for hidden Xcode preferences
- Added a new data formatter for viewing/editing Snow Leopard bookmark data objects
- Fixed a bug where keyboard shortcuts in the favorites browser would not appear in the correct rows
- Removed the scripts menu, since it's just as easy to use the system provided one now
- Removed the "Automatically begin editing newly created objects" preference. The new behavior is to always begin editing newly created objects.
- We now provide a custom interface for creating and editing property list structure definitions
- Added a "View By Subkey" command, to allow previewing a particular key in a list of dictionaries without having to expand each one
- Added a "Sort By Subkey" command that allows sorting an array of dictionaries based on one of their keys
- Fixed a bug where the incorrect row was colored red when a file in a property list browser could not be found
- Fixed a problem that would cause PlistEdit Pro to hang when attempting to save a file on a read-only volume
- Fixed some selection glitches when using the "Select All" command
- Opening the find panel no longer causes Spaces to switch to a different space.
- Improved speed of opening files when autocompletion is enabled.
- We now support the new XML based property list structure definitions introduced by Xcode 3.1
- Removed the preference to control undo levels
Version 1.4.2 (released 08/25/2009)
- Fixed a bug where files would not open properly under Snow Leopard
Version 1.4.1 (released 07/24/2008)
- Fixed a problem where some serial numbers would not work correctly on Tiger
- Updated Sparkle framework to version 1.5
- Fixed a few items in the German localization
- Plist/preferences browsers now resolve aliases when scanning for plists
Version 1.4 (released 04/17/2008)
- We now support editing any files on the system, prompting for an admin password to save changes when necessary
- Added autocompletion when entering data. Suggestions for keys and values are provided based on existing content in the property list and information found in plist definitions
- Plist definitions are now enabled by default. This makes autocompletion much more useful, especially when editing Info.plist files
- Updated plist definition files with new keys for Leopard, and added new definitions for Xgrid, Podcast Producer, iPhoto, and iTunes
- Added a new data formatter for viewing Carbon-style dates stored as a number of seconds since 01/01/1904
- You can now set up and save property list browser configurations, which gives easy access to all plist files in one or more directories on your system
- The minimum system requirement has changed from 10.3.9 to 10.4.0
Version 1.3.1 (released 11/02/2007)
- Added new preferences for case sensitive and numeric sorting
- Implemented ODB editor suite and Xcode editor interface, improving PlistEdit Pro's ability to be used as an external editor
- Fixed a bug where hex data would be displayed byte swapped on Intel machines
- The search field is now focused by default when opening the preferences browser
- Data items now display how many bytes they contain
- We now use the new yellow find indicator in Leopard
Version 1.3 (released 10/10/2006)
- Added syntax coloring for XML tags in the plist text view
- New data formatters allow viewing of plist values interpreted as different data types. Formatters include:
- View number objects as: four character code, storage size (KB, MB, etc.), hours/minutes/seconds, hexadecimal (big and little endian), or dates expressed as time intervals
- View data objects as: alias records, strings (UTF-8, UTF-16, MacOS Roman, and ASCII encodings)
- Added Sparkle support, allowing for automatic downloading of updates
- The edit value sheet and the preferences window now remembers their position and size
- Double clicking on parentheses/brackets in the text view now selects to the matching parenthesis/bracket
- Tooltips are now displayed for values to large to draw in the value column (Tiger only)
- Copying drag and drop of plist objects now puts a textual version in the clipboard/drag
- Added toolbar buttons for Edit Value and Prefs Browser
Version 1.2.1 (released 06/05/2006)
- Updated to be a Universal binary which will run on both PPC and Intel Macs. The minimum system requirement is now OS X 10.3.9
- Added a new improved German localization
- Editing a long hex data value in the edit sheet now properly displays the entire value
- Menu items are now enabled properly when triggering a pop-up menu in the main outline view via the space bar
- Added a service to open plist text in PlistEdit Pro. This also allows dragging plist text onto the dock icon to open it (Tiger only).
- Added pledit command line tool, which allows opening plists and piping plist text to PlistEdit Pro
Version 1.2 (released 06/22/2005)
- Added "Goto Line" command for textual editing view
- Long strings and other values can now be viewed/edited in a separate sheet
- You can also assign a value to multiple items at once using the edit sheet
- Added a column to view the format of property list files in property list browsers
- You can now do batch validation and format conversion of plist files within a property list browser
- Created new property list definitions for Info.plist, Core Image, sync schemas, and launchd plists
- Added new menu items to add keys defined in property list definitions
- Xcode integration can now be disabled
- Added new "Select Parent" menu item
- When running under Tiger, you can tell the system to write preference plists as XML instead of binary
- You can now tell PlistEdit Pro to check for updates on the internet
- When activated, PlistEdit Pro can now detect if a file has been changed on disk and ask the user if they want to read in the new changes
Version 1.1.2 (released 04/25/2005)
- Fixed a problem that prevented the prefs browser from displaying on Tiger
- The revert command now reads the contents of files that have been edited externally
- Improved performance when opening large property list files with the text view hidden
- Fixed a problem where some files would not display properly in property list browsers
Version 1.1.1 (released 01/08/2005)
- fixed some issues in the German localization
- you can now use PlistEdit Pro as an external editor for Xcode/Project Builder
- you can now add a plist file directly to an open Xcode project while saving
- when opening a corrupt property list, you can now examine and fix the plist text
- property list browsers now support multiple selection
Version 1.1 (released 08/10/2004)
- added a favorites menu, with configurable keyboard shortcuts
- the preferences browser now scans subfolders of the preferences folders
- added a generic property list browser, so you can view lists of plist files other than the preferences folder
- added the ability to drag a folder to the application and view all the property list files within
- added search by content in plist browsers
- added a scripts menu
- added a German localization
- you can now choose what font to use in plist browsers
- there is now an option to automatically start editing newly created objects
- fixed a bug with input of non-English formatted numbers
Version 1.0.1 (released 03/10/2004)
- numbers are now formatted correctly in non-US localizations
- added support for reading/writing 'plst' resources
- we now handle page up/down and home/end keys in the outline view
Version 1.0 (released 03/04/2004)
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