HTML-Kit Build 240 - 248

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Created HTML-Kit related newsgroups for asking general questions and plugins development related issues. [v1.0]
Added the "Tab2Spc" plugin to expand tabs to spaces. [v1.0]
Optimized the "Actions Bar" to be faster and more flexible. [v1.0]
Improved the Actions Bar to give single click access to most of the HTML tags and attributes. [v1.0]
"Favorites" tab in the Actions Bar can be used to keep most frequently used actions to avoid having to scroll through tabs. Right click on an action icon to add it to the Favorites tab. [v1.0]
Improved the "HTML Tidy" plugin to allow converting to XML/XHTML, changing the case of tags/attributes, indenting, upgrading to CSS, etc., using a drop-down menu without having to change preferences. [v1.0]
"Unique ID" generator plugin added to allow easily generating IDs for tags, when creating forms or using style sheets for example. [v1.0]
HTML-Kit Plugin demo released for developers. [v1.0]
A menu item named "Message Window" added to the "Windows" menu to easily focus the "Message Window" after making it visible if necessary. [v1.0]
"Ctrl+]" and "Ctrl+[" assigned as shortcut keys for indent and unindent. [v1.0]
"Import from file" option added to the startup document template section in the "Preferences" dialog box. [v1.0]
It is now possible to align the "Actions Bar" vertically or horizontally by right clicking and selecting the desired docking edge. Manually moving or docking the Actions Bar can take a long time. This function will be improved in a future build. [v1.0]
Selecting a file name from the recent files/URLs list, when that file is already open, will bring that file into focus, rather than opening a duplicate. [v1.0]
New option "Show complete file names in editor windows" will make it easier to distinguish files with the same name residing in different directories. [v1.0]
Added "Insert Date / Time" plugin with multiple date and time formats. [v1.0]
Fixed a font overlapping problem in the "Auto Complete" tab under preferences. [v1.0]
HTML-Kit's functionality can now be extended using third-party plugins. [v1.0]
New "Actions Bar" will allow faster access to plugins and other frequently used functions. [v1.0]
Added the tags list plugin to make it easier to format selected text. For a demonstration, select a block of text and click the "Anchor" icon in the Actions Bar (right hand corner). [v1.0]
Option to automatically maximize the current editor, when toolbars are being adjusted for example, added to "Preferences... | General." [v1.0]
"Repeat last action" will make it easier to repeat the last plugin action with a single key press. [v1.0]
Started developing a context sensitive help system for HTML-Kit. The actual help will not be available for several more builds, only the foundation is included. [v1.0]
HTML-Kit will now recognize older cut, copy and paste keys in addition to the standard Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V keys. Shift+Del = Cut, Ctrl+Ins = Copy, Shift+Ins = Paste. [v1.0]
Updated the IDs generator plugin to generate IDs based on the date and time. [v1.0]
Following hot keys were defined to make it easier to toggle between the editor, preview window and other windows: F12 - Toggle between the editor and the preview window; Ctrl+F12 - Go to the next window (cycle through edit, preview, output and split); Shift+F2 - Same as Ctrl+F12 except the previous window will be selected instead. [v1.0]
"Message Window" and "Actions Bar" now have a quick close button. [v1.0]
"File Types" manager added to customize the types of text files opened/saved by HTML-Kit and to add new types as needed. Syntax highlighting will be automatically turned off when files specified as non-HTML files are opened. [v1.0]
"Windows Manager" under the "Windows" menu will make it easier to mange open windows (useful when there are many editors and other windows open). [v1.0]
"Open the most recent document on startup" option will automatically load the document that was open in the last HTML-Kit session. Also added an option to "Maximize documents on open." [v1.0]
New "Undo / Redo List" will make it easier to visualize how a document has evolved over time and to quickly undo/redo multiple actions. [v1.0]
Added HKScript scripting language to make it easier to rapidly create plugins without having to use C/C++ or other compiler. Refer to the HTML-Kit Developer's Reference for details. [v1.0]
Changed the "Print" button's behavior to print the current document without additional prompts. If a text block is selected, that block will be printed instead of the complete document. The "Print" option under the "File" menu bar will still bring up the print dialog box before printing. [v1.0]
Selecting a file name that no longer exists from the most recently used (MRU) file list will invoke a prompt to create an empty file or remove the file name from the MRU list. [v1.0]
Added "onsubmit" attribute to HTML Tidy to avoid unknown attribute error. [v1.0]
"Windows Integration" dialog box added to easily setup context menus to open, edit, print and validate HTML files from the Windows Explorer folders, and to edit files displayed in Internet Explorer 4/5 with a single key. "Check to see if HTML-Kit is the default editor" option will make sure that related file associations will not be altered by other applications without notice. [v1.0]
Added "Cut" option to the editor context menu (right-click menu). [v1.0]
Action Bar improvements -- ability to turn off the "[All]" tab, change action buttons to 3-D buttons instead of the default flat buttons, and switch to a particular tab using the context menu; plus some speed improvements. [v1.0]
Improved the "Tags" plugin. CSS2 style sheet attributes, server side include commands and environment variables added to the "Actions Bar" for easy reference. Improved the "Date/Time" plugin to automatically adjust to local time formats and to give easy access to the Windows regional settings. [v1.0]
Added "Insert File," "Save Selection As" and "Save All Changed Files" options to the "File" menu. [v1.0]
Replaced the "Save As..." button in the "Standard" toolbar with a "Save" button. [v1.0]

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HTML-Kit Build 240 - 248