v0.1.9 — the Direct2D editor by default, with text drag-and-drop

The Direct2D editor is now the default, and it no longer gives anything up against the old one.

0.1.8 offered it as an opt-in. This release makes it what you get, and closes the one feature it was missing.

What changed

• New editor by default. No word wrap with real horizontal scrolling, syntax colouring, error-line tints after a failed build, and a system caret that Narrator, Magnifier's follow the text cursor and IME candidate lists can track. Only the lines on screen are laid out, so a 20,000-line file costs about what a 200-line one does.
• Dragging text within a file works. Drag a selection to move it, Ctrl-drag to copy, and text dropped from other applications is accepted. This was the one thing the old editor did that the new one did not — the reason 0.1.8 shipped it as a preview rather than as the default.

If you prefer the old editor

Untick Settings ▸ Use the Direct2D editor and restart, or launch with --richedit. Both still work, and an explicit opt-out outranks the new default — if you unticked the box in 0.1.8, this release leaves you on the old editor.

Unchanged

Dropping a file on the editor still opens it, with the usual unsaved-changes prompt. The Output pane, the Problems list, the file:line:col jump, signing, sealing and the build toolchain are untouched.

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Installs per-user, no admin required. Existing installs update in place via ≡ ▸ Check for Updates…, the About box, or the background check.