q22 3.3.0

3.3.0 - 2026-09-12

Added

• Added Unicode-aware string scanning, with modes for Latin/Roman text and all-script multilingual text.
• Added CPIO Structure View support.
• Added lazy loading for dynamic Strata arrays so large archive and filesystem structures expand on demand.
• Added QIODevice-backed sequence access for faster and more consistent file, search, export, checksum, entropy, and disassembly workflows.
• Added copy-path support to the File Information panel.

Changed

• Improved Structure View usability with a separate type column, clearer entry-point naming, and better nested/semantic row handling.
• Improved file opening and search/export performance through shared device-backed data access.
• Improved ISO, WOFF, ZIP, and dynamic-array Strata definitions.

Fixed

• Fixed Joliet supplementary ISO directory entries so semantic filesystem rows show readable UTF-16BE names.
• Fixed PE/entry-point detection and disassembly integration issues.
• Fixed string scanning false positives from broad Unicode detection by defaulting to Latin/Roman Unicode scanning.
• Fixed File Information path/location behavior so the full file path can be shown and copied.
• Fixed several Structure View robustness issues around lazy arrays, large containers, and malformed referenced data.

q22 3.2.0

3.2.0 - 2026-07-20

Added

• Added broad Structure View support for archives, nested files, compressed streams, fonts, media containers, images, disk images, and WebAssembly modules.
• Added nested-source navigation so embedded files and file slices can be opened directly from Structure View.
• Added transformed nested-source support for gzip, zlib, and deflate-backed data.
• Added declarative Strata semantic views for richer high-level summaries without native renderer code.
• Added Strata language support for reusable bitfields, row diagnostics, richer formatting, compound sizeof(...), explicit array-element behavior, table-relative offsets, and keyed scalar lookups.

Changed

• Improved Structure View navigation with nested-source breadcrumbs and clearer context-menu actions.
• Improved Strata authoring documentation, keyword coverage, and guidance for large or archive-like formats.
• Improved archive and container handling for ZIP/JAR/APK-style files, TAR/GZip files, ISO images, ICO/CUR images, and WOFF fonts.
• Improved executable-code integration for PE, ELF, and WebAssembly Structure View rows.

Fixed

• Fixed several Structure View robustness issues with malformed files, unsupported nested data, transformed streams, and invalid format selections.
• Fixed major Structure View performance problems in large ZIP/archive views.
• Fixed project/build portability issues around generated CMake configurations and Windows builds.
• Fixed UI consistency issues in nested-source prompts, Structure View context menus, and breadcrumb styling.

q22 3.1.0

3.1.0 - 2026-07-13

Added

• Added Android DEX Structure View support with raw DEX tables and a semantic summary for strings, types, fields, methods, and classes.
• Added Strata uleb128 and sleb128 primitive integer types for variable-width encodings used by DEX, WebAssembly-style formats, and related binary formats.
• Added Strata export version(...) metadata so user definitions can intentionally override built-in definitions.
• Added Qt Creator highlighting for canonical .strata files while keeping legacy .struct highlighting.

Changed

• Renamed shipped Strata definitions from .struct to .strata; legacy .struct user definitions remain supported.
• Moved user Strata definitions to ~/.config/catch22/q22/strata, with migration from the older structs directory.
• Moved q22 settings, palettes, bookmarks, and Strata files under the catch22/q22 config directory.
• Changed Strata magic(...) metadata to use byte-sequence-first syntax, with the optional offset second.
• Improved duplicate built-in/user Strata definition logging, including clear picked/ignored entries.
• Updated Strata documentation, keyword reference, examples, and Qt Creator highlighter metadata.

Fixed

• Improved rendering of tagged byte arrays as strings in Structure View.
• Improved decoded DEX string display, including modified UTF-8 handling and cleaner summary labels.
• Removed noisy early DEX dynamic rows that duplicated raw table data without adding useful names.
• Fixed stale copied built-in .struct files from being loaded beside renamed .strata definitions.

q22 3.0.2

3.0.2 - 2026-07-07

Added

• First public Q22 release package for Linux and Windows.
• Qt 6 desktop application based on the original Catch22 HexEdit editing model.
• Hex editor with overwrite and insert editing, undo/redo, selection, search, goto, and bookmark workflows.
• File properties, checksums, string extraction, and entropy/statistics panels.
• Structure View for inspecting PE, ELF, and custom Strata structure definitions.
• Disassembly panel using Capstone, with x86, x86-64, ARM, ARM Thumb, and AArch64 support.
• Function discovery, function bookmarks, and HexView "Disassemble This" integration.
• Light, dark, and system theme modes with custom palettes.
• Linux AppImage and Windows zip release artifacts.

Changed

• Modernized the UI around Qt docked panels, custom status bar controls, preferences, and platform-aware window chrome.
• Added GNOME/Mutter and KDE/KWin-specific frameless-window handling.
• Added AppStream metadata for Linux packaging.
• Added third-party notices for Qt, Capstone, and GNOME/Adwaita icons.

Notes

• Linux packaging currently targets AppImage.
• Windows packages are unsigned zip archives.
• This release should be smoke-tested on Fedora GNOME, KDE Plasma, Windows 11, and an Ubuntu LTS AppImage run before publication.