Search and Replace was improved. File type filtering and the MIME sub system have been reworked. The user interface was polished. Focus control has been improved. Version control improvements. The preferences dialog was improved. There are improvements to the debugger GUI.
The new Scintilla-based editor is now the default. This release adds Realtime VCS, support for Perl 6, Task 3.0 and Style 2.0, and many other large and small changes.
Support was added for a newer version of the Scintilla editor component, yielding better syntax highlighting. A fast find dialog that opens up in in the bottom of the editor window (similar to Firefox's) was added. Many bug fixes and small improvements were made.
The memory footprint was reduced. Various fixes were made to the find in files dialog and other components of Padre. The German translation was updated. Saving a file without an extension gives you a list of possible extensions.