Release notes for TeXgX (most recent first)

Known problems and unfinished features

Zoom commands in should be more intelligent about the part of the page to be displayed
Auto Mode is not adequately implemented
- does not detect changes in sub-files (\input files) and re-typeset
- doesn't handle errors and incomplete files well
Several menu commands are permanently disabled because the features are not implemented
- Revert to Saved (you can close without saving and re-open, as a workaround)
- By Page Setup
- Preferences (to set default editor font, .fmt file, etc)
- Typeset File (to typeset without opening the .tex file)
Named instances of GX variation fonts are not supported (though you can directly specify values for the variation axes)
It would be nice to support TIFF files as well as the graphic formats currently supported (EPS, PICT, GX picture)
If you open a file, and the *only* changes you make involve "inline input" (in Chinese or Japanese script), then TeXgX doesn't notice the changes and won't save the file
Replace All is slow if replacing many items in a large file, and it can't be interrupted

fixed a serious problem with scroll bars on edit windows
edit windows once again default to wrapping (some day there'll be a preference!)
Undo command now undoes the entire action after Replace All or Indent/Unindent

improved Find command, less likely to fail with large files; much faster, too
- sorry, but regular expressions aren't supported yet
handling of right-to-left scripts in edit windows is improved
edit windows don't wrap by default; gives much better performance with large files
- missing feature: the wrap state of a file is not yet saved

Major new feature: added support for .TFM-based fonts as well as GX metrics
- standard Plain TeX, LaTeX, etc., can be used with their default fonts!
- TeXgX should now be able to typeset "standard" TeX documents, provided the fonts are available on your system
- Read Me Second.tex file is updated to reflect this functionality
- new sample file CM-test.tex
- LaTeX is "supported" (meaning it works) but not included in the distribution
implemented subfolders of the application folder for .fmt's, .tfm's, etc.
note that \dump now writes the .fmt file into the "TeX formats" folder
improved GX font access to speed up jobs with many different fonts
updated Plain.fmt to the latest available version
created TrueType versions of common CM and AMS fonts (separate product; free for non-commercial use), suitable for use with TeXgX and normal Plain/LaTeX styles

enabled inline input for double-byte scripts in edit windows
- tested briefly with Japanese Language Kit 1.2, but feedback is welcome
fixed bug where \show\picfile would report "[unknown extension!]"
increased TeX's main memory size from 64K to 256K, and some other capacities
- note that Plain.fmt and any other .fmt files must be recompiled
added "encodings" to Font Information window (numeric only for now)
- "encoding" is needed primarily for non-Roman scripts with Language Kits
- you can say things like (Arabic language kit example): \font\arb="Baghdad:encoding=4" at 18pt
tested (briefly) with LaTeX2e
runs fine, but font availability & naming is a problem for standard styles

Earlier versions were not made widely available.