0.2 - Stable

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🌟 Text Forge v0.2.0-stable - Stable Release

Start simple, expand infinitely

Release Date: 12 December 2025
Status: Stable - Public Release
Engine: Godot v4.5.stable.official [876b29033]
License: MIT 2025-present by Mahan Khalili and contributors

🔥Highlights

Forget version 0.1—it's ancient history! Prepare to be amazed by version 0.2. Reimagine your workflow with project-based organization. Unleash limitless potential with effortless external module installation via the marketplace. Transform your editing environment with captivating themes and UI filters. Experience lightning-fast startups and seamless background loading. Craft files effortlessly using intelligent templates. Navigate sprawling documents in a flash with bookmarks. Finally, revel in an editor that anticipates your every need with smart, language-aware compatibility. The question isn't if, but when? Upgrade to 0.2 today!

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🚀 What’s New Since 0.1

Text Editor

• Caret position button (Add caret pos #96)
• Template system (Implement Templates system #117)
• Mode-driven indentation settings (Add indentation configuration from modes #136)
• Support custom preview formats (Add custom preview support with nodes #115)
• Bookmarks support and bookmarks panel (Implement Bookmarks #137)
• Auto text writing direction for editor (Add auto text writing direction to editor #144)
• Indentation Settings button (Add indentation configuration from modes #136)

UI / UX

• Theme support (Add theme changing support at runtime #100)
• Syntax highlighting colors by themes (Syntax colors support #113)
• Restore panel open state (Restore panel open state #103)
• Synchronized preview scrolling with the editor’s vertical scroll (Sync editor vertical scroll value with preview vertical scroll value #124)
• UI Filter for editor (Add "UI Filter" for main window #145)
• Enhanced dynamic reload for settings (Add "UI Filter" for main window #145)
• Fixed: Changelog is not displayed in editor (Fix changelog display in About window #133)
• File selection dialog filters improved across multiple scenes (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• Fixed: Checkable menu options did not toggle correctly (Fix: checkable menu options not toggling correctly #146)

Core

• Add Project module (TFPM): .tfproj support, Project menu, Files panel and Recent Projects (Add Project module (TFPM): .tfproj support, Project menu, Files panel and Recent Projects #95)
• Threaded Loading Startup (Priority based action script loading #112)
• API: Settings.config to Settings.data (merged settings loading) (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• Fixed API: Extension config hooks corrected (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• Backup system ID generation now timestamp-based with random suffix (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• API: FileDatabase class removed (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• Fixed Action Script: Logic update and bug fixes (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• Fixed Backup System: Restored backup saving functionality (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• Fixed Backup System: BackupStatus color updates on failure (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• Fixed Backup System: Infinite save_request cycles (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• Fixed: Backup System: auto_backup_interval_minutes setting name (was misspelled) (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• Fixed: Internal modes no longer reinstall on every application run (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• Fixed Asset Filename: loafing.png to loading.png (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• Fixed: Action scripts loading broken due to incorrect path globalization in core/main.gd (Fix localized path for action scripts #143)
• Fixed: Error when multiple save requests sent at same time (Add support for multiple save requests #102)

Other

• Marketplace (Add Marketplace browsing and installation feature #106)
• Security: validation for extension/mode file extraction (prevents path traversal attacks) (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• Action Script: Command > Command Pallete to Command > Command Palette (renamed, improved search) (Refactor for 0.2 Release: Code Style, Action Scripts, and Bug Fixes #139)
• API: NetSuite autoload (Add NetSuite for network tasks #105)

And many more! see CHANGELOG for more information.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• Minor: Please remove settings.cfg and presets.cfg from editor data folder, otherwise updating from -0.2-rc1 to +0.2-rc2 will generate two options for auto_backup_interval_minutes.

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🎉 Contributors

• @mkh-user - 60 merges

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🔗 Text Forge Website

🔥 Get modes from Marketplace

🎖️ List of available languages

💯 Get Your Modes

After downloading Text Forge, use Settings > Marketplace, mode library or online marketplace to customize your workspace.

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Supported Platforms

• Windows x86_64
• Linux x86_64

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This discussion was created from the release 0.2 - Stable.