A new release of my experimental GExperts version is available. I fixed yet another issue with Unicode / UTF-8. It works now with some Arabic strings which got converted to question marks before. The usual warning applies: My unit tests still work so apparently I haven't broken too much in the process. I also tested … Continue reading GExperts code formatter is now a little bit more Unicode aware →

In my last post I announced that the GExperts code formatter is now Unicode aware. Little did I know. Mohamed Kamel sent me a source file with Arabic strings which still got converted to question marks. So today I have dived into the source code again. I nailed the problem with Arabic strings (and added … Continue reading Unicode is hard – harder than I assumed →

After getting my Delphi XE8 installation to work again I have released a new experimental GExperts version. It is the first where the code formatter should be fully Unicode aware (for Delphi IDEs supporting Unicode, that is >= 2005). My tests worked and some brave souls also tested it live. Also, I found and fixed … Continue reading GExperts code formatter is now Unicode aware →

The latest version is the first version that supports Delphi XE8. There is nothing really new about the formatter code. But the new release can be installed even if you don't have the official GExperts installer (yet). This is an extract from the readme file: ** Installing without an official installer ** With two Delphi … Continue reading Experimental GExperts Version 1.37 2015-04-11 released →

The latest version is the first version that supports Delphi XE7. There is nothing really new about the formatter code. But the new release can be installed even if you don't have the official GExperts installer (yet). This is an extract from the readme file: ** Installing without an official installer ** With two Delphi … Continue reading Experimental GExperts Version 1.37-2014-09-04 released →

There is nothing new about the formatter code, but it includes a patch by Steffen Binas which improves the performance of the File Open dialog when there are a huge number of files. Head over to the Experimental GExperts page to download the new version.

Following up on Erik's overnight surprise release of GExperts for Delphi XE6, here is a new release of my experimental version with the code formatter. The DLLs for all Delphi versions supported by the official GExperts are included. BE WARNED: This version has only tested in so far, that it can be installed into Delphi … Continue reading Experimental GExperts Version 1.37-2014-04-16 released →

The latest version is the first version that supports Delphi XE5 and also officially XE4. There is nothing really new about the formatter code. But the new release can be installed even if you don't have the official GExperts installer (yet). This is an extract from the readme file: ** Installing without an official installer … Continue reading Experimental GExperts Version 1.37-2014-04-12 released →

I am sure you did not know about these features (I had forgotten about them myself): You can save your own custom configuration as FormatterSettings-<YourName>.ini into the GExperts installation directory. After you did that, you can select this configuration in the same way you can the preinstalled configurations. If you want to format a unit … Continue reading GExperts Formatter features you didn’t know about →

There isn't yet any official release of GExperts for Delphi XE4 but if you don't mind a little bit of manual work for installing, you can have it anyway. WARNING: I have just now made this version compile with Delphi XE4. I have not done any tests. You are on your own and responsible for … Continue reading experimental GExperts + code formatter for Delphi XE4 →