MetaEdit+ 4.0 program patches

These patches are only applicable to MetaEdit+ 4.0.

The patch links below are direct links to the .pat files, which are binary files that MetaEdit+ can read via the fileInPatch: xxx.pat command line argument. Download the patch by selecting 'Save to file' in your browser: do not attempt to view as HTML pages! Check the size afterwards: some browsers appear to download these as ASCII files, when they are in fact binary files.

What's new?

Current versions are Service Release 2 on all platforms. 

10.05.2006 Info: Mac OS X version is for PowerPC, will not run on Intel
10.04.2006
Startup problem on Linux: Gnome fontpath
23.02.2005
Service Release 2 released for Linux and Mac OS X
24.01.2005 Service Release 2 released for Windows (includes Windows XP SP2 patch)
10.11.2004 Windows XP SP2: Menus do not open on first mouse click; Classic theme
03.06.2004 Service Release 1

How to use patch files

Save the patch file into the same directory as the MetaEdit+ program (e.g. "c:\Program Files\MetaEdit+ 4.0 Evaluation" on Windows). Change the command line or shortcut that starts MetaEdit+, adding at the end: fileInPatch: xxx.pat (change xxx.pat to the name of the patch file).

All patch files are supplied 'as is', with no guarantees, and no liability for any damages is accepted by MetaCase.


Official Patches and Service Releases

Our current policy is to supply official patches and service releases directly to customers with a valid maintenance agreement. Please contact your sales representative or support if you have any problems.

Service Release 2: MetaEdit+ 4.0 Build 36
SR2 was released as a new installer, adding several new features and correcting some minor problems. See here for details
Service Release 1: MetaEdit+ 4.0 Build 28
SR1 was released as a new installer, adding several new features and correcting some minor problems. See here for details

Beta Patches

These patches are not fully tested, nor normally necessary for operation of MetaEdit+: install them and use them with care, and only if you want or need the changes mentioned.

Windows XP SP2: Menus do not open on first mouse click; Classic theme [Included in SR2]
Windows XP SP2 sends spurious mouse events to MetaEdit+, causing menus to be closed as soon as they are opened. xpmenu+theme.pat corrects this, and also makes MetaEdit+ use the Windows 2000 look if the Classic theme is in force when starting up.
 

Known Problems

Mac OS X version will not run on Intel Macs
The Mac OS X version of MetaEdit+ was released before the advent of Intel Macs, and will only run on the older (pre-Spring 2006) PowerPC-based Macs. MetaCase are working on a new Mac OS X version for Intel-based Macs, which will be available as MetaEdit+ 4.5. In the interim, user reports of similar software suggest that the current Windows version can be run on an Intel Mac, under either BootCamp or Parallels
Startup problem on Linux: Gnome fontpath
MetaEdit+ may hang or give an error on startup or showing diagrams with certain current versions of Linux. Some Ubuntu and Gentoo installations exhibit this problem, possibly other Debian distributions. The root cause appears to be an empty font directory prepended to the font path by a Gnome background application. The workaround is to run the following in your X session before starting MetaEdit+:
   xset fp rehash
Another possible workaround is to change the font path by installing the gsfonts-x11 package, e.g.
   sudo apt-get install gsfonts-x11