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preview 1 (25.9.901) – January 26, 2026

New General Features

• You can now add both folders and files to Favorites. [PF]
• The Markdown Bold/Italic/Code command now works even when no text is selected. [P]
• The Undo/Redo History dialog has been replaced with a custom bar. [PF]
• The Insert Special Character dialog has been replaced with a custom bar, with improvements including a larger, color font and filtering by Unicode name and block. [PF]
• The Character Code Value dialog has been improved with a larger font and color support. [PF]
• Improved awkward English, German, and Japanese UI text. [PF]
• Discontinued the Russian UI in v25.4. [PF]

New Options

• Added the Add Folder button to the Favorites page of the Customize dialog box. [PF]
• Added gpt-5.2 and gpt-5.2.codex to the Preferred Model drop-down list in the AI Options page of the Customize dialog box (this feature requires the Chat with AI plugin). [P]

Plug-in New Features [P]

• Added the file search feature for Chat with AI, allowing you to upload files to use in chat.
• Added the search feature for Chat with AI to search for chat messages.
• Improved the performance of the commit list in CommitList.

Notes

[PF] EmEditor Professional and EmEditor Free

[P] EmEditor Professional only