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![curses](images/ncurses.png)
+### Updating
+
+Textadept releases typically occur on the first day of the month every 1-2
+months. There is no auto-update process. (Textadept does not connect to the
+internet; it's just a text editor.) Simply download the new version and copy its
+contents into your current installation, overwriting any existing files and
+directories.
+
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## User Interface
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to show the find & replace pane.
* Auto-save files as you switch between buffers by listening for the
`events.BUFFER_BEFORE_SWITCH` event and calling `buffer:save()` for buffers
- that have a `buffer.filename`.
+ that have a `buffer.filename`. In the GUI version, you can even auto-save on
+ a timer via `timeout()`.
* Overload Textadept's find & replace capabilities to use Lua patterns instead
of regex by reacting to `events.FIND` and `events.REPLACE` before Textadept
can, and then determining whether or not the editor's default routines should