Arachnophilia is a Web page development workshop and general programming tool.

5.4 2347 03/04/2009 Changed file read/write methods to avoid a memory allocation problem.
5.4 2341 03/03/2009 Restored the function of the syntax color editing dialog in response to regressive feature drift within the Java Swing toolkit collection.
5.4 2337 03/02/2009 Added error-trapping code to prevent inadvertent mangling of documents in the event that the user-selected character encoding doesn't match that of the document being read or written. Users are cautioned that this will only prevent some problems caused by a mismatch between a document and a selected character set, and users need to remain vigilant about the correspondence between the character encoding of documents and that of Arachnophilia.
5.4 2322 02/20/2009 Added a character-encoding indicator to the status bar so users can tell at a glance which character encoding is in effect. Users are reminded that a chosen character encoding (located at "File ... Character Encoding") only affects file reads and writes, it has no effect on a document while it is in memory. Also updated the documentation to address memory issues (see "Common Problems - Memory Issues").
5.4 2318 02/08/2009 Updated base calculator ("Programming ... Base Calculator") appearance and function.
5.4 2315 02/08/2009 Modified display code to prevent appearance inconsistencies when using different Look & Feel options. Changed to default system Look & Feel on fresh installations. (Users can choose their favorite Look & Feel with "Tools ... Set Look & Feel".)
5.4 2312 02/03/2009 Edited the content of the template file set to correct small errors.
5.4 2311 02/02/2009 Fixed a bug in the macro editor that prevented clearing of a shortcut key.
5.4 2307 02/01/2009 Changed to a case-insensitive sort in the file manager dialog.

Refactored file read/write code to deal with a transient resource allocation error.

Fixed a bug that would overwrite an unsaved text file when the "List System Commands" or "List Current Key Mappings" commands were issued. Fixed a bug that prevented opening a zero-length file.

Added a much-requested feature that allows the user to submit an alternative configuration directory on the command line (see "Advanced Features" for more detail).

Recompiled against Java version 1.6.0_16 after receiving a mysterious bug report that shouldn't have happened.

Replaced most string-based keyboard identifiers with keycodes for the benefit of non-English users (unfortunately, the macro mapping codes cannot be replaced with universal constants).

Updated Custom Class feature and documentation. This feature had stopped working because of recent changes in Java, but is again functional.

Made some structural changes to accommodate gradual evolution in Java.