ghostwriter 2.0.0

Release Notes

Added

• cmark-gfm now replaces Sundown as the default Markdown processor for live previews an export.
• Syntax highlighting now utilizes cmark-gfm for better accuracy, especially with nested blocks.
• HUDs have been replaced with a side bar.
• Theming has been revamped to include more color options, but to exclude background images.
• CSS for HTML Preview now adaptively changes colors based on the current theme.
• Fonts can be customized for the HTML preview in the Preview Options dialog.
• Themes are now composed of two color schemes: a light mode and a dark mode.
• A new dark mode button in the status bar allows users to switch to the current theme's dark mode.
• Find and replace dialog has been revamped into a panel at the bottom of the application.
• Find and replace now supports highlighting all matches.
• Export dialog now uses native file selector dialog.
• Any two spaces at the end of a line are marked with dots by default.
• Selected text now reveals tabs and spaces.
• Source code has been refactored to follow KDE Frameworks and Qt coding style guides.
• ghostwriter now uses React to update only what changed in the live preview since the last keystroke, significantly reducing the live preview rendering time for large documents.

Fixed

• Issue #281: Removal of HUD windows will facilitate Alt+Tab switching.
• Issue #382, #539: IME selection window/IBUS candidate window should no longer be displaced.
• Issue #401: Single column tables are now highlighted.
• Issue #439: README file was updated to remove the installation of qt5-default on Debian-based systems.
• Issue #480: Menu bar is now accessible on relaunching ghostwriter in full screen mode.
• Issue #494: MathJax JavaScript syntax error that was being printed to the terminal and which prevented inline math from being displayed with the $ sign has been fixed.
• Issue #500: Preview Options dialog will now only open once.
• Issue #507: Multilevel lists are highlighted correctly in the editor with the switch to cmark-gfm handling the syntax highlighting.
• Issue #508: HUD windows have been replaced with a side bar for compatibility with Wayland.
• Issue #517: README.md has been updated with correct instructions location for building on MacOS.
• Issue #503: MathJax has now been included inside the application rather than fetching it externally.
• Issue #532: Insert spaces for tabs now works on startup.
• Issue #536: Added missing Markdown file extensions to file dialog filter when opening and saving files.

Removed

• Discount support was removed due to its conflicting executable name with MultiMarkdown.

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