Open Markdown Lane 0.24.6

Open Markdown Lane 0.24.6 adds easier font and content-width settings (#18).

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Changes

• Preferences → Fonts & Layout exposes separate body and code font fields without expanding advanced CSS. Choose a suggestion or enter a locally installed font family/fallback list; empty fields use the theme default. Suggestions do not install or download fonts.
• Maximum content width supports px or %. Percentage widths follow each editor pane in live/source mode and split view. Both values are remembered, and existing pixel settings retain their meaning.
• Font and layout choices remain separate for each theme, persist across restarts and are included in CSS export. Reset restores the current theme defaults.
• Existing editing, undo/redo, document recovery, language preferences and AppImage update support remain available.

Downloads

• macOS 14+, Apple Silicon: DMG or ZIP.
• Windows 10/11 x64: Setup.exe or ZIP.
• Linux x64: DEB or x86_64 AppImage, plus its .zsync control file.

The six installers and the control file are covered by SHA256SUMS.txt. macOS is locally signed, not notarized; Windows is unsigned. macOS may request Documents-folder access again after an update.

Validation

Release gates exercise actual font styles for body/inline/fenced/large-code editing, percentage geometry in live/source/split/narrow layouts, legacy settings, restart, theme switching/reset, CSS export and exact save/undo/redo. macOS native WebKit has its own focused acceptance. Existing installed-editor, issue regressions and Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 real FUSE checks also run. The post-publication AppImageUpdate job uses the previous public image's embedded channel when available.

Open Markdown Lane 0.24.5

Open Markdown Lane 0.24.5 improves AppImage naming and standard update support.

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Changes

• Linux AppImage files now use Open-Markdown-Lane-VERSION-x86_64.AppImage. DEB, Windows and macOS package naming stays the same.
• The AppImage embeds a standard gh-releases-zsync update channel pointing to stable GitHub releases. A matching .AppImage.zsync control file is published and covered by SHA256SUMS.txt.
• Use AppImageUpdate or appimageupdatetool to check and install updates. With --remove-old, the upstream tool removes the previous AppImage after validating its replacement. Existing documents, recovery data and settings stay in their data directories.
• Standard embedded update discovery starts with 0.24.5. Older AppImages need a manual first upgrade, or the upstream tool's explicit update-information override.
• English/system-language behavior and the existing editing, recovery and plugin features are retained.

Downloads

• macOS 14+, Apple Silicon: DMG or ZIP.
• Windows 10/11 x64: Setup.exe or ZIP.
• Linux x64: DEB or x86_64 AppImage, plus its .zsync control file.

The six installers and the control file are covered by SHA256SUMS.txt. macOS is locally signed, not notarized; Windows is unsigned. macOS may request Documents-folder access again after an update.

Validation

Release gates check the actual runtime's embedded update information, zsync integrity, real upstream delta updates, unchanged-block reuse, no-update detection and checksum-failure retention. Existing installed-editor and Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 real FUSE acceptance also run. After publication, a separate job checks the public GitHub update channel against the actual released files.

Open Markdown Lane 0.24.4

Open Markdown Lane 0.24.4 adds system-language detection and English first-run notes.

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Changes

• On first launch, Chinese system locales use Simplified Chinese; all other locales fall back to English. Linux respects LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES, then LANG. Native macOS follows the preferred system language.
• New profiles continue following system-language changes until a language is chosen manually. Preferences also offers “Follow system language”.
• Remembered English and Chinese choices take precedence over the system language, including preferences saved under the previous product name.
• New English profiles start with Welcome.md, Writing Example.md, and Markdown Guide.md in Sample Notes. Existing notes, drafts, tabs and sample documents are restored without translation or replacement. Changing the interface language does not rewrite documents.
• First-run language and welcome-document checks run against native WebKit and installed Windows/Linux packages. Existing interaction suites now declare their Chinese fixture locale explicitly.

Downloads

• macOS 14+, Apple Silicon: DMG or ZIP.
• Windows 10/11 x64: Setup.exe or ZIP.
• Linux x64: DEB or AppImage.

Verify all six packages with SHA256SUMS.txt. macOS is locally signed, not notarized; Windows is unsigned. macOS may request Documents-folder access again after an update.

The repeated-Enter and missing-file recovery fixes from 0.24.2 are retained.

Open Markdown Lane 0.24.2

Open Markdown Lane 0.24.2 fixes repeated Enter in rendered editing and missing-file dialog storms.

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Fixes

• #16: Keep empty paragraphs created by repeated Enter visible after typing, moving the caret and switching source modes. Normal paragraph separators remain unchanged; Markdown/CRLF preservation and undo/redo are covered.
• #17: Batch startup, file-association and native open-file requests. Missing or unreadable files produce an aggregate, non-modal notice while readable files continue opening. Existing recovery drafts are retained; the fix does not silently delete missing-file tabs or unsaved text.

Downloads

• macOS 14+, Apple Silicon: DMG or ZIP.
• Windows 10/11 x64: Setup.exe or ZIP.
• Linux x64: DEB or AppImage.

Verify the six packages with SHA256SUMS.txt. macOS is locally signed, not notarized; Windows is unsigned. macOS may request Documents-folder access again after an update.

Validation

The regression fixture opens 35 missing files plus a readable file, checks that no per-file native error dialogs appear, and verifies all 35 unsaved recovery records remain intact. Empty-paragraph tests cover rendered positions, source roundtrip, exact save and undo/redo in Chromium and native WebKit. The Windows/Linux installer acceptance suites include the new regression. Platform results and remaining limits are recorded in verification.

Open Markdown Lane 0.24.1

A clearer writing workspace, with document tabs, direct file/tree navigation, and a right-hand outline and AI sidebar.

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Changes

• Clearer active tabs, document icons, unsaved indicators and drag destination feedback. Existing tab menus, keyboard navigation and split views remain available.
• Direct file/list/outline navigation, visible folder search and more legible selected files.
• A collapsible outline and AI sidebar, plus a version-history shortcut. Switching tools retains AI instructions and generated reviews.
• Collapsing the sidebar returns keyboard focus to the document. Active Chinese composition blocks hiding the panel; closing AI also respects composition.
• Improved heading hierarchy and page spacing, while retaining saved fonts, line height, width, themes and backgrounds.
• Existing documents, drafts, model configuration and application-data locations are retained.

Downloads

• macOS 14+, Apple Silicon: DMG or ZIP.
• Windows 10/11 x64: Setup.exe or ZIP.
• Linux x64: DEB or AppImage.

Verify the six installers/archives with SHA256SUMS.txt. macOS is locally signed, not notarized; Windows is unsigned. macOS may ask again for Documents-folder access after an update.

Validation

macOS packages are built and tested locally from the tagged source: 241 unit tests, native file-store and WebKit checks, AI review, exact save/undo/redo, spreadsheet clipboard and upgrade preservation. Sogou input was manually checked in the 0.24.0 candidate; the 0.24.1 focus fix has Chromium and native WebKit regressions. Windows/Linux packages use the tagged CI installation and regression suites, including Windows preview and real Linux FUSE mounting. AI protocol checks use controlled HTTP fixtures, not live-provider inference.

See the verification record for evidence and limits.

Open Markdown Lane 0.23.0

Open Markdown Lane 0.23.0 is the first desktop release under the new project name.

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Downloads

• macOS 14+, Apple Silicon: Open-Markdown-Lane-0.23.0-arm64.dmg or ZIP.
• Windows 10/11 x64: Open-Markdown-Lane-0.23.0-windows-x64-Setup.exe or ZIP.
• Linux x64: Open-Markdown-Lane-0.23.0-linux-x64.deb or AppImage.

Verify downloads with SHA256SUMS.txt. macOS is locally signed, not notarized; Windows is unsigned.

Changes

• Rename application menus, dialogs, exports, installers, documentation and the browser demo to Open Markdown Lane. Repository: https://github.com/AniChikage/open-markdown-lane.
• Preserve existing documents, drafts, tabs, split views, version history, themes, plugins and model configuration. Existing application-data folders and internal compatibility identifiers remain stable. Linux retains the original encryption namespace so saved model credentials remain decryptable.
• Migrate browser preference keys before rendering, with the existing new keys taking precedence and fallback reads if storage is full.
• Replace the previous macOS application only after verifying the new bundle; installation failure restores the previous bundle. Windows removes the old executable; the Linux package replaces the previous package.
• Fix rich-text regex replacement dropping a literal $<name> when the expression has no named capture groups.
• Upgrade acceptance now verifies the current public installer's checksum rather than depending on retired release downloads.

Scope

This release preserves the existing editing, AI review, multi-document changes and recovery workflows. It does not add new model services or expand third-party plugin compatibility. See the upgrade guide and verification record for platform-specific coverage and manual input-method limits.