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@adifyr adifyr released this 07 Jun 14:20
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Chat View 2.0.0 is here! πŸŽ‰

Okay, this one has been a long time coming.

I stepped away from the plugin for a while to focus on life, and honestly I wasn't
sure when I'd be back. But here we are. This is the biggest release Chat View has
ever had, a full rewrite from the ground up, and I'm genuinely excited to finally
put it in your hands. Thank you for sticking around.

So, what's new?

A Brand New chat Format!

Messages now look like {{header|body|subtext}}, and you can leave any of the
three parts empty.

  • Multi-line Markdown messages. This is the big one. Your message bodies can
    now span multiple lines and render as full Markdown, so lists, quotes, links,
    wikilinks and even embedded images all work right inside a chat bubble.
  • Easier alignment. Just add a > Name line to send a speaker to the right,
    or ^ Name to center them. Set it once and you're done.
  • Continuation. Send two messages in a row from the same person and the name
    won't repeat over every bubble. Leave the header empty and it just flows.
  • Automatic colors. Every speaker gets their own color the moment they show up.
    No setup needed.

Updated Transcript Formats

Got chat logs from somewhere else? Drop them straight in:

  • chat-webvtt for WebVTT caption files (what most meeting tools export).
  • chat-zendesk for Zendesk and customer support transcripts.
  • chat-intercom for Intercom conversations.

Coming from 1.x?

A couple of quick things:

  • The default chat format uses the new syntax now. Want your old blocks to look
    exactly like before? Just rename them to chat-old and you're set.
  • The old chat-transcript format is now called chat-zendesk.
  • The styling options from 1.x (header size, max width, minimal mode, manual
    colors) aren't in this release.

Have a look at the README,
there are examples and screenshots for every single format.