Chat View 2.0.0 is here! π
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
> Nameline to send a speaker to the right,
or^ Nameto 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-webvttfor WebVTT caption files (what most meeting tools export).chat-zendeskfor Zendesk and customer support transcripts.chat-intercomfor Intercom conversations.
Coming from 1.x?
A couple of quick things:
- The default
chatformat uses the new syntax now. Want your old blocks to look
exactly like before? Just rename them tochat-oldand you're set. - The old
chat-transcriptformat is now calledchat-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.