Lite XL v2.1.5

This release addresses issues with multicursor text editing, the autoreload plugin and several platform-specific issues that are fixed upstream. Besides that, this release also improves Python, C and C++ syntax highlighting and the user experience on macOS.

Downloads

• Windows (Setup): 32-bit, 64-bit
• Linux (64-bit): AppImage, tarball
• macOS: Universal, Intel, Apple Silicon

Other downloads, such as ZIP files for Windows and lightweight releases, are available below.

Please refer to the relevant section in the README for OS requirements.

New Features

• The macOS DMG images have a new look. (#1816)

• The number and static constexpr highlighting for C and C++ is improved. (#1752, #1818, #1819)

• The Python syntax highlighting is improved, including highlighting for f-strings, type annotations and negative numbers. (#1723)

• In macOS, you can drag and drop files and folders onto Lite XL in the Dock to open them.
  You can also open them with the Right-click → "Open with" menu and set Lite XL to open different file types by default. (#1822, #1828)

• Various upstream dependencies are updated, which may fix platform-specific issues such as CTRL+V paste in Windows and cursor issues on Linux. (#1812)

Fixes

• Fix removing threads when iterating over core.threads (#1794)

• Fix dirmonitor backend selection (#1790)

• Fix clipboard removing newlines on Windows (#1788)

• Change co_wait to co_await in language_cpp (#1800)

• Fix font scale on monitor change when RENDERER backend is used (#1650)

• Avoid calling the change callback multiple times in the same notification (#1824)

• Fix autoreload reloading file too soon and misses some updates (#1823)

• Fix multicursor mangling lines on text insertion due to wrong selection index in Doc:merge_cursors() (#1833, #1834)

Other Changes

• Add functionality to generate release notes (#1774)

• Update action dependencies (#1724)

• Update macOS runner images (#1804)

• Update macOS copyright notice (#1815)

• Update SDL2 and PCRE2 (#1812)

Please go to changelog.md for a detailed description of all the changes.

Commits since the last version: v2.1.4...v2.1.5

Lite XL v2.1.5 Release Candidate 4

This release addresses issues with multicursor text editing, the autoreload plugin and several platform-specific issues that are fixed upstream. Other than that, this release also brings improvements to Python, C and C++ syntax highlighting and the user experience on macOS.

Downloads

• Windows (Setup): 32-bit, 64-bit
• Linux (64-bit): AppImage, tarball
• macOS: Universal, Intel, Apple Silicon

Other downloads such as ZIP files for Windows and lightweight releases are available below.

For OS requirements, please refer to the relevant section in the README.

New Features

• The macOS DMG images have a new look. (#1816)

• The number and static constexpr highlighting for C and C++ is improved. (#1752, #1818, #1819)

• The Python syntax highlighting is improved, including highlighting for f-strings, type annotations and negative numbers. (#1723)

• In macOS, you can drag and drop files and folders onto Lite XL in the Dock to open them.
  You can also open them with the Right-click → "Open with" menu and set Lite XL to open different file types by default. (#1822, #1828)

• Various upstream dependencies are updated, which may fix platform-specific issues such as CTRL+V paste in Windows and cursor issues on Linux. (#1812)

Fixes

• Fix removing threads when iterating over core.threads (#1794)

• Fix dirmonitor backend selection (#1790)

• Fix clipboard removing newlines on Windows (#1788)

• Change co_wait to co_await in language_cpp (#1800)

• Fix font scale on monitor change when RENDERER backend is used (#1650)

• Avoid calling the change callback multiple times in the same notification (#1824)

• Fix autoreload reloading file too soon and misses some updates (#1823)

• Fix multicursor mangling lines on text insertion due to wrong selection index in Doc:merge_cursors() (#1833, #1834)

Other Changes

• Add functionality to generate release notes (#1774)

• Update action dependencies (#1724)

• Update macOS runner images (#1804)

• Update macOS copyright notice (#1815)

• Update SDL2 and PCRE2 (#1812)

Please go to changelog.md for detailed description of all the changes.

Commits since last version: v2.1.3...v2.1.5-rc4

Full Changelog: v2.1.4...v2.1.5-rc4

Lite XL v2.1.5 Release Candidate 3

This release addresses issues with the autoreload plugin and several platform-specific issues that are fixed upstream. Other than that, this release also brings improvements to Python, C and C++ syntax highlighting and the user experience on macOS.

Downloads

• Windows (Setup): 32-bit, 64-bit
• Linux (64-bit): AppImage, tarball
• macOS: Universal, Intel, Apple Silicon

Other downloads such as ZIP files for Windows and lightweight releases are available below.

Please refer to the relevant section in the README for OS requirements.

New Features

• The macOS DMG images have a new look. (#1816)

• The number and static constexpr highlighting for C and C++ is improved. (#1752, #1818, #1819)

• The Python syntax highlighting is improved, including highlighting for f-strings, type annotations and negative numbers. (#1723)

• In macOS, you can drag and drop files and folders onto Lite XL in the Dock to open them.
  You can also open them with the Right-click → "Open with" menu and set Lite XL to open different file types by default. (#1822)

• Various upstream dependencies are updated, which may fix platform-specific issues. (#1812)

Fixes

• Fix removing threads when iterating over core.threads (#1794)

• Fix dirmonitor backend selection (#1790)

• Fix clipboard removing newlines on Windows (#1788)

• Change co_wait to co_await in language_cpp (#1800)

• Fix font scale on monitor change when RENDERER backend is used (#1650)

• Avoid calling the change callback multiple times in the same notification (#1824)

• Fix autoreload reloading file too soon and misses some updates (#1823)

Other Changes

• Add functionality to generate release notes (#1774)

• Update action dependencies (#1724)

• Update macOS runner images (#1804)

• Update macOS copyright notice (#1815)

• Update SDL2 and PCRE2 (#1812)

Please go to changelog.md for detailed description of all the changes.

Commits since last version: v2.1.3...v2.1.5-rc3

Full Changelog: v2.1.4...v2.1.5-rc3

Lite XL v2.1.5 Release Candidate 2

This release addresses issues with the autoreload plugin and several platform-specific issues that are fixed upstream. Other than that, this release also brings improvements to Python, C and C++ syntax highlighting and the user experience on macOS.

Downloads

• Windows (Setup): 32-bit, 64-bit
• Linux (64-bit): AppImage, tarball
• macOS: Universal, Intel, Apple Silicon

Other downloads such as ZIP files for Windows and lightweight releases are available below.

For OS requirements, please refer to the relevant section in the README.

New Features

• The macOS DMG images have a new look. (#1816)

• The number and static constexpr highlighting for C and C++ is improved. (#1752, #1818, #1819)

• The Python syntax highlighting is improved, including highlighting for f-strings, type annotations and negative numbers. (#1723)

• In macOS, you can drag and drop files and folders onto Lite XL in the Dock to open them.
  You can also open them with the Right-click → "Open with" menu and set Lite XL to open different file types by default. (#1822)

• Various upstream dependencies are updated, which may fix platform-specific issues. (#1812)

Fixes

• Fix removing threads when iterating over core.threads (#1794)

• Fix dirmonitor backend selection (#1790)

• Fix clipboard removing newlines on Windows (#1788)

• Change co_wait to co_await in language_cpp (#1800)

• Fix font scale on monitor change when RENDERER backend is used (#1650)

• Avoid calling the change callback multiple times in the same notification (#1824)

• Fix autoreload reloading file too soon and misses some updates (#1823)

Other Changes

• Add functionality to generate release notes (#1774)

• Update action dependencies (#1724)

• Update macOS runner images (#1804)

• Update macOS copyright notice (#1815)

• Update SDL2 and PCRE2 (#1812)

Please go to changelog.md for detailed description of all the changes.

Commits since last version: v2.1.3...v2.1.5-rc2

Full Changelog: v2.1.4...v2.1.5-rc2

Lite XL v2.1.5 Release Candidate 1

Downloads

• Windows (Setup): 32-bit, 64-bit
• Linux (64-bit): AppImage, tarball
• macOS: Universal, Intel, Apple Silicon

Other downloads such as ZIP files for Windows and lightweight releases are available below.

For OS requirements, please refer to the relevant section in the README.

New Features

• The macOS DMG images have a new look. (#1816)

• The number highlighting for C and C++ is improved. (#1752, #1818, #1819)

• The Python syntax highlighting is improved, including highlighting for f-strings, type annotations and negative numbers. (#1723)

• Various upstream dependencies are updated, which may fix platform-specific issues.

Fixes

• Fix removing threads when iterating over core.threads (#1794)

• Fix dirmonitor backend selection (#1790)

• Fix clipboard removing newlines on Windows (#1788)

• Change co_wait to co_await in language_cpp (#1800)

• Fix font scale on monitor change when RENDERER backend is used (#1650)

Other Changes

• Add functionality to generate release notes (#1774)

• Fix typo in release note template (#1801)

• Update action dependencies (#1724)

• Update labeler action config (#1805)

• Update macOS runner images (#1804)

Please go to changelog.md for detailed description of all the changes.

Commits since last version: v2.1.3...v2.1.5-rc1

Full Changelog: v2.1.4...v2.1.5-rc1

Lite XL v2.1.4

This release addresses severe bugs not found in previous releases, and improves the usability of the editor.

Downloads

• Windows (Setup): 32-bit, 64-bit
• Linux (64-bit): AppImage, tarball
• macOS: Universal, Intel, Apple Silicon

Other downloads such as ZIP files for Windows and lightweight releases are available below.

For OS requirements, please refer to the relevant section in the README.

Features

• Add .pyi extension to language_python (#1728)
• Improve autocomplete suggestions box behavior with long text (#1734)
• Improve CommandView and autocomplete scroll behavior (#1732)
• Add from symbol to support ESM (#1754)
• Add Arduino syntax highlighting support in language_cpp (#1767)
• Skip patterns matching nothing in tokenizer (#1743)

Fixes

• Fix uninitialized variables in src/api/process.c (#1719)
• Fix language_js regex/comment distinction (#1731)
• Fix compilation on non-MINGW64 platforms (#1739)
• Limit language_js regex avoidance to numbers, and fix starting /* comments (#1744)
• Fix buffer_size in g_read for Windows (#1722)

Other Changes

• Rectify LICENSE dates and owners (#1748)
• Fix some typos in core.init (#1755)

Changes: v2.1.3...v2.1.4

Lite XL v2.1.4 Release Candidate 1

This release addresses severe bugs not found in previous releases, and improves the usability of the editor.

Downloads

• Windows (Setup): 32-bit, 64-bit
• Linux (64-bit): AppImage, tarball
• macOS: Universal, Intel, Apple Silicon

Other downloads such as ZIP files for Windows and lightweight releases are available below.

For OS requirements, please refer to the relevant section in the README.

Features

• Add .pyi extension to language_python (#1728)
• Improve autocomplete suggestions box behavior with long text (#1734)
• Improve CommandView and autocomplete scroll behavior (#1732)
• Add from symbol to support ESM (#1754)
• Add Arduino syntax highlighting support in language_cpp (#1767)
• Skip patterns matching nothing in tokenizer (#1743)

Fixes

• Fix uninitialized variables in src/api/process.c (#1719)
• Fix language_js regex/comment distinction (#1731)
• Fix compilation on non-MINGW64 platforms (#1739)
• Limit language_js regex avoidance to numbers, and fix starting /* comments (#1744)
• Fix buffer_size in g_read for Windows (#1722)

Other Changes

• Rectify LICENSE dates and owners (#1748)
• Fix some typos in core.init (#1755)

Changes: v2.1.3...v2.1.4-rc1

Lite XL v2.1.3

This release addresses severe bugs not found in previous releases.

Downloads

• Windows (Setup): 32-bit, 64-bit
• Linux (64-bit): AppImage, tarball
• macOS: Universal, Intel, Apple Silicon

Other downloads such as ZIP files for Windows and lightweight releases are available below.

For OS requirements, please refer to the relevant section in the README.

Important Notes

• Lite XL will use the default SCALE of 1 due to unreliable display scale detection,
  causing UI elements to have incorrect sizing in High DPI displays.
  To workaround this issue, set the LITE_SCALE environment variable to your desired display scale.

• macOS users should not run xattr -C /Applications/Lite\ XL.app anymore,
  instead they could right-click the program in Finder and click "Open".
  This should allow the user to run Lite XL directly.

Fixes

• Fix doc:create-cursor-{previous,next}-line with tabs
  (#1697)

• Fix heap buffer overflow and memory leaks in process and renderer API
  (#1705)

• Improve Python number syntax highlighting
  (#1704)

• Fix inconsistent NagView options on doc:save
  (#1696)

• Fix crashes with autoreload when files are deleted externally and replaced with a directory
  (#1698)

• Improve JavaScript number syntax highlighting
  (#1710)

Other Changes

• Process API style changes
  (#1709)

Changes: v2.1.2...v2.1.3

Lite XL v2.1.3-rc2

Changes Log

2.1.3-rc2 - 2024-01-21

This release addresses severe bugs not found in previous releases.

Downloads

• Windows (Setup): 32-bit, 64-bit
• Linux (64-bit): AppImage, tarball
• macOS: Universal, Intel, Apple Silicon

Other downloads such as ZIP files for Windows and lightweight releases are available below.

For OS requirements, please refer to the relevant section in the README.

Important Notes

• Lite XL will use the default SCALE of 1 due to unreliable display scale detection,
  causing UI elements to have incorrect sizing in High DPI displays.
  To workaround this issue, set the LITE_SCALE environment variable to your desired display scale.

• macOS users should not run xattr -C /Applications/Lite\ XL.app anymore,
  instead they could right-click the program in Finder and click "Open".
  This should allow the user to run Lite XL directly.

Fixes

• Fix doc:create-cursor-{previous,next}-line with tabs
  (#1697)

• Fix heap buffer overflow and memory leaks in process and renderer API
  (#1705)

• Improve Python number syntax highlighting
  (#1704)

• Fix inconsistent NagView options on doc:save
  (#1696)

• Fix crashes with autoreload when files are deleted externally and replaced with a directory.
  (#1698)

• Improve JavaScript number syntax highlighting
  (#1710)

Other Changes

• Process API style changes
  (#1709)

Changes: v2.1.2...v2.1.3-rc2

Lite XL v2.1.2

This release addresses some issues present in the previous release, and improves the performance and stability.

Downloads

• Windows (Setup): 32-bit, 64-bit
• Linux (64-bit): AppImage, tarball
• macOS: Universal, Intel, Apple Silicon

Other downloads such as ZIP files for Windows and lightweight releases are available below.

For OS requirements, please refer to the relevant section in the README.

Important Notes

• Lite XL will use the default SCALE of 1 due to unreliable display scale detection,
  causing UI elements to have incorrect sizing in High DPI displays.
  To workaround this issue, set the LITE_SCALE environment variable to your desired display scale.

• macOS users should not run xattr -C /Applications/Lite\ XL.app anymore,
  instead they could right-click the program in Finder and click "Open".
  This should allow the user to run Lite XL directly.

New Features

• The context menu in TreeView is now navigable with a keyboard. (#1338)

• A universal build of Lite XL is now available for macOS.
  This build runs natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon macs. (#1458)

• Most Unicode characters should be displayed properly if your fonts support them. (#1524)

• LogView will no longer scroll automatically if the user had scrolled.
  The LogView will only scroll automatically when the user scrolls up to the last entry. (#1546)

• When using different fonts (especially fonts that render different scripts), the letters will be aligned vertically. (#1560)

• Unsaved named files are now saved in the workspace. (#1597)

• macOS builds are now signed with a developer certificate.
  This allows the user to right click the application in Finder and execute it directly. (#1656)

Performance Improvements

• Allow command buffer to be expanded. (#1297)

• Use table.move to implement common.splice. (#1324)

• Create renderer only when it doesn't exist. (#1315)

• Avoid drawing hidden text in DocView:draw_line_text. (#1298)

• Don't calculate widths per-uft8-char when not needed. (#1409)

• Allow tokenizer to pause and resume in the middle of a line. (#1444)

• Optimize CI build times on MSYS2. (#1435)

• Significant memory usage improvements when using huge fonts on Windows. (#1555)

• Optimize background tasks response time. (#1601)

Backward Incompatible Changes

• The native plugin API is now usable on multiple source files,
  without causing any duplicated symbol errors during compilation.
  Plugins using the new plugin API header must define LITE_XL_PLUGIN_ENTRYPOINT
  before importing the header, in one of their source files.
  (#1335)

• The native plugin API header now follows the Lua 5.4 API.
  Previously, the plugin API header followed the Lua 5.2 API.
  (#1436)

• On Linux, process.start() will now throw an error if execv() fails.
  (#1363)

Please refer to the changelog for bugfixes and other changes.
Changes: v2.1.1...v2.1.2