glissues v0.0.8

v0.0.8 — 2026-04-28

This release improves the startup experience and makes long-form issue and comment editing much more comfortable from the terminal.

Highlights

• Added support for editing issue bodies and comments in your external editor.
  • Uses your Git editor configuration when available.
  • Issue titles remain editable inline, while Markdown bodies can be opened in the editor with Tab or Enter.
  • Comment drafts open directly in the external editor and can be reopened before saving.
• Redesigned the initial loading splash screen.
  • Added an animated ASCII splash screen, framed layout, progress bar, and issue counter.
  • Improved progress visibility and simplified loading copy.

Improvements

• Updated the mode label from BROWSE to glissues.
• Changed the startup loading message from Loading GitLab data to Loading data.
• Refined splash-screen labels and removed unnecessary visual noise.
• Updated project files and applied formatting cleanup.

Fixes

• Ensured the splash-screen progress bar and counter remain visible during loading.
• Removed unused splash-spinner code.