WindTerm 2.6.1

Spotlight

Rainbow Brackets

• Intro Video: Rainbow Brackets

Rainbow Brackets supports assigning a unique color to each pair of opening and closing brackets to make it very easy to identify them and their scope.

Highlight Text

• Intro Video: Highlight Text

Highlight Text supports marking text with specified font color, background color, line type, and line color, which makes it very convenient to highlight the output text that needs attention.

Manage sessions

• Intro Video: Manage Sessions

With the newly added features of drag and drop and move to, session management has become more convenient and easy.

OneKey

• Intro Video: OneKey

OneKey enables automatic login by using the preset login settings. When a large number of servers share the same login settings, this feature can greatly facilitate their management. Especially when login settings change, it is easy to make all servers switch to the new login settings by simply modifying the corresponding OneKey.

OneKey supports:

• OneKey / Autofill
• OneKey / SSH OneKey
• OneKey / Expect OneKey
• OneKey / Session Manager

Trigger

• Intro Video: Trigger

A trigger is an action that is automatically executed when the output received from a server matches specified text or regular expressions. Triggers help automate and streamline workflows in the terminal, increasing efficiency and reducing the need for manual intervention.

Trigger types:

• Trigger / Custom Link
• Trigger / Custom Menu
• Trigger / Event: Connection And Disconnection
• Trigger / Highlight Text
• Trigger / Play Sound
• Trigger / Run Command
• Trigger / Send Text
• Trigger / Show Tooltip

Build-in Triggers:

• Trigger / Hyperlink
• Trigger / Ip Address
• Trigger / Hexadecimal Converter
• Trigger / Timestamp Converter
• Trigger / Unarchiver

Sync Terminal Folder

• Intro Video: Sync Terminal Folder

Sync Terminal Folder supports syncing the current working directory between filer and terminal. When you change directories in the terminal, filer should follow automatically and optionally, vice versa, the working directory of the filer can be quickly copied to the terminal.

Sync Terminal Folder supports:

• Copy directory path from filer to terminal.
• Manually sync terminal folder.
• Automatically sync terminal folder.

Note that not all local or remote systems support Sync Terminal Folder.

Sysmon

• Intro Video: Sysmon

Sysmon allows you to monitor the usage of system resources such as the time, uptime, CPU, memory, network, etc. of the local machine or remote server.

Sysmon supports:

• Linux (SSH, Shell)
• macOS (SSH, Shell)
• Cmd
• PowerShell
• Windows Subsystem for Linux

Performance

Terminal

• Detailed Benchmark

The redesigned Log module, combined with further code optimization, allows WindTerm to run several times faster than other terminals, regardless of whether logging is enabled or not.

Sftp Transfer

• Detailed Benchmark

The redesigned Sftp Transfer module enables the fastest possible transfer speeds for both large files and a large number of small files. In some cases, the speed can even be up to ten times faster than professional tools.

Local Transfer

• Detailed Benchmark

The redesigned Local Transfer module allows for file copying and deletion at speeds that can rival or even surpass those of the system itself.

Usage:

Systems

Version	Architecture	Operating Systems
WindTerm_2.6.0_Windows_Portable_x86_32	x86_32	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
WindTerm_2.6.0_Windows_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
WindTerm_2.6.0_Mac_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	macOS 10.13, macOS 10.14, macOS 10.15, macOS 11, macOS 12
WindTerm_2.6.0_Linux_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Generic Linux (glibc 2.17 and later)

Upgrade

Versions before Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory and quit.
2. Replace the new .wind/profiles folder with the old profiles folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

Versions after Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory containing the old .wind folder.
2. It is recommended to choose the Home Directory to facilitate subsequent upgrades.

If the .wind folder needs to be moved to another system:

1. Quit WindTerm.
2. Replace the new .wind folder with the old .wind folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

The .wind folder is cross-platform.

Known Issues:

• [ZMODEM] Only support file names contains ASCII characters in Windows, otherwise the file name of the transfered file will be garbled after transmission, but it does not affect the correctness of the file content. Linux and MacOS version does not have this problem.

Translation:

• [CHINESE] Update the language file, contributed by @shileiye, @hityb, @springsunx. #1951 #2062
• [GERMAN] Update the language file, contributed by @kvnklk. #1031

Features:

• [EXPLORER] When the state of the session changes, the session nodes in the Explorer Pane also adjust the color and style of the text, such as displaying a strikethrough when a session is deleted.
• [FILER] Supports Sync Terminal Folder. #132 #193 #304 #331 #450 #814 #823 #856 #937 #1047
• [FILER] Supports specifying default editors for systems Windows, macOS and Linux respectively.
• [FILER] Support the display, execution, and transmission of macOS bundles.
• [FILER] Supports Preserve original file modification time, selected by default, and Preserve original folder modification time, not selected by default.
• [GUI] Enables bracket pair colorization, enhancing text readability by visually highlighting paired brackets.
  • Rainbow brackets
• [GUI] Strictly differentiate between the left and right Alt keys, reserving the right Alt key for use as the Altgr key.
• [GUI] Record and automatically use the previously activated tab in the login wizard dialog.
• [GUI] The Session tree in the Session Pane supports moving nodes through drag and drop.
• [GUI] Added Move To... to the context menu of the Session tree in the Session Pane to support moving selected nodes.
• [GUI] Supports duplicating the selected group nodes and their child session nodes in the Session Pane.
• [GUI] Supports Copy text if selected, otherwise paste text when right-clicking the mouse.
• [GUI] Change Select Fold to Select Command in the right-click menu and add the shortcut key Ctrl+Shift+/.
• [GUI] Change Goto Folder Header and Goto Next Folder Header to Goto Previous Command and Goto Next Command in the right-click menu and enhance the reliability of jumping to commands.
• [GUI] Display the scanning progress of files and folders during the transfer preparation phase.
• [GUI] Supports highlighting text manually.
• [GUI] Supports instant highlighting of all instances of the current selection.
• [GUI] Added Duplicate SSH channel to the custom mouse actions of the tab.
• [GUI] Use Paste Selected Text instead of Copy And Paste to ...

WindTerm 2.7.0 Prerelease 1

Spotlight

Agent forwarding

Agent Forwarding is a powerful feature that enhances remote access security by allowing the use of private SSH keys locally without exposing them to remote servers.

Performance

Terminal

The meticulous refinement of the code, coupled with the carefully optimized framework, further enhances the performance by 20%~30% compared to version 2.6.1. All operations respond more promptly and smoothly.

Sftp Transfer

Although version 2.6.1 was already incredibly fast, version 2.7.0 takes it a step further by increasing the transfer speed by another 20%~40%. Whether you're transferring large files or a large number of small files, the new version can save you even more time!

Usage:

Windows

Version	Architecture	Operating Systems
WindTerm_2.7.0_Prerelease_1_Windows_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11

Upgrade

Versions before Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory and quit.
2. Replace the new .wind/profiles folder with the old profiles folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

Versions after Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory containing the old .wind folder.
2. It is recommended to choose the Home Directory to facilitate subsequent upgrades.

If the .wind folder needs to be moved to another system:

1. Quit WindTerm.
2. Replace the new .wind folder with the old .wind folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

The .wind folder is cross-platform.

Known Issues:

• [ZMODEM] Only support file names contains ASCII characters in Windows, otherwise the file name of the transfered file will be garbled after transmission, but it does not affect the correctness of the file content. Linux and MacOS version does not have this problem.

Changes in Version 2.7.0 Prerelease 1 (2024-4-2):

Features:

• [GUI] Supports GPU-accelerated rendering for text.
• [GUI] Uses full hinting for text rendering to make the rendered text more visually appealing.
• [GUI] Automatically save text marks when exiting, and restore them upon next start-up.
• [GUI] Disables rainbow brackets on the alt screen to avoid conflicts with features in editors like Vim. #2111
• [FILER] Supports displaying files within the WSL subsystem.
• [FILER] Supports synchronizing the current folder of the WSL subsystem.
• [SESSION] Supports deleting history items from the auto-complete list using Shift+Del.
• [SFTP] In the gaps between sending and receiving packets, the SFTP thread will sleep to reduce CPU usage.
• [SSH] Perform SSH operations, including connection establishment, authentication and command execution, in an asynchronous manner.
• [SSH] Supports ssh-agent for authentication on Windows.
• [SSH] Supports agent forwarding, with agents including pageant, ssh-agent, $SSH_AUTH_SOCK, Enviroment variable, Unix domain socket etc.
• [SSH] Strictly ensure that the opening sequence is Shell, SFtp, Sysmon.
• [SSH] Supports sending signals. And automatically sends SIGINT signal when Ctrl+C is pressed.
• [SSH] Removes the internal proxy socket, allowing libssh to directly connect to the server and send/receive packets. This not only significantly improves packet transmission performance but also reduces the receive buffer by 256KiB per session.
• [SYSMON] Supports displaying system information of the WSL subsystem, including CPU, memory, time, etc.

Improvements:

• [GUI] Significantly improves the clarity of screenshots in tab tooltips.
• [SESSION] Significantly improved text parsing, modification, and rendering, especially to avoid extremely slow screen rendering when the text exceeds the maximum number of srollback lines.

Bugs:

• [APP] The application sometimes crashes when rapidly reconnecting to the server repeatedly.
• [SESSION] When a command generates a large amount of output, pressing Ctrl+C does not immediately stop the command execution.
• [SESSION] During file transfers, keyboard input becomes sluggish or even unresponsive.
• [SESSION] When text exceeds the maximum number of scrollback lines, the text at the bottom is sometimes incorrectly colored.
• [WSL] In Vim on WSL2, uppercase letters cannot be entered using the Shift key.

WindTerm 2.6.0 Prerelease 10

Spotlight

Manage sessions

• Intro Video: Manage Sessions

With the newly added features of drag and drop and move to, session management has become more convenient and easy.

OneKey

• Intro Video: OneKey

OneKey enables automatic login by using the preset login settings. When a large number of servers share the same login settings, this feature can greatly facilitate their management. Especially when login settings change, it is easy to make all servers switch to the new login settings by simply modifying the corresponding OneKey.

OneKey supports:

• SSH OneKey
• Expect OneKey

Highlight Text

• Intro Video: Highlight Text

Highlight Text supports marking text with specified font color, background color, line type, and line color, which makes it very convenient to highlight the output text that needs attention.

Rainbow Brackets

• Intro Video: Rainbow Brackets

Rainbow Brackets supports assigning a unique color to each pair of opening and closing brackets to make it very easy to identify them and their scope.

Trigger

• Intro Video: Trigger

A trigger is an action that is automatically executed when the output received from a server matches specified text or regular expressions. Triggers help automate and streamline workflows in the terminal, increasing efficiency and reducing the need for manual intervention.

Trigger types:

• Custom Link
• Custom Menu
• Event: Connection And Disconnection
• Highlight Text
• Play Sound
• Run Command
• Send Text
• Show Tooltip

Build-in Triggers:

• Hyperlink
• Ip Address
• Hexadecimal Converter
• Timestamp Converter
• Unarchiver

Sync Terminal Folder

• Intro Video: Sync Terminal Folder

Sync Terminal Folder supports syncing the current working directory between filer and terminal. When you change directories in the terminal, filer should follow automatically and optionally, vice versa, the working directory of the filer can be quickly copied to the terminal.

Sync Terminal Folder supports:

• Copy directory path from filer to terminal.
• Manually sync terminal folder.
• Automatically sync terminal folder.

Note that not all local or remote systems support Sync Terminal Folder.

Sysmon

• Intro Video: Sysmon

Sysmon allows you to monitor the usage of system resources such as the time, uptime, CPU, memory, network, etc. of the local machine or remote server.

Sysmon supports:

• Linux (SSH, Shell)
• macOS (SSH, Shell)
• Cmd
• PowerShell
• Windows Subsystem for Linux

Performance

Terminal

• Detailed Benchmark

The redesigned Log module, combined with further code optimization, allows WindTerm to run several times faster than other terminals, regardless of whether logging is enabled or not.

Sftp Transfer

• Detailed Benchmark

The redesigned Sftp Transfer module enables the fastest possible transfer speeds for both large files and a large number of small files. In some cases, the speed can even be up to ten times faster than professional tools.

Local Transfer

• Detailed Benchmark

The redesigned Local Transfer module allows for file copying and deletion at speeds that can rival or even surpass those of the system itself.

Usage:

Windows

Version	Architecture	Operating Systems
WindTerm_2.6.0_Prerelease_3_Windows_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11

Upgrade

Versions before Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory and quit.
2. Replace the new .wind/profiles folder with the old profiles folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

Versions after Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory containing the old .wind folder.
2. It is recommended to choose the Home Directory to facilitate subsequent upgrades.

If the .wind folder needs to be moved to another system:

1. Quit WindTerm.
2. Replace the new .wind folder with the old .wind folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

The .wind folder is cross-platform.

Known Issues:

• [ZMODEM] Only support file names contains ASCII characters in Windows, otherwise the file name of the transfered file will be garbled after transmission, but it does not affect the correctness of the file content. Linux and MacOS version does not have this problem.

Changes in Version 2.6.0 Prerelease 10 (2023-1-17):

Features:

• [SESSION] When no node is selected, the right-click menu adds the menu item New Session. #2083

Bugs:

• [SESSION] Unable to connect to the server through the Jump Server proxy, the error message is The proxy type is invalid for this operation. This was introduced in 2.6.0 Prelease 5. #2033 #2059 #2079

Changes in Version 2.6.0 Prerelease 9 (2023-1-16):

Improvement:

• [GUI] Add tooltip Requires server support to slip buttons Sftp and Sysmon in the session settings dialog.
• [SESSION] Increase the session connection timeout to 20 seconds to better accommodate poor network conditions. #2076

Bugs:

• [SESSION] Unable to connect to the server using IPv6. This was introduced in 2.6.0 Prelease 5.
• [SSH] Due to attempting to obtain the current channel's PID during connection, some devices such as routers and switches disconnect immediately upon connection and display "Remote channel is closed". This was introduced in 2.6.0 Prelease 1. #2069 #2073 #2076 #2078
• [SSH] By default, Sysmon is no longer enabled. Continuous execution of commands required by Sysmon can cause immediate disconnection of some devices, such as routers and switches.

Changes in Version 2.6.0 Prerelease 8 (2023-1-14):

Improvement:

• [GUI] Disable autocomplete in the alt screen.
• [GUI] Change the shortcut for text search from Alt+F to Ctrl+Shift+F.
• [SSH] When authentication fails, the number of attempts to re-authenticate has been reduced from 6 to 2, and the interval between attempts has been decreased from 500 milliseconds to 200 milliseconds to prevent prolonged unresponsiveness in the interface.
• [TRANSFER] When transferring files, ensure that the progress is updated at least once per second to prevent the progress bar from not being updated for a long time when transferring a large number of files.

Bugs:

• [ONEKEY] When manually entering the username or password prompt, the Onekey autocomplete list is incorrectly triggered.
• [SESSION] Even when setting the Alt key to send Characters preceded by ESC, it is not possible to use the Alt+B or Alt+F shortcut keys to jump to the previous or next word.
• [SSH] When the x11 fails to open, the connection will be terminated instead of just displaying the error message.
• [SSH] When the OpenSSH server does not have the Keyboard Interactive authentication method enabled, the connection will enter into a loop and result in connection failure.
• [SYSMON] Sometimes when Sysmon is running, it may print several error messages, such as <Unknown File>:41:TypeError: Cannot read property '0' of null, <Unknown File>:115:TypeError: Type Error, etc.

Changes in Version 2.6.0 Prerelease 7 (2023-1-10):

Features:

• [GUI] Enables bracket pair colorization, enhancing text readability by visually highlighting paired brackets. Intro Video
• [GUI] Support highlighting for the tw...

WindTerm 2.5.0

Spotlight

Auto Completion

• Intro Video: Auto Completion
• Intro Video: Auto Completion / History Commands
• Intro Video: Auto Completion / Quick Commands

Auto completion suggests commands, subcommands, command options, command parameters, history commands and quick commands from the QuickBar that are currently available.

Auto completion will recommend the most suitable parameters or phrases based on historical input, which greatly increases text input speed, because you don't have to memorize a large number of commands and type every letter in a command.

Auto completion supports:

• Linux Shell commands.
• MacOS Shell commands.
• Windows Cmd commands.
• PowerShell commands.
• Commands of any command line program, such as Git
• Quick Commands from the QuickBar

Usage:

Windows

Version	Architecture	Operating Systems
WindTerm_2.5.0_Windows_Portable_x86_32	x86_32	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
WindTerm_2.5.0_Windows_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
WindTerm_2.5.0_Mac_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	macOS 10.13, macOS 10.14, macOS 10.15, macOS 11, macOS 12
WindTerm_2.5.0_Linux_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Generic Linux (glibc 2.17 and later)

Upgrade

Versions before Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory and quit.
2. Replace the new .wind/profiles folder with the old profiles folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

Versions after Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory containing the old .wind folder.
2. It is recommended to choose the Home Directory to facilitate subsequent upgrades.

If the .wind folder needs to be moved to another system:

1. Quit WindTerm.
2. Replace the new .wind folder with the old .wind folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

The .wind folder is cross-platform.

Known Issues:

• [ZMODEM] Only support file names contains ASCII characters in Windows, otherwise the file name of the transfered file will be garbled after transmission, but it does not affect the correctness of the file content. Linux and MacOS version does not have this problem.

Translation:

• [CHINESE] Update the language file, contributed by Lemonawa@github. #246 #721
• [FRENCH] Update the language file, contributed by EvoWebFrance@github. #499

Features:

• [SESSION] Supports auto completion for Linux Shell, MacOS Shell, PowerShell, Windows Cmd, Git and so on. Intro video
  • 22 Git Commands
  • 32 Windows Cmd Commands
  • 42 Linux / MacOS Shell Commands
  • 3695 PowerShell Commands of Windows Server 2022 and PowerShell v7.3
• [SESSION] Supports auto completion for the command snippets from the QuickBar. Intro video
• [SESSION] Supports auto completion for History Commands. Intro video
• [SESSION] Supports the encrypted storage of command history. The default maximum number of history commands is 10000.
• [SESSION] Supports modifying the default configuration of session. #775 #822
• [SESSION] Supports ignoring bells received more than once within a specified second, the default is 2 seconds.
• [SCHEME] Added macOS system, and all Shell sessions in the macOS system use the macOS by default.
• [SSH] Supports Duplicate Session and Duplicate SSH Channel. #623 #669
• [SHELL] Automatically add --login and -i parameters when importing Shell sessions. #753 #781
• [SHELL] Automatically detect and set LANG environment variables. #347 #705
• [TERM] Supports customizing the key values sent by the alt modifier key and meta modifier key.
• [GUI] The filtering algorithm of the filter boxes is modified to a multiple pattern matching algorithm.
• [GUI] Added Copy Command menu item in the term view to quickly copy the command output.
• [GUI] Supports setting whether to enable auto completion, completion content, etc in Settings Dialog - Terminal - Auto Completion. #773 #784 #785 #786 #792 #811 #815 #860
• [GUI] Supports setting the number of visual rows of the autocomplete list, and whether to preselect the most matching item in Settings Dialog - Terminal - Auto Completion.
• [GUI] Supports setting whether to store history command, as well as storage size, storage time, etc. in Settings Dialog - Terminal - Command History.
• [GUI] Supports deleting the saved history command in Settings Dialog - Terminal - Command History. #773
• [GUI] Supports setting the bell style in Session Settings Dialog - Terminal - Bell, including Mute, Beep and Customized, the default is Beep. #654 #655
• [GUI] Supports setting the Locale in Session Settings Dialog - Shell - Process - Locale environment variables. #347 #705
• [TAB] Restore the last modified tab name. #626
• [TAB] Automatically add a number sequence to tabs with the same title for easy identification.
• [FILER] Add menu items Copy directory path and Copy directory path to terminal.

Improvements:

• [SSH] Pageant and ssh-agent authentication are no longer performed by default.
• [SSH] When the automatic login fails, the login will no longer restart, but will continue to log in manually. #857
• [SSH] When a disconnection is detected during the login, the Reconnect button will be displayed to facilitate a quick reconnection.
• [GUI] Add the Remember this step check box to control whether to remember the authentication information of the current step when logging in. #787 #857
• [GUI] The filtering algorithm of the filter boxes prefers to match the first and consecutive characters.
• [GUI] Set the shortcut key for the action Window.DuplicateView to Ctrl+Shift+D. #770
• [GUI] Set the shortcut key for the action Terminal.OpenSession to Alt+O.
• [GUI] Change the shortcut key for the actionNew Session from Ctrl+N to Alt+N. #782 #800
• [GUI] Disabled the Font Ligature feature of most input boxes.
• [GUI] After clicking the clear authentication button, a message box will pop up to display the clear result.
• [GUI] In the Session Settings dialog, only the modified configuration items are written to the configuration file.
• [GUI] Replace all Window.ShowPane* with Window.TogglePane*. #880
• [SCHEME] Cmd supports highlighting Slash Options.
• [SCHEME] Impoved the highlighting of Slash Options.
• [SESSION] The default lines of scrollback history is limited to 999999.
• [SESSION] New reconnection requests are ignored during the connection process. #765
• [SESSION] When using the mouse to select text in vim, the alt modifier key must be pressed simultaneously to enter free type mode. #897
• [SESSION] In the free type mode, pressing the escape key will exit the mode instead of sending the key to the remote host.
• [SESSION] Automatically executed commands are no longer trimmed. #870
• [SENDER] The scroll bar is no longer forced to scroll to the bottom of the screen when sending commands.

Bugs:

• [SSH] When creating a remote tunnel, the application will crash if the connected port is already in use. #767
• [SSH] Closing a remote tunnel will cause other tunnels in the same session to be closed by mistake.
• [SSH] Cannot log in correctly when the password contains !=. #679
• [GUI] The menu item Session / Open Session does not open the Open Session dialog correctly.
• [GUI] The Listen Port does not updated correctly when clicking on a different tunnel item in the Tunnels dialog.
• [GUI] In full screen mode, the drop-down box of the address bar will pop up in a new window instead of the current window. #804
• [GUI] When there is some wrapped lines, the terminal view may not be drawn correctly when the size changes.
• [LOG] Failed to create log files when the session name contains illegal characters, such as :, |, <, >, etc.
• [TAB] The text is not correctly elided according to the width of the tab.
• [TERM] Special characters cannot be entered using the alt modifier key in macOS.
• [SFTP] The configuration item SSH - SFTP - Automatically fix invalid path characters did not take effect when it was set to false.
• [SCHEME] Percentages are incorrectly identified as command prompts. #897
• [SESSION] Clink fails to start when the application path contains spaces. #736 #746
• [SESSION] Unable to enter the Cyrillic characters р and Р. #783
• [MODEM] The path pasted in the sz download dialog did not take effect. #836

Roadmap of v2.6 (Late-August, for reference only)

• Resolve issues as much as possible
• Improved Filer
• Improved Transfer
• Improved Quickbar
• SSH Agent Forwaring
• New memory allocator and manager and garbage collector. (Postponed to a later version )
• Command Snippet Description (Postponed to a later version )
• SSH GSSAPI Authentication (Postponed to a later version )
• SSH Agent (Postponed to a later version )
• Search in sessions. (Postponed to a later version )

Intro Videos

• Auto Completion
• [Auto Completion / History Commands](https://kingtoolbox.github.io/2022/06/2...

WindTerm 2.5.0 Prerelease 3

Spotlight

Auto Completion

• Intro Video: Auto Completion
• Intro Video: Auto Completion / History Commands
• Intro Video: Auto Completion / Quick Commands

Auto completion suggests commands, subcommands, command options, command parameters, history commands and quick commands from the QuickBar that are currently available.

Auto completion will recommend the most suitable parameters or phrases based on historical input, which greatly increases text input speed, because you don't have to memorize a large number of commands and type every letter in a command.

Auto completion supports:

• Linux Shell commands.
• MacOS Shell commands.
• Windows Cmd commands.
• PowerShell commands.
• Commands of any command line program, such as Git
• Quick Commands from the QuickBar

Usage:

Windows

Version	Architecture	Operating Systems
WindTerm_2.5.0_Prerelease_3_Windows_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11

Upgrade

Versions before Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory and quit.
2. Replace the new .wind/profiles folder with the old profiles folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

Versions after Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory containing the old .wind folder.
2. It is recommended to choose the Home Directory to facilitate subsequent upgrades.

If the .wind folder needs to be moved to another system:

1. Quit WindTerm.
2. Replace the new .wind folder with the old .wind folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

The .wind folder is cross-platform.

Known Issues:

• [ZMODEM] Only support file names contains ASCII characters in Windows, otherwise the file name of the transfered file will be garbled after transmission, but it does not affect the correctness of the file content. Linux and MacOS version does not have this problem.

Changes in Version 2.5.0 Prerelease 3 (2022-7-6):

Features:

• [GUI] Supports setting whether to enable auto completion, completion content, etc in Settings Dialog - Terminal - Auto Completion. #773 #784 #785 #786 #792 #811 #815 #860
• [GUI] Supports setting the number of visual rows of the autocomplete list, and whether to preselect the most matching item in Settings Dialog - Terminal - Auto Completion.
• [GUI] Supports setting whether to store history command, as well as storage size, storage time, etc. in Settings Dialog - Terminal - Command History.
• [GUI] Supports deleting the saved history command in Settings Dialog - Terminal - Command History. #773
• [GUI] Supports setting the bell style in Session Settings Dialog - Terminal - Bell, including Mute, Beep and Customized, the default is Beep. #654 #655
• [GUI] Added Copy Command menu item in the term view to quickly copy the command output.
• [SESSION] Supports modifying the default configuration of session. #775 #822
• [SESSION] Supports ignoring bells received more than once within a specified second, the default is 2 seconds.

Improvements:

• [SSH] Pageant and ssh-agent authentication are no longer performed by default.
• [SSH] When the automatic login fails, the login will no longer restart, but will continue to log in manually. #857
• [SSH] When a disconnection is detected during the login, the Reconnect button will be displayed to facilitate a quick reconnection.
• [GUI] Add the Remember this step check box to control whether to remember the authentication information of the current step when logging in. #787 #857
• [GUI] Change the shortcut key for the actionTerminal.CompleteHistory from Ctrl+R to Alt+R. #832
• [GUI] After clicking the clear authentication button, a message box will pop up to display the clear result.
• [GUI] In the Session Settings dialog, only the modified configuration items are written to the configuration file.
• [SESSION] Improve the response time of auto completion to avoid triggering unwanted auto completion when typing quickly. #860
• [SESSION] Auto completion detects the text after the caret and avoids typing the same text again.
• [SESSION] Auto completion can now display all options for unknown commands.

Bugs:

• [SESSION] Unable to enter the Cyrillic characters р and Р. #783
• [MODEM] The path pasted in the sz download dialog did not take effect. #836
• [LOG] Failed to create log files when the session name contains illegal characters, such as :, |, <, >, etc.
• [SFTP] The configuration item SSH - SFTP - Automatically fix invalid path characters did not take effect when it was set to false.

Changes in Version 2.5.0 Prerelease 2 (2022-6-20):

Features:

• [SESSION] Auto completion can now give the better suggestions by analyzing history commands.
• [SESSION] Supports the encrypted storage of command history. The default maximum number of history commands is 10000.
• [SESSION] Supports auto completion for History Commands. Intro video

Improvements:

• [SESSION] The format of the command configuration was redesigned and the file size of the 3809 files was reduced by one-third.
• [SESSION] The parser for the command line has been rewritten to make the analysis more accurate.
• [GUI] The filtering algorithm of the filter boxes prefers to match the first and consecutive characters.
• [GUI] Set the shortcut key for the action Window.DuplicateView to Ctrl+Shift+D. #770
• [GUI] Set the shortcut key for the action Terminal.OpenSession to Alt+O.
• [GUI] Change the shortcut key for the actionNew Session from Ctrl+N to Alt+N. #782 #800
• [GUI] Disabled the Font Ligature feature of most input boxes.
• [SCHEME] Impoved the highlighting of Slash Options.
• [SENDER] The scroll bar is no longer forced to scroll to the bottom of the screen when sending commands.

Bugs:

• [SSH] Cannot log in correctly when the password contains !=. #679
• [GUI] The menu item Session / Open Session does not open the Open Session dialog correctly.

Changes in Version 2.5.0 Prerelease 1 (2022-5-18):

Features:

• [SESSION] Supports auto completion for Linux Shell, MacOS Shell, PowerShell, Windows Cmd, Git and so on. Intro video
  • 22 Git Commands
  • 32 Windows Cmd Commands
  • 42 Linux / MacOS Shell Commands
  • 3695 PowerShell Commands of Windows Server 2022 and PowerShell v7.3
• [SESSION] Supports auto completion for the command snippets from the QuickBar. Intro video
• [GUI] The filtering algorithm of the filter boxes is modified to a multiple pattern matching algorithm.
• [TAB] Restore the last modified tab name. #626
• [FILER] Add menu items Copy directory path and Copy directory path to terminal.

Improvements:

• [SCHEME] Cmd supports highlighting Slash Options.
• [SESSION] The default lines of scrollback history is limited to 999999.

Bugs:

• [SESSION] Clink fails to start when the application path contains spaces. #736 #746

Intro Videos

• Auto Completion
• Auto Completion / History Commands
• Auto Completion / Quick Commands

WindTerm 2.4.1

Spotlight

Dynamic memory compression

No terminal or text editor has ever been able to dynamically compress document memory during use. But WindTerm does now!

Now you only need 100MB memory to output 100 million lines of text for seq 1 100000000 command, or even 1GB memory to output 2 billion lines of text for seq 1 2000000000 command.

Benchmark

• None Scheme without styling, folding, outlining etc., Word Wrap is disabled.

Memory Usage(MB)	WindTerm 2.3.1	WindTerm 2.4.0 Prerelease 2	Compression
seq 1 10,000,000	95.7MB	89MB	93%
seq 1 100,000,000	860.1MB	100.7MB	11.7%
seq 1 2,000,000,000	Out of memory	770.8MB	-

• Linux Scheme with styling, folding, outlining etc., Word Wrap is disabled.

Memory Usage(MB)	WindTerm 2.3.1	WindTerm 2.4.0 Prerelease 2	Compression
seq 1 10,000,000	212MB	143.3MB	67.6%
seq 1 100,000,000	1990.2MB	334.8MB	16.8%

More performance data will be provided in the future, including comparisons with other Terminals.

Free Type Mode Intro Video

Free type mode lets you using the mouse to quickly move the cursor, select text, and drag and drop text, either when typing shell commands, or in applications such as VI, Emacs, everything is as convenient as in a text editor.

• Move the cursor by Alt + Mouse Click.
  For convenience, when the Term is xterm or xterm-256color, only a mouse click is required to move the cursor.
• For the current line containing the cursor:
  Drag mouse to select text.
  Double-click to select a word.
  Double-click to select text between matching pairs.
  Triple-click to select the line.
  Shift + Click to select a piece of text.

Note:

WindTerm 2.4.0 changes the upgrade method to simplify subsequent upgrades or cloud synchronization. Please read the Upgrade to learn more.

WindTerm 2.4.0 starts integrating clink. If you are upgrading from a previous version, please use the menu item Session Pane - Right-click Menu - Import - Shell Sessions to regenerate cmd and admin:cmd sessions.

Usage:

Version	Architecture	Operating Systems
WindTerm_2.4.0_Windows_Portable_x86_32	x86_32	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
WindTerm_2.4.0_Windows_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
WindTerm_2.4.0_Mac_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	macOS 10.13, macOS 10.14, macOS 10.15, macOS 11, macOS 12
WindTerm_2.4.0_Linux_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Generic Linux (glibc 2.17 and later)

Installation

• Download portable packages and uncompress it.

MacOS
Please open dmg file and drag WindTerm.app to the Applications folder.

Linux
Please use the following command to run the WindTerm after downloading.

tar -xzvf WindTerm_2.4.0_Linux_Portable_x86_64.tar.gz && cd ./WindTerm_2.4.0 && chmod +x ./WindTerm && ./WindTerm

• Scoop

scoop bucket add extras
scoop install windterm

• Chocolatey

choco install windterm

Upgrade

Versions before Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory and quit.
2. Replace the new .wind/profiles folder with the old profiles folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

Versions after Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory containing the old .wind folder.
2. It is recommended to choose the Home Directory to facilitate subsequent upgrades.

If the .wind folder needs to be moved to another system:

1. Quit WindTerm.
2. Replace the new .wind folder with the old .wind folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

The .wind folder is cross-platform.

Known Issues:

• [ZMODEM] Only support file names contains ASCII characters in Windows, otherwise the file name of the transfered file will be garbled after transmission, but it does not affect the correctness of the file content. Linux and MacOS version does not have this problem.

Translation:

• [FRENCH] Update the language file, contributed by EvoWebFrance@github and LuxNegra@github. #499
• [CHINESE] Update the language file, contributed by Lemonawa@github. #607

Features:

• [APP] Update the third-party libraries and tools to the latest version: #48 #585
  • gsudo v1.2.0
  • clink v1.3.15
• [APP] Supports dynamic memory compression, typically 20% to 90% of the working memory load can be reduced.
• [APP] Supports system proxy.
• [APP] Supports global proxy, including No Proxy, System Proxy, Http Proxy and Socks v5 Proxy.
• [APP] Supports specifying the path of the .wind profiles folder to facilitate subsequent upgrades and cloud synchronization. #161 #411 #438 #529 #537 #541 #601
• [GUI] Add Anything Palette and Tunnels buttons to the menu bar.
• [GUI] Add XServer button to the menu bar.
• [GUI] Supports opening the Profiles Directory Dialog via menu item File - Preferences - Profiles Directory.
• [GUI] Supports using Alt+1 to Alt+5 to select the first to fifth tab, and Alt+0 to select the last tab. #82 #86 #420
• [LOG] The log file name and content templates support including %z - Time Zone.
• [SESSION] Supports setting the background color of the tab of a session.
• [SESSION] Supports using the shortcut key Ctrl+D to close the unconnected or disconnected session. #397 #526
• [SESSION] Supports new proxy type ProxyCommand. #557
• [SESSION] Supports importing "ProxyTelnetCommand" field from PuTTY configuration.
• [SESSION] Supports clearing the screen locally. #335 #447 #530 #553 #571
• [SCHEME] Added dumb system to support highlighting, folding, outlining and clearing the screen locally of dumb devices.
• [SESSION] Supports delayed sending of commands that are automatically executed after startup. The default delay is 1 second. #428
• [SESSION] Supports free type mode that allows the use of the mouse to move the cursor, select text and drag and drop text. #239 Intro video
  • Drag mouse to select text.
  • Double-click to select a word.
  • Triple-click to select the line.
  • Shift + Click to select a piece of text.
  • Move the cursor by Alt + Mouse Click. For convenience, when the Term is xterm or xterm-256color, only a mouse click is required to move the cursor.
• [SSH] Supports independent tunnels opening, stopping and management. #189 #194 #373 #444
• [SSH] When the listening port of a tunnel is set to 0, dynamic port allocation is supported.
• [SSH] Supports automatically opening the internal X Server on startup.
• [SSH] Supports configuring VcXsrv Windows X Server, including Display number, Window mode, Clipboard, Keyboard etc.
• [SSH] Supports VcXsrv Windows X Server extensions.
  • XTEST
  • SECURITY
  • XINERAMA
  • XFIXES
  • XFree86-Bigfont
  • RENDER
  • RANDR
  • COMPOSITE
  • DAMAGE
  • MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
  • DOUBLE-BUFFER
  • RECORD
  • DPMS
  • X-Resource
  • GLX
• [SSH] Supports setting custom environment variables for ProxyCommand.
• [SSH] Reduce the remote tunnels check time to 0.5 second to speed up the transfer. #444
• [SSH] Tunnels will open KeepAlive by default to prevent being disconnected by timeout. #557
• [SSH] JumpServer will open KeepAlive by default to prevent being disconnected by timeout.
• [SHELL] The cmd and admin:cmd sessions support rich completion, history, and line-editing capabilities by integrating the clink. #585
• [SCHEME] Supports highlighting IPv6 and MAC.
• [TERM] Supports OSC 133;A, OSC 133;B, OSC 133;C, OSC 133;D to set the start position and end position of prompts and outputs.

Improvements:

• [API] Changed api names from Show*Dialog to Open*Dialog, for example, showFocusModeDialog is changed to openFocusModeDialog.
• [GUI] Added new list and table widgets, and support button bar at the bottom.
• [GUI] Added Warning state and corresponding color to the SlipButton widget.
• [GUI] Line feeds are no longer included when selecting by line.
• [GUI] The pop-up widget of the More button in the toolbar is modified to a menu.
• [TAB] Even when only one tab is open, the activation mark of the tab is displayed.
• [TAB] Improve the appearance of a tab by increasing the transparency of the background color and reducing its drawing area.
• [SSH] Tunnels will no longer be forced closed when a non-critical error occurs.
• [SSH] Hide the configuration items of X Server in the MacOS and Linux systems. #649
• [SESSION] When a SOCKS5 error occurs, more detailed error information will be provided.
• [TEXT] Optimized the wrapping performance of lines that contain only ascii characters.
• [TRANSLATION] Automatically handle mnemonic characters in strings to be translated.
• [MACOS] Use a separate menu bar for consistency with other versions.
• [MACOS] Make the application icon smaller for better looks. #463 #651

Bugs:

• [APP] When a session using dumb system is disconnected, executing Clear Screen will cause the application to crash. #553 #629
• [APP] When a session is disconnected, clicking the hyperlink will cause the application to crash.
• [GUI] Resizing the Filer pane will cause a black color block. #608
• [GUI] Switching a session from sync channel A to sync channel B causes the channel prompt message bar to disappear.
• [GUI] The environment variable of the process of the Shell session cannot be set to multi-line ...

WindTerm 2.4.0 Prerelease 2

Spotlight

Dynamic memory compression

No terminal or text editor has ever been able to dynamically compress document memory during use. But WindTerm does now! Now you only need 100m memory to output 100 million lines of text for seq 1 100000000 command.

Benchmark

• None Scheme without styling, folding, outlining etc., Word Wrap is disabled.

Memory Usage(MB)	WindTerm 2.3.1	WindTerm 2.4.0 Prerelease 2	Compression
seq 1 10,000,000	95.7MB	89MB	93%
seq 1 100,000,000	860.1MB	100.7MB	11.7%

• Linux Scheme with styling, folding, outlining etc., Word Wrap is disabled.

Memory Usage(MB)	WindTerm 2.3.1	WindTerm 2.4.0 Prerelease 2	Compression
seq 1 10,000,000	212MB	143.3MB	67.6%
seq 1 100,000,000	1990.2MB	334.8MB	16.8%

More performance data will be provided in the future, including comparisons with other Terminals.

Free Type Mode Intro Video

Free type mode lets you using the mouse to quickly move the cursor, select text, and drag and drop text, either when typing shell commands, or in applications such as VI, Emacs, everything is as convenient as in a text editor.

• Move the cursor by Alt + Mouse Click.
  For convenience, when the Term is xterm or xterm-256color, only a mouse click is required to move the cursor.
• For the current line containing the cursor:
  Drag mouse to select text.
  Double-click to select a word.
  Triple-click to select the line.
  Shift + Click to select a piece of text.

Note:

WindTerm 2.4.0 changes the upgrade method to simplify subsequent upgrades or cloud synchronization. Please read the Upgrade to learn more.

WindTerm 2.4.0 starts integrating clink. If you are upgrading from a previous version, please use the menu item Session Pane - Right-click Menu - Import - Shell Sessions to regenerate cmd and admin:cmd sessions.

Usage:

Windows

Version	Architecture	Operating Systems
WindTerm_2.4.0_Prerelease_1_Windows_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11

Upgrade

Versions before Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory and quit.
2. Replace the new .wind/profiles folder with the old profiles folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

Versions after Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory containing the old .wind folder.
2. It is recommended to choose the Home Directory to facilitate subsequent upgrades.

If the .wind folder needs to be moved to another system:

1. Quit WindTerm.
2. Replace the new .wind folder with the old .wind folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

The .wind folder is cross-platform.

Known Issues:

• [ZMODEM] Only support file names contains ASCII characters in Windows, otherwise the file name of the transfered file will be garbled after transmission, but it does not affect the correctness of the file content. Linux and MacOS version does not have this problem.

Changes in Version 2.4.0 Prerelease 2 (2022-4-12):

Features:

• [APP] Update the third-party libraries and tools to the latest version: #48
  • gsudo v1.2.0
• [APP] Supports dynamic memory compression, typically 20% to 90% of the working memory load can be reduced.
• [APP] Supports system proxy.
• [APP] Supports global proxy, including No Proxy, System Proxy, Http Proxy and Socks v5 Proxy.
• [GUI] Add XServer button to the menu bar.
• [GUI] Supports opening the Profiles Directory Dialog via menu item File - Preferences - Profiles Directory.
• [SESSION] Supports delayed sending of commands that are automatically executed after startup. The default delay is 1 second. #428
• [SESSION] Supports free type mode that allows the use of the mouse to move the cursor, select text and drag and drop text. #239 Intro video
  • Drag mouse to select text.
  • Double-click to select a word.
  • Triple-click to select the line.
  • Shift + Click to select a piece of text.
  • Move the cursor by Alt + Mouse Click. For convenience, when the Term is xterm or xterm-256color, only a mouse click is required to move the cursor.
• [SSH] Supports automatically opening the internal X Server on startup.
• [SSH] Supports configuring VcXsrv Windows X Server, including Display number, Window mode, Clipboard, Keyboard etc.
• [SSH] Supports VcXsrv Windows X Server extensions.
  • XTEST
  • SECURITY
  • XINERAMA
  • XFIXES
  • XFree86-Bigfont
  • RENDER
  • RANDR
  • COMPOSITE
  • DAMAGE
  • MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
  • DOUBLE-BUFFER
  • RECORD
  • DPMS
  • X-Resource
  • GLX
• [SSH] Supports setting custom environment variables for ProxyCommand.
• [SSH] Reduce the remote tunnels check time to 0.5 second to speed up the transfer. #444
• [SSH] Tunnels will open KeepAlive by default to prevent being disconnected by timeout. #557
• [SSH] JumpServer will open KeepAlive by default to prevent being disconnected by timeout.
• [SHELL] The cmd and admin:cmd sessions support rich completion, history, and line-editing capabilities by integrating the clink. #585
• [TERM] Supports OSC 133;A, OSC 133;B, OSC 133;C, OSC 133;D to set the start position and end position of prompts and outputs.

Improvements:

• [API] Changed api names from Show*Dialog to Open*Dialog, for example, showFocusModeDialog is changed to openFocusModeDialog.
• [GUI] Added new list and table widgets, and support button bar at the bottom.
• [GUI] Added Warning state and corresponding color to the SlipButton widget.
• [GUI] Line feeds are no longer included when selecting by line.
• [SSH] Tunnels will no longer be forced closed when a non-critical error occurs.
• [SESSION] When a SOCKS5 error occurs, more detailed error information will be provided.

Bugs:

• [APP] When a session using dumb system is disconnected, executing Clear Screen will cause the application to crash. #553 #629
• [APP] When a session is disconnected, clicking the hyperlink will cause the application to crash.
• [GUI] Resizing the Filer pane will cause a black color block. #608
• [GUI] Switching a session from sync channel A to sync channel B causes the channel prompt message bar to disappear.
• [GUI] The environment variable of the process of the Shell session cannot be set to multi-line text.
• [GUI] When the environment variable being typed in the Process Environment dialog did not exist, the variable value in the text box was incorrectly emptied.
• [GUI] When the session is disconnected, the transfer items in the transfer bar cannot be manipulated. #547
• [SSH] When the server does not provide any authentication method, no related error message is displayed.
• [SERIAL] The log folder cannot be created correctly when the session name happens to be a system reserved name, such as CON, NUL, COM, LPT, AUX, PRN etc. #624
• [SCHEME] When the session's system is set to non-linux, punctuation is not colored correctly.
• [SESSION] When the session is disconnected due to a timeout, no The remote host closed the connection is reported.
• [SESSION] SOH, STX, ETX, EOT, ACK, DLE, DC1, DC2, DC3, DC4, NAK, SYN, ETB, CAN, EM, SUB, FS, GS, RS, US are displayed incorrectly. #539
• [SESSION] When page up and down when executing less /etc/services, ESC M characters are displayed incorrectly. #621
• [TERM] Failed to pass the test of cursor-control characters inside ESC sequences of vttest.

Changes in Version 2.4.0 Prerelease 1 (2022-3-20):

Translation:

• [FRENCH] Update the language file, contributed by EvoWebFrance@github and LuxNegra@github. #499

Features:

• [APP] Supports specifying the path of the .wind profiles folder to facilitate subsequent upgrades and cloud synchronization. #161 #411 #438 #529 #537 #541 #601
• [GUI] Add Anything Palette and Tunnels buttons to the menu bar.
• [TAB] Supports using Alt+1 to Alt+5 to select the first to fifth tab, and Alt+0 to select the last tab. #82 #86 #420
• [LOG] The log file name and content templates support including %z - Time Zone.
• [SSH] Supports independent tunnels opening, stopping and management. #189 #194 #373 #444
• [SSH] When the listening port of a tunnel is set to 0, dynamic port allocation is supported.
• [SESSION] Supports setting the background color of the tab of a session.
• [SESSION] Supports using the shortcut key Ctrl+D to close the unconnected or disconnected session. #397 #526
• [SESSION] Supports new proxy type ProxyCommand. #557
• [SESSION] Supports importing "ProxyTelnetCommand" field from PuTTY configuration.
• [SESSION] Supports clearing the screen locally. #335 #447 #530 #553 #571
• [SCHEME] Added dumb system to support highlighting, folding, outlining and clearing the screen locally of dumb devices.
• [SCHEME] Supports highlighting IPv6 and MAC.

Improvements:

• [GUI] Simplify the menu items in the menu bar to provide more screen space.
• [GUI] The pop-up widget of the More button in the toolbar is modified to a menu.
• [TAB] Even when only one tab is open, the activation mark of the tab is displayed.
• [TAB] Improve the appearance of a tab by increasing the transparency of the background color and reducing its drawing area.
• [TRANSLATION] Automatically handle mnemonic characters in strings to be translated...

WindTerm 2.3.1

Usage:

Version	Architecture	Operating Systems
WindTerm_2.3.1_Windows_Portable_x86_32	x86_32	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
WindTerm_2.3.1_Windows_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
WindTerm_2.3.1_Mac_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	macOS 10.13, macOS 10.14, macOS 10.15, macOS 11, macOS 12
WindTerm_2.3.1_Linux_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Generic Linux (glibc 2.17 and later)

MacOS

Please open dmg file and drag WindTerm.app to the Applications folder.

Linux

Please use the following command to run the WindTerm after downloading.

tar -xzvf WindTerm_2.3.1_Linux_Portable_x86_64.tar.gz && cd ./WindTerm_2.3.1 && chmod +x ./WindTerm && ./WindTerm

Upgrade

For Windows and Linux, copy or move the profiles folder from the old Windows/Linux version to the new Windows/Linux version and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

For MacOS, copy or move the profiles folder from the old WindTerm.app/Contents/MacOS to the new WindTerm.app/Contents/MacOS and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

The profiles folder is cross-platform.

Known Issues:

• [ZMODEM] Only support file names contains ASCII characters in Windows, otherwise the file name of the transfered file will be garbled after transmission, but it does not affect the correctness of the file content. Linux and MacOS version does not have this problem.

Translation:

• [CHINESE] Update the language file, contributed by MosamXu@github. #246

Features:

• [APP] Added Windows x86_64 version. #213
• [APP] Added MacOS x86_64 version. #46 #65 #306 #372 #408 #412 #418 #429
• [APP] Update the third-party libraries and tools to the latest version: #237
  • Qt v5.15.2
  • libssh v0.9.6
  • openssl v1.1.3m
  • pcre2 v10.39
  • spdlog v1.9.2
  • zstd v1.5.2
  • gsudo v1.0.2
  • vcxsrv v1.20.14.0
• [SHELL] Supports running 64-bit windows shells, like 64-bit cmd, powershell and so on.
• [SHELL] The Windows version automatically chooses to use ConPty or WinPty depending on the system.
• [SSH] Use VcXsrv instead of XMing as the X server to improve compatibility, display and performance. #157
• [GUI] Added support for Unicode 13.
• [GUI] Supports showing or hiding Toolbar in the focus mode. #331
• [GUI] Added New Session menu item in the Session pane. #424
• [GUI] Added Description text edit in the Session dialog. #336 #423
• [TERM] Supports OSC 8 to set the hyperlink. #160 #413 #453 #454
• [TERM] Supports OSC 52 to allow clipboard synchronization.
• [TERM] Supports 8-bit controls IND, NEL, HTS, RI, SS2, SS3, SPA, EPA, SOS, DECID.
• [TERM] Supports setting the initial modes: #134 #473
  • Auto Wrap Mode (DECAWM)
  • New Line Mode (LNM)
  • Reverse Screen Mode (DECSCNM)
  • Cursor Keys Mode (DECCKM)
  • Numeric Keypad Mode (DECNKM)
• [SFTP] Supports specifying file creation permissions, the default permissions is 644.
• [SFTP] Supports specifying fold creation permissions, the default permissions is 755.
• [SFTP] Supports fixing invalid path characters when downloading and editing files. #371 #383
• [SFTP] Uploading and downloading files preserves the permissions of the files and folders. #340 #469
• [SFTP] Uploading and downloading files preserves the timestamp of the files. #445 #487
• [SESSION] Supports resolving ~ to the user home directory in Windows. #464
• [SESSION] Supports highlighting timestamps in ISO 8601 and RFC 2822 formats.
• [SESSION] Supports independent setting of word separators for the alt screen. #252

Improvements:

• [APP] Added WindTerm.png and WindTerm.desktop created by sakura1943 from archlinux to the Linux version. #320
• [GUI] Better support for high DPI displays. #80 #251
• [GUI] Hide the shortcut keys containing Meta in the Windows and Linux systems.
• [GUI] Modify shortcut keys to conform to the MacOS system standard.
• [GUI] The default send count of the Sender is changed from infinity to 1. #449
• [SSH] Supports setting identify files with relative paths. #305
• [SSH] Automatically clear the automatic login information when modifying the target. #329
• [TERM] Improve the performance of parsing the control sequences.
• [TERM] Better support for 7-bit controls (S7C1T) and 8-bit controls (S8C1T).

Bugs:

• [APP] When a thread exits, the new thread may reuse the local thread variable of the old thread before it is deleted, which will cause a serious random crash.
• [APP] The application crashes when exiting the focus mode after closing the split group. #307
• [APP] The application may crash because a large number of unneeded file descriptions are not released in time. #136 #147 #186 #255 #370
• [APP] The application may crash for reading a destroyed widget's pointer on exit.
• [GUI] The user interface is not displayed properly when the screen changed. #230 #348
• [GUI] When the Explorer pane is hidden and displayed again, the text in the list is displayed incomplete. #256
• [SFTP] The default text editor cannot be specified in MacOS. #470
• [SHELL] When using the shells started by gsudo, gsudo does not handle the key ctrl+c correctly. #48

Bug Fixes in Version 2.3.1 (2022-02-22):

• [GUI] Toolbar icons did not scale correctly on screens with different resolutions. #256 #348 #463
• [GUI] After clearing the automatic login information, modifying host or port will cause the connect and save buttons to be disabled.
• [GUI] MessageBar supports copying text. #492
• [GUI] Added tooltips to the Window Date/Time Format input boxes in the Session Settings dialog to describe the date/time format.
• [LOG] The parameter %h of the log content template was not correctly parsed as Host Address.
• [LOG] The precision of the timestamp has been improved to 1ms. #497
• [LOG] The timestamp recorded in the log does not match the timestamp displayed. #497 #511
• [SHELL] In MacOS and Linux systems, processes configured with multiple parameters cannot run. #259
• [SESSION] Session host cannot contain @ character. #512
• [SESSION] The painted 24-bit colorbar has many tiny gaps.

Roadmap of v2.4 (Mid-March, for reference only)

• Dynamic memory compression
• Improved Filer
• Improved XServer
• Improved SSH tunnels
• Move Caret By Mouse #239
• Free Type Mode
• Automatic Completion (Postponed to a later version )
• Command Snippet Description (Postponed to a later version )
• SSH GSSAPI Authentication (Postponed to a later version )
• SSH Agent Forwaring (Postponed to a later version )
• New memory allocator and manager and garbage collector. (Postponed to a later version )
• Search in sessions. (Postponed to a later version )

Version 2.4.0 Prerelease 2 (2022-4-12)

If you want, you can try WindTerm 2.4.0 Prerelease 2 now. Currently only the Windows x86_64 version is available.

WindTerm 2.3.0 Prerelease 4

Note:

WindTerm_2.3.0_Prerelease_4_Linux_Portable_x86_64 does not support fcitx IME.

Usage:

Windows

Both WindTerm_2.3.0_Prerelease_4_Windows_Portable_x86_32 and WindTerm_2.3.0_Prerelease_4_Windows_Portable_x86_64 support Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11.

MacOS

WindTerm_2.3.0_Prerelease_4_Mac_Portable_x86_64 supports macOS 10.13, macOS 10.14, macOS 10.15, macOS 11 and macOS 12. Please open dmg file and drag WindTerm.app to the Applications folder.

Linux

Please use the following command to run the WindTerm after downloading.

tar -xzvf WindTerm_2.3.0_Prerelease_4_Linux_Portable_x86_64.tar.gz && cd ./WindTerm_2.3.0 && chmod +x ./WindTerm && ./WindTerm

Upgrade

For Windows and Linux, copy or move the profiles folder from the old Windows/Linux version to the new Windows/Linux version and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

For MacOS, copy or move the profiles folder from the old WindTerm.app/Contents/MacOS to the new WindTerm.app/Contents/MacOS and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

The profiles folder is cross-platform.

Known Issues:

• [ZMODEM] Only support file names contains ASCII characters in Windows, otherwise the file name of the transfered file will be garbled after transmission, but it does not affect the correctness of the file content. Linux and MacOS version does not have this problem.

Changes in Version 2.3.0 Prerelease 4 (2022-01-29):

Bugs:

• [SFTP] Uploading files may cause file corruption. #487

Changes in Version 2.3.0 Prerelease 3 (2022-01-28):

Features:

• [TERM] Supports OSC 8 to set the hyperlink. #160 #413 #453 #454
• [TERM] Supports OSC 52 to allow clipboard synchronization.
• [TERM] Supports 8-bit controls IND, NEL, HTS, RI, SS2, SS3, SPA, EPA, SOS, DECID.
• [TERM] Supports setting the initial modes: #134 #473
  • Auto Wrap Mode (DECAWM)
  • New Line Mode (LNM)
  • Reverse Screen Mode (DECSCNM)
  • Cursor Keys Mode (DECCKM)
  • Numeric Keypad Mode (DECNKM)
• [SSH] Supports resolving ~ to the user home directory in Windows. #464
• [SFTP] Supports specifying file creation permissions, the default permissions is 644.
• [SFTP] Supports specifying fold creation permissions, the default permissions is 755.
• [SFTP] Supports fixing invalid path characters when downloading and editing files. #371 #383
• [SFTP] Uploading and downloading files preserves the permissions of the files and folders. #340 #469

Improvements:

• [TERM] Better support for 7-bit controls (S7C1T) and 8-bit controls (S8C1T).
• [SSH] Automatically clear the automatic login information when modifying the target. #329
• [GUI] Hide the shortcut keys containing Meta in the Windows and Linux systems.

Bugs:

• [APP] The application crashes when exiting the focus mode after closing the split group. #307
• [SFTP] The default text editor cannot be specified in MacOS. #470

Changes in Version 2.3.0 Prerelease 2 (2022-1-18):

Translation:

• [CHINESE] Update the language file, contributed by MosamXu@github. #246

Features:

• [APP] Added MacOS x86_64 version. #46 #65 #306 #372 #408 #412 #418 #429
• [APP] Added Windows x86_64 version based on Qt 5.15.2 for Windows 7 and Windows 8. #213
• [GUI] Added support for Unicode 13.
• [SFTP] Uploading and downloading files preserves the timestamp of the files. #445
• [SHELL] The Windows version automatically chooses to use ConPty or WinPty depending on the system.
• [SESSION] Supports highlighting timestamps in ISO 8601 and RFC 2822 formats.
• [SESSION] Supports independent setting of word separators for the alt screen. #252

Improvements:

• [GUI] Modify shortcut keys to conform to the MacOS system standard.
• [GUI] The default send count of the Sender is changed from infinity to 1. #449
• [SSH] Supports setting identify files with relative paths. #305

Bugs:

• [APP] The application may crash because a large number of unneeded file descriptions are not released in time. #136 #147 #186 #255 #370
• [APP] The application may crash for reading a destroyed widget's pointer on exit.
• [GUI] The FreeType font engine does not support Powerline fonts and the default font engine is restored.
• [GUI] The text of the input box was incorrectly grayed out.
• [GUI] The text in the Targets drop-down box in the Sender Pane is not displayed completely.
• [GUI] In the search box, the Enter and Shift+Enter keys cannot trigger the search action.
• [GUI] In the search box, each typing will select all the text. #439
• [TERM] The text in vim cannot be scrolled using the scroll wheel. #431

Changes in Version 2.3.0 Prerelease 1 (2022-1-7):

Features:

• [APP] Added Windows x86_64 version. #213
• [APP] Use the FreeType font engine in the Widnows version to produce high-quality output of most vector and bitmap font formats. #278
• [APP] Update the third-party libraries and tools to the latest version: #237
  • Qt v6.2.2 (Used by the x86_64 Windows version)
  • Qt v5.15.2 (Used by the x86_32 Windows version)
  • libssh v0.9.6
  • openssl v1.1.3m
  • pcre2 v10.39
  • spdlog v1.9.2
  • zstd v1.5.1
  • gsudo v1.0.2
  • vcxsrv v1.20.14.0
• [SHELL] Supports running 64-bit windows shells, like 64-bit cmd, powershell and so on.
• [SSH] Use VcXsrv instead of XMing as the X server to improve compatibility, display and performance. #157
• [GUI] Supports showing or hiding Toolbar in the focus mode. #331
• [GUI] Added New Session menu item in the Session pane. #424
• [GUI] Added Description text edit in the Session dialog. #336 #423

Improvements:

• [GUI] Better support for high DPI displays. #80 #251
• [TERM] Improve the performance of parsing the control sequences.

Bugs:

• [APP] When a thread exits, the new thread may reuse the local thread variable of the old thread before it is deleted, which will cause a serious random crash.
• [GUI] The user interface is not displayed properly when the screen changed. #230 #348
• [GUI] When the Explorer pane is hidden and displayed again, the text in the list is displayed incomplete. #256
• [SHELL] When using the shells started by gsudo, gsudo does not handle the key ctrl+c correctly. #48

Emergency Notice

SORRY! WindTerm_2.3.0_Prerelease_2 and WindTerm_2.3.0_Prerelease_3 has a serious SFTP bug and may cause file corruption after uploaded.

For users who have downloaded these versions, please use the old versions or update to the WindTerm_2.3.0_Prerelease_4 version.

WindTerm 2.2.2

Usage:

Windows

Please install vc_redist.x86 if WindTerm failed to run.
Please use WindTerm_Win10_Conpty.exe to support Windows 10 shell. (Windows 19H1 [v10.0.18309] and later)

MacOS

Please open dmg file and drag WindTerm.app to the Applications folder.

Linux

Please use the following command to run the WindTerm after downloading.

tar -xzvf WindTerm_2.2.1_Linux_Portable.tar.gz && cd ./WindTerm_2.2.1 && chmod +x ./WindTerm && ./WindTerm

Upgrade

For Windows and Linux, copy or move the profiles folder from the old Windows/Linux version to the new Windows/Linux version and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

For MacOS, copy or move the profiles folder from the old WindTerm.app/Contents/MacOS to the new WindTerm.app/Contents/MacOS and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

The profiles folder is cross-platform.

Note:

Sorry, since the MacOS version has not been stable so far, the release of the WindTerm 2.2.0 MacOS version has been cancelled and it is expected that a brand new stable universal app will be released in December.

Known Issues:

• [ZMODEM] Only support file names contains ASCII characters in Windows, otherwise the file name of the transfered file will be garbled after transmission, but it does not affect the correctness of the file content. Linux and MacOS version does not have this problem.

Translation:

• [CHINESE] Update the language file, contributed by MosamXu@github. #246

Features:

• [GUI] Supports Multilingual User Interface. #6 #22 #43 #88 #114 #168 #176 #211 #217
  • Arabic - عربي
  • Bengali - বাংলা
  • Chinese (Simplified) - 中文 (简体)
  • Chinese (Traditional) - 正體中文 (繁體)
  • Czech - Čeština
  • Danish - Dansk
  • Dutch - Nederlands
  • English - English
  • Finnish - suomi
  • French - Français
  • German - Deutsch
  • Greek - Ελληνικά
  • Hebrew - עברית
  • Hindi - हिन्दी
  • Hungarian - magyar
  • Icelandic - íslenska
  • Indonesian - Bahasa Indonesia
  • Italian - Italiano
  • Japanese - 日本語
  • Khmer - ខ្មែរ
  • Korean - 한국어
  • Malay - Melayu
  • Norwegian (Bokmål) - Norsk bokmål
  • Persian - فارسی
  • Polish - Polski
  • Portuguese - Português
  • Punjabi (India) - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (ਭਾਰਤ)
  • Russian - Русский
  • Spanish - Español
  • Swedish - Svenska
  • Thai - ไทย
  • Turkish - Türkçe
  • Ukrainian - Українська
  • Urdu - اُردو
  • Vietnamese - Tiếng Việt
• [GUI] Added the global setting dialog, Menubar - Session (1) - Preferences - Settings.
• [GUI] Supports setting the default font of the text view, Settings - Text - Font. #148
• [GUI] Supports nesting session groups when the group name contains >, like x>y>z. #91 #177
• [GUI] Supports opening a specific session or set of sessions on startup. #108
• [GUI] The address bar and the menu of Add Tab button supports nesting session groups.
• [GUI] Supports alternate background colors for text lines, Settings - Text - Alternate line background color.
• [GUI] Supports setting whether to show the Paste dialog on the main screen, Settings - Terminal - Show paste dialog on the main screen. #214
• [GUI] Added an identity file path input box in the Session Setting - SSH - Authentication dialog.
• [TAB] Added Duplicate Tab to the customizable double-click operations of the tab. #258
• [SSH] Supports SSH ControlMaster. #173
• [SSH] Supports setting mouse tracking events. #144
• [SHELL] Added a new Shell pane makes it more easier to use shells, such as Bash, Cmd, Powershell, WSL, etc.
• [TERM] Added GB2312, GBK and many Single-Byte Character Sets. #208 #264
  • GB2312
  • GBK
  • hp-roman8
  • IBM850
  • IBM866
  • IBM874
  • KOI8-U
  • macintosh
  • TSCII
  • TIS-620
  • Windows-1250
  • Windows-1251
  • Windows-1252
  • Windows-1253
  • Windows-1254
  • Windows-1255
  • Windows-1256
  • Windows-1257
  • Windows-1258
  • WINSAMI2
• [TERM] Supports Xterm formatOtherKey to allow the format of the escape sequence used to report modifieed keys to be overrided.
• [TERM] Supports OSC 12 to set the text cursor color.
• [TERM] Supports OSC 112 to reset the text cursor color. #160 #188 #229
• [TERM] Supports OSC 104 to reset the palette colors.
• [TERM] Supports CSI > m to reset key modifier options. #232
• [TERM] Supports CSI > 1 ; Ⓝ m to select format for modifier keys in cursor key press reports. #232
• [TERM] Supports CSI > 2 ; Ⓝ m to select format for modifier keys in function-key key press reports. #232
• [TERM] Supports CSI > 4 ; Ⓝ m to select format for modifier keys in other key press reports. #232
• [TERM] Supports setting the number of lines each time the mouse wheel scrolls in the alternative screen. #183
• [TERM] Supports hard reset, soft reset, and character set reset of the term. #162 #199
• [QUICKBAR] Added a shortcut menu containing Modify and Remove actions to the command button to quickly manage the button.
• [MESSAGEBAR] Supports simultaneous display of multiple messages in expanded mode.

Improvements:

• [APP] Redesigned, rewritten, and refactored more than 15,000 lines of core code to enhance flexibility, reliability and robustness.
• [GUI] Improve the column selection and copy in auto-wrap mode. #250
• [GUI] Supports popping up the right-click menu in the blank space of the Explorer Pane.
• [GUI] Disable the pop-up context menu of the term view in the login wizard.
• [GUI] Restore the last configuration when the Log Dialog is opened. #240
• [GUI] The font combo box in the settings dialog uses bold type to indicate fixed-width fonts.
• [GUI] Change the Yes To All button of the Close Tab dialog box to the Don't show again check box.
• [GUI] Remove the extra 10% of the line height to display more lines on the screen and make the table lines and so on look more continuous. #146
• [GUI] Remove unnecessary scheme style terminal.text, terminal.text.1 and terminal.text.2 to avoid interference with the default font settings. #202
• [GUI] Supports restoring the Focus Mode after restarting. #175 #197
• [GUI] Supports restoring the visibility of the menu bar and status bar after restarting. #174
• [FILER] Restore the last dialog geometry when opening the upload and download dialog. #247
• [FILER] When downloading a single file, the menu item Open Target Directory will select the file when opening the target folder.
• [LOG] The log file name template supports including IP addresses. #227
• [SESSION] Supports pressing Enter to reconnect the session when the error "Remote channel is closed" is detected.
• [TERM] Add and modify hundreds of pre-defined key values under Normal keypad mode and Application keypad mode of vt52, vt100, vt102, vt220, vt340, vt420, vt520, xterm and xterm-256color. #171
• [MESSAGEBAR] Added the time stamp of the message to the tooltip.

Bugs:

• [APP] The application may crash when closing a connecting session. #206
• [GUI] Sometimes the text is automatically selected by mistake when moving the mouse. #138
• [GUI] After switching to hexadecimal mode and switching back, the caret becomes a vertical bar.
• [GUI] When dragging the vertical scroll bar to the starting position of the column selection of hundres of lines, the carets of some lines does not blink correctly.
• [GUI] Double-clicking the folding margin cannot correctly select the text in the folding area.
• [GUI] When the average width of the font is less than the width of the space, it may cause unnecessary text wrapping. #171
• [GUI] The shortcut key Alt+A cannot be used to check/uncheck the Auto login next time check box in the login wizard. #241
• [GUI] When the session name is the same as the group name, the session node is not visible in Session Pane. #225
• [GUI] The title of the rename group dialog should be Rename Group instead of Add Group. #191
• [GUI] After restarting in the focus mode, QuickBar does not display the groups correctly. #204
• [GUI] The password input box in the lock screen cannot get the focus when the window is activated. #218
• [GUI] Cannot hide the Symbol margin. #221
• [GUI] When the Paste dialog was initially opened, the number of characters and lines of the pasted text could not be displayed correctly.
• [GUI] When the browse buttons of X/Y/Z Modem - Download/Upload Directory in the Session Settings dialog are clicked, the browse dialog is not displayed.
• [GUI] When all sessions are closed, the Local/Remote button in the status bar is not hidden correctly.
• [GUI] Executing Close All Views will cause a small amount of memory leaks.
• [LINUX] Cannot use fcitx input method to input Chinese. #39 #125 #203
• [LINUX] Cannot minimize the window correctly after turning off always on top mode and focus mode. #198
• [LOG] The duplicated session cannot create the log file correctly.
• [LOG] When exiting or disconnecting a session, the log file sometimes fails to record all the output.
• [SHELL] When no Windows subsystem is installed, a large number of invalid Linux Distributions will be imported. #243
• [SHELL] Incorrect wsl -l output parsing may result in incomplete import of all installed Linux Distributions.
• [SSH] Cannot log in using an identity file in a path that contains non-English characters. #159
• [TERM] Executing set nowrap in vim will cause the first characters of wrapped lines to be displayed incorrectly. #260
• [TERM] When automatically wrapping the long lines, the actual displayed characters in each line is one more than the number of...