Add "What's New" page to show release notes after update to new version #1414
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Currently when a user uses Sparkle updater to update, they will see the release notes beforehand. However, if they are updating across multiple versions, they only see the latest one. Also, if they are using automatic update, they will not see the release notes page. Users who get MacVim from Homebrew or manually building from source also do not see the release notes as those mechanisms are driven from command line. This makes it harder to communicate new features and announcements to these users. Add a new "What's New" page that will be automatically shown whenever the user has updated to a new version of MacVim. The last version of MacVIm is tracked by the MMLastUsedBundleVersion value previously added in macvim-dev#1357, which allows us to detect such update no matter what installation method was used and display a dialog box. Other than opening at launch, the user can also open it in the Help menu, and there's an option to make it not open at launch if it's annoying to the user. The release notes is served by http://macvim.org/ (done in macvim-dev/macvim-dev.github.io#1) so we don't have to bundle it locally and it makes it easier to update them. MacVim will know the request a range of release notes (if updating across multiple versions at once) so that all new versions will be visible. Also, fix it so that both Sparkle updater and the new What's New page will properly be shown on top of the new MacVim window that gets opened when MacVim is launched. Previously when we get a new update, Sparkle frequently gets hid behind the editor window.
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Updated to Vim 9.0.1677 Announcements ==================== Website -------------------- The official website for MacVim is now https://macvim.org. Previously it just forwarded to https://macvim-dev.github.io/macvim/. You can also read the MacVim documentation at https://macvim.org/docs/gui_mac.txt.html. #1385 Features ==================== Updater / What's New page -------------------- There is now a "What's New" page that will automatically be shown whenever MacVim detected that it has been updated to a new version (can be disabled in Settings). The page will also include all the release notes if you have updated across multiple versions. This feature is useful for users who turned on "Automatically install updates" or installs MacVim through other methods like Homebrew but would still like to see the release notes when a new version comes out. You can also access it through the Help menu. #1414 MacVim should now report its version in a much more consistent manner in the "About MacVim" page and when the updater reports there is a new version. It should look something like "r176 (Vim 9.0.1276)" where "r176" is the MacVim release number and the 9.0.1276 is the bundled Vim version. #1293 #1393 Sparkle (updater for MacVim) is now updated to 2.4.2. #1416 New Vim features -------------------- - New bundled colorschemes: wildcharm/retrobox/sorbet/zaibatsu (vim/vim#12163) - File encryption now has a new `cryptmethod`: `xchacha20v2`, which is designed to be more forward compatible with future Vim versions than `xchacha20`. (v9.0.1481) - `switchbuf` works for more commands. (v9.0.1546) - Statusline now supports multiple alignment "%=" items. (v9.0.1300) - New UTF-16 utility functions (`strutf16len` and `utf16idx`) (v9.0.1485) - Misc 'smoothscroll' bugs fixes General ==================== * Removed non-Unicode localization files, which helps cut down on app size. #1397 * Miscellaneous documentation fixes. #1415 #1375 #1386 #1363 (by @dkav) * The disk image for MacVim (MacVim.dmg) is now in APFS and uses better compression for better efficiency. #1409 Fixes ==================== * Printing a file in macOS 13 Ventura (using `:hardcopy` or File→Print) should work again. #1390 * Fixed a broken symlink to XPCServices in the Sparkle framework. #1367 * Fixed MacVim to not throw (safe) Objective C exceptions when quitting. #1371 * Fixed welcome message not being aligned properly in Simplified Chinese and show the Vim 9 prompt. #1381 * Removed some unnecessary test files in the runtime folders which were included erroneously. #1418 Scripting ==================== - Scripting languages versions: - Python is now built against 3.11, up from 3.10. Compatibility ==================== Requires macOS 10.9 or above. (10.9 - 10.12 requires downloading a separate legacy build) Script interfaces have compatibility with these versions: - Lua 5.4 - Perl 5.30 - Python2 2.7 - Python3 3.11 - Ruby 3.2
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Currently when a user uses Sparkle updater to update, they will see the release notes beforehand. However, if they are updating across multiple versions, they only see the latest one. Also, if they are using automatic update, they will not see the release notes page. Users who get MacVim from Homebrew or manually building from source also do not see the release notes as those mechanisms are driven from command line. This makes it harder to communicate new features and announcements to these users.
Add a new "What's New" page that will be automatically shown whenever the user has updated to a new version of MacVim. The last version of MacVIm is tracked by the MMLastUsedBundleVersion value previously added in #1357, which allows us to detect such update no matter what installation method was used and display a dialog box. Other than opening at launch, the user can also open it in the Help menu, and there's an option to make it not open at launch if it's annoying to the user.
The release notes is served by http://macvim.org/ (done in macvim-dev/macvim-dev.github.io#1) so we don't have to bundle it locally and it makes it easier to update them. MacVim will know the request a range of release notes (if updating across multiple versions at once) so that all new versions will be visible.
Also, fix it so that both Sparkle updater and the new What's New page will properly be shown on top of the new MacVim window that gets opened when MacVim is launched. Previously when we get a new update, Sparkle frequently gets hid behind the editor window.