0.6.3

New

• Allow args to be specified in "CommandLine" format on Windows; a pre-escaped string that will be used as is #41

  var pty = require('pty');
  pty.spawn('cmd', '/d /c "dir "test folder""');

• Distribute TypeScript declaration files (.d.ts typing files) with the npm module #50

Bug fixes

• Correctly expose the process ID of the shell process on Windows #45 (not fixed #67)
• Fix process handle and pointer leaks #49
• Support building on Alpine Linux #40
• Support building on FreeBSD #42

Deprecations

• fork and createTerminal have been deprecated in favor of spawn #43

0.6.2

• Fix crash when calling pty.kill() #34
• Remove comments from built JS #31
• Upgrade nan to 2.5.0 #28
• Remove dependency on extend #29

0.6.1

This release fixes an issue with the compiled JS.

• backspace in Git Bash on Windows should work correctly, not move the cursor to the right #35

0.6.0

This release improves support for Windows, fixing many of the common issues

• Removed all customizations to the old version of winpty and upgraded to v0.4.2, this fixes many of the common issues on Windows such as:
  • Prompt going out of sync when using backspace microsoft/vscode#7345
  • Prompt going out of sync when using tab microsoft/vscode#17586
  • Arrow keys not working on Bash on Windows microsoft/vscode#10163
  • Other issues related to Git Bash and similar shells microsoft/vscode#14613
• Converted the JavaScript portion of the codebase to TypeScript

0.4.1

The project's initial release. It contains the following changes on top of pty.js@0.3.0:

• chjj/pty.js#137 Fixed Windows parameters program args @the-ress ed3c9da
• chjj/pty.js#173 Support launching shells from a unicode cwd on Windows @the-ress 36b5b6f
• rprichard/winpty#74 Fix not enough storage error on Windows c75c2dc
• Upgrade nan to v2.2.1 d430181

Note that v0.5.1 is a republish of 0.4.1 as I accidentally published to the latest tag and npm didn't let me unpublish.