v0.50.0

What's Changed

• Asyncronous prompt updates by @philocalyst in #1117
• Add with_persistent_menus option by @maxim-uvarov in #1118
• Fix for surfaced unlayout in Nushell by @philocalyst in #1122
• Making Reedline aware of the status of completors by @philocalyst in #1123
• fix: dont expand abbr eagerly on submit by @casedami in #1125
• fix: floor word_end to char boundary in abbreviation expansion (panic on multibyte char before cursor) by @easyinplay in #1121
• feat(core): split Extend into CoverLanding vs Span by @kronberger-droid in #1113
• refactor(prompt)!: use nu_ansi_term::Color throughout Prompt Trait by @kronberger-droid in #1128
• feat(history): add typed inherent methods and JSON filter to SqliteBackedHistory by @eitsupi in #1112
• update some dependencies by @fdncred in #1129
• Stronger contracts around completions by @philocalyst in #1136
• feat(vi): add u, U visual mode commands by @matystroia in #1087
• test(editor): keep case-transform selections inside the buffer by @kronberger-droid in #1140
• feat(vi): support deleting chars backward with X by @sim590 in #1067
• Take the external-print anchor from the terminal, not a count by @james-kassabian in #1139
• fix(painter): pin the cursor when a line fills the terminal width by @kronberger-droid in #1141
• fix(painter): don't re-use a bottom-flush prompt anchor after a scroll by @kronberger-droid in #1133
• fix(engine): decide menu completions once the completer answers by @kronberger-droid in #1144
• fix(painter): stop gating the exit erase on after-cursor text by @kronberger-droid in #1145
• feat(helix)!: add helix edit mode behind a feature flag by @kronberger-droid in #1138
• chore: raise rust-version to the 1.95 the locked deps requirements by @kronberger-droid in #1146
• fix(painter): stop trimming the newline that ends a multi-line prompt by @kronberger-droid in #1147
• feat(helix): give select mode its own keybinding table by @kronberger-droid in #1148
• feat(engine): style the cursor cell inside a visual selection by @kronberger-droid in #1149
• Bump minor version by @cptpiepmatz in #1150

New Contributors

• @maxim-uvarov made their first contribution in #1118
• @easyinplay made their first contribution in #1121
• @matystroia made their first contribution in #1087
• @sim590 made their first contribution in #1067
• @james-kassabian made their first contribution in #1139

Full Changelog: v0.49.0...v0.50.0