28 Apr 16:03

lhecker

d3f8697

2.0.0 - A compiler for syntax highlighting! Latest

Latest

⚠️ If you're a package maintainer, please read the last section at the end.

Syntax Highlighting

Edit v2 adds the Lightweight Syntax Highlighter. It has a ~40kB footprint for a dozen languages plus runtime, barely grows with each language added, and runs at >100MB/s.

The highlighter is based on a simple programming language that combines regular expressions with explicit control flow. It's designed such that the runtime can be easily ported to other languages, including JavaScript.

The list of languages will surely grow over time, and contributions for widely used languages are very welcome.
If you're an experienced compiler developer, we'd greatly appreciate any advice and contributions to the LSH compiler. If you're interested in ports of the runtime, please let us know!

See you in v3, with the introduction of a tiny CSS parser for UI theming.

Changes

Syntax highlighting (#753, #776, #777, #624, #795)
The whole LSH stack: compiler, runtime, integration, and initial language definitions. See above.
For path matching, we've written our own glob matcher (#743).
Preliminary support for settings.json (#742, #779)
For now, this is limited to files.associations, which lets you map file paths and extensions to languages for syntax highlighting. I expect v3 to be centered around configurability.
Find & Replace now supports capture groups (#222) (thanks @viyic!)
You can use $1, $2, etc. in the replacement string when regex mode is on.
You can move lines with Alt+Up/Down (#230) (thanks @juemrami!)
Tab and Shift+Tab indent and unindent multiple lines at once (#245) (thanks @liltrendi!)
Whitespace inside selections is now visible (#397) (thanks @pheonick!)
Pressing Ctrl+L selects the entire current line (#541) (thanks @recently-avoid-dyin!)
Opening a directory via the CLI drops you into the file picker (#577) (thanks @four-poetic-drew!)
Unsaved work is indicated with a ● in the terminal title (#523) (thanks @adamjoer!)
The file picker now uses natural sort for filenames (#763)
file2.txt sorts before file10.txt, as it should.

Bug Fixes

Invalid CLI arguments are properly rejected instead of silently ignored (#503) (thanks @spinualexandru!)
Fixed random Unicode text input corruption on *nix (#520) (thanks @manitofigh!)
Fixed a file truncation issue when writing Unicode files (#548)
Fixed undo grouping when backspacing (#590)
Fixed the alpha blending formula for colors (#594)
We were using srgb_to_linear on premultiplied colors, which is no bueno.
Scrolling and clicking have gone through a divorce (#603, #812, #819)
No more phantom selections when you just wanted to scroll.
Fixed UI colors with Terminal.app's new "Clear Dark" theme (#728)
Fixed multiple issues found under Linux (#706)
UTF-8 parsing for SGR mouse coordinates, sighandler_t warnings, GDB pretty printing.
Single-line files will now properly save as CRLF on Windows (#739) (thanks @UnnaturalTwilight!)
Fixed horizontal scrolling on macOS touchpads (#794) (thanks @barkure!)
You can now replace zero-width regex matches (e.g. $) (#815) (thanks @MihneaTeodorStoica!)
Accidentally pasting multiple lines into a single-line input field will not break the UI anymore (#818)
Fixed a crash when sorting directories on Linux without ICU being available (#823)

Smaller Changes

SIMD support for LoongArch (#539, #535, #551, #547, #602, #554) (thanks @heiher!)
We'll now automatically create parent directories on save (#738) (thanks @stescobedo92!)
Printing --help or --version no longer requires a TTY (#556, #810)
Fixed Ctrl modifier handling during mouse input (#604)
On Windows, SetConsoleMode failures now show a useful error message (#639)
The Windows application manifest compatibility section was fixed (#635)
Fixed a bug where the release announcement contained too much flavor
Toggling buttons in the search/replace dialog will not move focus around anymore (#821)

Build & Packaging

The ICU SONAME is configurable at build time via EDIT_CFG_ICU* (#495)
If this interests you, read the section at the end.
A devcontainer configuration was added (#496) (thanks @luisgizirian!)
A basic snapcraft.yaml was added for Snap package builds (#500) (thanks @aaronprisk!)
The .desktop file was improved (#560) (thanks @Nukleari!)
We added our own custom localization system (#591)
All translations live in i18n/edit.toml for now. The system allows us to dynamically add more languages over time.
A single-line Linux installer script was added (#628) (thanks @JaredTweed!)
See our readme for more information.
clippy::ptr_as_ptr lint was fixed (#730) (thanks @xtqqczze!)
Nightly Rust is no longer required (#761, #762, #764)
All nightly features have been replaced with our own, lovingly handcrafted unsafe code.

Localization, Internationalization, Documentation

This release adds 19 new languages, bringing the total to 30 (#596, #629, #634, #655, #663, #669, #688, #693).
Thanks go out to (in no particular order): @viyic, @VenusGirl, @mrFlamel, @MKAbuMattar, @OMouta, @miteigidesu, @bitigchi, @ebraminio, @omegahm, @xTacobaco, @marinac-dev, @marginal23326, @NandeMD, @msoltanov, @TotiTolvukall, @hidden-being, @peterblazejewicz, @schilive, @ioma8, @maikkundev, @webmaster442, @Erithax, @spinualexandru, @ronja-koistinen, and @KarpenkoY!

Additional notes to Build & Packaging

To summarize the changes above:

Microsoft Edit now builds with stable Rust. However, Rust 1.93 or later is required.
The build system now supports SONAME overrides for ICU (primarily relevant on Linux). You can read more about it at the end of our readme.

For instance, a build on Debian 13 (Trixie) may look like this:

# If permitted by your stability policies
# and with rust-src installed:
export RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP=1
export EDIT_CFG_ICUUC_SONAME=libicuuc.so.76
export EDIT_CFG_ICUI18N_SONAME=libicui18n.so.76
export EDIT_CFG_ICU_RENAMING_VERSION=76
cargo test -- --ignored
cargo build --release --config .cargo/release.toml

# Otherwise:
export EDIT_CFG_ICUUC_SONAME=libicuuc.so.76
export EDIT_CFG_ICUI18N_SONAME=libicui18n.so.76
export EDIT_CFG_ICU_RENAMING_VERSION=76
cargo test -- --ignored
cargo build --release

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peterblazejewicz, omegahm, and 43 other contributors

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15 Oct 14:26

lhecker

v1.2.1

91a9a5f

1.2.1

This release contains the final binaries that ship with Windows 11 25H2.
Linux distributions do not need to update to v1.2.1.

Changes

Added an executable icon for Windows (#475, #478)

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11 Jun 21:46

lhecker

v1.2.0

1f8fe1c

1.2.0

As Steve Ballmer famously said: Fixes! Fixes! Fixes! We do one better and also have new features.
I expect the rate of releases to rise quadratically from now on. 1.1e19.0 should be out in a few weeks.

To Linux package maintainers: We now added an official recommendation for package names to our README.

Changes

The Open/Save file dialog now features filename autocompletion (#185, #464) (thanks @haoruilee)
The encoding picker is now 100% less confusing and has a fuzzy search field (#255) (thanks @b6k)
If you couldn't find Shift-JIS before, because we called it "ibm-943_P15A-2003", rest easy: It's now called "Shift_JIS" as you'd expect.
Control characters are now shown in yellow (#378)
This will make it a lot easier to spot them at a glance!
You can now duplicate lines by simply pressing Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V (#405)
We'll now detect if your terminal treats "ambiguous" characters as "wide" (#406)
This may be a welcome change for those of you who use CJK characters on Linux. It also fixes issues with the older Windows Console when you use fonts such as "MS Gothic".
Seeking across lines is now up to hundreds of times faster (#408)
If you had issues browsing 1GB+ files before: Now you don't. On my CPU it runs at up to 160GB/s!

Bug Fixes

Fixed a virtual memory leak on Windows (#404)
Fixed a bug preventing you from selecting tabs (#412)
We're experimenting with fixes for those of you who see random input or hangs when you launch Edit (#416, #424)
The line number margin now gets properly updated at all times (#436) (thanks @Link1J)
Find & Replace now works with empty replacements (#457) (thanks @Shivix)
We fixed another freeze when using Find & Replace (#459)

Smaller Changes

Pressing F3 will now jump to the next search result (#453) (thanks @keircn)
Alt+Up in the Open/Save file dialog will now navigate upwards (#458)

Smaller Bug Fixes

If you're using an older terminal which doesn't support color reporting, Edit should now look a bit prettier (#417)
Documents are now closed after you were prompted for saving them (#429) (thanks @Ride-A-Pig)
The View menu is now properly hidden, when there aren't any files open (#447) (thanks @Shivix)
We fixed an issue preventing you from selecting ".." twice in a row in the Open/Save file dialog (#454)
Overlapping modals will now clear underlines under them (#460)

Improvements to our use of Rust

We also remove a redundant heap allocation in DisplayablePathBuf::from_string (#336) (thanks @rhysd)
We removed our dependency on the os_string_truncate feature (#421) (thanks @matthew-e-brown)
scratch_arena had some UB and was fixed (#455) (thanks @comex)

Localization, Internationalization, Documentation

Ellipses in localizations are now more consistently applied (#282) (thanks @ivanovkirilg)
The "Go to Line" dialog now uses : instead of / to clarify that you have to type "line:column" (#354) (thanks @sharshi)
We improved the grammar for LargeClipboardWarning in German (#384) (thanks @keks137)
readme and categories fields were added to Cargo.toml (#415) (thanks @sorairolake)
A rudimentary .desktop file was added (#420) (thanks @MingcongBai)
Fixed formatting of Vec<T> in our docs (#435) (thanks @SakuraM)
The "Document Picker" was renamed to "Go to File" to make it easier to find (#456)

Miscellaneous

We add a CI check for PRs now, which should prevent future "oopsies" (#360, #365)
We added a LineCache struct in advance of adding syntax highlighting in the future (#352) (thanks @L1quidH2O)
Benchmarks were added to make it easier to spot any future regressions (#403)
If you prefer CodeLLDB, the project now has a launch option for it (#444) (thanks @Nikitf777)

Contributors

comex, rhysd, and 15 other contributors

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28 May 22:02

lhecker

v1.1.0

a82483d

1.1.0

Welcome to our first servicing release! Thanks to your contributions, this release contains a large amount of bug fixes and welcome additions. Let us know if you like it in the linked discussion.

If you're using Linux, we would greatly appreciate if you could help us find a name for our editor!
You can read more about it and vote here.

Changes

We added a "Go to Line/Column" dialog and bound it to CtrlG (#133, #265, #267) (thanks @diabloproject, @Ride-A-Pig!)
You can now open multiple files at once by passing all of them as arguments to edit (#143) (thanks @koitococo!)
Pressing F10 will now focus the menubar (#198)
Pressing Home will now toggle between line start and indentation (#199) (thanks @achaljhawar!)
Buttons that have hotkeys assigned to them, now have a fancy underline to show which button it is (#276) (thanks @deadalusai!)
Edit will now insert a final newline if needed (#300)
Note that creating new files on Windows will default to not inserting a final newline.

Bug Fixes

Edit should now correctly pick up your user language (#85, #104, #256) (thanks @hikilaka, @eatradish!)
Currently supported languages are: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional
We fixed some incorrect boolean logic in our fuzzy searcher (#134) (thanks @matklad!)
Pressing Shift + Tab in an empty line will not crash Edit anymore (#137) (thanks @marcos-venicius!)
Pressing Alt followed by a non-English keyboard key will not crash Edit anymore (#244)
Unfortunately, it will also not do anything. This requires support for the "Kitty Keyboard Protocol" which is not yet implemented in either Edit nor Windows Terminal.
Fixed a whole assortment of bugs and issues around Search & Replace (#258, #274, #299, #327)
The file picker will now properly warn before overwriting an existing file (#277) (thanks @Ride-A-Pig!)

Smaller Changes

We added the following menu items:
- Select All (#212) (thanks @ankddev!)
- Document Picker (#224) (thanks @b6k-dev!)
You can now select "UTF-8 BOM" in the encoding picker (#225) (thanks @b6k-dev!)
When you have an unmodified and untitled document, opening a new file will replace the untitled document (#257)
Tab and Arrow keys should now behave more predictable overall (#272)
On Windows, the file picker now shows a drive selector if you navigate all the way up (#290)
We now use much nicer checkbox characters (#321) (thanks @aspizu!)
When you press and hold Ctrl+W it won't accidentally exit the application anymore (#326)

Smaller Bug Fixes

Our SVG application icon is now 100% more valid XML (#106) (thanks @MingcongBai!)
The accelerator key for the "Replace" menu item will now work properly (#126) (thanks @dan-jac!)
Our unit tests now use the correct page size on aarch64-apple-darwin (#167) (thanks @youknowone!)
We fixed a bug where typing S and N was sometimes not possible in the file picker (#298)
Doc tests intermittently didn't build, but this issue was swiftly fixed (#310) (thanks @rhysd!)
Scrolling inside very large documents (>1GB) will not randomly jump around anymore (#315) (thanks @L1quidH2O!)

Platform Support

Added support for building on macOS and other BSDs (#72) (thanks @factormystic!)
Added winget instructions (#105) (thanks @licon4812!)
Added support for non-x86/AArch64 architectures (#161)
On Windows, UNC (network) paths can now be opened properly (#193)
We now use Alt for word-wise navigation on macOS (#207) (thanks @diabloproject!)

Improvements to our use of Rust

We made some smaller improvements to our Cargo.toml (#43, #121) (thanks @HotCakeX, @bee-san!)
A rust-toolchain.toml was added, ensuring you automatically use nightly Rust (#97) (thanks @maekawatoshiki!)
We stopped applying MSVC compile flags for non-MSVC toolchains (#98) (thanks @ognevny!)
We now use offset_from_unsigned as it is now available in stable Rust (#131) (thanks @ThalliMega!)
Unsafe lifetime transmutes were removed from vt::Stream (#178) (thanks @arkeet!)
We now use the Self type more often (#208) (thanks @adamnemecek!)
We're now optimizing std for size as well (#241) (thanks @yui-915!)

Localization, Internationalization, Documentation

Improved Japanese translations (#100, #232) (thanks @mznms, @suikan4github!)
Improved French localizations (#129, #213) (thanks @dan-jac, @Packingdustry!)
Various spelling mistakes were fixed (#174, #206, #313) (thanks @benja2998, @jsoref, @noritaka1166!)
Our --help message is now a lot more informative (#181) (thanks @Whitecat18!)
The repository now contains a preliminary man page (#263) (thanks @rhubarb-geek-nz!)