Release Notes

Added

cmark-gfm now replaces Sundown as the default Markdown processor for live previews an export.
Syntax highlighting now utilizes cmark-gfm for better accuracy, especially with nested blocks.
HUDs have been replaced with a side bar.
Theming has been revamped to include more color options, but to exclude background images.
CSS for HTML Preview now adaptively changes colors based on the current theme.
Fonts can be customized for the HTML preview in the Preview Options dialog.
Themes are now composed of two color schemes: a light mode and a dark mode.
A new dark mode button in the status bar allows users to switch to the current theme's dark mode.
Find and replace dialog has been revamped into a panel at the bottom of the application.
Find and replace now supports highlighting all matches.
Export dialog now uses native file selector dialog.
Any two spaces at the end of a line are marked with dots by default.
Selected text now reveals tabs and spaces.
Source code has been refactored to follow KDE Frameworks and Qt coding style guides.
ghostwriter now uses React to update only what changed in the live preview since the last keystroke, significantly reducing the live preview rendering time for large documents.

Issue #281: Removal of HUD windows will facilitate Alt+Tab switching.
Issue #382, #539: IME selection window/IBUS candidate window should no longer be displaced.
Issue #401: Single column tables are now highlighted.
Issue #439: README file was updated to remove the installation of qt5-default on Debian-based systems.
Issue #480: Menu bar is now accessible on relaunching ghostwriter in full screen mode.
Issue #494: MathJax JavaScript syntax error that was being printed to the terminal and which prevented inline math from being displayed with the $ sign has been fixed.
Issue #500: Preview Options dialog will now only open once.
Issue #507: Multilevel lists are highlighted correctly in the editor with the switch to cmark-gfm handling the syntax highlighting.
Issue #508: HUD windows have been replaced with a side bar for compatibility with Wayland.
Issue #517: README.md has been updated with correct instructions location for building on MacOS.
Issue #503: MathJax has now been included inside the application rather than fetching it externally.
Issue #532: Insert spaces for tabs now works on startup.
Issue #536: Added missing Markdown file extensions to file dialog filter when opening and saving files.

Discount support was removed due to its conflicting executable name with MultiMarkdown.