New Features

• HUD windows can now be closed using the Esc key when they have focus.
• A new option has been added to highlight double spaces at the end of a line.
• Github-style task lists can now be made using the * and + bullet point characters, in addition to the - character.
• Support for ConTeXt and wkhtmltopdf when exporting to PDF with Pandoc has been added.
• Auto-matching characters for selected text now respects the existing preferences for the matching done while typing without text selected.
• Typing a single quote (') will no longer result in a second quote being automatically inserted after the cursor if the cursor is positioned in the middle of a word.
• Most settings have been moved into a new Preferences dialog to accommodate the ever increasing number of application options.
• Font size can now be increased by pressing Ctrl+=or decreased by pressing Ctrl+-. It can also be changed by using Ctrl and the mouse wheel.
• When exporting to other file formats, the output file will be opened after export with its default application.
• E-books created using Pandoc will now also be generated with a table of contents.
• When passing in a file path via the command line, a new file will be created with that path if it does not already exist.
• When typing a * character, ghostwriter would auto-insert a second * character in anticipation of emphasized text. The auto-inserted second * will now be removed if a space is typed to accommodate a bullet list instead.
• Rudimentary support for HiDPI has been added. See notes below.
• Various performance enhancements and tweaks have been made under the hood.

Fixes

• Issue #128: Hyphenated words are now considered one word for spell checking.
• Issue #131: ghostwriter can now be built from its source tarball without needing git to be installed.
• Issue #132: Linux desktop file now specifies that ghostwriter can open only one file from the command line rather than multiple files.
• Issue #170: Ctrl+M now opens the HTML Preview instead of Ctrl+W. This is to avoid a conflict with closing windows in Linux.
• Issue #219: Copy and paste no longer makes the word count jump.
• Sundry minor fixes have been added.

Notes

Since version 1.4.0, if you are using the portable version of ghostwriter for Windows, please note that you no longer require the translations folder in your data folder. The translations folder has been moved up one folder, so you don't need to have your settings and themes mixed with an application dependency. When moving the contents of your old data folder to the new one, please delete the old data\translations folder.

Version 1.5.0 brings various HiDPI improvements. However, SVG icons for the full screen button and the HUD window buttons will look overly large and clipped. Drop shadows on text and buttons will also look somewhat pixelated. This is due to QTBUG-60026, which has been fixed in Qt 5.9. At the time of this release, Qt 5.9 is still in beta. It is recommended for users using Qt versions below 5.9 to use a FHD screen resolution when using ghostwriter.

Linux Downloads

Ubuntu Linux users can download the latest version of ghostwriter from the Launchpad PPA using the following commands in a terminal window:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wereturtle/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ghostwriter

You may also visit the wereturtle package archive page directly. For more information on how to add a PPA to your system, please see the Launchpad guide. Note that this version of ghostwriter has been packaged in the PPA solely for the following Ubuntu versions:

• Trusty (14.04)
• Vivid (15.04)
• Xenial (16.04)
• Yakkety (16.10)
• Zesty (17.04)
• Artful (17.10)

The following are links to unofficial packages/repositories for other Linux distros, kindly provided by volunteers:

• Fedora
• openSUSE
• Arch Linux AUR