Fixes
- Worked around an issue with Qt version 5.10 that causes the application to occasionally crash when reloading the currently opened document or when opening a new document due to the text cursor not being set to the beginning of the document before clearing the editor and loading the new document.
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.
Version 1.6.0 and above will no longer compile with Qt 4 due to new features that depend on Qt 5. Please use Qt 5 when building ghostwriter from the source code. Also, as of version 1.6.0, the Windows editions come bundled with Qt 5.10.1. As such, you might enjoy using FreeType font rendering with ghostwriter, which looks superb under this Qt version. Please see the wiki page for a quick guide on how to enable this feature. Moreover, this version removes print support from the HTML live preview, as future versions of ghostwriter will switch from QtWebKit to QtWebEngine, which does not support printing. Finally, as of version 1.6.0, the Windows edition comes bundled with annulen's QtWebKit for displaying the HTML preview. Special thanks goes out to this hard-working team for providing a QtWebKit build for newer Qt versions!
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:
- Xenial (16.04)
- Artful (17.10)
- Bionic (18.04)
The following are links to unofficial packages/repositories for other Linux distros, kindly provided by volunteers. Note that they may not have been updated to the latest version of ghostwriter, but may be in the future.