lite-xl/lite-xl v2.1.2

Lite XL v2.1.2

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This release addresses some issues present in the previous release, and improves the performance and stability.

Downloads

• Windows (Setup): 32-bit, 64-bit
• Linux (64-bit): AppImage, tarball
• macOS: Universal, Intel, Apple Silicon

Other downloads such as ZIP files for Windows and lightweight releases are available below.

Important Notes

• Lite XL will use the default SCALE of 1 due to unreliable display scale detection,
  causing UI elements to have incorrect sizing in High DPI displays.
  To workaround this issue, set the LITE_SCALE environment variable to your desired display scale.

• macOS users should not run xattr -C /Applications/Lite\ XL.app anymore,
  instead they could right-click the program in Finder and click "Open".
  This should allow the user to run Lite XL directly.

New Features

• The context menu in TreeView is now navigable with a keyboard. (#1338)

• A universal build of Lite XL is now available for macOS.
  This build runs natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon macs. (#1458)

• Most Unicode characters should be displayed properly if your fonts support them. (#1524)

• LogView will no longer scroll automatically if the user had scrolled.
  The LogView will only scroll automatically when the user scrolls up to the last entry. (#1546)

• When using different fonts (especially fonts that render different scripts), the letters will be aligned vertically. (#1560)

• Unsaved named files are now saved in the workspace. (#1597)

• macOS builds are now signed with a developer certificate.
  This allows the user to right click the application in Finder and execute it directly. (#1656)

Performance Improvements

• Allow command buffer to be expanded. (#1297)

• Use table.move to implement common.splice. (#1324)

• Create renderer only when it doesn't exist. (#1315)

• Avoid drawing hidden text in DocView:draw_line_text. (#1298)

• Don't calculate widths per-uft8-char when not needed. (#1409)

• Allow tokenizer to pause and resume in the middle of a line. (#1444)

• Optimize CI build times on MSYS2. (#1435)

• Significant memory usage improvements when using huge fonts on Windows. (#1555)

• Optimize background tasks response time. (#1601)

Backward Incompatible Changes

• The native plugin API is now usable on multiple source files,
  without causing any duplicated symbol errors during compilation.
  Plugins using the new plugin API header must define LITE_XL_PLUGIN_ENTRYPOINT
  before importing the header, in one of their source files.
  (#1335)

• The native plugin API header now follows the Lua 5.4 API.
  Previously, the plugin API header followed the Lua 5.2 API.
  (#1436)

• On Linux, process.start() will now throw an error if execv() fails.
  (#1363)

Please refer to the changelog for bugfixes and other changes.
Changes: v2.1.1...v2.1.2