wavetermdev/waveterm v0.8.9

Wave Terminal v0.8.9 Release

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Lots of bug fixes and new features!

• New "help" view -- uses an embedded version of our doc site -- https://docs.waveterm.dev
• [breaking] wsh getmeta, wsh setmeta, and wsh deleteblock now take a blockid using a -b parameter instead of as a positional parameter
• allow metadata to override the block icon, header, and text (frame:title, frame:icon, and frame:text)
• checkpoint the terminal less often to reduce frequency of output bug (still working on a full fix)
• new terminal themes -- Warm Yellow, and One Dark Pro
• we now support github flavored markdown alerts
• wsh notify command to send a desktop notification
• wsh createblock to create any block via the CLI
• right click to "Save Image" in webview
• wsh edit will now allow you to open new files (as long as the parent directly exists)
• added 8 new fun tab background presets (right click on any tab and select "Backgrounds" to try them out)
• [config] new config key "term:scrollback" to set the number of lines of scrollback for terminals. Use "-1" to set 0, max is 10000.
• [config] new config key "term:theme" to set the default terminal theme for all new terminals
• [config] new config key "preview:showhiddenfiles" to set the default "show hidden files" setting for preview
• [bugfix] fixed an formatting issue with wsh getmeta
• [bugfix] fix for startup issue on Linux when home directory is an NFS mount
• [bugfix] fix cursor color in terminal themes to work
• [bugfix] fix some double scrollbars when showing markdown content
• [bugfix] improved shutdown sequence to better capture wavesrv logs
• [bugfix] fix Alt+G keyboard accelerator for Linux/Windows
• other assorted bug fixes, cleanups, and security fixes

PRs

• add some fun new background presets by @sawka in #930
• Use forms for issue templates by @esimkowitz in #933
• Update version wording in template by @esimkowitz in #935
• render markdown for steps to reproduce in issue template by @esimkowitz in #936
• More issue template formatting by @esimkowitz in #937
• More issue template formatting by @esimkowitz in #939
• More issue tweaks by @esimkowitz in #940
• Add instructions to get Wave version in issue template by @esimkowitz in #942
• Fix Alt+G on Windows/Linux by @esimkowitz in #943
• Fix double scrollbars in dir preview by @esimkowitz in #932
• Better handle background color for dir preview table by @esimkowitz in #944
• Add Wayland hint flags to Linux build by @esimkowitz in #948
• Embed static copy of docsite for help view by @esimkowitz in #949
• Don't update all brew dependencies by @esimkowitz in #950
• Remove unnecessary log in helpview by @esimkowitz in #951
• Bump the dev-dependencies group with 5 updates by @dependabot in #957
• Bump the storybook group with 9 updates by @dependabot in #958
• Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.27.0 to 0.28.0 by @dependabot in #953
• Bump github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 from 4.24.8 to 4.24.9 by @dependabot in #954
• Bump github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 from 1.14.23 to 1.14.24 by @dependabot in #955
• Bump the electron group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #959
• only use filemutex for windows by @sawka in #960
• implement wsh createblock by @sawka in #961
• right click save image in webview by @sawka in #962
• change cursorAccent to cursor to match xtermjs. by @sawka in #968
• Update termthemes.json by @geekgao in #966
• Add 'scrollable' prop to Markdown component for better control over scrolling behavior by @adred in #964
• Open Text File if File Does Not Exist by @oneirocosm in #963
• better shutdown logic to capture waveapp logs from wavesrv shutdown by @sawka in #931
• add webcontents id to helpview webview. by @sawka in #969
• fix wsh output. all output is run through sprintf, so escape properly by @sawka in #971
• allow metadata to override the frame title, icon, and text by @sawka in #972
• term scrollback size and reduce cache frequency by @sawka in #978
• Back Arrow goes back to existing parent by @oneirocosm in #979
• Update termthemes.json. Added new theme: One Dark Pro by @geekgao in #976
• remove blockid from the regular args, use an optional -b by @sawka in #973
• new config preview:showhiddenfiles by @sawka in #981
• Fix vulnerable cookie dependency by @esimkowitz in #984
• Add per-block WebView homepage setting, help view is now just a skinned webview by @esimkowitz in #982
• Add Block and Default homepage menu options by @esimkowitz in #986
• Add markdown alert parsing, fix buffer issue when switching files by @esimkowitz in #988
• Add a Notification Subcommand to Wsh by @oneirocosm in #985
• Re-enable go and zig actions in codeql pipeline by @esimkowitz in #990
• implement back/forward for help view by @sawka in #991
• remove special shutdown logic for windows by @sawka in #992

New Contributors

• @geekgao made their first contribution in #966

Full Changelog: v0.8.8...v0.8.9