7.0.0 is the new major version of ReText.
It contains many new features and improvements, the most notable of which are:
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Improved installation on Windows and macOS. All you need is Python 3.x and the
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The highlighter was improved. It got support for reStructuredText links, field lists and for Markdown and reStructuredText code spans.
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Added the text replace feature. The search toolbar now has “Replace” and “Replace all” actions.
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Added the experimental renderer based on Qt WebEngine, in addition to the existing Qt WebKit one. The main purpose of this renderer is to provide the ability to view rich web content (such as math formulas) to users of Windows and macOS, where there is no easy way to install Qt WebKit.
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For those who use the Table editing mode, it is now possible to insert new table rows by pressing Return. Additionally, pressing Shift+Return will create a new row and a separator line (useful in reStructuredText grid tables and in Markdown for separating headers row from the body rows).
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The WebKit and WebEngine previewers can now detect links to local HTML files and open the corresponding source files in new tab if those are found. If you have a file named
foo.md, then clicking on a link pointing tofoo.md,foo.htmlor justfoowill open that file. (The QTextBrowser previewer had this feature since version 5.3.) -
ReText can now automatically detect encoding of files using the chardet module when it is installed. The threshold for confidence is set to 0.9 so the false positives are very unlikely; however one can still disable this feature using the configuration file.
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Several new configuration options were added. You can find the full list of them here.
Also it is worth noting that ReText is now continuously tested in AppVeyor, which should make sure it easier to detect bugs and regressions in Windows support.