• General improvements:
  • New files are now opened in new tabs by default, not new windows (contributed by Daniele Scasciafratte in #476). This can be disabled using openFilesInExistingWindow configuration option.
  • Preferences dialog improvements: it now uses tabs; added a link to configuration file (contributed by Xavier Gouchet in #327); clicking on checkbox label now changes checkbox state.
  • Return key now automatically continues quote blocks and ordered lists (contributed by Xavier Gouchet in #298 and #326).
  • It is now possible to close the current tab with Ctrl+W (contributed by Xavier Gouchet in #283).
  • Ctrl+wheel on editor now increases/decreases font size (contributed by Xavier Gouchet in #328). Ctrl+wheel in preview zooms in/out (#400).
  • Alt+Up/Down arrow now moves the current line up/down (contributed by Xavier Gouchet in #337).
  • Added “Jump to Line” feature, with Ctrl+G shortcut (contributed by Xavier Gouchet in #382).
  • Table mode improvements (contributed by Maurice van der Pot).
  • “Paste Image” moved to a separate action, with Ctrl+Shift+V shortcut.
  • Added “Insert table” dialog (contributed by Changhee Kim in #431).
  • Clicking a link to nonexistent file now prompts the user to create it (contributed by red-kite in #436 and Xavier Gouchet in #459).
  • Added a menu action to insert images from filesystem (contributed by Daniel Venturini in #500).
• New options added:
  • relativeLineNumbers — count line numbers as relative to the current line (contributed by Xavier Gouchet in #270).
  • documentStatsEnabled — show text statistics in the lower left corner of the editor (contributed by Xavier Gouchet in #268 and #338).
  • rightMarginWrap — soft-wrap text at user specified margin line (contributed by Oğuzhan Öğreden in #313).
  • paperSize — set the default paper size for print or PDF export (contributed by mray271 in #335).
  • recentDocumentsCount — number of recent files to show in the menu (contributed by red-kite in #407).
  • windowTitleFullPath — show full path in window title (contributed by red-kite in #429).
  • defaultPreviewState — mode for new tabs: editor, normal-preview or live-preview (contributed by red-kite in #435). It replaces the old livePreviewByDefault option.
  • wideCursor — make cursor as wide as characters.
• Bugs fixed:
  • Issue #252 — Limit max-width of images to 100%.
  • Issue #267 — setup.py now installs retext.svg icon.
  • Issues #281, #469 — Autofill current filename for PDF export and Save As dialogs (the Save As part contributed by Xavier Gouchet in #474).
  • Issue #291 — Make sure search result does not overlap with stats/info areas.
  • Issue #301 — Made the Markdown include extension working.
  • PR #315 — Fixed handling multi-line rows in reStructuredText tables in table mode (contributed by R1dO).
  • Issue #346 — Ctrl+F now focuses the search field, not closes the search bar. To close the search bar, now the Escape key can be used.
  • Issue #378 — Ensure that cursor is visible after resizes.
  • Issue #397 — Only check whether .css file exists on initial page load.
  • Issue #399 — Try to load libGL.so.1 before creating QApplication.
  • Issue #408 — Fix printing with dark themes.
  • Issue #409 — Make the WebKit renderer use disk cache.
  • PRs #411, #417, #426, #494 — AppData file improvements (contributed by scx).
  • Issue #441 — Files reloading no longer triggers tab change.
  • Issue #445 — Implemented PDF export for the WebEngine renderer.
  • Issue #451 — Make the synchronized scroll implementation not break the pymdownx.highlight extension.
  • Issues #452, #497, #499 — Prevent pip from building wheels, as that results in broken desktop files.
  • Issues #467, #488 — WebEngine renderer broken with new Qt versions.
  • Issue #468 — Include the stylesheet in exported HTML.
  • Issue #479 — Display * in tab title when document is modified and unsaved (contributed by Xavier Gouchet in #480).
  • Issue #487 — Added a workaround for missing icons in Ubuntu 19.10 Yaru theme.
  • PR #496 — Enable HiDPI icons (contributed by Guo Yunhe).
• Translations updated:
  • Chinese (China) (contributed by liulitchi and the Chinese team).
  • Czech (contributed by David Kolibáč).
  • Danish (contributed by scootergrisen).
  • Dutch (contributed by Heimen Stoffels).
  • Finnish (contributed by elguitar).
  • German (contributed by Oliver A. Gubler in #370, Carsten Beck).
  • Italian (contributed by Alessandro Menti).
  • Korean (contributed by MukKim in #415).
  • Portuguese (Brazil) (contributed by EdemarSantos).
  • Portuguese (European) (contributed by Ricardo Simões in #278).
  • Russian (contributed by Vladislav Glinsky, Виктор Ерухин).
  • Serbian (contributed by Slobodan Simić).
  • Spanish (contributed by Félix Fischer, Fito JB).
  • Swedish (contributed by Philip Andersen).
  • Ukrainian (contributed by Vladislav Glinsky).