• Dependency changes:
  • Python ≥ 3.6 is now required.
  • Qt and PyQt ≥ 5.11 are now required.
• General improvements:
  • Added ability to show a side panel with directory tree (contributed by Xavier Gouchet in #531).
  • Added support for searching in the preview mode.
  • When some text is selected and a quote, bracket or emphasis key is pressed, the text is surrounded rather than replaced (contributed by Daniel Venturini in #520).
  • Added an option to fully highlight wrapped lines (contributed by nihillum in #523).
  • Improved current line highlighting for right-to-left text layout.
  • Ordered list behavior can now be configured to repeat or increment the list item number (contributed by Binokkio in #527).
  • Added mnemonics to open the menus from keyboard (contributed by David Hebbeker in #528).
  • Added Apply button to the Preferences dialog (contributed by Amos Kong in #543).
  • Removed use of deprecated Python, Python-Markdown, Qt and PyQt API.
• Bugs fixed:
  • Issue #507 — Improved the error message when trying to build ReText as a wheel package.
  • Issue #529 — Markup that intersects with code blocks is no longer highlighted.
  • PR #530 — Preview is no longer updated when it is not shown (contributed by rhn in #530).
  • Issue #533 — Fixed showing local images with Qt WebEngine 5.15.
• Translations updated:
  • Arabic (contributed by ZamanOof).
  • Chinese (China) (contributed by liulitchi).
  • Dutch (contributed by Heimen Stoffels).
  • Japanese (contributed by YAMADA Shinichirou).
  • Persian (contributed by Hadi F).
  • Polish (contributed by Maciej Haudek).
  • Russian.
  • Spanish (contributed by Félix Fischer).
  • Swedish (contributed by Philip Andersen).