Focus 0.3.7

• New features:
  • New command: move_current_file. Works as save_as, but removes the old file (thanks @simonvallz)
  • New config options:
    • search_is_case_sensitive_when_uppercase_present. Set to true to automatically make local search case sensitive when there are uppercase chars in the search bar. Currently only works with ASCII.
    • projects_sorting_order: most_recent_first (default), alphabetical or alphabetical_no_case. Determines the sorting order for projects in the Switch To Project dialog. (thanks @Roman-Skabin for the fix)
  • Option strip_trailing_whitespace_on_save now accepts the following values: all (strip all trailing whitespace), except_lines_with_cursor (leave cursors where they are), and disabled (don't strip)
  • Pressing the close active editor shortcut in the Open Files dialog will close the selected file
  • When reloading workspace the user will be able to kill any running build command via a confirmation dialog
  • Build commands can be killed and restarted via a confirmation dialog (previously any running commands had to be manually killed before starting another one)
• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a problem with undoing auto-modified colors using the color picker
  • Made dialog chains more robust. We no longer leave the editor in an inconsistent state if a switch to project is cancelled halfway.
  • Fixed the go-to-line dialog position for panels (color preview and the build panel)
  • macOS:
    • Fixed an issue with not being able to exit the editor if there are unsaved buffers
    • Fixed a bug with typing the letter 'q' when trying to exit the editor via Cmd-Q
• Other changes:
  • Various highlighting improvements (thanks @simonvallz)
  • Temporary unsaved buffers will disappear from file lists when closed. If you accidentally closed one, go back in editor history
  • The delete_to_start_of_line command will now delete to the indentation level first, not to the very start of the line right away
  • Many internal changes to reduce the memory footprint and improve the cache friendliness of internal data structures
  • Files larger than the limit of 2,147,483,647 bytes will now no longer be loaded with an error message rather than crashing
  • Hitting save when in the color preview editor will save the target config file, instead of attempting to save the color preview sample text somewhere

Focus 0.3.6

• New features:
  • New option: status_bar_position. Allows changing the position of the status bar to either the top or bottom of the editor window. Defaults to bottom.
  • Code colors have been revamped. There are now more colors available in the config, which roughly correspond to the code tokens produced by language tokenizers.
    • Configs and themes will be migrated to version [5] with the new colors automatically derived from the old colors
    • You can always check the default config for the full list of available colors (use the Show Default Config command)
    • Do note that not all tokens are present in all languages. For example, code_enum_variant only works with Jai, Odin and Zig at the moment.
    • A new color preview widget will be automatically displayed to help with color selection (code samples contributed by Numina)
      • The color preview widget now has a color picker (thanks to @onelivesleft)
    • New option color_preview_popup was added to control the popup behaviour. Variants: enabled, minimized, disabled (defaults to enabled)
  • New commands: close_all_editors and close_other_editors. Can be used to clean up the most recent files dialog (Ctrl-Tab by default). (thanks @maxamundsen)
  • New command: strip_trailing_whitespace. Use to strip trailing whitespace in the currently open file (thanks @maxamundsen)
  • New command: choose_language. Allows to select a language for a buffer (thanks @maxamundsen)
  • New command: build_clear_output. Use to manually clear the build output panel. Note that there is already a build option to clear it on every run, which may be preferable.
  • New config subsection under [[workspace]]: [file associations]. Can be used to assign syntax to buffers using wildcards. See the default config for examples
  • Basic highlighting for Markdown (thanks @JakWolf) - however it's not complete and not always correct
  • Basic CSS highlighting (thanks @simonvallz)
  • C and C++ highlighters are now separate from each other
  • Workspace changes:
    • Workspace will now reload in a non-destructive way. Whenever possible it will try to preserve open editors unless they don't belong to the workspace any more
    • The [[workspace]] section in the config has changed. It should auto-migrate to version [5]. Please refer to the comments in the default config for more details
      • Allow/ignore sections now expect one line per rule, not many rules on one line separated by space
    • Individual files can now be added to workspace alongside directories
    • The first directory in the workspace member list will be considered the working directory
    • Paths relative to the config file location can now be used in the workspace member list
  • Any projects opened using any means (e.g. by launching the editor with a -project parameter or passing in a dir with a .focus-config file) will be remembered, and you can can then switch to them using the Switch to Project dialog (Ctrl-Alt-P by default)
  • New build command variable: %PROJECT_CONFIG_DIR%. Expands to the path of the directory containing the active project config.
  • New option: load_most_recent_project_on_start. Set to true to load the last loaded project on startup.
  • New option: highlight_matching_brackets. Set to true to highlight the bracket matching the one the cursor is on.
  • New command: jump_to_matching_bracket. Defaults to Ctrl-M.
• Bug fixes:
  • Linux: Fixed a bug that caused inconsistent trackpad scrolling on Wayland (thanks @Mythique)
  • Rust: enabled comment toggling that was missing initially
  • Fixed a few memory leaks
  • Fixed an out-of-bounds scroll position in scrollable panels in some cases
  • Fixed a crash when parsing build output with certain regexes
  • Fixed a crash when outputting invalid UTF-8 in the build output window
  • Fixed a glitch with changing scroll position in some cases (thanks @Sanian-Creations)
  • Fixed search result highlighting when there are tab characters used for alignment in the middle of text
  • linux/macos: invalid directories in the config should now highlight the incorrect chunk, not the whole path (on windows it has always worked like this)
  • UPD. 0.3.6.1 Fixed a crash when trying to pick a color and spamming cursor movement keys at the same time
• Other changes:
  • macOS: add support for dead keys/key composition
  • Text inputs now also support deleting text to underscore (Alt+Backspace, Alt+Delete by default) (thanks @jejikeh)
  • It is now possible to add a comment to an empty line by using the toggle_comment action (thanks @polgartom)

Focus 0.3.5

• New features:
  • New option: insert_final_newline_on_save. Set to true to auto-add missing final newlines to saved files.
  • New command: copy_current_line_info. Copies a string <current-file-path>:<line> to clipboard. Useful for setting breakpoints.
  • Basic HLSL highlighting (thanks @Roman-Skabin for many improvements)
  • Basic JSON highlighting (thanks @simonvallz)
  • Rust highlighting
• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed the Jai code samples highlighting in build output in some cases
  • Fixed build output highlighting glitch when using the clear build output option
  • Fixed a crash in some cases when selecting all occurrences with the search bar open
  • Fixed a massive slowdown on some systems due to problematic OpenGL drivers
  • Fixed buffer duplication when jumping to build errors on Windows
  • Fixed editor freeze on large workspace reloads
  • Fixed wrong local search results after stripping trailing whitespace in some cases
• Other changes:
  • Made the fuzzy search in the command dialog more intuitive
  • CRLF is now stripped from build output before displaying

Focus 0.3.4-3

• Build system bug fixes and improvements:
  • Fixed a crash when trying to jump to error in a file we can't open
  • Fixed build output parsing in some situations
  • Added relative build error path support (relative to the build_working_dir of the build command)
  • Improved error messages

Focus 0.3.4-1

Bug fixes:

• fix a crash when auto-indenting C/C++ code

Focus 0.3.4

• New features:
  • Jumping to build errors is now supported. See the default config for examples and more information (thanks @jlami for the initial implementation)
    • Use the new commands go_to_next_build_error (F8 by default) and go_to_previous_build_error (Shift-F8 by default)
    • Double-clicking the file name in the build output will also jump to the error location (provided it matched the error regex)
    • You can add Ctrl to your key combo or double-click to open on the side, as usual (when the default keybinds are used)
  • Closing an editor will now remove the corresponding file from the open files list (only if it's not modified)
  • New Handmade Hero theme (thanks @Sokus)
  • Basic JS highlighting (thanks @simonvallz)
  • It is now possible to use variables in build and run commands: %FILE%, %FILE_DIR%, %FILE_NAME%, %FILE_NAME_NO_EXTENSION%, %BUILD_WORKING_DIR%, %RUN_WORKING_DIR% (see more information in the default config)
  • New options: window_width, window_height, window_x, window_y. Can be used to configure the initial size of the editor window.
  • Focus now allows auto loading projects at startup in one of the following ways:
    • By passing a project name as a parameter: focus -project "Project Name" or focus -project path/to/project.focus-config.
    • By passing in a directory path which contains a file named .focus-config. This file will be loaded as a Focus project.
    • By launching Focus from a directory containing a file named .focus-config.
• Bug fixes:
  • C highlighting now supports identifiers which start with a UTF8 letter
• Other changes:
  • Column number shown in the footer will now count the number of characters, not the visual offset (previously it would take tab size into account)
  • Configs will be migrated to version [3]. New settings, colors and keybinds will be automatically added.
  • C highlighting has been slightly improved

Focus 0.3.3

• New features:
  • macOS: Drag files into the window to open them.
  • C/C++ highlighter will now accept most common unicode letter characters in identifiers
  • Added highlighting for the Uxntal language (thanks @LainLayer)
  • C# highlighting: support nested string interpolation (thanks @audV)
  • New option: show_selected_text_length. Set to true to display the number of selected chars (and bytes) in the footer (thanks @CELLTH)
  • New command: open_another_editor_instance. Defaults to Ctrl-Shift-Alt-N. Opens a new editor instance as a subprocess (thanks @LainLayer)
  • In Jai, #string literals will now support highlighting text. E.g. #string STR_PYTHON will highlight the contents as python. The name needs to end with the desired language name. The string block can have a special background color (called region_heredoc in the config)
• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug with cursor positioning when using the align_cursors action through the command dialog
  • Fixed a visual glitch when attempting to draw tabs as characters in a new buffer name
  • After switching to a new project the Navigate to File dialog should no longer persist paths from the previous project
  • Fixed a crash when opening the global search widget immediately after switching projects
  • Fixed incorrect cursor positioning when redoing with multiple cursors in some cases
• Other changes:
  • Improved the scanning speed by ignoring large binary files quicker
  • Windows: improved the startup times by avoiding the use of heavy Win32 API calls
  • It is now possible to select all occurrences of the selected text while the search bar is open
  • Build commands will now appear in the command palette. There's no need to assign each command a key binding any more.

Focus 0.3.2

• New features:
  • New build option: clear_build_output_before_running. Set to true to clear the build output window every time a command is run.
  • New option: disable_viewport_chasing_cursor_near_the_edge. Set to true to prevent the viewport from smoothly scrolling to the new cursor position when it moves near the edge by a small amount.
  • macOS: Opt is now allowed in keybinds rather than Alt.
  • macOS: colored title bars are now used by default
• Bug fixes:
  • macOS: added NSHighResolutionCapable to Info.plist which should fix blurry rendering when installing Focus via the .dmg package.
  • macOS: keyboard shortcuts should now work correctly on non-QWERTY layouts (#29)
    • NOTE: key composition still does not work correctly, this fix is only about the base keyboard layout being respected
  • Fixed a crash when attempting to override key mappings in a project config
  • Fixed the double shift search action not registering on Linux consistently
  • It shouldn't now be allowed to switch projects while a build command is running, to prevent freezing
  • Go-to-line now works when you press enter to jump to an already entered line number
• Other changes:
  • macOS: Installing the editor from the .dmg package will register it as a handler for text files. This means that:
    1. you will see Focus as an entry in the "Open With" list in the context menu for text files in Finder
    2. you can use Focus to open files from the terminal by running open -a Focus file
  • macOS: Some default keyboard shortcuts were changed to remove conflicts with system shortcuts.
  • macOS: The oldest OS that can launch Focus is now macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
  • Continuous scroll actions such as scroll_viewport_up, scroll_viewport_down etc. now should work with multipart combos.
  • Cursor positioning when undoing/redoing has been improved. You should now be able to use undo/redo to jump to the position of the last edit without actually applying it.

Focus 0.3.1

• New features:
  • New options: save_current_buffer_on_build and save_all_file_backed_buffers_on_build. Enable to auto-save files before running build commands (thanks @jlami)
  • Zig highlighting
• Bug fixes:
  • Previewing themes will now change window border color as well as it should (thanks @jmpstar)
  • Regex search should no longer crash the editor on certain inputs
  • Close current editor when animations are disabled should now focus the remaining editor
  • Binary files should now be auto-ignored again
  • Fixed a memcpy-related memory corruption bug which manifested in some rare Linux distros
• Other changes:
  • Various theme improvements (thanks @jmpstar, @leonader, @maxamundsen)
  • Crash reports now print stack traces in release mode where possible (thanks @Sanian-Creations)
  • Upgraded to Jai 0.1.83+ (thanks @valignatev)
  • C highlighting improvements
  • Linux: the editor now uses libxcb to interact with an X11 server by default. The old X11 backend (Xlib) is still around and can be activated by running the editor with FOCUS_LD_BACKEND=x11 set in the environment
    • NOTE: the xcb backend is currently missing drag-and-drop support. If that is important to you please use the old Xlib backend as described above.
  • Platform support enhancements for macOS:
    • the editor no longer consumes CPU when idle
    • implemented the refresh timer (2024, year of the blinking cursor)
    • smoother trackpad scrolling
    • the maximize_on_start option now actually maximizes the main window instead of making it full-screen

Focus 0.3.0

• New features:

  • An automatic config migration system. All configs will be bumped to version [2], with new things added or renamed where needed.
  • Windows 11+: New config option: colored_titlebar. Sets the color of the title bar to the background color (thanks @amasondev)
  • New option: hide_mouse_when_typing (currently Windows/Mac only). Set to true to hide the mouse cursor when entering text (thanks @amasondev)
  • New commands: add_cursors_to_line_ends (Alt-Shift-I) and add_cursors_to_line_starts (Alt-Shift-Ctrl-I)
  • New command: align_cursors (Alt-A). Can be used to align the indentation for multiple cursors (thanks @hfr4)
  • New command: show_default_config. Can be used to view the default editor config for your reference (readonly)
  • New command: select_all_occurrences. Used to create a cursor on each selection occurrence (thanks @hfr4)
  • New command: toggle_fullscreen. Defaults to F11 (thanks @ustance)
  • New command: close_project. Can be used to (surprise!) close the active project
  • New command: swap_selections. Can swap two selected pieces of text (thanks @hfr4)
  • New command: escape. Tries to close dialogs, remove additional cursors, etc. You can just bind it to Escape in [common] and forget.
  • New option: highlight_line_with_cursor (thanks @SentientCoffee)
  • New option: draw_indent_guides. Set to true to draw a vertical guide line at every indent level (determined by tab size)
  • New option: auto_surround_with_brackets_and_quotes to enable auto-surrounding (thanks @hfr4)
  • New option: scroll_beyond_last_line (defaults to true). Disable to prevent scrolling past the editor's last line
  • New option: show_cursors_off_screen (defaults to true). If enabled, displays a warning in the footer if there are cursors off screen (only when more than one is used)
  • New option: persist_local_search_results (defaults to false). If enabled, search highlights will persist even when the search bar is closed. Press escape to dismiss (you might need to bind the escape action for it to work). (thanks @amasondev)
  • Added support for regular expressions in file/project search
  • Added a built-in 'save file' dialog (it will be on by default). To use the system dialogs on Windows, use prefer_system_file_dialogs: true
  • Dragging with the middle mouse button will create cursors (thanks @hfr4)
  • Added an indicator showing if there are any cursors off screen (if you have more than one)
  • Mac: You can now set maximize_on_start in your global config to true, and Focus will launch in fullscreen.
  • New syntax highlighting:
    • Python
    • HTML/XML (thanks @arjenwitteveen)
    • Odin (thanks @SentientCoffee)
    • Yang (thanks @jmpstar)
    • Lua (thanks @SentientCoffee)
  • Numpad keys can now be used in key mappings.
    The editor now recognizes the following new key names:
    Numpad0 - Numpad9
    NumpadMultiply
    NumpadDivide
    NumpadAdd
    NumpadSubtract
    NumpadDecimal
    NumpadEnter
  • Scopes in Jai are now highlighted. See the default config for the new color options (region_scope_*)
  • Build system:
    • New config options:
      • build_panel_width_percent, build_panel_height_percent - how much space the build panel occupies. Both default to 50%.
      • build_panel_stays_in_one_place. Defaults to false. If disabled, then the panel will flip to the other side of the active pane.
    • Check an example build configuration in the example project or in the default config (use the show default config command)
    • Thanks to the Jai beta user Jakob for writing the first version of the build system
  • New code color: code_warning. Used to highlight things such as duplicate key binding etc.
  • New dialog: Switch Between Open Files (defaults to Ctrl-Tab)
  • Windows/Linux: Support horizontal scrolling with trackpads/mice with horizontal scroll wheels.

• Bug fixes:

  • Mac: Fixed intermittent crashing on launch
  • It should now be possible to scroll the viewport by dragging outside it in all cases (previously it wasn't always possible - see issue #101)
  • Duplicating a line near the end now duplicates a line as expected
  • Fixed a bug with multi-cursor copying/pasting when some of the cursors don't have a selection
  • Fixed a bug with multi-cursor range replace by typing
  • Fixed a bug with move_lines_up/down near EOF whilst using multi-cursor
  • Fixed visual bug where tabs would align to the wrong columns
  • Fix toggle_comment command when tabs are enabled (thanks @Sanian-Creations)
  • Linux: fixed selection while scrolling due to "stuck" START and END states of the mouse button presses.
  • Linux: Clipboard handling should become way faster on X11 because we let event loop to handle more requests before drawing.
  • Linux: fix drag-n-drop crash caused by calling Basic.free on the memory allocated with temp allocator
  • Fix for stuck keys when the editor loses window focus (such as alt-tabbing or moving to other workspaces on Linux)
  • Improved scrolling smoothness (thanks @Sanian-Creations)
  • Parent directories of files outside of project directories are no longer recursively watched for changes. The editor should no longer hang for a long time when opening a file inside a large directory.
  • Directories created within the project shouldn't get themselves any buffers any more
  • Newer user messages will stop dismissing older ones which have a longer lifetime
  • Fixed a crash when trying to rewind editor history after reloading workspace
  • Fixed a crash when searching with whole word match on
  • Aligned missing shortcuts on the welcome screen

• Other changes:

  • When the workspace is done scanning, the open file dialog input will no longer be cleared
  • Limited Windows 7 support (no dpi awareness)
  • Better word detection by commands that move cursors by word
  • Config highlighting has become smarter and hopefully more helpful
  • Improved CPU usage when selecting text by mouse
  • Tab characters are now only shown when they are within selection
  • Windows: better handling of Unicode input (thanks @ostef)
  • Fuzzy match improvements in dialogs