WindTerm 2.3.0 Prerelease

[kingToolbox]

Note:

The MacOS and Linux versions are in preparation for release and will be released as the WindTerm_2.3.0_Prerelease_2 or WindTerm_2.3.0_Prerelease_3 version.

Usage:

Windows

Please note that the WindTerm_2.3.0_Prerelease_1_Windows_Portable_x86_64 version only supports Windows 10 19H1 (v10.0.18309) and later and Windows 11, other Windows versions should use the WindTerm_2.3.0_Prerelease_1_Windows_Portable_x86_32 version.

MacOS

Please open dmg file and drag WindTerm.app to the Applications folder.

Linux

Please use the following command to run the WindTerm after downloading.

tar -xzvf WindTerm_2.3.0_Prerelease_Linux_Portable.tar.gz && cd ./WindTerm_2.3.0 && chmod +x ./WindTerm && ./WindTerm

Upgrade

For Windows and Linux, copy or move the profiles folder from the old Windows/Linux version to the new Windows/Linux version and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

For MacOS, copy or move the profiles folder from the old WindTerm.app/Contents/MacOS to the new WindTerm.app/Contents/MacOS and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

The profiles folder is cross-platform.

Known Issues:

• [ZMODEM] Only support file names contains ASCII characters in Windows, otherwise the file name of the transfered file will be garbled after transmission, but it does not affect the correctness of the file content. Linux and MacOS version does not have this problem.

Changes in Version 2.3.0 Prerelease 1:

Features:

• [APP] Added Windows x86_64 version. Could you release x86_64 binraries? #213
• [APP] Use the FreeType font engine in the Widnows version to produce high-quality output of most vector and bitmap font formats. Some fonts not rendered nicely #278
• [APP] Update the third-party libraries and tools to the latest version: logs record function memory leak #237
  • Qt v6.2.2 (Used by the x86_64 Windows version)
  • Qt v5.15.2 (Used by the x86_32 Windows version)
  • libssh v0.9.6
  • openssl v1.1.3m
  • pcre2 v10.39
  • spdlog v1.9.2
  • zstd v1.5.1
  • gsudo v1.0.2
  • vcxsrv v1.20.14.0
• [SHELL] Supports running 64-bit windows shells, like 64-bit cmd, powershell and so on.
• [SSH] Use VcXsrv instead of XMing as the X server to improve compatibility, display and performance. can't start x server #157
• [GUI] Supports showing or hiding Toolbar in the focus mode. WindTerm的几点建议 #331
• [GUI] Added New Session menu item in the Session pane. 会话界面添加个菜单会更好用吧 #424
• [GUI] Added Description text edit in the Session dialog. 需要一个备注字段 #336 会话属性的界面加个 备注框, 会不会更好? #423

Improvements:

• [GUI] Better support for high DPI displays. the font is displayed poorly in the menu  #80 4K DP接口 锁屏解锁后 字体会变小 #251
• [TERM] Improve the performance of parsing the control sequences.

Bugs:

• [APP] When a thread exits, the new thread may reuse the local thread variable of the old thread before it is deleted, which will cause a serious random crash.
• [GUI] The user interface is not displayed properly when the screen changed. Dual monitors switching with different resolutions cannot be adaptive #230 界面样式错误 #348
• [GUI] When the Explorer pane is hidden and displayed again, the text in the list is displayed incomplete. 2.2.0 prerelease-4，在多显示器下使用时，从大显示器到小显示器（缩放150%）时，资源管理器的列表项目发生重叠的情况 #256
• [SHELL] When using the shells started by gsudo, gsudo does not handle the key ctrl+c correctly. Windows shell admin error #48

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This discussion was created from the release WindTerm 2.3.0 Prerelease.

[funkpopo]

Well done! Issue #256 has been repaired totally! Using Win+Shift+←/→ for multi-screen handoff, the zoom delay has vanished.

[eculqui]