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@neiljp neiljp released this 16 Jul 03:05
0.5.1
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While not composed of as many significant changes as 0.5.0, this is a meaningful release focusing on message and UI improvements - enjoy!

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Lists in messages are displayed much more compactly, represent bulleted and numbered styles accurately, and indent appropriately for nested lists!
  • Reactions are rendered more accurately and consistently, and are styled differently if you've reacted
  • Bars adjacent to topic names and private message recipients are colored appropriately and thinner
  • Theme names have changed to zt_dark, zt_light, zt_blue and gruvbox_dark (NOTE old names will continue working for now)
  • Default (now zt_dark) theme colors should work more reliably across terminals
  • Support for color depths other than the previous 256-color mode, including a polished monochrome mode, with new '--color-depth' option
  • Stream/topic/user searches are clearly marked when they are in effect, in line with message search

Interactivity improvements

  • Move focus fully into topic search box before entering text (don't leave topic selected)
  • After topic search, return to previously selected topic
  • Clearly indicate when a stream/topic/user search is in effect, in line with message search

Visual improvements

  • Use bullet characters for unordered lists, in place of stars
  • Render numbered lists fully and according to Zulip style (previously rendered as bulleted lists)
  • Support nested lists (bulleted and numbered)
  • Style reaction counts which include yourself differently (inverted colors, typically)
  • Sort reactions alphabetically for consistency
  • Support color depths other than 256-colors; try --color-depth=1 for a retro, high-constrast experience!
  • Improve specificity of colors in default theme, enhancing rendering and consistency in 256 color mode
  • Use triangle symbol (▶) to separate streams and topics, instead of simply '>'
  • The 'bar' extending from topics or private message recipients is now thinner and colored if a stream

Important bugfixes

  • If notifications are enabled but the external script was not found, cleanly warn the user just once per session and avoid showing a traceback over the screen
  • Names of reactions and inline emoji for the same icon could be different - use emoji list from Zulip server to unify them and remove dependency on emoji package
  • Remove extra newlines present in lists, improving rendering and leading to better use of screen space

Infrastructure improvements

  • Improve Installation/Running/Configuration in README, including noting how to run a snapshot of the current development version, and that we have Dockerfiles
  • Lint locally and in CI using flake8 (instead of pycodestyle), with continuation & quotes plugins, enforcing stricter, clearer rules on code style
  • Tidy code using pyupgrade
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