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140 lines
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Lite XL is following closely [rxi/lite](https://github.com/rxi/lite) but with some enhancements.
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This files document the differences between Lite XL and rxi/lite for each version.
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### 1.15
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**Project directories**
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Extend your project by adding more directories using the command `core:add-directory`.
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To remove them use the corresponding command `core:remove-directory`.
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**Workspaces**
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The workspace plugin from rxi/lite-plugins is now part of Lite XL.
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In addition to the functionalities of the original plugin the extended version will
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also remember the window size and position and the additonal project directories.
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To not interfere with the project's files the workspace file is saved in the personal
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Lite's configuration folder.
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On unix-like systems it will be in: `$HOME/.config/lite-xl/ws`.
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**Scrolling the Tree View**
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It is now possible to scroll the tree view when there are too many visible items.
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**Recognize `~` for the home directory**
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As in the unix shell `~` is now used to identify the home directory.
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**Files and Directories**
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Add command to create a new empty directory within the project using the command
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`files:create-directory`.
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In addition a control-click on a project directory will prompt the user to create
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a new directory inside the directory pointed.
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**New welcome screen**
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Show 'Lite XL' instead of 'lite' and the version number.
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**Various fixes and improvements**
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A few quirks previously with some of the new features have been fixed for a better user experience.
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### 1.14
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**Project Management**
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Add a new command, Core: Change Project Folder, to change project directory by staying on the same window.
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All the current opened documents will be closed.
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The new command is associated with the keyboard combination ctrl+shit+c.
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A similar command is also added, Core: Open Project Folder, with key binding ctrl+shift+o.
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It will open the chosen folder in a new window.
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In addition Lite XL will now remember the recently used projects across different sessions.
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When invoked without arguments it will now open the project more recently used.
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If a directory is specified it will behave like before and open the directory indicated as an argument.
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**Restart command**
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A Core: Restart command is added to restart the editor without leaving the current window.
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Very convenient when modifying the Lua code for the editor itself.
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**User's setting auto-reload**
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When saving the user configuration, the user's module, the changes will be automatically applied to the
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current instance.
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**Bundle community provided colors schemes**
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Included now in the release files the colors schemes from github.com/rxi/lite-colors.
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**Usability improvements**
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Improve left and right scrolling of text to behave like other editors and improves text selection with mouse.
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**Fixes**
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Correct font's rendering for full hinting mode when using subpixel antialiasing.
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### 1.13
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**Rendering options for fonts**
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When loading fonts with the function renderer.font.load some rendering options can
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be optionally specified:
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- antialiasing: grayscale or subpixel
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- hinting: none, slight or full
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See data/core/style.lua for the details about its utilisation.
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The default remains antialiasing subpixel and hinting slight to reproduce the
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behavior of previous versions.
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The option grayscale with full hinting is specially interesting for crisp font rendering
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without color artifacts.
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**Unix-like install directories**
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Use unix-like install directories for the executable and for the data directory.
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The executable will be placed under $prefix/bin and the data folder will be
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$prefix/share/lite-xl.
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The folder $prefix is not hard-coded in the binary but is determined at runtime
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as the directory such as the executable is inside $prefix/bin.
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If no such $prefix exist it will fall back to the old behavior and use the "data"
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folder from the executable directory.
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In addtion to the `EXEDIR` global variable an additional variable is exposed, `DATADIR`,
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to point to the data directory.
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The old behavior using the "data" directory can be still selected at compile time
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using the "portable" option. The released Windows package will use the "data"
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directory as before.
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**Configuration stored into the user's home directory**
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Now the Lite XL user's configuration will be stored in the user's home directory under
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".config/lite-xl".
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The home directory is determined using the "HOME" environment variable except on Windows
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wher "USERPROFILE" is used instead.
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A new global variable `USERDIR` is exposed to point to the user's directory.
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### 1.11
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- include changes from rxi's Lite 1.11
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- fix behavior of tab to indent multiple lines
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- disable auto-complete on very big files to limit memory usage
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- limit project scan to a maximum number of files to limit memory usage
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- list recently visited files when using "Find File" command
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### 1.08
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- Subpixel font rendering, removed gamma correction
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- Avoid using CPU when the editor is idle
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### 1.06
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- subpixel font rendering with gamma correction
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