WindTerm 2.3.0

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Usage:

Version	Architecture	Operating Systems
WindTerm_2.3.0_Windows_Portable_x86_32	x86_32	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
WindTerm_2.3.0_Windows_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
WindTerm_2.3.0_Mac_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	macOS 10.13, macOS 10.14, macOS 10.15, macOS 11, macOS 12
WindTerm_2.3.0_Linux_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Generic Linux (glibc 2.17 and later)

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_Linux_Portable_x86_64.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.

Translation:

• [CHINESE] Update the language file, contributed by MosamXu@github. Update "Chinese (Simplified) - 中文 (简体)" Translation #246

Features:

• [APP] Added Windows x86_64 version. Could you release x86_64 binraries? #213
• [APP] Added MacOS x86_64 version. when will the macos release available #46 Feature suggestions:About Remote machine status display And mac platform support #65 2.2.2 的MAC版本什么时候能提供下载 #306 怎么找不到macos的安装包呀 #372 macos deadline #408 MacOS: Today is the last day of December #412 催一下更 #418 拜拜苹果，那怕说的是2022年的December #429
• [APP] Update the third-party libraries and tools to the latest version: logs record function memory leak #237
  • Qt v5.15.2
  • libssh v0.9.6
  • openssl v1.1.3m
  • pcre2 v10.39
  • spdlog v1.9.2
  • zstd v1.5.2
  • gsudo v1.0.2
  • vcxsrv v1.20.14.0
• [SHELL] Supports running 64-bit windows shells, like 64-bit cmd, powershell and so on.
• [SHELL] The Windows version automatically chooses to use ConPty or WinPty depending on the system.
• [SSH] Use VcXsrv instead of XMing as the X server to improve compatibility, display and performance. can't start x server #157
• [GUI] Added support for Unicode 13.
• [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
• [TERM] Supports OSC 8 to set the hyperlink. 某些字符显示不正常 #160 Unsupported Character? #413 Hyperlink not supported #453 ANSI escape sequences ESC]8 bug #454
• [TERM] Supports OSC 52 to allow clipboard synchronization.
• [TERM] Supports 8-bit controls IND, NEL, HTS, RI, SS2, SS3, SPA, EPA, SOS, DECID.
• [TERM] Supports setting the initial modes: Serail prints not align #134 [serial] prompt # skips when qiuck command with '\n' #473
  • Auto Wrap Mode (DECAWM)
  • New Line Mode (LNM)
  • Reverse Screen Mode (DECSCNM)
  • Cursor Keys Mode (DECCKM)
  • Numeric Keypad Mode (DECNKM)
• [SFTP] Supports specifying file creation permissions, the default permissions is 644.
• [SFTP] Supports specifying fold creation permissions, the default permissions is 755.
• [SFTP] Supports fixing invalid path characters when downloading and editing files. 特殊字符文件打不开 #371 上传下载文件包含特殊字符时，无法上传下载，并且上传下载失败提示没有具体原因 #383
• [SFTP] Uploading and downloading files preserves the permissions of the files and folders. [bug]linux版本上传文件后属性被修改 #340 After the file is uploaded, the file permissions are too low with code 0600. #469
• [SFTP] Uploading and downloading files preserves the timestamp of the files. ftp transfer file does not keep timestamp #445 2.3.0 Pre release 3 - Rare file corrupt when uploading large file from Windows client to Linux host #487
• [SESSION] Supports resolving ~ to the user home directory in Windows. Does not recognize tilde (~) in the path on Windows #464
• [SESSION] Supports highlighting timestamps in ISO 8601 and RFC 2822 formats.
• [SESSION] Supports independent setting of word separators for the alt screen. Double click selects too much #252

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
• [GUI] Hide the shortcut keys containing Meta in the Windows and Linux systems.
• [GUI] Modify shortcut keys to conform to the MacOS system standard.
• [GUI] The default send count of the Sender is changed from infinity to 1. How to set the sender default count value？ #449
• [SSH] Supports setting identify files with relative paths. key 私钥路径能否设置为相对路径 #305
• [SSH] Automatically clear the automatic login information when modifying the target. Unable to switch users? #329
• [TERM] Improve the performance of parsing the control sequences.
• [TERM] Better support for 7-bit controls (S7C1T) and 8-bit controls (S8C1T).

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.
• [APP] The application crashes when exiting the focus mode after closing the split group. Crash when toggle off focus mode after closing splitted view #307
• [APP] The application may crash because a large number of unneeded file descriptions are not released in time. WindTerm_2.1.0_Mac_Portable sometimes crashes  #136 windterm crash in mac os #147 Application Crash on Mac book Pro #186 mac 最新版本，老是闪退，今天很频繁 #255 Mac 没有2.2.2版本吗 我看最新的mac是2.1.0,崩溃太频繁了 #370
• [APP] The application may crash for reading a destroyed widget's pointer on exit.
• [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
• [SFTP] The default text editor cannot be specified in MacOS. MacOS 2.3.0 Prerelease 2 version cannot change the default text editor #470
• [SHELL] When using the shells started by gsudo, gsudo does not handle the key ctrl+c correctly. Windows shell admin error #48

Roadmap of v2.4 (Mid-March, for reference only)

• Dynamic memory compression
• Improved Filer
• Improved XServer
• Improved SSH tunnels
• Move Caret By Mouse Can I move cursor by mouse clicking? #239
• Free Type Mode
• Automatic Completion (Postponed to a later version )
• Command Snippet Description (Postponed to a later version )
• SSH GSSAPI Authentication (Postponed to a later version )
• SSH Agent Forwaring (Postponed to a later version )
• New memory allocator and manager and garbage collector. (Postponed to a later version )
• Search in sessions. (Postponed to a later version )

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This discussion was created from the release WindTerm 2.3.0.

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Thanks to everyone who cares and helps, without you, there would be no new WindTerm_2.3.0 version released. ❤️