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2.2 Patch 6
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Changelog

• a8e29ce feat more file types available in file editor (#975) #973 by @Animus-Surge
• cbaaf33 fix webgel unknown errors in console
• b636b45 feat workman keyboard layout (#1006) by @teleToast
• 1a0b640 feat (SECURITY) disable input sounds when in password mode (#1046) by @Animus-Surge - reported in #1038 by @schuelermine
• eeeb7a8 fix (mod_cpuinfo) cpu speed not displaying

Also: Apple Silicon (macos-arm64) builds, upgraded to Electron 11.

Known bugs

Hotfix release

Changelog

• af78a65 fix: upgrade geolite2-redist, close #941
• a445205 feat: audio, video and pdf reader (#953) by @ghost-in-the-machine-86 @KjartanOli

Please also check out the v2.2.3 changelog notice

Hotfix release for #937

Please read on to the previous changelog!

2.2 Patch 3!
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This project is no longer actively maintained for the time being, more info in #769.
Even so, many fixes and improvements have been contributed since the last release over a year and a half ago, and I didn't want to leave eDEX in a state where the latest stable is unsupported.

Thanks to all contributors who have participated in this release: @Animus-Surge @qsniyg @wrac4242 @D4rkia @bodograumann @bitigchi @ImCheesecake @bilbu @Jabster28 @lebarde @Maxim-Mazurok @bsodmike @N1KN1M @niklas2810 @valflrt @shinenelson @theunbound @timescam and others.
This release is dedicated to them.

Thanks to my GitHub Sponsors: @sweepyoface @J-Sek @sukram230799 @LouisJenkinsCS @cygnostik and to all the people who've financially supported my open-source work.

Special mention to @lebarde and @Jabster28 for directly helping out with the tedious work of making a new release.

Changelog since v2.2.2 (1.5 years ago, full diff only)

Known issues

• Physical keyboard dead keys don't work #469
• UI reload crash when using multiple tabs #630

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2.2 Patch 2 Release - WITH IMPORTANT VULNERABILITY FIX

This release comes with a few features that were originally planned to be release alongside v3.0, an API-related change, and some serious security fixes.

Vulnerability disclosure: https://gaby.dev/edex-vuln

Changelog since v2.2.1 (24 commits, full diff):
Improvements

• Existing modules:
  • main_shell:
    • Do not append --login to powershell.exe (eddc810)
  • mod_toplist:
    • feat: excludeThreadsFromToplist (b832533)
    • Faster refresh rate (ce696ca)
  • keyboard:
    • Fix visual keys not being relieved with altgr (0b2271e, #330)
    • Drop visual keys when window is blurred (d0c1e21)
  • fsDisp:
    • Fix notracking refresh on tab 0 (53eb5ed, #501)
    • feat: List view (7fa92d2, #502)
  • netstat:
    • Replace ipinfo API with a free, external service (temporary mesure)
    • Fix remote code injection vuln (fc5b8d9)

2.2 Patch 1 Release

This overnight patch fixes two breaking bugs on macOS and a possible memory leak for all systems.

• Fix handling of shell args that was causing issues with env loading, and crashes when trying to specify shell launch options (a1114d9, #492)
• Fix ramwatcher emitting DOM errors when the swap usage is zero or unreadable, possibly creating a memory leak (aeabef7)
• Fix the CWD tracker not correctly handling paths with spaces on macOS (0b574b0)

For more information please refer to the v2.2.0 changelog below.

2.2 release

tl;dr: Fixed a whole bunch of issues, redesigned slanted tabs, monitor your swap usage and hide your typing with the new Password Mode.

Slanted tabs.

Password mode (Ctrl+Shift+P).

Swap monitoring.

Changelog since v2.1.0 (92 commits, full diff):
Improvements

• Existing modules:
  • main_shell:
    • Display process name in tab titles for *nix systems (574fee0)
    • Support "Greeting" with username on Windows (122c46c, #470, by @Chromecube)
    • Fix environment variables not correctly being set on tabs 2-5 on macOS (731558f, #472)
    • Improved environment variables for all OSs (57f93d8)
    • Tabs are now slightly slanted, because it looks cool™️ (c725828, #464, idea by @Xeddius)
  • audioManager:
    • Add an option to disable potentially annoying "feedback" sounds (489bd26, #455, by @Fedorsturov)
  • keyboard:
    • Fix missing handler for tilde character modification (ccbf98a, #454)
    • Replace arrow emojis by proper icon support (7461194, cfc6a94, #462, #467)
    • Add "Password Mode" feature (Ctrl+Shift+P) (9c697a2, #394)
    • Implement a better fix for an AltGr-key visual bug (207d78a, #330)
    • Fix "deadkeys" modifiers not being triggered on the touch keyboard (4ab6c87, #466)
  • filesystem:
    • Fix displaying root directories & system files on win32 (7c65c1b, #433, #235, #262)
    • Improve loading visual feedback, mainly on slow disks (590aa0e)
  • netstat:
    • Replace external ping with custom-made TCP latency test (39b1c9a, #460, #414)
  • ramwatcher:
    • Refactor mod_ramwatcher: More precise information, swap monitoring (8492174)
  • hardwareInspector:
    • Correctly trim data to avoid UI break (46627e8, 56d1b78, #461)
• Themes & Customization:
  • Add es-ES keyboard (5d53120, #466)
  • Support 1600x900 monitors (2e4d68f, #464)
  • Add color filters customization to themes, with tron-colorfilter showcase (421a392, #483)
• Core:
  • Log PIDs of terminal processes (a32f403)
  • Add nocursor setting and --nocursor flag (18b9aa4)
  • Reduce likeliness of "white flash" at window spawn (b9fe8ca)
  • List available shortcuts with Ctrl+Shift+K (f317248)
  • Better modal windows handling (65d10c7, 13169e3)
  • Fix copy/pasting issues on some OSs (986cb07)
• Development:
  • Add FOSSA license scan continuous integration (9f09896, 88af18b, af03b8b)
  • Improve configuration for automated security scans with Snyk (26d5287)

Known issues
Physical keyboard dead keys don't work - #469

What's next?
The repository on which I'm working on for the remote monitoring feature has gone public, even if it's still quite empty.
An issue has been pinned here to track progress on this: #488

When remote monitoring will be out, the next step is external modules, aka an addon system. See #334.

Work has begun on the long-awaited blog post/tech write-up on eDEX (#272).

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2.1 release

tl;dr: Reworked sound effects, thousands of file icons, keyboard shortcuts even on touchscreens, a bunch of bug fixes, and you can show your love now.

🔈 Check out the new sounds & intro animation!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRA5jS7q05A

File icons in the filesystem display!

New hardwareInspector module!

Changelog since v2.0.1 (89 commits, full diff):
Improvements

• New modules:
  • mod_hardwareInspector is a small info panel reporting chassis & model information about the current system. I made it to replace clipboardButtons with was ugly and is no longer useful since keyboard shortcuts have reached a decent state. (b00b12c)
• Existing modules:
  • audioManager:
    • Reworked sound effects (16a1fe0, #427)
  • main_shell:
    • New termFontSize setting to adjust the size of the terminal text (dc1bcee)
    • Fix flooding causing an app freeze because of sound effects (cd1fe1e, #428)
  • mod_sysinfo:
    • Fix bad CPU temperature display on macOS (2b0397, #415, with the help of @syxanash)
  • mod_netstat:
    • Fix bad recovery from offline state (3262679)
  • mod_toplist:
    • Fix excludeSelfFromToplist setting not working on *nix (f7163f5, #426)
  • fsDisp:
    • File & directory icons sourced from @file-icons/atom (46d89e6, #391)
    • New setting & keyboard shortcut to show/hide hidden files and dirs (eeecd5d)
    • Fix not updating on empty directories (3810f5c, #408)
    • Fix freeze on window reload (0017009)
    • Better file insertion on Windows (b147e66, #431)
    • Do not follow tabs in detached mode (283798d, #432)
    • Improve commands for switching drives on Windows (d9b9afd, b0bc79d)
    • Fix race condition causing the files to be printed twice (d520f7e, #430)
  • keyboard:
    • eDEX keyboard shortcuts can now be used on the touchscreen keyboard (eae3e80, 10ab5c4)
    • Fix altgraph key not being properly released on Linux (0552670)
    • Modifiers are now synchronised between physical and virtual keyboards (e5517fa, #440)
• Themes & Customization:
  • Add support for 4:3 monitors (8b8255e, #411)
  • Add pt-BR keyboard layout (9e6be89, #441, by @jirrezdex)
• Core:
  • Fix instant crash on single-core machines (39bb32e, fbfd127, #404)
  • Lock windowed mode to 16:9 ratio to prevent display issues (1416aec, #413)
  • Prevent possible false alert error messages after exit (cc58cee, c65469e)
  • Removed extraAudio setting (c3e9490)
  • Better --nointro flag behavior (e973df8)
• Development:
  • A good bunch of code cleanup work (3810f5c, 8df8e8b, 644972b, 436a30c,
    6c5650c)
  • Add yet another article link to README (4d66cbd)
  • Prebuild script now has realtime output (7a87c5f

Known issues
On Windows, using the filesystem display to navigate to a drive's root or change drive cause it to crash (#433).

What's next?
Work on remote monitoring is slowly progressing on a private GitHub repo.

2.0 Patch 1 release

A simple patch release to fix some issues and update dependencies.

Changelog since v2.0.0:
Improvements

• Existing modules:
  • main_shell:
    • Fix terminal resizing cutting off the last line on 2560x1440 displays (8eb55d0, #393)
  • mod_netstat, mod_globe:
    • Fix some HTTPs requests not being sent from the selected network interface (0c8b0a0, #376)
  • fsDisp:
    • Fix double-loading of filesystem on window reload (ddd3e28, #392)
  • main_shell, mod_globe:
    • Add experimental scanning & geolocation of IP addresses displayed in the terminal output (50ef128, #397)
  • settingsView:
    • Display iface override as a dropdown menu (50a555e, #403)
  • keyboard:
    • Fix altgr physical keyboard key also illuminating ctrl keys on some systems (2217b24, #330)
• Themes & Customization:
  • Add "matrix" theme (90fc1e5, #389, by @P3GLEG)
  • Improve fr-BEPO keyboard (1898a73, #289)
• Core:
  • Add experimentalGlobeFeatures boolean option (50ef128)
  • Write a more verbose default configuration file (37618b9)
  • Disable multithreaded controller on single-core systems (1949ea0, #404)
• Development:
  • Unrelease master branch code will now always be versioned with the number of the version it's supposed to ship with and the -pre suffix (for instance, v2.1.0-pre)

Known issues
None confirmed, 3 investigations ongoing.

What's next?
eDEX-UI has now reached a pretty stable and complete state, so development might slow down a bit. I'm working towards new, exciting (and huge) features like external modules support, remote monitoring, multi-monitor support, and others, but can't give any ETA yet on any of those.