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GitBook Editor Changelog

What's new in GitBook Editor 7.0.12

Mar 18, 2017
  • Fixed issue when parsing malformed URI encoded links.
  • Fixed "Could not load your book" errors caused by bad parsing of README.md.

New in GitBook Editor 7.0.11 (Mar 10, 2017)

  • Fix conflicts view, that was preventing from syncing or publishing
  • Fix parsing of empty code blocks

New in GitBook Editor 7.0.10 (Mar 9, 2017)

  • Fix `book.json` errors for Summary written in Asciidoc.
  • Reduce likeliness of book loading errors due to invalid Summary.

New in GitBook Editor 7.0.9 (Mar 7, 2017)

  • Fix issues with parsing links containing spaces.

New in GitBook Editor 7.0.8 (Mar 2, 2017)

  • Fix error with markdown and links/images containing white spaces in the URL
  • Fix parsing of links and images containing parenthesis

New in GitBook Editor 7.0.6 (Feb 28, 2017)

  • Fix parsing of links and images containing parenthesis (markdown).

New in GitBook Editor 7.0.4 (Feb 22, 2017)

  • Fix removing maths
  • Insert a link insert the title of the article instead of the file path
  • Command+W closes current window
  • Auto-download updates in the background
  • Don't check for updates when no internet access

New in GitBook Editor 7.0.3 (Feb 20, 2017)

  • Fix copy/pasting
  • Improve UX of desktop dashboard

New in GitBook Editor 7.0.2 (Feb 18, 2017)

  • Fix opening deep articles in summary
  • Fix error alert displayed after a few hours of use
  • Hide "Show Tab Bar" menu action on OS X
  • New and sleeker design

New in GitBook Editor 7.0.1 (Feb 17, 2017)

  • New and sleeker design
  • Lot of improvements for a simplified and more efficient UI
  • Editing lists got easier and more natural
  • Improved branches listing
  • Opening a remote branch is now possible
  • Created branches now keep pending changes
  • Typing backticks correctly insert inline code
  • Fixed several issues with frontmatters
  • Fixed issue that would corrupt renamed files

New in GitBook Editor 6.6.2 (Jan 28, 2017)

  • Allow editing files even if the book.json contains errors
  • Fix preview error for documents containing HTML
  • Fix display of line breaks in preview
  • Fix preview displaying metadata by mistake
  • Fix metadata being added involuntarily, because of horizontal rules at start of documents
  • Fix code block syntax selection on desktop
  • Fix save shortcut that would warn that file being edited has changed

New in GitBook Editor 6.6.1 (Jan 24, 2017)

  • Now prompts to restore previous session if any unsaved changes were left the last time the Editor was closed.
  • Smarter automatic naming of files.
  • Add support for task lists in preview
  • Clearer table controls
  • Better default shortcuts for non QWERTY layouts
  • Added reset button in settings
  • Fixed toggling off a code block
  • Fixed parsing of start indentation in code blocks.
  • Fixed occasional crash when opening the application for the first time
  • Fixed drag and drop of summary parts.

New in GitBook Editor 6.5.2 (Jan 11, 2017)

  • Added compatibility with repositories containing sub-modules
  • Fixed publishing for books hosted on GitHub
  • Now warns before opening large files, or unknown files

New in GitBook Editor 6.5.1 (Jan 9, 2017)

  • Now warns before opening large files, or unknown files
  • Fix Raw mode editing on Firefox

New in GitBook Editor 6.5.0 (Jan 3, 2017)

  • Toolbar now displays header levels 4 - 6
  • Type `[x]` in a list to create a task list
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in GitBook Editor 6.4.4 (Dec 23, 2016)

  • Fix for critical error when pressing Enter to exit a list
  • Enable spellcheck in Raw mode
  • Added keyboard shortcut for Math
  • Added electric formatting for maths, bold, italic, striked ($$…$$, **…**, _…_, ~~…~~)
  • Fix code blocks that could not be deleted
  • Fix font size not updated in Raw mode
  • Fix critical error when configuring plugins
  • Fix text selection in preview
  • Fix editing in Raw mode for Safari
  • Fixed multi-lines markup actions in Raw mode (code fences, etc.)
  • Added syntax highlighting support for more languages

New in GitBook Editor 6.4.0 (Dec 20, 2016)

  • Support editing task lists (not yet supported in the output)
  • Fix undo/redo in Raw mode
  • Errors during synchronization are now displayed
  • Fix indenting list items
  • Fix lists markdown output
  • Fix "Shift+Tab" in raw mode and code blocks
  • Fix syntax highlighting which was disabled by default
  • Minor tweaks
  • Fix error with maths being displayed in raw mode editor
  • Fix parsing errors for maths and inline codes
  • Can now indent using Tab in Raw mode
  • Fixed publishing new branches
  • Fixed files tree not loading properly in some cases
  • Fixed numbered list button
  • Fixed pasting
  • Fixed short for inserting images
  • Fixed the editing of lists containing links, images etc.
  • Modified list editing to not create paragraph lists by default
  • Fix sidebar button to "Add an article"
  • Fix critical errors when saving file with math formulas
  • Enable syntax highlighting for Asciidoc raw mode
  • Fix tables not rendering correctly
  • Fix wrapping an image into a link
  • Fix typing text after and before links
  • Fix "The git manager process has crashed" for non-recent mac
  • Fix bug in markdown when saving file containing a table
  • Fix critical error when pressing Escape or Enter in the heading popover
  • Fix bug making it impossible to left click on the "Table of Contents" sidebar
  • Shift + Enter now inserts a soft newline in paragraphnEditing was reworked completely! This should remove a lot of bugs from the previous version (6.2.1).
  • Fixes:
  • Copy/paste should work a lot better now, including the ability to copy from the Web
  • Fixed text disappearing randomly because of syntax highlighting
  • A lot of other editing bugs should be gone
  • Allow copy/paste inside the Login window
  • Features:
  • Basic synchronization with local files and git repository!
  • Saved changes in the Editor will be reflected on your filesystem, and changes on your filesystem will be detected by the Editor.
  • Table columns alignment can be edited in Document Mode
  • Visual:
  • New app icon
  • New visual style
  • Important:
  • Syntax highlighting is causing edition issues, we are working on fixing it (in the mid time, you can disable it from the settings)
  • Fix upload of directories on Windows
  • Fix some markdown parsing issue
  • Add menu entry to reset git credentials for the book
  • Start fixing the pasting of plain text
  • Improve stability of conflict editor
  • Fix clicking on a link in the preview
  • Add syntax highlighting for Java
  • Attempt to fix reveal in Folder for Win 10
  • Support tag in preview
  • Fix merge branches with conflicts
  • Add context menu action to learn spelling
  • Improve performance for highlighting in raw editor
  • Improve font for raw editor on Windows and Linux
  • Improve highlighting for Asciidoc in raw mode
  • Correctly update files on disk after switching branch and committing
  • Fix some sync error when repository only contains one commit
  • Fix error with files containing Windows newlines
  • Add more code highlighting: Python / Ruby
  • Fix edge cases when opening an article with no file
  • Files Tree is back!
  • Fix stuck loading when file doesn't exist
  • Fix click on paths in link/image popup
  • Add keyboard shortcut to open files dialog
  • Add keyboard shortcut to insert an image
  • Add keyboard shortcut to toggle preview
  • Fix important issue with cursor when editing raw markdown
  • Add highlighting for markdown in raw mode (let us know if performance are not good)
  • Highlighting for code block and raw mode is a setting that can be disabled
  • Fix some invalid state of code highlighting
  • Fix rendering issue for tables in preview
  • Fix important cursor and selection issues
  • Add settings to define indent for code blocks and raw mode
  • Fix "Alt-Backspace" on Mac
  • History bar is now displayed in raw mode
  • You can change font size of the editor from the settings
  • Fix pressing enter in a dialog
  • Fix some menu actions
  • Fix editing the remote url
  • Fix context menu
  • Fix parsing errors
  • Add Preview toggle
  • Fix focus issues when writing in dialogs
  • “Add article” button for convenience
  • Fix unwanted newlines insertion
  • ​Tab / ​Shift-Tab shortcut to indents lists
  • New major version of the editor featuring a new WYSIWYG UX

New in GitBook Editor 6.3.11 (Dec 16, 2016)

  • Fix indenting list items
  • Fix lists markdown output

New in GitBook Editor 6.3.10 (Dec 16, 2016)

  • Fix "Shift+Tab" in raw mode and code blocks
  • Fix syntax highlighting which was disabled by default
  • Minor tweaks

New in GitBook Editor 6.3.8 (Dec 12, 2016)

  • Fix error with maths being displayed in raw mode editor
  • Fix parsing errors for maths and inline codes

New in GitBook Editor 6.3.7 (Dec 9, 2016)

  • Can now indent using Tab in Raw mode
  • Fixed publishing new branches
  • Fixed files tree not loading properly in some cases
  • Fixed numbered list button
  • Fixed pasting
  • Fixed short for inserting images
  • Fixed the editing of lists containing links, images etc.
  • Modified list editing to not create paragraph lists by default

New in GitBook Editor 6.3.3 (Dec 7, 2016)

  • Fix sidebar button to "Add an article"
  • Fix critical errors when saving file with math formulas

New in GitBook Editor 6.3.2 (Dec 6, 2016)

  • Enable syntax highlighting for Asciidoc raw mode
  • Fix tables not rendering correctly
  • Fix wrapping an image into a link
  • Fix typing text after and before links
  • Fix "The git manager process has crashed" for non-recent mac
  • Fix bug in markdown when saving file containing a table
  • Fix critical error when pressing Escape or Enter in the heading popover
  • Fix bug making it impossible to left click on the "Table of Contents" sidebar
  • Shift + Enter now inserts a soft newline in paragraph
  • Editing was reworked completely

New in GitBook Editor 6.3.1 (Dec 2, 2016)

  • Fix "The git manager process has crashed" for non-recent mac
  • Fix bug in markdown when saving file containing a table
  • Fix critical error when pressing Escape or Enter in the heading popover
  • Fix bug making it impossible to left click on the "Table of Contents" sidebar
  • Shift + Enter now inserts a soft newline in paragraph
  • Editing was reworked completely! This should remove a lot of bugs from the previous version (6.2.1).
  • Fixes:
  • Copy/paste should work a lot better now, including the ability to copy from the Web
  • Fixed text disappearing randomly because of syntax highlighting
  • A lot of other editing bugs should be gone
  • Allow copy/paste inside the Login window
  • Features:
  • Basic synchronization with local files and git repository!
  • Saved changes in the Editor will be reflected on your filesystem, and changes on your filesystem will be detected by the Editor.
  • Table columns alignment can be edited in Document Mode
  • Visual:
  • New app icon
  • New visual style
  • Important:
  • Syntax highlighting is causing edition issues, we are working on fixing it (in the mid time, you can disable it from the settings)
  • Fix some markdown parsing issue
  • Add menu entry to reset git credentials for the book
  • Start fixing the pasting of plain text
  • Improve stability of conflict editor
  • Fix clicking on a link in the preview
  • Add syntax highlighting for Java
  • Support tag in preview
  • Fix merge branches with conflicts
  • Add context menu action to learn spelling
  • Improve performance for highlighting in raw editor
  • Improve highlighting for Asciidoc in raw mode
  • Correctly update files on disk after switching branch and committing
  • Fix some sync error when repository only contains one commit
  • Add more code highlighting: Python / Ruby
  • Fix edge cases when opening an article with no file
  • Files Tree is back!
  • Fix stuck loading when file doesn't exist
  • Fix click on paths in link/image popup
  • Add keyboard shortcut to open files dialog
  • Add keyboard shortcut to insert an image
  • Add keyboard shortcut to toggle preview
  • Fix important issue with cursor when editing raw markdown
  • Add highlighting for markdown in raw mode (let us know if performance are not good)
  • Highlighting for code block and raw mode is a setting that can be disabled
  • Fix some invalid state of code highlighting
  • Fix rendering issue for tables in preview
  • Fix important cursor and selection issues
  • Add settings to define indent for code blocks and raw mode
  • Fix "Alt-Backspace" on Mac
  • History bar is now displayed in raw mode
  • You can change font size of the editor from the settings
  • Fix pressing enter in a dialog
  • Fix some menu actions
  • Fix editing the remote url
  • Fix context menu
  • Fix parsing errors
  • Add Preview toggle
  • Fix focus issues when writing in dialogs
  • “Add article” button for convenience
  • Fix unwanted newlines insertion
  • ​Tab / ​Shift-Tab shortcut to indents lists
  • New major version of the editor featuring a new WYSIWYG UX

New in GitBook Editor 6.2.1 (Aug 1, 2016)

  • Important: Syntax highlighting is causing edition issues, we are working on fixing it (in the mid time, you can disable it from the settings)
  • Fix some markdown parsing issue
  • Add menu entry to reset git credentials for the book
  • Start fixing the pasting of plain text
  • Improve stability of conflict editor
  • Fix clicking on a link in the preview
  • Add syntax highlighting for Java

New in GitBook Editor 6.2.0 (Jul 21, 2016)

  • Support tag in preview
  • Fix merge branches with conflicts
  • Add context menu action to learn spelling

New in GitBook Editor 6.1.1 (Jul 20, 2016)

  • Improve performance for highlighting in raw editor
  • Improve highlighting for Asciidoc in raw mode
  • Correctly update files on disk after switching branch and committing
  • Fix some sync error when repository only contains one commit
  • Fix error with files containing Windows newlines
  • Add more code highlighting: Python / Ruby
  • Fix edge cases when opening an article with no file

New in GitBook Editor 6.1.0 (Jul 18, 2016)

  • Files Tree is back!
  • Fix stuck loading when file doesn't exist
  • Fix click on paths in link/image popup
  • Add keyboard shortcut to open files dialog
  • Add keyboard shortcut to insert an image
  • Add keyboard shortcut to toggle preview
  • Fix important issue with cursor when editing raw markdown
  • Add highlighting for markdown in raw mode (let us know if performance are not good)
  • Highlighting for code block and raw mode is a settinga that can be disabled
  • Fix some invalid state of code highlighting
  • Fix rendering issue for tables in preview
  • Fix important cursor and selection issues
  • Add settings to define indent for code blocks and raw mode
  • Fix "Alt-Backspace" on Mac
  • History bar is now displayed in raw mode
  • You can change font size of the editor from the settings
  • Fix pressing enter in a dialog
  • Fix some menu actions
  • Fix editing the remote url
  • Fix context menu
  • Fix parsing errors
  • Add Preview toggle
  • Fix focus issues when writing in dialogs
  • “Add article” button for convenience
  • Fix unwanted newlines insertion
  • ​Tab / ​Shift-Tab shortcut to indents listsnNew major version of the editor featuring a new WYSIWYG UX

New in GitBook Editor 6.0.4 (Jul 15, 2016)

  • Add keyboard shortcut to open files dialog
  • Add keyboard shortcut to insert an image
  • Add keyboard shortcut to toggle preview
  • Fix important issue with cursor when editing raw markdown
  • Add highlighting for markdown in raw mode (let us know if performance are not good)
  • Highlighting for code block and raw mode is a settinga that can be disabled
  • Fix some invalid state of code highlighting
  • Fix rendering issue for tables in preview
  • Fix important cursor and selection issues
  • Add settings to define indent for code blocks and raw mode
  • Fix "Alt-Backspace" on Mac
  • History bar is now displayed in raw mode
  • You can change font size of the editor from the settings
  • Fix pressing enter in a dialog
  • Fix some menu actions
  • Fix editing the remote url
  • Fix context menu
  • Fix parsing errors
  • Add Preview toggle
  • Fix focus issues when writing in dialogs
  • “Add article” button for convenience
  • Fix unwanted newlines insertion
  • ​Tab / ​Shift-Tab shortcut to indents lists
  • ​New major version of the editor featuring a new WYSIWYG UX

New in GitBook Editor 6.0.3 (Jul 14, 2016)

  • Fix important cursor and selection issues
  • Add settings to define indent for code blocks and raw mode
  • Fix "Alt-Backspace" on Mac
  • History bar is now displayed in raw mode

New in GitBook Editor 6.0.2 (Jul 13, 2016)

  • History bar is now displayed in raw mode
  • You can change font size of the editor from the settings
  • Fix pressing enter in a dialog
  • Fix some menu actions
  • Fix editing the remote url
  • Fix context menu
  • Fix parsing errors
  • Add Preview toggle
  • Fix focus issues when writing in dialogs
  • “Add article” button for convenience
  • Fix unwanted newlines insertion
  • ​Tab / ​Shift-Tab shortcut to indents lists
  • New major version of the editor featuring a new WYSIWYG UX

New in GitBook Editor 6.0.0 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • New major version of the editor featuring a new WYSIWYG UX.

New in GitBook Editor 5.0.5 (Mar 30, 2016)

  • Fix drag and drop in files tree.

New in GitBook Editor 5.0.4 (Mar 11, 2016)

  • Fix login when user has no email
  • Conflict resolution: Conflicts list is now scrollable, with some other minor fixes
  • Improved visibility for code markup
  • Images using absolute path now display correctly
  • Merging on current branch correctly updates the editor
  • Fix random errors with multilingual books
  • Fix creation of new books
  • Fix opening of files with spaces
  • Improve overall reliability of editor
  • Released as stable
  • Update to latest GitBook/Markdown parser
  • Fix potential bug with code highlighting in preview
  • Prevent crash when pasting content from Microsoft Word

New in GitBook Editor 5.0.3 (Mar 10, 2016)

  • Conflict resolution: Conflicts list is now scrollable, with some other minor fixes.
  • Improved visibility for code markup
  • Images using absolute path now display correctly
  • Merging on current branch correctly updates the editor
  • Fix random errors with multilingual books
  • Fix creation of new books
  • Fix opening of files with spaces
  • Improve overall reliability of editor
  • Released as stable
  • Update to latest GitBook/Markdown parser
  • Fix potential bug with code highlighting in preview
  • Prevent crash when pasting content from Microsoft Word

New in GitBook Editor 5.0.2 (Mar 5, 2016)

  • Fix random errors with multilingual books
  • Fix creation of new books

New in GitBook Editor 5.0.1 (Mar 3, 2016)

  • Fix opening of files with spaces
  • Improve overall reliability of editor

New in GitBook Editor 5.0.0 (Mar 2, 2016)

  • Released as stable
  • Update to latest GitBook/Markdown parser
  • Fix potential bug with code highlighting in preview
  • Prevent crash when pasting content from Microsoft Word

New in GitBook Editor 4.2.3 (Dec 29, 2015)

  • Update to latest GitBook/Markdown parser
  • Fix potential bug with code highlighting in preview

New in GitBook Editor 4.1.0 (Oct 26, 2015)

  • TeX highlighting: Scientists and researchers around the world use GitBook everyday, writing long & complex TeX equations isn’t always easy … but it’s now much more enjoyable thanks to in editor highlighting !
  • Keyboard shortcuts: Keyboard shortcuts are loved by advanced writers, it’s one of the many keys to productivity. Our default shortcuts now follow familiar industry standards !
  • A beautiful right-click menu: The new context menu makes it easier than ever to format your Markdown/AsciiDoc text, a right click, a left click and you’re done !
  • Bug fixes and improvements:
  • The editor remembers your layout between session
  • Fixed upload from desktop
  • Better offline detection (GitBook won’t check for updates when you’re offline)

New in GitBook Editor 1.1.0 (Oct 26, 2015)

  • Distraction free mode: This new release lets you customize the layout to stay more focus on your content. By triggering Cmd-Shift-F on Mac or Ctrl-Shift-F on Linux/Windows, the summary and preview panels will be hidden. You can also hide specific panel from the View menu.
  • Other features: This version also includes some minor features like the ability to read the ChangeLog from the “File” menu, more options for the editor (show/hide invisible characters, line height, …), and some improvements for the preview on the browser (open current section, etc.).
  • Bugs Fixes: Like always, we are fixing bugs and improving your overall experience on the editor:
  • Math context menu: we disabled the context menu on math elements to avoid a crash that locks the editor application.
  • Book Configuration: we fixed the JSON edition dialog, to handle errors in a smoother way.
  • Normalization on auto-save: In the 1.0.0 release, we introduced the auto-save functionality; this feature coupled with the normalization features (whitespaces and end-of-line) was troubleshooting the writing experience.

New in GitBook Editor 1.0.0 (Oct 26, 2015)

  • Start with a template: This version makes it easier to start a new book thanks to predefined templates such as: Exercises, Quizzes or Science.
  • Math equation previews: With this release, it’s significantly easier to write scientific books, the editor shows you realtime renders of your equations (Tex formulas).
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Glossary: You can now build your book’s glossary directly from the editor. This can be done using the “Book” menu or directly from the article’s content by selecting a term and clicking on the “Glossary” icon.
  • Plugins: This release also ships with a plugin manager, you can add/remove/configure/install plugins.