change_logs.md

Change Logs

V1.8.0 Unstable Release

• New Features:
  • allows exporting selected topics as a new file as Mind Map, Markdown, AsciiDoc or structured plain text.
  • copy&paste image from clipboard to selected topics directly by shortcut.
  • Allow dragging external files to any folder in workspace to copy those files.
  • add new preference for automatically selecting in workspace after a file is opened.
  • add Move to functionality to workspace view.
• Improvement:
  • Remembers the last active tab and switches back to it when opening the preferences dialog (until the application is killed).
  • optimized the PDF exported for markdown files;
  • support the CJK characters in code blocks within exported PDF file from markdown.

    Need to setup the CJK font files for either sans-serif or mono.

  • allow to select any parent folder in Find in files and it's result panel.
  • add new folder button to filter folders in Go to file dialog
  • Improved the user interface for file type options in Go to file and Search in file dialogs using icon buttons.
  • add blank tail to markdown bullet list.
  • automatically expands node in workspace when dragging any file/folder over it.
  • improved app menu and context menu displaying.
  • optimized button text in confirm dialogs.
  • optimized the scroll sync for markdown editor.
• Bug Fixes:
  • in Mind Map editor, moving any selected topics by shortcut out of viewport doesn't trigger automatically scrolling.
  • Emphasis text doesn't work in markdown preview.
  • the protected topic note can't be opened by password;
  • after canceled the setting password dialog for topic note, a password reset dialog appears.
  • external folder should not be able to drag&drop to workspace.
  • blank text can't be replaced by search&replace in code area.
• Others
  • A few of refactoring especially for Mind Map.

V1.7.6 Release

• Improvement: add 'use proxy' option for different LLM providers to enable proxy separately.
• Improvement: add gpt-4o to open-ai provider.
• Improvement: more pre-set LLM models.
• Improvement: optimize the HTTP connecting to LLM providers.
• Fix: the gen-ai reframe panel shows out of the viewport if generated topics make the selected topic out of the viewport.
• Fix: exception when switch proxy type in preference dialog.
• Fix: the background of mind map doesn't always render correctly when maximize&recover the editor by double-clicking tab of opened file.
• Fix: in Mind Map, the protected topic note can't be opened by password.
• Fix: in Mind Map, after canceling the setting password dialog for topic note, a password reset dialog appears.

V1.7.5 Unstable Release

• Improvement: add support for ChatGLM to GenAI.
• Improvement: add pre-set model name list for some LLM providers.
• Fix: blank text can't be replaced by search&replace in code area.
• Fix: "select in workspace" does not clear the previous selection before file is located.
• Fix: maven build profile for aarch64.
• update mfx to 1.3.0

V1.7.4 Unstable Release

• Improvement: support Google Gemini API and Hugging Face API for Gen-AI.
• Improvement: err message displaying for generating content by AI.
• Improvement: preference migration implementation.
• Improvement: limit the width of error message area in Gen-AI panel.
• Improvement: add hint text to input area of Gen-AI panel.
• Fix: missing sub-folders when loading folder in workspace since the commons-io update to version 2.16.1
• Fix: after a new file/folder created under a folder, the folder itself should not be selected automatically.
• some utils classes refactored.
• update dependencies.

V1.7.3 Unstable Release

• Feature: support Ollama for Gen-AI.
• Improvement: support multi selection operations for nodes in workspace tree view.
• Merged bug fixes from v1.6.12
• update langchain4j to 0.29.1

V1.6.12 Release

• Fix: redundant line break at the end of copied text of topics from mind map.
• Fix: the CRLF in editor is not handled well on macOS with M chip.

V1.7.2 Unstable Release

• Feature: add Ali Qwen as new LLM provider.
• Improvement: optimized AI generated content.
• Fix: buttons are not restored after exceptions in Gen-AI dialog.
• Fix: should show warning dialog instead of exception dialog when try to generate content without Gen-AI provider set up.
• Update langchain4j to 0.28 and other dependencies.

V1.7.1 Unstable Release

• Improvement: new individual preference tab page for Gen-AI settings.
• Merged bug fixes from v1.6.11
• Update PlantUML to 1.2024.3, langchain4j to 0.27.1 etc.

V1.6.11 Release

• New installer for macOS with Apple Silicon.
• Fix: unable to quit input helper by ESC in code editor when the suggestion list get focused.

V1.7.0 Unstable Release

• Feature: new experimental support for Gen-AI, you can now generate content by OpenAI API in mind map, Markdown editor, PlantUML editor.
• Feature: proxy support for internet access.

V1.6.10 Release

• Fix: suggestion list in code editor doesn't disappear in some cases.
• Fix: moving caret in wrapped text doesn't work well since the input helper is introduced.

V1.6.9 Unstable Release

• Improvement: optimized suggestion list of input helper by removing special characters.
• Improvement: add separator to suggestion list for words from different plugins.
• Fix: the dialog for creating file link after importing image from file to mind map should be the yes/no buttons mode instead of ok/cancel.
• Fix: exception when save a file as a new file with the same path.
• Fix: missing .jpeg file type support.
• Fix: exception when copy&paste some specific indent text to a mind map topic.
• Fix: selection handling for root node is incorrect after undo in mind map.
• Fix: relocating suggestion list to inappropriate point if it exceeds parent pane.
• update JavaFX to 21.0.2, bundled Java to 21.0.2.

V1.6.8 Unstable Release

• Improvement: take light theme as default selected theme after deleting a customized theme.
• Improvement: enlarge canvas margin of mind map
• Fix: text area in exception dialog has no scroll-bar even the content exceeds.
• merge improvement and bug fixes from stable.

V1.5.9 Release

• Improvement: make the divergent icons same between context menu and mind map topic extra for 'Jump' link.
• Fix: Unable to delete a folder with only file .DS_Store on macOS.
• Fix: exception when right-click on selected root node and one of its child node in mind map.

V1.6.7 Unstable Release

• Fix: remove build option jdk.gtk.version since the JavaFX 21 does no longer support GTK 2.
• Fix: suggestion list of input helper is not in the appropriate position when there are too many items in it.
• Fix: escape from suggestion mode by ESC key does not work on Linux.
• Fix: exception when close all tabs with markdown or plantuml file opened but never loaded.

V1.6.6 Unstable Release

• Improvement: better text selection after quick inserting from toolbar or shortcuts in code editor.
• Fix: exception when insert some text from toolbar or shortcuts to the end of file.
• Fix: exception when close all tabs with any markdown or plantuml file opened but never loaded.
• Fix: exception when click on error of status bar when a syntax error exists for plantuml.
• Fix: wrong behavior when quick inserting markdown code quote while no text selection in code editor.
• Fix: limit the input helper suggestions to at least 3 letters.

V1.6.5 Unstable Release

• Improvement: optimize quick insert from markdown toolbar.
• Improvement: optimize the displaying of the attributes icons with font icons directly in mind map.
• Fix: exception when moving caret to the top or bottom in editor.
• Fix: Null is inserted from markdown toolbar Link button in some cases.
• Bundled JRE upgrade to 21.0.1

V1.5.8 Release

• Improvement: optimize the displaying of the attributes icons with font icons directly in mind map.
• Improvement: use new icon for 'collapse folder'

V1.6.4 Unstable Release

• Improvement: refactor input helper and optimize the selection from suggestions list.
• Improvement: use new icon for 'collapse folder'.

V1.6.3 Unstable Release

• Merged bug fixes from v1.5.7

V1.5.7 Release

• Improvement: optimized recent list view a little bit.
• Fix: exporting markdown to PDF doesn't work.

V1.6.2 Unstable Release

• Feature: support markdown in note editor for mind map.
• Improvement: the performance of pasting long text to code editor.
• Improvement: add horizontal rule button to markdown toolbar for quick inserting.
• Improvement: use clearable text field for keyword input.
• Improvement: show image resolution in image viewer .
• Improvement: add Open menu item to workspace context menu.
• Improvement: add context menu for recent files list view.
• Fix: pressing backspace to delete letters, the input helper should not work when only 1 letter left.
• Update javafx to 21 and other dependencies includes plantuml, slf4j etc.
• Merged bug fixes from v1.5.6.

V1.5.6 Release

• Improvement: for mind map, use selected text in input box instead of selected topic as default search keyword.
• Fix: file extension be added to the Markdown doc title, which is not appropriate and makes an unnecessary file link to itself.
• Fix: the new created file name extension is missing if inputted name contains dot(.)

V1.6.1 Unstable Release

• Feature: add new preference option to toggle the input helper for code editor.
• Improvement: make input helper more friendly for programing language code.
• Improvement: add default note to new files.
• Improvement: displaying performance of input helper is slow in a large file.
• Fix: underline between words doesn't display in input helper.
• Fix: letters don't display when using system input method.
• Fix: input help doesn't work while caret is not at the end of line.
• Fix: all candidate words displays in some cases.
• Merged bug fixes from v1.5.5

V1.5.5 Release

• Fix: the new created folder shouldn't appear in the recent files view.
• Fix: the toolbar buttons inserts redundant symbols to the head of empty lines while multi-line selections.
• Fix: mouse hover detection doesn't work well for the last bottom node in the mind map tree.
• Bundled JRE upgrade to 20.0.2

V1.6.0 Unstable Release

• Feature: new input helper to code editor, it collects words(for English only) from the content in editor as candidates to accelerate your input.
• Feature: add PlantUML syntax keywords to input helper.
• Merged bug fixes from v1.5.4

V1.5.4 Release

• Improvement: minor improvement of mind map themes.
• Improvement: optimize the logger performance.
• Fix: the reset default preferences doesn't work for theme options.
• Fix: the "show collapsator on mouse over" option is always disabled.
• Fix: the installer is unable to launch on macOS 14 Sonoma.

V1.5.3 Unstable Release

• Improvement: automatically select the root topic when opening the mind map.
• Improvement: optimize the performance of text drawing in mind map.
• Improvement: optimize the image preview dialog for mind map.
• Fix: the fonts setting doesn't work since the themes was introduced to mind map.

V1.5.2 Unstable Release

• Improvement: replace theme operation buttons with context menu in preference dialog.
• Improvement: better dark theme of mind map.
• Improvement: add spacing between topic extra icons in mind map.
• merged bug fixes from v1.4.5

V1.4.5 Release

• Fix: workspace view doesn't be cleared after the last workspace is closed.
• Fix: exception when click on buttons if there is no workspace created or loaded.
• Fix: exception when double-click on blank item in the 'go to file' file list.

V1.5.1 Unstable Release

• Feature: add theme support to mind map editor.
• Feature: add new Light and Dark themes to mind map, and provide the ability to duplicate them and make your own theme.
• Feature: add Bezier style for topics connector line in mind map and can be chosen in preference dialog.
• Feature: add migration process for data that needs to be fixed when version update.
• Improvement: let the color dialog in mind map be affected by the theme's border type.
• Improvement: support converting multi selected topics to the note of their mutual parent.
• Improvement: better dragging selection area color for mind map.
• Improvement: add new preference option for creating default comment to root node of mind map.
• Improvement: add status bar to image preview dialog for mind map and optimize the UI.
• update plantuml and richtextfx to latest version.
• merged bug fixes from v1.4.4

V1.4.4 Release

• Improvement: better start position of jump link in mind map.
• Improvement: optimize UI of color dialog for mind map.
• Improvement: show jump link immediately after adding it.
• Fix: dialog is not in center of screen when exporting mind map to image.

V1.5.0 Unstable Release

• New Feature: add preview and resizing dialog for inserting image to mind map topic from clipboard or disk.
• Improvement: optimized quality of embedded image in mind map topic.
• Merged bug fixes from v1.4.3.

V1.4.3 Release

• Fix: multi selected topics are not in their original order in some cases.
• Fix: exception when opening an external file link.

V1.4.2 Unstable Release

• Improvement: auto scroll when dragging mind map topics to any border of viewport.
• Improvement: move caret to input position after insert markdown code spinnet from toolbar.
• Fix: lost focus after insertion to markdown editor.
• update javafx to 20.0.2, plantuml to 1.2023.10, flexmark to 0.64.8

V1.4.1 Unstalbe Release

• Improvement: run check for update in background.
• Improvement: show toast when not updates for check for updates.
• Fix: handshake exception for check for updates.
• Merge fixes from v1.3.6

V1.3.6 Release

• Improvement: better undo/redo handling for the note editor of mind map topic.
• Fix: undo/redo doesn't work well in code editor.

V1.4.0 Unstable Release

• Feature: Add new toolbar for markdown editor to quickly insert or format Markdown code, including
  • bold and italic
  • heading from h1 to h6
  • bullet list
  • link URL
  • quote block
  • code block
  • table
• Improvement:
  • add syntax highlight of emphasis text block, list, numbered list, table for Markdown editor.
  • improved syntax highlighting for PlantUML editor.

V1.3.5 Release

• Fix: Context menu for file tab doesn't need Open in System for mind map, like menu for workspace tree item.
• Fix: Search in editor doesn't work well in some cases.
• Some UI fix and code refactor.

V1.3.4 Unstable Release

• Improvement: Find in Files functionality is improved a lot
  • the search result displays every matched text with context instead of only the first one.
  • highlight all matching text in result items.
  • use graphical line breaker instead in result items for code based file type(*.md, *.puml, *.txt).
  • use graphical connector in result items for Mind Map topics.
  • precisely locating keyword in editor for opening file from search result.
• Fix: exception when search blank keyword in the search result panel.
• update demo workspace.
• Some other refactors.

V1.3.3 Unstable Release

• New Feature: add context menu for editing to note editor in mind map.
• Fix: exception when dragging a file to the blank space in the workspace tree.
• Fix: hidden left side panel will be forced to show when open a web link from markdown preivew.
• Fix: the workspace list selection works not well when create a workspace in a sub-dir of another workspace, and also the file navigating goes with duplicate files in that situation.
• update flexmark-java to 0.64.6.

V1.3.2 Unstable Release

• Improvement: new icons for workspace, folder and all kinds of files.
• Improvement: add more icons to editors and some dialogs.
• Improvement: changed some icons for contexts menu and dialogs.
• Fix: menu items to create folder or files doesn't work in some cases.
• Fix: the relative file link is unable to be located.
• Fix: paste doesn't work in note editor of mind map.
• update plantuml to 1.2023.8 and other dependencies.

V1.2.7 Release

• Fix: menu items to create folder or files doesn't work in some cases.
• Fix: the relative file link is unable to be located in mind map.

V1.3.1 Unstable Release

• Merged bug fixes from v1.2.5 and v1.2.6

V1.2.6 Release

• Fix: copy/paste/cut in search bar text field causes same actions in code editor.
• Fix: exception when select text to the end in note editor of mind map.

V1.2.5 Release

• Fix: paste shortcut has a conflict with code editor, which causes redundant text pasted.

V1.3.0 Unstable Release

• New Feature: create relative file link by dragging&dropping file to Mind Map, Markdown, CSV or plain text files.
• New Feature: find file links to any file or folder in workspace.
• New Feature: show context text with search word highlighted in search result from "find in files".
• Improvement: set default button to "Cancel" for closing application dialog and deleting file dialog.
• Update mfx to 1.2.

V1.2.4 Release

• Improvement: add round corner for topic selection as well as topic.
• Improvement: add missing context menu operations(cut, copy, paste, delete) to code editor.
• Improvement: font configurable for CSV editor.
• Fix: exception when moving a file, which is loaded to a tab but not instantiated , to other folder.
• Update JavaFX to 20.0.1.

V1.1.5 Release

• Fix: files created from external in sub-folders of expanded folder don't be loaded.
• Fix: exception when right-click on a new created file in a new created folder.

V1.2.3 Unstable Release

• Improvement: add round corner (and settings) to mind map topics.
• Fix: files created from external in sub-folders of expanded folder don't be loaded.
• Fix: exception when right-click on a new created file in a new created folder.
• Fix: disable "paste" menu item for CSV editor if clipboard is empty.

V1.2.2 Unstable Release

• Feature: add icons to context menu items for csv editor.
• Feature: add cut and paste for selected rows.
• Fix: occasionally can't select rows.
• Refactor select row(s).
• Update PlantUML to 1.2023.6.
• Fixed some minor bugs.

V1.2.1 Unstable Release

• Feature: unable to locate matched cell correctly in searching.
• Feature: paste csv format text from clipboard to multiple cells as it is.
• Feature: disable cells navigation by keys when editing.
• fix: index column shouldn't be selected by left arrow key.
• merge bug fixes from v1.1.4.

V1.1.4 Release

• Fix: zooming on image viewer stops when width&height are both smaller than viewport.
• Fix: dragging topic to make link doesn't work since it has a conflict with dragging mindmap operation.
• Fix: cancel unsaved file during closing application doesn't stop that.
• Fix: copy and paste topics that has ancestor-descendant relationship gets redundant topics. #4

V1.2.0 Unstable Release

• Feature: add 'Edit' to context menu in csv editor.
• Feature: index column background and border.
• Fix: paste from multiple empty cells turns out comma(s).
• Fix: paste empty content to a cell causes file changed.
• merge bug fixes from v1.1.2 and v1.1.3

V1.1.3 Release

• Fix: selecting file in workspace expends the folder with same name.
• Fix: "save as" a file to the root of current workspace doesn't show immediately.
• Fix: exception when popup context menu on new created file and pasted file.
• Fix: wrong displaying path in context menu from file in workspace.

V1.1.2 Release

• Fix: rename an opened file and edit the file, the file name in tab will be recovered to the original.
• Fix: exception occasionally when locate file in workspace.
• Fix: exception when exporting mindmap to freemind.
• Fix: exception when popup menu on a renamed file.

V1.2 Beta

• New Feature: add WYSIWYG CSV file editor.
• Fix: exception when popup menu on a renamed file.
• Update JavaFX to 20, PlantUML to 1.2023.5 and some other dependencies.

V1.1.1 Release

• Improvement: always open mmd file in Mindolph.
• Improvement: enlarge code editor line spacing to make reading more comfortable.
• Fix: copy relative path missing file name.
• Fix: exception when replacing text without searching first.
• Fix: searching stops when replacing fail.

V1.1 Stable

• Improvement: better merging for undo/redo history in code editor, it won't redo a lot of inputs now.
• Fix: 'collapse all' does not really collapse all tree nodes for both workspace and folder.
• Fix: exception occurred when mouse pressed after releasing out of mind map view port.
• Fix: the change of font for editors doesn't work unless restarting app.

V1.1 RC

• Feature: add copy/paste for file in workspace.
• Feature: add copy file path(absolute or relative).
• Fix: auto-scroll for workspace doesn't work well.
• Fix: exception after "find in files" results showed.

V1.1 Beta

• Re-designed the workspace panel to be more convenient to manage and locate your files.
• Add new workspace management dialog to manage workspaces.
• Redesign UI of mind map preference dialog
• Improvement: optimized the auto scroll for locating file in workspace.
• Improvement: optimized the searching in go to file dialog
• Improvement: recent file list update when files moved to another folder.
• Fix: opened file will be closed when moving in workspace.
• Fix: empty PlantUML file causes exception.
• Some minor UI optimization and fix.
• Fixed some minor bugs.
• Update JavaFX to 17.0.6
• Release bundled installer package for Fedora based distro.

V1.0 Stable

• Improvement: add shortcut for quick comment for markdown.
• Fix: closed workspace will be restored after restarting.
• Fix: some functionality breaks after closing a workspace.
• Fix: "save as" failed to overwrite existing file if user choose "overwrite".
• Fix: for mindmap, convert a topic which has siblings at the top place will result as new sub-topics created at the end of siblings.
• Fix: the first opened file can't get message shows on status bar.
• Some minor UI/UX optimization, eg: context menu 'find files for text" renamed to 'find in files'.

V1.0 RC3

• Fix: sub folders don't load during startup in some cases.
• Fix: the mind map doesn't center in some cases.
• Fix: wrong initial editor size for starting to edit mind map topic after dragging another larger topic.
• Fix: "go to file" doesn't trim blank head and tail in keyword.
• Dependencies update: PlantUML 1.2023.1.

V1.0 RC2

• Improvement: add more emotions.
• Improvement: optimize the performance of opening a file.
• Improvement: consistent extension icons drawing on mind map.
• Improvement: optimize the mind map editor's performance.
• Fix: the order of workspaces on startup does not apply to what it was last time.
• Fix: find/search bar shouldn't available when opening a unsearchable file.
• Fix: undo doesn't work after import to a mind map.
• Fix: project path in recent files view.
• Some dependencies updates and code refactor.

v1.0 RC1

• Improvement: auto scroll code editor to show the caret when it is out of view-port.
• Improvement: take original file name as default export file name for mind map file.
• Improvement: add sorting toggle button for result list of "go to file".
• Improvement: add status message for zoom in/out mind map, preview content or image file.
• Improvement: use new icon for search bar, "find in files" dialog and result panel.
• Fix: exception if none is selected from markdown font dialog.
• Fix: code editor scrolls to bottom after file is loaded
• Optimize performance of dragging element in mind map.
• Some code refactor.

v1.0 beta10

• Improvement: optimize "Go To File" and "Find in Files" by asynchronously searching.
• Improvement: add preference for max size of undo/redo history of code editor.
• Improvement: loading recent files lazily after clicked tab at the first time.
• Fix: no topics focused after deleting one or more topics;
• Fix: empty topic with children will be deleted when hits ESC during editing.
• Performance optimizing and refactor.

v1.0 beta9

• Improvement: add icon to preview pages and refine the title extraction.
• Improvement: optimize the exception message dialog.
• Fix: spelling in preference dialog panel.
• Fix: exception when opening an already opened file which was changed from "find in files" search result list.
• Fix: reloading a folder generates duplicate tree items.
• Fix: select an opened file in workspace causes exception.
• Fix: exception when dragging graphic view with non-primary mouse buttons.
• Dependencies update: PlantUML 1.2022.13, RichTextFX 0.11.0.

v1.0 beta8

• Improvement: the performance of loading workspace tree is improved.
• Fix: the tooltip of opened file doesn't change after any folder in the file path is renamed.
• Fix: unable to clone topic and unable to copy/paste topic with sub-topics since last release.
• Dependencies update: Java 17.0.5, PlantUML 1.2022.12
• Some code refactor.

v1.0 beta7

• Enhancement: add JSON and YAML support to plantuml editor.
• Enhancement: add auto scroll for markdown editor and preview panel.
• Fix: wrong code snippets for plantuml.
• Fix: plantuml preview image missing when any code error occurred.
• Fix: exception when no matching for searching in plantuml code snippets.
• Fix: exception when dragging a folder and drop to itself.
• Fix: file or folder can't be drag&drop to a workspace node.
• Fix: in mindmap, selection is cleared when a topic collapsed by shortcut.
• Fix: the preview panel can't be refreshed in "Preview Only" mode.
• Fix: the plantuml preview page can't switch in "Preview Only" mode.
• Fix: exception when trying to show context menu by shortcut on non-selection in mind map.
• Fix: the replace in mindmap searches within topics attributes, but only replaces the matching in the topics.
• Some minor improvement and code refactor.

v1.0 beta6

• Add a new preference for Markdown to choose a ttf font file to export to PDF with non-latin characters like Chinease, Japanese and Korean.
• Add new "Key Reference" dialog to show all shortcuts for editors.
• Improved some status message to be more clear.
• Fix: wrong format of HTML file exported from markdown file.
• Fix: code editor doesn't work for files with Windows line breaks.
• Dependencies update and code refactor.

v1.0 beta5

• Replace "project" with "workspace".
• Minor UI improvement.
• Fix: missing siblings when multi-select topics under same left side topic.
• Fix: 'go to file' doesn't work when there is any workspace is deleted externally.
• Fix: add alert when 'find in files' on a externally deleted workspace.

v1.0 beta4

• Fixed the saving on note dialog of mindmap only available one time.
• Fixed the issue that Chinese input method doesn't work on Ubuntu based Linux.
• Fixed the wrong shortcut for moving lines in code editor.
• Fill default search keyword when open up search bar with text selected in editor.
• Default directory and file name for saving a plantuml file.
• For "Go to file", add 'up' button to navigate matched list from bottom, optimized the order of result list and add ESC key handling to close the dialog.
• Add "word wrap" context menu for code based editors.
• Add tooltip to some buttons and menu items.
• Some minor bug fixes and improvements.

v1.0 beta3

• Open a file from search result list will automatically locate matching content.
• Fix: wrong state of menu items for save, undo, redo etc.
• Fix: find in code editor doesn't work when last line is empty.
• dependencies upgrade.

v1.0 beta2

• Add feature dragging mind map by mouse with key modifier.
• Center the splitter when open a plantuml or markdown file.
• Close text input field when open a context menu on mindmap.
• Optimized memory usage.
• Added more icons to context menus.
• Code refactored.

v1.0 beta1

• Initial beta release