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alacritty v0.2.8 Release Notes

  • ➕ Added

    • 0️⃣ Window class on Wayland is set to Alacritty by default
    • 🌲 Log file location is stored in the ALACRITTY_LOG environment variable
    • ⚠ Close button has been added to the error/warning messages

    🔄 Changed

    • 👌 Improve scrolling accuracy with devices sending fractional updates (like touchpads)
    • scrolling.multiplier now affects normal scrolling with touchpads
    • ⚠ Error/Warning bar doesn't overwrite the terminal anymore
    • ⚠ Full error/warning messages are displayed
    • 🚚 Config error messages are automatically removed when the config is fixed
    • ⏪ Scroll history on Shift+PgUp/PgDown when scrollback history is available

    🛠 Fixed

    • Resolved off-by-one issue with erasing characters in the last column
    • Excessive polling every 100ms with live_config_reload enabled
    • Unicode characters at the beginning of URLs are now properly ignored
    • ✂ Remove error message when reloading an empty config
    • 👍 Allow disabling URL launching by setting the value of mouse.url.launcher to None
    • 📚 Corrected the window.decorations config documentation for macOS
    • 🛠 Fix IME position on HiDPI displays
    • URLs not opening while terminal is scrolled
    • 🚚 Reliably remove log file when Alacritty is closed and persistent logging is disabled
    • ✂ Remove selections when clearing the screen partially (scrolling horizontally in less)
    • Crash/Freeze when shrinking the font size too far
    • 📚 Documentation of the --dimensions flag have been updated to display the correct default

    ✂ Removed

    • 🚚 clear doesn't remove error/warning messages anymore