Zettlr

Bug Fixes | Quality of Life Updates

In this release, we've fixed a few serious bugs, so we recommend updating for everyone, especially users who regularly work with files created on Windows. In addition, this release features a few good updates that will improve your workflows. As always, please report any bugs that we didn't find this time around. Have fun with the update!

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Resolved Data Loss Issues

When Zettlr v3.0.0 was released, we started receiving reports by users
mentioning that some files wouldn't properly save, potentially leading to data
loss. After searching for the underlying root cause, we have now identified it as
improper newline handling in files. Specifically, we have accidentally introduced
a bug that would render Zettlr incapable of proper

Hotfix for crashes on Linux

Sometimes, waiting to update something is a smart idea. This time, we were not that smart and bumped the underlying Electron framework to version 30, which unfortunately made running Zettlr 3.1.0 on most Linux systems impossible. With this patch, we rolled back Electron to a working version. Apologies to all Linux users, we still love you!

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GUI and Functionality

• Fixed a segmentation fault crash on startup across various Linux setups
  (#5135)

Under the Hood

• Downgrade Electron to version 29.3.2 (cf. Electron issue #41839)

Wikilink-Titles | Project Overhaul | LT Improvements | And much more

Today's the day! After more than half a year since the last bigger update we are absolutely stoked to announce the next major update to Zettlr! This update brings loads of improvements and a decent amount of new features with it. A lot of it is about improving many workflows around the app and making your life much, much easier. Also, this release contains the début of our UX/UI artist, Artem Barinov, who has spent almost the entirety of 2023 fully re-designing the preferences dialog from the ground up — a feature that was fully designed before the launch of 3.0.0 but narrowly didn't make it in that release. We are excited to hear what you have to say about it!

Zettlr is Free and Open Source (FOSS) software and is done entirely by volunteers. But, develo

This is likely the last beta release before we will be releasing 3.1.0 stable. It includes a few fixes relating to opening the proper files from the file manager, and many issues relating to the translation. So if you're a translator for Zettlr, there are about ~50 new translation strings to translate now. Again, for all changes, see the changelog below.

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Changes to the link detection

For a long time now, Zettlr would (sometimes aggressively so) detect plain links
and display them in a rendered state. In some cases, this was nice as it would
relieve you from having to surround such links with pointy or angled brackets.

However, especially in the latest evolution of

This new beta release adds many smaller and a few bigger improvements. The bigger improvements of note for you are the following:

• You can now enable whitespace highlighting for the editors, which will make any spaces visible
• The LanguageTool linter now respects the lang property of YAML front matters
• Zettlr now incorporates the “preferred variants” setting of LanguageTool
• Improved project management, allowing you to properly select files and ordering for project exports

You can read more about those and all the other changes in the Changelog below. Besides that, this beta primarily fixes smaller issues and improves many things under the hood which won't be very visible, except

This update changes a few minor but notable things from the previous beta release. Here they are at a glance:

• Fixed a serious bug during save that would effectively remove any non-standard linefeeds (such as CRLF or LFCR) during save, leading to various issues with detecting external changes
• The dialogs are now modal even on Linux. Previously, they weren't due to (likely) a bug in Electron. We've now undone this in the hopes that the original bug that this fixed doesn't re-occur, so please report any problems you may encounter.
• The app now shows the precise git commit hash from which it was compiled (in the About Debug tab). This might help reproduce bugs in the future.
• Fixed an issue with the visual lis

New Preferences UI | Link Improvements | Bug Fixes | Quality of Life Improvements

Thank you for testing Zettlr's beta releases and helping us create a stable and enjoyable release! Please report any bugs you find on GitHub. If you have any questions, we warmly welcome you on our Discord server. Finally, Zettlr is and will always remain Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), but every app requires some funding. If you enjoy Zettlr and would like to ensure it remains a viable alternative for professional writing, consider becoming a Patron on Patreon or use PayPal. If you prefer, you can also send over a small tip on Ko-Fi. You can find more information o

Minor patch | Fixes Linux ARM | Drops support for macOS 10.13 & 10.14

Immediately after v3.0.4, we decided to release a minor upgrade that bumps
the underlying Electron framework to the most recent version. This will stop
segmentation faults in Wayland environments and prevent the flagging of
Zettlr in repositories such as AUR due to outdated dependencies.

Dropping Support for macOS 10.13 and 10.14

Due to Zettlr's underlying Electron framework dropping support for macOS 10.13
(High Sierra) and 10.14 (Mojave), Zettlr drops support for these operating
systems as well. To continue to use Zettlr on a Mac, ensure to update to at
least macOS 10.15 (Catalina).

Linux ARM builds functionally again

Since Zettlr v3.0.0, Linux users on ARM-machines had the iss

Bug Fixes | Performance Improvements | CSS Changes

This patch includes a series of minor bug fixes and performance improvements. In addition, this patch refactors a lot of the theming of the app. This should not impact anyone, but may lead to some of you having to do minor updates to your Custom CSS, if you use any.

Are you satisfied with Zettlr?

Then please consider becoming a patron over at Patreon, or make a one-time payment via PayPal.

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A Note on Custom CSS

This update includes a full refactor of the theming: The editor themes (Berlin,
Frankfurt, Bielefeld, Karl-Marx-Stadt, and Bordeaux) have now moved to their own
theme files and do not come with standard CSS anymore. This heavily un-clutters
the code

Bug Fixes | Quality of Life Updates | Security Improvements

This update fixed a few issues here and there that have been identified since the last release. This mainly refers to how link rendering is done, a potential data loss issue, and the file importer. Additionally, some translations have been updated. Finally, this update contains a security patch, so we recommend a swift update.

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GUI and Functionality

• Fixed a bug that would not parse plain-text links at the end of a line
  completely
• Added two heuristics to plain link parser: (a) if the matched link ends with a
  period, exclude the period; (b) if the matched link ends with a closing
  bracket that does not match an open bracket, exclude the closing bracket
  (remember that you can explicitly d

Bug fixes and performance improvements

This is a small update that fixes many minor nuisances that got reported since the release of 3.0. It also includes a security update, so we recommend this update for everyone.

If you enjoy Zettlr, consider supporting us on Patreon or send a one-time donation via PayPal.

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GUI and Functionality

• Monospaced elements such as inline code elements are now rendered in monospace
  font again
• Fixed a bug preventing assigning colors and descriptions to tags in the tag
  manager
• Magic Quotes detect forward and backward slashes (/ and \) as non-word
  characters, behind which a starting Magic Quote can begin
• Zettlr now properly uses a proper filename extension on export even when usin