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RTV Changelog

1.27.1 (2023-02-20)

A release from beyond the grave 🪦 👻.

Bugfixes

  • Fixes crash when opening the web browser on macOS with Python 3.8+.
  • Fixes crash when logging in using the default OAuth2 credentials.

1.27.0 (2019-06-02)

This is the final release of RTV. See here for more information:

#696

Features

  • Added a configuration option to toggle whether to open web browser links in a new tab or a new window.

Documentation

  • Improved the mailcap example for the feh command.
  • Fixed the the descriptions for the j & k keys (they were swapped).

1.26.0 (2019-03-03)

Features

  • Added a brand new inbox page for viewing private messages and comment replies. The inbox is accessible with the i key. Supported actions include viewing message chains and replying to messages, marking messages as read/unread, and opening the context of a comment.
  • Added the ability to compose new private messages with the C key.
  • Updated the inline help ? document to contain a more comprehensive list of commands.
  • Opening a link from the command line is now faster at startup because the default subreddit will not be loaded beforehand.
  • Added a new --debug-info command to display useful system information.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed opening comments with the prompt / from the subscription window.
  • The subscription and multireddit s/S keys now work from all pages.
  • Relative time strings are now correctly pluralized.
  • Fixed an unclosed file handler when opening the web browser.
  • Fixed the application not starting if the user has an empty front page.

Configuration Changes

  • Renamed the following keybindings to better represent their usage:
    • SORT_HOT -> SORT_1
    • SORT_TOP -> SORT_2
    • SORT_RISING -> SORT_3
    • SORT_NEW -> SORT_4
    • SORT_CONTROVERSIAL -> SORT_5
    • SORT_GILDED -> SORT_6
    • SUBREDDIT_OPEN_SUBSCRIPTIONS -> SUBSCRIPTIONS
    • SUBREDDIT_OPEN_MULTIREDDITS -> MULTIREDDITS
  • Added new keybindings to support the inbox page:
    • SORT_7
    • PRIVATE_MESSAGE
    • INBOX_VIEW_CONTEXT
    • INBOX_OPEN_SUBMISSION
    • INBOX_REPLY
    • INBOX_MARK_READ
    • INBOX_EXIT
  • Added new theme elements to support the inbox page:
    • <New>
    • <Distinguished>
    • <MessageSubject>
    • <MessageLink>
    • <MessageAuthor>
    • <MessageSubreddit>
    • <MessageText>

1.25.1 (2019-02-13)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug that was causing newlines to be stripped when posting comments and submissions.

1.25.0 (2019-02-03)

Features

  • You can now open HTML links that are embedded inside of comments and submissions by pressing the ENTER key and selecting a link from the list. This also works when copying links to the clipboard using Y.
  • Added the --no-autologin command line argument to disable automatically logging in at startup.
  • Added the max_pager_cols configuration option to limit the text width when sending text to the system PAGER.
  • Additional filtering options have been added when viewing user pages.
  • The gilded flair now displays the number of times a submission has been gilded.
  • Submissions/comments now display the time that they were most recently edited.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed the MIME parser for gfycat, and gfycat videos are now downloaded as mp4.
  • Fixed formatting when composing posts with leading whitespace.
  • Fixed crash when attempting to display a long terminal title.

Documentation

  • RTV has been moved to the Arch Community Repository and installation instructions for Arch have been updated accordingly.

1.24.0 (2018-08-12)

Features

  • Python 3.7 is now officially supported.
  • Lines that start with the hash symbol (#) are no longer ignored when composing posts in your editor. This allows # to be used with Reddit's markdown parser to denote headers.
  • Added a new dark colorblind theme.
  • Added support for the $RTV_PAGER environment variable, which can be used to set a unique PAGER for rtv.
  • Added the ability to sort submissions by guilded.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a crash when setting the $BROWSER with python 3.7.
  • Improved the error message when attempting to vote on an archived post.
  • Cleaned up several outdated MIME parsers. Removed the vidme, twitch, oddshot, and imgtc parsers. Fixed the liveleak and reddit video parsers.

1.23.0 (2018-06-24)

Features

  • Submissions can now be marked as [hidden] using the space key. Hidden submissions will be removed from the feed when the page is reloaded.
  • New MIME parsers have been added for vimeo.com and streamja.com.
  • Added support for opening links with qutebrowser.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed unhandled OAuth server log messages being dumped to stdout.
  • Fixed the application crashing when performing rate-limited requests.
  • Fixed crash when displaying posts that contain null byte characters.

Documentation

  • Added README badge for saythanks.io.
  • Updated the mailcap template to support v.redd.it links.

1.22.1 (2018-03-11)

I forgot to check in a commit before publishing the 1.22.0 release (whoops!)

Bugfixes

  • Updated the __version__.py file to report the current version.
  • Added the missing v1.22.0 entry to the CHANGELOG.

1.22.0 (2018-03-07)

Features

  • Added the --no-flash option to disable terminal flashing.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed automatically exiting on launch when trying to open an invalid subreddit with the -s flag.
  • Fixed error handling for HTTP request timeouts when checking for new messages in the inbox.
  • Fixed a typo in the sample theme config.

Documentation

  • Added the FreeBSD package to the README.

1.21.0 (2017-12-30)

Features

  • Full support for customizable themes has been added. For more information, see the new section on themes in the README, and the THEMES.md file.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed incorrect URL strings being sent to the opera web browser.
  • Fixed timeout messages for the surf and vimb web browsers.
  • Switched to using XDG_DATA_HOME to store the rtv browser history and credentials file.

1.20.0 (2017-12-05)

Features

  • Text piped to the $PAGER will now wrap on word / sentence breaks.
  • New MIME parsers have been added for liveleak.com and worldstarhiphop.com.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a regression where text from the web browser's stdout/stderr was being sent to the terminal window.
  • Fixed crashing on startup when the terminal doesn't support colors.
  • Fixed broken text formatting when running inside of emacs term.

Codebase

  • Dropped support for python 3.3 because it's no longer supported upstream by pytest. The application will still install through pip but will no longer be tested.
  • Added a text logo to the README.

1.19.0 (2017-10-24)

Features

  • Greatly improved loading times by using smarter rate limiting and page caching.
  • The logout prompt is now visible as a popup notification.
  • New MIME parsers have been added for gifs.com, giphy.com, imgtc.com, imgflip.com, livememe.com, makeameme.org and flickr.com
  • Improved mailcap examples for parsing video links with mpv.

Bugfixes

  • Patched a backwards-incompatible Reddit API change with the comment permalink now being returned in the response JSON.
  • Fixed crashing when a comment contained exotic unicode characters like emojis.
  • Removed the option to select custom sorting ranges for controversial and top comments.
  • Fixed MIME parsing for single image Imgur galleries.

Codebase

  • Preliminary refactoring for the upcoming theme support.
  • Created some utility scripts for project maintenance.
  • Created a release checklist document.
  • Updated the README gif images and document layout.

1.18.0 (2017-09-06)

Features

  • The rtv -l flag has been deprecated and replaced with a positional argument, in order to match the syntax of other command line web browsers.
  • NSFW content is now filtered according to the user's reddit profile settings.
  • $RTV_BROWSER has been added as a way to set the preferred web browser.
  • Sorting options for relevance and comments are now displayed on the search results page.
  • An [S] badge is now displayed next to the submission author.
  • The gfycat MIME parser has been expanded to support more URLs.
  • New MIME parsers have been added for oddshot.tv, clips.twitch.tv, clippituser.tv, and Reddit's beta hosted videos.

Bugfixes

  • Users can now use the prompt to navigate to "/comments/..." pages from inside of a submission.
  • Users can now navigate to multireddits using the "/u/me/" prefix.
  • Fixed the $BROWSER behavior on macOS to support the chrome, firefox, safari, and default keywords.

Codebase

  • Travis CI tests have been moved to the trusty environment.
  • Added more detailed logging of the environment and settings at startup.

1.17.1 (2017-08-06)

Bugfixes

  • J/K commands are now restricted to the submission page.

1.17.0 (2017-08-03)

Features

  • Added the J command to jump to the next sibling comment.
  • Added the K command to jump to the parent comment.
  • Search results can now be sorted, and the title bar has been updated to display the current search query.
  • Imgur URLs are now resolved via the Imgur API. This enables the loading of large albums with over 10 images. An imgur_client_id option has been added to the RTV configuration.
  • A MIME parser has been added for www.liveleak.com.
  • RTV now respects the $VISUAL environment variable.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a screen refresh bug on urxvt terminals.
  • New key bindings will now attempt to fallback to their default key if not defined in the user's configuration file.

Documentation

  • Added additional mailcap examples for framebuffer videos and iTerm2.
  • Python version information is now captured in the log at startup.

1.16.0 (2017-06-08)

Features

  • Added the ability to copy links to the OS clipboad with y and Y.
  • Both submissions and comments can now be viewed on /user/ pages.
  • A MIME parser has been added for www.streamable.com.
  • A MIME parser has been added for www.vidme.com.
  • Submission URLs can now be opened while viewing the comments page.

Bugfixes

  • More graceful handling for the invalid LOCALE error on MacOS.
  • A fatal error is now raised when trying to run on Windows without curses.
  • Fixed an error when trying to view saved comments.
  • Invalid refresh-tokens are now automatically deleted.
  • Users who are signed up for Reddit's beta profiles can now launch RTV.

1.15.1 (2017-04-09)

Codebase

  • Removed the mailcap-fix dependency for python versions >= 3.6.0.
  • Enabled installing test dependencies with pip install rtv[test].

1.15.0 (2017-03-30)

Features

  • Added the ability to open comment threads using the submission's permalink. E.g. /comments/30rwj2

Bugfixes

  • Updated requests requirement to fix a bug in version 2.3.0.
  • Fixed an edge case where comment trees were unfolding out of order.

Codebase

  • Removed dependency on the PyPI praw package. A version of PRAW 3 is now bundled with rtv. This should make installation easier because users are no longer required to maintain a legacy version of praw in their python dependencies.
  • Removed update-checker dependency.

1.14.1 (2017-01-12)

Features

  • The order-by option menu now triggers after a single '2' or '5' keystroke instead of needing to double press.

Bugfixes

  • Mailcap now handles multi-part shell commands correctly, e.g. "emacs -nw"
  • OS X no longer relies on $DISPLAY to check if there is a display available.
  • Added error handling for terminals that don't support hiding the cursor.
  • Fixed a bug on tmux that prevented scrolling when $TERM was set to "xterm-256color" instead of screen.

Documentation

  • Added section to FAQ about garbled characters output by curses.

1.13.0 (2016-10-17)

Features

  • Pressing 2 or 5 twice now opens a menu to select the time frame.
  • Added the hide_username config option.
  • Added the max_comment_cols config option.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed the terminal title from displaying b'' in py3.
  • Flipped j and k in the documentation.
  • Fixed bug when selecting post order for the front page.
  • Added more descriptive error messages for invalid subreddits.

1.12.1 (2016-09-27)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed security vulnerability where malicious URLs could inject python code.
  • No longer hangs when using mpv on long videos.
  • Now falls back to ascii mode when the system locale is not utf-8.

1.12.0 (2016-08-25)

Features

  • Added a help banner with common key bindings.
  • Added gg and G bindings to jump to the top and bottom the the page.
  • Updated help screen now opens with the system PAGER.
  • The / prompt now works from inside of submissions.
  • Added an Instagram parser to extract images and videos from urls.

Bugixes

Codebase

  • Removed the Tornado dependency from the project.
  • Added a requirements.txt file.
  • Fixed a bunch of tests where cassettes were not being generated.
  • Added compatability for pytest-xdist.

1.11.0 (2016-08-02)

Features

  • Added the ability to open image and video urls with the user's mailcap file.
  • New --enable-media and copy-mailcap commands to support mailcap.
  • New command w to save submissions and comments.
  • New command p to toggle between the front page and the last visited subreddit.
  • New command S to view subscribed multireddits.
  • Extended / prompt to work with users, multireddits, and domains.
  • New page /u/saved to view saved submissions.
  • You can now specify the sort period by appending -(period), E.g. /r/python/top-week.

Bugfixes

  • Terminal title is now only set when $DISPLAY is present.
  • Urlview now works on the submission as well as comments.
  • Fixed text encoding when using urlview.
  • Removed futures dependency from the python 3 wheel.
  • Unhandled resource warnings on exit are now ignored.

Documentation

  • Various README updates.
  • Updated asciinema demo video.
  • Added script to update the AUTHORS.rst file.

1.10.0 (2016-07-11)

Features

  • New command, b extracts urls from comments using urlviewer.
  • Comment files will no longer be destroyed if RTV encounters an error while posting.
  • The terminal title now displays the subreddit name/url.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed crash when entering empty or invalid subreddit name.
  • Fixed crash when opening x-posts linked to subreddits.
  • Fixed a bug where the terminal title wasn't getting set.
  • /r/me is now displayed as My Submissions in the header.

1.9.1 (2016-06-13)

Features

  • Better support for /r/random.
  • Added a monochrome config setting to disable all color.
  • Improved cursor positioning when expanding/hiding comments.
  • Show (not enough space) when comments are too large.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed permissions when copying the config file.
  • Fixed bug where submission indicies were duplicated when paging.
  • Specify praw v3.4.0 to avoid installing praw 4.

Documentation

  • Added section to the readme on Arch Linux installation.
  • Updated a few argument descriptions.
  • Added a proper ascii logo.

1.9.0 (2016-04-05)

Features

  • You can now open long posts/comments with the $PAGER by pressing l.
  • Changed a couple of visual separators.

Documentation

  • Added testing instructions to the FAQ.

1.8.1 (2016-03-01)

Features

  • All keys are now rebindable through the config.
  • New bindings - ctrl-d and ctrl-u for page up / page down.
  • Added tag for stickied posts and comments.
  • Added bullet between timestamp and comment count.

Bugfixes

  • Links starting with np.reddit.com no longer return Forbidden.

Documentation

  • Updated README.

1.8.0 (2015-12-20)

Features

  • A banner on the top of the page now displays the selected page sort order.
  • Hidden scores now show up as "- pts".
  • Oauth settings are now accesible through the config file.
  • New argument --config specifies the config file to use.
  • New argument --copy-config generates a default config file.

Documentation

  • Added a keyboard reference from keyboardlayouteditor.com
  • Added a link to an asciinema demo video

1.7.0 (2015-12-08)

Note This version comes with a large change in the internal structure of the project, but does not break backwards compatibility. This includes adding a new test suite that will hopefully improve the stability of future releases.

Continuous Integration additions

Features

  • Added a wider utilization of the loading screen for functions that make reddit API calls.
  • In-progress loading screens can now be cancelled by pressing the Esc key.

Bugfixes

  • OSX users should now be able to login using OAuth.
  • Comments now return the correct nested level when loading "More Comments".
  • Several unicode fixes, the project is now much more consistent in the way that unicode is handled.
  • Several undocumented bug fixes as a result of the code restructure.

1.6.1 (2015-10-19)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed authentication checking for /r/me.
  • Added force quit option with the Q key.
  • Removed option to sort subscriptions.
  • Fixed crash with pressing i when not logged in.
  • Removed futures requirement from the python 3 distribution.

Documentation

  • Updated screenshot in README.
  • Added section to the FAQ on installation.

1.6 (2015-10-14)

Features

  • Switched all authentication to OAuth.
  • Can now list the version with rtv --version.
  • Added a man page.
  • Added confirmation prompt when quitting.
  • Submissions now display the index in front of their title.

Bugfixes

  • Streamlined error logging.

Documentation

  • Added missing docs for the i key.
  • New documentation for OAuth.
  • New FAQ section.

1.5 (2015-08-26)

Features

  • New page to view and open subscribed subreddits with s.
  • Sorting method can now be toggled with the 1 - 5 keys.
  • Links to x-posts are now opened inside of RTV.

Bugfixes

  • Added /r/ to subreddit names in the subreddit view.

1.4.2 (2015-08-01)

Features

  • Pressing the o key now opens selfposts directly inside of rtv.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed invalid subreddits from throwing unexpected errors.

1.4.1 (2015-07-11)

Features

  • Added the ability to check for unread messages with the i key.
  • Upped required PRAW version to 3.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed crash caused by downvoting.
  • Missing flairs now display properly.
  • Fixed ResourceWarning on Python 3.2+.

1.4 (2015-05-16)

Features

  • Unicode support has been vastly improved and is now turned on by default. Ascii only mode can be toggled with the --ascii command line flag.
  • Added pageup and pagedown with the m and n keys.
  • Support for terminal based webbrowsers such as links and w3m.
  • Browsing history is now persistent and stored in $XDG_CACHE_HOME.

Bugfixes

  • Several improvements for handling unicode.
  • Fixed crash caused by resizing the window and exiting a submission.

1.3 (2015-04-22)

Features

  • Added edit e and delete d for comments and submissions.
  • Added nsfw tags.

Bugfixes

  • Upvote/downvote icon now displays in the submission selfpost.
  • Loading large MoreComment blocks no longer hangs the program.
  • Improved logging and error handling with praw interactions.

1.2.2 (2015-04-07)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed default subreddit not being set.

Documentation

  • Added changelog and contributor links to the README.

1.2.1 (2015-04-06)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed crashing on invalid subreddit names

1.2 (2015-04-06)

Features

  • Added user login / logout with the u key.
  • Added subreddit searching with the f key.
  • Added submission posting with the p key.
  • Added viewing of user submissions with /r/me.
  • Program title now displays in the terminal window.
  • Gold symbols now display on guilded comments and posts.
  • Moved default config location to XDG_CONFIG_HOME.

Bugfixes

  • Improved error handling for submission / comment posts.
  • Fixed handling of unicode flairs.
  • Improved displaying of the help message and selfposts on small terminal windows.
  • The author's name now correctly highlights in submissions
  • Corrected user agent formatting.
  • Various minor bugfixes.

1.1.1 (2015-03-30)

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