WindTerm 2.4.0 Prerelease 1

[kingToolbox]

Note:

WindTerm 2.4.0 changes the upgrade method to simplify subsequent upgrades or cloud synchronization. Please read the Upgrade to learn more.

Usage:

Windows

Version	Architecture	Operating Systems
WindTerm_2.4.0_Prerelease_1_Windows_Portable_x86_64	x86_64	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11

Upgrade

Versions before Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory and quit.
2. Replace the new .wind/profiles folder with the old profiles folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

Versions after Version 2.4.0

1. Start WindTerm and select the profiles directory containing the old .wind folder.
2. It is recommended to choose the Home Directory to facilitate subsequent upgrades.

If the .wind folder needs to be moved to another system:

1. Quit WindTerm.
2. Replace the new .wind folder with the old .wind folder.
3. Restart WindTerm and all the sessions and configuration will be restored.

The .wind folder is cross-platform.

Known Issues:

• [ZMODEM] Only support file names contains ASCII characters in Windows, otherwise the file name of the transfered file will be garbled after transmission, but it does not affect the correctness of the file content. Linux and MacOS version does not have this problem.

Changes in Version 2.4.0 Prerelease 1 (2022-3-20):

Translation:

• [FRENCH] Update the language file, contributed by EvoWebFrance@github and LuxNegra@github. French language #499

Features:

• [APP] Supports specifying the path of the .wind profiles folder to facilitate subsequent upgrades and cloud synchronization. [Feature request] It would be better to add export and import session functions #161 图标闪烁设置、会话保存-导入导出 #411 每次更新后，那些在老版本的会话，不能直接导入导出到新版本 #438 How can I save the configuration？ #529 how to upgrade with old configs #537 如何同步2个pc之间的配置 #541 Session import and export function  #601
• [GUI] Add Anything Palette and Tunnels buttons to the menu bar.
• [TAB] Supports using Alt+1 to Alt+5 to select the first to fifth tab, and Alt+0 to select the last tab. Feature suggestions: Pin tabs #82 [Suggestion] Quick tab switch by Alt+num #86 关于会话切换的问题 #420
• [LOG] The log file name and content templates support including %z - Time Zone.
• [SSH] Supports independent tunnels opening, stopping and management. 建议：隧道/端口转发可以参考termius #189 隧道/端口转发可以参考mobaxtrem软件，独立出来不用单独打开session #194 Please add one describe colume in Tunnels #373 希望使用隧道，不必一直保持回话打开状态 #444
• [SSH] When the listening port of a tunnel is set to 0, dynamic port allocation is supported.
• [SESSION] Supports setting the background color of the tab of a session.
• [SESSION] Supports using the shortcut key Ctrl+D to close the unconnected or disconnected session. Feature: Close the Tab page when the shell exits normally. #397 [Feature Request]Use ctrl-d to close the tab #526
• [SESSION] Supports new proxy type ProxyCommand. Need to pass additional arguments to ssh ? #557
• [SESSION] Supports importing "ProxyTelnetCommand" field from PuTTY configuration.
• [SESSION] Supports clearing the screen locally. version2.2.2: When the system mode been set to 'none' mode, 'Ctrl + L' not working #335 clear screen and /or scrollbar not working  #447 how to quickly clear serial session screen? #530 Serial term can not clear screen or all. #553 [bug]切换配色方案到none时，无法使用快捷键ctrl+l去清屏 #571
• [SCHEME] Added dumb system to support highlighting, folding, outlining and clearing the screen locally of dumb devices.
• [SCHEME] Supports highlighting IPv6 and MAC.

Improvements:

• [GUI] Simplify the menu items in the menu bar to provide more screen space.
• [GUI] The pop-up widget of the More button in the toolbar is modified to a menu.
• [TAB] Even when only one tab is open, the activation mark of the tab is displayed.
• [TAB] Improve the appearance of a tab by increasing the transparency of the background color and reducing its drawing area.
• [TRANSLATION] Automatically handle mnemonic characters in strings to be translated.

Bugs:

• [GUI] When using the shortcut key Ctrl+Shift+W to close a tab, the confirm dialog will not pop up.
• [GUI] The text in the input box is sometimes displayed in gray as placeholder text.
• [GUI] After modifying the name or icon of a session, reconnecting the session did not use the new name and icon correctly.
• [GUI] When the bottom dock is expanded, the tooltip of the Expand button should be Shrink, not Expand.
• [TAB] The background color of the close button in the tab of the Shell Pane is not transparent.
• [LOG] Blank lines in the log are incorrectly logged as %v. log file appear %v somewhere  #556
• [SESSION] When modifying DataType of a Tcp Session to text and saving, the value is incorrectly saved as binary.
• [SESSION] When the session is disconnected, some cached text may not be correctly output to the screen.
• [SESSION] When the session is logged out, no Remote channel is closed is reported.

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This discussion was created from the release WindTerm 2.4.0 Prerelease 1.

[kingToolbox]

This is the first prerelease of WindTerm 2.4.0 version. Thanks to everyone who cares and helps, and a special thanks to EvoWebFrance and LuxNegra for the great French translations. ❤️

Because I have some personal matters to take care of recently, the progress of development has been delayed, especially many issues have not been processed in time. I am really sorry for this. I will deal with issues as soon as possible and continue to release new prerelease versions. Please stay tuned, thank you.

[eugenov]

Great release! It looks like next major version update!

[SadarSSI]

Great ! the proxycommand option is promising! ;-)) there are still a few things to fix but a basic connection works [without evaluation of windows variables nor verbose output which causes problems]

The tunnel option does not work well

• the local tunnel stops after a few seconds / minutes
• the dynamic tunnel does not work (netstat -an see the open port, but impossible to connect to it)

Could you consider providing a field to put custom ssh values like -D xxx, -NL, etc?

[hisune]

Why does window switching only support Alt+1 to Alt+5 ? It would be great if it could support Alt+1 to Alt+9, I usually need to open a lot of windows.

[kingToolbox]

If you need, please open the file WindTerm_installed_path/global/wind.keymaps and add:

  { "keys": "<Alt+6>",
    "script": "() => { window.activeKit.activateView(6) }"
  },
  { "keys": "<Alt+7>",
    "script": "() => { window.activeKit.activateView(7) }"
  },
  { "keys": "<Alt+8>",
    "script": "() => { window.activeKit.activateView(8) }"
  },
  { "keys": "<Alt+9>",
    "script": "() => { window.activeKit.activateView(9) }"
  },

I currently have these keys reserved for future use in switching kits, WindTerm is actually only a part of the entire application, in addition to WindEdit and so on, You can download WindEdit 1.0.0 Prerelease 1 to have a look.

  { "keys": "<Alt+6>",
    "action": "Window.ActivateEditor" // Activate the editor kit - WindEdit
  },
  { "keys": "<Alt+7>",
    "action": "Window.ActivateTerminal" // Activate the terminal kit - WindTerm
  },
  { "keys": "<Alt+8>",
    "action": "Window.ActivateFiler"
  },
  { "keys": "<Alt+9>",
    "action": "Window.ActivateBrowser"
  }

[mizzuri]

Regarding the profile directory for WindTerm 2.4.0, it seems that WindTerm does not ask for the profile location again after the profile directory is deleted.

For example:

• Launch WindTerm for the first time, and it will ask where to save the profile directory.
• Quit WindTerm and delete the .wind directory.
• Relaunch WindTerm for the second time, but it will NOT ask where to save the profile directory this time. Instead, it will remember the previous location and create the .wind directory automatically. (e.g. At ~/.config/.wind)

Is there a file or a registry entry to edit to change the profile location?
Thank you.

[kingToolbox]

On startup, WindTerm will read the path of profiles from the WindTerm_installed_path/profiles.config file. And the path of profiles will only be asked again if the profiles.config file does not exist or the path of profiles does not exist. So you can reconfigure the path by deleting the profiles.config file.

In the upcoming WindTerm_2.4.0_Prerelease_2 version, you can easily reconfigure the path by opening the Choose Profiles Directory dialog again via the menu item Menubar - Menu - Preferences - Profiles Directory.

BTW:
So far, WindTerm is still a portable software, so it will not write the registry.

[eugenov]

Hello!
How can I use Free type mode in alternative buffer without Alt modificator? It seems like I directly move cursor with mouse only in command line. In vim I can do it only with Alt pressed. Is it ok or I missed smth?
Thank you!
UPD: term set to xterm-256color

[kingToolbox]

Oh, that is how it was designed.

Although it is entirely possible to move the cursor directly with the mouse in vi. But once you switch to a program such as less /etc/services, it will cause many errors. Because for each click, WindTerm will calculate the control sequences to move the cursor from the current position to the specified position and send it to the server. And programs like less obviously don't handle these conrtol sequences correctly. Since there is currently no way for WindTerm to detect what the program running in the server is, the Alt modifier can only be added.

There is no such problem on the main screen, because WindTerm can recognize the start and end positions of the prompt line, and when the click position is not in it, the click will be ignored. Besides, even if the control sequence is sent by mistake, the server will ignore it too.

Maybe in the future it can be proposed to add a control sequence to tell terminals the name of the currently running application, so that terminals can do more things, for example, WindTerm can help you to delete multi-line selections in vi.

[eugenov]

Thank you for clarification.