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2.0.15

Micro 2.0.15

Get well into 2026 and have a happy new year! 🎆

What's Changed

New options

• truecolor (supersedes the MICRO_TRUECOLOR environment variable) (by @JoeKar in #2867)
• showchars (deprecates indentchar) (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3760)
• lockbindings for completely disallowing plugins to modify keybindings (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3618)
• helpsplit for changing default split type for the help command (by @JoeKar in #3502)
• pageoverlap for setting number of lines kept during page up/page down (by @nimishjha in #3518)

New actions

• FirstTab, LastTab, FirstSplit and LastSplit (by @masmu in #3403)
  • Note: also changed the behavior of NextTab, PreviousTab, NextSplit, PreviousSplit
  • But adjusted the default keybindings so the default behavior remains unchanged
• SkipMultiCursorBack as a counterpart to SkipMultiCursor (by @masmu in #3404)
• CursorToViewTop, CursorToViewCenter, CursorToViewBottom (by @nimishjha in #3506)
• Duplicate for duplicating the selection only, not the whole line (by @dmaluka in #3503)

Improved actions

• Improve and unify CopyLine, CutLine, DeleteLine, DuplicateLine actions (by @dmaluka in #3335 and #3519)
  • Note: changed the behavior of those actions
  • But also adjusted the default keybindings so the default behavior remains unchanged
• Restore pre-2.0.14 behavior of SpawnMultiCursor{Up,Down} (by @dmaluka in #3503)
• Nano-like page up/page down functionality (by @nimishjha in #3518 and @dmaluka in #3555)

Lua improvements

• Plugins never write to settings.json or bindings.json anymore (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3618)
• Add onBufferOptionChanged callback (by @JoeKar in #2962)
• Add SpawnCursorAtLoc() (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3441)
• Expose bufpane's DoubleClick and TripleClick to plugins (by @cutelisp in #3720)
• Pass mouse info to {on,pre}MouseXXX callbacks (by @dmaluka in #3779)
• Support goto statement from Lua 5.2 (by @matthias314 in #3597)

Syntax highlighting improvements

• Haskell syntax: various improvements and fixes (by @Andriamanitra in #3373)
• Rust syntax:
  • Recognize byte strings and C strings (by @jmcorey in #3452)
  • Add more keywords and types (by @edwloef in #3677 and @codemanticism in #3759)
• C++ syntax:
  • Highlight binary and hex literals with single-quote separator per C++14 (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3310, #3870, #3891)
  • Highlight auto as data type per C++17 (by @2013ZRZ in #3836)
  • Improve C++ filetype detection by using more keywords (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3310)
• Shell syntax:
  • Correctly match parameter expansions without braces (by @niten94 in #3663)
  • Match variables with leading underscore (by @Andriamanitra in #3833)
  • Match --options-with-hyphens (by @nabeelsherazi in #3863)
• Asm syntax: highlight C-like comments (by @dmaluka in #3696)
• Ruby syntax: highlight predefined variables (by @Andriamanitra in #3778)
• CSS syntax: add more commands (by @mystieneko in #3436)
• Swift syntax: add shebang (by @frkd-dev in #3451)
• Java syntax: add var keyword (by @owencmcgrath in #3526)
• Javascript syntax: add .cjs extension (by @med-ab in #3539)
• Groovy syntax: fix triple quotes highlighting (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3858)
• Fish syntax: fix variable expansion (by @remisalmon in #3830)
• Raku syntax: add .rakutest extension (by @juanfra684 in #3406)
• Arduino syntax: make filetype detection less aggressive (by @Andriamanitra in #3848)
• Add OpenSCAD syntax (by @jmcorey in #3410)
• Add PRQL syntax (by @vanillajonathan in #3313)
• Add meson syntax (by @asakovets in #3236)
• Add nftables config syntax (by @theredcmdcraft in #3325 and #3517)

Various improvements

• Save files safely, writing to the backup file first (by @JoeKar in #3273, #3806, #3814, @Neko-Box-Coder in #3807 and @dmaluka in #3822)
  • Also write settings.json, bindings.json etc safely as well, using a temporary file
• Support vim-like +/text search in command-line args (by @luca020400 in #3767)
• Add toggle & togglelocal commands for toggling boolean options (by @cutelisp in #3783)
• Add -vsplit & -hsplit as optional arguments for help (by @JoeKar in #3502)
• Make textfilter work with multicursors (by @dmaluka in #3511)
• Support \x syntax for raw escape sequences in bindings.json (by @JoeKar in #3595)
• Add overwrite mode indicator to the status line (by @JoeKar in #3620)
• Support showing git commit hash and branch in the status line (by @niten94 in #3673)
• Support terminal emulation on Solaris, OpenBSD* and NetBSD (by @niten94 in #3714)
  • OpenBSD - on 32-bit only
• Display name "Raw event viewer" instead of "No Name" for raw pane (by @blamedrop in #3791)
• Differentiate built-in plugins when listing (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3810)
• Disable sudo save prompt on Windows (by @niten94 in #3866)
• Only set buffer type to stdout when no file args are passed (by @AndydeCleyre in #3910)
• Linter: add ruff for Python (by @Andriamanitra in #3657)
• Linter: ldc2 and gdc for D (by @kodesettings in #3892)
• Add comment support for typescript (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3857)
• README: Update micro's version for the Go Report Card (by @JoeKar in #3835)

Bugfixes

• Fix cd a\ causing crash on Windows (by @JoeKar in #3596)
• Fix SIGINT killing micro when saving with sudo (by @dmaluka in #3495)
• Fix crash when exiting terminal in some cases (by @JoeKar in #3738)
• Fix crash when shell.JobSpawn is called from Lua while no callback is set (by @matthias314 in #3554)
• Fix 2.0.14 regression: inconsistently working cursor up/down after selection (by @JoeKar in #3540)
• Fix 2.0.14 regression: colorscheme plugins not working (by @dmaluka in #3761)
• Fix non-working raw escape bindings after restarting the screen (by @dmaluka in #3468)
• Fix spurious backups of unmodified files (by @dmaluka in #3822)
• Fix drawing wide characters in the info bar (by @Andriamanitra in #3919)
• Search / replace fixes:
  • Fix infinite loop in replace when empty string matches (by @matthias314 in #3566)
  • Make FindNext and FindPrevious work with empty matches (by @matthias314 in #3572)
  • Match beginning and end of line correctly (by @matthias314 in #3575 and #3914)
• Fixes related to saving files:
  • Don't prompt to save file if the same file is opened in another buffer (by @matthias314 in #3559 and @niten94 in #3719)
  • Prompt to save new file regardless of autosave enabled (by @yz778 in #3626)
  • Fix per-filetype settings not being applied when saving as a new file (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3625, #3688 and @JoeKar in #3662)
  • Support saving with sudo in more cases (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3689)
  • Update displayed name when saving file with a different name (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3689)
• Fix comment plugin not using user settings when overriding default setting (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3424)
  • Introduces comment.type option which deprecates existing commenttype
• Fix rendering Unicode 14.0+ emojis (by @JoeKar in #3601)
• Properly handle escaped and quoted characters in keybindings (by @matthias314 in #3612)
• Fix tabs suddenly becoming invisible after tabmove (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3619)
• Fix cycling through completion suggestions stopping at non-word character (by @Andriamanitra in #3650)
• Fix scrollbar covering cursor (by @cutelisp in #3741)
• Fix ruler drawn on top of the tab bar (by @cutelisp in #3744)
• Relocate buffer view after setting options that affect it (by @dmaluka in #3743)
• Fix non-working proportional resize after closing a nested VSplit inside a HSplit (by @Neko-Box-Coder in #3708)
• Fix non-working matching brace highlighting in sunny-day colorscheme (by @tautte in #3735)
• Fix micro broken on OpenBSD (by @niten94 in #3561 and #3895)

Documentation improvements

• Update and improve man page and micro -help output (by @dmaluka in #3812)
• List more bindable actions in help keybindings (by @Andriamanitra in #3685 and @dmaluka in #3799)
• Document binding keys to Lua functions (by @dmaluka in #3799)
• Document passing *tcell.EventMouse to mouse action callbacks (by @dmaluka in #3799)
• Update and correct documentation for onAction return value (by @dmaluka in #3799)
• Some small improvements (by @cutelisp in #3786, #3818)

Build system changes

• Minimum supported Go version changed from 1.16 to 1.19 (by @alexandear in #3461 and @JoeKar in #3595)
• Make all builds explicitly fully static (disable CGO) (by @JoeKar in #3466)
• Add build target for Windows ARM64 (by @creeperlv in #3512)
• Add build targets for Solaris and Illumos (by @niten94 in #3714)
• Set version as release when there are no commits ahead (by @niten94 in #3515)
• Fetch tags with --force (by @JoeKar in #3448)
• Micro's dependencies (the forked tcell and others) moved to https://github.com/micro-editor (by @JoeKar in #3593, #3595, #3596, #3601, #3600)

New Contributors

• @mystieneko made their first contribution in #3436
• @jmcorey made their first contribution in #3410
• @frkd-dev made their first contribution in #3451
• @JonathanBerkeley made their first contribution in #3469
• @alexandear made their first contribution in #3467
• @theredcmdcraft made their first contribution in #3325
• @creeperlv made their first contribution in #3512
• @nimishjha made their first contribution in #3506
• @owencmcgrath made their first contribution in #3526
• @med-ab made their first contribution in #3539
• @antoine2711 made their first contribution in https://github.com/zyedi...

2.0.15-rc1

1st release candidate for micro 2.0.15

2.0.14

Micro 2.0.14

• New options
  • matchbracestyle to choose whether to underline or highlight matching braces (by @toiletbril in #2876)
  • matchbraceleft to choose whether to match brace to the left of the cursor (by @dmaluka in #3432)
  • hltrailingws to highlight trailing whitespace (by @dmaluka in #1897)
  • hltaberrors to highlight tab vs space inconsistencies (by @dmaluka in #1897)
• Cursor movement and selection improvements
  • Add jump command to perform a relative goto (by @JoeKar in #3210)
  • Add sub-word movement actions and improve word movements (by @masmu in #2665 #3321)
  • Add paragraph selection actions and improve paragraph movements (by @hchac in #3353)
  • Make Shift-PageUp/Down the default keybindings for SelectPageUp/Down (by @injust in #3407)
• Syntax highlighting improvements
  • Add signatures support to improve filetype detection in ambiguous cases (by @JoeKar in #2819 and @dmaluka in #3208)
  • Provide default.yaml for default syntax highlighting (by @JoeKar in #2933 and @dmaluka in #3259 #3262)
  • Improvements in syntax highlighting for various languages
• Mouse improvements
  • More generic support for mouse events handling (by @dmaluka in #2605)
  • Add mouse release and mouse drag events (by @dmaluka in #2606)
  • Make MouseMultiCursor toggle cursors (by @dmaluka in #3146)
• Lua improvements
  • Better support for handling mouse events in lua (by @dmaluka in #2605)
  • Better API for lua timers (by @dmaluka in #3023 #3211)
  • Add onAnyEvent callback (by @dmaluka in #3244)
• Misc improvements
  • Allow colorschemes to include other colorschemes (by @JoeKar in #2844)
  • Give user's files in ~/.config/micro/ precedence over micro's built-in files (by @JoeKar in #3066 and @dmaluka in #3031)
  • Respect umask when creating files (by @niten94 in #3095)
  • Smarter smartpaste (by @Andriamanitra in #3002)
  • Make default fileformat value suited to the OS (by @dmaluka in #3141)
  • Improve buffer view relocation after jumping to a far-away location (by @dmaluka in #2628)
  • Improve return values of some actions for better action chaining (by @dmaluka in #3352 and @masmu in #3333)
  • Autocomplete filetypes (by @JoeKar in #3090 #3218 and @dmaluka in #3214)
  • Allow raw escape sequence to be bound with bind (by @JoeKar in #2959)
  • Various small improvements (too many to name)
• Bugfixes
  • Fix various crashes (by @JoeKar in #2992 #3082 #3256 #3261 #3266 and @dmaluka in #3069 #3213 #3250 and @Neko-Box-Coder in #3318)
  • Fix micro killed by SIGINT sent to its shell job (by @niten94 in #3357)
  • Various fixes for setting local options (by @JoeKar in #3042 #3178 #3343)
  • Various fixes for reloading settings via reload command (by @JoeKar in #3062 #3343)
  • Various fixes for updating settings after changing filetype (by @JoeKar in #3343)
  • Fix unneeded rewriting of settings.json (by @dmaluka in #3009 and @JoeKar in #3178 #3343)
  • Fix overwriting persistent non-default settings in settings.json with temporary default settings (by @dmaluka in #3010)
  • Autosave fixes
    • Don't apply rmtrailingws on autosave (by @JoeKar in #2850)
    • Don't autosave unmodified buffer (by @dmaluka in #3356)
    • Properly update autosave timer when the autosave option value changes (by @JoeKar in #3343)
  • Fix opening filenames including colons with parsecursor (by @JoeKar in #3119)
  • Fix replace to be able to insert '$' (by @JoeKar in #2954)
  • Fix cursor moving to an unexpected location after a redo (by @dmaluka in #3416)
  • Make cursor movements after selection consistent (by @dustdfg in #3103 #3091 and @dmaluka in #3268)
  • Fix incorrect buffer view after reloading file (by @dmaluka in #3250)
  • Fix lost mouse release events in case the pane becomes inactive (by @JoeKar in #3271)
  • Add proper locking to LineArray to fix potential races (by @JoeKar in #3224)
  • Various small fixes (too many to name)
• Documentation improvements
  • Cleanup indentation and trailing whitespace by (@JoeKar in #3193)
  • Improve plugin documentation (by @glupi-borna in #3240)

Thank you to all contributors and @zyedidia for making the release possible.

Full Changelog: v2.0.13...v2.0.14

Full list of contributors: @alexrp @Andriamanitra @blt-r @bound-variable @bryanhonof @cyqsimon @dimaguy @dmaluka @dustdfg @frabjous @glupi-borna @hchac @injust @JoeKar @jsuhaas22 @Krator3 @LizzyFleckenstein03 @log4gin @LordOfTrident @lvyaoting @masmu @matthias314 @mdom @m-kru @Neko-Box-Coder @niten94 @notnout @occupyhabit @paw-lu @stone-w4tch3r @taconi @toiletbril @zyedidia

2.0.14-rc1

Release candidate for micro 2.0.14

2.0.13

Micro 2.0.13

Changelog:

• Introduced new reload option to control file reloading behavior when files
  are updated externally.
• Bug fix for term command.
• Minor bug fixes.

2.0.12

Micro 2.0.12

New features and fixes:

• Adds fakecursor option.
• Adds HistorySearchUp and HistorySearchDown actions.
• Adds scrollbarchar option.
• Adds -multiopen flag.
• Save with sudo for large files fixed.
• Syntax highlighting engine improvements.
• Many minor bug fixes and highlighting adjustments/improvements (new languages and fixes).

Thanks to all contributors who continue to help with Micro development! Special thanks to @dmaluka for helping to review issues and PRs.

2.0.11

Micro 2.0.11

This is a minor version update to micro including the following general changes:

• Support for clipboard in WSL via clip.exe.
• New hlsearch option to highlight search results.
• Fixes for OSC52 clipboard support.
• Syntax highlighting fixes, improvements, and new languages.
• Rust clippy and go vet linters.
• Switch to using go embed instead of go-bindata.
• Bug fixes.

2.0.10

Micro 2.0.10

• Bug fixes
  • Opening a readonly file now only causes a warning
  • Bracketed paste fix
  • Terminal title fix
• Allow opting out of loading a backup file
• Default binding of Alt-Shift-f (Alt-F) for FindLiteral
• Find will prefill with selected text
• Syntax highlighting improvements (for nix, racket, v, rust, cpp, erlang, nim)
• Minor documentation improvements
• Shellcheck linter support

2.0.9

Micro 2.0.9

• Softwrap improvements (thanks to @dmaluka).
  • New wordwrap option.
  • Several bug fixes and improvements to navigation.
• Small bug fixes