vtm

Changes (Windows only)

• Fix Alt+Numpad processing (regression, duplication of entered characters).

Changes (Windows only)

• Avoid implicitly using Session 0 to host vtm desktop server on Windows.
• Add -0/--session0 cli options to explicitly use Session 0 to host the vtm desktop server running in background.

Notes

System-wide installation (vtm -i) allows vtm Desktop Server to run in user context in Session 0 on Windows. Placing Desktop Server in Session 0 (vtm -0) allows console applications to run independently of the user's GUI login session. But this prevents GUI applications from running from the vtm desktop environment. See "Session 0 Isolation" on the Web for details.

You can test this behavior by running the following command from the vtm desktop environment to launch an Explorer GUI window:

• command line:

  start .
  

Changes:

• Make mouse event synthesis consistent with Windows Console Subsystem public API docs:

  MOUSE_EVENT_RECORD::dwEventFlags
  The type of mouse event. If this value is zero, it indicates a mouse button being pressed or released.
  

  Missing move flag in dwEventFlags caused spurious clicks when navigating with the mouse in the Far Manager user interface.
• Fix vttest of screen features. Save DEC Special Graphics Mode state along with cursor position.

Changes:

• GUI mode:
  • Enable CJK characters wrapping for IME composition preview.
  • Fix GUI window position after reconnecting via RDP or change the active display layout.
• Add "Session 0 Isolation" notes: Don't use system-wide installation on Windows in case you plan to run GUI apps from the vtm desktop environment. See "Session 0 Isolation" on the Web for details.
• Make window menu scrollbar color (white underline) consistent.

Changes:

• Improve TSF integration.
• Fix restoring minimized windows.
• Fix mouse wheel scrolling.
• Fix inverted text underlining.
• Assign Ctrl+Wheel to zoom cells and CapsLock+0 to reset zoom in GUI mode. https://github.com/directvt/vtm/issues/571#issuecomment-2260418861
• Fix Win key sticking (after Win+Space).
• Fix emoji input on Windows 8.
• Built-in terminal:
  • Fix color text copying to clipboard.
  • Fix Enter key in WSL (0x0A->0x0D).
• Change settings structure in settings.xml:
  • Alternate scroll mode: <altscroll enabled="yes" step=1/> -> <altscroll="on"/>.
  • Drop config parameter <config/appearance/defaults/wheel_dt=3 /> <!-- Mouse scrolling wheel step. --> in favor of system-wise mouse settings (aka lines to scroll setting).

Note: The current version of vtm is not compatible with previous versions.

Changes:

• Built-in terminal:
  • Implement DECCRA (Far Manager relies on it: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/17580).

Changes:

• Change the default window grid size limits to 3000x2000 cells. It is configurable via settings.xml.
• Fix issue with redrawing of blinking text (SGR 5/6).
• Built-in terminal:
  • Enable to send input on startup.
    command line:

    vtm -c "<config><term sendinput='echo 123\n'/></config>" -r vtty
    

Changes:

• Fix an issue that causes all windows to receive unintended focus in subsequent vtm desktop sessions.
• Built-in terminal:
  • Revise scrollback resize logic.
    It is now possible to specify the scrollback buffer grow step without specifying a grow limit. In this case, the buffer will grow from zero to the specified initial size step by step.
    settings.xml:

    <config>
      <term>
        <scrollback>
          <size=1000000  />   <!-- Initial scrollback buffer size. -->
          <growstep=10000/>   <!-- Scrollback buffer grow step. The buffer behaves like a ring in case of zero. -->
          <growlimit=0   />   <!-- Scrollback buffer grow limit. The buffer will behave like a ring when the limit is reached. If set to zero, then the limit is equal to the initial buffer size. -->
        </scrollback>
      </term>
    </config>
    

    command line:

    vtm -g -c "<config><term><scrollback size=1000000 growstep=100000/></term></config>" -r term
    

Changes:

• Allow the configuration to be specified as a parameter to the -c/--config cli option:

  vtm -c "<config><term><scrollback size=1000000/></term></config>" -r term
  

Changes:

• Fix soft line breaks when pasting multi-line text in pwsh. #605
  • Add a Shift modifier for soft line breaks only if mouse reporting is off:
    • Far Manager will receive clean Enters when pasting multi-line text, as it uses mouse reporting.
    • pwsh will receive Shift+Enters for soft-line breaks because mouse reporting is disabled there.

Changes:

• Allow panoramic scrolling by left drag in fullscreen mode.
• Restore cell pixel size when switching to/from fullscreen mode if the size has been changed.
  • Changing the cell size in normal mode resets the fullscreen cell size.
• Fix default GUI-window position and size (don't rely on parent console window).

  <config>
    <gui> <!-- GUI related settings. (win32 platform only for now) -->
      <gridsize=""/> <!-- Window initial grid size "width,height" in text cells. If gridsize="" or gridsize=0,0, then the size of the GUI window is left to the OS window manager. -->
      <wincoor=""/>  <!-- Window initial coordinates "x,y" (top-left corner on the desktop in physical pixels). If wincoor="", then the position of the GUI window is left to the OS window manager. -->
    </gui>
  <config>
  

Changes:

• Fix event handling on Unix (regression since v0.9.84). #600
• Fix right-to-left text rendering (Arabic text sample on info page. The built-in terminal is not yet able to display grapheme clusters this way).

Changes:

• Implement bare minimum IME support on Windows.
• Fix random color issues (multi-threaded settings access).

Changes:

• Fix mouse dragging near object edge.

Changes:

• Respect ZWSP as a word boundary in the Thai writing system.
• Add Arabic and Hebrew text samples to the info-page (RTL).

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Changes:

• Fix accidental mouse drag on click.
• Add a features page to the info (bottom right corner of desktop).

Changes:

• Fix extended keys reporting (right Enter didn't work in wsl).
• Fix stylized underline glitch in dual monitor setups.
• Fix case of loading fonts if no fonts are found.
• Change settings.xml structure:
  • Change </config/gui/fontlist/> to </config/gui/fonts/font*>:

    <config>
        <gui>
            <fonts> <!-- Font fallback ordered list. The rest of the fonts available in the system will be loaded dynamically. -->
                <font*/> <!-- Clear previously defined fonts. Start a new list. -->
                <font="Courier New"/> <!-- The first font in the list: Primary font. Its metrics define the cell geometry. -->
                <font="Cascadia Mono"/>
                <font="NSimSun"/>
                <font="Noto Sans Devanagari"/>
            </fonts>
        </gui>
    </config>
    

Changes:

• Fix grapheme jumbo-clusters synchronization.
• Optimize rendering performance.
• Allow cancel selection using Esc in the built-in terminal.
• Fix doubling I-bar cursor over wide characters.

Changes (Windows platform only):

• Allow to Copy/Paste by Ctrl/Shift+Insert in cmd.exe.
• GUI window:
  • Allow to toggle antialiasing mode by Ctrl+CapsLock.
  • Allow to change cell size by CapsLock+Up/DownArrow.
  • Make any resize actions lazy - ignore resize requests if busy.

GUI Mode

¹ — In fullscreen mode, the GUI window reserves a 1px high area at the top for forwarding mouse events.

v0.9.84

Changes:

• Allow vtm to run in GUI mode (Windows platform only).
• Fix CSI subarguments parsing (color underlining).
• Allow demos in release builds (to test GUI mode):
  • vtm -g -r test
  • vtm -g -r calc
  • vtm -g -r text
  • vtm -g -r gems
  • vtm -g -r truecolor
• Fix empty titles in built-in terminal.
• Revise SetConsoleScreenBufferSize viewport limits (currently max_size=1280x288).
• Add -t/--tui and -g/--gui cli options, https://github.com/directvt/vtm/issues/571#issuecomment-2191759778.
• Fix Far Manager colors on Windows 8.
• Fix Alt+Numpad processing

GUI Mode

¹ — In fullscreen mode, the GUI window reserves a 1px high area at the top for forwarding mouse events.

Not implemented

• Tooltips.
• Clipboard preview.
• TSF integration.
• Sounds