Biscuit v3.0.0 - New look & features

This latest v3.0 major release includes many changes, notably a complete redesign of the editor's appearance. Yet, there are many important PRs and feature requests that couldn't make it to this release!

Many contributors have added new features to the project during the hacktoberfest season: see the list

Quick Install:

pip install --upgrade biscuit-editor

then just run biscuit path/to/directory to launch!

For a detailed list of features of Biscuit, go through the feature section.

What's Changed

• Layout redesign, new iconset, new themes by @tomlin7 in #391
• Extension Search bar implementation by @Kabiirk in #439
• Extension details pane by @tomlin7 in #442
• Added editorconfig support by @tomlin7 in #433
• Improved welcome page by @tomlin7 in #394
• Text editor Context Menu by @tomlin7 in #399
• Restoring most recently closed tabs (#400) by @GooglyBlox in #401
• New command palette design by @tomlin7 in #446
• Relative line numbering by @nkapila6 in #420
• Installed extensions filter for the extension center by @saai-syvendra in #423
• Floating opened editors list by @tomlin7 in #395
• Submenus support for biscuit menus by @tomlin7 in #397
• Make command palette scrollable, other UI improvements by @tomlin7 in #447
• Added CLI path argument (biscuit <dir>) by @moonlander101 in #404
• More keybindings by @tomlin7 in #449
• Recent folders/files: Bump newly opened to top if exists in db by @tomlin7 in #454
• Biscuit Workspaces by @tomlin7 in #426
• Extensions user-level storage by @tomlin7 in #430
• Insert final new line on save if insert_final_newline is true by @tomlin7 in #432

Fixes

• docs: Getting started by @tomlin7 in #419
• docs: Added Arch Linux commands to contributing guidelines and various minor changes by @shirsakm in #437
• fix: Update Breadcrumbs on editor switch/editor close by @tomlin7 in #444
• fix: Fixed app crashes due to hover renderer shrink property by @tomlin7 in #411

New Contributors

• @GooglyBlox made their first contribution in #401
• @moonlander101 made their first contribution in #404
• @nkapila6 made their first contribution in #420
• @saai-syvendra made their first contribution in #423
• @shirsakm made their first contribution in #437
• @Kabiirk made their first contribution in #439

Full Changelog: v2.99.22...v3.0.0