changes.md

Changes

v4.1.1

A maintenance release with search improvements, PDF export fixes, and editor polish on top of VNote 4.1.0:

• Search
  • Content-search results now stream in incrementally, so matches appear as they are found instead of after the whole search completes
  • The maximum number of search results is now configurable
  • Content matches are grouped by line, removing duplicate result rows
• Export: fix squeezed or mis-sized MathJax equations in PDF export, and stop exports from hanging on documents that mix equations with Mermaid/Graphviz/Flowchart/WaveDrom diagrams
• Editor
  • Fix emoji next to styled text (such as headings) rendering as tofu boxes
  • Refresh the editor style immediately when switching themes
• Notebooks (raw): enable image paste, and preserve note timestamps and metadata across rename
• Startup: merge instead of overwrite QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS, so user-set Chromium workaround flags (e.g. --single-process, --disable-gpu) are respected
• macOS: always use the system title bar

v4.1.0

VNote 4 is a major release built on a brand-new native core (vxcore) that powers notebook management, search, configuration, and synchronization. The whole application has been re-architected (clean MVC + dependency injection) for reliability and future extensibility. Highlights versus VNote 3:

• Notebook Sync (flagship): keep notebooks in sync across devices through any Git remote (GitHub, GitLab, self-hosted) over HTTPS or local file:// repositories
  • Enable per notebook from the new Sync button and Sync Info panel in the notebook explorer
  • Authenticate with a Personal Access Token, stored securely in your system keychain (Windows Credential Manager, macOS Keychain, or Linux Secret Service) — never written to config or logs
  • Changes sync automatically in the background, with a configurable Auto-sync interval in Settings > General (or sync on demand with Sync Now)
  • Built-in conflict resolution when the same note is edited on two devices
  • Live status (last sync time, idle/syncing/conflict/error) plus actionable messages for authentication failures
• Open & clone notebooks: the redesigned Open Notebook dialog supports a Local folder mode and a Remote URL mode that clones a notebook straight from a Git URL (with optional token and mid-clone cancel)
• Read-only notebooks: open a remote notebook without a token to browse it read-only; a lock badge marks read-only notebooks and tabs, and editing actions are safely disabled. Add a token later to enable editing
• VNote 3 migration: import and convert existing VNote 3 notebooks via Open VNote3 Notebook
• Filesystem-aware notebooks
  • Detects notes whose files were deleted on disk, renders them dimmed, and offers a batch "remove missing items from the notebook" prompt
  • Show/import external (unindexed) files, per-notebook ignore list, and Rebuild Database for index maintenance
  • "Remove from Notebook" to drop a note from the index while keeping the file on disk
  • Raw vs Bundled notebook types
• Notebook explorer: drag-and-drop reordering and a manual Sort dialog (Top/Up/Down/Bottom), per-node Mark (custom text/background color), Pin to Quick Access, and multiple view orders (configuration, name, created/modified time)
• Editor & views
  • Split panes (vertical/horizontal), move tabs across splits, maximize and evenly distribute splits, with full session layout persistence
  • Per-tab Reload and Auto Reload with scroll-position preservation, and external-change detection
  • Reopen last closed tab (Ctrl+Shift+T)
  • Markdown editor with live preview, side-by-side edit/preview, in-place code/math block preview, MathJax, Mermaid, flowchart.js, WaveDrom, PlantUML and Graphviz diagrams, syntax highlighting, image paste and image-host upload
  • Plain-text, PDF, and mind-map view windows
• Responsiveness: note saving now runs off the UI thread, so large files, network drives, or antivirus scans no longer freeze the editor; saves and Git operations on the same notebook are serialized for safety
• Tags & search: hierarchical tag tree with per-note tagging; search by File Name / Content / Tag across Buffers / Folder / Notebook / All Notebooks, with case-sensitivity, regex and file-pattern options
• Docks: Notebook explorer, Outline, Tag, Search, Snippet, History, Quick Access / Location List, and Console panels
• Themes: 10 built-in themes spanning light and dark (Everforest, Moonlight, Pure, Native, Solarized Light/Dark, VSCode Dark, Vue Light/Dark, VX-Idea) with one-click switching
• Platforms: Windows, Linux, and macOS (universal Intel + Apple Silicon); built with Qt 6, with a Qt 5.15.2 build still provided for Windows 7 compatibility

v3.20.0

• MindMap: add outline and linking support
• Refine themes
• Support searching tags
• Enhanced QuickAccess with unique id
• NoteExplorer: support customizing node's color/background/outline
• MarkdownEditor: support copying local GIF
• Fix attachment and tag popup
• InputMode: add VSCode input mode and keep the default Normal input mode simple

v3.19.2

• Codesign MacOS Bundle
• Fix toolbar expansion button style
• Support hot-reloading of theme via --watch-themes option

v3.19.1

• Fix toolbar button in Qt 6.8

v3.19.0

• Add VSCode-sytle editor shortcuts

v3.18.1

• Fix crash caused by Qt6 change
• Fix XSS protection exemption
• Check link before open

v3.18.0

• Upgrade to Qt6
• Support MacOS universal build
• Upgrade Mermaid, Flowchart.js, and markdown-it
• Markdown-it
  • Fix XSS protection and turn it on by default
  • Support mark by ==xx==

v3.17.0

• Quick note: create note in given scheme (@feloxx)
• MarkdownEditor: support inserting multiple images (@feloxx)
• Mermaid: upgrade and fix preview issue (@ygcaicn)
• Flowchart.js: upgrade

v3.16.0

• Support reading PDF format
• Support Ming Map editor in suffix *.emind
• Support "View By" for notebooks selector
• ViewWindow: add shortcut Ctrl+G,V to alternate among view modes
• Bug fixes

v3.15.1

• Add two themes
• Bug fixes

v3.15.0

• Editor supports Word Count
• Add Open Windows panel
• Theme: add Vue-light theme
• Support default open mode
• NotebookSelector: support dynamic icons for notebooks

v3.14.0

• Theme: support custom icons
• Theme: refine icons
• NavigationMode: fix issue for input method

v3.13.1

• Shortcuts for Copy/Paste/Properties in node explorer
• Global shortcut to call out main window
• UnitedEntry: bug fix for macOS

v3.13.0

• United Entry: migration of Universal Entry

v3.12.888

• Fix shortcuts in key sequence with input method (like Ctrl+G, E)
• Add line ending settings for config files
• FindAndReplace: fix zero-length search
• QuickAccess: support folders
• Upgrade to Qt 5.15.2
• Support file associations
• NewNoteDialog: remember default file type

v3.12.0

• NotebookExplorer: support separate node explorer
• Theme: add user-provided VSCode-Dark theme
• MarkdownEditor: use web to highlight code blocks
• MarkdownViewWindow
  • Add switch for code block line number
  • Fix ParseToMarkdown <style> issue
  • Add config for overridding MathJax script
• SortDialog: fix sorting issue of date
• FramelessMainWindow: fix StayOnTop issue

v3.11.0

• Task: support a simple task system (@tootal)
• Theme: add user-provided Solarized-Dark and Solarized-Light themes
• Export: fix wkhtmltopdf table-of-contents translation
• Support equation begin in MathJax
• MainWindow: decide DPI on the screen vnote starts
• Settings: support searching
• Fix crash caused by Youdao Dict

v3.10.1

• MarkdownEditor: fix view mode issue
• Support print
• Refine icons

v3.10.0

• MarkdownEditor
  • Support side-by-side edit with preview
  • Support config for highlighting whitespace
• Tag: fix input method issue on macOS

v3.9.0

• Remove recycle bin node (now recycle bin is just a simple folder)
• Quick Access: support removing items directly
• MarkdownEditor
  • Support centering images in read mode
  • Add user.css for user styles in read mode
  • Add debugger by F12
  • Support context-sensitive context menu for images and links

v3.8.0

• Support tags
• Introduce notebook database using SQLITE
• A perfect frameless main window on Windows
• Add switch to control whether store history in notebook
• Refine dock widgets of main window
• NotebookExplorer: support scan notebook and import external files

v3.7.0

• PlantUml/Graphviz: support relative path executable
• macOS: support opening file with VNote in Finder
• Sort notes by name case-insensitively
• Export
  • Support All-in-One in PDF format
  • Support Custom export format (like Pandoc)
  • Allow minimizing the export dialog and doing export at background
• MainWindow: use icon-only bar for docks
• Support update check
• Add shortcuts for CloseOtherTabs and CloseTabsToTheRight
• Search: highlight matched items in opened files
• Editor: support specifying line ending

v3.6.0

• Support Image Host: GitHub and Gitee
• Add config page for Vi

v3.5.1

• LocationList: fix recently introduced regression when highlighting segments of text

v3.5.0

• Support History
• ViewArea
  • Ctrl+G, H/J/K/L to navigate through ViewSplits
  • Ctrl+G, Shift+H/J/K/L to move ViewWindow across ViewSplits
• MarkdownEditor
  • Add configs for in-place preview sources
  • Add a tool button to disable in-place preview
• Vi: support align and indent commands = and >
• LocationList: highlight matched text segments
• SelectDialog: support shortcuts (such as Rich Paste)

v3.4.0

• Support Snippet
  • Ctrl+G S to insert a snippet
  • %snippet_name% to insert a snippet (the legacy Magic Word)
    • Snippet is supported in some dialogs (such as creating a new note)
• Support note template (snippet is supported)
• Remove ' and " from auot-brackets

v3.3.0

• Editor: support auto indent, auto list
• Support opening notes with external programs
• Add a delay after code/math blocks update before preview

v3.2.0

• Support local PlantUml and Graphviz rendering
• Add shortcuts to tab navigation in ViewSplit
• Editor: support auto bracket and overridding font family

v3.1.0

• Support Japanese translation (Thanks @miurahr)
• MarkdownEditor: guess image suffix when fetching to local
• Refine read mode styles (Thanks @heartnn)
• Support recovering edit session on start
• Support recovering notebook explorer session on start
• Support Flash Page
• Support Quick Access
• Allow to keep docks (like Outline) when expanding content area

v3.0.1

• Support spell check via Hunspell
• Ctrl+Alt+F to trigger full-text search
• Auto focus to the input widget when activating full-text search
• Fix Expand Content Area with panels

v3.0.0-beta.11

• Full-text search

v3.0.0-beta.10

• Show more tips
• Add exclude patterns for external nodes
• Add command line parser and support opening files from command line
• Update Mermaid.js to 8.9.1
• Support exporting current note
• Add ExpandAll to node explorer

v3.0.0-beta.9

• Fix crash when exporting external files
• Support manual sorting folders and notes
• Support showing external files in notebook

v3.0.0-beta.8

• Note explorer supports different view orders
• Fix Ctrl+V paste in editor
• Fix Linux HTTPS crash bug
• Add button to show/hide recycle bin node
• Other small fixes

v3.0.0-beta.7

• Support export to Markdown/HTML/PDF
• Support base level 1/2/3 for section number in read mode
• Support opening link to folder in read mode

v3.0.0-beta.6

• Add theme pure for light mode
• Small fixes

v3.0.0-beta.5

• Refine themes
• Add section number style "1.1" and "1.1.", and use the later as default
• Support indentation of first line of paragraph in read mode
• Add file type combo box in NewNoteDialog
• Add "Insert Mark" in tool bar
• Support Smart Table
• Support *.rmd as Markdown suffix
• Turn on system title bar by default
• Enable AutoBreak by default

v3.0.0-beta.4

• Add theme moonlight for dark mode
• Add shortcuts for split and workspace
• Bug fix
• More configs in Settings dialog for Markdown viewer
• Support section number in edit mode (without the dot suffix)
• Support link jump in Markdown viewer
• Use socket for single instance guard

v3.0.0-beta.3

• Support [TOC]
• Fix MathJax
• Add shortcut for StayOnTop
• Add Markdown guide and shortcuts guide
• Show hovered link in read mode
• Smart Input Method in Vi mode
• Bug fix in Markdown editor when finding current heading index
• Add custom Info.plist on macOS
• Support minimizing to system tray
• Support restart
• Add read and edit in Markdown ViewWindow
• Add Chinese translations

v3.0.0-beta.2

• Fix Import Legacy Notebook
• Refine toolbar
• Fix Outline viewer