CHANGELOG ========= 2.1.1 (2026-07-19) ------------------ - IMPROVEMENT [othr]: replace outdated README images with the usual shields.io badges, incl. project stars - BUGFIX [code]: escape Blessed tag meta-characters in terminal titles to no longer crash on commands containing curly braces (issue #26) - BUGFIX [code]: let a local -e/--error option override the global one instead of being OR-combined with its always-active default pattern (issue #28) - CLEANUP [othr]: use the copyright character in the README license section 2.1.0 (2026-07-19) ------------------ - FEATURE [code]: add "CTRL+a e" for toggling the expand mode of the focused terminal - FEATURE [code, infr]: add Unix manual page stmux(1), linted and rendered via markdownlint and remark - FEATURE [code, docs]: add option -U/--full-unicode for optionally enabling full Unicode rendering - IMPROVEMENT [code]: render terminal titles in inverse video with angle caps and focus indicator - IMPROVEMENT [code]: switch the regular highlighting color of titles and borders from green to blue - IMPROVEMENT [othr]: align the README usage documentation with the current command-line interface - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade NPM dependencies - CLEANUP [infr]: vertically align fields in package.json 2.0.0 (2026-07-19) ------------------ - FEATURE [code]: support fractional sizes in terminal size specifications - IMPROVEMENT [code]: catch errors on JSON, RegExp, file reading and parsing - IMPROVEMENT [code]: improve error handling and destroy screen on fatal errors - IMPROVEMENT [code]: be more robust in terminal termination handling - IMPROVEMENT [code]: make auto-restart handling of terminated commands more robust - IMPROVEMENT [code]: validate the activator key and use strict option value choices - IMPROVEMENT [code]: improve typing of border sides, options and sizes, avoid "any" - IMPROVEMENT [code]: ensure that the mixins are actually applied - IMPROVEMENT [code]: add radix to parseInt calls to be strict - IMPROVEMENT [code]: improve performance in error highlighting, parsing and options - IMPROVEMENT [code]: perform a small wait before repeating a terminated command - IMPROVEMENT [code]: do not hard-code the length of the help text - BUGFIX [code]: divide only the remaining size among implicitly sized terminals - BUGFIX [code]: adjust only the focus border on error state changes - BUGFIX [code]: avoid infinite spin when shrinking terminals to fit - BUGFIX [code]: reject invalid terminal size specifications - BUGFIX [code]: match boolean options only on word boundaries when parsing - BUGFIX [code]: ensure the terminal size is not checked too early - BUGFIX [code]: detect invalid split directions in the AST - BUGFIX [code]: do not allow an empty command in the specification - BUGFIX [code]: do not convert an already converted delay value - BUGFIX [code]: treat the terminal wait delay as seconds, not milliseconds - BUGFIX [code]: use correct fallback operator for terminal title - BUGFIX [code]: perform program termination only once and fix its book keeping - BUGFIX [code]: fix off-by-one error in the border calculation - BUGFIX [code]: honor signals from winpty and detect winpty failures - BUGFIX [code]: treat only pre-10 Windows versions as legacy consoles - BUGFIX [code]: correctly read UTF-8 encoded input from stdin - BUGFIX [code]: write version information to stdout instead of stderr - BUGFIX [code]: keep the help window visible after unzooming a terminal - BUGFIX [code]: reset scroll state when switching terminals with focus keys - BUGFIX [code]: unescape single quotes within double-quoted strings - BUGFIX [code]: correctly quote arguments when converting them to a specification - BUGFIX [code]: fix the usage string of the command-line interface - BUGFIX [code]: avoid negative values and division by zero in size calculations - BUGFIX [code]: do not swallow the next exit event when manually restarting an already exited command - BUGFIX [code]: do not get stuck in scrolling mode when wheel-scrolling an empty scrollback - BUGFIX [code]: correctly clear and swap the error notification states of terminals - BUGFIX [othr]: fix spelling and grammar issues in the README document - UPDATE [infr]: use ES2024 as the TypeScript target and library - UPDATE [code]: use HTTPS URLs in the help text - CLEANUP [code]: simplify code, remove redundancies and dead code in all modules - CLEANUP [code]: use RegExp test instead of String match when not capturing - CLEANUP [code]: use setFront instead of magic setIndex values for the help window - CLEANUP [code]: move terminal initialization into a dedicated function - CLEANUP [code]: factor out the Windows 10 check - CLEANUP [code]: generate version output with template literals - CLEANUP [code]: improve naming, comments and identifier camel-casing - CLEANUP [code, othr]: fix spelling and update year in copyright messages - REFACTOR [code, docs, infr, othr]: migrate from Grunt to @rse/stx - REFACTOR [code, docs, infr, othr]: migrate from JavaScript to TypeScript 1.8.11 (2025-05-18) ------------------- - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.8.10 (2024-09-15) ------------------- - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies - CLEANUP [infr]: align fields in package.json 1.8.9 (2024-06-07) ------------------ - BUGFIX [infr]: make NPM happy again 1.8.8 (2024-06-07) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies - CLEANUP [code, othr]: update year in all copyright messages 1.8.7 (2023-04-25) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.8.6 (2023-04-25) ------------------ - IMPROVEMENT [code]: terminate the program more cleanly - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies - CLEANUP [code, othr]: update year in all copyright messages - CLEANUP [code]: fix code style 1.8.5 (2022-12-22) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.8.4 (2022-05-25) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies - CLEANUP [infr]: reduce the ESLint configuration and make ESLint happy again - CLEANUP [othr]: remove manual node-gyp installation hint from the README document 1.8.3 (2021-11-06) ------------------ - IMPROVEMENT [code]: try to gracefully kill child processes on CTRL+a k - IMPROVEMENT [othr]: be more explicit that the activator key is a prefix - BUGFIX [code]: fix encoding on reading the specification from stdin - BUGFIX [code]: ensure the zoomed terminal is always in front of the others - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies - CLEANUP [code]: fix copyright message 1.8.2 (2021-11-04) ------------------ - BUGFIX [othr]: add missing commas in the README document - BUGFIX [infr]: fix Gruntfile - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.8.1 (2021-01-09) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies - CLEANUP [code, othr]: update year in all copyright messages 1.8.0 (2019-12-22) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies - CLEANUP [code]: make ESLint happy again 1.7.1 (2019-06-16) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.7.0 (2019-06-15) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies - CLEANUP [code, othr]: update year in all copyright messages 1.6.1 (2018-12-23) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.6.0 (2018-12-22) ------------------ - IMPROVEMENT [othr]: add WSL instructions and reword the install section of the README document - BUGFIX [code]: fix internal view of the current focused terminal - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies and move to the newer Babel toolchain - CLEANUP [othr]: cleanup documentation 1.5.5 (2018-06-24) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.5.4 (2018-05-11) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.5.3 (2018-05-11) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.5.2 (2018-05-11) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.5.1 (2018-05-05) ------------------ - CLEANUP [code, othr]: update year in all copyright messages 1.5.0 (2018-05-05) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: change the build requirements 1.4.20 (2018-05-05) ------------------- - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.4.19 (2017-12-03) ------------------- - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.4.18 (2017-07-27) ------------------- - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.4.17 (2017-07-12) ------------------- - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.4.16 (2017-07-12) ------------------- - BUGFIX [infr]: make NPM 5 happy again 1.4.15 (2017-07-12) ------------------- - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.4.14 (2017-07-08) ------------------- - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.4.13 (2017-06-24) ------------------- - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.4.12 (2017-06-15) ------------------- - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies - CLEANUP [code]: make the linter happy again 1.4.11 (2017-06-04) ------------------- - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.4.10 (2017-05-25) ------------------- - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.4.9 (2017-05-21) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.4.8 (2017-05-07) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.4.7 (2017-05-07) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.4.6 (2017-05-01) ------------------ - IMPROVEMENT [infr]: switch to a dedicated build task 1.4.5 (2017-05-01) ------------------ - BUGFIX [infr]: circumvent the NPM 4/5 prepublish script problem 1.4.4 (2017-04-30) ------------------ - BUGFIX [othr]: fix URLs in the README document 1.4.3 (2017-04-30) ------------------ - IMPROVEMENT [code]: force cursor hiding - BUGFIX [code]: fix manual screen redrawing functionality - BUGFIX [othr]: document that the -s usage needs "--" to not break 1.4.2 (2017-04-29) ------------------ - CLEANUP [code]: add numbers to source files for better sorting 1.4.1 (2017-04-29) ------------------ - FEATURE [code]: provide optional mouse event handling - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies - CLEANUP [infr]: do not use mouse by default in the test case 1.4.0 (2017-04-22) ------------------ - IMPROVEMENT [code]: do not auto-close for manually restarted commands - CLEANUP [code]: consistently use the fatal() method - CLEANUP [code]: use "terminal" instead of "layout" as the name - CLEANUP [code]: do not duplicate the version information - CLEANUP [infr]: move eslint.yaml out of sight - REFACTOR [code]: major source code refactoring for better maintainability 1.3.2 (2017-04-21) ------------------ - CLEANUP [othr]: move screenshots into the etc directory 1.3.1 (2017-04-21) ------------------ - IMPROVEMENT [othr]: improve documentation and provide two new screenshots - CLEANUP [code]: cleanup source code 1.3.0 (2017-04-21) ------------------ - FEATURE [code]: add support for beep and system notification methods on errors 1.2.1 (2017-04-21) ------------------ - FEATURE [code]: allow switching to the previous terminal with BACKSPACE 1.2.0 (2017-04-21) ------------------ - FEATURE [code]: support regexp negation for error detection - FEATURE [code]: allow directional terminal switching with full cursor keys - BUGFIX [code]: fix regexp matching and switch line matching to single lines - CLEANUP [code]: wrap long lines 1.1.4 (2017-04-19) ------------------ - IMPROVEMENT [othr]: improve documentation 1.1.3 (2017-04-19) ------------------ - BUGFIX [code]: fix the --focus option 1.1.2 (2017-04-19) ------------------ - IMPROVEMENT [code]: wait a little bit on auto-termination to allow reading the screen output 1.1.1 (2017-04-19) ------------------ - IMPROVEMENT [code]: allow waiting only in case an error occurred - BUGFIX [code]: fix typo 1.1.0 (2017-04-19) ------------------ - FEATURE [code]: allow manual restarting of the shell command in the focused terminal 1.0.10 (2017-04-19) ------------------- - BUGFIX [code]: fix window resizing - BUGFIX [code]: force line cursor on ancient Windows versions 1.0.9 (2017-04-19) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.0.8 (2017-04-19) ------------------ - FEATURE [code]: support setting the cursor type - BUGFIX [code]: apply a hack to get stmux working under ancient Windows versions - BUGFIX [code]: add missing newlines in output - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.0.7 (2017-04-19) ------------------ - BUGFIX [code]: adjust the point in time of the terminal fixups in processing 1.0.6 (2017-04-19) ------------------ - BUGFIX [code]: move terminal fixups to the front of the processing 1.0.5 (2017-04-19) ------------------ - BUGFIX [code]: add workarounds for the ConEmu and MinTTY terminals under Windows - BUGFIX [code]: use switch /d also for cmd.exe as Node does internally - UPDATE [infr]: add dependency - CLEANUP [code]: make the linter happy 1.0.4 (2017-04-19) ------------------ - BUGFIX [code]: ignore the SHELL environment variable entirely 1.0.3 (2017-04-19) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.0.2 (2017-04-19) ------------------ - FEATURE [code]: try to support Windows 1.0.1 (2017-04-17) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 1.0.0 (2017-04-17) ------------------ - UPDATE [infr]: upgrade dependencies 0.9.x (2017-04-XX) ------------------ (see Git history)