Version 3
November 12, 2020
New computers! New operating systems! It's an exciting time to be a Mac user, and, after a bit of work, we're proud to support these great new things in Nova, on day one. Hooray, native apps!
Big Sur
Nova is now ready for the latest version of macOS, Big Sur, with lots of fixes, refreshed icons, and an overall super smooth experience.
Apple M1 Chip
Nova also now runs natively on Apple silicon chips, like the new Apple M1, giving you maximum editing performance on the next generation of Macs.
Customizable Dock Icon
Choose how you want Nova's dock icon to look in the Theme preferences. Nova's dock icon can even automatically switch from light to dark when macOS switches, even when Nova isn't running.
New
- Double-clicking brackets now selects the entire range of text within those brackets
- Typing or moving the cursor over a singular bracket now flashes its matching counterpart
- Editor: Find wildcard token color are now represented in the editor using an underline with the same color as the wildcard
- Selecting ‘Create New Extension’ from the Extensions menu now automatically enables development tools
New for Extensions
- Added support for a
TaskCommandActionclass that invokes an extension command - Completion Assistant: Added support for a
triggerCharactersproperty
Improved
- Nova will now display running extensions in the ‘An Extension Service Crashed’ dialog
Fixed
- Clicking on a terminal pane when Nova is in the background now brings focus to that pane
- Fixed an issue installing the
novaCLI tool when /usr/local/bin did not already exist - Resolved an issue where Code Foliding could affect rainbow brackets from matching
- Fixed a potential problem with reading .pem keys stored in keychain
- Fixing an issue where editor text layout could be incorrect if the wrapped indentation exceeded the container width
- Terminal: Copying text no longer inserts line breaks where line-wrapping was present
- Terminal: File paths that end in
:can now be opened via command-click - Terminal: After opening a file via command-click subsequent clicks will not re-open the file
- Extensions: Resolved a potential crash in language server code actions
- Extensions: Fixed an issue where
JSTreeItem.tooltipwould not be used