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External Editor Revived Version History

12 versions

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Version 1.2.0 75.8 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 and later

#### Features

* **ext:** Add emacsclient as an editor option (#158) ([e32a4723](https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived/commit/e32a47232cd4e77ac77193443da49425134af487))

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Version 1.1.0 75.7 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 and later

#### Features

* Notification to prompt users to download hosts ([da42d616](https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived/commit/da42d61653ac87d478e0a8706c66b697ed7416cd))

#### Bug Fixes

* **ext:** Update default Neovide argument to --no-fork ([4805a1d1](https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived/commit/4805a1d1e0ada1a581583be6bdd0af9e6a974107))

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Version 1.0.0 75.5 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 and later

#### Bug Fixes

* **ext:** Remove redundant toPlainObject() call
* **host:**
* Don't use meta header if the value has commas or colons
* Don't add unescaped meta headers to custom headers
* Update help lines about optional values

#### Features

* Support X-ExtEditorR meta header
* Do not serialise empty custom headers array
* Configuration to always allow custom headers
* **ext:**
* Add GNOME Terminal to options
* Warning when "/path/to/temp.eml" is missing
* **host:**
* Delivery Status Notification alias X-ExtEditorR-DSN
* List priority / delivery format options in help lines
* Improve help header format
* Support custom headers
* Support return receipt
* Support delivery status notification
* Support delivery format
* Support priority
* Support attaching vCard

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Version 0.6.0 75.1 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 and later

#### Features

* Run a messaging host health check upon start ([4d5545a6](https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived/commit/4d5545a6237991b6f17b391dfb3c23f4ea57afc2))
* **ext:** Show a wiki banner in options if unhealthy ([1419957c](https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived/commit/1419957cc447363ba5a0111f75565044675e11d4))

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Version 0.5.0 74.7 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 and later

#### Features

* Reset compose state if error is recoverable ([34ac6cd4](https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived/commit/34ac6cd439f90428448e9a2bd7314caa5d8b4f4e))
* Allow customising temporary directory for EMLs ([a4106bff](https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived/commit/a4106bff3539e1001690cde573340757f12ff758))
* **ext:** Group options into essential/advanced sections ([faf5f5f4](https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived/commit/faf5f5f46161763faca045344468f82d4330774a))

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Version 0.4.3 74.3 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 and later

#### Features

* **host:** Hide manifest wiki link under macOS ([c25fe07d](https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived/commit/c25fe07d213cedc603fb9bb2836d1c08ee3846ca))

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Version 0.4.2 74.3 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 and later

#### Bug Fixes

* **host:** Fix crashes when EML has invalid UTF-8 ([c8a428d0](https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived/commit/c8a428d005b0e0c69c5302868d1e7858873c1692))

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Version 0.4.1 74.3 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 and later

#### Bug Fixes

* **host:** Support both LF & CRLF under Windows ([49be80be](https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived/commit/49be80bebb976c4e18c0458c6f465ae5085bacca))

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Version 0.4.0 74.3 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 and later

#### Features

* **ext:** Tooltip for compose window button
* **host:**
* CRLF in temporary EML files
* Add placeholders for absent headers
* Conciser help headers at the bottom
* Skip checking patch version

#### Bug Fixes

* **ext:** Use correct identity to reply
* **host:** Stop unnecessarily trimming email bodies

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Version 0.3.0 74.2 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 and later

#### Features

* Shift-click on buttons for Send-On-Exit
* Cancel send-on-exit in case of unknown headers
* **ext:**
* Notifications for sendMessage() errors
* Commands for reply from mail tab
* Create message commands without default shortcuts
* Disable compose action when waiting for editor
* Notifications for messaging host errors
* Ctrl-Shift-E to edit with Send-On-Exit
* Add main toolbar button (browserAction)
* Adjust wording of version bypass description
* **host:** Print target OS & arch in -v output

#### Bug Fixes

* **ext:** Small fix for header help message

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Version 0.2.0 73.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 and later

#### Bug Fixes

* **ext:**
* Template cleared after selecting Custom
* Not concatenating chunked HTML body
* Editor command should use Homebrew path in macOS

#### Features

* Add help message headers
* **ext:**
* Add Ctrl-E shortcut for compose action
* Use textarea for templates
* Prompt to sync with upstream template
* Kitty macos_quit_when_last_window_closed
* **host:**
* Make header names case-insensitive
* Rename Send-On-Save to Send-On-Exit
* Skip relatedMessageId if null
* Add -i, -l to macOS shell arguments
* Support -v/-h for version/help message

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Version 0.1.1 72.3 KiB Works with Thunderbird 91.0 and later

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