v0.8.4

Podlite Desktop 0.8.4

Patch release. =boundary crash fix, =Mermaid rendering restored, and security updates in the bundled runtime.

Fixed

• =boundary was crashing the live preview pane on any document that used it. Fixed for all three forms: bare, with inline text, and with a caption (#70)
• =Mermaid diagrams render again. The plugin was using a deprecated mermaid API that broke on mermaid 11

Security

Closes a batch of advisories in Electron, the auto-updater, and webpack. Full list will land here in a few days, once the App Store and Microsoft Store have rolled out.

Changed

• macOS DMG is properly notarized again. Apple deprecated the old notarization tool in November 2024; v0.8.0 to v0.8.3 missed the cutoff and shipped signed but not notarized

v0.8.3

Podlite Desktop 0.8.3

Patch release with four user-visible fixes plus an Apple Silicon performance fix.

Changed

• macOS now ships separate arm64 and x64 builds. Apple Silicon users get native performance instead of running through Rosetta 2 — startup, file open, and preview-mode switching are noticeably faster on M-series Macs. Download the matching architecture for your machine (-arm64 for Apple Silicon, the default for Intel).

Fixed

• =picture now renders in the live preview on the Mac App Store build. Image bytes are read in the main process and inlined as a base64 data URL, so the renderer doesn't depend on file:// access that the sandbox denies for sibling files (#58)
• Numbered lists from =config item1 :numbered — items now render as an ordered list (1. 2. 3.) instead of bullets (#61)
• =code blocks with :lang<…> are syntax-highlighted in the live preview, matching the editor pane. Inline formatting codes inside =code (when :allow<…> is set) layer on top — B<…> becomes bold, I<…> becomes italic, C<…> becomes inline code, with the highlighter's colors preserved underneath (#62)

Acknowledgements

Between #53, #55-58, #60, #61, and #62 — a real chunk of v0.8.x came from your reports, @schueani. Thank you.

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Other functionality is identical to v0.8.2.

v0.8.2

Podlite Desktop 0.8.2

Patch release: fixes an "Uncaught Exception" dialog that appeared on every File -> Open under sandboxed builds.

Fixed

• File -> Open no longer triggers a JavaScript-error dialog. The previous version's external-edit watcher threw EPERM: operation not permitted, watch '…' when the OS denied recursive directory access - typical for the Mac App Store sandbox and for documents stored in iCloud Drive. The watcher now logs the denial and continues without auto-reload for that document; everything else works as before. (#60)

Other functionality is identical to v0.8.1 and v0.8.0.

Thanks @schueani for the careful diagnosis and stack trace.

Full Changelog: v0.8.1...v0.8.2

v0.8.1

Podlite Desktop 0.8.1

Patch release: fixes a crash in the live preview while typing a =Mermaid block.

Fixed

• =Mermaid no longer crashes the live preview when the block content is empty — caught most often while typing a fresh =begin Mermaid block, before the body and =end Mermaid are in place

All other functionality is identical to v0.8.0.

Full Changelog: v0.8.0...v0.8.1

v0.8.0

Podlite Desktop 0.8.0

Live =include in the Preview

=include file:X resolves on the fly. Edit an included file in another window and the host document's preview refreshes via the file watcher. Glob patterns (file:**/*.podlite | defn) expand against the document's directory.

Image Paste and Drag-Drop

Paste a clipboard image or drop a file into the editor — it lands as =picture media/<name> next to the document. Drop a file that already lives in media/ and it's referenced in place without copying.

=config and :numbered Render Per Spec

=config head1 :numbered and :folded defaults now apply to every matching block, including :numbered heading prefixes (1., 2.1., 2.2.). Per-block :!numbered / :!folded overrides honoured. Includes the long-standing block preconfiguration gap reported in #53.

Full Changelog

New:

• inline image paste and drag-drop — clipboard images and dropped files save to media/ next to the document and insert =picture media/<name>
• =include file:X resolves in the preview at render time, with mtime-keyed cache and a recursive watcher that re-renders on external edits
• glob patterns in =include expand via depth-bounded directory walk
• automatic numbering for :numbered headings — rendered as N.M.K. prefix; :!numbered per-block override honoured

Fixed:

• double window on launch when opening a file from Finder or by drag-onto-icon (#57)
• File → Open no longer replaces the currently-open document — opens the new file in a fresh window; empty untitled windows still accept the opened file in place (#56)
• Cmd+S on an untitled document now opens the Save-As dialog instead of doing nothing (#55)
• =picture rendering in the preview pane — absolute and relative-to-document paths both display correctly (#58)
• external-edit reload after atomic writes (IDE autosave, sync tools) — watch the parent directory instead of the file
• attach IPC listeners once per mount instead of every render

Spec conformance (via @podlite/* libs rebuild):

• :folded on =head folds the whole section recursively, including headings inside =begin nested/=defn
• =config block preconfiguration is now applied at render time — previously parsed but ignored
• single-letter =alias identifiers accepted per spec
• =alias no longer leaks state into the next =begin/=end block's syntax highlighting
• =TITLE/=NAME/=SYNOPSIS/=Diagram and other semantic/custom blocks in abbreviated form recognised by the editor highlighter
• =row, =cell, =data-table, =boundary, =set, G<>, :masked recognised in the editor highlighter (spec v2.0)

Acknowledgements

Several of this release's fixes started as a careful bug report by @schueani in #53 — thanks for the diagnosis and follow-up.

Downloads

Platform	Asset
macOS (Intel + Apple Silicon)	Podlite-0.8.0.dmg
Windows	Podlite-Setup-0.8.0.exe
Linux	Podlite-0.8.0.AppImage / Snap

Full Changelog: v0.7.2...v0.8.0

v0.7.1

Podlite Desktop 0.7.1

• syntax highlighting for code blocks in preview (#42)
• snap: add Wayland support (#43)

Full Changelog: v0.7.0...v0.7.1

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v0.7.0

Podlite Desktop 0.7.0

Smart Lists

Press Enter to continue lists. Checkboxes and numbered markers carry over automatically.

Nesting Levels

Tab / Shift+Tab — change nesting level for plain lists, numbered lists and task lists.

Code Folding

Collapse =begin/=end blocks and =head sections to navigate large documents. Fold state is preserved between sessions.

Collapsible Blocks

:folded / :!folded — collapsible blocks in preview.

Full Changelog

New:

• code folding for =begin/=end blocks and =head sections
• list continuation on Enter with preserved type prefix
• Tab/Shift+Tab for item nesting level
• auto-reload file when changed on disk
• "Open Files in Preview" toggle
• per-file view mode persistence
• session state restore (cursor, scroll, folds)
• collapsible blocks with :folded attribute

Fixed:

• editor input latency (860ms to near-zero)
• search panel closing on Enter
• links not opening from preview (Electron 38)
• crash on directory path
• cursor visibility on new window
• fold markers in verbatim blocks
• code highlighting in preview (#42)

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v0.6.1

Podlite is a lightweight block-based markup language designed for flexibility and ease of use.

✨ CHANGELOG

• editor refactored and rebuilt using updated libraries
• added syntax highlighting for Podlite markup language
• refactored key bindings
• refactored window open/save/new workflow
• fixed duplicate file opening issues
• added =markdown standard block support
• added text search (Cmd-F)
• added new blocks: =Mermaid, =picture
• added ability to open URLs from editor using L<> links (Cmd/Win or Ctrl modifier)
• added file: schema support in L<> links - opens files in new editor window
• half-screen preview toggle — Ctrl + . / Cmd + .
• full-screen preview toggle — Ctrl + \ / Cmd + \
• added inline text style support (bold B<>, italic I<>, code C<>, links L<>, strikethrough O<>) within paragraphs and table cells
• fixed redraw issue when resizing the application window
• improved code block visibility in CSS
• fixed build configuration to support macOS 26 (Thaoe)

Read the full announcement: Podlite Desktop Editor 0.6.1 Release

The desktop version of Podlite editor is freely available in stores:

Windows

Linux

Mac App

Source code repository: Source code.

What's Changed

• [200402] Add text search by @zag in #39
• improve Podlite Editor by @zag in #41

New Contributors

• @zag made their first contribution in #39

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0.4.0

• =Markdown - write GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM).
• enhance code snippets, add markdown suggestions
• fix =Image .mov, .mp4 files
• support =useReact, =React blocks
• fix styles

0.3.0

• =Toc - table of contents block.
• add :caption support for =Images and =Diagrams
• =Image block now supports :link and formatting codes in caption.

🛒 Podlite now available in all stores.