caption: 5.2.6 created: 20230320184352916 modified: 20230320184352916 tags: ReleaseNotes title: Release 5.2.6 type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki //[[See GitHub for detailed change history of this release|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/compare/v5.2.5...master]]// <<.banner-credits credit:"""Congratulations to [[StS|https://talk.tiddlywiki.org/u/StS]] for their winning design for the banner for this release (here is the [[competition thread|https://talk.tiddlywiki.org/t/new-release-banner-competition-for-tiddlywiki-v5-2-6/6403/3]] and the [[voting thread|https://talk.tiddlywiki.org/t/vote-for-the-tiddlywiki-banner-v5-2-6/6469]]). """ url:"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/3a2831870b4418b8b01d155b057db5b7485562c1/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/images/New%20Release%20Banner.png" >> ! Major Improvements !! Improved Markdown Plugin * <<.link-badge-updated "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6528">> the [[Markdown Plugin]] to use the newer and better maintained [[markdown-it|https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it]] library. The previous Markdown plugin remains available as "markdown-legacy" !! Better Handling of Loss of Network Connectivity with Client Server Configuration * <<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7169">> integration between the [[BrowserStorage Plugin]] and the client-server configuration to allow changes to be made while offline and then later resynchronised with the server !! New Diff-Match-Patch Primitives * <<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7290">> three new operators exposing previously hidden features of the [[Diff-Match-Patch|https://neil.fraser.name/software/diff_match_patch]] library that is integrated with TiddlyWiki: ** new [[levenshtein Operator]] to calculate the similarity of two strings as the number of characters that need to be inserted, deleted or modified in order to turn one into the other ** new [[makepatches Operator]] and [[applypatches Operator]] that can be used to make and apply patches that represent the difference between two different texts. See the [[examples|makepatches and applypatches Operator (Examples)]] ! Translation Improvements Improvements to the following translations: * Chinese * German * Italian * Polish ! Plugin Improvements * <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7176">> [[Innerwiki Plugin]] to allow the `<$data>` widget to override existing tiddler fields * <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7207">>, <<.link-badge-here "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/c39ef398bffae12c0ed7324d9b6d9d29f0f2f9ff">> and <<.link-badge-here "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/8f7441f296351a4dd0852c3c782f8874d398e052">> problem preventing [[Share Plugin]] from working properly * <<.link-badge-updated "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/524cee1489f260375cac8cfe878fdc5942a4596e">> [[XLSX Plugin|XLSX Utilities Edition]] to handle importing numeric fields * <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/81f514116657d0d567be7a4c45762a85beaa8bc0">> Dynannotate plugin crash when using the fake DOM used for static rendering * <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7281">> bug where pasting text into the CodeMirror editor also opened an `$:/Import` tiddler * <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7334">> documentation for the [[Railroad Plugin]] ! Accessibility Improvements * <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7232">> appearance of save wiki button so that it is accessible to users without colour vision ! Usability Improvements * <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7217">> consistency of tiddler deletion by allowing missing tiddlers to be 'deleted', which just results in them being closed * <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/34643a42790777f1b235f57b5093bb29bd0b3a14">> layout switcher to include an optional icon for each layout * <<.link-badge-removed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/c0615e20ecf7d5d5e66d8a2acd28b80e8d59688d">> [[improvements to table layout|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7010]] from v5.2.5 that have proved to not be backwards compatible * <<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7323">> support for `$` HTML entity ! Widget Improvements * <<.link-badge-extended "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7222">> EditTextWidget to support `focusSelectFromStart` and `focusSelectFromEnd` attributes to give better control over text selection ! Filter improvements * <<.link-badge-extended "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7121">> [[encodeuricomponent Operator]] to encode characters such as `*` that are illegal in Windows filenames * <<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/89fd8871b6217634c9896b9402069757ca5ea189">> [[encodebase64 Operator]] and [[decodebase64 Operator]] ! Hackability Improvements * <<.link-badge-extended "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7185">> the [[pragma|Pragma]] syntax to allow them to be indented with whitespace * <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7118">> readability of [[tag-picker Macro]] and [[keyboard-driven-input Macro]] * <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7129">> reliability of [[list-links-draggable Macro]] and [[list-tagged-draggable Macro]] by using the new GenesisWidget instead of textual substitution * <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7210">> [[external JavaScript core support|Using the external JavaScript template]] to make it possible to save an external JS wiki as a standard single file wiki * <<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7007">> a warning message in the browser console when the Zoomin storyview fails due to the tiddler view template lacking a single containing element ! Bug Fixes * <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6622">> bug with the DropzoneWidget that prevented all the available formats being pasted * <<.link-badge-updated "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7102">> PDF rendering to use an `