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Thanks a lot +for those and for jump-starting further work on the project! + +Read on to take a look at noteworthy changes and all the new features, or head +on over to the [project page](weltschmerz) to get 1.4.0 right away. + +## Controlling cursor blinking + +The first feature nortti +[proposed and implemented](https://git.oriole.systems/weltschmerz/commit/?id=0774a46257bdc6daa1c6a1c3485d75bd07ef849c) +is the new **`cursor_blink`** setting. Modifying cursor blink behaviour was not +possible before; weltschmerz simply relied on GTK's default setting of `SYSTEM`. +This falls back to whatever is set for +[`gtk-cursor-blink`](https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkSettings.html#GtkSettings--gtk-cursor-blink) +which in almost all cases[^1] will be `TRUE`. + +Now users may enable or disable cursor blinking within weltschmerz. The default +value for `cursor_blink` is `SYSTEM` which means that there is nothing to do if +the current behaviour already works for you. + +## Open terminal + +<figure> + <img src="img/weltschmerz-open-terminal.png" alt="The 'Open + terminal' feature in weltschmerz 1.4.0"/> + <figcaption>The 'Open terminal' feature in weltschmerz 1.4.0</figcaption> +</figure> + +The +[second contribution](https://git.oriole.systems/weltschmerz/commit/?id=b70083a5f4404e2422ff0a0aadd023a661164fae) +they made is the incredibly handy **Open terminal** feature. Similar to +[**Open directory**](new-features-in-weltschmerz#Open%20directory), +this feature leverages `OSC 7` support[^2] to open a new instance of weltschmerz in +the current directory. This is bound to `Ctrl+Shift+T` for quick and easy access. + +## URL copying + +Up until now, weltschmerz only populated the `CLIPBOARD` selection when copying +URLs to the clipboard via the **Copy URL** context menu entry. Since all other +copy operations set the `PRIMARY` selection as well, +[1.4.0 changes this](https://git.oriole.systems/weltschmerz/commit/?id=b497a49d8bd2a345dd30a9f55dc4976560df157f). +Now, **Copy URL** populates both `CLIPBOARD` and `PRIMARY`, making weltschmerz +behave like other GTK and QT apps[^3]. + +## A handful of bugfixes + +weltschmerz now has a minimum size of 28 × 3 cells, reports its window geometry +correctly at all times, and always draws the scrollbar if the user or +distribution turns overlay scrolling off. The latter may seem inconsequential, +but the journey to the fix was a very long and arduous one. + +I've written about these changes extensively in the relevant commit messages +[here](https://git.oriole.systems/weltschmerz/commit/?id=ff708b2251ffdc209f23a2275c721532dff2fddb), +[here](https://git.oriole.systems/weltschmerz/commit/?id=89f8571cbcf48b7810c7027faf26ee5cf4b968b1), +and +[here](https://git.oriole.systems/weltschmerz/commit/?id=ff27c3da1266df519aa15d95cfc32ad9d0d7b5e5). +Definitely check those out if you are a fan of weird issues and possibly even +weirder workarounds. + +## Internationalization + +Finally, I'm glad to announce that weltschmerz is now translatable! The 1.4.0 +release comes with a German and a Finnish translation of the program, excluding +the manual (a bigger effort, and I did not want to drag 1.4.0 out even further). + +This introduces [gettext](https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext) as new +dependency. In almost all cases it should already be installed since it is the +de-facto standard for translations in GNOME and GNU-adjacent projects. + +If your language is missing and you want to contribute, have a look at the +[`TRANSLATE`](https://git.oriole.systems/weltschmerz/tree/TRANSLATE#n1) file in the +project repository. + +## Closing & Thanks + +That's it for this release. Thanks a lot again to nortti for all their +contributions and for providing valuable feedback throughout the entire 1.4.0 +development process! + +See [`NEWS`](https://git.oriole.systems/weltschmerz/tree/NEWS) for the full set +of changes, and +[`1.3.0..1.4.0`](https://git.oriole.systems/weltschmerz/log/?qt=range&q=1.3.0..1.4.0) +for all relevant commits. + +[^1]: I'd love to hear from you if your distribution disables blinking cursors + by default. +[^2]: This particular escape is + [not yet fully specified](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/terminal-wg/specifications/-/issues/20). +[^3]: See + [here](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/clipboards-spec/clipboards-latest.txt) + for freedesktop's consensus on how clipboards should work in X11. |
