0.4.0

[0.4.0] - 2025-09-07

Added

• Input validation with modular enhancements (commit 5444b95).
• Auto-add history and color mode support (commit 58b7ec3).
• Advanced highlighting and cursor visibility support (commit f9f42a2).

Breaking changes

• AbstractLineEditor fluent API was renamed to make intent explicit:
  • withCompleter(...) -> installCompleter(...)
  • withHighlighter(...) -> installHighlighter(...)

Changed

• Migrated Dokka plugin to V2 to improve documentation generation (commits fc36ace, 20035bd, 2b0a685).
• Refactored examples and enhanced documentation (commit 005d1b9).

Documentation

• Regenerated and published documentation for 0.4.0 (commit 9a7bff7).

Notes

• The project remains in an early stage; breaking changes may occur. Review README and API surfaces before upgrading.

Full Changelog: 0.3.0...0.4.0

0.3.0

Release Notes - Changes Summary

Version 0.3.0 (2025-08-25)

Overview

• This release focuses on modularizing the line editor, adding customizable highlighting and completion, improving tests and documentation, and small CI/build updates.

Highlights

• Introduced a customizable line editor with pluggable completion and highlighting.
• Expanded AbstractLineEditor and related bindings for modular completion/highlighting.
• Added configurable prompt, inline hints, and candidate highlighting support.
• Improved/expanded native test suite and filesystem-based completion tests.
• Documentation updates for 0.3.0.

Changes since 0.2.0

Features & Enhancements

• Introduce CustomLineEditor with completion and highlighting support.
• Add support for customizable prompt, hint, and candidate highlighting.
• Update AbstractLineEditor and bindings for modular completion and highlighting.

Refactoring

• Refactor AbstractLineEditor and streamline editor implementations.
• Refactor CustomLineEditor for improved modularity; introduce tools for completion and highlighting.

Tests

• Implement/expand test suite for native targets.
• Refactor SimpleFileCompleterTest to use kotlinx-io for file and directory operations.

Documentation

• Added documentation for version 0.3.0.

Build/CI

• Bump actions/setup-java from 4 to 5 (via Dependabot).

Merges

• Merge PR #2 from dependabot/github_actions/actions/setup-java-5.
• Merge branch 'feature/custom-editor'.

Contributors

• Yorgos Smyrnaios (@smyrgeorge)
• dependabot[bot]

Notes

• The project is still in early development; minor breaking changes may occur as APIs evolve.

Full Changelog: 0.2.0...0.3.0

0.2.0

Release Notes - Changes Summary

🏗️ Architecture Refactoring (Commit: 80d39bd)

• Introduced modular LineEditor architecture with abstract base class AbstractLineEditor

• Added two specialized editor implementations:

  • • Basic line editing functionality SimpleLineEditor
  • • Enhanced editor with file path completion and hints FileCompleterLineEditor

• Breaking Change: The original LineEditor class has been removed and replaced with the new implementations

• Updated examples to use the new instead of the deprecated LineEditor FileCompleterLineEditor

✨ Enhanced User Experience (Commit: f154337)

• Introduced customizable hint highlighting in Rust bindings
• Added visual hint styling with dimmed gray coloring (\x1b[90m{}\x1b[0m) for better readability
• Improved configuration validation with proper error handling and panic messages for invalid config values
• Enhanced file completion capabilities with dedicated FilenameCompleter and HistoryHinter integration

🔧 Technical Improvements

• Added memory management functions (, ) for proper resource cleanup free_editor``free_file_completer_editor
• Expanded native C API with new functions for file completer editor operations
• Added clearHistory() method to both editor implementations
• Improved error handling with better validation for configuration parameters
• Added rustyline-derive dependency for cleaner derive macro implementation

📝 API Changes

• New Classes:
  • • Base class for all editor implementations AbstractLineEditor
  • • Replaces the old LineEditor class SimpleLineEditor
  • • New editor with file completion features FileCompleterLineEditor

Full Changelog: 0.1.0...0.2.0

0.1.0

Full Changelog: https://github.com/smyrgeorge/readline4k/commits/0.1.0