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espanso v2.3.0

✨ New Features

• Timezone Selection in {date} Extension

  • You can now generate dates and times in any timezone using the new tz parameter. For example:

      - trigger: ":today"
        replace: "{{mytime}}"
        vars:
          - name: mytime
            type: date
            params:
              format: "%H:%M"
              locale: en-AG
              tz: America/Los_Angeles
    

  • Choose from the database of IANA timezones such as "UTC", "Europe/Paris", "Asia/Tokyo", etc.

• Configurable Regex Buffer Size

  • Advanced users can now adjust the maximum number of characters stored for regex-based triggers. The default (previously not editable) is 50. We recommend to set a reasonable low number.
  • Add max_regex_buffer_size: <number> to your default.yml

• Empty Triggers are Safely Ignored

  • will automatically filter out empty triggers in YAML match files and log a warning, preventing accidental errors and confusion.

• Support for Both .yml and .yaml Config Files

  • now recognizes configuration files with either extension. For compatibility purposes, .yml is still the preferred value if the user has a file with both extensions.
  • We would like to switch to prefer yaml in the future

🛠️ Improvements

• Markdown Rendering Overhaul

  • switched to the pulldown-cmark engine for markdown conversion, providing faster, more reliable rendering of your markdown snippets.

• Better Search Results Display

  • Search popups now correctly escape HTML characters in labels and triggers, preventing visual glitches and accidental HTML interpretation.

• More Flexible Config Includes

  • The configuration engine can now aggregate both .yml and .yaml match files, reducing troubleshooting and making structure more flexible.

• Enhanced CLI Help and Error Handling

  • Improved command-line help: if no subcommand is given, espanso now gracefully prints help instructions.
  • Version and help flags work more consistently across platforms.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Search results now handle HTML special characters correctly.
• Enter key (including numpad) works as expected in search.
• Date extension now gracefully handles invalid formats and unsupported timezones.
• Improved error messages for missing default configuration.

🔄 Dependencies & CI

• Added timezone and markdown libraries.
• Removed deprecated dependencies and scripts.
• CI workflow improvements.

Detailed commits:

What's Changed

• :fire: remove homebrew-espanso tap by @AucaCoyan in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2487
• Update flake by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2489
• :sparkles: add rust-toolchain step by @AucaCoyan in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2490
• :bug: fix ci yaml by @AucaCoyan in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2492
• :bug: fix ci again by @AucaCoyan in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2495
• Update flake by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2503
• Fix subcommand help displaying main help instead of specific help (#2483) by @gcailly in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2500
• Fix json label replace (#1702) by @gcailly in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2501
• Fix empty triggers causing expansion on every word separator (#1616) by @gcailly in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2508
• Fix numpad Enter not confirming choices in search menu (#1618) by @gcailly in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2507
• Restore launching from app bundle on macos by @n8henrie in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2505
• Fix utf8 bom parsing (#2510) by @gcailly in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2512
• Fix "kdotool missing or not available" on macOS (#2509) by @gcailly in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2514
• Prefer the GHA-provided rust tooling by @n8henrie in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2521
• Add support for .yaml extension for config and match files (#2184) by @gcailly in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2519
• :rewind: revert default back to yml extension by @AucaCoyan in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2523
• feat: Add max_regex_buffer_size config option by @aldair-meneses in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2504
• :art: update biomejs formatting and format the code by @AucaCoyan in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2524
• Fix date extension crash on invalid format (#993) by @gcailly in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2516
• Replace markdown library to fix nested lists rendering (#2217) by @gcailly in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2515
• Add timezone support to date extension (#2225) by @gcailly in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2526
• :memo: update developer docs by @AucaCoyan in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2527
• :bookmark: release v2.3.0 by @AucaCoyan in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2528

New Contributors :tada:

• @gcailly made their first contribution in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2500
• @aldair-meneses made their first contribution in https://github.com/espanso/espanso/pull/2504

For full details, see all changes from v2.2.7 to v2.3.0.