Release Notes: Sprint 36

This is a draft!

This document will not be finalized until the end of Sprint 36 -- approximately January 16.

Preferences
- Project- and file-specific editor settings: Use JSON configuration files to specify different indentation, word wrap, etc. settings for different folders or different file types. (TODO: link to detailed how-to)
File System
- File/directory watchers and file caching: Brackets will detect external modifications to files almost immediately, updating the project tree, editor contents, etc. as needed (manually refreshing the tree is no longer needed). Operations like Find in Files will be much faster when used repeatedly, as the contents of files are now cached in memory.
Extensions
- Extension download counts: We will begin tracking how many times each extension has been installed, and will post the download counts at periodic intervals. This will help extension authors decide where to prioritize their efforts, and will help Brackets developers understand what functionality is most important for our users.
- "Safe Mode": Easy command to restart with all extensions disabled, to troubleshoot bugs and performance problems.
Linting
- Multiple linting providers per Language: If multiple providers are registered, they will all be run and the results consolidated.

Full change logs: brackets and brackets-shell

No major changes to existing features.

TODO: anything to say about linter changes?

TODO: Preferences API changes?

TODO: FileSystem API changes

Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) by default will not allow Brackets to run since it's not digitally signed yet. To work around this, right click the Brackets app and choose Open. You only need to do that once -- afterward, launching Brackets the normal way will work also.
#2272: Windows Vista may not allow the Brackets installer to run (you may not see any error message). To work around this, right-click the installer file, choose Properties, and click the Unblock button.
#3207: If you use a Sprint 21 or earlier build after using this build at least once, a few preferences such as Recent Projects may get reset. (You can back up your cache folder if you're concerned about this).
#4362: Slow startup of Brackets and Live Preview on Windows due to Chrome proxy settings. See workaround.
Debug > Run Tests is disabled in the installer/DMG distributions of Brackets, because the unit test code is not included. To run unit tests, pull Brackets from GitHub instead.

TODO

TODO: is brackets-shelll build required?
Some submodules were updated this sprint. Run git submodule update to ensure your source tree is fully up to date.

For details on the bugs addressed, please refer to closed sprint 36 bugs. Not all fixed bugs will be caught by this search query, however.