Build 3441 - M1, Big Sur remedies, automatic deselection
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:29 pm
Hi folks,
Here's the first preview build of a universal NC binary for both x86-64 and arm64.
I can't say that adding support for a second architecture was a smooth ride, but for sure it went much faster than expected - it took less than a week. Thanks to decent tooling and convergence of Arm and Intel architectures, it's a bearable tasks nowadays.
Apart from that:
https://magnumbytes.com/downloads/previ ... (3441).dmg
Thanks and stay safe!
Here's the first preview build of a universal NC binary for both x86-64 and arm64.
I can't say that adding support for a second architecture was a smooth ride, but for sure it went much faster than expected - it took less than a week. Thanks to decent tooling and convergence of Arm and Intel architectures, it's a bearable tasks nowadays.
Apart from that:
- Fixed some of the most hideous incompatibilities with BigSur. This process of updating for BigSur is far from complete, as this this OS release brings quite significant changes, especially on the UI side.
- Automatic deselection of panel items once a file operation with them is complete.
- Updating date-sensitive time representations like 'Today' when a system date changes. Previously NC could show stall dates.
- Dropped support for macOS versions before 10.15 Catalina. This one however I aim to support for quite a while.
- Built-in terminal now supports outputting either a command stream or a raw input. To enabled it, click "Help" menu while holding Alt/Opt and click "Debug->Print VT100 commands" or "Debug->Print raw terminal input". After that, NC will start printing this data into its own stdout stream. Such info could be really useful if issues with the new terminal are encountered.
- A bit of a technical detail, but nonetheless: NC's internal are now contained in a single binary file, instead of multiple dylib's/frameworks. This doesn't matter much for preview builds, as they are built in Debug mode. For releases, however, this will provide a bit faster startup and a tiny bit better overall performance.
https://magnumbytes.com/downloads/previ ... (3441).dmg
Thanks and stay safe!