v0.13.0

bat as a library

Beginning with this release, bat can be used as a library (#423).

This was a huge effort and I want to thank all people who made this possible: @DrSensor, @mitsuhiko, @mre, @eth-p!

• Initial attempt in #469 (@mitsuhiko)
• Second attempt, complete restructuring of the bat crate, see #679 (@DrSensor)
• Updates to example, public API, error handling, further refactoring: #693 #873 #875 (@sharkdp)

I want to stress that this is the very first release of the library. Things are very likely to change. A lot of things are still missing (including the documentation).

That being said, you can start using it! See the example programs in examples/.

You can see the API documentation here: https://docs.rs/bat/

Features

• (Breaking change) Glob-based syntax mapping, see #877 and #592. With this change,
  users need to update their bat config files (bat --config-file), if they have any --map-syntax settings
  present.

  The option now works like this:

  --map-syntax <glob-pattern>:<syntax-name>

  For more information, see the --help text, the man page or the README.

  This new feature allows us to properly highlight files like:

  • /etc/profile
  • ~/.ssh/config

• --highlight-line now accepts line ranges, see #809 (@lkalir)

• Proper wrapping support for output with wide Unicode characters, see #811 #787 and #815 (@Kogia-sima)

• A lot of updates to existing syntaxes via #644 (@benwaffle, @keith-hall)

• BAT_CACHE_PATH can be used to place cached bat assets in a non-standard path, see #829 (@neuronull)

• Support combination of multiple styles at the same time, see #857 (@aslpavel)

Bugfixes

• Do not pass '--no-init' on newer less versions, see #749 and #786 (@sharkdp)
• 'bat cache' still takes precedence over existing files, see #666 (@sharkdp)
• .sc files should be treated as scala files, see #443 (@benwaffle)
• Allow underscores and dashes in page names, see #670 (@LunarLambda)
• Keep empty lines empty, see #601 (@mbarbar)
• Wrapping does not work when piping, see #758 (@fusillicode, @allevo, @gildo)
• Allow for non-unicode filenames, see #225 (@sharkdp)
• Empty file without header produces incomplete grid, see #798 (@eth-p)
• Files named build don't respect shebang lines, see #685 (@sharkdp)

Other

• Parametrizable names for man page and shell completion files, see #659 #673 #656 (@eth-p)
• Enabled LTO, making bat about 10% faster, see #719 (@bolinfest, @sharkdp)
• Suggestions non how to configure bat for MacOS dark mode, see README (@jerguslejko)
• Extended "Integration with other tools" section (@eth-p)
• Updated instrutions on how to use bat as a man-pager, see #652, see #667 (@sharkdp)
• Add section concerning file encodings, see #688 and #568 (@sharkdp)
• Updated sort order of command-line options in --help text and manpage, see #653 and #700 (@hrlmartins)
• Updates to the man page syntax, see #718 (@sharkdp)
• Japanese documentation updates, see #863 (@k-ta-yamada, @sorairolake and @wt-l00)
• Accept "default" as a theme, see #757 (@fvictorio)
• Updated Windows installation instructions, see #852 (@sorenbug)
• Updated man page, see #573 (@sharkdp)

New syntaxes

• Jinja2, see #648 (@Martin819)
• SaltStack SLS, see #658 (@Martin819)
• /etc/fstab, see #696 (@flopp and @eth-p)
• /etc/group and /etc/passwd, see #698 (@argentite)
• /proc/cpuinfo and /proc/meminfo, see #593 (@sharkdp)
• Nim, see #542 (@sharkdp)
• Vue, see #826 (@chaaaaarlotte)
• CoffeScript, see #833 (@sharkdp)

New themes

• Dracula, see #687 (@clarfon)
• Nord, see #760 (@crabique)
• Solarized light and dark, see #768 (@hakamadare)

Packaging

• bat is now in the official Ubuntu and Debian repositories, see #323 and #705 (@MarcoFalke)
• bat can now be installed via MacPorts, see #675 (@bn3t)
• Install fish completions into 'vendor_completions.d', see #651 (@sharkdp)

Thanks

• To @eth-p for joining me as a maintainer! I'm very grateful for all the work you put into
  managing and responding to issues, improving our deployment, adding PR/issue templates (#837) as
  well as fixing bugs and implementing new features.