Release notes

2.3.6

  • Bug fixed in addon system that broke language font addons
  • Bug fixed with addons loading twice when having more than one
  • Bug fixed with addon bar disapearing if installing language addon after one with an icon

2.3.5

New:
  • Export button added to full-width and compact-mode
Improvements:
  • Overall text rendering and clarity improved, especially on scaling
Bug fixes:
  • Ctrl + S now works when panel closed or in compact mode
  • Fixed bug where dialog windows weren't centered if screen expanded
  • Bug fixed where text would get cut off after entering compact mode

2.3

New:
  • New Manage content panel allows users to delete individual themes and addons
  • New compact mode that can be activated once the side panel is closed with the notch button next to the word count goal input
  • 7 new heart colors added in Emoji Options
  • Addon system and menu bar. Addons coming!
Improved:
  • Your work is automatically exported upon closing the program, if you've selected an export folder
  • Improvements to the custom emoji interface to make it more clear wtf is going on
  • Delete all settings and files button actually deletes everything and puts it in system trash instead of permanently deleting
  • Rich text export now exports HTML files instead of markdown files (just rename your txt files to get markdown files instead)
  • Lots of performance optimizations to make it FASTER! SNAPPIER!
Bug fixes:
  • Multiple bugs fixed with unexpected custom/theme emoji behavior
  • Bug fixed where text was sometimes cut off when changing font or increasing it's size
  • Bug fixed where double dashes weren't being converted to em dash if typing middle of text
  • Bug fixed where words weren't being counted when typing in the middle of a document
  • Bug fixed where stimuwrite would accept gamepad inputs

2.2.2

  • One button export! An export file will be saved in the location you previously chose
  • Shortcut key Ctrl + S or cmd + S added for exporting
  • Auto-curly quotes are now "smart", using context to decide whether to open or close a quote rather than just swapping the direction of the last used quote. Manual corrections are immediately respected.
  • Less important messages now go in the "notification bar" instead of generating a pop up
  • Backgrounds never auto-switch to theme bg when custom image bg is set, plus other custom bg improvements
  • Fixed bug with shaders in themes
  • Markdown to HTML export removed
  • Graphics engine bumped up to GLES3 with GLES2 fall back

2.2

  • Custom emojis from your image library!
  • Custom backgrounds from your image library!
  • More display customizations:
  • Expand background to fill window (no black bars)
  • Choose which themes show in dropdown
  • Hide the progress bar
  • Font improvements: Shortstack and Illegible replaced by Playpen Sans and Flowcircular
  • Deleting theme packs or addons from file system will not crash app on open
  • Screen stretch issue fixed
  • Bug fixed with input mapping affecting smart quotes and other functions
  • Bug fixed where settings would be saved incorrectly and revert

2.1.4

  • Bug fixed where StimuWrite would crash while checking itchio version
  • Added ability to turn cursor blink off in advanced settings
  • Updated social media links in about

2.1.2

  • Bug fixed where StimuWrite would crash if offline

2.1

  • Lots of under the hood improvements to make StimuWrite faster, more stable, and compatible with more systems
  • Advanced option to turn off typing sounds overlap, this can improve performance even further
  • StimuWrite now remembers your last used background (turn off Auto Switch to Theme BG for this to work on all themes)
  • The app checks with the itch.io server to see if there is an update available and notifies you when there is
  • GPU particles are now turned off by default
  • Bug fix: Curly quotes no longer counted as words

StimuWrite 2.0!

Features
  • New theme and addon system with option to load in additional themes and features!
  • New Emoji settings! (Click right corner of screen or select "Options"
  • Choose from 12 alternative main emojis
  • Change which side of the screen they appear
  • Change frequency of emission
  • Turn emoji and party on and off [/indent]
  • New soundscape feature with 6 background sounds!
  • Asian Language writing support with free addon!
  • Hide the controls by dragging the handle to the left of the Word count goal!
  • "Add to goal" button appears when reaching goal for quickly adding words and reseting your goal
Content
  • 4 new themes
  • 4 more fonts
  • 4 more typing sounds
  • 4 new background types and new high quality stock footage
Improvements
  • More accurate word count!
  • Smart quotes (On by default, turn off in Advanced Settings)
  • Limited rich formatting support using Markdown syntax
  • Volume sliders to adjust typing and soundscape volume
  • Granular font size adjustment
  • Performance improvements: StimuWrite uses less CPU on most machines

And more!