Exciting Enhancements in Pulsar 1.120 for Better Code Management
Pulsar 1.120 has rolled out with a focus on streamlining the codebase, refining existing features, and eliminating pesky bugs to provide users with a more seamless workflow experience.
If you’re unfamiliar, Pulsar is a versatile text and source code editor based on Electron and is the successor to the once-popular Atom editor that delighted tech enthusiasts.
Starting with the aesthetics, the Windows version of Pulsar sports a revamped icon. The updated icon has been polished to reduce pixelation, resulting in a crisper and more attractive appearance across various interfaces like the taskbar, installer, window title bar, and explorer context menu.
Furthermore, the robust parser generator tool, tree-sitter, within Pulsar has been significantly upgraded. Users can now enjoy enhanced indentation handling in languages such as JavaScript and TypeScript, along with more precise syntax highlighting in TypeScript.
These enhancements also encompass improved code folding functionality and a more efficient way to edit query files, empowering developers to navigate complex codebases with greater ease.
For developers who heavily rely on code snippets for efficiency, the Pulsar 1.120 code editor enhances the management of indents and leading whitespace. This improvement ensures that snippets blend seamlessly into the code, maintaining proper indentation for enhanced readability and smoother workflow.
Furthermore, fixes have been implemented for a stray hyperlink in the ‘CONTRIBUTING.md’ file, alongside various enhancements to tree-sitter functionality and updated PPM dependencies. Detailed information about all the new features and changes can be found in the changelog of the latest version.
Linux users can access the Pulsar code editor through DEB and RPM installation packages or a distro-agnostic AppImage file. Additionally, enthusiasts of the Flatpak format can locate it on Flathub for a tailored installation experience.
