Release v2.0.0

v2.0.0 (2022-02-26)

Shellcaster version 2.0.0 brings many added features and performance improvements, but there are a few breaking changes to the configuration file to be aware of. These are listed below. You can download the default config file from here, to reference when updating your local config: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeff-hughes/shellcaster/master/config.toml

New Features

• Switched from ncurses C library to Rust-native crossterm library for drawing to the terminal. This required a significant rewrite, but drops a significant non-Rust dependency
• Added the ability to toggle "filters" -- to only show played or unplayed episodes (default key: "1" to toggle), or to only show downloaded or non-downloaded episodes (default key: "2" to toggle)
• Details panel can now be scrolled by moving the cursor all the way to the right, and using the same keys to scroll up/down by line or by page

Performance Improvements

• Added database transactions, which offers a dramatic speed-up when syncing podcasts
• Use of GUIDs when matching against existing episodes, which also speeds up syncing podcasts. Note: The first time you do a full sync after updating to v2.0.0, it may take some extra time while the app records the GUIDs of all existing episodes in the database. This is a one-time process, so please be patient!
• Switched to a non-cryptographic hashing algorithm, which offers a minor performance improvement

Breaking Changes

• The named terminal colors available (e.g., black, blue, cyan) now split off the "dark" versions into separate names. So instead of specifying "blue", you can either specify "blue" or "darkblue". This is a result of switching from ncurses to crossterm. There are also two additional config options for specifying app colors: bold_foreground and bold_background, which are used for titles, unplayed episodes, etc. (see default config)
• There are two extra keybindings listed in the config file, filter_played and filter_downloaded, which are used to toggle the new filters on and off. By default, they are toggled with the "1" and "2" keys, respectively (see default config)
• Some of the available crate features have changed: "wide" and "win32" are no longer available (and should no longer be necessary), due to the switch to crossterm
• In addition, the HTTP client that shellcaster uses did some significant refactoring, resulting in a few other changes in shellcaster's features as a result. The "rustls" feature has been removed -- the app now uses the rustls crate by default. However, you can still choose to use the native-tls crate instead by enabling the "native_tls" feature (note that the name has changed from "native-tls" to "native_tls"). In addition, by default shellcaster will use your OS's native certificate roots (via the "native_certs" feature), but if you wish to turn this off, you can instead use a bundled copy of the Mozilla Root program by building shellcaster with the --no-default-features flag