V2.6.0

Changes

• ueberzugpp is now the main version of ueberzug that is recommended to use
  • ueberzug should still work

Features

• sixel thumbnail viewer

  • requires ueberzugpp
  • only works in terminals with sixel support, eg: wezterm, foot

• kitty thumbnail viewer

  • yes this was removed last update, however it now also requires ueberzugpp
  • only works in terminals with kitty support, eg: kitty

• iterm2 thumbnail viewer

  • requires ueberzugpp
  • only works in terminals with iterm2 support, eg: wezterm, iterm2

• when -d fails to download, a notification will be sent if notify_playing is 1

Addons

Extensions

• comments: detects if a video is playing in ytfzf and will scrape the comments for that video.

  • to use:
    1. have a ytfzf instance playing a video
    2. ytfzf -e comments

• auto-thumb: basic kitty/sixel/iterm2 detection support (just checks which terminal you are using)

Fixes

• thumbnail viewer not carried into submenu

• ytdl_opts does not work

• --sort does not work (is_sort=1 does)

• #699, thumbnails not downloading properly when quality is high

• -s, instead of asking for new search, it used the old search

• $enable_hist and $enable_search_hist variables do nothing (@futureisfoss #673)

• -a/-r/-S are now compatible with -D and other interfaces

• In ksh there is an error that says .../var-fifo [Interrupted system call]

• in some shells, it complains that there is a syntax error

• In the playlists extension, --rfp and --atp do not work

Code

• interface_scripting is now longer a thing, and has been replaced with an initial call to auto_select, then to run_interface if auto_select fails