Core Shell versions

Manage and login to hosts efficiently with a full-featured terminal.
2.5
Sep 28, 2020
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What's new

v3.6 [Nov 22, 2021]
- Add site and community links in Help menu.
- Fix shell special characters escaping while drag & drop file on local shell, as well as unescaping while download file on remote shell (@kaffeeundsalz).
- Security enhancements and minor bug fixes (@Curuvar).
Special thanks to @kaffeeundsalz and Craig Altenburg (@Curuvar) for helping this release.
[Version 3.6.1] - 2021-11-24
Version 3.6.1 is a hotfix release for fixing:
- Could not use embedded OpenSSH (@priller).
- A potential crash issue while closing a local shell.
Special thanks to @priller for helping this release.
[Version 3.6] - 2021-11-23
The codebase of embedded OpenSSH has been updated to version 8.8. See https://community.codinn.com/t/3652/2 for the OpenSSH changes.
### Added
- Add a new `LogVerbose` configuration directive, this option is intended for OpenSSH debugging and is not enabled by default.
- Add a `PermitRemoteOpen` option that allows the client to restrict the destination when reverse dynamic forwarding is used with SOCKS.
- Add a `KnownHostsCommand` option that allows the client to obtain `known_hosts` data from a command in addition to the usual files.
- Embedding Nerd Fonts (@fastzombies).
### Changed
- Rename the `PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes` directive to `PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms` in advanced options.
- Similarly, rename `HostbasedKeyTypes` to `HostbasedAcceptedAlgorithms`.
- Remove `ChallengeResponseAuthentication` directive in favour of `KbdInteractiveAuthentication`.
- Always display fingerprint context while prompting user to confirm host key (@kaffeeundsalz).
- The default font changed to the embedded Hack Nerd Font Mono.
- Specifies the port number to connect on the remote host explicitly in equivalent command (@liushuai).
### Fixed
- Randomly crash while using `vim` (@jonathangroves, @alexbartl).
- The exit strategy option of local shell is not respected (@fastzombies).
- A potential hanging issue (@alexbartl).
- Transfer tasks do not terminate properly.
Special thanks to Jonathan Groves (@jonathangroves), Alex Bartl (@alexbartl), @kaffeeundsalz, @fastzombies and Shuai Liu (@liushuai) for helping this release.

v2.5 [Sep 28, 2020]
Core Shell 2.5.1 fixes an issue may lead heavy CPU usage while editing profile name.
The codebase of embedded OpenSSH component has been updated to version 8.4. See https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#8.4p1 for the OpenSSH changes.
### Added
- Cursor shape can be change to Vertical Bar or Underline style from Preferences (@littleluce)
### Changed
- Update the codebase of embedded OpenSSH from version 8.4
### Fixed
- Fix an issue may lead heavy CPU usage while editing profile name (@jfturcot, @Alexander_Saar)
- Reveal the error message when down/uploading failed (@jonathangroves)
Special thanks to Littleluce (@littleluce), Jean-Francois Turcot (@jfturcot), Alexander Saar (@Alexander_Saar), Jonathan Groves (@jonathangroves) for helping this release.

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