release 4.0 release notes

Author: abose

blog/2025-01-30-Release-4.0/index.md

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+---
+slug: release-4.0
+title:  Git It Release (January-2025, V-4.0) is now Live
+authors: [arun, charly, devvaannsh, phoenixBot]
+tags: [Git, Color previews, Version Control, open in terminal, Stability Improvements, Windows, Linux, Mac, Release]
+---
+
+2025 January release(4.0) of Phoenix Code is now available for download at [phcode.io](https://phcode.io).
+
+This is the largest release we had in a while, and we are happy to announce the next phase of Phoenix Code with
+a major version bump to 4.0.
+
+## The legacy of Brackets - Continued
+A decade-long journey of pushing web development forward: The Brackets story continues with Phoenix Code.
+[Read more about the story of Brackets and the journey to build Phoenix Code and the Brackets community.](Blog-Legacy)
+
+This releases core theme is `Git, Color previews, UX imporovements and stability`.
+
+## Git for Desktop
+
+Git is finally here.  Integrated Git source control with a clean, intuitive interface.
+Stage changes, commit, and sync with a single click while keeping your focus on the code.
+Now available in the Windows, Mac and Linux desktop apps of Phoenix code. [Read More...](https://docs.phcode.dev/docs/Features/git)
+
+Our Git integration is built upon the incredible work of the developers behind [Brackets-Git](https://github.com/brackets-userland/brackets-git),
+whose contributions made this possible. Thank you!
+
+![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/aeacc7c0-3ee3-4a80-9b05-f2b48140bcdd)
+
+![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6e7b9faf-d57b-448b-a5bb-a111c67489b5)
+
+## Color Previews
+
+Preview the color(s) used in the file in the gutter area. Hovering over a color box highlights the corresponding color
+text in the editor to quickly jump to editing that color. [Read More...](https://docs.phcode.dev/docs/editing-colors#color-preview)
+
+![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bedecc32-761b-448e-aced-61828ad3fec6)
+
+## Open in Terminal and File Explorer
+
+New "Open In" feature lets you instantly open directories and files in the system Terminal or File Explorer across
+Windows, macOS, and Linux desktop apps!
+
+![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/710330ae-8b34-4a51-a1f9-4c02736ed9bd)
+
+## Better Translations
+
+We've moved to an LLM-assisted translation framework, delivering higher-quality translations for non-English locales.
+
+## Notable changes and fixes
+
+- We've removed some inconsistent and rarely used keyboard shortcuts to free up more key combinations for customization.
+  [Easily configure your own keyboard shortcuts through the UI.](https://docs.phcode.dev/docs/Features/keyboard-shortcuts)
+- Fixed `Option-[shift]-left` and `option-[shift]-right` keyboard shortcuts not working in mac to select/move words.
+- Survey popups are now less intrusive, appearing as notifications without disrupting your workflow.
+- Moved back `line:ch` status to left of statusbar. Go to line will accept `:ln:col` format along with `:ln,col`. ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7429ae42-cb56-444c-8546-6d565bedaaf9)
+- [Remove specific files from Recent Files](https://github.com/phcode-dev/phoenix/pull/2035)
+- Fixes [holding ctrl key in windows should not ui overlay mode.](https://github.com/phcode-dev/phoenix/pull/2015)
+- [fix: `cmd-click` in mac app and safari didn't open context menu.](https://github.com/phcode-dev/phoenix/pull/1994)
+- [Switching between Ctrl+F and Ctrl+Shift+F now correctly updates the search box with the latest selection.](https://github.com/phcode-dev/phoenix/pull/1999)
+- [fix: clicking on prevent defaulted A tags in desktop live preview opens browser tab.](https://github.com/phcode-dev/phoenix/pull/1997)
+ 
+## Performance & Stability Tweaks
+
+-   [Faster boot times with extension compression and load changes](https://github.com/phcode-dev/phoenix/pull/2055)
+    consistency and performance, especially on Safari and macOS.
+-   [File recovery should only be shown on crash, and fix some file recovery issues.](https://github.com/phcode-dev/phoenix/pull/2082)
+
+## All changes
+
+Please see [this link](https://github.com/phcode-dev/phoenix/commits/main/?since=2024-11-27&until=2025-01-30) for a full list of changes
+in GitHub.
+
+## A Request from the Phoenix Team:
+
+-   **Share your feedback:** https://github.com/orgs/phcode-dev/discussions
+-   **Spread the word** about Phoenix to friends and colleagues.
+-   [**Consider supporting us** on GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/phcode-dev). Every contribution helps us
+    to keep improving Phoenix Code.
+
+With gratitude,
+
+The Phoenix Team

blog/2025-01-30-The Legacy of Brackets - Continued/index.md

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+---
+slug: Blog-Legacy
+title:  The Legacy of Brackets - Continues
+authors: [arun, charly]
+tags: [Brackets, Continued, Phoenix Code, History]
+---
+
+A decade-long journey of pushing web development forward: The Brackets story continues with Phoenix Code.
+
+## Brackets 1.0 - The Beginning
+Brackets 1.0 was released 10 years ago at Adobe, on the 4'th of November 2014. Atom from GitHub was the only
+peer editor at the time built based on the same web based architecture as Brackets. The web was a very different
+place then. Adobe was preparing for a post Flash world (Read: Thoughts on Flash - open letter by Steve Jobs)
+and HTML5 became a W3C Recommendation a month ago then on October 2014.
+
+Brackets was born as an editor built on web standards for building the web - a window into the future from Adobe.
+Adobe was mostly right in this vision, as Visual Studio Code (VSCode), built on similar web technologies,
+has since risen to dominate the landscape of code editors.
+
+Brackets was created to serve as a bridge between Designer and Developer workflows before the time of Figma and XD.
+But, Adobe was primarily about design tools and Brackets as a free developer tool, was never able to find a path
+among its design tool peers.
+
+## Brackets 2.0 - The Brackets Open Source Community is Born
+
+On January 2022, Adobe [transitioned the development of Brackets](https://x.com/brackets/status/1480581149604782080) to the
+newly formed Brackets Community. Version 2.0 of Brackets was all about finding an independent foothold to
+continue the development of Brackets. We kick-started the Phoenix Code project as we figured the need to
+address nearly three years of development backlog and lay the groundwork for the next generation of Brackets.
+
+## Phoenix Code - 3.0, The Next Generation of Brackets
+
+With Phoenix Code, we laid the groundwork to run Brackets almost anywhere with a web browser and the first Web version
+was launched on June 2023. The desktop builds followed a year later on Feb 2024. Version 3.0 was mostly about attaining
+feature parity and stability on par with Brackets, and then exceed it.
+
+## Phoenix Code - 4.0, Present & Future
+
+We start this year with the release of Phoenix Code 4.0, as we reach feature parity with Brackets and exceeds it
+in most cases. We have shifted back to build on the original mission of Brackets. To serve as a
+bridge between Designer and Developer workflows for the Web. To help *people* get things done simpler and faster.
+With immense gratitude for our users' support, we're excited to begin this next chapter of Phoenix Code.