nutomic

Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.

stevenvergenz

• Add community alphabetic sorting

SleeplessOne1917

• Implement support for Single Sign-On

Nutomic

• Resize post thumbnails (fixes #4053)

Support development

@dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.

If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.

• Liberapay (preferred option)
• Open Collective
• Patreon
• Cryptocurrency

This release contains numerous bug fixes and minor improvements. Thanks to Kalcifer for reporting many of these.

• LaTeX formatting is now supported to handle mathematics (thanks Silver-Sorbet)
• The editor now has a live preview of rendered markdown
• Better layout for edit history
• Fixed user links in edit history
• Edits are now correctly sorted by date
• Removed maximum width for page
• Render markdown titles smaller than page title
• Disable markdown plugins for url shortening and smartquotes
• Resize article edit input based on length

More details and download

This release contains numerous bug fixes and minor improvements. Thanks to Kalcifer for reporting many of these.

• LaTeX formatting is now supported to handle mathematics (thanks Silver-Sorbet)
• The editor now has a live preview of rendered markdown
• Better layout for edit history
• Fixed user links in edit history
• Edits are now correctly sorted by date
• Removed maximum width for page
• Render markdown titles smaller than page title
• Disable markdown plugins for url shortening and smartquotes
• Resize article edit input based on length

More details and download

We also have documentation to setup the dev environment: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/02-local-development.html

If you have questions, feel free to ask here, in the relevant issue or in matrix.

Which of these code styles do you find preferable?

First option using mut with constructor in the beginning:

  let mut post_form = PostInsertForm::new(
    data.name.trim().to_string(),
    local_user_view.person.id,
    data.community_id,
  );
  post_form.url = url.map(Into::into);
  post_form.body = body;
  post_form.alt_text = data.alt_text.clone();
  post_form.nsfw = data.nsfw;
  post_form.language_id = language_id;

Second option without mut and constructor at the end:

  let post_form = PostInsertForm {
    url: url.map(Into::into),
    body,
    alt_text: data.alt_text.clone(),
    nsfw: data.nsfw,
    language_id,
    ..PostInsertForm::new(
      data.name.trim().to_string(),
      local_user_view.person.id,
      data.community_id,
    )
  };

You can see the full PR here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/5037/files

/c/opensource is currently unmoderated because all the existing mod accounts are inactive.

Thats why we are looking for new moderators. To apply as mod, reply below indicating what would make you a good moderator for this community, and mention any previous mod experience you have. You should be registered on lemmy.ml and have previous posting history.

If you write a plugin, let me know how it goes!

Link to PR

The names of previous Lemmy versions were all very boring and repetetive. We need something much more creative. Any ideas?