Alacritty Version 0.9.0 Release

Prebuilt binaries can be found in the GitHub release.

Packaging

Regression in rendering performance with dense grids since 0.6.0
Crash/Freezes with partially visible fullwidth characters due to alt screen resize
Incorrect vi cursor position after invoking `ScrollPage*` action
Slow PTY read performance with extremely dense grids
Crash when resizing during vi mode
Unintentional text selection range change after leaving vi mode
Deadlock on Windows during high frequency output
Search without vi mode not starting at the correct location when scrolled into history
Crash when starting a vi mode search from the bottommost line
Original scroll position not restored after canceling search
Clipboard copy skipping non-empty cells when encountering an interrupted tab character
Vi mode cursor moving downward when scrolled in history with active output
Crash when moving fullwidth characters off the side of the terminal in insert mode
Broken bitmap font rendering with FreeType 2.11+
Crash with non-utf8 font paths on Linux
Newly installed fonts not rendering until Alacritty restart