Lagrange 1.19.4 released
This is a patch release that fixes a couple of serious issues on Windows.
In version 1.19, I switched the Windows build toolchain to MinGW, which means that the resulting binary links directly against the platform libraries and Microsoft C runtime without an extra POSIX layer in between. However, I had neglected to update some of the file path operations so that they would apply the appropriate Unicode character encoding. Consequently, paths with non-ASCII characters would fail to be accessed; data in the user directory, e.g., fonts and identities, would fail to load at launch. It was a bit of a mess. The changes required to make this work correctly were fortunately not extensive, but they did touch some core parts of the file access routines. You should probably keep an eye out for any new regressions on non-Windows platforms.
Other fixes:
- Opening WebP images works again on Windows. (Had a stale build of libwebp being used.)
- Nex links have a proper context menu now.
- Titan uploads to the capsule root use `/` as the path, if the path is omitted. This seems to work better with URL parsers.
The desktop builds are available in the Git repository:
https://codeberg.org/skyjake/lagrange/releases/tag/v1.19.4
https://git.skyjake.fi/gemini/lagrange/releases/tag/v1.19.4
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2025-11-26 · 5 months ago · 👍 stefan, balloon, AlexusBlack, 99thplace, Pinolo · 🤘 1
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It's a very good job. Awesome Client. Personnally, I'm using the AppImage for my convenience. 👍