Release v0.7

It is not long since the previous version of Tail Blazer was released but I have decided to do another release because I have just completed what is probably the most requested feature - custom colours. But as ever I never like to under deliver so I thought I would go the extra mile and enable a very rich means of custom colouring and row indication.

Before I outline the new features, you can download the release from either of the following

• github releases
• chocolatey (there may be a delay before this version is available)

Custom text highlighting

In earlier versions of Tail Blazer there was a single highlight colour. Now you can choose from a much wider palette.


Custom row indicator

Being able to apply a colour of choice to text which has matched some criteria is a standard feature of most file tail programs. However I want Tail Blazer to have its own twist, so I have enabled custom row indicator icons. How popular this proves to be remains to be seen.


Priority of matched text

The row indicator is particularly useful when you have more text than can be displayed. However since only one icon can be displayed there is a mechanism to allow the user to decide the order of priority i.e. the first text which is matched in the list is displayed.


One last feature

This next feature is completely unrelated to the above but I included it because I was able to implement it very quickly. You can now open the file directly or go to the file's containing folder.


So what's next. Any roadmap?

There loads of development coming in the future but more immediately I will be blogging about Tail Blazer with particular reference to it's use of Rx. Also I need a rest so I think perhaps a couple weeks where I do no open source coding.