Deft 0.8 Release Notes

Deft for Emacs version 0.8 was released on January 12, 2018. This new stable version can be downloaded from the Deft homepage or using the direct link to the package:

• deft.el

This version offers the following new features, enhancements, and bug fixes:

• Limit deft-find-file to files known to Deft and support completing-read.
• Keep subdirectory portion when displaying filenames.
• New variable deft-width-offset for custom summary line width offset.
• Attempt to restore point after refreshing browser and preserve position while filtering.
• Add hooks: deft-filter-hook for filter string changes and deft-open-file-hook which runs after opening a file.
• Prevent spurious Deft browser refreshes, which fixes an issue with sublimity-mode.
• More reliable browser updates when window size changes.
• Only update width when buffer is visible.
• Lazily update the Deft buffer after saving files.
• Close open buffer when deleting a file.
• Initialize width even when started in background.
• Omit files generated from org or markdown.
• Custom format string deft-new-file-format for new file names.
• Reduce summary line width when there is no fringe.
• Support Org links.
• Option deft-filter-only-filenames to filter only on file names.