DiscordChatExporter/Changelog.md

v2.12.1 (12-Apr-2019)

• [GUI] Fixed an issue where the app crashed when trying to export multiple channels.
• [HTML] Fixed an issue where some of the emojis were rendered via Twemoji while Discord renders them as plain text.
• [HTML] Fixed an issue where emojis weren't jumbo if there were more than one of them.

v2.12 (11-Apr-2019)

• Improved markdown parsing performance which speeds up the final stage of exporting by around 4.5 times.
• Improved performance when exporting as PlainText or CSV.
• [GUI] Fixed an issue where the app would freeze up and report as "not responding" during the final stage of exporting.
• [CLI] Fixed an issue where it would say "Completed" after exporting a chat log, even if the process failed.

v2.11 (14-Mar-2019)

• [HTML] Added syntax highlighting for multiline code blocks via Highlight.js.
• Added retry policy for all 5xx status codes to prevent random crashes.

v2.10.2 (10-Mar-2019)

• [HTML] Updated message grouping algorithm to make it the same as in Discord. Removed "message group limit" setting and parameter.
• [HTML] Added small margin at the end of the chatlog so it doesn't look like it was truncated.
• [CLI] Fixed an issue where the app would crash if stdout was redirected. Progress will not be reported in such cases.

v2.10.1 (06-Mar-2019)

• [HTML] Fixed an issue where multiple emojis on a single line would get rendered as one emoji.
• [HTML] Fixed an issue where an open square bracket character would incorrectly render as an emoji.
• [HTML] Added alt text to emoji images so that they will be rendered using default font when Twemoji images are not available.

v2.10 (03-Mar-2019)

• [HTML] Reworked the entire markdown parsing engine which fixes numerous rendering inconsistencies (over 15 issues fixed).
• [HTML] Added support for animated emojis.
• [HTML] Standard emojis are now rendered using Twemoji, the same image set that Discord uses.
• [HTML] Fixed an issue where video attachments would render incorrectly.
• [HTML] Minor fixes in styling.
• [GUI] Aggregated export progress is now shown in the taskbar.
• [GUI] Checkmarks are now displayed next to channels that are selected.
• [CLI] Added progress reporting when exporting chat logs.

v2.9.1 (10-Feb-2019)

• Fixed an issue where some of the last messages in a channel would sometimes not get exported.

v2.9 (09-Feb-2019)

• Added categories to channel list in GUI. Channels are now also grouped by category.
• Added ability to export multiple channels at once in GUI by selecting them with shift or ctrl keys.
• Added CLI command to export all available channels in a guild (exportguild).
• Added CLI command to export all direct message channels (exportdm).
• Added retry policy for 503 status code errors to prevent random crashes.
• Changed how channels are exported in GUI. Now you need to select them first and then click a button to export. You can also double click a single channel to export it as before.
• Improved default file name generation by adding date ranges and channel ID to the file name.
• Improved naming of files exported with partitioning.
• Improved usage instructions.
• Improved GUI layout and styling.
• Fixed an issue where dialogs would sometimes appear over other windows.
• Fixed an issue where launching DiscordChatExporter from Windows Start Menu would make it crash.

v2.8 (03-Nov-2018)

• Added support for partitioning which lets you split the output into multiple files by setting the partition message limit (-p parameter for CLI).
• Exported file will no longer open automatically on completion.
• Reduced amount of memory used during exporting.
• Disabled message grouping in PlainText export.
• Improved encoding of newlines in CSV export.
• Improved error messages in the GUI app during crashes.

v2.7 (14-Sep-2018)

• Updated instructions on how to obtain the user token.
• Expanded CLI with new commands: channels (get a list of channels in a guild), dm (get a list of DM channels), guilds (get a list of guilds), on top of export (export chatlog).
• Improved help text and error messages in CLI.
• In CLI, the file name will be automatically generated if the provided output file path is a directory.

v2.6 (25-Jul-2018)

• Added support for bot tokens as an alternative to user tokens. For GUI, use the button in the top-left to switch between user and bot token. For CLI, pass the --bot switch to indicate that the given token is a bot token.
• Added support for animated avatars.

v2.5.1 (01-Jul-2018)

• Fixed a bug that would prevent timestamps from rendering properly in CSV and PlainText exports.
• Fixed incorrect layout in CSV export.
• Improved readability of PlainText export.

v2.5 (28-Jun-2018)

• Added support for embeds and webhooks (HTML only).
• Implemented progress reporting when downloading messages.
• Added support for reactions (HTML only).
• Selected date range is now shown in the export (HTML and PlainText).
• Added placeholders for guild icons to display while the icons are loading.
• Added support for jumbo emojis (custom emojis only).
• Added basic retry policy for 429 error responses.
• Added validation for from/to dates in the UI which prevents choosing invalid date ranges.
• Added an error message when trying to export a deleted channel.

v2.4.1 (15-Apr-2018)

• Added CSV export format.
• Channels are now ordered by name in the UI.
• Exported file is now always opened upon completion.

v2.4 (08-Apr-2018)

• Added channel topic to output.
• Added a command line interface alternative to the current graphical user interface.
• Implemented application auto-update (can be disabled in settings).
• Improved some GUI elements and replaced some dialogs with notifications.
• Fixed a lot of issues with the markdown processor.
• Fixed DM group chats that have a custom name being shown as blank in the list.

v2.3 (27-Oct-2017)

• Improved message date filtering, it's now marginally faster.
• Fixed underscores not recognized as italics in markdown.
• Added support for custom emojis.
• Added support for user and role mentions.
• Added support for channel mentions.
• Fixed text in pre blocks not being wrapped correctly.
• Added workaround for non-default message types.