Update Notifier

Checks for application updates and notifies when one is available.

Install this module by copying it into your ~/.textadept/modules/ directory or Textadept's modules/ directory, and then putting the following in your ~/.textadept/init.lua:

local update_notifier = require('update_notifier')

There will be a "Help > Check for Updates" menu item. You can also have Textadept check for updates on startup by setting update_notifier.check_on_startup.

This module does not perform any updates. The user is expected to act on any update notifications.

update_notifier.browser

Command used to open a URL in a browser.

update_notifier.check()

Checks for updates, shows a message box if there is one, and copies the update URL to the clipboard so the user can download it.

update_notifier.check_on_startup

Whether or not to check for updates on startup.

The default value is false.

update_notifier.fetch

Command to send an HTTP request to check for updates.

The default value uses 'curl' on Windows, macOS, and BSD; it uses 'wget' on Linux.