Version 0.11 has been released four months after 0.10, bringing many new features and bugfixes. There is no newsletter accompanying this release (instead, there is a tweet).

As usual, prebuilt binaries can be found in get.

Breaking Changes

The syntax for importing modules in nested directories with use has changed.

Previously, use accepts colon-delimited components, and replace the colons with slashes to derive the path: for instance, use a:b:c imports the module a/b/c.elv under ~/.elvish/lib, under the namespace a:b:c. Now, to import this module, you should use use a/b/c instead, and it will import the same file under the namespace c.

It is not yet possible to rename the module when importing it; this makes it hard to import modules with the same filename living under different directories and will be addressed in the next version.

The current implementation of use still supports the use of colons to affect the name under which the module is imported: for instance, use a/b:c imports the file a/b/c.elv under the name b:c. However, this feature should be considered undocumented and will be removed in the next version.
Module imports are now scoped lexically, akin to how variables are scoped. For instance, use re in one module does not affect other files; neither does { use re } affect the outer scope.
The variable a function func maps to is now $func~ instead of $&func. The ampersand & is now no longer allowed in variable names, while the tilde ~ is. A tool has been provided to rewrite old code.
Strings are no longer callable (#552). A new external has been added to support calling external programs dynamically.
It is now forbidden to assign non-strings to environment variables. For instance, E:X = [] used to assign the environment variable X the string value "[]"; now it causes an exception.

Notable Fixes and Enhancements

Supported Platforms

Support for Go 1.7 has been dropped, and support for Go 1.9 has been added.
Elvish now has experimental support for Windows 10. Terminal and filesystem features may be buggy. Prebuilt binaries for Windows are also available.
Prebuilt binaries for AMD64 and ARM64 architectures on Linux are provided.

Language

It is now possible to use relative paths. For instance, in module a/b/c/foo.elv (under ~/.elvish/lib), use ./bar is the same as use a/b/c/bar, and use ../bar is the same as use a/b/bar. The resolved path must not escape the lib directory; for instance, use ../bar from ~/.elvish/lib/foo.elv will throw cause a compilation error.
A new builtin variable, $value-out-indicator, can now be used to customize the marker for value outputs (#473).
A new builtin command to-string has been added.
Special forms like if now works correctly with redirections and temporary assignments (#486).
A primitive for running functions in parallel, run-parallel, has been added (#485).
The splits builtin now supports a &max option.
A new src builtin can now be used to get information about the current source.
A new builtin variable $args can now be used to access command-line arguments.
The del special command can now delete map elements (#79).

Editor

A maximum wait time can be specified with $edit:-prompts-max-wait to prevent slow prompt functions from blocking UI updates (#482).
Execution of hook functions are now correctly isolated (#515).
A new matcher edit:match-substr has been added.
The editor is now able to handle Alt-modified function keys in more terminals (#181).
Location mode now always hides the current directory (#531).
Ctrl-H is now treated the same as Backspace (#539).
It is now possible to scroll file previews with Alt-Up and Alt-Down.
The height the editor can take up can now be restricted with $edit:max-height.

Misc