Hey everyone, thanks for all of the support and feedback over the last week. We know the docs and various other parts of the site need more work and we are working on them behind the scenes, but we are also pushing to address the initial issues that have cropped up since the launch of Blocs 4.
Here is the first Blocs v4.0.2 beta, it has various minor fixes and tweaks. It does include a temp function to address an issue regarding large file sizes, that appears to have been carried over from Blocs v3.
Large File Issues
If you are running a project with embedded assets you may have recently noticed that the file size may be inflating. This is caused by some duplicate asset data being written into the files, the initial cause has been patched in 4.0.2 but it wont automatically correct files that have the extra data in them.
Iāve added a temp feature that can be access via the main menu Beta > Remove Duplicate Embedded Assets. This function will remove all the duplicate data from files if there is any and let you know how much it removed.
Beta versions run independently to the main release of Blocs. This version is intended for testing, as long as nothing major crops up (during testing) it will go live and be available via the in app update.
Folks, I am running High Sierra and I see a bug pertaining to pressing the Return key. It would be appreciated if some of you could please try the following on your newer versions of MacOS:
Launch Blocs 4.0.2 and open a new document.
New column, new paragraph.
Delete all the text in that new paragraph.
Type anything (e.g., ātestā or even the letter ātā)
Press Return. On my Mac, there is no new line. For that, I am forced to press Return a second time. That is the bug I am seeing. I would like to know if you can confirm it.
I should add that even though I do have the ability to switch the input method to Japanese, I am using the default English input method, just like the rest of you who only use English. So itās not a matter of being in Japanese input mode or anything like that.
I reported it to @Norm yesterday, but he hasnāt had time to reply back to me so I wanted to see if others had the same problem. Thanks for confirming itās not just a High Sierra thing, @Jerry!
Tried it as you said exactly and, in fact, I had saw the same result. Had to hit āreturnā twice in order for it to go to a new line. I also have Japanese installed, but did that test in native English mode. If that is off any help. Iām running Catalina 10.5.7 on a MacBook Pro 16.
Seems to work fine for me with Big Sur using the release of 4.0.2. Not had a chance to check it on Mojave but will do later. As a point of general good practice itās better to add new paragraph brics rather than pressing the return key.
I seem to have come down with some sort of bug myself, so I may not be that active on the forums for a day or two.
