# bat v0.24.0

- Product: bat (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bat)
- Vendor: David Peter
- Date: 2023-10-11
- Version: v0.24.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases/tag/v0.24.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bat/releases/v0.24.0

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- **added** — Add environment variable BAT_PAGING
- **added** — Add opt-in support for LESSOPEN and LESSCLOSE via --features lessopen
- **fixed** — Fix more not being found on Windows when provided via BAT_PAGER
- **changed** — Switch default behavior of --map-syntax to be case insensitive
- **changed** — Update version of serde_yaml to 0.9
- **fixed** — Fix arithmetic overflow in LineRange::from and LineRange::parse_range
- **fixed** — Fix paging not happening when stdout is interactive but stdin is not
- **fixed** — Make -pp override --paging and vice versa when passed as a later argument
- **changed** — Output directory for generated assets can be customized
- **changed** — Use the is-terminal crate instead of atty
- **changed** — Bump MSRV to 1.70
- **added** — Associate os-release with bash syntax
- **added** — Associate Containerfile with Dockerfile syntax
- **added** — Associate ksh files with bash syntax
- **added** — Associate sarif files with JSON syntax
- **added** — Associate ron files with rust syntax
- **added** — Add support for WebGPU Shader Language
- **added** — Add .dpkg-new and .dpkg-tmp to ignored suffixes
- **added** — Add syntax mapping *.jsonl => json
- **added** — Add NSIS support

#### v0.24.0

##### Features

- Add environment variable `BAT_PAGING`, see #2629 (@einfachIrgendwer0815)
- Add opt-in (`--features lessopen`) support for `LESSOPEN` and `LESSCLOSE`. See #1597, #1739, #2444, #2602, and #2662 (@Anomalocaridid)

##### Bugfixes

- Fix `more` not being found on Windows when provided via `BAT_PAGER`, see #2570, #2580, and #2651 (@mataha)
- Switched default behavior of `--map-syntax` to be case insensitive #2520
- Updated version of `serde_yaml` to `0.9`. See #2627 (@Raghav-Bell)
- Fix arithmetic overflow in `LineRange::from` and `LineRange::parse_range`, see #2674, #2698 (@skoriop)
- Fix paging not happening when stdout is interactive but stdin is not, see #2574 (@Nigecat)
- Make `-pp` override `--paging` and vice versa when passed as a later argument, see #2660 (@J-Kappes)

##### Other

- Output directory for generated assets (completion, manual) can be customized, see #2515 (@tranzystorek-io)
- Use the `is-terminal` crate instead of `atty`, see #2530 (@nickelc)
- Add Winget Releaser workflow, see #2519 (@sitiom)
- Bump MSRV to 1.70, see #2651 (@mataha)

##### Syntaxes

- Associate `os-release` with `bash` syntax, see #2587 (@cyqsimon)
- Associate `Containerfile` with `Dockerfile` syntax, see #2606 (@einfachIrgendwer0815)
- Replaced quotes with double quotes so fzf integration example script works on windows and linux. see #2095 (@johnmatthiggins)
- Associate `ksh` files with `bash` syntax, see #2633 (@johnmatthiggins)
- Associate `sarif` files with `JSON` syntax, see #2695 (@rhysd)
- Associate `ron` files with `rust` syntax, see #2427 (@YeungOnion)
- Add support for [WebGPU Shader Language](https://www.w3.org/TR/WGSL/), see #2692 (@rhysd)
- Add `.dpkg-new` and `.dpkg-tmp` to ignored suffixe, see #2595 (@scop)
- fix: Add syntax mapping `*.jsonl` => `json`, see #2539 (@WinterCore)
- Update `Julia` syntax, see #2553 (@dependabot)
- add `NSIS` support, see #2577 (@idleberg)
- Update `ssh-config`, see #2697 (@mrmeszaros)

##### `bat` as a library

- Add optional output_buffer arg to `Controller::run()` and `Controller::run_with_error_handler()`, see #2618 (@Piturnah)