Refactor 'What's New' notification and update docs

Author: ahnafnafee

.gitignore

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ node_modules
 *.vsix
 /.idea
 .vscode/
+.yarn/

README.md

@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
 
 ## ✨ Features
 
--   🖼️ **Live Preview** — View EPS and PS files side-by-side with your code
--   🔍 **Pan & Zoom** — Smooth SVG-based pan and zoom controls
--   📄 **Multi-Page Support** — Navigate through multi-page PostScript documents
--   🎨 **Theme Support** — Automatic light/dark mode matching VS Code theme
--   🖌️ **Background Color Picker** — Customize preview background color
--   📝 **Console Output** — View GhostScript output (from `==`, `print`, etc.)
--   ⚙️ **Custom Paths** — Configure paths to GhostScript and Poppler tools
--   🔄 **Auto-Refresh** — Preview updates automatically when you save
+-   **Live Preview** — View EPS and PS files side-by-side with your code
+-   **Pan & Zoom** — Smooth SVG-based pan and zoom controls
+-   **Multi-Page Support** — Navigate through multi-page PostScript documents
+-   **Theme Support** — Automatic light/dark mode matching VS Code theme
+-   **Background Color Picker** — Customize preview background color
+-   **Console Output** — View GhostScript output (from `==`, `print`, etc.)
+-   **Custom Paths** — Configure paths to GhostScript and Poppler tools
+-   **Auto-Refresh** — Preview updates automatically when you save
 
 <img src="https://github.com/ahnafnafee/PostScript-Preview/raw/master/demo/postscript-preview-demo.gif" alt="PostScript Preview Demo" style="zoom:50%;" />
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\poppler\tools
 
 </details>
 
-## ⚙️ Configuration
+## Configuration
 
 Configure custom executable paths in VS Code settings (useful for conda environments or non-standard installations):
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Example `settings.json`:
 }
 ```
 
-## 📄 Multi-Page Documents
+## Multi-Page Documents
 
 For PostScript files with multiple `showpage` commands, navigation controls appear automatically:
 
@@ -114,25 +114,25 @@ For PostScript files with multiple `showpage` commands, navigation controls appe
 
 The preview resets to page 1 when the source file is modified.
 
-## 📝 Console Output
+## Console Output
 
 View GhostScript output in VS Code:
 
 1. Open Output panel (`Ctrl+Shift+U` / `Cmd+Shift+U`)
 2. Select **"PostScript-Preview"** from the dropdown
 3. Output from `==`, `print`, and other operators will appear here
 
-## 🐛 Known Issues
+## Known Issues
 
 None currently. [Report issues here](https://github.com/ahnafnafee/PostScript-Preview/issues).
 
-## 🙏 Credits
+## Credits
 
 -   [mkvoya/eps-preview](https://github.com/mkvoya/eps-preview) — Original base extension
 -   [svg-pan-zoom](https://github.com/bumbu/svg-pan-zoom) — Pan and zoom library
 -   [pickr](https://github.com/Simonwep/pickr) — Color picker library
 
-## 🛠️ Development
+## Development
 
 See [TESTING.md](TESTING.md) for local development instructions.
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ yarn compile
 # Press F5 in VS Code to launch Extension Development Host
 ```
 
-## 📄 License
+## License
 
 [MIT](LICENSE)
 

package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "postscript-preview",
 	"displayName": "PostScript Preview",
 	"description": "PostScript Preview is an extension that helps to preview EPS and PS files in Visual Studio Code.",
-	"version": "0.5.2",
+	"version": "0.5.3",
 	"icon": "images/logo.png",
 	"publisher": "ahnafnafee",
 	"engines": {
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
 		"compile": "tsc -p ./",
 		"lint": "eslint src --ext ts",
 		"watch": "tsc -watch -p ./",
-		"pretest": "npm run compile",
 		"test": "node ./out/test/runTest.js"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {

src/extension.ts

@@ -18,12 +18,7 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
 
     if (isWindows) {
         console.log("PostScript Preview: Checking for updates (Windows)...");
-        showWhatsNew(context).catch((error) => {
-            console.error(
-                "PostScript Preview: Failed to show whats new notification:",
-                error
-            );
-        });
+        showWhatsNew(context);
     }
 
     const channel = vscode.window.createOutputChannel("PostScript-Preview");

src/whats-new.ts

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function isMajorUpdate(
 /**
  * Show "What's New" notification on version update
  */
-export async function showWhatsNew(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<void> {
+export function showWhatsNew(context: ExtensionContext): void {
     const previousVersion = context.globalState.get<string>(extensionId);
     const extension = extensions.getExtension(extensionId);
     const currentVersion = extension?.packageJSON?.version;
@@ -53,19 +53,19 @@ export async function showWhatsNew(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<void> {
         // show whats new notification:
         const actions = [{ title: "See Requirements" }];
 
-        const result = await window.showInformationMessage(
-            `PostScript Preview v${currentVersion} — READ NEW REQUIREMENTS!`,
-            ...actions
-        );
-
-        if (result !== null) {
-            if (result === actions[0]) {
-                await env.openExternal(
-                    Uri.parse(
-                        "https://github.com/ahnafnafee/PostScript-Preview#windows"
-                    )
-                );
-            }
-        }
+        window
+            .showInformationMessage(
+                `PostScript Preview v${currentVersion} — READ NEW REQUIREMENTS!`,
+                ...actions
+            )
+            .then((result) => {
+                if (result !== null && result === actions[0]) {
+                    env.openExternal(
+                        Uri.parse(
+                            "https://github.com/ahnafnafee/PostScript-Preview#windows"
+                        )
+                    );
+                }
+            });
     }
 }