"The following is a summary of improvements we have been testing on our beta channel and that are finally landing in Atom 1.9.0. :rocket:
- Display Layers, which are going to bring speed improvements as well as new features like free-form folds (via the Fold Selection command) and an improved soft-wrapping algorithm.
- Electron Upgrade (v0.37.8), which features many performance improvements and enables efficient ligatures rendering on all the platforms.
- Drag and Drop Layout Management, that provides a very intuitive way for organizing the workspace.
- Enhanced Reliability When Saving Files, which minimizes the risk of losing files when a hard crash occurs.
- Shell Commands Compatibility On Windows, that makes the atom command compatible with both Cygwin and Msys."