CHANGELOG.md

Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

Fixed

• Update action being added before translations are available

[0.26] - 2019-10-18

API changes

• Bump API version to 0.12.0
• Modules can now offer a multiple choice dialog using Action.ask_choice

Added

• Explanation on Shift+Return key
• Support for metadata.json files to show a dropdown of choices
• Support for middle mouse button causing selection without minimization
• Buttons to open a new module or close the currently open module
• Support for reporting bugs to modules directly

Changed

• Sorting settings are now per loaded module
• If there are no modules or themes, trying to load one will pop up the installation dialog
• macOS now also uses Qt's Fusion theme (less native, but less glitches)
• Update notifications are no longer in a dialog box
• Nightly versions now check for nightly updates

Fixed

• TRANSLATION MISSING: failed_to_update_dependencies
• Global hotkey not working
• Back button remaining grey

[0.25] - 2019-10-04

API changes

• Bump API version to 0.11.1 so that modules can detect request handlers being fixed

Added

• Shift+Return hotkey to explicitly disable minimizing and resetting when making a selection
• Ability to choose separator between output entries in queue (if more than one string will be output)

Changed

• Text to copy to clipboard is now queued until minimizing too
• Default separator is now Enter instead of Tab
• If a selection state change is requested by the module, ensure it is always done

Fixed

• Module request handlers not being removed properly, causing multiple incorrect requests

[0.24.1] - 2019-09-08

Changed

• Tab hotkeys changed from Alt+<number> to Ctrl+<number> on non-Linux for consistency with other applications

Fixed

• Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab not working on macOS
• Module menu options which aren't usable in current context are now correctly grayed out

[0.24.0] - 2019-06-28

Packaging changes

• New macOS dependency: PyAutoGUI

Added

• Turbo mode where Pext auto-selects options whenever reasonably confident

Changed

• Notification when typing has completed

Fixed

• Context menus are now searchable
• Don't crash if pynput fails to import
• User asked for internal update checker if disabled in constants
• Add repeat polyfill to prevent rendering issues on systems with older Qt versions
• Fix autotype on macOS

[0.23] - 2019-03-19

Packaging changes

• New dependency: watchdog

API changes

• Bump API version to 0.10.0 so that modules can hide the header if it was used to show the tree
• Bump API version to 0.11.0 due to change in how a base context option is returned

Added

• Searches can now be regular expressions. These need to be formatted as /search_string/flags
• Information when module requests are still being processed when showing no results screen
• Notification on copying data to clipboard

Changed

• Modules are now automatically unloaded after uninstallation
• Passing arguments to modules is now done with Ctrl+Enter instead of typing it with the search bar
• The start screen now shows a hotkey reference
• The UI now shows what hotkey will activate what entry
• Right click / Ctrl+Return a context menu entry to activate command input mode if available
• The selection tree is now shown below the header location
• The "base" context menu is now merged with the entry-specific one and shown below the entry-specific options
• Command menu now has an "enter arguments" entry

Fixed

• AppImage trying to store data inside itself in portable mode
• Some incorrect hotkeys on macOS
• Search sometimes missing entries

[0.22] - 2018-12-19

Added

• Portable builds for Linux and macOS
• --portable flag to make Pext behave more self-contained, readable by modules in settings

Changed

• --config flag has been renamed to --data-path
• Remember the geometry of the main window
• The tray icon menu now lists all loaded modules for easier switching

Fixed

• Sizing issues when moving to another monitor
• Window not being resizeable
• API version still being reported as 0.8.0 internally

[0.21] - 2018-11-02

API changes

• Bump API version to 0.9.0
• Commands can now be multiple words and arguments will be given in a new 'args' field
• ask_question_default_yes and ask_question_default_no are deprecated in favor of ask_question

Changed

• Better error logging, using dialogs for critical errors
• Pext's Window is now 800x600 by default and centered on the screen

Fixed

• Module installation issues on Windows and Linux Mint
• Title and tray tooltip are now translatable

[0.20] - 2018-10-12

Added

• Are you sure message when closing Pext normally
• Add installable touch bar quick action service for easier launching on macOS

Changed

• Pick a more reasonable height on wide screens

Fixed

• Minimize normally manually now works as intended
• Autotype now correctly queues up multiple entries to type
• Focus fix on macOS is now fast and reliable again
• Logo background is no longer misaligned

[0.19] - 2018-09-05

Added

• Foreground Pext at any time by pressing Ctrl+`

Changed

• Move upstream URLs to pext.io

Fixed

• Fixed --module flag
• Fixed module install screens (from URL and from repo) failing when redirected

[0.18] - 2018-08-22

Added

• Belarusian translation (thanks, Nelly Simkova!)

Fixed

• Module installation issues in Windows distribution

[0.17] - 2018-07-08

Packaging changes

• New dependency: requests

Added

• Metadata i18n support
• No result text when filtering empties list

Fixed

• Pext on macOS now ignores -psn_0_* arguments
• USE_INTERNAL_UPDATER is now used correctly
• Terminal window opening on Windows
• macOS certificate check failing on update check
• Off-by-one error in git describe version generation
• Installing module fails (rebuild on dulwich 0.9.15)

[0.16] - 2018-06-22

Packaging changes

• New dependency: pynput
• New macOS dependency: accessibility
• Dependency removal: notify-send

Added

• Ability to switch output location on runtime
• Ability to type output directly
• Ability to automatically update modules
• Windows installer
• Polish translation

Changed

• Switch to Qt5 for notifications
• Remove delay in showing notifications
• Core and module update checks are now done together
• Critical module errors now create a dialog box

Fixed

• Inconsistent behaviour between clicking or selecting an entry
• MacOS menu not merging on non-English languages

[0.15] - 2018-06-07

Packaging changes

• The macOS .dmg is now officially supported

Changed

• Remove quit without saving option
• Configuration changes are now saved instantly, instead of only on a clean quit

Fixed

• Focus not resetting after Pext hiding on macOS
• Updated PyQt5 to fix some emoji display issues
• macOS .dmg not being able to install all modules

[0.14] - 2018-04-22

Packaging changes

• Packagers can now modify pext/constants.py to more easily control some behaviour

Added

• French translation (thanks, Aurora Yeen!)

Changed

• Modules are now installed by metadata.json, instead of by git URL
• Make pext_dev default to CC-BY-3.0 for themes

Fixed

• Make text properly wrap in the installing from repository dialog
• Crashes on tab completion and minor errors (regression in 0.13)
• Crash on module reloading (regression in 0.13)
• IDs and names are now used more consistently
• Crash when trying to load a theme as a module
• Update pext_dev to be create files compatible with current Pext
• Pext profile locks are now per-user instead of globally (fixes being unable to start if another user is running Pext)

[0.13] - 2018-04-07

Added

• Hindi translation (thanks, Satyam Singh!)
• Add automatic AppImage builds (thanks, TheAssassin!)

Changed

• Tray icon is now always shown when the application is minimized to tray
• Hide minimize to tray on macOS (too broken, can cause crashes)
• The main window now has a minimal size of 500x300
• Versioning now complies with PEP440
• Merge module and theme repo and object selection into a single screen to save a click
• Modules and themes are now saved based on the location of their ID
• Modules and themes being in an incorrect location for their ID are automatically removed

Fixed

• Themes now apply properly on Windows (forcing Fusion styling)
• Properly fix i18n handling and giving i18n to modules
• The name setting in metadata.json is now consistently respected
• Make &Pext translatable

[0.12] - 2018-03-04

Added

• Support renaming profiles
• Switching profile from the GUI
• Opening a second instance with another profile from the GUI
• Basic profile management from the GUI
• Ability to change language through the UI
• --list-locales argument to show supported languages
• The installation screens now tell you if you already have a module or theme installed
• Russian translation (thanks, Ivan Semkin)

Changed

• Profile name is no longer displayed if default
• Trying to create a profile that already exists throws an error
• Trying to delete a profile that is currently in use throws an error
• Use argparse for argument parsing instead of getopt
• Update checking now happens if the last check was over 24 hours, instead of each app launch
• Combine all menu groups in settings for organizational purposes
• Relicensed documentation under CC BY-SA 4.0

Fixed

• Pext crash when module tries to empty context_menu_base
• Inconsistent font sizing
• Improved main screen resizing and logo showing
• Pext passing None as locale to modules in some cases
• --background stealing focus on macOS
• Modules and themes are now sorted correctly in the install from repository lists

Removed

• Removed manpage

[0.11.1] - 2017-12-19

Packaging changes

• Fix missing translation files

[0.11] - 2017-12-19

Packaging changes

• Pext now depends on dulwich
• Pext no longer depends on pygit2

Translation updates

• Added Norwegian Bokmål (thanks, Allan Nordhøy!)
• Update Chinese (Traditional) translation
• Update Spanish translation
• Update Hungarian translation
• Update Dutch translation

Fixed

• Ubuntu/Debian compatibility for git operations over HTTPS
• Install module from URL screen not working (regression from adding theming support for 0.9)
• Theme selector now correctly displays current theme before switching
• Pext no longer creates an empty theme file for the system theme and doesn't show it in the list of themes

[0.10] - 2017-11-11

Packaging changes

• Pext now depends on pygit2, which uses libgit2, instead of git

API changes

• Bump API version to 0.7.0
• Add set_entry_info queue call
• Add replace_entry_info_dict queue call
• Add set_command_info queue call
• Add replace_command_info_dict queue call
• Add set_base_info queue call
• Add set_entry_context queue call
• Add replace_entry_context_dict queue call
• Add set_command_context queue call
• Add replace_command_context_dict queue call
• Add set_base_context queue call
• Add extra_info_request function
• Add a none SelectionType
• Made more parameters optional

Added

• Add info panels which modules can use to show extra info on the current status on selected entry
• Add context panels for state changes and extra actions for entries/commands
• Traceback is now printing when an exception is triggered
• Last updated info for modules
• Version info for modules
• Windows support
• Support for checking for updates (stable versions only)

Changed

• Command mode no longer locks onto the first entry
• Commands are always displayed in italics, instead of using italics for whatever is unfocused
• Versioning is now more precise
• Check if a module/theme has an update before updating it
• Pext now auto-restarts after changing the theme
• Pext now displays less broken when the height is higher than the width
• Removed tray menu because it can't be translated due to PyQt limitations
• Make clicking the tray icon toggle visibility on macOS
• Minimizing normally after Pext is done is now the default on all platforms
• Module requesting window hide will only reset the selection of that module instead of all
• The --exit option got removed, Pext now will only start the UI if no options were given or all options were session-related

Fixed

• Regression introduced in 0.9 which could cause selections to trigger wrongly when emptying the search bar
• Page up and down causing QML errors when used too close to the start/end of the list
• Minimizing behaviour didn't always work
• Git commands are now properly limited to Pext directories
• Desktop notifications now also show when Pext is minimized normally
• Modules no longer lock up Pext while making a selection
• Direct Git URL clone ending in / no longer creates an undeletable module
• Modules now always properly get localization info
• Ugly line between entries and entry info in some themes
• No themes available dialog now correctly shows
• Modules can't crash Pext by throwing an exception on stopping on Pext exit

[0.9] - 2017-08-23

API changes

• Whenever the state changes (either by the user going back, selecting something or set_selection being called), the queue is now emptied
• ask_input and ask_input_password now ask for a prefill before the identifier

Translation updates

• Added traditional Chinese (thanks, Jeff Huang!)
• Added Spanish (thanks, Emily Lau!)
• Updated Dutch (thanks, Heimen Stoffels!)

Added

• Theming support based on QPalette
• UI option to choose minimizing behaviour
• UI option to choose sorting behaviour
• UI toggle to enable/disable tray icon
• --background command line option to make Pext not launch/foreground the UI

Changed

• The design philosophy is now explained in the empty state screen
• pyqt5 is added as install_requires
• The about dialog now thanks translators
• Info-only CLI parameters will no longer launch Pext as well (--help, --version, --list-styles, --list-modules, --list-themes)
• Closing the main window will now quit Pext and save state

Fixed

• pext_dev's generated base file now leaves the copyright open for the author to fill in
• Not being able to select an entry until the list is fully loaded
• Selection constantly resetting while items are being added
• Loading and reloading a module while text is in search now applies the filter correctly
• Fix crash in command mode when pressing enter while hovering over a wrong entry

[0.8] - 2017-04-28

API changes

• The settings variable now contains _api_version ([major, minor, patch]) and _locale by default
• Queue requests that cause process_response to be called can now optionally give an identifier to receive when process_response is called
• Modules must now declare their settings in metadata.json

Added

• Simple pext_dev command to help module development
• Support metadata.json for showing info on installed modules
• i18n support
• Dutch translation

Changed

• Move all UI code to QML
• Improved installation dialogs
• Improve load module dialog
• Get rid of update and uninstall dialogs in favor for a central module management dialog
• Check module functions parameter length on module load to prevent some runtime crashes for modules
• Module settings is no longer a freeform input field
• Display "Waiting" instead of "Ready" in the statusbar when not processing and the active module has not sent anything yet

Fixed

• Crash when picking a command while there are also other entries to display

Removed

• config.ini for editing Pext config directory (use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME or $HOME instead)

[0.7] - 2017-04-10

Added

• Clear/back button in the UI

Changed

• Minor UI font size changes
• Pext's QML now uses StandardKeys in most places

Fixed

• Fix Debian detection (no longer incorrectly detects openSUSE as Debian)
• Fix nonsense load/update/uninstall dialogs if no modules are installed

[0.6.1] - 2017-04-01

Fixed

• Clicking the tray icon no longer toggles visibility on macOS
• XDG_CONFIG_HOME is now correctly used when available
• The environment is no longer cleared when doing the initial git clone (security: the old behaviour would cause a proxy defined in the environment to be ignored)

[0.6] - 2017-03-27

Added

• Install dependencies automatically if the module provides a requirements.txt file

Fixed

• If module installation fails, the module directory is removed, so a subsequent installation doesn't instantly fail
• Modules are now correctly unloaded when they raise a critical error
• Added workaround for Ubuntu systems running the proprietary nvidia driver (Pext#11)

[0.5] - 2017-03-22

API changes

• Remove Action.notify_message and Action.notify_error, which are synonyms for add_message and add_error

Added

• Documentation
• Repository for third-party modules

Changed

• Give more information upon installing modules and warn the user that they are code
• User commands will now be auto-completed to the selected command

Fixed

• Files unexpectedly existing in ~/.config/pext/modules/ no longer causes a crash

[0.4.1] - 2017-03-05

Changed

• The default window is no longer explicitly borderless
• The logo now has a white background which improves readability on dark themes

Fixed

• An error occuring when retrieving the list of downloadable modules no longer causes a crash
• Selecting a command entry after the entry list no longer causes a crash

[0.4] - 2017-02-20

Added

• Basic Qt5 theming support using installed system themes
• Allow for a pext/config.ini file to overwrite some default configuration
• Allow the user to disable tray icon creation
• Add entry to open homepage from help menu (so the user can find support)

Changed

• Get list of installable modules from pext.hackerchick.me instead of pext.github.io

[0.3] - 2016-12-29

API changes

• The entry and command list will now be emptied each time just before selection_made is called

Added

• Busy indicator when the list of entries is empty for a more responsive look
• Support for getting a list of installable modules from pext.github.io

Fixed

• All commands now correctly show up after emptying the search bar
• Module lists are now sorted alphabetically
• selection_made is no longer unnecessarily triggered when closing the window

[0.2] - 2016-11-21

Added

• System tray icon

[0.1] - 2016-11-19

Initial release