On Debian/Ubuntu, python3-gi is installed into the non-versioned
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages path which venvs exclude even with
--system-site-packages. A debian-system-packages.pth file adds it to
sys.path so `import gi` works from the venv.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
'python -m blitztext' adds cwd to sys.path, so running blitztext from inside
a directory that contains a blitztext/ folder shadows the installed package.
A proper shebang entry-point script sets sys.path[0] to the script's own
directory (venv/bin), making the launcher cwd-independent.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Each apt package must be a separate array element; passing them as one quoted
string caused apt-get to fail with "unable to locate package <all names>".
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Check for python3-gi (PyGObject), xdotool, libnotify-bin, and pipewire-bin
before creating the venv; if any are missing, run sudo apt-get install
automatically so the install works out of the box on a fresh system.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Moves the venv out of the source tree to ~/.local/lib/blitztext so it works on
CIFS/SMB shares (--copies avoids the lib64 symlink that CIFS rejects). Copies
the blitztext package into site-packages so the cloned source folder can be
deleted immediately after running install.sh. Adds a ~/.local/bin/blitztext
launcher and installs hicolor icons.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The upstream app is macOS-only (Swift/SwiftUI, CoreML/WhisperKit) and can't
run on Linux or in a container. This adds a native host tool under linux/ that
reproduces the workflow: focus any text field, press a hotkey, speak, and the
optionally-rewritten text is typed into that field.
- Engine: pynput global hotkeys → mic record → local faster-whisper →
optional OpenAI-compatible rewrite → xdotool typing into the focused window
- Frontends: system tray (AppIndicator, default), tkinter control panel,
and headless modes
- Config-driven workflows in ~/.config/blitztext/config.toml with per-workflow
prompt/model/temperature overrides
- Packaging: install.sh, requirements.txt, systemd user unit
- Targets X11; local transcription runs CPU int8 on this arm64 host
See linux/CHANGELOG.md and linux/README.md for details.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
