blitztext-app-linux/linux/CHANGELOG.md
mARTin-B78 c3556b213d Redesign control panel UI (v1.0.1)
Minimal flat design with the Ubuntu font: clickable workflow rows with hover
(click to record/stop), muted descriptions and hotkey hints, subtle dividers,
and text-style Settings/Quit. Drops monogram avatars and per-row buttons.
Settings window restyled to match.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-03 22:53:38 +02:00

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# Changelog
All notable changes to **Blitztext for Linux** (the native dictation tool in
`linux/`) are documented here. The format follows
[Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/), and this project
adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
The version is defined in [`blitztext/__init__.py`](blitztext/__init__.py).
## [Unreleased]
## [1.0.1] - 2026-06-03
### Changed
- Redesigned the control-panel window: minimal flat layout, Ubuntu font
throughout, clickable workflow rows with hover (click to record / stop),
subtle dividers, and text-style Settings/Quit actions. Dropped the monogram
avatars and per-row buttons in favour of a cleaner, simpler look. The Settings
window picks up the same font and styling.
## [1.0.0] - 2026-06-03
First release of the Linux port. The upstream project is a macOS-only menu-bar
app (Swift/SwiftUI, CoreML/WhisperKit) that cannot run on Linux or in a
container; this is a native host tool that reproduces the workflow — focus any
text field, press a hotkey, speak, and the (optionally rewritten) text is typed
into that field.
### Added
- **Native dictation engine** (`daemon.py`): global hotkeys via pynput, each
hotkey toggles record → transcribe → optional rewrite → deliver.
- **Local transcription** via faster-whisper (`transcribe.py`); `device="auto"`
tries CUDA and falls back to CPU `int8` (CPU-only on this arm64 host).
- **Microphone recording** (`recorder.py`) through pw-record / parecord /
arecord — 16 kHz mono WAV, no Python audio bindings required.
- **Optional LLM rewrite** (`rewrite.py`) against any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
(OpenAI, or a local vLLM / llama-swap), configurable per workflow.
- **Typing into the focused window** via xdotool (`paste.py`): `type` directly
or `paste` through the clipboard; re-activates the target window first.
- **Configurable workflows** (`config.py`) in `~/.config/blitztext/config.toml`,
with five defaults (Transcribe, Nicer email, Improve text, Calm down, Add
emojis), per-workflow prompt/model/temperature overrides, and a TOML writer.
- **Control-panel window** (`gui.py`, tkinter): workflow rows with monogram
avatars, hotkey badges, per-row Record buttons, a live status dot, and a
Settings window that edits config and can Save & Restart.
- **System-tray mode** (`tray.py`, AppIndicator): macOS-menu-bar-style status
icon with a menu to trigger each workflow, Show panel, Settings…, and Quit;
shares one daemon/model/hotkey set with the window. Falls back to the window
with an install hint when PyGObject is absent.
- **CLI** (`__main__.py`): `tray` (default), `gui`, `run`, `transcribe`,
`config-path`, and `--version`.
- **Packaging**: `install.sh` (venv with `--system-site-packages`),
`requirements.txt`, and a `blitztext.service` systemd user unit.
### Notes
- Targets an **X11** session (uses xdotool); Wayland would need ydotool/wtype.
- System tray requires a one-time `sudo apt install python3-gi` (the GTK /
AppIndicator typelibs and GNOME `ubuntu-appindicators` extension are already
present on the target host).
[Unreleased]: https://github.com/mARTin-B78/blitztext-app/compare/v1.0.1...HEAD
[1.0.1]: https://github.com/mARTin-B78/blitztext-app/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1
[1.0.0]: https://github.com/mARTin-B78/blitztext-app/releases/tag/v1.0.0