https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Jbel4M4Uc [Embed]
windows
zip: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v597/Hydrus.Network.597.-.Windows.-.Extract.only.zip
exe: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v597/Hydrus.Network.597.-.Windows.-.Installer.exe
macOS
app: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v597/Hydrus.Network.597.-.macOS.-.App.dmg
linux
tar.zst: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v597/Hydrus.Network.597.-.Linux.-.Executable.tar.zst

I had a good week. There's some more bug fixes and improvements to quality of life.

Full changelog: https://hydrusnetwork.github.io/hydrus/changelog.html

highlights

When I sped up subscription and downloader load time a couple weeks ago, I messed something up with local import folders that caused them to one-time re-check of any files they were remembering (i.e. entries where you said 'leave alone, do not reattempt'). It resulted in some wasted work and an UI bug. Thank you for the reports about this. I have fixed the problem, and any duplicate/redundant import objects should be removed on update. Let me know if you have any more trouble!

I worked a bit more on copying tag parents, which wasn't has helpful IRL as I expected. I've moved the default 'copy' behaviour (e.g. when you hit Ctrl+C) back to the old 'just copy without parents', and now the 'copy' menu has a new option for specifically copying with parents if there are any. I also extended support for this to more taglist types and removed some accidental parent-indent garbage in the copy code.

Mr Bones, the export files window, and the manage times, urls, and notes dialogs now all have 'frame location' entries under options->gui. If you always want 'edit notes' to appear on a second monitor or something, you can now set it up.

If you are an advanced user that does parsing stuff, all formulae now have an option and purely descriptive 'name/description' field. Feel free to start naming the more obscure parts of ZIPPERs or whatever you are working with. Also, the 'edit ZIPPER' panel, the main 'edit formula' panel (where you can change formula type), and the 'edit string processor' panel all now have import/export/duplicate buttons! Should be a bit easier to copy complicated regex and stuff around.

Win 7

I am not totally sure, but it looks like we lost Win 7 support back in v582 or so. Some of the libraries we use are getting trickier to build on Win 7, and some newer hydrus code simply will not run on Python 3.8, which is the latest Windows 7 can run. I have updated the 'running from source' help to talk specifically about this.

We knew this train was coming, and it looks like it is suddenly here. Windows 7 users are stuck on source ~v582 until they update Windows or move to Linux/macOS. Thanks for using hydrus!

future build

Only for advanced users!

I am making another future build this week, but just for Windows. This is a special build with libraries that I would like advanced users to test out so I know they are safe to fold into the normal release. It is newer SQLite and mpv dlls this time. More info in the post here:

https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/tag/v597-future-1

next week

I have six weeks of work left before Christmas. I am not confident I will get duplicates auto-resolution working in time, but it'd be nice, and I'm having a great time doing code cleanup and widget overhaul along with it, so I'll keep on trucking like this until the end of the year, I think. So, more small jobs and overall cleanup.