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InputBar 2.0.0

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Breaking Changes​

  • IPC protocol: plain-text SHOW / SEARCH:text still accepted (backward-compatible). New JSON envelope format introduced: {"protocol": 1, "command": "show", "args": {}}. Old scripts continue to work unchanged.
  • Dev mode data path: generated data now routes to src/gen/Data/ instead of src/Data/. A one-time migration runs automatically on first launch.
  • --verbose flag: new CLI flag to enable DEBUG logging in compiled mode.

Improvements​

  • Logging: timestamped format [YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.mmmZ] [LEVEL] [module]. Bootstrap log at %TEMP%\InputBar\bootstrap.log active before path resolution. Log rotation (5 MB max, 3 files kept). Levels: DEBUG / INFO / WARN / ERROR / FATAL.
  • Crash handler: unhandled exceptions now write a InputBar_crash_<timestamp>.log to %TEMP% before exiting.
  • Atomic config writes: Settings.json, hotkeys.json, Plugins.json now written via temp+rename to prevent corruption on crash.
  • Schema versioning: Settings.json and hotkeys.json carry a schema_version field enabling structured migrations.
  • Graceful shutdown: SIGTERM / SIGINT handled. Plugins teardown() called in reverse load order. 5-second hard timeout on shutdown.
  • WinKeyHook install prompt: user is asked before installing WinKeyHook. SHA-256 integrity check runs if a hash is configured in build/project.json.
  • Path traversal guard: ConfigDirectory values pointing at system directories are rejected.
  • Thread safety: _pipe_handle protected by a lock. Reader thread uses threading.Event stop flag.
  • IPC quit command: both plain-text QUIT and JSON {"command":"quit"} trigger a graceful shutdown.
  • Plugin teardown contract: plugins may expose teardown() -> None — called on shutdown.
  • Named constants: all magic timing/retry values named (no bare literals).
  • Type annotations: all public functions in Core modules annotated.
  • build/project.json: single source of truth for name, version, publisher, GUID. build_app.bat and CMakeLists.txt both read from it.
  • pyproject.toml: ruff linter configured for the project.
  • .docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: module map, startup sequence, directory layout.
  • .docs/DECISIONS.md: ADRs for all major technical choices.

Infrastructure​

  • Git root: .git moved from src/ to project root (§3.1 compliance).
  • .gitignore: root-level gitignore added. build/, releases/, publish scripts, src/gen/, CONTEXT.md all excluded.
  • Dev data isolation: src/gen/ directory (gitignored) holds all dev-mode generated data.

Downloads​

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