Rate Limiting in Javelin

Tharelia writes:

People have asked for a way to slow down Javelin's output multiple times, to support software that cannot handle the default output rate. There is now an initial mechanism to do this; though it will likely change in the future. Firmware's 2025-03-16 and later have this ability, and it'll show up in the Settings Tool too. The pico builds work to these timings already, even with the hacky implementation; so going to leave that as is for now. Get a firmware 2025-03-19 or later for these features + some important fixes recently. Note: The rate limit is the rate that keyboard packets are sent to the computer, not the rate of characters. e.g. A character with a shift will send a shift-press, a letter-press, then a letter release, then shift release.

Javelin Update!

Tharelia writes:

Javelin Update
Firmware
Fixed retro_toggle_asterisk
Fixed sendText() on Jarne / Jarne Blade
Added a number of new fonts
More performance improvements
Added support for Cirque Touchpad, with auto-detection for all existing modules on Halcyon Kyria
javelin-steno-rp2040 repository renamed to javelin-steno-pico and can now build for rp2040, rp2350-arm and rp2350-riscv Added Game of Life screensaver to Halcyon Kyria layout
Javelin is making progress on multi-language support
You can now run Javelin with another layout, however, it only supports a single language on a device at a time at the moment.
This also supports defining extra parsing even if you want to just use standard English/extended English - for example, you can define "J" to be SKWR, then add dictionary entries such as "JET" -> "jet", or "JAFL" -> "javelin"'


Web Tools
Added Condition and Set Value action in Visual Editor.
Added Double Press activation in Visual Editor
Added code to visual editor generated scripts to prevent sticky steno keys when ModTap keys are used on the steno layer.
Added hesitation times to paper tape export
Added support for building firmware for other languages
Added support for working with other languages in various tools

JSON dictionary to Anki Deck Script

Warren has made a Python script to turn a JSON dictionary into an Anki deck so you can study it flashcard-style!

Plover2CAT v3.1.0

The excellent plants writes on the Plover Discord:

Plover2CAT v.3.1.0 can be installed directly from the plugin manager!

You can now set highlight colors for different text elements. There are many bug fixes and speed improvements under the hood. See the changes here.

Plover2CAT will be migrating to Qt6 following Plover 5 development. This will be the last feature update for Plover 4 except for urgent bug fixes.

Plover 4 is finally here!!

Thanks to the heroic efforts of the amazing mkrnr and many other wonderful devs over the past many years, Plover 4 has at long last been officially released! What a wonderful day! Infinite gratitude and appreciation to everyone who has come together to make this happen!!!

Plover v4.0.0rc5 released!

The marvelous mkrnr says:

Plover v4.0.0rc5 released

Adds Linux Wayland support, as requested by many. Huge thanks to @LilleAila | 5 wpm / 70% for the implementation! Adds a new button to the plugins manager that allows installation via a GitHub URL. Thanks to @plants!

Please check out the GitHub release page for all changes and for the installer files.

We want to release plover v4.0.0 soon, so we'd love some testing and feedback for this release candidate

Plover Development Taking Off!

Thanks in large part to the wonderful mkrnr, the Plover GitHub Repo is buzzing at the moment! Our devs have been fixing and updating and doing a ton of important maintenance work. It's wonderful to see this rejuvenation, and I'm so grateful for everyone's help. Infinite appreciation and admiration to all our contributors! If you'd like to pitch in, contact mkrnr on the Plover Discord for guidance!