Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Another Walkaround Gig

I got to use my Jarne to caption at a museum yesterday!

captioner with a face mask and a Jarne on a Connect-a-Desk captioning while standing in a museum
captioner with a face mask and a Jarne on a Connect-a-Desk captioning while standing in a museum

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Plover v5.0.0.2dev Released!

Get v5.0.0.dev2 here, featuring:
Features

Core

Integrate BuildResources into BuildUi to simplify UI plugin migration to Plover v5. (#1735)

Bugfixes

Core

Fix installation of plugins via git URL. (#1733)

Linux

When inputting Unicode with uinput the code now uses space to finalize the Unicode character instead of enter. (#1731)

API

No significant changes.

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Jarne as AC Remote

display panel of a Jarne showing air conditioner controls

Did you know that if you had a new model infrared Jarne and the proper firmware, you could use your Jarne as an infrared remote to control your air conditioning unit?!? 🤯

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Plover v5.0.0.dev1 Released!

Plover v5.0.0.dev1 is here!

Features

Core

Update integrated Python version to 3.13. (#1720)

User Interface

Support dark mode that follows the system settings. (#1601)

Linux

On linux wayland, warn if ibus or fcitx5 isn't running. (#1711)

macOS

Add universal installer for macOS on Intel and Apple silicon. (#1720)

Bugfixes

Linux

Downgrade CI for building Linux AppImage to Ubuntu 22.04 to build against GLIBC 2.35. (#1718)

Fixed keyboards with mouse control functionality not able to be detected in the uinput module. (#1724)

Fix keys getting stuck if keys held when starting Plover and emulating keyboard with Uinput. (#1728)

When using Uinput, fix devices being disabled upon exceptions. (#1729)

macOS

Fix notifications for newer macOS versions. (#1601)

API

Breaking Changes

Update UI from PyQt5 to PySide6. (#1601)