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!

Javelin Updates!

Tharelia writes:

Here's an update on what's happened in Javelin recently:

**Firmware**

- Added support for the Halcyon Kyria (rev4), including the Halcyon TFT LCD Display Module

- Added a default layout for both Kyria rev3 and rev4

- Added support for Bluetooth to Serial bridging

- Added split version detection, to prompt for updating the pair side when necessary

- Added support for encoders

- Added hWheelMouse() script function for horizontal scroll wheel support

- Added console set_rgb array support to better support

- Improved documentation for scripting https://github.com/jthlim/javelin-steno/blob/main/script.md

- jeff-modifiers now only applies to embedded steno mode

- Added the ability to secure console access and flash writes via script.

- Fixed wpm spiking after unicode characters when linux_ibus was used.

- Paper Tape and Steno Layout web tools are now functional even when not using embedded steno.

**Web Tools**

- Added Serial Bridge tool, to enable wireless usage of Windows programs that normally require a usb connection.

- Added initial cut/copy/paste support to the Visual Editor

- Added undo/redo to the Visual Editor

- Changed mechanism handling tap and double tap to make more cases work as expected.

- Added prefab support to Visual Editor. This is done to make it easier to use scripts written by others.

- Added RTF dictionary support to firmware builder.

- Added option to ignore bad entries to firmware builder.

- Improvements to compiler to generate better output for Taipo implementation

- Fixed negative values not showing properly in global values tool

The Musical Uni!

You've heard of The Starboard Saxophone. Now get ready for...

The Musical Uni!!

This is all by Lynn from the Plover Discord, and I think it's HUGELY impressive and cool. It makes me want to join an all-steno machine band! Who's with me?!

Steno Glossary

Grahp has compiled a useful steno glossary that might come in handy if you've been reading people chatting about steno in the Discord or elsewhere and have been wondering about what all the jargon means.