weekly-v2.5.8+529.gfbbc1f7

Weekly Pre-release

Features

Media keys have been added! For Linux, this means hundreds of new keys with an optional XF86_ prefix. All the keys below should function, though you may have to hook up global handlers depending on your distribution. See a list of XF86_ keys taken from XF86keysym.h

As for OSX and Windows, these are the possible media keys, which you can use such as:

{
"SR*UP": "{#AudioRaiseVolume}",
"SR*D": "{#AudioLowerVolume}",
"PHAO*UT": "{#AudioMute}"
}

Name	OSX	Windows
AudioRaiseVolume	✅	✅
AudioLowerVolume	✅	✅
MonBrightnessUp	✅
MonBrightnessDown	✅
AudioMute	✅	✅
Eject	✅
AudioPause­	Play/Pause	Play/Pause
AudioPlay	Play/Pause	Play/Pause
AudioNext	✅	✅
AudioPrev	✅	✅
AudioRewind	✅
AudioStop		✅
KbdBrightnessUp	✅
KbdBrightnessDown	✅
Standby		✅
MyComputer*		✅
Calculator*		✅
Mail*		✅

*Depending on your version of Windows and your keyboard driver, the application launching keys may not work.

Browser Action	OSX	Windows
Back		✅
Forward		✅
Refresh		✅
Stop		✅
Search		✅
Favorites		✅
HomePage		✅
WWW		✅

Fixes

• Only save changed dictionaries with dictionary editor, add translation dialog
• Internally handle read-only dictionaries
• Use pkg_resources on Windows and OS X (previously only Linux)
• Fix crash when opening Plover using some OS X key layouts
• Catch exceptions on reconnect

Download & Install

Windows

Download and run the .exe below.

OS X

Download the .dmg file, drag Plover to your Applications folder, then go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility > "+" Button > Select Applications/Plover. Now, run Plover.

Linux

You can pip install the wheel file. You can chmod +x the egg if you have all dependencies installed. Ubuntu users may need to use a backport to get the latest version of wxPython:

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:adamwolf/kicad-trusty-backports
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk3.0