EgonTE 1.13 - The next level 🦾
Full update (major changes only)
(might not be all)
Added:
Added a new "ui_builders" file that stores many crucial methods like "make_pop_ups_window" and brings them to the next level, and there's new methods there.
Remade the "library installer" tool with a new UI and many advanced functionalities to ensure a safe and smooth experience.
Added a new "handwriting_popup.py", which stores the handwriting method, which also got many additions, improvements, and bug fixes.
Added an "HTML" version to the informative content (help and patch notes) that activates if the conditions are right.
Added a file template generator tool, which generates simple yet nifty docs and PDF (and more) files.
Added "clipboard history" tool, which allows you to check on your clipboard, play with its content, and has connectivity to the main window.
Added many algorithms to the main file to improve reliability and make the code more readable.
Added an "auto-lists" method that can help with making numbered or bulleted lists (and more) in the text box.
Added a special version of the edit (drop-down) menu as a right-click menu.
Added a massive find & replace text method, with a lot of features and in real time events.
Added a method that loads all the commands of the app.
Added "large_variables" file, that stores large variables that contain mainly autonomous or string variables.
Added "universal_functions" file that stores all the the standalone functions that are also static.
Added many options in the "advanced options" window.
Improved / fixed:
Naming improvements all across the project.
Improved and fixed the "speech to method" to an high degree.
Fixed and improved the "typefaces" method.
Fixed and optimaized a lot of stuff.
Update's parts
Part 1
Added:
added a new binding option to disable (and enable) - automatic (pressing any button mostly in the EgonTE text widget)
added a new reset binding button
added the option to choose text's font size values orientation - highest value at the top or the bottom of the combo-box
added a "show characters" window for the text decorators tool
added a message when closing a pop-up window in the record tool and added a thread stopper for some functions.
added a universal window-creating function, that binds the window to all the window-related settings and events
added a universal internet links opener
added the option to choose both or none auto-saving method instead of one of them
added a global "fill by click" function
W.I.P draw to text tool - redo functionality and night mode
W.I.P added a text formater to the output of the "speech to text" tool
Changed \ improved:
more specific libraries importing
made some widget placing shorter with loops
optimized many conditions with the usage of a dictionary
added a ton of type and return hintings
started to use staticmethod, and in bulk
optimized conditions with repetitive content
matched some arguments with their parameters
improved some functions, arguments, parameters, and variables names
Flipped text's font sizes combo box
made balloon-tips creation shorter
made the ballon-tips library an optional feature, and returned the classic ballon-tips in case of not installing the library
started to use less error-catching and more conditions to prevent errors
shorten many lines with list comprehensions - making groups of variables, checking conditions, etc
made the virtual keyboard code organization better
improved the NLP's function conditions
improved wiki-image images' size adjustment conditions
merged the text's highlight color function with the general function that manages color-changing events
improved a bit the text decorator function
removed some useless comments
organized variables creation in the init function
made some widget creation consume less space
merged some functions with the same usage but different options (for example: text alignment functions are now one)
made more variables belong to the class to fix possible scope error
optimized the "advance" section in the "random names" function
made drawing in the draw-to-text tool more power-efficient
Fixed:
fixed the library installer's widget placement error
fixed many misspellings
fixed youtube-transcript window creation
fixed font size wasn't applying to a newer text
fixed a bug with the text decorator's text scroll
fixed a condition and a method call in the git tool
Part 2
Added:
Added a new file "large_variables.py", this file is used for storing large variables that do not have any dependencies - and saves 300 lines!
Added a new function that creates the "complex" text widget (with frame and scroll bar) - this function shortens repetitive content and allows to expand upon these improved text widgets for other tools.
Changed/improved:
Changed GPT-API tool window creation to "make_pop_ups_window" function.
this file will store many large variables that don't have dependencies making the main file more concise and readable
Part 3
Added:
Added a new binding (function to widgets) algorithm, that uses dictionaries to make it less repetitive and more structured to the initial and the advanced options functions.
Completed the making of the redo functionality in the handwriting tool.
Added a function that checks if you saved the previous file before opening an existing/blank file.
Added a record tool message to make a new blank file.
Changed/Improved:
Made many handwriting tool variables be at the init level, causing many options not to reset every time you open the tool
Optimized error handling at the open (existing) file function
Optimized typefaces function
Optimized some of the paint's function (handwriting) events
Used list comprehensions to make separators widgets more efficiently
Fixed:
Fixed handwriting tool's night mode
Added an error-catching statement to the undo function, to prevent an error if there's nothing to undo
Fixed "underline" and "italic" typefaces not working
Fixed some variables names errors caused by the new "large_variables" file
Fixed "biggest top/bottom" font size options not automatically made with the current color palate
Fixed the virtual keyboard's window management bugs
Fixed draw mode being not mainly accessible in the handwriting tool
Part 4
Added:
Added a new file for the global/static methods.
Added an algorithm that organizes most of the different UI widgets' color options into one system for the "custom_ui_colors" method.
Added a Tab (virtual keyboard) indent method selection, in the advanced options method.
Changed/Improved:
Replaced the exit app function text compare conditions with the new "check text difference" (comparing the text’s editor text to its file) function.
Improved the options of the "find_text" method, both with code efficiency and UI management.
Improved the placement of the widgets in the "find_text" method.
Made the "popular terms" listbox only appear if useful enough and made the content always synchronized with the text editor.
Made a Label widget that informs about the text changes in the "replace" method.
Made the "text formatter" method deal with the content before and after the newly added text position, contrary to only adding punctuation.
Improved the navigation of the results in the "find_text" method by preventing many errors and looping through the results again when reaching the tip of the values.
Made that if the DateTime method content is about to be inserted into joined content it will put a space to separate the content.
Made the option to drag with the mouse the "handwriting" drawings.
Fixed:
Fixed a variable error with the "popular terms" "list-box" in the "find_text" function.
Fixed the "tag_all" and "untag_all" function's parameters in the "find_text" method.
Removed expressions that don't include existing references in different methods.
Fixed "bold" and "italic" typefaces not working.
Fixed a widget error in the "git" method.
Fixed a count error in the "git" method "commit data" function.
Fixed lower/upper case words method's marking system.
Code:
Merged the two navigation functions at the "find_text" method into one more efficient function.
Shortened/improved some more widgets creation, by making a loop make the buttons for the virtual keyboard and calculator tools.
Optimized the options' menu labels parameters.
Optimized some of the night's mode color variables.
Moved the "large_variables" and the new "universal_functions" files to a new directory called "dependencies".
Switched many global variables to class variables for better and more efficient management.
Removed unused function in the "handwriting" method.
Changed the names of many variables to make their purpose more clear without searching for the reference in the code.
Changed the way that the "check_file_changes" is getting the desired content via parameters instead of defining them inside the method.
W.I.P:
Added a new method for retrieving the text files.
Mixed the "replace text" and "find text" functions into one.
"Egon" directory option in the "open_file" function.
Part 5
(detailed and specific patch notes for this version will be coming soon)