v0.0.3 (Beta)

Release Notes — Ople MagicToys v0.0.3 (Beta)

MagicToys is a native, open-source productivity desktop suite bringing Windows PowerToys and Windows 11 Clipboard History features to Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Fedora, Mint, Pop!_OS).

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🌟 What's New in v0.0.3

🎨 Rebranding & UI Refinements

• Unified App Title: Updated all window headers, settings sidebars, and system tray tooltips to MagicToys.
• Enhanced Logo Prominence: Doubled main sidebar logo image size to 44px and added a matching 28px header brand icon.
• +2 Step App-Wide Font Size Increase: Upgraded typography across history cards, preview text, search inputs, tab headers, and navigation menus (+2px across all Slint screens).
• 100% Crisp Font Sharpness: Replaced transparent window background with opaque #0a0a0a background, enabling GPU subpixel font antialiasing (FemtoVG/Winit) for crisp text.

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⚡ Reliability & Performance Improvements

• Anti-Flicker Fix for X11/GNOME: Changed _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR property configuration from APPEND to REPLACE mode, eliminating window state bloat and Mutter compositor redraw flicker.
• Persistent Clipboard Context Manager: Built a thread-safe PERSISTENT_CLIPBOARD manager (Lazy<Mutex<Option<Clipboard>>>) to prevent X11 connection churn and selection loss.
• Separated Read/Write Clipboard Engine:
  • Reading: Reads external app selections dynamically using fresh handlers.
  • Writing: Uses persistent context so MagicToys retains clipboard selection ownership without dropping.
• Emoji Paste Focus Sequence: Updated emoji paste flow to verify target window focus settlement before setting selection, ensuring active applications don't overwrite emojis with old clipboard data.
• First-Press Launch Fix: Added window state initialization on cold start so Alt + V opens on the very first keystroke.

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📦 Multi-Distro Packaging Output (work/releases/)

./build-all.sh outputs 5 Linux package formats along with cryptographic checksums into work/releases/:

Package Format	Output File	Target Distros
Debian / Ubuntu / Mint	magictoys_0.0.3_amd64.deb	Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Pop!_OS
Arch Linux	magictoys-0.0.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst	Arch Linux, Manjaro, EndeavourOS
RPM Package	magictoys-0.0.3-1.x86_64.rpm	Fedora, RHEL, openSUSE
Universal AppImage	MagicToys-0.0.3-x86_64.AppImage	Any Linux distribution
Portable Archive	magictoys-0.0.3-x86_64.tar.gz	Generic Linux tarball with installer
Checksums	SHA256SUMS	Verification manifest

Auto-Launch on Install: .deb package includes DEBIAN/postinst session detection that automatically launches magictoys in the active user's desktop session immediately upon dpkg -i installation.

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🌐 Webpage & SEO Upgrades (magictoys.ople.in)

• Updated Official Domain: Configured canonical links, open graph tags, sitemaps, and robots directives for https://magictoys.ople.in/.
• SEO Title: Ople MagicToys for Linux — Native Clipboard, Emoji & OCR PowerToys for Linux.
• PowerToys Feature Equivalence Section: Highlights Alt + V (Clipboard History), Alt + . (Emoji Picker), and Alt + Shift + T (Screen OCR Text Extractor).
• Rich JSON-LD Schemas: Embedded SoftwareApplication and FAQPage schemas for Google search rich snippets.

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🛠️ Quick Installation Commands

One-Line Terminal Install:

curl -sS https://magictoys.ople.in/install.sh | bash

Install Debian / Ubuntu .deb Package:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y xclip
sudo dpkg -i magictoys_0.0.3_amd64.deb