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0.2.1
Added
- System tray icon for k86-gui (libayatana-appindicator) with a menu to show or hide the
window and quit. Settings → Application: show the tray icon, keep running in the tray when
the window is closed, start minimized to the tray (saved in~/.config/k86-gui/settings.ini). k86-gui --minimizestarts hidden in the tray; closing the window then keeps it there. The
window opens anyway when no tray is available.- libk86: a shared library with a C API (
<k86/k86.h>, pkg-configk86) so other programs can
change the keyboard likek86ctldoes: lighting, side light, key maps and Fn layers, macros,
per-key colours, LCD images, clock and stats, profile, debounce, sleep, options, factory
reset, and a simulated keyboard for testing. Included in the release archives and packages.
Changed
- The packages depend on libayatana-appindicator.
0.2.0
Added
- New GUI that works like the original software: a drawing of the K86 (taken from the original's
layout) on the Keys and Fn layer pages; click a key (Ctrl-click for several) and pick its new
action from categories (keys and combinations, media, mouse, macro, lighting, side light,
connection, system, profile). Changes are written right away. - Lighting page with effect tiles, named directions, colour swatches and a preview; side light.
- Per-key colour painting (click or drag, fill, rainbow, pick from key).
- Macro editor with the 50 slots, recording from the keyboard, editable delays and a key picker.
- Everything is read from the keyboard when it is connected; the keyboard is found
automatically, also when plugged in later. Device I/O runs in the background. - Profile switcher: view and edit any profile, make one the active profile.
- Names for the K86 firmware functions on the factory Fn layer, from the K86 user manual:
Bluetooth 1-3 and 2.4 GHz, Win lock, battery level, factory reset, backlight effect, colour,
speed and on/off, side light effect, colour, brightness and speed, knob mode
(conn:BT1,sys:WinLock,side:NextEffect, ... ink86ctl), plusprofile:1-profile:3. - Readable names everywhere ("Macro 3 (toggle)", "Win + D", "Page Up");
k86ctl keymap show
prints them next to the action. k86-gui --read-only(nothing is ever written),--page, and--self-test, which clicks
through every page against a simulated keyboard and checks the result (also run byctest).- Protocol simulator (
SimulatedTransport) used by--dry-run, the self-test and the unit tests. - The release workflow runs the GUI self-tests under Xvfb.
Changed
k86-gui --dry-runsimulates a keyboard with state instead of echoing commands; writes are
printed to the terminal.- Settings show on/off switches with descriptions instead of raw numbers.
0.1.1
Added
- Attack Shark icon for the GUI's window and desktop entry.
0.1.0
First release.
Added
k86coreC++17 library for both K86 firmwares: YC3121 (3151:4015) and YC3123
(3151:5002), over Linuxhidraw.k86ctlcommand line tool andk86-guiGTK 3 GUI.- Lighting effects, side light, per-key colours and per-key animations.
- Key and Fn layer remapping (3 profiles), factory layouts, export and import.
- Macros (50 slots).
- LCD: images and animated GIFs, clock sync, system stats (YC3123), erase.
- Profile, debounce, sleep timers, option flags, factory reset, raw commands.
--dry-runmode that prints the reports instead of sending them.- udev rule for access without root, and a desktop entry for the GUI.
- Protocol documentation (
docs/PROTOCOL.md) and golden-report tests against the original
driver. - Packages for x86_64 and aarch64:
.tar.gz,.deb,.rpmand pacman, with SHA-256 sums.
Fixed (found testing on a YC3121 K86)
- Wait for the firmware to finish committing each write. Reads during the commit returned
stale data, and reading too early could reboot the keyboard. macro cleardid not send anything.- The per-key animation effect is reported instead of causing an error, and per-key colours
are no longer lost when written while an animation plays. - Side light support on the YC3121, which the original driver does not offer.