Hexlog v0.4.0

What's Changed

Hexlog 0.4.0 is a data-layout and VTT workbench release.

Data storage overhaul

• Data now lives in ~/.config/hexlog/ (the XDG standard location), split into dev (local development) and prod (packaged AppImage) so the two never share data
• Respects $XDG_CONFIG_HOME when set
• Existing data from older releases (~/.hexlog/) is moved in automatically on first launch — nothing is lost
• The About dialog and status bar show the active data directory

Virtual tabletop (VTT)

• Resize tokens: select a character or NPC token and drag the white corner handle to resize it (12–256 px). The token stays centered and the size is saved with the scene
• Images now fill the token: token images are zoomed to cover-crop the shape instead of being letterboxed — no more white space
• Scenes show a "No scenes yet" hint like the other tabs

UI polish

• Entity detail forms: the description field grows with the window instead of leaving dead space
• Descriptions and journal text now keep intentional leading/trailing blank lines
• New Help menu with an About Hexlog dialog including a clickable link to the GitHub repository

Tests

• Suite grew from 21 to 36 tests: environment/path selection (dev vs prod), legacy-data migration, XDG override, token-resize math, and more

Install

Download hexlog-0.4.0-x86_64.AppImage, then run:

chmod +x hexlog-0.4.0-x86_64.AppImage
./hexlog-0.4.0-x86_64.AppImage

No Python or PySide6 install required — everything is bundled. Your data lives in ~/.config/hexlog/prod/.