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⚠ ALPHA RELEASE ⚠

This alpha release ships with several new features and bug fixes:

New detect tool

You can now type #detect# inside an application to show the information Espanso is detecting, which is useful to create App-specific configurations.
This command can also be triggered by the Searchbar and will replace the previous espanso detect subcommand available in pre-v2 releases.

Active application detection

New log tool

You can now open Espanso's log from the search bar, by selecting the "Show Espanso's Logs" option.
Windows and macOS users can also show them from the status icon's context menu.

Gradual rollout of packages

We ported most of the old packages to the new format inside the Hub, so you can install them with:

espanso install <package_name>

That said, there are still many things left to do, including rewriting the package documentation and porting the new packages to the hub.
Hopefully, we'll be able to do so in the upcoming releases :)

Other changes/fixes

  • Improved Deadkeys handling on X11. #881
  • Added alternative xclip backend for X11. #882

If anyone wants to give it a try (and enjoy the Searchbar and Regex trigger goodies 😎), here are the main takeaways:

  • Documentation is still lacking, I just had the chance to write a migration guide. That should be enough to get started with the new version, but there is a lot more to cover. Feel free to ask here on GitHub or Reddit if you don't understand something :)
  • Passive mode is currently not supported, though regex triggers might cover (and improve!) many of the possible use-cases
  • The distribution format has changed for some platforms, please see the instructions for macOS, Windows and Linux. On macOS, Espanso is now a regular App bundle, which should make it much easier to deal with. On Linux, we still have a lot of work to do. For now, we have an AppImage available for X11 systems, with more formats and integrations (AUR, snap, etc) to come. Wayland users will need to compile Espanso from sources right now, I'm going to write a comment in the wayland thread with some instructions soon

Keep in mind that this is an alpha release, so things are likely to be buggy. Any feedback or bug report will be very helpful, so don't hesitate to let us know if you encounter any problems! :)

Happy expanding 🚀

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