Arf v1.6.0

Added

• Side reader. Open another note, or a reference's attached PDF, EPUB, or article, in a panel
  beside the editor and write from it. Select a passage and quote it into the open note as an
  attributed blockquote, or highlight the sentences that matter — from the reader's right-click
  menu or its header.
• Reference attachments. Attach a PDF, EPUB, or other reader file from your disk, or fetch an
  open-access copy where one exists, and read it in the side reader. Files are organized under an
  attachments/ folder in the vault and travel in the .arf bundle.
• Library keyword search across every field — author, title, year, venue, DOI, ISBN, abstract —
  with prefix and light fuzzy matching, and a nested folder tree for references that matches the
  notes sidebar, including empty folders you make ahead of time.
• Drag to reorder notes and folders in the sidebar; the order is remembered in a sidecar file
  and travels with the vault.
• Specialized right-click menus for the knowledge graph (nodes and background), the Library
  (folders and background), and the reader, alongside the existing note, folder, tag, link,
  citation, editor, and reading-view menus.
• Insert images from the editor toolbar or its right-click menu. In the desktop app images are
  stored as organized files under attachments/images/ and shown in the reading view; images export
  centered and fit to the page, keeping their proportions.
• A control to turn the on-device model off again, not only on.
• Each note's header now records both local time (with the system's UTC offset) and UTC, so
  timestamps read correctly wherever a note was written.

Changed

• The Export dialog shows only the options that fit the chosen format — Markdown offers a
  keep-frontmatter toggle; PDF offers page size and margins — instead of PDF page settings for every
  format.
• Interface transitions were smoothed throughout and honor the operating system's reduced-motion
  setting.
• The .arf workspace bundle now carries the Library's folder tree and inlines note images, so the
  file stays self-contained.

Fixed

• A Markdown, text, or HTML file attached to a reference is no longer mistaken for a note.
• Moving or deleting a note or folder no longer leaves a stale manual-order rank behind.
• The reader's quote and highlight actions stay reachable even when a link or citation sits under the
  pointer in the reading text.

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Installing — these builds are unsigned (no paid certificate yet):

• Windows — SmartScreen may warn: More info → Run anyway.
• macOS — right-click the app → Open the first time (Gatekeeper).
• Linux — the .AppImage is portable: chmod +x and run.

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