v0.14.0

Release Notes v0.14.0

Major release with saving to highlight notes, export format settings, dedicated translate view, new actions, and improved action management.

Translate View

A new specialized view for translation actions, designed for quick lookups with minimal UI:

• Dedicated translation interface - 5-button layout (MD/Text, Copy, → Chat, Show/Hide Original, Close)
• New "Translate Settings" submenu consolidating all translation options
• Original text visibility modes - Follow global, always hide, hide long, never hide
• Long text threshold - Configurable character limit (default: 200) for hiding original
• Copy Translation Only option for raw translation without metadata
• Auto-save disabled by default (like dictionary lookups)
• "→ Chat" button expands to full chat with complete options

Access: Triggered automatically for Translate, Translate Page, and bypass translate actions

Export Format Settings

Configurable format for Copy and Note buttons with two-dimensional control:

• Content options: Full (metadata + chat), Q+A, Response only, Everything (debug)
• Style options: Markdown or Plain Text
• "Ask every time" mode - Shows picker dialog before each Copy/Note action
• History Export setting - Separate configuration with "Ask every time" default
• Translate-specific settings with "Follow global" option

New module: koassistant_export.lua provides unified formatting for all export scenarios

Save to Note

AI responses can now be saved directly to KOReader highlights (in Highlight context:

• Note button in highlight context chats saves response to source highlight
• Copy button added to dictionary compact view
• Note button respects export content/style settings
• Automatically disabled for non-highlight contexts

Action Improvements

New Connect action for highlight context:

• Draws cross-references, broader connections, and thematic links
• Analyzes relationship to work's themes and patterns

Enhanced highlight templates (Explain, ELI5, Summarize, Elaborate):

• Light guidance without heavy content-type adaptation
• Tone-matching hints for appropriate responses
• Fixed ELI5 include_book_context (was false, now true)

View Mode selector in action creation and editing:

• Choose between Standard, Dictionary Compact, or Translate view
• Available in creation wizard Step 1 and quick edit menus
• Properly inherited when duplicating actions

Book Actions

Three new book-level actions:

• Related Thinkers - Intellectual landscape, influences, contemporaries
• Key Arguments - Thesis, evidence, assumptions, counterarguments
• Discussion Questions - Comprehension, analytical, and interpretive prompts

Content-type adaptation across all book actions:

• X-Ray: Parallel structure for non-fiction (Key Figures, Core Concepts, Arguments)
• Recap: "Previously on..." for fiction, "Where we left off..." for non-fiction
• Templates now detect fiction vs non-fiction and adapt accordingly

Improved templates: book_info, similar_books, explain_author, historical_context

Granular Reset Options

Fine-grained control over settings reset (Settings → Advanced → Reset Settings):

• Reset actions submenu with separate options:
  • Custom actions only (user-created)
  • Action edits only (built-in overrides + disabled)
  • Action menus only (highlight/dictionary configurations)
• Reset custom providers/models - Separate from action resets
• Action Manager hamburger menu - Quick access to action-related resets

Each option clearly describes what it resets and preserves.

Smart Action Filtering

Dynamic open book flag inference:

• Actions using reading context (X-Ray, Recap, etc.) now identified automatically from flags
• Automatic migration fixes existing custom actions on plugin load
• Actions with placeholders like {reading_progress}, {book_text} correctly hidden in file browser
• New context extraction flags can be added to one central location

Reliability & UX

• 5-second timeout for auto update checker (prevents startup lag on slow networks)
• Alphabetical sorting in main action input window (case-insensitive)
• Improved action wizard UX - Better Context and View Mode selector dialogs
• Inclusive language in prompts (book → work/text where appropriate)
• Lang button in translate view for quick language switching
• Close-on-save behavior in translate view

Bug Fixes

• Fix stack overflow when replying after expanding translate view to full chat
• Fix Note button disabled after reply in highlight chat
• Fix stale reading progress in context extraction
• Fix highlight menu action ordering

Code Cleanup

• Remove deprecated dead code from system_prompts.lua (unused since v0.5)
• SystemPrompts.context table and SystemPrompts.getContext() function removed

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Full Changelog: v0.13.0...v0.14.0