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Albert v0.21.0 released

[albert]

  • v0.21.0
    • Remove Item::hasActions
    • Add global config, cache and data location functions
    • Change RankItem::score type to float (0,1]
    • Make queries pointers in handler functions
    • Add function to get global network manager
    • Use explicit named query handling methods (no parameter overloading) handleTriggerQuery and handleGlobalQuery. This reduces confusion, avoids annoying extra boilerplate to disambiguate methods to avoid hide-virtual warnings and serves as a lowest common denominator on a language/naming level since these features may not be supported by script languages (e.g. Python).
  • Settings window
    • Add a new search widget in settingswindow
    • Make handlers of all types optionable
    • Make window and search widgets tabs in the settings window
  • Change usagedatabase location to datadir
  • Change IPC socket path to $CACHEDIR/albert/ipc_socket. Was $CACHEDIR/albert_socket.
  • Fix triggered global query MRU sort

[plugins]

  • New extensions:
    • [docs] Reduced set of Zeal docsets at hands
    • [clipboard] Clipboard history
  • [contacts:1.2]
    • Formatting: Remove Apple specific braces
  • [snip:1.3]
    • Add “Add” and “Remove” button in config widget
    • Add “Add snippet” item on “add” query
    • Add “Remove” action to snippet items
  • [python:1.8] Adopt API v0.21. New interface version iid 1.0
    • Add Extension.cache-, config- and dataLocation
    • Expose FallbackHandler
    • Expose TriggerQueryHandler
    • Expose GlobalQueryHandler
    • Expose QueryHandler
    • Expose IndexQueryHandler
    • Expose abstract Item class entirely such that plugins can subclass it
    • Proper multi extension registration
    • Move interface spec into python stub file (yay!)
    • Use pointer for queries
    • Remove global cache/config/data dir functions
  • [all] Adopt API v0.21.0

[python]

  • Add stub file for type hinting and documentation in IDEs
  • New extensions:
    • [coingecko] Crypto currencies
    • [mathematica] iid:1.0 port
  • [all] Adopt iid v1.0

Check the GitHub repositories for details.