AVATeR v0.10 release

v0.10 restores search settings on startup, adds Markdown export, and includes many fixes and optimisations after testing.

Downloads

• Windows Intel/AMD 64-bit v0.10:
  • 7z archive (10-20MB) _{SHA256 deb20a1f986837f8269d437a044f1fa4c573d8a368a3fd60e9fea1495272e243}
  • zip archive (10-20MB) _{SHA256 46bfeb9178e636f6f1481eab5922b0de230ec5704e0aedf9776b1c22951c5167}
• Debian/Ubuntu/etc. Intel/AMD 64-bit v0.10 installer:
  • .deb installer - standard (<1MB)
    _{SHA256 b0ff67e89fa3f09a07ba27aec99e362949cdc29ec748c00ad347830d1f15e4fe}
  • .deb installer - Buster compatible (<1MB)
    _{SHA256 b0ff67e89fa3f09a07ba27aec99e362949cdc29ec748c00ad347830d1f15e4fe}
• Fedora 35/Red Hat Linux. Intel/AMD 64-bit v0.10 installer:
  • gzipped binary (<1MB) _{SHA256 b0ff67e89fa3f09a07ba27aec99e362949cdc29ec748c00ad347830d1f15e4fe}

Changelog.txt. For the system requirements, see the AVATeR project page.

Details

New are restoring the last search settings on startup, support for Markdown exporting, and showing deleted annotations, amongst others.

Markdown export example:

Deleted annotation above (after editing the highlight on the PocketBook reader):

The annotation viewer sorting and filter options were reworked and optimised, also allowing custom sorting using the headers. Adding new annotations after connecting a device saw some fixes¹. Also, profile support was implemented. While somewhat of a boondoggle, the associated changes improved the program's structure. Other fixes and improvements targeted the creation and removing of local mirrors, and adding and removing of USB devices.

New is a Fedora 35 binary release. An RPM package will follow at some point (for now manually install libzip and qt5-qtbase). Mentioning that: the Windows release size may vary somewhat. This is due to the ex/inclusion of two libraries, that strictly aren't needed (for backward OpenGL/DirectX compatibility).

Report any issues or feedback via support [at] syncoda.nl or the mobilereads thread.

Next release

Book metadata should ideally be retrieved from the main database. Some known but minor issues will be addressed, such as dealing with changes of a synced devices.conf. Another involves toggling case-sensitive sorting with non-latin characters in the title sort modes.

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Added

• Added: Restore search settings for the last used device on startup (if present)
• Added: Markdown annotation export (experimental)
• Added: Show deleted annotations (and export if shown)
• Added: PB profile selection possible from top-menu
• Added: show basic annotation count (current/total)
  Doesn't distinguish yet between selection and type. Total is not subtracted.

Changed

• Changed: Store Qt5/6 column settings separately
  Switching between Qt versions could induce a crash due to unknown causes (not UTF-8 related). As such you may need to re-configure your column sizes.
• Changed: After filtering on title from the context-menu, don't set the title-page sorting mode
• Changed: increased attempts for Windows USB-related loops
• Changed: Rely on devices.conf group serial ID again (Reverse compatibility is maintained)

Fixes

Viewer related fixes

• Fixed: Better handling of model refreshes due to device updates
• Fixed: show missing page numbers as "?"
• Fixed: missing page number for certain bookmarks
• Fixed: allow custom sorting on columns after having selected a sort mode
• Fixed: toggling case-sensitive sort works now for all sorting types (including custom sorting)
  
  
• Fixed: improve toggling showing bookmarks/deleted annotations
  Prevented were repeated (redundant) row resize calls.
• Fixed: set annotation filters when creating model.
  Tackled the previous issue in part, but not the cause.
• Fixed: "Reload annotations" menu-option better handles DB changes
• Fixed: Minor Qt model errors

Other fixes

• Fixed: GUI removal when rejecting a reader with(out) localmirror
• Fixed: make localmirror copy on device arrival if enabled but none was present
• Fixed: if localmirror was disabled remotely (via devices.conf), remove and toggle UI elements
• Fixed for Fedora: Qt UI fixes; output all debug messages
• Fixed for Windows: issue with closing uploader progressdialog
• Improved: improved profile rescans