full list

almost all the changes this week are only important to server admins and janitors. regular users can skip updating this week
- overview:
- the server has important database and network updates this week. if your server has a lot of content, it has to count it all up, so it will take a short while to update. the petition protocol has also changed, so older clients will not be able to fetch new servers' petitions without an error. I think newer clients will be able to fetch older servers' ones, but it may be iffy
- I considered whether I should update the network protocol version number, which would (politely) force all users to update, but as this causes inconvenience every time I do it, and I expect to do more incremental updates here in coming weeks, and since this only affects admins and janitors, I decided to not. we are going to be in awkward flux for a little bit, so please make sure you update privileged clients and servers at roughly the same time
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- server petition workflow:
- the server now maintains an ongoing fast count of its various repository metadata, such as 'number of mappings' and 'number of petitions of type x'. when you fetch petition counts, no longer will it count live and max out at 1,000, it'll give you good full numbers every time, and real fast
- you can see the current numbers from the new 'service info' button on review services, which only appears in advanced mode. any user with an account key can see these numbers, which include number of petitions in the queue. I can make this more private if you like, but for now I think it is good if advanced users can see them all
- in the petition processing page, sibling and parent petitions will now include both delete and add rows if the account and reason are the same. I'm aiming to get better 'full' coverage of a replace petition, so you can see and approve/deny both the add and the remove parts in one go. for fetching, these combined petitions count as 'delete' petitions, and won't appear in the 'add' petition queue
- when users encounter an automatic conflict resolution in the manage siblings dialog, those auto-petitioned pairs are now assigned the same reason as the original conflicting pended pairs. they _should_ show up together in the new petition processing UI
- as part of this, sibling and parent petitions are no longer filtered by namespace. you will see everything with that same account and reason in one go. let's try it out, and if it is too much, I will add filters clientside or something. since we are now starting to see add and remove together, we'll want to at least have the option to see everything

- boring server stuff:
- the petition object is updated to handle multiple actions per petition, and the clientside petition UI is updated appropriately
- the server tracks 'actionable' petition counts as separate to the number of raw petition rows. some of this was happening before, but the logic is improved, including clever counting of the new petitions that include both add and delete rows
- for when my count-update logic inevitably fails, there is now a 'regen service info' entry in the 'administrate services' menu for all repositories. numbers generated will be printed to server log
- some unusual repo upload logic is cleaned up, e.g. if a user with 'create permission' uploads a sibling or parent, any pending rows for that content will now be properly cleared)
- fixed a stupid swap logical bug where janitors who could only moderate siblings (and not parents) were only being given parent numbers and vice versa
- all server services now respond to /busy check. it requires no authentication and just returns 1 or 0 depending on the current lock state
- fixed a bug where tag siblings or parents that were denied would still make a new definition record for the child/bad tag
- with all the fine number changes, fleshed out the server unit tests with more examples of submitting and altering content and then checking for numbers afterwards. now checked are: file add, file admin delete, mapping add, mapping admin delete, mapping petition, mapping petition approve+deny, parent add, parent admin delete, parent pend, parent pend approve+deny, parent petition, parent petition approve+deny
- significant refactoring of the tail end of server content update pipeline. more things now go through logic-harmonised update methods that ensure count is reliable
- did some misc server db and constant enum code cleanup
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- misc:
- to match the new change in the server, in the client, tag and rating services now store their 'num_files' service info count as the new 'num_file_hashes'. existing numbers will be converted over during update
- fixed a probably ten year old bug where 'num pending/petitioned files' had the same enum as 'num pending/petitioned mappings'. never noticed, since no service has done both those things
- if the upload pending process fails due to an unusual permission error or similar, the pending menu should now recover and update itself (previously it stayed greyed out)

- multiline parsing:
- the parser now supports limited multiline parsing. the main changes are hardcoded: the formulae beneath note content parsers and those that do subsidiary page parser splitting no longer remove newlines when they parse. all the parsing UI and the test panels and so on are now aware of this and set flags in all the right places, and parsed notes are now washed through the new trimming/cleaning method, and everything _seems_ to basically work. the main remaining problems is the complicated string processing UI has mixed single/multi-line testing support. some looks great, most gets coerced to single-line just for the previewed test results
- as an example, the default hentai foundry downloader now grabs the artist description as a multi-line note
- the parsing sub-system that extracts cohesive strings from complex html blocks now inserts newlines at 'p' and 'br' tags
- trying to parse clean multiline notes still caused several formatting issues this week, so I have updated the automatic note-washing routine to standardise hydrus notes in several new ways that I hope will not be too disruptive to manually written notes:
- the note washing routine now coerces all newline characters to 'backslash-n', regardless of platform
- the note washing routine now trims each line, so no leading or trailing whitespace anywhere. I am open to changing this in future, maybe for handwritten notes where you really want an indent somewhere, but parsing from complex nested html tags is making a heap of weird extra whitespace, for which this is a clean solution
- the note washing routine now trims newline gaps that are greater than two-newlines. you can split paragraphs by one empty line, but no more
- there may be other issues figuring out cleanly formatted strings from nested html tags--so give it a go and let me know what you think. maybe p and br blocks should always make two newlines, so we have separated paragraphs, maybe I need to parse more blocks, like h1 and friends. any specific example html blocks would also be helpful
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- cleanup:
- refactored ClientGUIParsing to its own 'parsing' module and split everything into four less tangled files
- cleaned up a bunch of taglist text presentation code, mostly simplicity and clarity in prep for future updates
- updated the checker options button to use a Qt signal instead of a callable

next week

Qt6 version is kinda broken on Wayland / Fedora 36, all pop-ups are in top left corner. Is this a Qt or Hydrus issue?

I can force Hydrus to run on X so it isn't a huge problem.

>>1350
Thank you for this report. I am not sure, as I haven't heard this problem yet, but this is probably a hydrus issue. I expect Qt6 is delivering the coordinates in a different way in Wayland / Fedora 36, or one of the conversion routines the translates coordinates from global space to relative-to-main-window space is not working. The popups are working fine on other platforms, so it probably is fundamentally a Qt interface problem, but it would still be nice if I could fix it.

I'll have a quick look at the logic here, see if I can see an obvious way to fix it.

I'm actually planning to rewrite how the popup toaster works in the nearish future, some behind the scenes technical stuff, that may completely fix this naturally anyway, so please keep me updated on how this works for you in future.

>>1351
Will do. Pic related what's currently happening.

I had a good week, finally getting around to some server updates I had been planning for a long time. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to get to anything else, so tomorrow's release is only for users who run a hydrus repository, and their janitors. The server now reports some fast counts of its content, and petition processing has a couple small improvements.

The release should be as normal tomorrow.

>>1352
Thanks, I've saved this. I completely ran out of time this week, but I will work on this.

note parsing

This is still for advanced users, but if you know the downloader system, feel free to try it out!

Note parsing works now! All the downloaders have note import options, there's a defaults system, and it is all wired into the parsing system. The main remaining limitation is the parsing system still can't handle multi-line text, but if you make a note parser and download, it now gets added to the file. If you are a downloader maker, please try it out and let me know where it falls short. I intend to get multi-line parsing working in the coming weeks, and then I will update the default parsers for hydrus to grab artist notes.

For the defaults, I updated the 'manage default tag import options' dialog to also do note import options, so you can grab and rename notes from specific sites in different ways. The initial defaults I set are fairly simple 'get everything' options. I would like to see how these new systems shake out in the real world, especially as we deploy new downloaders to many users, and maybe I will revisit them.

full list

- note import options:
- the client now has a system to set default note import options. it works exactly the same as default tag import options and shares the same UI, now named _network->downloaders->manage default import options_. you now set tag and/or note import options for a particular domain. I don't think you'll have to touch the note defaults until this system is really going and we learn more about what we want. I have made the initial defaults get all notes with some simple conflict resolution that won't discard any data
- all url pages, watchers, watcher pages, gallery queries, gallery downloader pages, and subscriptions now have a note import options. by default, they are 'default'
- the edit subscription dialog now has a button to set note import options _en masse_
- all the behind the scenes stuff that connects and powers these systems is done. note parsing now works! advanced users, especially downloader makers, are encouraged to play around with this for real. the remaining hurdle is still multiline parsing support
- notes now have a cleaning system before they are saved. to start with this week, they are now trimmed of leading or trailing whitespace or newlines
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- misc:
- the new import options button is now an arrow-menu button. the secret right-click menu is no longer hidden. I also did some behind the scenes stuff to make it so all these arrow buttons spawn their menus on your cursor when you click, rather than hanging off the bottom-left corner of the button proper
- rating stars of all shapes are now anti-aliased
- greatly improved the shape of the 'star' rating star
- moved the 'checker options' button on watcher highlight panels down a bit. maybe it'll get integrated into other import options one day--I am still thinking about it
- archive/delete filters will not present 'delete from hard disk' as a final choice if the current domain is 'all local files'. I thought I fixed this a couple weeks ago, but there was a legacy issue
- fixed some real jank logic when setting the tag domain in autocomplete dropdown widgets. this got messed up a little with recent updates to file and tag domain searching. I reworked the signal path and fixed some weird update bugs and situations where you could seemingly set 'all known files'/'all known tags'
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- boring code cleanup:
- refactored all zoom code from the media viewer canvas to the media viewer container. the canvas no longer manages zoom numbers or container size
- refactored all container-position-tracking code from the media viewer canvas to the media viewer container and cleaned it
- updated the media viewer container to recognise UI scaling and adapt the stated zoom to reflect the raw pixels on screen, not the device independent coordinate system
- updated the native animation widget to recognise UI scaling, adapt its underlying renderer resolution appropriately, and draw that super-resolution frame to the canvas
- updated the static image widget to recognise UI scaling, adapt its tile coordinate system and resolution appropriately, and scatter the ethereal powder of the cleansed ancients across the QPainter in order to stitch the arbitrarily zoomed super-resolution tiles together on a sub-pixel canvas with no visible seams
- the animation and static image widgets also recognise changes in the current UI scale--if the current monitor changes or you move across monitors with differing UI scale
- updated some old pubsub update calls in the canvas code to Qt signals
- cleaned up some old const definitions in canvas code

I had a good week doing a variety of different work. I cleared out a bunch of little improvements and bug fixes, moved the Windows installer to Qt6, and rounded out the new note parsing system with multi-line parsing support.

The release should be as normal tomorrow.

Note Import Options is going to do that very soon. I need to figure out how NIO defaults are going to work (probably the same way TIO does, based on network domain to allow for finicky per-site options as needed) and do some more parsing stuff, and then it should all link together. If you would like to check out what NIO looks like, please hit up network->downloader components->EXPERIMENTAL: check out Note Import Options. Read the help and tooltips, and let me know if it is crazy confusing or if you think I have missed anything simple, obvious, and important.

Downloader creators can also play with note parsing. It isn't linked to anything yet, but you can see how it works. It is pretty simple, just a new Content Parser type. You set the name of the note and parse the text. It'll get washed through the NIO and then applied to the file. The main remaining problem is the parsing system can't yet do multi-line results. I'd like to tackle that in the coming week(s). If you make downloaders, please have a think about what notes if any you would like to parse and what tech I can add to make that easier. However to stop myself going crazy, I have decided for this first version to not allow parsed note names.

full list

- Qt6:
- if available, Qt6 is now the default. specifically, if the QT_API environment variable is not set, the default is now PySide6, and if that is not available, then PySide2 (Qt5). previously, the opposite was true
- fixed a bug in last week's File Import Options default update with the new 'default' FIOs always showing 'new' files on a gallery/watcher highlight. the Presentation Import Options and the check to see if the pending local file domains actually exist now correctly look up the 'default' FIOs
- Qt6 has much better UI scaling support than Qt5 for zooms other than 100%/200%. many Windows users are at 125%/150%, which revealed some pretty ugly thumbnails and thumb banner text in Qt6. thank you for the reports. I did my homework and read up on how this is _supposed_ to work and I have hacked pretty thumbnails at unusual UI scales. it also redraws itself correctly when I move from a 100% screen to a different one at 125%; let me know how you get on. I'm quite pleased
- the media viewer is still slightly borked at >100%. the fix will be slightly different, but I have a plan and hope to have it sorted for next week.
- fixed setting a mouse scroll wheel shortcut in shortcut options in Qt6
- as a reminder, as far as I know, Windows 7 cannot run Qt6. I will be dropping the Qt5 build in a few weeks, so if you are a Windows 7 user, have a think on what you want to do--either stop updating, move hydrus to a newer OS, or run from source on Win 7/Qt5
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- note import options and note parsing:
- note parsing is ready in parts. I am rolling them out for feedback from advanced users and hope to link it all up into a working system next week!
- the different 'x import options', previously file and tag import options, and this week adding 'note import options', are now edited through one combined button and dialog. this 'import options' button dynamically adjusts to deal with how many types of import options the importer has and will relabel and tooltip and right-click-menu itself appropriately

- I did however write simple note parsing support. any Content Parser can now have a 'note' parsing type, with a note name. downloader creators, please feel free to play with this, although it isn't complicated and isn't plugged in yet. I think we should review what sites have parseable notes and plan for that rather than start implementing for real just yet. the main limitation is that the parsing system can't do multi-line results yet
- I'd like to see if I can get NIO defaults going next week, and this should suddenly all lock into place. multi-line parsing may be easy or a massive pain, I'm not sure yet
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- misc:
- added two new checkboxes to _options->files and trash_ to turn off the yes/no confirmation when you copy/move file across multiple local file services
- the 'overwrite this session?' confirmation dialog now says the session name you are overwriting
- fixed a bug where thumbnails were not immediately updating their banner text on changes to the summary generator objects in _options->tag presentation_
- moved the 'focus thumbnail in preview window' checkboxes from 'gui pages' options page to 'thumbnails'
- updated the text and enabled status of the 'BUGFIX: discord DnD' stuff in _options->gui_
- updated the job description texts in the file maintenance dialog, improving formatting and clarifying what happens in each missing/incorrect job, and what 'remove record' means precisely (it leaves no deletion record)
- fixed a bug from last week when trying to edit your default tag import options
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- boring note import options cleanup and refactoring:
- moved ClientGUIImport code up to a new hydrus.client.gui.importing module, refactored it into multiple files, and merged in some other edit panels for various import gui
- merged the file/tag import options buttons into one cleverer and cleaner class. changed its update callables into nicer Qt signals. wrote a new tabbed edit panel for it to work with, and replaced all old import option buttons across the program with the new system
- fixed an issue where the 'import options' buttons (now merged) would allow you to set them as 'default' through the right-click menu even when the button was set to not allow defaults (this state occurs in the options dialog, when you _set_ what the defaults are)
- fixed the same when you try to paste default options into the button

>>1338
>I will switch over to Qt6 exclusively in a few weeks, at which point I'll update the help and talk more about your future options, which will be: stop updating the client; move to a newer OS; run in Win7/Qt5 from source
I feel like Hydrus would be better at self sustaining itself if sites, cookies, downloaders, logins, ect. were updated automatically instead of needing to download a whole new client for those sites and scripts to be updated. Sort of like Jdownloader. I mean yeah you could manually update them yourself but it seems like it would be more convenient to have Hydrus pull updated site/scripts from a source.

Unless Qt6 makes a dramatic change to how the scripts work(I don't know much about programing or scripting) then yeah the only options would be to move on to a newer os.

I had a great week making Qt6 work better, including making the media viewer work well at >100% UI scale, and getting the first version of note parsing finished.

The release should be as normal tomorrow.

>>1341
That's the ideal of the next big iteration of the downloader system. You can manually update each object in it now using the UI, but it is super awkward to work with on any large or repeated scale. I'd really like to have the ability to dial up online repositories, like a github folder or whatever, and proper versioning and author/naming of downloaders so the client can check itself if there is an updated version of a downloader. In my mind, I think of it like how most vidya mod managers work, where you can see the new available versions and update with just a couple clicks.

That said, I don't do many updates to the default downloaders any more. Probably one every few months. The updates people will be missing out on if they stay on Win 7 or similar will be the changelog every week.

file import options

My other plan for this week was getting 'note parsing' working for the downloader. I laid out everything I would have to do, and the first bulky thing I have to do is get 'Note Import Options' integrated. That will be a surprising amount of work, and over some ugly areas, so I decided to take things a little slower and do some cleanup beforehand so I could do it properly.

So, this week I overhauled some of how File Import Options works. There is some behind the scenes work to make all the import options work a little nicer, and also, on the front end, File Import Options now does two new things:

First, File Import Options now has a filetype filter. You can say 'only allow jpegs' or 'only allow video' or whatever you like, just like the 'system:filetype' search predicate. Import Folders used to have this too, but they send those settings down to their File Import Options when they update this week.

Second, File Import Options now have the idea of being 'default' like Tag Import Options do. All your existing File Import Options will stay as they are, but any new ones will be in 'default' state, meaning at the time of import, your settings under options->importing will be used instead. This makes it easier to edit your File Import Options en masse, since there is only one place to go for most changes you ever want to make.

The manage subscriptions dialog now has a 'overwrite file import options' button too, if you do want to mass-set some specific File Import Options across your subs. You might like to just set them all to default this week--I think I will.

This 'default' concept is going to be applied to Note Import Options too. I am still thinking about how extensive the defaults system should be for File and Note Import Options. At the moment, File Import Options still just has the 'quiet' and 'loud' defaults in the options dialog, but I could expand things so you can set a default File Import Options for particular domains as you can for Tag Import Options. I'm thinking of combining them all into one tabbed edit dialog, so I may also extract the Presentation Options out of File Import Options, since those may have a different shape of 'defaults' than File Import Options most of the time. If you care about this stuff, let me know what you think.

full list

- QT6:

- file import options overhaul:
- I wanted to do note parsing this week, but when I reviewed the whole job, there wasn't enough time to do it properly. so, in prep for a cleaner introduction of 'note import options' next week, I am overhauling how the other import options do some stuff
- all file import options now support filetype filtering! it uses the same control as system:filetype or in import folders, but with some improved logic. on update, existing import folder filetype settings will be copied down to the file import options
- file import options now work on a similar 'default' system as tag import options. existing file import options will stay as-is, but new ones will begin in a 'use the default settings at time of import' state. those defaults are editable under _options->importing_. for now I am not adding a 'use this file import options default for this web domain' system, but it might happen in future. let's see how this all shakes out first
- the file import options button now has a right-click menu like the tag import options button
- the manage subscriptions panel now has a 'overwrite file import options' button to mass-set FIO
- cleaned up a bunch of old file import and import options code
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- misc:
- system:filetype now remembers meta filetypes better. if you select 'all video', it will now still select all video even if hydev adds support for a new video type in future. also if you select 'video + animations', it'll say that rather than listing out every possible specific-type
- fixed an issue where loading a favourite search wasn't always setting 'include current/pending' values on the buttons correct
- fixed up a status display in the gallery downloader and watcher pages--if you pause an importer while it is doing work, it now says 'pausing...' as its status until any current jobs are finished. it was giving empty text before, as if it were finished already
- fixed some unusual behaviour with downloader highlighting where the first query pended to an empty page was secretly highlighted for the next session load, and fixed the 'subscription gap downloader' also doing this and not obeying the normal 'highlight new downloaders if nothing already highlighted' option
- improved the error when the 'make sure this directory exists' function runs into a file with that pathname
- fixed a rare selection position error, maybe Qt6 only, when clicking in the thumbnail grid as it is loading
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- boring Qt6 code cleanup:

I had a great week continuing the Qt6 work and Import Options overhaul. I fixed several Qt6 bugs, including fuzzy thumbnails at >100% UI scale, and collapsed all File/Tag Import Options into one button and dialog. Advanced users will be able to play with prototype Note Import Options and note parsing.

The release should be as normal tomorrow.

- fixes and misc:
- fixed a problem that made saved page file sorts reset their sort order one time on update to v492. thank you to a user for noticing this and discovering the fix, and I'm very sorry for the inconvenience of changing your session and favourite search sorts. unfortunately there is no easy fix other than rolling back to a backup and jumping forward to this version
- fixed a v492 message display error when setting various duplicate relationships to three or more thumbnails at once. it was a stupid typo, sorry for the trouble! (issue #1199)
- if a page tab name elides to a 'shorter...' length, it now has its full name as the tooltip
- fixed a typo in update code error handling (issue #1192)
- the duplicate filter page now remembers if you are 'searching immediately'/'search paused' (issue #1193)
- if you are on non-Windows and export files manually or with an export folder to an NTFS or exFAT partition, this is now detected, and NTFS-invalid characters in the pattern-generated folders or filename are now replaced with underscores (issue #1194)
- 'fixed' a system predicate bug in the 'OR*' advanced predicate parser--entering a logical expression that results in a negated system tag now causes an error. previously, it would strip the 'system:' and just enter the given text as an unnamespaced tag. furthermore, that dialog now reports specific error reasons when it fails to parse. I hope to improve support for negated system tags in future--some stuff, like archive/inbox, should be easy.
- I think I fixed an instance where the archive/delete filter's confirmation dialog could present 'delete from hard disk' as an option when it wasn't appropriate
- in an attempt to reduce the media-change flickering we've recently seen in the media viewer, I untangled a bunch of the canvas size/position code this week. I'm preparing a complete overhaul and neat Qt layout integration, which this starts. I _think_ I've made some things less flickery on occasion, but we'll see IRL. much more to do
- added a '--profile_mode' launch argument, which allows you to capture the performance of boot and also try out profile mode on the server (although support there is very limited atm)

next week

Next week is a medium size job week. I want to put some time into note parsing. I am not sure how far I can get, but fingers crossed I can actually get 'note import options' and a note content parser working, and we'll be able to update the existing downloaders to grab artist notes and things.

Don't know what I'm supposed to do to fix this or if it was broken before.
Hydrus v464, first time I've opened it in a few months and says you want feedback.

>>1327
Ah, damn, I think that login script does not work any more, I think I remember another user saying this recently. If any script suddenly breaks, I recommend you disable the login (set it to 'active: no' under manage logins) and use Hydrus Companion instead, which will sync your cookies over from your logged-in browser and works a lot better for all unusual situations:

https://gitgud.io/prkc/hydrus-companion

I will see about removing that rule34.xxx link in the defaults so new users don't get hit by this either.

Is there a way to change the upper limit on gifs from 32?
I'm trying to save a 52Mb sized gif and I got prompted with this message.

I had a great week with two big changes. First, there are Qt6 test builds for advanced users to try out, and second, in prep for a soon-to-come Note Import Options, I added filetype filtering and 'use default at time of import' tech to File Import Options.

The release should be as normal tomorrow.

>>1331
Sure, check the 'File Import Options' of the importer you are working on. There's a setting in there just for gif size. options->importing for your default settings.

>>1329
fuck me this was meant for the Hydrus thread lol

for anyone who comes across this thread here's how i fixed it
>import file
>click file import options
>click on the drop down and select the "set custom file import options"
>change maximum gif filesize or check no limit
>click apply
hopefully this helps someone

- misc:
- using black magic, I have made it so the shortcuts for 'move left/right one page' 'and 'move home/end' do not dip down to the lowest level of a neighbouring page of pages for the next command. it now stays on the current tab level for three seconds after the most recent move command. this works in testing but may be jank in some IRL situations, so if this matters to you, let me know how it works out
- fixed a bug in 'do a full metadata resync' that meant unprocessed row orphans were not being deleted, which lead to lingering 1950/2000-style processed gauges that didn't actually cause any work to be done on 'process now'
- the duplicate filter now shows if one or both files have an icc profile. for now the score for this is always 0, neutral
- I think I have reduced general lag on some busy clients
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- code cleaning and minor fixes:
- refactored file viewing stats management to a new database module
- refactored file physical storage management to a new database module
- cleaned up an ugly bridge that made inbox/archive work and moved it all to a clean new separate database module
- improved some client file physical storage repair code, both in how it repairs and how it recovers in the current boot
- updated the yes/no dialog texts when you apply 'not related' or 'alternates' to a selection
- added a bunch of tooltips to the 'speed and memory' options panel. also clarified the example image sizes in number of pixels
- improved how my grid layout propagates tooltips from the widget to the text when the widget is compound and in its own layout
- consolidated where the delete lock test occurs to just one location for db, gui
- added infrastructure to filter and report delete-locked files. callers no longer care about specific lock rules, opening this up to future expansion
- cleaned and simplified some duplicate action processing code

full list

- system predicates:
- the advanced OR input, where you can type tags in complicated logical expressions, now supports system predicates! most system predicates are supported using their typical display strings. it uses the same engine as the client api, so check the examples here https://hydrusnetwork.github.io/hydrus/developer_api.html#get_files_search_files sorry for the delay here
- the advanced input also runs tags better through the hydrus tag 'cleaning' process, so things like whitespace between the namespace colon and the subtag are cleaned up correctly, and invalid tags should be excluded
- it also starts with the keyboard focus in the text input
- and I think I fixed an issue with '!'', 'not', or '-' negation prefixes not parsing
- highlighted the example parseable system predicate texts in the Client API help, and added 'last viewed' to it
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- misc:
- altering your services in _manage services_ no longer causes a full page refresh for all currently open search pages
- in a related thing, if you click the file or tag domain of a file search page to be the same as it just was, you no longer get a page refresh
- the rating widgets now show their current rating value on their tooltips
- when setting a numerical rating by a drag, it no longer matters if your mouse strays above or below the widget--it will still set
- the String Processing system has a new 'String Tag Filter' processing step. this applies the normal tag filtering object to your list of strings and also performs the hydrus 'tag cleaning' process on them, making them all lowercase and trimming whitespace and so on
- the sibling/parent sync is now even more polite when told to do work in 'normal' time. this has been hitting a lot of new users really hard, so it should now really trickle work during normal time, throttling down when it hits a bump to avoid stunlocking you but also responding quickly to recent changes if you are fully synced
- the database repair code is now better at healing damaged fast-text-search (FTS) tables. previously, in cases of partial damage to the virtual table, the repair code would error out

- new import/export framework:
- started a new modular metadata import/export pipeline. this thing starts out today by doing the work of newline-separated tags in a .txt sidecar file and will expand to do all sorts of metadata in other formats like JSON and XML. it will also, eventually, support arbitrary cross-type conversions like tags to urls or ratings to tags
- export folders now support '.txt' sidecar tag exporting!
- the '.txt' sidecar tag importing in import folders or manual imports is now handled by the new pipeline
- the '.txt' sidecar exporting in the manual export dialog is now handled by the new pipeline
- please expect the UI around '.txt' sidecar importing and exporting to change significantly in future. you'll be selecting different metadata types to import or export, make string processing steps to alter or filter what you get, and of course be able to compile it all into more complicated filetypes
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- cleanup and refactoring:
- mr bones gets two new columns to line up the numbers better
- a bunch of export code got moved around. created a new module 'exporting', and moved ClientExporting.py to it, renaming to ClientExportingFiles.py
- removed an old prototype for sidecar exporting and related plans for UI
- the 'missing file folders on boot' dialog now points users to 'help my media files are broke.txt'
- brushed up the 'help my x is broke.txt' documents in the database directory a little
- fixed some surplus double backslashes in the help
- a secret tiny label change/fix, let's see if anyone notices
- cleaned up how the rating widgets manage and update rating state. it was ancient bad code
- updated how different rating values are converted to UI text

I had a good week. I did a mix of background cleanup along with quality of life and other improvements, mostly for advanced users.

The release should be as normal tomorrow.