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windows
zip: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v530/Hydrus.Network.530.-.Windows.-.Extract.only.zip
exe: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v530/Hydrus.Network.530.-.Windows.-.Installer.exe
macOS
app: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v530/Hydrus.Network.530.-.macOS.-.App.dmg
linux
tar.gz: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/download/v530/Hydrus.Network.530.-.Linux.-.Executable.tar.gz

NOTICE! For everyone but macOS, Version 527 had special update instructions. If you are updating from 526 or earlier, please consult the post here: https://github.com/hydrusnetwork/hydrus/releases/tag/v527

I had a good week. You can now type system predicates in a normal search, and highlighting big downloaders is nicer.

Full changelog: https://hydrusnetwork.github.io/hydrus/changelog.html

highlights

The tag autocomplete text inputs on search pages get a couple of neat improvements this week:

First off, you can now type most system predicates, and they'll appear in the dropdown. You type the whole complete predicate, like 'system:imported before 2021-03-09'. This is the same system predicate parser that has been available in some advanced places, now for everyone. Note that it can't do every predicate yet, and while I try to cover several grammatical variants, some it is still quite inflexible. Let me know how you get on, and I'll keep working on it!

Second, the autocomplete now has a paste button. It accepts multiple newline-separated tags and will understand -negation, wildc*rds, namespace:* wildcards, and the new system predicates.

For downloaders, I made the 'highlighting' when you double-click a downloader or thread watcher asynchronous--it now loads the files in the background, only presenting them when the results are ready. This means if you highlight a big 6,000 file downloader, it won't hang the UI for several seconds. You can cancel a load by un-highlighting or highlighting something else, and a file-load that takes more than a few seconds will make a popup with its progress.

next week

I've just got one more week before my vacation, so I'll just do some code cleaning and little fixes again. Thanks everyone!