v0.4

Happy New Year everyone! Bringing you a new update with many new features and fixes...

Breaking Changes

• HyprlandIPCNotFoundError doesn't raise during Hyprland Service initialization, use the new HyprlandService.is_available property instead

New Features

• feat(nix): remove submodules for nix build (#43)
• feat: add HyprlandService.is_available property
• feat: Niri Service (#54)
• feat: Hyprland keyboard layout widget in example bar (also #54)
• feat: allow passing **kwargs to Utils.exec_sh()
• feat: IgnisApp.add_icons() (#53)
• feat: Power Menu in example bar (#57)
• feat(network): support wireguard vpn connections (#63)
• feat: Bluetooth Service (#28)
• feat(fetch): add cpu_temp property (#73)
• feat: Systemd Service (#62)
• feat: Utils.DebounceTask & Utils.debounce (#76)
• feat(Widget.EventBox): add support for on scroll [right, left] events (#82)
• feat(network): refactor signal handling (#80)
• feat: Utils.listen_socket() & Utils.send_socket(): add 'errors' argument
• feat(logging): log 'Happy New Year!'

Fixes

• fix(nix): add gstreamer, gst-plugins, pipewire to buildInputs (#44)
• fix: UPower Device State always return false (#59)
• fix: display the latest notification in example bar
• fix: use the icon provided by a Spotify installation when it is unavailable in the icon theme (#67)
• fix(nix): prefix PATH instead of overwriting it (#72)
• fix: Widget.Grid: prevent from calling __apply() two times during init
• fix(nix): use librsvg pixbuf module loader cache to allow loading SVG icons (#78)
• fix(notifications): dismiss the oldest popup in the list (0), not the newest (-1)
• fix(docs): Widget.Window.monitor: move the docstring from the setter to the GObject.Property itself
• fix(network): use rsn_flags & wpa_flags to check the security protocol of an access point (#86)
• fix: remove windows gracefully by overriding destroy() and unreliaze() methods
• fix(network): WifiConnectDialog: use an unique window name based on the bssid (#89)
• fix(hyprland): use 'errors=ignore' when decoding the response from the socket (closes: #91)
• fix(niri): use 'errors=ignore' when decoding the response from the socket
• fix(network): Ethernet: watch for available device connections
• fix: do not remove window on close request when hide_on_close is True
• other minor typing and typos fixes

Misc

• docs: update user/installation.rst
• add ruff to dev.txt
• stubs: remove UPowerGlib.pyi (not required)
• github(workflows): run ruff & mypy on examples
• move ruff config to pyproject.toml
• specify default selection for ruff
• docs: add a note about symbolic icons in IgnisApp.add_icons()
• README.md: add note about #60
• fix(stubs/NM.pyi): typing issue with enum with zero members

PRs

• feat(nix): remove submodules for nix build by @ratson in #43
• fix(nix): add GStreamer & PipeWire to build inputs by @0x006E in #44
• feat: Niri Service by @regenman in #54
• feat: IgnisApp.add_icons() by @linkfrg in #53
• fix: UPower Device State always return false by @newor0599 in #59
• feat: Power Menu in example bar by @regenman in #57
• feat(network): support wireguard vpn connections by @regenman in #63
• fix: use the icon provided by a Spotify installation when it is unavailable in the icon theme by @linkfrg in #67
• feat: Bluetooth Service by @linkfrg in #28
• fix(nix): prefix PATH instead of overwriting it by @campbellcole in #72
• feat: add cpu_temp to fetch service by @trolljoe in #73
• feat: Systemd Service by @regenman in #62
• fix(nix): use librsvg pixbuf module loader cache to allow loading SVG icons by @campbellcole in #78
• feat: Utils.DebounceTask & Utils.debounce by @linkfrg in #76
• Feat(Widget.EventBox): Add support for right & left scroll events by @regenman in #82
• feat(network): refactor signal handling by @linkfrg in #80
• fix(network): use rsn_flags & wpa_flags to check the security protocol of an access point by @linkfrg in #86
• fix(network): WifiConnectDialog: use an unique window name based on the bssid by @linkfrg in #89

New Contributors

• @0x006E made their first contribution in #44
• @regenman made their first contribution in #54
• @newor0599 made their first contribution in #59
• @campbellcole made their first contribution in #72
• @trolljoe made their first contribution in #73

Full Changelog: v0.3...v0.4

v0.3

Breaking Changes

• fix!(gobject): IgnisGObject.set_property: do not return when a value is None
• feat!(Utils.ThreadTask): use explicit run()
• feat!(Utils.FileMonitor): pass self as the first argument to a callback
• feat!(applications): rename search() -> search_apps(); add support for searching in a custom list of applications (new required argument)

New Features

• feat: add Utils.get_ignis_branch() and Utils.get_ignis_commit_msg()
• feat(cli): print the git branch and the git commit message in --version
• feat(cli): add systeminfo subcommand
• feat: add support for custom paths and xml in Utils.load_interface_xml()
• feat: DBusProxy: add support for system bus
• feat: DBusProxy: add support for setting dbus properties
• feat: Backlight Service (#16)
• feat: add UPower Service (#10, #26)
• feat(logging): log GTK errors
• feat: add Utils.send_socket() & Utils.listen_socket()
• feat(network): add VPN functionality (#29)
• feat: Widget.Window: add margin properties
• feat(system tray): SystemTrayItem: add activate(), secondary_activate(), context_menu() and scroll() functions (closes #36)
• feat(Utils.FileMonitor): add the prevent_gc property

Fixes

• fix(Widget.Window): wrong type hint for anchor property;
• fix(Widget.Window): unset all anchors if the anchor property is set to None
• fix(hyprland): messages from sockets is limited by the buffer size (1024/4096 bytes)
• fix(app): reload CSS only on the changes_done_hint event type (closes #18)
• fix(applications): disable python virtual env for subprocess & set cwd to home dir
• fix(cli): set prog_name explicitly
• fix(dbus menu): call AboutToShow on popup (closes #33)
• fix(notifications): popup_timeout setter function is not working (#38)
• fix(Utils.FileMonitor): "changed" signal is called only if a callback is present
• fix: use TypeAlias annotation for classes in Utils

Other

• github: add issue forms
• github(workflows): build documentation on pull requests
• Package for NixOS (and some fixes for it) (#13, #14, #21, #25)
• docs: fix incorrect import of services in examples (closes #20)
• docs: General improvements to the API Reference (#35)
• docs: refactor versioning stuff

New Contributors

• @somokill made their first contribution in #13
• @gauravsatish made their first contribution in #16
• @ratson made their first contribution in #21
• @tyrypyrking made their first contribution in #29
• @imxnasr made their first contribution in #38

Full Changelog: v0.2...v0.3

v0.2

Breaking Changes

• cli: move to click instead of argparse:
  • subcommands instead of arguments (e.g., quit instead of --quit)
  • to run Ignis, use the init subcommand (ignis init)
• Utils.Poll: pass self as an argument to the callback
• Network Service: add support for controlling multiple devices; more functionality for controlling Ethernet
• Utils.Poll: use milliseconds instead of seconds
• Use service classes directly:
  • remove ServiceClass and Service from ignis.services
  • add .get_default() method to services
  • add BaseService class
• remove the app variable from ignis.app; use the IgnisApp.get_default() method instead
• feat!(options): add support for option groups
• feat!(options): use the Option class directly

New Features:

• Utils: add Utils.get_ignis_commit
• switch to using exceptions instead of logging
• App: added remove_window() method
• CLI: print "No such window" error
• Examples: add examples/bar
• CLI: add support to execute blocks of code
• Recorder: added pause_recording and `continue_recording`` methods
• Widgets: add Widget.Arrow and Widget.ArrowButton
• App: add is_ready property
• App: add support for multiple style paths (CSS providers)
• Utils: add Utils.get_current_dir()
• Widgets: addWidget.RevealerWindow

Fixes:

• App: return value immediately in __RunPython__ and __RunFile__
• Audio Service: Stream: rounding volume added
• MPRIS Service: fix issue a player sometimes doesn't close
• Widget.FileChooserButton: do not set icon name if the path doesn't exist
• Hyprland Service: except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError in __listen_socket()
• Recorder Service: fix memory leak
• Widget.Box: not all children are removed
• Network Service (Wi-Fi): notify enabled property; return when unavailable in WifiDevice.scan()
• Network Service: fix some properties not updating or notifying
• Notifications Service: close the old notification when replacing it with a new one
• Notifications Service: do not sort notifications and popups by ID
• __init__.py: removed the extra slash (/) at the end of CACHE_DIR
• MPRIS Service: notify art_url only when necessary
• logging: log all unhandled exceptions
• Recorder Service: fix issue where the output file was sometimes corrupted
• mpris: invalid filename when downloading art image from the URL
• add Variable class

Other:

• add Ruff and mypy
• remove post_install.py
• move version from the VERSION file to __version__ in __init__.py
• docs: move to pydata Sphinx theme
• move to loguru for logging
• Recorder Service: move all XDG Desktop Portal stuff to the SessionManager class
• Widget.Window: raise ValueError on invalid input_width and input_height values
• Widget.Window: set default value for input_width and input_height to 0
• split CLI and IgnisClient, move all CLI-related code to cli.py
• docs: simplify the build process
• docs: add checks for Sphinx build; move options creation and os.makedirs() to class constructors
• docs: add version switcher
• add py.typed marker
• docs: sort members by source
• Wallpaper Service: use WallpaperLayerWindow instead of Widget.Window
• use pygobject-stubs; add stubs for Gvc, NM, Gtk4LayerShell
• docs: use sphinx_design
• docs: use sphinx_copybutton
• split services into separate directories and files
• dbus: use async calls using `result_handler``
• docs: generate widgets and utils API reference files when building documentation (mock imports)
• docs: improve developer docs
• docs: add module names

New Contributors

• @pix-code made their first contribution in #2

Full Changelog: v0.1...v0.2

v0.1

Initial release.