v1.5

Changelog

[1.5] - 2026-02-18

Added

• Create Note from Selection: New NVDA+Alt+Shift+S shortcut to create a note directly from selected text in browse mode
• Selected text is automatically inserted as note content with optional window title prefilling
• Supports both virtual buffer selections (browse mode) and editable field selections

[1.4] - 2026-02-18

Major Features

• Configurable Notes Data Path: Implemented user-configurable notes data path with automatic migration support for existing notes
• Enhanced Configuration Management: Improved configuration handling with better initialization, validation, and error handling

Breaking Changes

• Renamed from Quick Notetaker to Quick Notes: Updated all references, panel names, and configurations for consistency
• Updated to 2025 Add-on Template: Migrated to late 2025 NVDA add-on template edition with updated build system
• Minimum NVDA Version: Updated minimum NVDA version requirement from 2019.3 to 2024.1

Added

• Migration logic for notes data when storage path changes
• User prompts during notes migration process with improved error handling
• Support for NVDA 2026.1 with updated last tested version to 2026.1
• Enhanced CI/CD workflow with Pandoc automatic download and testing
• Workflow caching for pre-commit hooks and scons builds
• Gettext tools installation to Windows CI runner
• Code quality automation with ruff and GitHub Actions
• Automated code formatting with Poetry for dependency management

Changed

• Renamed QuickNotetakerPanel to QuickNotesPanel for consistency
• Updated notes path references to use 'quick_notes' directory structure
• Updated author information to Adil Shaikh
• Upgraded Python version to 3.13 in development workflows
• Updated Poetry installation method to use pipx for improved consistency
• Converted indentation from spaces to tabs (NVDA coding style compliance) across all files
• Improved lambda expressions and code formatting for better readability
• Optimized GitHub Actions workflow with concurrency controls and performance improvements

Refactored

• Cleaned up imports across multiple files for better code organization
• Enhanced notes data path handling with improved logging
• Improved error handling and validation in settings configuration
• Updated BuildVars, SConstruct, manifest templates, and site_scons to 2025 add-on template standards

Fixed

• Fixed test case execution in CI/CD pipeline with proper PowerShell syntax
• Fixed cache path handling for Windows runners in GitHub Actions workflow
• Resolved merge conflicts with spaces2tabs formatting

[1.3] - 2025-07-18

Added

• Integrated Pandoc download functionality into the add-on structure.
• Enhanced Pandoc extraction process to include MANUAL.html and clean up directories.
• Added comprehensive tests for Pandoc markdown to DOCX conversion.

Changed

• Updated pandoc path retrieval to use a function for better maintainability.
• Updated version to 1.3 and adjusted last tested NVDA version to 2025.1.
• Upgraded dependency markdown2 and matched with latest NVDA API.
• Updated repo to match with latest add-on template.

Removed

• Excluded pandoc.exe from the repository.

SHA256:
1f86b8afd8b1ba48cb7213b577e13b614316ee947d99c3a7301d086431a3585c packaged_addon/quick_notes-1.5.nvda-addon

v1.4

Changelog

[1.4] - 2026-02-18

Major Features

• Configurable Notes Data Path: Implemented user-configurable notes data path with automatic migration support for existing notes
• Enhanced Configuration Management: Improved configuration handling with better initialization, validation, and error handling

Breaking Changes

• Renamed from Quick Notetaker to Quick Notes: Updated all references, panel names, and configurations for consistency
• Updated to 2025 Add-on Template: Migrated to late 2025 NVDA add-on template edition with updated build system
• Minimum NVDA Version: Updated minimum NVDA version requirement from 2019.3 to 2024.1

Added

• Migration logic for notes data when storage path changes
• User prompts during notes migration process with improved error handling
• Support for NVDA 2026.1 with updated last tested version to 2026.1
• Enhanced CI/CD workflow with Pandoc automatic download and testing
• Workflow caching for pre-commit hooks and scons builds
• Gettext tools installation to Windows CI runner
• Code quality automation with ruff and GitHub Actions
• Automated code formatting with Poetry for dependency management

Changed

• Renamed QuickNotetakerPanel to QuickNotesPanel for consistency
• Updated notes path references to use 'quick_notes' directory structure
• Updated author information to Adil Shaikh
• Upgraded Python version to 3.13 in development workflows
• Updated Poetry installation method to use pipx for improved consistency
• Converted indentation from spaces to tabs (NVDA coding style compliance) across all files
• Improved lambda expressions and code formatting for better readability
• Optimized GitHub Actions workflow with concurrency controls and performance improvements

Refactored

• Cleaned up imports across multiple files for better code organization
• Enhanced notes data path handling with improved logging
• Improved error handling and validation in settings configuration
• Updated BuildVars, SConstruct, manifest templates, and site_scons to 2025 add-on template standards

Fixed

• Fixed test case execution in CI/CD pipeline with proper PowerShell syntax
• Fixed cache path handling for Windows runners in GitHub Actions workflow
• Resolved merge conflicts with spaces2tabs formatting

[1.3] - 2025-07-18

Added

• Integrated Pandoc download functionality into the add-on structure.
• Enhanced Pandoc extraction process to include MANUAL.html and clean up directories.
• Added comprehensive tests for Pandoc markdown to DOCX conversion.

Changed

• Updated pandoc path retrieval to use a function for better maintainability.
• Updated version to 1.3 and adjusted last tested NVDA version to 2025.1.
• Upgraded dependency markdown2 and matched with latest NVDA API.
• Updated repo to match with latest add-on template.

Removed

• Excluded pandoc.exe from the repository.

SHA256:
f6ceced42a701ee96221a633010d6638ad48634ab983cc4a933363929277d488 packaged_addon/quick_notes-1.4.nvda-addon