v0.96.0

Changelog

Script and phrase metadata are no longer stored as hidden dotfiles.
Existing scripts should be automatically converted, but if switch
back to versions prior to this one, you will need to copy or symlink
them back to dotfile form.
Scripting API files are now in Python packages, which may require
adjusting imports if you have scripts that import them directly.
Change the default phrase send mode to ctrl+v (paste
using clipboard) rather than sending keys one at a time.
This version represents some significant refactoring since the
previous update, so bug reports will be highly appreciated.

engine API object

Deprecated: Confusingly named engine.create_abbreviation() and
engine.create_hotkey() are deprecated and will be removed in the
future. Use engine.create_phrase() with appropriate arguments
instead.
Extended: engine.create_phrase() now supports multiple new optional
arguments, allowing to fully configure the created phrase. It can
set everything the GUI can do.
New: Scripts can use engine.get_triggered_abbreviation() to read
which abbreviation triggered it's execution. The function returns a
tuple containing the abbreviation and the trigger character (the
character that 'completed' or 'confirmed' the abbreviation. Both
tuple elements are None if the script was not triggered by an
abbreviation. The trigger character is None if the script was
configured to 'trigger immediately'. The function always returns a
tuple, so direct tuple unpacking like abbreviation, trigger =
engine.get_triggered_abbreviation() will always work.
Allow creation of 'temporary' hotkeys and whole folders (which do
not persist between sessions).
Allow overriding existing hotkeys when creating phrases with
hotkeys.
Allow creation of folders.
Add set_clipboard_image methods for both GTK and Qt.
Takes a file path to an image to load into the clipboard.

keyboard API object

keyboard.send_keys() got a new optional parameter send_mode,
allowing to specify how the given text is sent. It basically offers
the same pasting options as are available to AutoKey Phrases.
keyboard.send_keys() now raises a TypeError instead of a generic
AssertionError, if parameters don't match the expected types.

New clipboard API method - Change the default phrase send mode to
ctrl+v (paste using clipboard) rather than sending keys
one at a time.

New mouse API object

Added a --version command line switch. It prints the current
AutoKey version on the standard output and then exits.

Add wait_for_keyevent scripting function.
Rewrote script error logging system, with a neat Script Error Dialog
to go with it.
<script> script macros accept absolute paths.
Macro arguments can be quoted, allowing arguments containing spaces.
Macro arguments can contain angle bracket characters, if escaped.
Add <system> macro for replacing phrase contents
with output of an external process.
Allow autokey-run to accept full paths to python
scripts (if no full path is given, will treat as an existing AutoKey
script name instead).
Expand Unicode characters using code points (hacky workaround for
being unable to send actual Unicode).
Allow disabling Capslock in settings
Link to script .py and .json above
editor.
Add appropriate keywords to .desktop files for both
UIs.
Build debs and update pypi on new releases

Both QT and GTK versions will reload hotkeys after a keymap change
event.
Fix locking issue
Expose Alt_GR as a hotkey modifier on GTK.
(GTK) Fixed GUI lock-up, if multiple script error notifications are
posted in quick succession. The notifications are now rate-limited
and won't post more than one notification per second. Fixes issue
#383
Fix issue with pip installation reporting a missing module

Fixed API call system.exec_command() crashing, if
output capturing is active, but the executed command has empty
output. Fixes issue #379

Fixed AutoKey PNG icon size. Now, the icon size is 96x96 pixels,
fixing Lintian warnings on Debian. Fixes issue #369

Other changes ---------

Add CI for testing
Update pip installation requirements
Add CONTRIBUTERS.rst
Internal Code cleanup. The configuration handling module is split
into multiple modules inside a dedicated package.
AutoKey now has a working test environment again.
pytest based unit-tests can be launched from the
source checkout using python3 setup.py test

New Dependencies (test-time only)

The new unit tests introduce two new, test-time only dependencies.
These are used for unit tests only and not during normal AutoKey
execution.