Version 2.0.0

Release Notes

Version 2.0.0

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Linux

• xhsz.py
  • (aboutmenu += m_Bugs; OnBugs +): New menu item, contains contact info
  • (ond, one): renamed to OnD and OnE, respectively.
  • (decode +- transcode.decode, sfilter +- transcode.processor, encode +- transcode.encode; OnD, OnE, OnClear): Fixed a bug that prevented the decode button from clearing the text area's contents when said contents consisted of--at least--a single space.
  • (license +- info.license, version +- info.version, Version, License): provide the same support for xhsz.py that info.py provided.
  • (- lookfor): No longer requires external python modules (wxPython is still a dependency).
  • Added lots of comments.
  • (OnStat; defs +): Replaced most instances of True, False, or debug (in the context of determining whether to print debugging info) with defs.debug

• hsz.py
  • (main +- encode): Replaced encode() with main().
  • (main): Fixed a bug that prevented hsz.py from being able to encode spaces, regardless of how they were escaped.
  • (error +): New error handling function
  • (helpme +): New usage/help message printing function
  • (pf +?): Possibly new pretty-form function--adds pretty single quotes to the string passed to it.
  • (- lookfor): No longer requires any external python modules
  • Added lots of comments.
  • Now uses getopt to parse command-line switches/args.
• unhsz.py
  • (main +- decode): Replaced decode() with main().
  • (main): Fixed a bug that prevented unhsz.py from decoding anything.
  • (error +): New error handling function
  • (helpme +): New usage/help message printing function
  • (pf +?): Possibly new pretty-form function--adds pretty single quotes to the string passed to it.
  • (- lookfor): Removed lookfor()--does not require external python modules any more.
  • Added lots of comments.
  • Now uses getopt to parse command-line switches/args.

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Windows

• hsz.py
  • (aboutmenu += m_Bugs; OnBugs +): New menu item, contains contact info
  • (ond, one): renamed to OnD and OnE, respectively.
  • (decode +- transcode.decode, sfilter +- transcode.processor, encode +- transcode.encode; OnD, OnE, OnClear): Fixed a bug that prevented the decode button from clearing the text area's contents when said contents consisted of--at least--a single space.
  • (license +- info.license, version +- info.version, Version, License): provide the same support for hsz.py that info.py provided.
  • (- lookfor): No longer requires external python modules (wxPython is still a dependency, I believe). Added lots of comments.
  • (OnStat; defs +): Replaced most instances of True, False, or debug (in the context of determining whether to print debugging info) with defs.debug

A General Breakdown

Changes to the hsz.py file:

• New contact info menu item attached to the help menu.
• Ond() and One() have been renamed to OnD() and OnE(), respectively.
• transcode.decode, transcode.encode, and transcode.processor have each been replaced by decode, encode, and sfilter, respectively.
  • NOTE as a result of this change--and the next change--, libs/info.py and libs/transcode.py are no longer required or used. The lookfor() function has also been removed.
• Both info.license and info.version have been replaced by the license and version classes, respectively.
• A lot of comments have been added to improve readability and to explain functionality.
• All True and False constants that enable or disable debug-mode--in previous versions--have been replaced with defs.debug, which provides a global implementation of debug-mode. Debug-mode is enabled or disabled when the User checks or unchecks the Show Stats item in the Debug submenu, which resides in the Help menu.