Memo Tori v0.1.4 "Beaufix" - Release Notes

Release Date: December 29, 2025
Codename: Beaufix (Beautiful + Fix)

🎉 What's New

🌍 Internationalization (i18n)

Memo Tori now speaks English and French!

Automatic language detection from your system locale
Manual override with MEMO_TORI_LANG environment variable
Complete UI translation - all 12 UI strings translated
Language-specific launchers - memo-tori-en.sh and memo-tori-fr.sh
Separate desktop entries for each language

How to Use:

# Auto-detect from system (default)
memo-tori

# Force English
MEMO_TORI_LANG=en memo-tori

# Force French
MEMO_TORI_LANG=fr memo-tori

Supported locales:

English: en_US, en_GB, en_CA, and all en_* variants
French: fr_FR, fr_BE, fr_CA, and all fr_* variants
Other locales default to English

⌨️ Universal Keyboard Shortcuts

One command to set up keyboard shortcuts across all major desktop environments!

Automatic setup script: scripts/setup-keyboard-shortcut.sh
Default shortcut: Super+M (Windows/Command key + M)
7 desktop environment families supported (11+ variants)

Supported Desktop Environments:

Desktop Environment	Method
XFCE	xfconf-query
GNOME / Unity / Budgie	gsettings
Cinnamon	gsettings (Cinnamon schema)
MATE	gsettings (MATE schema)
KDE Plasma	kwriteconfig5
i3 / Sway	Config file editing
LXDE / LXQt	Openbox XML

Quick Setup:

bash scripts/setup-keyboard-shortcut.sh

Then press Super+M to launch Memo Tori instantly!

🏷️ Version Display in Window Title

The window title now displays the current version number for easy identification.

Window title format: Memo Tori 0.1.4

This helps with:

Quick version identification
Bug reporting and support
Development and testing

📚 Comprehensive Documentation

Five new comprehensive guides covering all aspects of Memo Tori:

Installation Guide - Complete setup instructions
Keyboard Shortcuts Guide - Detailed DE-specific setup
Localization Guide - Language configuration
Quick Reference - One-page cheat sheet
Documentation Index - Navigation hub

Total documentation: 40KB across 5 guides

📦 Installation

Debian/Ubuntu (.deb package)

# Download the package
wget https://[your-repo]/releases/memo-tori_0.1.4_amd64.deb

# Install
sudo dpkg -i memo-tori_0.1.4_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Fix any dependencies

# Launch
memo-tori

From Source

# Clone or download
cd /path/to/memo-tori

# Install system dependencies
sudo apt install python3-venv python3-pip python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-webkit2-4.0

# Set up Python environment
python3 -m venv --system-site-packages .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run
python3 memo-tori.py

🔄 Upgrading from v0.1.3

Your data is fully compatible and will be preserved during the upgrade.

Method 1: .deb Package

# Remove old version
sudo apt remove memo-tori

# Install new version
sudo dpkg -i memo-tori_0.1.4_amd64.deb

# Your data remains at: ~/.local/share/memo-tori/ideas.txt

Method 2: From Source

cd /path/to/memo-tori
git pull  # or download new version
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt

🌟 Features

Core Functionality

✅ Single text field (up to 5000 characters)
✅ Save ideas to local file
✅ View full list of ideas (newest first)
✅ Delete ideas with confirmation
✅ Plain text storage (no database)

New in v0.1.4

✅ English and French UI
✅ Automatic language detection
✅ Universal keyboard shortcuts
✅ Version display in window title
✅ Comprehensive documentation

Platform Support

✅ Linux (Debian 11+, Ubuntu 20.04+, Fedora 36+, Arch)
✅ Windows (via pywebview with WebView2)
✅ All major desktop environments

🐛 Bug Fixes

This release focuses on new features. No specific bug fixes were required from v0.1.3.

📝 Technical Details

Package Information

Version: 0.1.4
Package Size: 3.1 MB (includes Python dependencies)
Architecture: amd64
Dependencies: python3, python3-gi, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-webkit2-4.0

New Files

i18n.py - Localization module (3.4 KB)
VERSION - Version file (6 bytes)
memo-tori-en.sh - English launcher
memo-tori-fr.sh - French launcher
memo-tori-en.desktop - English desktop entry
memo-tori-fr.desktop - French desktop entry
scripts/setup-keyboard-shortcut.sh - Keyboard shortcut setup (15 KB)
docs/ - 5 comprehensive documentation files (40 KB)

Translation Coverage

Total translation keys: 12
Coverage: 100% for English and French
Extensible: Easy to add more languages

🔮 Looking Ahead

Planned for v0.1.5

Additional language support (Spanish, German, Italian)
Enhanced keyboard shortcut management UI
Export/import functionality
Search capabilities (optional)
UI/UX refinements

Future Considerations

Mobile app versions
Cloud sync (optional plugin)
Tags and categories (keeping it simple)
Dark mode

🙏 Acknowledgments

Development: Rovo Dev AI Assistant
Testing: MX Linux 23 / Debian 12 (XFCE, fr_BE locale)
Community: Thank you to all early adopters and testers!

📞 Support & Feedback

Documentation

Main README: README.md
Full Documentation: docs/README.md
CHANGELOG: CHANGELOG.md

Reporting Issues

When reporting issues, please include:

Version number (shown in window title)
Operating system and desktop environment
Language setting (if relevant)
Steps to reproduce
Expected vs actual behavior

Language

System locale detected from your OS
Override with: MEMO_TORI_LANG=en or MEMO_TORI_LANG=fr

📄 License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details.

🎊 Conclusion

Memo Tori v0.1.4 "Beaufix" brings powerful new features while maintaining the simplicity and speed you expect. With full bilingual support and universal keyboard shortcuts, capturing your ideas has never been easier!

Download now and start capturing ideas in your language!

Release Checksums:

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Released by: Memo Tori Team
Date: December 29, 2025
Version: 0.1.4 "Beaufix"

Releases: scriptor-pro/memo-tori

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