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Posted: **Sat Aug 31, 2024 10:20 am**

MiloDB 3.4.0, 2024-08-31

Added: 'config set' subcommand to set entries at runtime
Added: 'config edit' subcommand to edit entries at runtime
Added: 'config reset' subcommand to reset entries at runtime
Database: Sorted tags alphabetically
Database: Replaced ambiguous punctuation with standard punctuation
Database: Updated to 2024-05-31

config set/edit/reset

You can now edit the config file at runtime (which nobody asked for, but somebody might find useful). This is mostly useful for changing the terminal colours and launch options, for example:

  > config set format/ansi/colour/matchingText 1;41

Will change the terminal colour for the matching text to be bold on a red background.

TAB completion works when entering the path to a config item, and I find it's the best way to navigate it.

Ambiguous punctuation

Some authors prefer to edit their teases in a word processor before copy/pasting the content into a tease. Word processors have a habit of changing a dash in a hyphen, double quotes into left/right double quotes, etc. This can make searching for a particular phrase that includes punctuation more likely to not match.

Some ambiguous punctuation has been replaced with a more conventional character in the database. This is a table of those replacements:

Code: Select all

 Name                                  │ Char │ Unicode ║      ║ Name           │ Char │ Unicode              
───────────────────────────────────────┼──────┼─────────╢      ╟────────────────┼──────┼──────────────────────
 Non-breaking Space                    │      │ U+00A0  ║  ->  ║ Space          │      │ U+0020               
 Carriage Return                       │      │ U+000D  ║  ->  ║ Space          │      │ U+0020               
 Tab                                   │      │ U+0009  ║  ->  ║ Space          │      │ U+0020               
 Grave Accent                          │ `    │ U+0060  ║  ->  ║ Apostrophe     │ '    │ U+0027               
 Acute Accent                          │ ´    │ U+00B4  ║  ->  ║ Apostrophe     │ '    │ U+0027               
 Hyphen                                │ ‐    │ U+2010  ║  ->  ║ Hyphen Minus   │ -    │ U+002D               
 Non-breaking Hyphen                   │ ‑    │ U+2011  ║  ->  ║ Hyphen Minus   │ -    │ U+002D               
 Figure Dash                           │ ‒    │ U+2012  ║  ->  ║ Hyphen Minus   │ -    │ U+002D               
 En Dash                               │ –    │ U+2013  ║  ->  ║ Hyphen Minus   │ -    │ U+002D               
 Em Dash                               │ —    │ U+2014  ║  ->  ║ Hyphen Minus   │ -    │ U+002D               
 Horizontal Bar                        │ ―    │ U+2015  ║  ->  ║ Hyphen Minus   │ -    │ U+002D               
 Swung Dash                            │ ⁓    │ U+2053  ║  ->  ║ Hyphen Minus   │ -    │ U+002D               
 Minus Sign                            │ −    │ U+2212  ║  ->  ║ Hyphen Minus   │ -    │ U+002D               
 Small Em Dash                         │ ﹘   │ U+FE58  ║  ->  ║ Hyphen Minus   │ -    │ U+002D               
 Small Hyphen Minus                    │ ﹣   │ U+FE63  ║  ->  ║ Hyphen Minus   │ -    │ U+002D               
 Full-width Hyphen Minus               │ －   │ U+FF0D  ║  ->  ║ Hyphen Minus   │ -    │ U+002D               
 Left Single Quotation Mark            │ ‘    │ U+2018  ║  ->  ║ Apostrophe     │ '    │ U+0027               
 Right Single Quotation Mark           │ ’    │ U+2019  ║  ->  ║ Apostrophe     │ '    │ U+0027               
 Single Low-9 Quotation Mark           │ ‚    │ U+201A  ║  ->  ║ Apostrophe     │ '    │ U+0027               
 Single High-Reversed-9 Quotation Mark │ ‛    │ U+201B  ║  ->  ║ Apostrophe     │ '    │ U+0027               
 Left Double Quotation Mark            │ “    │ U+201C  ║  ->  ║ Quotation Mark │ "    │ U+0022               
 Right Double Quotation Mark           │ ”    │ U+201D  ║  ->  ║ Quotation Mark │ "    │ U+0022               
 Double Low-9 Quotation Mark           │ „    │ U+201E  ║  ->  ║ Quotation Mark │ "    │ U+0022               
 Double High-Reversed-9 Quotation Mark │ ‟    │ U+201F  ║  ->  ║ Quotation Mark │ "    │ U+0022               
 Horizontal Ellipsis                   │ …    │ U+2026  ║  ->  ║ Period         │ ...  │ U+002E U+002E U+002E 
 Low Asterisk                          │ ⁎    │ U+204E  ║  ->  ║ Asterisk       │ *    │ U+002A               
───────────────────────────────────────┼──────┼─────────╢      ╟────────────────┼──────┼──────────────────────
 Name                                  │ Char │ Unicode ║      ║ Name           │ Char │ Unicode

Please let me know if you can think of any other punctuation that could be nobbling your searches.

Posted: **Mon Sep 30, 2024 1:08 pm**

MiloDB 3.5.0, 2024-09-30

Added: Automatic migration to newer configuration versions
Changed: Split launch options into platform specific groups
Database: Updated to 2024-06-30

Update
If you have version >= 3.0.0, you can use the 'update' command.

Split launch options

When using the '

open

', '

openall

', '

browse

', and '

browseall

' commands, the launch options are now specified per platform. When upgrading to MiloDB 3.5.0, the configuration file will automatically migrate the existing settings to the correct platform. This is useful for those that use MiloDB on Windows and Linux interchangeably.

See the Launch Configuration for more details.

Posted: **Thu Oct 31, 2024 2:15 pm**

MiloDB 3.6.0, 2024-10-31

Changed: Database format updated
Database: Updated to 2024-07-30

Update
If you have version >= 3.0.0, you can use the '

update

' command.

Database format updated

I reformatted the database a little bit. This has the following effect:
- The database is smaller by a cats whisker
- The database loading time is reduced by a gnats fart
Not sure I should have bothered really!

Refreshed database metadata

I refreshed the metadata (title, summary, author, tags, etc.) of all teases. This found a number of teases that were missing from the database, a couple of authors that had changed their name, and a few teases that had disappeared.

Where the title or summary of a tease had been changed, I also refreshed the content. Other than occasionally trawling the forums, that's the only indication I have that a tease has changed.

Happy Halloween!

Posted: **Sat Nov 30, 2024 6:36 pm**

MiloDB 3.7.0, 2024-11-30

Fixed: Matched fields 'status' and 'authorStatus' were associated with the wrong tease field
Added: Dark themed CSS for 'browse' and 'browseall' commands
Changed: Removed CSS colour configuration from config file and moved into CSS file
Database: Updated to 2024-08-29

Update
If you have version >= 3.0.0, you can use the '

update

' command.

New dark themed CSS

The stylesheet used for '

browse

' and '

browseall

' has been overhauled and a new dark themed one added. In the directory you'll now find:

    default-light.css
    default-dark.css

If you want to switch to the dark theme, you can use the config command:

  > config set format/html/cssFilePath default-dark.css

Posted: **Tue Dec 31, 2024 11:04 am**

MiloDB 3.8.0, 2024-12-31

Fixed: 'unknown' author ID shown in browse summary had wrong colour in default-dark.css
Changed: Upgraded to Python 3.12
Changed: Fortified update fetches by handling incomplete reads and URI redirections
Database: Updated to 2024-09-30

Update
If you have version >= 3.0.0, you can use the '

update

' command.

Happy New Year!
Wishing everyone the best for 2025!

Posted: **Fri Jan 31, 2025 1:46 pm**

MiloDB 3.9.0, 2025-01-31

Fixed: Handle failures launching the default web browser
Added: 'update list' subcommand to list available versions and variants
Added: 'update switch' subcommand to support switching to different variants
Changed: 'update' command is less verbose when fetching the remote manifest
Changed: 'update' command will no longer show file differences and strategy if there is no update available
Changed: 'about' command now shows current variant
Database: Updated to 2024-10-30

Update
If you have version >= 3.0.0, you can use the '

update

' command.

Future GUI
The graphical interface for MiloDB is coming on quite nicely and is now my primary focus. At some point I'll be asking for a handful of volunteers to put it through its paces, but it's not quite ready yet.

Posted: **Fri Feb 28, 2025 5:56 pm**

MiloDB 3.10.0, 2025-02-28

Changed: Improved consistency of error messages on command parsing
Database: Updated to 2024-11-30

Update
If you have version >= 3.0.0, you can use the '

update

' command.

Notes
I made some very significant under-the-hood changes to support the upcoming graphical interface, but it should still behave just like it used to (i.e. please let me know if I've broken anything). I'm expecting to release an early alpha build of the GUI variant in March 2025 for the enthusiasts.

Posted: **Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:02 pm**

For the enthusiasts, the first version of the experimental GUI is available. See viewtopic.php?t=27549 and please post all GUI related discussions into that thread.
I'll continue to maintain the terminal version of the MiloDB application in this thread.

Posted: **Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:25 pm**

MiloDB 3.11.0, 2025-03-31

Fixed: Update no longer tries to execute 'None' when switching to a non-supported platform
Fixed: Update no longer fails when trying to delete non-existent deprecated config files
Changed: During update, temporary files are placed in subdirectory of main application instead of system temp
Changed: Improved speed of 'stats' command
Changed: Included date range of database in 'stats' command
Changed: Updated URI to CC0 licence
Changed: 'sort' command can now sort by 'status', 'author', 'authorStatus', 'images', and 'uniqueImages'
Changed: Improved formatting for 'update list all' and 'update list variants' commands
Changed: Help of 'update' command now mentions the inability to TAB complete the variant name on 'update switch'
Database: Stripped duplicate page names from NYX teases
Database: Updated to 2024-12-31

Update
If you have version >= 3.0.0, you can use the '

update

' command.

Posted: **Wed Apr 30, 2025 2:26 pm**

MiloDB 3.12.0, 2025-04-30

Added: 'about' command now shows the amount of memory used by the application
Database: Recovered some missing author names and IDs
Database: Updated to 2025-01-29

Update
If you have version >= 3.0.0, you can use the '

update

' command.

Posted: **Fri May 30, 2025 4:43 pm**

MiloDB 3.13.0, 2025-05-30

Fixed: Handling of quoted text in custom launch commands
Added: Sort key for word count
Added: Add 'debug' command for diagnosing launch issues
Database: Updated to 2025-02-27

Update
If you have version >= 3.0.0, you can use the '

update

' command.

This terminal version of MiloDB is nearing end-of-life unless lots of people shout that they want to keep it. The GUI variant has now entered a Beta phase for those wishing to test it out.

Posted: **Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:49 pm**

MiloDB 3.14.0, 2025-06-30

Fixed: Update failed when trying to rename non-existent config files
Changed: Renamed core files for consistency
Database: Updated to 2025-03-30

Update
If you have version >= 3.0.0, you can use the '

update

' command.

This terminal version of MiloDB is nearing end-of-life unless lots of people shout that they want to keep it. The GUI variant has now entered a release-candidate phase for those wishing to test it out. There will be an automatic upgrade available from this terminal version to the GUI version in the near future.

Posted: **Thu Jul 31, 2025 6:38 pm**

MiloDB 3.15.0, 2025-07-31

Added: End-of-life message
Added: 'gui-upgrade' command
Added: Audio stats in 'stats' command
Added: Sort keys for audio count
Database: Updated to 2025-04-29

Update
If you have version >= 3.0.0, you can use the '

update

' command.

Posted: **Thu Jul 31, 2025 6:42 pm**

MiloDB 4.0.0, 2025-07-31

This is the new graphical variant of MiloDB that includes the vast majority of the features from the end-of-life terminal variant. If you find missing features or issues, please let me know.

Posted: **Sun Aug 31, 2025 9:17 pm**

MiloDB 4.1.0, 2025-08-31

Fixed: Text highlighting started one character too early on lines containing an emoji anywhere before the highlight
Fixed: Error highlighting in queries containing unterminated quotes didn't appear after variable expansion
Fixed: Error highlighting in queries containing unterminated quotes didn't show in expanded text
Changed: Stripped zero-width-space unicode characters from database text
Changed: Added copy/open URL buttons to the About dialog
Changed: Renamed config files for consistency; prefixed with 'user-'
Database: Updated to 2025-05-28

Update
Use the 'Update' button to update.

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