2.2.0

Enhancements

• Partially backport privilege elevation logic from v2 to v1. (#260)
• Add support for SingleMainWindow in the Linux platform-specific options to allow disabling the New Window option in the app's context menu. (#264 via #265)

Deprecations

• In v2-style schemas, Windows setting quicklaunch default value is now false and using it is considered deprecated. (#244 via #272)

Docs

• Add missing comma to base/non-base example. (#248)

Other

• Update Python versions in canary builds: remove version 3.8 and add 3.12. (#266)
• Drop Python 3.8 from the CI test matrix. (#263)

Contributors

• @jaimergp
• @marcoesters

New Contributors

• @larsoner made their first contribution in #265

2.1.2

Bug fixes

• Display shortcut name in Windows' "Open with" menu entries. (#225)
• Fix default MIME type registration on Linux. (#226 via #227)
• Add setuptools to recipe host requirements. (#237)

Contributors

• @jaimergp
• @marcoesters
• @zklaus

2.1.1

Bug fixes

• Only delete menus when they do not contain any items. (#218)

Contributors

• @marcoesters

2.1.0

Enhancements

• Support different name for shortcuts within and outside base environment (support v1 behavior). (#180)
• Support the NSSupportsAutomaticGraphicsSwitching flag for MacOS apps. (#194)
• Add option to create a Windows Terminal profile. (#196 via #200)
• Improve error handling for installing identical MacOS apps and warn about overwriting shortcuts on other platforms. (#203 via #205)
• Expand variables when creating working_dir and use os.path.expanduser logic for default working_dir on Windows. (#211 via #212)

Bug fixes

• Do not inject the AppKit launcher unless event_handler has been set. Only affects macOS. (#179 via #183)
• Render all menu name instances for Linux. (#201)
• Fix Windows registry key access mode when adding icon file to file type association. (#191 via #206)

Docs

• Add notes on "missing" Start Menu directories on Windows and on how to migrate pywscript and pyscript to menuinst v2 (#181)
• Fix API Reference hyperlinks. (#190)

Other

• Pin Visual Studio version to 2022 for canary builds to account for changes to GitHub runners. (#215)

Contributors

• @JTignor-Raltron
• @jaimergp
• @marcoesters

2.0.2

Bug fixes

• Render placeholders in menu_name key. (#175)

Contributors

• @jaimergp

2.0.1

Enhancements

• Update winshortcut C extension to support Python 3.12. (#164)

Bug fixes

• Fix a regression in 2.0.0, where v1-style Windows shortcuts would fail to start applications that required environment activation. Addressed by adjusting an invalid import in menuinst v1's legacy cwp.py. (#167 via #168)

Other

• Add support for pydantic v2 in menuinst._schema. (#166 via #169)

Contributors

• @jaimergp
• @kenodegard

1.4.20

What's Changed

• Improve support for Python 3.12 by @jaimergp in #165

Full Changelog: 1.4.19...1.4.20

2.0.0

menuinst v2 is a backwards compatible rewrite of v1 that adds a new JSON document standard with multiplatform support. Some highlights:

• Single unified JSON document for Windows, Linux and macOS, as introduced in CEP-11
• Backwards compatible API with v1-style JSON documents
• Support for file extension (e.g. .png) and URL protocol (e.g. menuinst://) association
• Rewritten documentation

Enhancements

• Add support for file extension and URL protocol association on Windows. (#117)
• Add support for URL protocol and file type association in all operating systems. Adds tests and examples. (#118 via #119, #135)
• Add app_user_model_id field on Windows shortcuts to group taskbar icons together. (#127 via #133)
• Enable automatic elevation on Unix platforms too, and add tests. (#137 via #138, #139)
• Add recipe and CI workflow steps to build and upload canaries to conda-canary. (#144, #145, #149)
• Implement auto-elevation logic in Unix systems so it doesn't depend on pre-existing .nonadmin files. (#150 via #156)

Bug fixes

• Ensure some v1-only import paths are still available for backwards compatibility. (#151)
• Do not capitalize ${DISTRIBUTION_NAME} in v1-style menuinst JSON documents. (#153)

Docs

• Create Sphinx-based documentation following community practices (constructor, conda-libmamba-solver). Absorbs and updates the existing info in wiki and non-deployed docs. (#112)
• Add development documentation. (#131)

Other

• Enable and apply pre-commit with isort/flake8/black. (#116, #125)
• Adjust workflows to only target main after merging the cep-devel branch. (#141)
• Move cwp.py from the repository root to menuinst._legacy subpackage.
  It's still shipped to %PREFIX% in the conda package. (#145)

Contributors

• @aganders3
• @dbast
• @jaimergp

New Contributors

• @dbast made their first contribution in #116
• @aganders3 made their first contribution in #119

2.0.0a0

This is a preview release of the upcoming 2.0 version. See #142 for details.

The changelog (so far) can be checked at 1.4.19...2.0.0a0

1.4.19

What's Changed

• Copy ShellExecuteEx from conda to replace pywin32 by @isuruf in #103
• Fix exceptions for pywin32 removal by @isuruf in #105

Full Changelog: 1.4.18...1.4.19