breaking changes in beta release?

[jsjoeio]

Info

• v1.3.0-beta.18
• macOS Big Sur 11.3

I was looking at the release notes but don't see much listed. What changed?

Asking because after the update, one of my scripts doesn't work anymore 😢

I am unsure what caused the error.

Script

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//Menu: Start Day
//Description: My script for starting my day before work
//Author: Joe Previte
//Twitter: @jsjoeio

/* Note about this script
- it assumes the applications are already open (I open them at login)
*/

// -------------------------
// Music - Start
// -------------------------

let goodMorningFileName = `jarvis-good-morning.mp3`

await run("play-audio-file", goodMorningFileName)

// -------------------------
// Music - End
// -------------------------

// -------------------------
// Window Management - Start
// -------------------------

await run("press-keyboard-shortcut", "Spotify", ";", "command,control")

// In order to make it take 2/4ths I have to run the command three times
await run("press-keyboard-shortcut", "Chrome", "l", "command,control")
await run("press-keyboard-shortcut", "Chrome", "l", "command,control")
await run("press-keyboard-shortcut", "Chrome", "l", "command,control")

// In order to make it take 2/4ths I have to run the command three times
await run("press-keyboard-shortcut", "Emacs", "k", "command,control")
await run("press-keyboard-shortcut", "Emacs", "k", "command,control")
await run("press-keyboard-shortcut", "Emacs", "k", "command,control")

// In order to make it take 2/4ths I have to run the command three times
await run("press-keyboard-shortcut", "Terminal", ";", "command,control")

await run("press-keyboard-shortcut", "Toggl Track", "j", "command,control")

// -------------------------
// Window Management - End
// -------------------------

// -------------------------
// Time Tracking  - Start
// -------------------------

await run("start-toggl", "checking in with myself", "personal catchall")

// -------------------------
// Time Tracking  - End
// -------------------------

// -------------------------
// Note Taking  - Start
// -------------------------

await run("new-daily-note-emacs")
// Toggle focus mode
await run("press-keyboard-shortcut", "Simplenote", "f", "command,option")

// -------------------------
// Note Taking  - End
// -------------------------

Seems like the press-keyboard-shortcut command is no longer working 🤔 which causes the start-toggl and new-daily-note-emacs to not work.

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// Menu: Press Keyboard Shortcut
// Description: Presses a keyboard shortcut

/**
 * @description Presses a keyboard shortcut
 * @param {string} application - the application form which this keyboard shortcut should be run
 * @param {string} key - a single key such as "j" or "q"
 * @typedef {('command'|'control'|'option')} Command - 'command' | 'control | 'option'
 * @param {Command[]} commands - an array of commands.
 * @example pressKeyboardShortcut("j", ["command", "control"]) would press `j + ⌘ + ^`
 */
async function pressKeyboardShortcut (application = "", key, commands = []) {
  const formattedCommands = formatCommands(commands)
  // Note: we have to activate an application first in order to use this script with it
  // Otherwise, it will run the keyboard shortcut on Script Kit
  return await applescript(
    String.raw`
    activate application "${application}"
    tell application "System Events"
      keystroke "${key}" using {${formattedCommands}}
    end tell
    `
  )
}

function formatCommands(commands = []) {
  // This will turn ["control", "command"]
  // into this "control down, command down,"
  // and then slice the last commma
  return commands.map(command => `${command} down,`).join(" ").slice(0, -1)
}

// Example: "Toggl Track"
let application = await arg(`What application should this be run with?`)
// Example: j
let key = await arg(`What is the key?`)
// Example: command,control
let unformattedCommands = await arg(`What are the commands? Separate by comma.`)
let commands = unformattedCommands.split(",")

console.log('run with ', application, key, commands)

await pressKeyboardShortcut(application, key, commands)

kit.log

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[2021-06-04 08:55:37.444] [warn]  Error: The command is disabled and cannot be executed
    at Server.<anonymous> (/Applications/Kit.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:307014)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:421:28)
    at Server.emit (events.js:315:20)
    at emitListeningNT (net.js:1352:10)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:79:21)
[2021-06-04 08:55:37.465] [error] Error: Error: The command is disabled and cannot be executed
    at Server.<anonymous> (/Applications/Kit.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:307014)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:421:28)
    at Server.emit (events.js:315:20)
    at emitListeningNT (net.js:1352:10)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:79:21)
[2021-06-04 08:55:37.465] [error] Error: Error: The command is disabled and cannot be executed
    at Server.<anonymous> (/Applications/Kit.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:307014)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:421:28)
    at Server.emit (events.js:315:20)
    at emitListeningNT (net.js:1352:10)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:79:21)
[2021-06-04 08:55:37.466] [warn]  Unhandled Rejection at: Promise {} reason: Error: The command is disabled and cannot be executed
    at Server.<anonymous> (/Applications/Kit.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:307014)
    at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:421:28)
    at Server.emit (events.js:315:20)
    at emitListeningNT (net.js:1352:10)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:79:21)
[2021-06-04 08:55:37.517] [info]  / requested
[2021-06-04 08:55:37.523] [info]  /1622822137377-3153.zip requested
[2021-06-04 08:55:37.523] [info]  /1622822137377-3153.zip requested by Squirrel.Mac, pipe /Users/jp/Library/Application Support/Caches/kit-updater/pending/Kit-1.3.0-beta.18-mac.zip

The main thing I see that is different in the logs is the Sending PROMPT_INFO 🤔

Questions

• How can I turn off auto-update?
• How can I revert to the older version? (delete Script Kit and reinstall from releases?)

[johnlindquist]

I'm writing up the notes this afternoon (on my phone now).

There's no "going back" versions, this is beta software that still doesn't have a release on the main branch.

Once we hit a Main release, I can guarantee only fixes and no breaking changes unless announced way ahead of time with obvious upgrade paths.

I'm happy to hop on a zoom later to help fix what broke.

[jsjoeio]

Ah gotcha. Sure! That would be helpful. I will DM you on Twitter!