Release v4.2.0

Author: tamlok

.github/workflows/ci-linux.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
         default: false
 
 env:
-    VNOTE_VER: 4.1.1
+    VNOTE_VER: 4.2.0
     CMAKE_VER: 3.24.3
 
 jobs:

.github/workflows/ci-macos.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
         default: false
 
 env:
-    VNOTE_VER: 4.1.1
+    VNOTE_VER: 4.2.0
     CMAKE_VER: 3.24.3
 
 jobs:

.github/workflows/ci-win.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
         default: false
 
 env:
-    VNOTE_VER: 4.1.1
+    VNOTE_VER: 4.2.0
 
 jobs:
   build:

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.20)
 set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "12.1" CACHE STRING "Minimum OS X deployment version")
 
 project(VNote
-    VERSION 4.1.1
+    VERSION 4.2.0
     DESCRIPTION "A pleasant note-taking platform"
     HOMEPAGE_URL "https://app.vnote.fun"
     LANGUAGES C CXX)

changes.md

@@ -1,4 +1,27 @@
 # Changes
+## v4.2.0
+A feature release that adds a Personal Knowledge Management **home dashboard**, cross-notebook history, activity tracking, and a dedicated Sync settings page on top of VNote 4.1.1:
+
+* **Dashboard** (new): a customizable PKM home tab built from movable, resizable **stickers**
+    * Built-in **Calendar**, **Greeting**, and **History** stickers
+    * **History** sticker with recent-files and calendar-day modes, plus a one-click clear-date-filter
+    * **Lock/Unlock** mode to prevent accidental layout changes, an **Add Sticker** menu, a per-sticker **Resize** dialog, and **Reset Dashboard** to restore the default layout
+    * Toolbar and calendar icons follow the active theme
+* **History**: reworked into a cross-notebook `HistoryService`, so recent files are aggregated across all notebooks (the legacy per-notebook history panel and option were removed)
+* **Activity tracking**: focus time and note activity are now tracked via vxcore
+* **Settings**: new **Sync** page; the auto-sync interval moved there and now defaults to 120s
+* **Editor**
+    * Re-added the **In-Place Preview** toggle to the Markdown toolbar
+    * The image-host button now appears only in edit mode
+    * Removed the markdown editor **Override Font** option and its settings UI
+* **Windows switcher**: a new **Windows** entry lists open view windows across workspaces, with prefix-matching and focus-restore fixes
+* **Title bar**: the current note name is now shown in the system title bar
+* **Fixes**
+    * Fix opening files from the command line / "Open with VNote", and absolutize forwarded open-file paths at the IPC boundary
+    * Preserve heading anchors in **Insert As Relative Link**
+    * Avoid a pre-`QApplication` event-loop warning by lazily starting the search/image-host worker threads
+* **Translations**: updated Simplified Chinese and Japanese translations
+
 ## v4.1.1
 A maintenance release with search improvements, PDF export fixes, and editor polish on top of VNote 4.1.0:
 

src/core/configmgr2.cpp

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ constexpr int kWriteIntervalMs = 500;
 constexpr char kMainConfigFileBaseName[] = "vnotex";
 constexpr char kSessionFileBaseName[] = "session";
 
-const QVersionNumber ConfigMgr2::c_version{4, 1, 1};
+const QVersionNumber ConfigMgr2::c_version{4, 2, 0};
 
 const QString ConfigMgr2::c_orgName = QStringLiteral("VNoteX");
 

src/data/core/Info.plist

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
     <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
     <string>VNote</string>
     <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-    <string>4.1</string>
+    <string>4.2</string>
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-    <string>4.1.1</string>
+    <string>4.2.0</string>
     <key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
     <string>Distributed under LGPL-3.0 license. Copyright (c) 2025 app.vnote.fun</string>
     <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>

src/data/core/fun.vnote.app.VNote.metainfo.xml

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
    </screenshots>
    <content_rating type="oars-1.1" />
    <releases>
+      <release version="4.2.0" date="2026-07-15" />
       <release version="4.1.1" date="2026-07-08" />
       <release version="4.1.0" date="2026-06-26" />
       <release version="3.18.2" date="2024-08-06" />