# Phase 5 Session Summary - October 28-29, 2025

## 🎯 What We Accomplished

### ✨ Universal Lookup Feature (COMPLETE)
- **Global hotkey Ctrl+Alt+L** - Works anywhere on your computer
- **AutoHotkey v2 integration** - Reliable clipboard handling
- **Multi-monitor support** - Activates window across monitors
- **Non-destructive capture** - Doesn't delete or modify source text
- **Cross-platform graceful degradation** - Windows (full), Mac/Linux (manual mode)
- **Tab 0 position** - Quick access as first tab

### 🎨 Theme System (COMPLETE)
- **6 predefined themes** - Light, Soft Gray, Sepia, Dark, High Contrast Blue/Yellow
- **Custom theme editor** - Create and save custom color schemes
- **UI spacing fixes** - Resolved "squished" text in all dialogs
  - QGroupBox: 18px top padding, proper title positioning
  - QLabel: 3px vertical padding
  - QFormLayout: 8px vertical spacing
  - Activity Log: 8px padding, 1.4 line-height

### 🐛 Critical Bug Fixes (COMPLETE)
- **AutoHotkey process cleanup** - No more orphaned processes
- **"Script already running" popup eliminated**
- **Window activation flicker resolved**
- **Maximized state preservation**
- **Keyboard shortcut conflicts resolved**

### ⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts (UPDATED)
**Universal Lookup**:
- Ctrl+Alt+L - Capture and lookup

**AutoFingers**:
- Ctrl+Alt+P - Process single segment
- Ctrl+Shift+L - Toggle loop (changed from Ctrl+Alt+L to avoid conflicts)
- Ctrl+Alt+S - Stop loop
- Ctrl+Alt+R - Reload TMX

### 📦 New Files Created
1. `universal_lookup_hotkey.ahk` - AutoHotkey v2 script (39 lines)
2. `modules/universal_lookup.py` - Lookup engine (239 lines)
3. `modules/theme_manager.py` - Theme system (481 lines)
4. `modules/autofingers_engine.py` - AutoFingers engine
5. `docs/RELEASE_Qt_v1.0.0_Phase5.md` - Comprehensive release notes

### 📝 Documentation Updated
1. `CHANGELOG.md` - Added Phase 5 entry with full details
2. `docs/RELEASE_Qt_v1.0.0_Phase5.md` - Detailed release notes
3. All changes committed and pushed to GitHub

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## 🔧 Technical Highlights

### Architecture Decisions
- **AutoHotkey hybrid approach** - Python's clipboard is unreliable on Windows
- **File-based signaling** - 100% thread-safe AHK ↔ Python communication
- **atexit cleanup** - Guaranteed process termination on any exit
- **Windows API AttachThreadInput** - Cross-monitor focus stealing

### Cleanup Layers (Belt and Suspenders)
1. `atexit.register(cleanup_ahk_process)` - Global cleanup on Python exit
2. `closeEvent()` in main window - Cleanup on window close
3. `__del__()` in UniversalLookupTab - Cleanup on widget destruction
4. `unregister_global_hotkey()` - Manual cleanup method
5. Startup kill of existing instances - Prevents duplicates

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## 📊 Code Statistics

**Files Modified**: 17
**Lines Added**: 5,817
**Lines Removed**: 23

**Main File**:
- `Supervertaler_Qt_v1.0.0.py` - 4,972 lines (final)

**Key Modules**:
- `modules/universal_lookup.py` - 239 lines
- `modules/theme_manager.py` - 481 lines
- `universal_lookup_hotkey.ahk` - 39 lines

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## 🎯 Tomorrow's Discussion Topics

### Documentation Structure
You mentioned we need to think about how to structure documentation for:
1. **Version separation** - How to document Qt v1.0.0 vs v3.7.x
2. **README organization** - Single README vs separate files
3. **Changelog management** - Separate changelogs or unified?
4. **Release notes** - Where do Phase releases live?
5. **User documentation** - End-user guides vs developer docs

### Potential Approaches

**Option 1: Separate READMEs**
```
README.md (main landing page, links to both versions)
README_Qt_v1.0.0.md (Qt version documentation)
README_v3.7.x.md (Tkinter version documentation)
```

**Option 2: Unified README with Sections**
```
README.md
  ├─ Quick Start (both versions)
  ├─ Supervertaler Qt v1.0.0
  ├─ Supervertaler v3.7.x (Legacy)
  └─ Migration Guide
```

**Option 3: Version Folders**
```
docs/
  ├─ qt-v1.0.0/
  │   ├─ README.md
  │   ├─ CHANGELOG.md
  │   └─ releases/
  └─ v3.7.x/
      ├─ README.md
      └─ CHANGELOG.md
```

### Questions to Resolve
1. What's the primary entry point for new users?
2. Should v3.7.x be marked as "legacy" or "maintenance"?
3. Where do release notes live (docs/ or root)?
4. Should changelogs be merged or separate?
5. How to handle features that exist in both versions?

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## ✅ What's Ready for Production

**Fully Tested & Working**:
- ✅ Universal Lookup (Windows)
- ✅ AutoHotkey integration
- ✅ Theme system (all 6 themes)
- ✅ Custom theme editor
- ✅ UI spacing improvements
- ✅ Process cleanup
- ✅ Multi-monitor support
- ✅ Keyboard shortcuts
- ✅ Cross-platform graceful degradation

**Known Limitations** (documented):
- Mac/Linux: Manual paste mode only (no global hotkey)
- Requires AutoHotkey v2 on Windows for global hotkey

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## 🚀 Git Status

**Commit**: `d97c6b2`  
**Branch**: `main`  
**Status**: Pushed to origin  
**Message**: "Phase 5: Universal Lookup & UI Polish Complete"

All changes are now in GitHub and ready for deployment.

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## 🎉 Session Complete!

Phase 5 is production-ready. The Universal Lookup feature works beautifully, the UI is polished, and all bugs are squashed. Tomorrow we'll tackle documentation structure and decide on the best approach for managing two product versions.

**Have a great evening!** 🌙
