v19.2.8 Towards the new backend
This update brings code for better interacting with the skill settings on the new backend.
Skill GID #2104
Instead of the old identifier a skill_gid is used to identify the skill settings from the backend.
Remove extra pauses when speaking initials #2126
This fixes an error when chunking sentences for the tts service and will no longer do splits in initials like "N. Armstrong"
Update of mycroft-say-to and mycroft-speak #2111
You can now pipe strings to this script. Thanks for adding this @FruityWelsh
Allow yaml in settingsmeta #2113
Settingmeta can now also be written as a yaml file with a simpler and more forgiving syntax.
Allow sending GUI pages over http(s) #2106
@AIIX (Thanks!) submitted a feature to allow sending qml pages over https which is a required feature for remote GUI devices.
Cache pre-loading for Mimic 2 #2115
Some of the common dialogs are now prerendered and cached for Mimic2.
Precise Input queue management #2124
Update precise to handle a build up of unprocessed chunks.
System QML pages for show_text and show_image #2121
@AIIX built some nice templates for basic text and showing of images on the GUI that are accessed by self.gui.show_image()
and self.gui.show_text()
from a skill.
Miscellaneous
- Fix typo in config comment for log levels. Thanks @katecanaveral #2119
- Switch from old pep8 to pycodestyle