Script Kit 1.53.22 - April 2023 Release

[johnlindquist]

Script Kit 1.53.22 - April 2023 Release

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Features

await mic()

Using await mic will return a buffer of the audio recorded from your microphone.

// Name: Transcribe Mic

import "@johnlindquist/kit"

let { Configuration, OpenAIApi } = await import("openai")

let config = new Configuration({
  apiKey: await env("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
})

let openai = new OpenAIApi(config)

let data = await mic()

let stream = Readable.from(data)
// https://github.com/openai/openai-node/issues/77#issuecomment-1463150451
stream.path = "speech.webm"

// If you're confused by "createTranscription" params, see: https://github.com/openai/openai-node/issues/93#issuecomment-1471285341
let response = await openai.createTranscription(stream, "whisper-1")

let transcriptionPath = tmpPath(`${Date.now()}.txt`)
await writeFile(transcriptionPath, response.data.text)

await editor(response.data.text)

await webcam()

Using await webcam will return a buffer of the image captured from your webcam.

// Name: Selfie

import "@johnlindquist/kit"

let buffer = await webcam()

let filePath = tmpPath("webcam.png")

await writeFile(filePath, buffer)
await revealFile(filePath)

Resizing

The prompt will now grow and shink to match the length of the list of options.

You can also manually control the size of prompts by using the new PROMPT constants:

await editor({
  width: PROMPT.WIDTH["5XL"],
  height: PROMPT.HEIGHT["5XL"],
})

Terminal "Close on Exit"

The terminal will now automatically close when you exit the command.

Note: By default, it start a shell (zsh/bash/cmd.exe for mac/linux/windows), so you'll need to run && exit after your command

await term("brew install ffmpeg && exit")

You can also use the shell option to disable the shell and just run the tool directly:

await term({
  shell: false,
  command: "brew",
  args: ["services", "restart", "yabai"],
  closeOnExit: false, // optional, if you want to view output before it closes
})

Note: Also fixed some resizing bugs with the terminal.

Windows App Launcher

Press ; from the main menu to launch the App Launcher.

Thanks to @dodgez: #1161

Note: We still need a Linux App Launcher if anyone wants to take a stab at it :)

Custom Fonts

You can now use custom fonts with the UI. In your ~/.kenv/.env file, add:

KIT_MONO_FONT="Menlo"
KIT_SANS_FONT="Arial"

Experimental: Shebang Scripts 🎉

Add a script in your ~/.kenv/scripts directory with a shebang:

#!/bin/bash
open "https://scriptkit.com"

Then run it from the main menu

Experimental: Windows .bat Files

Mac and Linux users have always had executables they could run in the terminal in the ~/.kenv/bin dircetory. Now, on Windows, Script Kit will generate .bat files associated with each script that you can run from the terminal.

Info Choices

We now have a custom "info" choice that isn't selectable, but shows up in the list to present the user with additional information about the input/list:

// Name: Testing Info OnNoChoices

import "@johnlindquist/kit"

await arg("Select a number",
  [
    {
      name: "Sorry, no matches",
      info: "onNoChoices", // or "always"
    },
    "one",
    "two",
    "three",
  ]
)

Removing npm requirement

When you run a script with a missing module, it will catch the error and prompt you to install it. This removes the requirement of the await npm(), but you can still use it if you find it more convenient.

The examples and scripts that I share from now on will no longer use await npm(), but I have no plans to deprecate it.

Fixes

• Lots of little improvements around the chat component.
• Some solid performance improvements
• Upgrading to lots of the latest libraries

Call for Help: Disable Window Animation on Windows?

If anyone knows how to disable the window animation on Windows (the one that transparently zooms in when you open a window), please let me know because I think it's super annoying and I'd love to disable it in the app. For now, I strongly recommend disabling it globally on Windows:

1. Open the Settings app by pressing the Windows key + I.
2. Click on “Ease of Access”.
3. Scroll down to “Other options” and click on “Visual options”.
4. Under “Play animations in Windows”, toggle the switch to “Off”.

One Last Thing...

Script Kit AI course part 1 dropping this week... 💥

[johnlindquist]

Launch bugs 🐞 (will have fixed this weekend):

1. Found that the new "clipboard history" lib fails to "spawn" on mac x86 machines:
   version 1.53.22 shows "Error: spawn Unknown system error -86" on launch #1179

2. Some "share" script screens don't respect the new resize logic (you'll just have to manually drag a corner)

Please report any more if you find them and I'll get it sorted by this weekend 🙏

[nbbaier]

I've been looking for the Script Kit AI course but haven't been able to find it. Is it available yet?

[johnlindquist]

@nbbaier Not yet... I've got ~40 lessons done and we're adding some course features to scriptkit.com to be able to host it. It's coming together really nicely and getting closer every day :)

[nbbaier]

Looking forward to seeing it when it comes together! I really love Script Kit.