Bump version to 0.6.0 (from 0.5.0) for release

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
README Downloads: where to get it first, then builds with Windows before macOS (#512 )
2026-10-08 10:01:57 -04:00 · 2026-10-08 10:01:10 -04:00 · 2026-10-08 10:00:34 -04:00 · 2026-10-08 20:37:13 +07:00 · 2026-10-08 20:36:43 +07:00 · 2026-10-08 20:36:40 +07:00
18 changed files with 522 additions and 53 deletions
@@ -54,4 +54,13 @@ jobs:
          desktop-file-validate packaging/linux/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.desktop
          sed -e 's/@VERSION@/0.0.0/' -e 's/@DATE@/2026-01-01/' packaging/linux/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.metainfo.xml.in >"$RUNNER_TEMP/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.metainfo.xml"
          appstreamcli validate --no-net --explain "$RUNNER_TEMP/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.metainfo.xml"
-          python3 -c "import yaml; m = yaml.safe_load(open('packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.yml')); assert m['id'] == 'ai.storyteller.vectorcraft' and m['command'] == 'vectorcraft'"
+          python3 - <<'EOF'
+          import yaml
+          src = yaml.safe_load(open("packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.yml"))
+          bundle = yaml.safe_load(open("packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml"))
+          for m in (src, bundle):
+              assert m["id"] == "ai.storyteller.vectorcraft" and m["command"] == "vectorcraft", m["id"]
+          for key in ("runtime", "runtime-version", "sdk", "finish-args"):
+              assert src[key] == bundle[key], f"Flatpak manifests disagree on {key}: {src[key]} vs {bundle[key]}"
+          print("Flatpak manifests ok")
+          EOF
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Release pipeline: every push to `release` builds signed installers for every platform and
 # creates or updates the draft GitHub Release "VectorCraft v<version>". See docs/releasing.md.
 #
-# All jobs run in the `release` environment (restricted to the `release` branch), which holds
-# the signing secrets. Every secret is optional: missing ones produce unsigned artifacts and a
-# warning, never a failed build.
+# Jobs that sign (macOS, Windows) and the job that creates the release run in the `release`
+# environment (restricted to the `release` branch), which holds the signing secrets. Every secret
+# is optional: missing ones produce unsigned artifacts and a warning, never a failed build. The
+# other jobs sign nothing and get no environment, so a `workflow_dispatch` on any branch is a dry
+# run: they build and upload artifacts, the signed jobs are refused, and no release is drafted.
 name: Release

 on:
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
  version:
    name: version
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: release
+    # No `environment: release`: no secrets here.
    outputs:
      version: ${{ steps.v.outputs.version }}
      date: ${{ steps.v.outputs.date }}
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ jobs:
    # The oldest GitHub-hosted image, so the binaries only need glibc >= 2.35 (Ubuntu 22.04+,
    # Debian 12+, Fedora 36+, RHEL 10). See docs/releasing.md.
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
-    environment: release
+    # No `environment: release`: Linux packages are not signed (checksums in SHA256SUMS.txt).
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
          sudo apt-get update
          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
            libxkbcommon-dev libwayland-dev libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxi-dev libgl1-mesa-dev \
-            desktop-file-utils appstream python3-yaml
+            desktop-file-utils appstream python3-yaml zsync
          curl -fsSL -o "$RUNNER_TEMP/nfpm.deb" \
            "https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/releases/download/v${NFPM_VERSION}/nfpm_${NFPM_VERSION}_${{ matrix.deb }}.deb"
          sudo dpkg -i "$RUNNER_TEMP/nfpm.deb"
@@ -225,6 +227,12 @@ jobs:
          for appimage in dist/release/*.AppImage; do
            chmod +x "$appimage"
            APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 "$appimage" --version
+            # Update information is embedded, and the .zsync for delta updates sits beside it.
+            # No APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN here: with it the runtime passes --appimage-* flags on
+            # to the app instead of answering them itself.
+            "$appimage" --appimage-updateinformation \
+              | grep -F "gh-releases-zsync|${GITHUB_REPOSITORY%%/*}|${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}|latest|vectorcraft-*-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}.AppImage.zsync"
+            test -s "$appimage.zsync"
          done
      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
@@ -232,13 +240,52 @@ jobs:
          path: dist/release/*
          if-no-files-found: error

+  flatpak:
+    name: Flatpak ${{ matrix.arch }}
+    needs: [version, linux]
+    # Repackages the Linux job's tarball (the same binaries as the AppImage/deb/rpm); no Rust
+    # build here. 24.04 for a newer flatpak-builder (1.4) than 22.04 ships.
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    # No `environment: release`: this job signs nothing, so it gets no release secrets.
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - { arch: x86_64, runner: ubuntu-24.04 }
+          - { arch: aarch64, runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm }
+    env:
+      VECTORCRAFT_VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
+      VECTORCRAFT_BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.version.outputs.date }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: dist/linux
+      - name: Install flatpak-builder
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          # librsvg2-common: the SVG pixbuf loader. flatpak-builder runs the host's
+          # `appstreamcli compose`, which renders the scalable icon and fails without it.
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends flatpak flatpak-builder librsvg2-common
+          # Ubuntu 24.04's AppArmor blocks the unprivileged user namespaces bubblewrap needs.
+          sudo sysctl -w kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0
+      - name: Build the Flatpak bundle
+        run: packaging/linux/flatpak-bundle.sh "dist/linux/vectorcraft-$VECTORCRAFT_VERSION-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz"
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release-flatpak-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: dist/release/*.flatpak
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
  freebsd:
    name: FreeBSD x86_64
    needs: version
-    # GitHub has no FreeBSD runners: build in a FreeBSD 14.3 VM (same image as freebsd.yml).
+    # GitHub has no FreeBSD runners: build in a FreeBSD 14.3 VM (same image and packages as
+    # freebsd.yml).
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 150
-    environment: release
+    # No `environment: release`: this job signs nothing, so it gets no release secrets.
    env:
      VECTORCRAFT_VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
      VECTORCRAFT_BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.version.outputs.date }}
@@ -262,6 +309,7 @@ jobs:
        with:
          release: "14.3"
          usesh: true
+          cpu: 4
          mem: 12288
          # Passed through by name; never templated into the script.
          envs: "VECTORCRAFT_VERSION VECTORCRAFT_BUILD_DATE VECTORCRAFT_BUILD_SHA"
@@ -276,6 +324,8 @@ jobs:
            export CRAFT_FONTS_DIR="$PWD/craft-fonts" CRAFT_FONTS_REQUIRED=1
            export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/var/tmp/vectorcraft-target CARGO_BUILD_JOBS=4
            bash packaging/freebsd/package.sh
+            tar -tzf dist/release/vectorcraft-*-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz \
+              | grep -E '/bin/vectorcraft$|/bin/vectorcraft-cli$|/share/applications/ai\.storyteller\.vectorcraft\.desktop$'
      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: release-freebsd
@@ -286,7 +336,7 @@ jobs:
    name: Web (wasm)
    needs: version
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: release
+    # No `environment: release`: no secrets here.
    env:
      VECTORCRAFT_VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
      VECTORCRAFT_BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.version.outputs.date }}
@@ -327,7 +377,9 @@ jobs:

  release:
    name: Draft GitHub Release
-    needs: [version, macos, windows, linux, freebsd, web]
+    # Needs the signed jobs, so a branch dry run (where the environment refuses them) never
+    # drafts a release.
+    needs: [version, macos, windows, linux, flatpak, freebsd, web]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: release
    permissions:
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ Generated-in-code art is original and has no file to list. This covers the defau
 | `assets/app-icon/vectorcraft.icns` | Project owner (ArtCraft team) | Original artwork drawn in ArtCraft for VectorCraft, vectorised and rendered by `packaging/icons.sh` | MIT OR Apache-2.0 (`assets/app-icon/LICENSE.txt`) | App icon (engraved dragon) |
 | `assets/app-icon/vectorcraft.ico` | Project owner (ArtCraft team) | Original artwork drawn in ArtCraft for VectorCraft, vectorised and rendered by `packaging/icons.sh` | MIT OR Apache-2.0 (`assets/app-icon/LICENSE.txt`) | App icon (engraved dragon) |
 | `assets/app-icon/vectorcraft.svg` | Project owner (ArtCraft team) | Original artwork drawn in ArtCraft for VectorCraft, vectorised and rendered by `packaging/icons.sh` | MIT OR Apache-2.0 (`assets/app-icon/LICENSE.txt`) | App icon (engraved dragon) |
+| `packaging/macos/dmg/background.svg` | Xus Badia (contributed in #493) | Original artwork for VectorCraft's DMG window; links the app icon `assets/app-icon/vectorcraft-small.svg` | MIT OR Apache-2.0 (licensed by the contributor under the project licence) | DMG background source. Text in Inter and JetBrains Mono (OFL-1.1, `assets/fonts`), not embedded; paper grain generated by an SVG `feTurbulence` filter |
+| `packaging/macos/dmg/background.tiff` | Xus Badia (contributed in #493) | Rendered from `packaging/macos/dmg/background.svg` by `packaging/macos/dmg/generate.py` | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | 1x + 2x DMG background; includes the app icon (see its rows), text rendered from OFL-1.1 fonts and LittleCMS's built-in sRGB profile ("No copyright, use freely") |
+| `packaging/macos/dmg/DS_Store` | Xus Badia (layout, #493) | Written by `packaging/macos/dmg/generate.py` | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Finder view settings for the DMG (window, icon size and positions, background alias); no machine data |
 | `assets/fonts/Inter-Medium.ttf` | Rasmus Andersson / The Inter Project Authors | https://github.com/rsms/inter | OFL-1.1 (`assets/fonts/OFL-Inter.txt`) | Open-source typeface, not product iconography or artwork |
 | `assets/fonts/Inter-Regular.ttf` | Rasmus Andersson / The Inter Project Authors | https://github.com/rsms/inter | OFL-1.1 (`assets/fonts/OFL-Inter.txt`) | Open-source typeface, not product iconography or artwork |
 | `assets/fonts/Inter-SemiBold.ttf` | Rasmus Andersson / The Inter Project Authors | https://github.com/rsms/inter | OFL-1.1 (`assets/fonts/OFL-Inter.txt`) | Open-source typeface, not product iconography or artwork |
@@ -4297,7 +4297,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "arboard",
 "block2 0.6.2",
@@ -4321,7 +4321,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-brush"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
 "serde",
@@ -4333,7 +4333,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-cad"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
@@ -4349,7 +4349,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-cli"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "serde_json",
 "vectorcraft-color",
@@ -4365,7 +4365,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-color"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
 "moxcms",
@@ -4377,7 +4377,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-doc"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "jpeg-encoder",
@@ -4394,7 +4394,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-effects"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
 "serde_json",
@@ -4408,7 +4408,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-engine"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "flate2",
 "image",
@@ -4440,7 +4440,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-eps"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "flate2",
 "image",
@@ -4458,7 +4458,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-format"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "flate2",
 "proptest",
@@ -4472,7 +4472,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-geom"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
 "proptest",
@@ -4484,7 +4484,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-mcp"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "log",
@@ -4503,7 +4503,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-metafile"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
@@ -4517,7 +4517,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-pathops"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
 "linesweeper",
@@ -4529,7 +4529,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-pdf"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "aes",
 "flate2",
@@ -4558,7 +4558,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-plugins"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
@@ -4572,7 +4572,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-render"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "flate2",
 "gif",
@@ -4597,7 +4597,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-svg"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "flate2",
 "image",
@@ -4621,7 +4621,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-testkit"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
@@ -4638,7 +4638,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-text"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "harfrust 0.13.3",
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
@@ -4656,7 +4656,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-tools"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
@@ -4671,7 +4671,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-trace"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "kurbo 0.13.1",
@@ -4684,7 +4684,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-ui-egui"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "egui",
 "egui_extras",
@@ -4713,7 +4713,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "vectorcraft-web"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "eframe",
 "egui",
@@ -5816,7 +5816,7 @@ checksum = "9440ea3e5aeabb0ac63af70daf835274065238cdd0cec83418f417eae38bacee"

 [[package]]
 name = "xtask"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "serde_json",
 ]
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ members = ["crates/*", "apps/*", "xtask"]
 default-members = ["crates/*", "apps/vectorcraft", "apps/vectorcraft-cli", "xtask"]

 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.95"
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
  <a href="#why-vectorcraft">Why VectorCraft</a> ·
  <a href="#quick-start">Quick start</a> ·
  <a href="#status">Status</a> ·
+  <a href="#downloads">Downloads</a> ·
  <a href="#the-crafting-apps">The Crafting Apps</a> ·
  <a href="#license-and-credits">License</a>
 </p>
@@ -216,6 +217,51 @@ Agent and contributor rules (clean-room, the asset policy, no panics in shipped
 explains how VectorCraft avoids crashing, and [`docs/releasing.md`](docs/releasing.md) how releases are built,
 signed and published. Every bundled asset is listed with its licence in [`ASSETS.md`](ASSETS.md).

+## Downloads
+
+**New to VectorCraft?** Download it from the [VectorCraft page on getartcraft.com](https://getartcraft.com/apps/vectorcraft). That's the easiest way to install it.
+
+**Want a specific build or format?** On GitHub, the [latest release](https://github.com/storytold/vectorcraft/releases/latest) has every build listed below, and [all releases](https://github.com/storytold/vectorcraft/releases) has earlier versions and their notes. `<ver>` in the file names is the version number, and `SHA256SUMS.txt` lists a checksum for every file.
+
+### Windows
+
+| Build | Installer | Portable |
+|---|---|---|
+| x64 (64-bit Intel/AMD) | `vectorcraft-<ver>-windows-x64.msi` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-windows-x64-portable.zip` |
+| arm64 (Snapdragon and other ARM PCs) | `vectorcraft-<ver>-windows-arm64.msi` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-windows-arm64-portable.zip` |
+| x86 (32-bit) | `vectorcraft-<ver>-windows-x86.msi` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-windows-x86-portable.zip` |
+
+Installers and executables are code-signed.
+
+### macOS
+
+| Build | File | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| App, universal (Apple silicon + Intel) | `vectorcraft-<ver>-macos-universal.dmg` | Signed and notarized |
+| Command-line tool, universal | `vectorcraft-cli-<ver>-macos-universal.zip` | Signed and notarized |
+
+### Linux
+
+| Format | x86_64 | aarch64 (ARM64) | Notes |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| AppImage | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.AppImage` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-aarch64.AppImage` | Runs anywhere; updates itself with [AppImageUpdate](https://github.com/AppImageCommunity/AppImageUpdate) (`.zsync` files) |
+| Flatpak | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.flatpak` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-aarch64.flatpak` | Sandboxed; `flatpak install --user <file>` |
+| Debian/Ubuntu | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.deb` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-aarch64.deb` | |
+| Fedora/RHEL/openSUSE | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.rpm` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-aarch64.rpm` | |
+| Tarball | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.tar.gz` | `vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-aarch64.tar.gz` | Unpack anywhere |
+
+### FreeBSD
+
+| Build | File |
+|---|---|
+| x86_64 | `vectorcraft-<ver>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz` |
+
+### Web (WebAssembly)
+
+| Build | File | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| Static site | `vectorcraft-web-<ver>.zip` | Runs in a modern browser; host it on any static server |
+
 ## The Crafting Apps

 VectorCraft is one of the **Crafting Apps**: free, open-source creative tools from the
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ VectorCraft is a clean-room, open-source, pure-Rust reimplementation of the Adob

 This file tracks **how far we are and what's left**. Time estimates are wall-clock hours of continuous Claude Opus 5.5 agent work (including builds and the CI gate), given both for **one agent** and for **4–6 parallel agents** on disjoint crates. They are counted from the remaining work (see [Parity estimate](#parity-estimate)), calibrated against measured throughput, and updated as work lands.

-_Last updated: 2026-10-08 (after M4.14–M4.98, M8.1–M8.20, M14.4–M14.7, the MCP prompts, resource templates, completions and logging, the 2026-10-07 issue fixes, the Layers panel rework and the 2026-10-08 community contributions: Pen and shape-tool modifiers, path editing, Layers, Artboards, Swatches/Brushes and dialogs, Japanese composition and PDF text, Hebrew/Arabic type, interface languages (Spanish among them), the font menu, saved selections, MCP and EPS, the missing-font export warning (#319), open paths in the Shape Builder (#374), PDF/`.ai` import keeping strokes live and hidden and nested layers (#372), per-corner Live Corners (#381), SVG type opening at the size it draws at (#396), the Wayland clipboard with copied-file paste (#398), ruler guides that can be selected, moved and deleted (#414), two batches of Preferences options that were stored but unused (#394), skeleton reads with `document.find` for large documents over MCP (#416) and anchors dragged with Direct Selection snapping to points, segments and smart guides, clipped SVG layers opening as clipping layers (#420), PDF/`.ai` layers read on pages of tens of millions of operators (#419), Document Color Mode putting RGB greys on the black plate on request and converting pattern tiles (#421) and movable dialogs with Offset Path's Joins dropdown (#423) and numeric fields scrubbed by dragging their label (#400), stroke weight presets in the stroke unit (#426), the Appearance panel's Opacity popup (#430), type on a path brackets, flip and Type on a Path Options that keep the type in place (#429), Layers rows dragged with a ghost and dropped on the trash or New Layer (#435), tool flyouts opening on a right or corner press (#436), tool flyouts torn off into floating toolbars (#437), the Shape Builder's erase mode deleting edges too (#439), installed fonts registered outside the font folders and fonts installed while the app runs listed in the font menus (#443), alike circular corners on rectangles that aren't square (#442), tool cursors as OS cursors so the pointer no longer trails over the canvas (#444), artboards copied and pasted with their art (#446), guides dragged out of the rulers snapping to the art's side midpoints and the artboards, artboard guides (#451), the toolbar's double arrow and Window › Toolbars › Double Column switching between one and two columns in any window height (#455), the Smart Guides display options and Snapping Tolerance (#394), Font Size and Leading combo boxes with preset lists in the Character and Properties panels and the Control bar (#458), screenshots pasted from the clipboard on macOS, Windows and the web (#457), the Properties panel's Fill and Stroke matching the Control bar's, Illustrator's Window menu panel keys (Shift+F7 for Align…) and Alt-wheel zoom whatever the wheel preference (Discord feedback), the point/area type widget (Discord feedback), groups in legacy Illustrator .ai files (Discord feedback), a rotating desktop log file (#465), image controls in the Control bar and Properties panel: Image Trace with its presets, Mask, Crop Image, Embed/Unembed, and an Image Trace object's preset, Expand and Release (Discord feedback), the Pen working as the Anchor Point tool with Alt held over a selected path's handles and anchors, and anchor buttons that convert, connect and cut paths at the selected anchors (Discord feedback), Japanese hanging punctuation (burasagari, #463), Escape leaving Presentation Mode with no screen mode saved across restarts, documents dropped on the desktop app opening as tabs of their own and a note that an `.ai` file's art off its artboards isn't in the part read (#472), Add/Delete Anchor Point tool icons drawn from the Pen tool's (#479), EPS files from Illustrator 2026, Inkscape/cairo, matplotlib, CorelDRAW, Affinity, LibreOffice and Ghostscript opening as vectors, and a preview that stands in saying why (Discord feedback, #466, #469, #474), chords with modifiers recorded in Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts (#487), Type Object Selection by Path Only (#394), Anti-aliased Artwork (#394), Show Pixel Grid (#394), pen and touch taps pressed and lifted within one frame clicking where they tapped and the Linux/Wayland pen-tablet workaround (#491), bounding-box resizes landing on the other objects' anchors and centres with labels, and the Rotate, Scale, Shear and Reflect tools snapping their drags (#482), Shift-drag marquees that toggle the objects or anchors they reach and a Lasso whose Alt subtraction keeps the rest of the selection (#483), the mouse wheel stepping the focused numeric field, the dialogs' and preferences' drag values made such fields (#485), Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open (#394), Numbers Without Units Are Points (#394), Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels (#394), the Contextual Task Bar moved by its handle and its More Options menu pinning and resetting its position; see [Honest assessment](#honest-assessment-2026-10-05))._
+_Last updated: 2026-10-08 (after M4.14–M4.98, M8.1–M8.20, M14.4–M14.7, the MCP prompts, resource templates, completions and logging, the 2026-10-07 issue fixes, the Layers panel rework and the 2026-10-08 community contributions: Pen and shape-tool modifiers, path editing, Layers, Artboards, Swatches/Brushes and dialogs, Japanese composition and PDF text, Hebrew/Arabic type, interface languages (Spanish among them), the font menu, saved selections, MCP and EPS, the missing-font export warning (#319), open paths in the Shape Builder (#374), PDF/`.ai` import keeping strokes live and hidden and nested layers (#372), per-corner Live Corners (#381), SVG type opening at the size it draws at (#396), the Wayland clipboard with copied-file paste (#398), ruler guides that can be selected, moved and deleted (#414), two batches of Preferences options that were stored but unused (#394), skeleton reads with `document.find` for large documents over MCP (#416) and anchors dragged with Direct Selection snapping to points, segments and smart guides, clipped SVG layers opening as clipping layers (#420), PDF/`.ai` layers read on pages of tens of millions of operators (#419), Document Color Mode putting RGB greys on the black plate on request and converting pattern tiles (#421) and movable dialogs with Offset Path's Joins dropdown (#423) and numeric fields scrubbed by dragging their label (#400), stroke weight presets in the stroke unit (#426), the Appearance panel's Opacity popup (#430), type on a path brackets, flip and Type on a Path Options that keep the type in place (#429), Layers rows dragged with a ghost and dropped on the trash or New Layer (#435), tool flyouts opening on a right or corner press (#436), tool flyouts torn off into floating toolbars (#437), the Shape Builder's erase mode deleting edges too (#439), installed fonts registered outside the font folders and fonts installed while the app runs listed in the font menus (#443), alike circular corners on rectangles that aren't square (#442), tool cursors as OS cursors so the pointer no longer trails over the canvas (#444), artboards copied and pasted with their art (#446), guides dragged out of the rulers snapping to the art's side midpoints and the artboards, artboard guides (#451), the toolbar's double arrow and Window › Toolbars › Double Column switching between one and two columns in any window height (#455), the Smart Guides display options and Snapping Tolerance (#394), Font Size and Leading combo boxes with preset lists in the Character and Properties panels and the Control bar (#458), screenshots pasted from the clipboard on macOS, Windows and the web (#457), the Properties panel's Fill and Stroke matching the Control bar's, Illustrator's Window menu panel keys (Shift+F7 for Align…) and Alt-wheel zoom whatever the wheel preference (Discord feedback), the point/area type widget (Discord feedback), groups in legacy Illustrator .ai files (Discord feedback), a rotating desktop log file (#465), image controls in the Control bar and Properties panel: Image Trace with its presets, Mask, Crop Image, Embed/Unembed, and an Image Trace object's preset, Expand and Release (Discord feedback), the Pen working as the Anchor Point tool with Alt held over a selected path's handles and anchors, and anchor buttons that convert, connect and cut paths at the selected anchors (Discord feedback), Japanese hanging punctuation (burasagari, #463), Escape leaving Presentation Mode with no screen mode saved across restarts, documents dropped on the desktop app opening as tabs of their own and a note that an `.ai` file's art off its artboards isn't in the part read (#472), Add/Delete Anchor Point tool icons drawn from the Pen tool's (#479), EPS files from Illustrator 2026, Inkscape/cairo, matplotlib, CorelDRAW, Affinity, LibreOffice and Ghostscript opening as vectors, and a preview that stands in saying why (Discord feedback, #466, #469, #474), chords with modifiers recorded in Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts (#487), Type Object Selection by Path Only (#394), Anti-aliased Artwork (#394), Show Pixel Grid (#394), pen and touch taps pressed and lifted within one frame clicking where they tapped and the Linux/Wayland pen-tablet workaround (#491), bounding-box resizes landing on the other objects' anchors and centres with labels, and the Rotate, Scale, Shear and Reflect tools snapping their drags (#482), Shift-drag marquees that toggle the objects or anchors they reach and a Lasso whose Alt subtraction keeps the rest of the selection (#483), the mouse wheel stepping the focused numeric field, the dialogs' and preferences' drag values made such fields (#485), Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open (#394), Numbers Without Units Are Points (#394), Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels (#394), the Contextual Task Bar moved by its handle and its More Options menu pinning and resetting its position, a designed macOS DMG window (#493); see [Honest assessment](#honest-assessment-2026-10-05)Line truncated

 ## Where we are

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ grade by behaviour against `plan/illustrator/`, not by whether a menu item exist
  - The dock's double arrow collapses Properties, Layers and Libraries to icons at the top of the icon column, popping out like the other icon panels, and expands them again (`window.collapseDock`, kept with the preferences and in saved workspaces). The icon column's own arrow (expanding the icon panels into a full column) is not done.
  - Localised UI: menus (in-window and native), panels, dialogs, toolbar and Preferences read from per-language catalogs (`crates/ui-egui/src/i18n`, see `docs/development.md`); Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Simplified Chinese (mainland), Japanese and Spanish ship complete, and Czech and Brazilian Portuguese cover every menu label (and more), with system-locale detection on macOS, Windows, Linux and the web (the browser's languages, or `?lang=`), a VectorCraft ▸ Language menu and a Language preference. Names are never translated (fonts and their styles, layers, artboards, saved presets, user libraries, custom workspaces, recent files, plug-ins).
  - Native macOS menu bar, vector tool cursors, a ⌘K command palette, middle-button panning with any tool.
-  - macOS: Finder opens every format File › Open reads with VectorCraft (double-click, Open With, a drop on the Dock icon, `open -a`), at launch or while it runs; the release and `cargo xtask bundle` apps share one `Info.plist` that declares those document types, owning only VectorCraft's own formats.
+  - macOS: Finder opens every format File › Open reads with VectorCraft (double-click, Open With, a drop on the Dock icon, `open -a`), at launch or while it runs; the release and `cargo xtask bundle` apps share one `Info.plist` that declares those document types, owning only VectorCraft's own formats. The DMG opens on a designed Finder window, VectorCraft.app beside the `Applications` link over a background with the app icon (#493).
  - A canvas context menu: right-click selects the object under the pointer and lists what applies to the selection (Undo/Redo, clipboard, group, isolation, join, Remove Anchor Points when anchors are selected, masks, compound paths, guides, Transform, Arrange, Select, Export Selection), or the view commands on empty canvas.
  - Save / Don't Save / Cancel before closing or quitting with unsaved documents (tabs, Close, Close All, Quit, window close).
  - Four brightness themes, persistent preferences.
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Releasing VectorCraft

 Every push to the `release` branch runs `.github/workflows/release.yml`. The workflow builds
-installers for macOS, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD, plus the web build, and creates or updates a
+installers for macOS, Windows, Linux (including Flatpak bundles) and FreeBSD, plus the web build, and creates or updates a
 **draft** GitHub Release named `VectorCraft v<version>`. Nobody sees a draft until a maintainer
 publishes it.

@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ Once the draft is published, the workflow refuses to touch that version again: b

 **Test runs:** *Actions › Release › Run workflow* runs the whole pipeline by hand. The optional
 `version` input (such as `0.4.0-rc.1`) overrides `Cargo.toml` for that run only; each build job
-applies it with `cargo xtask version set` before building. The jobs run in the `release`
-environment, which only the `release` branch can use, so pick that branch in the dialog.
+applies it with `cargo xtask version set` before building. The signing jobs (macOS, Windows) and
+the draft-release job run in the `release` environment, which only the `release` branch can use, so
+pick that branch for a full run. Run on any other branch, it is a dry run: the Linux, Flatpak,
+FreeBSD and web jobs build and upload their artifacts, the environment refuses the signing jobs,
+and no draft release is created.

 ## What gets built

@@ -47,6 +50,8 @@ environment, which only the `release` branch can use, so pick that branch in the
 | Windows on ARM64 | `vectorcraft-<v>-windows-arm64.msi`, `vectorcraft-<v>-windows-arm64-portable.zip` | `windows-latest` (cross-compiled) |
 | Linux x86_64 | `vectorcraft-<v>-linux-x86_64.{AppImage,deb,rpm,tar.gz}` | `ubuntu-22.04` |
 | Linux aarch64 | `vectorcraft-<v>-linux-aarch64.{AppImage,deb,rpm,tar.gz}` | `ubuntu-22.04-arm` |
+| Linux AppImage updates | `vectorcraft-<v>-linux-{x86_64,aarch64}.AppImage.zsync` | with the AppImages |
+| Flatpak x86_64, aarch64 | `vectorcraft-<v>-linux-{x86_64,aarch64}.flatpak` | `ubuntu-24.04`, `ubuntu-24.04-arm` (repackages the Linux tarball) |
 | FreeBSD 14 x86_64 | `vectorcraft-<v>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz` | a FreeBSD 14.3 VM on `ubuntu-latest` |
 | Web | `vectorcraft-web-<v>.zip`, a static site (see [`packaging/web/README.md`](../packaging/web/README.md)) | `ubuntu-latest` |

@@ -80,7 +85,9 @@ The rules are in craftrules `standards/fonts.md`, the build option in
 - **Notarization:** the app is zipped and sent with `xcrun notarytool submit --wait`, then the
  ticket is stapled and checked with `stapler validate` and `spctl`. The app goes on a DMG
  (`hdiutil makehybrid` and `convert`, with an `Applications` link to drag onto), which is signed,
-  notarized and stapled too.
+  notarized and stapled too. Its Finder window (background, icon size and positions) comes from
+  [`packaging/macos/dmg/`](../packaging/macos/dmg/README.md), and its volume is named `VectorCraft`
+  without the version, which the window's background needs; the DMG file name keeps the version.
 - **CLI:** the universal `vectorcraft-cli` is signed the same way, zipped, and the zip is
  notarized. A bare executable can't hold a stapled ticket, so Gatekeeper looks the CLI's ticket up
  online the first time a downloaded copy runs.
@@ -130,9 +137,21 @@ glibc 2.35 or newer: Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+, Fedora 36+ and RHEL 10. Moving t
 image raises that floor, so do it deliberately. After packaging, the job prints the `.deb`'s
 metadata and contents, runs `ldd` on the binary and runs each AppImage with `--version`.

-`packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.yml` is a Flatpak manifest ready for a
-Flathub submission (its header says how to build it). The release doesn't build a Flatpak; the
-workflows only check the manifest's id.
+**AppImage updates.** Each AppImage embeds the update information
+`gh-releases-zsync|storytold|vectorcraft|latest|vectorcraft-*-linux-<arch>.AppImage.zsync`
+(appimagetool `-u`), and `package.sh` writes the matching `.zsync` beside it when `zsyncmake` (the
+`zsync` package) is installed. [AppImageUpdate](https://github.com/AppImageCommunity/AppImageUpdate)
+and AppImageLauncher then download only the changed blocks from the newest published,
+non-pre-release release. The job checks both are there.
+
+**Flatpak.** The `flatpak` jobs (x86_64 on `ubuntu-24.04`, aarch64 on `ubuntu-24.04-arm`) take the
+Linux job's tarball and repackage it with `packaging/linux/flatpak-bundle.sh` and
+`packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml` into a single-file bundle
+(`flatpak install --user vectorcraft-<v>-linux-<arch>.flatpak`), then install it and run
+`vectorcraft-cli --version` in the sandbox. No Rust build happens there, so the bundle carries the
+same binaries as the AppImage. `packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.yml` is the
+from-source manifest for a Flathub submission (its header says how to build it); packaging-lint
+keeps the runtime and sandbox permissions of the two manifests identical.

 ### FreeBSD

@@ -157,8 +176,9 @@ the job fails and asks for a version bump (`cargo xtask version set`).

 ## Secrets

-All jobs run in the `release` environment, which only the `release` branch can use and which holds
-the signing secrets. Every secret is optional: a missing one produces unsigned artifacts and a
+The jobs that sign (macOS, Windows) and the draft-release job run in the `release` environment,
+which only the `release` branch can use and which holds the signing secrets. The other jobs get no
+secrets. Every secret is optional: a missing one produces unsigned artifacts and a
 warning, never a failed build.

 | Secret | Used for |
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Repackage a VectorCraft Linux tarball as a single-file Flatpak bundle:
+#
+#   $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.flatpak
+#
+# Usage: packaging/linux/flatpak-bundle.sh [--no-test] [TARBALL]
+#
+# TARBALL defaults to $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.tar.gz from package.sh. The bundle
+# is built for the host architecture (x86_64 or aarch64), which must match the tarball's.
+# Needs flatpak, flatpak-builder and the SVG pixbuf loader (librsvg2-common) for the host's
+# `appstreamcli compose`; the freedesktop runtime and SDK named in the manifest are
+# installed per-user from Flathub. Unless --no-test, the bundle is then installed per-user and
+# `vectorcraft-cli --version` is run inside the sandbox as a smoke test.
+# Manifest: packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml.
+set -euo pipefail
+# shellcheck source=../env.sh
+. "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../env.sh"
+HERE="$ROOT/packaging/linux"
+APP_ID=ai.storyteller.vectorcraft
+FLATHUB=https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
+
+TEST=1
+TARBALL=""
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --no-test) TEST=0; shift ;;
+    -h | --help) sed -n '2,14p' "$0"; exit 0 ;;
+    -*) echo "unknown argument: $1" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+    *) TARBALL="$1"; shift ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+ARCH="$(uname -m)"
+case "$ARCH" in
+  x86_64) ;;
+  aarch64 | arm64) ARCH=aarch64 ;;
+  *) echo "unsupported architecture $ARCH" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+esac
+BASENAME="vectorcraft-$VERSION-linux-$ARCH"
+TARBALL="${TARBALL:-$DIST/$BASENAME.tar.gz}"
+[ -f "$TARBALL" ] || { echo "error: $TARBALL not found (run packaging/linux/package.sh --formats tar first)" >&2; exit 1; }
+for tool in flatpak flatpak-builder; do
+  command -v "$tool" >/dev/null || { echo "error: $tool not found (apt install flatpak flatpak-builder librsvg2-common)" >&2; exit 1; }
+done
+
+echo "==> VectorCraft $VERSION Flatpak bundle for $ARCH from $(basename "$TARBALL")"
+
+WORK="$CARGO_TARGET_DIR/flatpak-bundle"
+rm -rf "$WORK"
+mkdir -p "$WORK/stage"
+tar -xzf "$TARBALL" -C "$WORK/stage" --strip-components=1
+[ -x "$WORK/stage/bin/vectorcraft" ] || { echo "error: $TARBALL has no bin/vectorcraft" >&2; exit 1; }
+cp "$HERE/flatpak/$APP_ID.bundle.yml" "$WORK/$APP_ID.yml"
+
+flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub "$FLATHUB"
+# --disable-rofiles-fuse: no FUSE in containers and CI runners.
+flatpak-builder --user --install-deps-from=flathub --disable-rofiles-fuse --force-clean \
+  --default-branch=stable --repo="$WORK/repo" --state-dir="$WORK/state" "$WORK/build" "$WORK/$APP_ID.yml"
+
+OUT="$DIST/$BASENAME.flatpak"
+# --runtime-repo lets `flatpak install` fetch the freedesktop runtime from Flathub if missing.
+flatpak build-bundle --runtime-repo="$FLATHUB" "$WORK/repo" "$OUT" "$APP_ID" stable
+echo "wrote $OUT"
+
+if [ "$TEST" = 1 ]; then
+  flatpak install --user -y --noninteractive --reinstall "$OUT"
+  flatpak info --user "$APP_ID"
+  flatpak run --command=vectorcraft-cli "$APP_ID" --version
+  flatpak run --command=sh "$APP_ID" -c 'ls /app/share/applications /app/share/metainfo /app/share/mime/packages /app/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps'
+fi
+echo "==> done"
+ls -lh "$OUT"
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Flatpak manifest for the single-file bundle attached to every GitHub release
+# (vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.flatpak). Build it with packaging/linux/flatpak-bundle.sh.
+#
+# It repackages the release's own Linux tarball (vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.tar.gz,
+# built on Ubuntu 22.04 by package.sh) instead of compiling Rust inside flatpak-builder: no
+# network and no vendored crate sources during the build, a few seconds instead of 20+ minutes,
+# and byte-for-byte the same binaries as the AppImage/deb/rpm. The script unpacks the tarball
+# into `stage/` next to a copy of this file. The binaries need glibc >= 2.35 and load X11,
+# Wayland, xkbcommon and Vulkan at runtime; the freedesktop runtime has all of them, and the
+# GPU driver comes from its org.freedesktop.Platform.GL extension.
+#
+# ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.yml (same directory) is the from-source manifest for Flathub. Keep
+# runtime, runtime-version, sdk and finish-args identical in both (packaging-lint checks this).
+id: ai.storyteller.vectorcraft
+runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
+runtime-version: '25.08'
+sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk
+command: vectorcraft
+finish-args:
+  # X11 shared memory (MIT-SHM). Without it the X11 fallback is slow or fails.
+  - --share=ipc
+  # Display: Wayland first; X11 only when no Wayland compositor is running.
+  - --socket=wayland
+  - --socket=fallback-x11
+  # GPU access for the wgpu renderer (Vulkan, or GL as a fallback).
+  - --device=dri
+  # Open/Save dialogs use the file-chooser portal (rfd), and drag-and-drop uses the document
+  # portal, so broad filesystem access isn't needed. Pictures is granted for opening files by
+  # path from the command line.
+  - --filesystem=xdg-pictures
+  # Deliberately not granted: network (the optional --control server listens on 127.0.0.1 in
+  # the sandbox; `flatpak override --user --share=network ai.storyteller.vectorcraft` exposes it
+  # to host agents) and home/host filesystem access.
+modules:
+  - name: vectorcraft
+    buildsystem: simple
+    build-commands:
+      - install -Dm755 bin/vectorcraft /app/bin/vectorcraft
+      - install -Dm755 bin/vectorcraft-cli /app/bin/vectorcraft-cli
+      - install -Dm644 share/applications/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.desktop /app/share/applications/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.desktop
+      - install -Dm644 share/mime/packages/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.xml /app/share/mime/packages/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.xml
+      # Already has the release's version and date substituted by package.sh.
+      - install -Dm644 share/metainfo/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.metainfo.xml /app/share/metainfo/ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.metainfo.xml
+      - mkdir -p /app/share/icons /app/share/doc && cp -R share/icons/hicolor /app/share/icons/ && cp -R share/doc/vectorcraft /app/share/doc/
+    sources:
+      - type: dir
+        path: stage
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #   flatpak run ai.storyteller.vectorcraft
 #
 # For Flathub, replace the `dir` source with a `git` source pinned to a release tag and commit.
+# Release bundles (.flatpak on GitHub Releases) use ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml instead.
 id: ai.storyteller.vectorcraft
 runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
 runtime-version: '25.08'
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ sdk-extensions:
  - org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.rust-stable
 command: vectorcraft
 finish-args:
+  # Keep identical to ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml (the release bundle); comments there.
  - --share=ipc
  - --socket=wayland
  - --socket=fallback-x11
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Build and package VectorCraft for Linux (<arch> is x86_64 or aarch64):
 #
 #   $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.AppImage  any distro with glibc >= the build host's
+#   $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.AppImage.zsync  delta updates (needs zsyncmake)
 #   $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.deb       Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS, ...
 #   $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.rpm       Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL, ...
 #   $DIST/vectorcraft-<version>-linux-<arch>.tar.gz    plain FHS-style tree (bin/, share/)
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@
 #
 # Needs: cargo; nfpm for deb/rpm (https://nfpm.goreleaser.com); appimagetool for the AppImage
 # (downloaded into $CARGO_TARGET_DIR if missing). Build on an old distro (CI: Ubuntu 22.04,
-# glibc 2.35) so the binaries run on newer ones. Optional: desktop-file-validate, appstreamcli.
+# glibc 2.35) so the binaries run on newer ones. Optional: desktop-file-validate, appstreamcli,
+# zsyncmake (the zsync package) for the AppImage's .zsync.
 set -euo pipefail
 # shellcheck source=../env.sh
 . "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../env.sh"
@@ -108,11 +110,29 @@ if has appimage; then
      chmod +x "$TOOL"
    fi
  fi
-  OUT="$DIST/$BASENAME.AppImage"
+  # Absolute, because appimagetool runs in $DIST below (CARGO_TARGET_DIR or APPIMAGETOOL may be
+  # relative, e.g. target/agent-<name>).
+  OUT="$(cd "$DIST" && pwd)/$BASENAME.AppImage"
+  APPDIR="$(cd "$APPDIR" && pwd)"
+  TOOL="$(cd "$(dirname "$TOOL")" && pwd)/$(basename "$TOOL")"
+  # A .zsync left by an earlier run would hide a missing zsyncmake and describe another file.
+  rm -f "$OUT.zsync"
+  # Update information: AppImageUpdate, AppImageLauncher and the like read it from the file and
+  # fetch only the blocks that changed in a newer release, through the .zsync published next to
+  # each AppImage on GitHub Releases. `latest` is the newest published release that is not a
+  # pre-release. A fork's builds point at its own releases through GITHUB_REPOSITORY.
+  REPO="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-storytold/vectorcraft}"
+  UPDATE_INFO="gh-releases-zsync|${REPO%%/*}|${REPO#*/}|latest|vectorcraft-*-linux-$ARCH.AppImage.zsync"
  # Extract-and-run: works without FUSE (containers, CI). The output embeds the static runtime,
-  # so users don't need libfuse2 either.
-  ARCH="$ARCH" APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 "$TOOL" --no-appstream "$APPDIR" "$OUT"
+  # so users don't need libfuse2 either. With zsyncmake on the host (CI installs the zsync
+  # package) appimagetool also writes the .zsync, into its working directory, hence the cd.
+  (cd "$DIST" && ARCH="$ARCH" APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 "$TOOL" --no-appstream -u "$UPDATE_INFO" "$APPDIR" "$OUT")
  echo "wrote $OUT"
+  if [ -s "$OUT.zsync" ]; then
+    echo "wrote $OUT.zsync"
+  else
+    warn "zsyncmake not found, so $OUT.zsync was not written; AppImage delta updates need it"
+  fi
 fi

 "$STAGE/usr/bin/vectorcraft-cli" --version
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# macOS DMG window
+
+What Finder shows when the DMG opens: a 660 × 400 pt background with the app icon and the
+`Applications` link side by side. `package.sh` copies these files into the image; nothing here is
+generated at build time, so the DMG still builds with `hdiutil makehybrid` (no mounted device, no
+Finder scripting on CI).
+
+| File | What |
+|---|---|
+| `background.svg` | Source of the background: the app icon (`assets/app-icon/vectorcraft-small.svg`, linked, not copied) cropped as a cover on the VectorCraft colour field (`#e8573f`), Ink and Paper, Inter and JetBrains Mono (from `assets/fonts`, not embedded). |
+| `background.tiff` | The background at 1x (660 × 400 px, 72 dpi) and 2x (1320 × 800 px, 144 dpi) in one HiDPI TIFF (Deflate, sRGB). Goes to `.background/background.tiff`. |
+| `DS_Store` | Finder's view settings for the volume: window size, icon size 128, VectorCraft.app at (326, 205), `Applications` at (574, 205), and the background. Goes to `.DS_Store`. |
+| `generate.py` | Writes `background.tiff` and `DS_Store` from the SVG and the layout above. |
+
+## Rules
+
+- **The volume name has no version** (`VectorCraft`, not `VectorCraft <version>`). `.DS_Store` points at the
+  background through an alias that includes the volume name, so a versioned name loses the
+  background. The DMG file name still carries the version.
+- **Finder draws the icon labels in black in light and dark mode** when a window has a background,
+  so the area under both icons stays light (Paper).
+- **Nothing goes inside the icon boxes:** artwork keeps 10 pt clear of each 128 pt icon box and of
+  the label strip under it.
+
+## Regenerate
+
+Edit `background.svg` (or the layout constants in `generate.py`), then run, on any OS:
+
+```sh
+pip install 'pillow>=12' ds_store==1.3.3 mac_alias==2.2.3
+python3 packaging/macos/dmg/generate.py   # needs resvg on PATH, as packaging/icons.sh
+```
+
+It renders the SVG with resvg using only the fonts in `assets/fonts`, so the pixels are the same
+on every machine, and writes `DS_Store` from scratch: the background alias holds the volume name
+and `/.background/background.tiff`, nothing from the machine that ran it. The window is 660 × 432
+with Finder's 32 pt title bar; the content area is 660 × 400.
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="660" height="400" viewBox="0 0 660 400">
+<defs><clipPath id="panel"><rect width="232" height="400"/></clipPath><filter id="grain" x="0" y="0" width="100%" height="100%">
+  <feTurbulence type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency="0.9" numOctaves="2" seed="7"/>
+  <feColorMatrix values="0 0 0 0 0.04  0 0 0 0 0.04  0 0 0 0 0.05  0.5 0 0 0 -0.225"/>
+</filter></defs>
+
+<rect width="660" height="400" fill="#efe9dc"/><rect width="660" height="400" filter="url(#grain)"/>
+<g clip-path="url(#panel)"><rect width="232" height="400" fill="#e8573f"/><g transform="translate(-62.5,-31.0) scale(1.05)"><image href="../../../assets/app-icon/vectorcraft-small.svg" width="512" height="512"/></g></g>
+<line x1="232.5" y1="0" x2="232.5" y2="400" stroke="#0b0b0c" stroke-width="1.2"/>
+<line x1="236.5" y1="0" x2="236.5" y2="400" stroke="#0b0b0c" stroke-width="0.5"/>
+<text x="266" y="72" font-family="Inter" font-weight="600" font-size="30" letter-spacing="-0.5" fill="#0b0b0c">VectorCraft</text>
+<line x1="267" y1="88.5" x2="624" y2="88.5" stroke="#0b0b0c" stroke-width="0.6"/>
+<path d="M271.5,81.5 L276,88.5 L271.5,95.5 L267,88.5 Z" fill="#e8573f"/>
+<text x="267" y="112" font-family="JetBrains Mono" font-size="9" fill="#0b0b0c" fill-opacity="0.7">Path · 2 anchors · 2 pt stroke</text>
+<path d="M412,213 C438,169 452,237 482,205" fill="none" stroke="#0b0b0c" stroke-width="2"/><rect x="408.5" y="209.5" width="7" height="7" fill="#efe9dc" stroke="#e8573f" stroke-width="1.4"/><path d="M494.8,201.9 L484.3,211.9 L480.5,199.5 Z" fill="#0b0b0c"/>
+<line x1="267" y1="335.5" x2="624" y2="335.5" stroke="#0b0b0c" stroke-width="0.6"/>
+<text x="267" y="358" font-family="Inter" font-weight="500" font-size="11" letter-spacing="1.5"
+      fill="#0b0b0c" fill-opacity="0.65">DRAG ONTO APPLICATIONS TO INSTALL</text>
+
+</svg>
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Regenerate background.tiff and DS_Store for the macOS DMG window (see README.md here).
+
+Needs resvg on PATH (as packaging/icons.sh) and:
+    pip install 'pillow>=12' ds_store==1.3.3 mac_alias==2.2.3
+
+Runs on any OS, no Mac needed. Both outputs come from this script alone, so they carry nothing
+from the machine that made them: no local paths, user or disk names, dates or volume UUIDs.
+
+    python3 packaging/macos/dmg/generate.py
+"""
+
+import datetime
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+from ds_store import DSStore
+from mac_alias import Alias, TargetInfo, VolumeInfo
+from PIL import Image, ImageCms
+
+HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+FONTS = os.path.join(HERE, "..", "..", "..", "assets", "fonts")
+
+# Keep in sync with package.sh (volume name) and README.md (layout).
+VOLUME = "VectorCraft"
+WIDTH, HEIGHT = 660, 400  # window content, pt; the background's 1x size
+TITLE_BAR = 32
+ICON_SIZE = 128
+ICONS = {"VectorCraft.app": (326, 205), "Applications": (574, 205)}
+# A fixed date for the alias and the colour profile. Finder never matches it against the image
+# (each build is a new volume): it finds the background by volume name and path.
+FIXED_DATE = datetime.datetime(2026, 10, 8, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
+
+
+def render(svg, width, out):
+    # Only the repo's fonts (Inter, JetBrains Mono), so every machine draws the same pixels.
+    subprocess.run(
+        ["resvg", "--skip-system-fonts", "--use-fonts-dir", FONTS, "-w", str(width), svg, out],
+        check=True,
+    )
+    with Image.open(out) as im:
+        return im.convert("RGB")
+
+
+def srgb_profile():
+    # LittleCMS's built-in sRGB ("No copyright, use freely"), with its creation date fixed.
+    icc = bytearray(ImageCms.ImageCmsProfile(ImageCms.createProfile("sRGB")).tobytes())
+    d = FIXED_DATE
+    icc[24:36] = b"".join(v.to_bytes(2, "big") for v in (d.year, d.month, d.day, 0, 0, 0))
+    if icc[84:100] != bytes(16):
+        sys.exit("error: the sRGB profile has an ID; recompute it after fixing the date")
+    return bytes(icc)
+
+
+def write_tiff(svg, out):
+    """1x (72 dpi) and 2x (144 dpi) in one TIFF, as `tiffutil -cathidpicheck` writes them."""
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+        one, two = (render(svg, WIDTH * s, os.path.join(tmp, f"{s}x.png")) for s in (1, 2))
+    two.encoderinfo = {"dpi": (144, 144)}  # the rest as the first page
+    # Opaque RGB, Deflate without a predictor: the paper grain is noise, which a predictor inflates.
+    one.save(
+        out,
+        "TIFF",
+        save_all=True,
+        append_images=[two],
+        compression="tiff_adobe_deflate",  # brand-ok: Pillow's name for TIFF compression 8 (Deflate)
+        dpi=(72, 72),
+        icc_profile=srgb_profile(),
+    )
+    with Image.open(out) as im:
+        im.seek(1)
+        if im.info.get("dpi") != (144, 144):
+            sys.exit("error: the 2x page isn't 144 dpi (needs Pillow 12 or later)")
+
+
+def background_alias():
+    # What Finder stores for /.background/background.tiff on the volume, minus anything about the
+    # machine (dmgbuild writes the same kind of alias from a mounted image). Disk type 5 (ejectable),
+    # the volume flags and the folder/file ids (25, 26) are what Finder wrote on a test image; the ids
+    # are only hints, as the volume's creation date.
+    volume = VolumeInfo(VOLUME, FIXED_DATE, b"H+", 5, 0x0D02, b"\0\0")
+    volume.posix_path = f"/Volumes/{VOLUME}"
+    target = TargetInfo(0, "background.tiff", 25, 26, FIXED_DATE, b"\0\0\0\0", b"\0\0\0\0")
+    target.folder_name = ".background"
+    target.cnid_path = [25]
+    target.carbon_path = f"{VOLUME}:.background:\0background.tiff"
+    target.posix_path = "/.background/background.tiff"
+    return Alias(volume=volume, target=target).to_bytes()
+
+
+def write_ds_store(out):
+    if os.path.exists(out):
+        os.remove(out)
+    with DSStore.open(out, "w+") as d:
+        d["."]["bwsp"] = {
+            "ShowStatusBar": False,
+            "ShowToolbar": False,
+            "ShowTabView": False,
+            "ContainerShowSidebar": False,
+            "ShowSidebar": False,
+            "WindowBounds": f"{{{{200, 528}}, {{{WIDTH}, {HEIGHT + TITLE_BAR}}}}}",
+        }
+        d["."]["icvp"] = {
+            "viewOptionsVersion": 1,
+            "backgroundType": 2,
+            "backgroundImageAlias": background_alias(),
+            "backgroundColorRed": 1.0,
+            "backgroundColorGreen": 1.0,
+            "backgroundColorBlue": 1.0,
+            "gridOffsetX": 0.0,
+            "gridOffsetY": 0.0,
+            "gridSpacing": 100.0,
+            "arrangeBy": "none",
+            "showIconPreview": True,
+            "showItemInfo": False,
+            "labelOnBottom": True,
+            "textSize": 16.0,
+            "iconSize": float(ICON_SIZE),
+        }
+        d["."]["vSrn"] = ("long", 1)
+        for name, pos in ICONS.items():
+            d[name]["Iloc"] = pos
+
+
+def main():
+    if not shutil.which("resvg"):
+        sys.exit("error: resvg not found (brew install resvg / cargo install resvg)")
+    write_tiff(os.path.join(HERE, "background.svg"), os.path.join(HERE, "background.tiff"))
+    write_ds_store(os.path.join(HERE, "DS_Store"))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
@@ -131,10 +131,15 @@ STAGE="$WORK/dmg"
 mkdir -p "$STAGE"
 ditto "$APP" "$STAGE/VectorCraft.app"
 ln -s /Applications "$STAGE/Applications"
+# Finder window layout: background, icon size and positions (packaging/macos/dmg/README.md).
+mkdir -p "$STAGE/.background"
+cp "$HERE/dmg/background.tiff" "$STAGE/.background/background.tiff"
+cp "$HERE/dmg/DS_Store" "$STAGE/.DS_Store"
 rm -f "$DMG" "$WORK/raw.dmg"
 # makehybrid + convert builds the image without attaching a device, unlike `create -srcfolder`,
 # which is flaky on CI runners ("Resource busy") and hangs in sandboxed sessions.
-hdiutil makehybrid -hfs -hfs-volume-name "VectorCraft $VERSION" -hfs-openfolder "$STAGE" -o "$WORK/raw.dmg" "$STAGE"
+# The volume name has no version: .DS_Store finds the background through an alias that includes it.
+hdiutil makehybrid -hfs -hfs-volume-name "VectorCraft" -hfs-openfolder "$STAGE" -o "$WORK/raw.dmg" "$STAGE"
 hdiutil convert "$WORK/raw.dmg" -format UDZO -imagekey zlib-level=9 -o "$DMG"
 rm -f "$WORK/raw.dmg"
 sign "$DMG"
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Brandon ThomasandClaude Opus 5.5	f12188ad15	Bump version to 0.6.0 (from 0.5.0) for release Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-10-08 10:01:57 -04:00
Brandon Thomas Brandon Thomas Claude Opus 5.5	90bc58ef24	README Downloads: where to get it first, then builds with Windows before macOS (#512 ) Co-authored-by: Brandon Thomas <shared2@storyteller.ai> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-10-08 10:01:10 -04:00
Brandon Thomas Claude Opus 5.5 Brandon Thomas	73bf92b5a9	Release: Flatpak bundles, AppImage zsync updates, README Downloads (#500 ) * Release: Flatpak x86_64/aarch64 bundles, AppImage zsync updates, README Downloads - New `flatpak` matrix job (ubuntu-24.04 and ubuntu-24.04-arm) repackages each Linux tarball into vectorcraft-<ver>-linux-<arch>.flatpak via packaging/linux/flatpak-bundle.sh and the new ai.storyteller.vectorcraft.bundle.yml; packaging-lint keeps its runtime and finish-args identical to the from-source Flathub manifest. - AppImages embed gh-releases-zsync update information and ship a .zsync beside them; the Linux job checks both. - Jobs that sign nothing (version, linux, flatpak, freebsd, web) leave the `release` environment, so a branch workflow_dispatch is a dry run; the draft-release job still needs the signed macOS/Windows jobs. - README: a Downloads section listing every build; docs/releasing.md updated. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * Release: read AppImage update info without extract-and-run With APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 the runtime forwards --appimage-updateinformation to the app, which then tries to open a window and fails on the headless runner. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Brandon Thomas <shared2@storyteller.ai> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-10-08 10:00:34 -04:00
BFlat	de4f836f4d	Merge pull request #493 from XusBadia/dmg-background macOS DMG: branded window background and icon layout	2026-10-08 20:37:13 +07:00
bflatasticandClaude Opus 5.5	d0a99faf1e	macOS DMG: generate DS_Store and TIFF from a script, attribute the assets (review of #493 ) - packaging/macos/dmg/generate.py writes background.tiff and DS_Store on any OS (resvg with the repo's fonts; ds_store and mac_alias, as dmgbuild uses). Both are byte-reproducible and carry nothing from the machine that made them. - DS_Store: same window, icon size, positions and background alias as before, without the bookmark (pBBk/pBB0) and the alias's disk-image record, which held the author's boot volume UUID and name, its creation date and temporary paths. - background.tiff: the same pixels as before (checked), now opaque RGB with Deflate (1.8 MB to 1.0 MB) and LittleCMS's built-in sRGB profile instead of an HP profile with no open licence; no file names or software tags. - background.svg: drop an unused pattern and the xlink namespace (renders the same). - ASSETS.md rows for the three files; README, docs/releasing.md (volume name) and ROADMAP. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-10-08 20:36:43 +07:00
Xus BadiaandClaude Opus 5.5	884df22408	macOS DMG: branded window background and icon layout The DMG opened as a plain Finder window. It now shows the app icon's figure on the VectorCraft colour, with VectorCraft.app and the Applications link side by side. - packaging/macos/dmg/: background (SVG source, 1x + 2x HiDPI TIFF) and the Finder view settings (DS_Store: window, icon size 128, positions, background). - package.sh copies them into the staging folder. The image is still built with hdiutil makehybrid: no mounted device and no Finder scripting on CI. - The volume name drops the version: .DS_Store finds the background through an alias that includes the volume name. The DMG file name keeps the version. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-10-08 20:36:40 +07:00
BFlat	d3625f0b70	Merge pull request #499 from storytold/feat/task-bar-drag Contextual Task Bar: drag it by its handle, pin and reset its position	2026-10-08 20:35:17 +07:00
BFlat	5abffd7622	Merge pull request #488 from wstock/feat/issue-394-auto-collapse Part of #394: Auto-Collapse Iconic Panels	2026-10-08 20:34:23 +07:00
BFlat	b5ffeeab57	Merge pull request #486 from wstock/feat/issue-394-bare-numbers-points Part of #394: Numbers Without Units Are Points	2026-10-08 20:33:53 +07:00
BFlat	94d888a010	Merge pull request #484 from wstock/feat/issue-394-home-screen Part of #394: Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open	2026-10-08 20:33:25 +07:00
BFlat	6641ffd225	Merge pull request #497 from storytold/fix/issue-485 Fix #485: the mouse wheel steps the focused numeric field	2026-10-08 20:33:03 +07:00
BFlat	810085ae56	Merge pull request #492 from storytold/fix/issue-483 Fix #483: Shift-drag marquees toggle the selection; the Lasso's Alt keeps the rest	2026-10-08 20:32:40 +07:00
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