Minor update
1.0.5 (TD 1.8.13)

Minor bugfixes, TDesktop sources updated to 1.8.13.

JSON config!
1.0.6 (TD 1.8.13)

This release brings settings that could be changed in JSON file: [Telegram profile folder]/tdata/kotato-settings-custom.json.

-mainfont, -semiboldfont, -semiboldisbold и -monospacefont start options are now considered deprecated, since these settings are now in JSON file. They will be removed in a few versions.

Important: you'll need to restart app to see changes.

Why JSON?
This settings format is better suited for experimenting. Local storage strongly restricts in this case.

Why not settings menu?
Settings menu item will be done, but it will be raw JSON for now.

Where is the encryption?
It will be implemented, when I'll make an alternative way to change these settings.

Settings keys:
"fonts" > "main" (string) — main font (replaces -mainfont start option).
"fonts" > "semibold" (string) — semibold font (replaces -semiboldfont start option).
"fonts" > "semibold_is_bold" (true/false) — whether to make bold defined semibold font or not (replaces -semiboldisbold start option).
"fonts" > "monospaced" (string) — monospaced font (replaces -monospacefont start option).
"sticker_height" (integer from 128 to 256) — sticker height in chat.
"big_emoji_outline" (true/false) — big emoji white outline.
"always_show_scheduled" (true/false) — whether to always show scheduled messages button or only when there are scheduled messages.
"show_chat_id" (true/false) — show chat ID in its profile.

New beta version is out!
1.0.7 (TD 1.8.13)

This version is beta, because of two unstable features. When they will be tested properly, it will be pushed to stable.

Changes:

UNSTABLE: New JSON config option net_speed_boost to increase upload/download speeds.
Values: null (default), "low", "medium", "high".
Taken from TDMT: https://github.com/mediatube/tdesktop
Warning: can work bad with low connection speeds.

New options in Settings > "three-dots": "Show custom settings" and "Restart Kotatogram".

UNSTABLE: JSON-translations: they will rewrite language values that doesn't exist in official apps. Support for Russian is already included.

Show admin titles in chat members list.


Bugfixes:

Fixed "Channel is not accessible" error, when trying to open discussion channel from group post if target channel is private and you are not subscribed to it.

Fixed autoupdater check: now MTProto checker should work too.

Accepted, will arrive in next versions.

New version is out!
1.0.8 (TD 1.8.15)

Changes since last stable:

Option to hide phone number from drawer: set show_phone_in_drawer to false.

Option scales to set custom interface scales (no more than 6 different values, values from 75 to 300 allowed).

Keyboard shortcut to save draft to cloud (Ctrl+S by default).

Members in channel are now "Subscribers".

Channel link in "About" now depends on language.

Collapsed archived chats now have an icon.

New JSON config option net_speed_boost to increase upload/download speeds.
Values: null (default), "low", "medium", "high".
It also accepts 0 (default), 1, 2 and 3 (high) as values.
Taken from TDMT: https://github.com/mediatube/tdesktop
Warning: can work bad with low connection speeds.

New options in Settings > "three-dots": "Show custom settings" and "Restart Kotatogram".

JSON-translations: they will rewrite language values that doesn't exist in official apps. Support for Russian is already included.

Show admin titles in chat members list.

Bugfixes since last stable:

Fixed "Channel is not accessible" error, when trying to open discussion channel from group post if target channel is private and you are not subscribed to it.

Fixed autoupdater check: now MTProto checker should work too.

Soon.

New beta is out!
1.0.9 (TD 1.8.15)

This beta brings settings menu: Settings > Kotatogram Settings. I'm planning to do all current settings in this menu, and then push to stable.

Currently supported settings:
• Sticker height
• Big emoji outline
• Always show scheduled

Of forks and clones

Initially my repository was a direct fork. It seemed convenient at first, but soon I ran into some problems.

The thing is that forks doesn't fit well, when you do something stand-alone, they fit more for pull requests.

Forks' features:
• No more than one fork for one account. You can make organization and fork there, but if there is already fork of original repo, then you get no more than one direct fork.
• Comparsion with default branch of oringinal repo. On main page of your fork you see difference with original.
• No converting to private repo if original is public. You should copy it to yours repo first.
• Fork commits are excluded from profile statistics. Instead they are included for original repo after merge. Bonus: you can't pin fork in your profile if you don't have it on account, even if you're working on it.
• Can't search repository code. It might come in handy, when you're doing something standalone.

Maybe forks have some other restrictions, but I switched from fork to clone because of search. Since my client is at early stage, it wasn't long. I lost only 1 watch and 3 stars.

I changed links, so new repo is available on old link: github.com/kotatogram/kotatogram-desktop

Old one was archived. It's available for now, but I plan to remove it soon since there is no need in it.

Version 1.0.10 beta is out!

There are some problems with Linux build, so it will be tomorrow. Since #Windows Build is ready, I'm dropping it now.

Changes:
Added menu for font changing to "Kotatogram Settings".