docs: add history file

HISTORY.md

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+# History of the project
+This file collects notable milestones and events related to DZGUI, mainly around DZGUI as a framework and the history of development.
+A chronological summary of features can be found in CHANGELOG.md.
+
+## 2021
+### 2021-12-03: DayZ adds support for Battleye over Proton
+DayZ was among a handful of games with whitelisted anti-cheat support under Valve's emerging WINE-based Proton compatibility layer.
+While adding anti-cheat compatibility at a technical level, this change did not actually allow the client to connect to servers running complex modlists.
+
+Development of the precursor to DZGUI began at around this time.
+
+### 2021-12-12: initial version of DZTUI is created
+DZTUI, a Bash script and terminal user interface, was the precursor to DZGUI.
+This was an initial attempt at bootstrapping the Steam client to handle mods correctly when launching DayZ.
+Due to user interest, features continued to be added. This early tool is archived under the 'dztui' branch.
+
+## 2022
+### 2022-05-09: addition of zenity GUI and project name change (DZGUI)
+With the introduction of the Steam Deck, more users wanted a graphical user interface
+to interact with DZTUI. Being that DZTUI was purely a Bash script, a method of
+drawing menus was needed, so the 'zenity' package was used to create prefabricated dialogs.
+While this met the minimum requirement to show prompts and selectable options, no rich customization was possible.
+
+The introduction of zenity as a dependency marked the shift from "DZTUI" to "DZGUI".
+
+Throughout 2022, the limits of zenity for DZGUI's purposes were tested, particularly in the context of SteamOS.
+This led to the discovery of a number of bugs in zenity, GTK, and SteamOS, which were reported up to their respective channels.
+While this was improving the SteamOS user experience, it started to become clear that a fully custom UI was needed.
+
+This barebones version of DZGUI sufficed for some time, with the Bash script and some standalone Python modules doing the heavy lifting,
+and this period served to surface a number of bugs and interesting interactions with the Steam client.
+
+## 2023
+### 2023-11-23: Python 3.10 dependency
+Prior to this time, DZGUI open-endedly allowed you to use any Python version for its modules, without any significant handling for
+the idiosyncrasies of different versions. A minimum requirement of Python 3.10 was thus instituted to normalize expected behavior.
+
+Throughout 2023, various features related to server browsing were added, such as filters and more granular search parameters.
+
+There were still a lot of unknowns at this time, so things were being resolved through trial and error.
+
+## 2024
+### 2024-01-31: DZGUI 5 API introduces GTK UI
+Using zenity as a simple GUI had exposed some bugs and limitations in that package, particularly when trying to push huge lists of server records
+into tables and sorting them in a performant manner.
+
+Around this time it became clear that a more robust UI framework was needed. While keeping the original Bash script and Python modules for
+background processing, PyGObject (GTK) was added to the project in order to ship a custom UI that could be designed from the ground up.
+
+However, it should be noted that at this point, the DZGUI logic itself was still a (increasingly large) Bash script to which a GTK UI had been stitched on.
+These were totally separate components, with UI actions on the GTK side triggering calls to Bash functions in an overly complex helper file.
+The UI was basically a thin client around the old Bash logic, but this was still a far cry from an integrated application with proper signals and dedicated components.
+
+Effectively, DZGUI 5 through 6 were a stepping stone that set the groundwork to go from DZGUI 4 (pure Bash script) to
+DZGUI 7 (standalone Python application). Today, little of DZGUI 5's original logic remains outside of the basic UI grid.
+
+### 2024-10-15: Frostline DLC released, widespread parsing problems
+DayZ's first DLC introduced a new format for server responses that packed extra metadata into the A2S_RULES format.
+Upon its release, all third-party DayZ launchers and server listing web sites were unable to parse the mod information being returned from Frostline servers.
+
+For a period of two weeks, this remained unsolved and various attempts were made to understand the updated specification.
+
+### 2024-10-30: DZGUI hotfix adds support for Frostline servers
+DZGUI was the first third-party tool to fix parsing for Frostline servers and restore functionality.
+This was a small milestone, because it meant DZGUI was evolving from a "dumb" launcher to a featureful tool
+touching upon and improving all aspects of the end-to-end DayZ experience.
+
+Particularly around this time, the sheer diversity of needs of modders, server operators, and players started to become clear.
+Users had highly specific and diverse use cases for setting up their game environment, and requested a number of features to support that on
+the DZGUI side.
+
+## 2025
+### 2025-01-17: DZGUI 6 API
+With DZGUI 6, the difficult decision to enforce a Python 3.13 dependency was made.
+While the previous dependency was Python 3.10+, it was deemed better to develop against and target identical versions.
+
+However, due to the vagaries of managing Python environments on end-user systems, this change added unnecessary complexity and frustration.
+Users had to properly set up virtual environments, install the relevant dependencies, and create a wrapper script to run this version, whereas
+previous versions had essentially been point and click.
+
+### 2025-10-23: DZGUI 7 API and the "Ship of Theseus"
+It had become clear that the situation above was untenable and the legacy Bash script was unmaintainable given the project's enlarged scope.
+The lack of a robust testing or typehinting framework made it difficult to diagnose rare bugs.
+
+Shipping a standalone, turnkey application with zero or minimal dependencies was the most urgent priority.
+DZGUI was still carrying around small bits and pieces of the old Bash script logic, so the decision was made to
+refactor the application into a pure Python + GTK tool. This would effectively be a total rewrite of all logic,
+only preserving the most minimal skeleton of the original UI layout as a reference.
+
+Over the course of a year, a wholesale "Ship of Theseus" rewrite took place.
+Nearly every component of DZGUI 6, both API and UI side, was taken apart and replaced.
+
+A soft alpha and beta phase were used to iterate on this concept further. DZGUI 7 was increasingly recommended to users
+as the preferred choice. This allowed for keeping the established userbase on the (relatively) stable DZGUI 6 spec, while building up
+the new spec and making it available to more users as features were elaborated.
+
+Through late 2025, several LLM-generated applications that recycled significant parts of DZGUI's code without the applicable GPL license were found.
+The maintainers of those projects were advised to excise the offending segments or apply the necessary GPL licenses.
+
+## 2026
+### 2026-05-17: Switch to standalone releases
+The DZGUI 7 beta starts shipping standalone glibc builds with an integrated setup wizard and installer.
+
+# TODO: remarks on DZGUI 6 stable vs testing branch logic and "over the air" updates vs standalone builds
+# TODO: note archived branch names
+
+### 2026-10-27: 500 tickets closed
+The milestone of 500 tickets/PRs being closed was reached.
+
+2026 was by far DZGUI's most intensive year by commits, perhaps suggesting the scope of the rewrite:
+
+- 2021: 16
+- 2022: 434
+- 2023: 322
+- 2024: 347
+- 2025: 426
+- 2026: 1300
+
+DZGUI 7 is scheduled to release as a stable version within the year.

dzgui/controllers/emitter.py

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository.Gtk import ListStore
-from gi.repository import GObject
+from gi.repository.Gtk import ListStore  # noqa E402
+from gi.repository import Gdk, GObject  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.const.enum import NotebookPage, ServerTab

dzgui/controllers/mc.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from dzgui.views.dialogs.generic import ExceptionDialog
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GLib, GObject
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GLib, GObject  # noqa E402
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(APP_NAME)
 

dzgui/managers/connection.py

@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ from dzgui.util.symlink import rebuild_symlinks
 from dzgui.views.dialogs.generic import ExceptionDialog
 from dzgui.views.dialogs.servers import ServerDetailsDialog, ServerModDialog
 
+import gi
+
+gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib  # noqa E402
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.api.servers import A2SInfo, Record
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/managers/mods.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import dzgui.api.pefile as PeFile
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/managers/threading.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import GLib
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib  # noqa E402
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(APP_NAME)
 

dzgui/managers/update.py

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ from dzgui.strings import dialogs
 from dzgui.managers.threading import call_on_thread, StoredFunc, ThreadingManager
 from dzgui.views.dialogs.generic import ExceptionDialog, QuitDialog
 
+import gi
+
+gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib  # noqa E402
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller
 

dzgui/model/model_factory.py

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ from dzgui.util.strings import delimiter
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository.Gtk import ListStore, TreeIter
-from gi.repository import GObject
+from gi.repository.Gtk import ListStore, TreeIter  # noqa E402
+from gi.repository import GObject  # noqa E402
 
 GTYPE_TO_PYTHON = {
     GObject.type_from_name(GObject.type_name(ptype)): ptype

dzgui/model/servers.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from dzgui.views.dialogs.generic import ExceptionDialog
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.api.servers import A2SInfo, Record

dzgui/util/clip.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
+gi.require_version("Gdk", "3.0")
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk  # noqa E402
 
 
 def copy_clipboard(text: str) -> None:

dzgui/util/css.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from dzgui.const.constants import APP_NAME_LOWER, CSS_PATH
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk  # noqa E402
 
 
 def add_class(widget: Gtk.Widget, label: str) -> None:

dzgui/util/dist.py

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ from dzgui.const.constants import APP_NAME
 from dzgui.util.ip import get_coords
 from dzgui.util.localize import number
 
+import gi
+
+gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from queue import Queue
     from dzgui.const.enum import ServerTab

dzgui/util/format.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from dzgui.util.strings import no_mods, no_servers, workshop
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 
 def format_pango(text: str) -> str:

dzgui/util/keys.py

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import gi
-
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gdk
-
+from gi.repository import Gdk  # noqa E402
 
 def is_navkey(key: int) -> bool:
     nav_keys = [
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@ def is_navkey(key: int) -> bool:
         return True
     return False
 
-
 def is_ctrl_mask(event: Gdk.EventKey) -> bool:
     if event.state is Gdk.ModifierType.CONTROL_MASK:
         return True

dzgui/util/margins.py

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import gi
-
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
-
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 def set_surrounding_margins(widget: Gtk.Widget, margin: int) -> None:
     """

dzgui/util/save_screenshot.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from typing import cast, TYPE_CHECKING
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gdk, GLib
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GLib  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/views/base.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
 gi.require_version("GLibUnix", "2.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, GLibUnix, Gdk  # type: ignore
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, GLibUnix, Gdk  # type: ignore # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.config.userprefs import UserPrefs

dzgui/views/components/buttonbox.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from dzgui.const.enum import ButtonType
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk  # noqa E402
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(APP_NAME)
 

dzgui/views/components/buttons.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from dzgui.strings import connect_panel
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GLib  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from gi.repository import GLib

dzgui/views/components/connect_panel.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from dzgui.views.components.labels import BoldLabel
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/views/components/crumbs.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from dzgui.util.format import embolden
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, Gdk, GObject, Pango  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/views/components/entry.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from dzgui.strings.errors import api_popover
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GObject
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GObject  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/views/components/eventbox.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from dzgui.const.constants import HELP_BUBBLE
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/views/components/filter_panel.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from dzgui.views.components.labels import BoldLabel
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, Pango, GLib
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, Pango, GLib  # noqa E402
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(APP_NAME)
 
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ class ButtonGrid(Gtk.Grid):
         self.checks: list[Gtk.CheckButton] = []
 
         flowbox = Gtk.FlowBox(
-            halign=Gtk.Align.CENTER,
-            min_children_per_line=3,
-            max_children_per_line=3,
-            selection_mode=Gtk.SelectionMode.NONE,
+            halign=Gtk.Align.CENTER, min_children_per_line=3, max_children_per_line=3, selection_mode=Gtk.SelectionMode.NONE
         )
 
         for check in defaults.keys():

dzgui/views/components/icon.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 
 class Icon(Gtk.Image):

dzgui/views/components/labels.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from dzgui.util.format import embolden
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 
 class BoldLabel(Gtk.Label):

dzgui/views/components/maps_combo.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib  # noqa E402
 
 
 class MapsCombo(Gtk.EntryCompletion):

dzgui/views/components/mod_panel.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from dzgui.views.components.labels import BoldLabel
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/views/components/right_panel.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from dzgui.views.components.buttons import IconTextButton, RefreshButton, KeysBu
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GLib
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GLib  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/views/components/statusbar.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from dzgui.views.components.buttons import LoggerAlertsButton
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.const.enum import ServerTab

dzgui/views/components/toast.py

@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ from typing import Literal
 from dzgui.util import css
 
 import gi
-
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib  # noqa E402
 
 
 class Toast(Gtk.EventBox):

dzgui/views/dialogs/calc.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from dzgui.views.components.labels import BoldLabel
 from dzgui.views.components.box import VBox, HBox
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, GObject
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, GObject  # type: ignore  # noqa E402
 
 DAY_START_TIME = time(hour=6, minute=0, second=0)
 DAY_END_TIME = time(hour=18, minute=0, second=0)

dzgui/views/dialogs/early_alert.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from dzgui.views.mixins.colorscheme import ColorAwareApp
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 
 class AbortDialog(ColorAwareApp, Gtk.MessageDialog):  # type: ignore

dzgui/views/dialogs/filepicker.py

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from dzgui.util.strings import picker
 
-import gi
+import gi  # noqa E402
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 
 class FilePicker(Gtk.FileChooserDialog):

dzgui/views/dialogs/generic.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from dzgui.views.components.buttons import ClipboardButton
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, Gdk, GObject, Pango  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/views/dialogs/link_dialog.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from dzgui.views.components.buttons import SteamTextButton
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, Gdk, GObject, Pango  # noqa E402
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:

dzgui/views/dialogs/note.py

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ from typing import Self, TYPE_CHECKING
 from dzgui.views.components.entry import ValidatedEntry
 from dzgui.views.dialogs.generic import GenericDialog
 
-import gi
+import gi  # noqa E402
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gdk, Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/views/dialogs/uninstall.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from dzgui.views.mixins.colorscheme import ColorAwareApp
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, Pango
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, Pango  # noqa E402
 
 
 class Assistant(Gtk.Assistant):

dzgui/views/dialogs/wizard.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from dzgui.const.constants import (
     HERO_PATH,
     FLATPAK_ROOT_PATH,
     LEGACY_CONFIG_PATH,
-    TMP_PATH,
+    TMP_PATH
 )
 from dzgui.const.boilerplate import config_boilerplate
 from dzgui.const.endpoints import STEAM_API_SETUP
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from dzgui.views.trees.tree_simple import SimpleTree
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, GObject, GdkPixbuf
+from gi.repository import Gdk, Gtk, GLib, GObject, GdkPixbuf  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.config.xdg import Xdg

dzgui/views/mixins/context_mixin.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from dzgui.views.trees.tree_base import TreeView
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, Gdk, GObject, Pango  # noqa E402
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(APP_NAME)
 

dzgui/views/mixins/cursor_mixin.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from dzgui.util.keys import is_ctrl_mask
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, Gdk, GObject, Pango  # noqa E402
 
 
 class CursorMixin:

dzgui/views/mixins/mods_mixin.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from dzgui.views.trees.tree_base import TreeView
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, Gdk, GObject, Pango  # noqa E402
 
 
 class ModsMixin:

dzgui/views/pages/changelog.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from dzgui.views.mixins.scrollable_mixin import ScrollableMixin
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(APP_NAME)
 

dzgui/views/pages/devs.py

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ from dzgui.util.strings import developers
 from dzgui.views.components.labels import BoldLabel
 from dzgui.views.trees.tree_base import TreeView
 
-import gi
+import gi  # noqa E402
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/views/pages/help.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from dzgui.views.trees.tree_menu import MenuTreeView
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/views/pages/keys.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from dzgui.util.css import add_class
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/views/pages/log.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from dzgui.views.trees.tree_log import LogTreeView
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dzgui.controllers.mc import Controller

dzgui/views/pages/preconnect.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from dzgui.views.trees.tree_server_mods import ServerModTreeView
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gdk, Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gdk, Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:

dzgui/views/pages/servers.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from dzgui.util.strings import server_labels
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GLib  # noqa E402
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(APP_NAME)
 

dzgui/views/pages/thanks.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from dzgui.views.mixins.scrollable_mixin import ScrollableMixin
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 # TODO: wrap and center long values
 if TYPE_CHECKING:

dzgui/views/trees/tree_log.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from dzgui.views.mixins.context_mixin import ContextMixin
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
+from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib, Gdk, GObject, Pango  # noqa E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from pathlib import Path

pyproject.toml

@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ line-length = 88
 indent-width = 4
 extend-exclude = ["*lib/a2s"]
 lint.unfixable = ["F401", "I001"]
-lint.ignore = ["E402"]
 
 [tool.ruff.format]
 quote-style = "double"

scripts/concat_licenses.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from shared import get_git_root
+from pathlib import Path
 
 BOILERPLATE = """
 This file includes the combined licenses to the following components:
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class CombinedLicense:
 
 def concat_license() -> str:
     combined = CombinedLicense()
-    root = get_git_root()
+    root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
     licenses = root.joinpath("docs/licenses")
 
     main_license = root.joinpath(LICENSE_FILE)

scripts/copy_changelog.py

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
 
-from shared import get_git_root
-
-root = get_git_root()
-clog = root.joinpath("CHANGELOG.md")
-target = root.joinpath("dzgui/data/CHANGELOG.md")
+par = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+clog = par / "CHANGELOG.md"
+target = par / "dzgui/data/CHANGELOG.md"
 
 shutil.copy(clog, target)
 

scripts/parse_toml.py

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import tomllib
-from shared import get_git_root
+from pathlib import Path
+
+root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
 
 
 def get_entrypoint() -> None:
-    root = get_git_root()
     p = root.joinpath("pyproject.toml")
     with open(p, "rb") as f:
         t = tomllib.load(f)

scripts/prebuild.py

@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ import requests
 import subprocess
 import tarfile
 
+from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.parse import unquote
 
-from shared import get_git_root
-
 BUILD = "3.13.9"
 DATE = "20251014"
 CPYTHON_BUILD = f"cpython-{BUILD}"
 
-root = get_git_root()
+root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
 build_dir = root.joinpath("build")
 cpython_dir = build_dir.joinpath(CPYTHON_BUILD)
 

scripts/release.py

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from concat_licenses import concat_license
 from parse_toml import get_entrypoint
 from prebuild import get_pyapp, rebuild_cpython
-from shared import get_git_root
 
 
 def update_uname(info: tarfile.TarInfo) -> tarfile.TarInfo:
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ def update_uname(info: tarfile.TarInfo) -> tarfile.TarInfo:
     return info
 
 
-root = get_git_root()
+root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
 dist_dir = root.joinpath("dist")
 build_dir = root.joinpath("build")
 

scripts/scrot.py

@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
+import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from dzgui.app_init import build_gui
-from shared import get_git_root
+
+
+def get_git_root() -> Path:
+    proc = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"], capture_output=True, text=True
+    )
+    if proc.returncode != 0:
+        raise OSError("Failed to parse git root")
+    return Path(proc.stdout.rstrip())
 
 
 def get_image_path() -> Path:

scripts/shared/__init__.py

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import subprocess
-from pathlib import Path
-
-
-def get_git_root() -> Path:
-    proc = subprocess.run(
-        ["git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"], capture_output=True, text=True
-    )
-    if proc.returncode != 0:
-        raise OSError("Failed to parse git root")
-    return Path(proc.stdout.rstrip())

scripts/unused_imports.py

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def iterate(search_str: str) -> None:
+    # TODO: exclude files from .gitignore
+    print()
+    print(f"Searching for '{search_str}'")
+    print()
+    files = Path(".").rglob("*")
+    ignore = [
+        "scripts/",
+        ".git",
+        "egg",
+        "CHANGELOG",
+        ".mypy",
+        "build/",
+        "test.py",
+        "bugs",
+        "pyproject.toml",
+    ]
+    for file in files:
+        if file.is_dir():
+            continue
+        if any(s in str(file) for s in ignore):
+            continue
+        try:
+            text = file.read_text()
+            if search_str in text:
+                c = text.count(search_str)
+                if 0 < c < 2:
+                    print(file, c)
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+
+
+imports = ["Pango", "GObject", "GLib", "Gdk", "Gtk"]
+for i in imports:
+    iterate(i)

tests/test_html_escaping.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from dzgui.views.dialogs.servers import ServerDetailsDialog
 import gi
 
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa E402
 
 
 class MockController: