pi-stereo-view 0.1.5 → 0.1.7

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.7 - 2026-10-24
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Keep panel zoom and split on/off temporary to the current session. New sessions always show both panels using the saved layout, order and sizes.
+- Ignore zoom and split-state values from older settings files without resetting panel sizes or timestamp and copy-button preferences.
+
+## 0.1.6 - 2026-10-24
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Hide clock placeholders and copy buttons for blocks without a known timestamp, including system notices. Their content remains visible without extra control rows.
+
 ## 0.1.5 - 2026-10-23
 
 ### Added

package/README.md

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Press **Escape** or `[×]` to close search and restore your previous scroll posi
 
 ## Copy a block
 
-Click the dim `⧉` icon below the right corner of a message, thinking, tool or other history block to copy its text. Copy buttons work in split and zoomed panels, even with timestamps hidden.
+Click the dim `⧉` icon below the right corner of a message, thinking, tool or other history block to copy its text. Blocks without a known time have no copy button. Copy buttons work in split and zoomed panels, even with timestamps hidden.
 
 Messages and thinking keep their original text/Markdown, without terminal colours, clocks or copy buttons. Copying a tool includes its name, arguments, saved result and linked late output. A late-output block also has its own button to copy just that block. Collapsed and off-screen text is included.
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Use **Show copy buttons** in `≡` or `/stereo-view settings` to hide the icons
 
 Conversation and Activity can show a dim local `HH:mm:ss` clock above each block on the left, with a small inset. The copy icon sits below the block on the right, so neither control takes width away from the text. New tool calls show their start time.
 
-Older tool calls may show `~HH:mm:ss` for an approximate time. `--:--:--` means the time is unknown.
+Older tool calls may show `~HH:mm:ss` for an approximate time. Blocks without a known time show neither a clock nor a copy button; their content stays visible.
 
 Use `≡` or `/stereo-view settings` to hide or show clocks. This setting survives restart. Clocks appear in split and zoomed panels, not in combined history. They are display-only and are not added to the conversation sent to the model.
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Keyboard scrolling (`PgUp`/`PgDn` and Pi's other scroll keys) moves the active p
 
 ## Settings and limits
 
-Your layout, panel order, sizes, zoom, split on/off, timestamp and copy-button settings are saved automatically and restored next time.
+Your layout, panel order, sizes, timestamp and copy-button settings are saved automatically. Each new session opens both panels in that arrangement. Zooming one panel or turning split off is temporary and does not carry over to another session.
 
 - Tested with Pi 1.1.0. Requires Node.js 22.19 or newer.
 - Regular mode shows one combined history.

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pi-stereo-view",
-  "version": "0.1.5",
+  "version": "0.1.7",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "Keep Pi conversation separate from tool output and agent activity.",
   "license": "MIT",

package/src/preferences.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { mkdir, readFile, rename, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import path from "node:path";
 
-/** Saved display settings only; they never become session messages. */
+/** Display state; mode and zoom are session-only, while arrangement and display choices are saved. */
 export interface Preferences {
   mode: "split" | "combined";
   /** Left means first: left in columns, top in rows. */
@@ -35,19 +35,18 @@ export async function loadPreferences(file: string): Promise<Preferences> {
   // The first version only had columns; keep that saved arrangement.
   const layout = record.layout === undefined ? "columns" : record.layout;
   const chatHeight = record.chatHeight === undefined ? defaults.chatHeight : record.chatHeight;
-  const zoom = record.zoom === undefined ? defaults.zoom : record.zoom;
   const showTimestamps = record.showTimestamps === undefined ? defaults.showTimestamps : record.showTimestamps;
   const showCopyButtons = record.showCopyButtons === undefined ? defaults.showCopyButtons : record.showCopyButtons;
-  if ((record.mode !== "split" && record.mode !== "combined") ||
-      (record.side !== "left" && record.side !== "right") ||
+  if ((record.side !== "left" && record.side !== "right") ||
       (record.chatWidth !== null && (typeof record.chatWidth !== "number" || !Number.isInteger(record.chatWidth) ||
         record.chatWidth < 24 || record.chatWidth > 240)) ||
       (layout !== "columns" && layout !== "rows") ||
       (chatHeight !== null && (typeof chatHeight !== "number" || !Number.isInteger(chatHeight) || chatHeight < 4 || chatHeight > 240)) ||
-      (zoom !== null && zoom !== "activity" && zoom !== "chat") || typeof showTimestamps !== "boolean" || typeof showCopyButtons !== "boolean") {
+      typeof showTimestamps !== "boolean" || typeof showCopyButtons !== "boolean") {
     throw new Error("Invalid pi-stereo-view preferences");
   }
-  return { mode: record.mode, side: record.side, chatWidth: record.chatWidth, layout, chatHeight, zoom, showTimestamps, showCopyButtons };
+  // Legacy files may contain mode/zoom. Every session starts with both panels visible.
+  return { mode: "split", side: record.side, chatWidth: record.chatWidth, layout, chatHeight, zoom: null, showTimestamps, showCopyButtons };
 }
 
 /** Atomically save only the display settings, never session messages. */
@@ -55,7 +54,9 @@ export async function savePreferences(file: string, preferences: Preferences): P
   await mkdir(path.dirname(file), { recursive: true });
   const temporary = file + "." + randomUUID() + ".tmp";
   try {
-    await writeFile(temporary, JSON.stringify(preferences, null, 2) + "\n", { mode: 0o600 });
+    const { side, chatWidth, layout, chatHeight, showTimestamps, showCopyButtons } = preferences;
+    const saved = { side, chatWidth, layout, chatHeight, showTimestamps, showCopyButtons };
+    await writeFile(temporary, JSON.stringify(saved, null, 2) + "\n", { mode: 0o600 });
     await rename(temporary, file);
   } finally {
     await rm(temporary, { force: true });

package/src/timestamps.ts

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const validTime = (value: unknown): number | undefined => {
 /** Format a reliable source in the process's local zone; never substitute now. */
 export function timestampLabel(value: unknown): string {
   const time = validTime(value);
-  if (time === undefined) return "--:--:--";
+  if (time === undefined) return "";
   const date = new Date(time);
   return [date.getHours(), date.getMinutes(), date.getSeconds()]
     .map(part => String(part).padStart(2, "0")).join(":");
@@ -176,15 +176,15 @@ export class TranscriptTimestamps {
       toolCallId?: string;
     };
     if (name === "UserMessageComponent" || name === "SkillInvocationMessageComponent" || name === "BashExecutionComponent") {
-      return this.orderedLabels.get(component) ?? "--:--:--";
+      return this.orderedLabels.get(component) ?? "";
     }
     if (name === "ToolExecutionComponent") {
       const id = native.toolCallId!;
       const start = this.starts.get(id);
       if (start !== undefined) return timestampLabel(start);
-      if (this.liveCalls.has(id)) return "--:--:--";
+      if (this.liveCalls.has(id)) return "";
       const owner = this.owners.get(id);
-      return validTime(owner) === undefined ? "--:--:--" : "~" + timestampLabel(owner);
+      return validTime(owner) === undefined ? "" : "~" + timestampLabel(owner);
     }
     const message = name === "AssistantMessageComponent" ? native.lastMessage : native.message;
     return timestampLabel(message ? validTime(message.timestamp) ?? this.messageTimes.get(message) : native.entry?.timestamp);
@@ -245,13 +245,13 @@ export class CompactMessage extends Container {
     };
   }
   private renderContent(width: number): string[] {
-    const label = this.show() ? this.label() : "";
+    const label = this.label();
     const gutter = this.gutter();
     const theme = this.theme();
     // Only the scrollbar needs a side gutter; controls have their own rows.
     this.contentWidth = Math.max(1, width - gutter);
-    const time = label && visibleWidth(label) + 1 <= this.contentWidth ? " " + label : "";
-    const copy = this.copy && this.showCopy() && this.contentWidth >= COPY_CONTROL_WIDTH ? COPY_CONTROL : "";
+    const time = label && this.show() && visibleWidth(label) + 1 <= this.contentWidth ? " " + label : "";
+    const copy = label && this.copy && this.showCopy() && this.contentWidth >= COPY_CONTROL_WIDTH ? COPY_CONTROL : "";
     const content = this.nativeCache.render(this.contentWidth, theme);
     this.contentHeight = content.length;
     const cached = this.formatted;