Update documentation for release v1.4.0

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sshyp v1.3.0
sshyp v1.4.0
the serious shepherd update
the argumentative agronomist update
this release ties up many of sshyp's loose ends where there was
room for major performance, compatibility, and security improvements
this release overhauls sshyp's argument system and further streamlines
the experience with optimizations and the removal of legacy features
compatibility-breaking changes:
- due to a near full re-write of the syncing functionality, all clients and servers
must be updated to this release (v1.3.0 is not backwards compatible with any prior release)
- it is recommended to either delete the contents of ~/.config/sshyp/deleted (on the server-side)
or sync all of your clients before updating
^ old entries in this folder will throw errors with v1.3.0
- there are no technical breaking changes, but the UX has changed significantly due to the new argument system (detailed below)
user-facing features:
- none - all changes were under-the-hood - the user experience should be
exactly the same as v1.2.0 - just faster, less buggy, and more secure
- when typing an entry/folder name, it is now always the FIRST argument
^ e.g. instead of "sshyp copy -p /example/test", it would now be "sshyp /example/test copy -p"
^ this allows more easily editing the previous command to copy/edit a different field
- better extension integration
^ extensions can now ship with a config file that sshyp can use to call them from standard sshyp arguments
^ the first extension supporting this is sshyp-mfa
^ if sshyp-mfa v1.4.0.1+ is installed, "sshyp /example/test copy -m" will copy MFA keys to your clipboard
- entry/folder names now MUST be specified as arguments
^ there is no longer a separate input prompt if the entry/folder name is not provided as an argument
^ the input prompt was a legacy feature from before arguments could specify entrys/folders with shell completion
^ the entry list generated by entry_list_gen() is still present and can be viewed by running "sshyp" with no arguments
- better Bash completions
^ now correctly places backslashes to escape spaces in entry/folder names
^ slightly faster than the previous iteration
- IPv6 configuration support
major fixes/optimizations:
fixes/optimizations:
- a near full re-write of the syncing functionality
^ all syncing logic has been moved into sshync.py (from sshyp.py and sshypRemote.py)
^ in my setup, a dry, local "sshyp sync" went from 2.00+ seconds (v1.2.0) to 0.36 seconds (v1.3.0)
^ the performance improvements are even greater when syncing from outside your local network
- the following character sequences will no longer break the syncing logic: "@", "^&*", and "*&^"
^ ASCII separator characters 29-31 are now used, instead
- os.system has been replaced with subprocess.run in all cases, shell=True is no longer used with subprocess.run
^ this protects against shell escape attacks and potentially makes sshyp more compatible with some environments
- replaced shell commands with python built-in library functions where applicable
^ this brings speed and compatibility improvements
- sshyp should no longer incorrectly assume an X11 environment when Wayland is in use
^ this fixes clipboard support in some Wayland environments, such as Sway (Plasma/Gnome/Phosh were unaffected)
- sshyp now uses the default pinentry on Haiku thanks to haikuports/haikuports#7457
^ this brings the Haiku port in-line with the other sshyp packages in terms of security
- "python3" is now called over ssh, rather than "python"
^ some environments do not have a "python" symlink, or it links to "python2" - changing this increases compatibility
- fixed an issue from v1.2.0 where renaming threw an error if not in offline mode
- replaced "+=" with ".append" when extending lists to prevent creating an additional list
- optimized usage of "str.split()" and replaced it with "str.splitlines()" where applicable
- more concise "if... in ()" syntax replaces long "if" statement chains
- lists have been substituted with tuples where applicable
- entry_list_gen() has been re-written to be much smaller and faster
- os.path is now used in place of pathlib.Path in areas where it is faster
- the user's home directory is saved to a variable to prevent running expanduser() every time it is needed
other notable changes:
- quick-unlock password input is now hidden while the user is typing
^ user input is now invisible to prevent snooping
- lots of smaller optimizations not listed here
- removed some uncommonly used, redundant arguments
^ e.g. "-rm", "-s", "delete"
^ their functionality was NOT removed, just their redundant arguments, since "shear", "sync", and "del" are the accepted syntax
- errors containing entry/folder names reinforce correct syntax by adding leading/following slashes where necessary
- thanks to pull request #25, there are new error messages for the read shortcut
^ includes when no entry name is provided or the entry name only refers to a directory
- directories provided in user input are no longer denoted by a following slash
^ instead, os.path is used to determine if the user is referring to a file or directory
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