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Summary

  • add a first-party Paste Last Transcription menu action and configurable global hotkey
  • reuse the existing focused-app text insertion path, including clipboard preservation
  • serialize all recent-transcription insertion entry points until clipboard restoration completes
  • keep Copy Last Transcription behavior unchanged
  • include hotkey backup/restore, localized settings, documentation, and regression coverage

Context

Copy Last Transcription only places text on the clipboard. Users who want one-step insertion currently have to open Recent Transcriptions or depend on external automation. This adds a dedicated direct-insertion action without changing existing copy semantics or assigning a new default shortcut.

Users can assign Control-Command-V, or another preferred shortcut, to Paste Last Transcription in Settings > Hotkeys.

Testing

  • xcodebuild test -project TypeWhisper.xcodeproj -scheme TypeWhisper -destination 'platform=macOS,arch=arm64' -parallel-testing-enabled NO CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY='-' CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO — 1,749 tests passed on the exact pushed head
  • focused hotkey and recent-transcription tests on the exact pushed head — 99 tests passed
  • swift test --package-path TypeWhisperPluginSDK — 739 tests passed, 3 expected skips
  • registry metadata, appcast publication, release instrumentation, and release signing self-tests passed
  • git diff --check passed

Validation notes

The rapid-repeat regression test invokes Paste Last Transcription twice before the synthetic-paste restore delay completes. A second cross-entry-point regression opens Recent Transcriptions, starts Paste Last Transcription, then selects the same palette item during the restore delay. Both verify that only one paste occurs and that the user's original clipboard content is restored.

The three new strings include German, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese localizations. The repository-wide localization completeness check currently reports 60 pre-existing missing Simplified Chinese strings in AuthenticatedCLIPlugin/Localizable.xcstrings and MetaPlugin/Localizable.xcstrings; this change does not add to that baseline.

The isolated debug app launched the Hotkeys settings state and reported its native window successfully, but macOS Screen Recording denied the automated window capture, so no screenshot is attached.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added a configurable global hotkey and menu-bar action to paste the latest transcription into the focused app.
    • Added “Paste Last Transcription” to hotkey settings and the setup wizard.
    • Included the hotkey in settings backup and restore.
    • Added localized labels and guidance in German, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.
  • Documentation

    • Documented configuration for copying and pasting the latest transcription.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for pasting the newest transcription and invoking the dedicated hotkey.

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metaember requested a review from SeoFood as a code owner August 29, 2026 19:54
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  • TypeWhisper/Resources/Localizable.xcstrings
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  • TypeWhisper/ViewModels/RecentTranscriptionPaletteHandler.swift
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The app now supports a configurable global hotkey and menu action for pasting the latest transcription into the focused app. The change adds persistence, backup support, localized labels, setup integration, application wiring, insertion logic, and tests.

Changes

Paste latest transcription

Layer / File(s) Summary
Hotkey registration and persistence
TypeWhisper/App/UserDefaultsKeys.swift, TypeWhisper/Services/HotkeyService.swift, TypeWhisper/Services/SettingsBackupExporter.swift, TypeWhisper/App/TypeWhisperApp.swift, TypeWhisperTests/TypeWhisperIntegrationTests.swift
The new hotkey dispatches a callback on key-down without starting dictation. Its settings are included in backup and restore.
Latest transcription insertion
TypeWhisper/ViewModels/DictationViewModel.swift, TypeWhisper/ViewModels/RecentTranscriptionPaletteHandler.swift, TypeWhisperTests/RecentTranscriptionPaletteHandlerTests.swift
The action hides palettes and inserts the newest transcription while idle. It prevents overlapping insertions and reports when no transcription exists.
Settings, menu, and localization
TypeWhisper/Views/HotkeySettingsView.swift, TypeWhisper/Views/SetupWizardView.swift, TypeWhisper/Views/MenuBarView.swift, TypeWhisper/Resources/Localizable.xcstrings, README.md
The hotkey recorder, setup wizard, menu bar, localized strings, and documentation expose the new action.
Backup and history handling
TypeWhisper/Services/SettingsBackupExporter.swift
Backup export now propagates history-read errors. History import counts records when insertion succeeds.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 0b34b

The new configurable paste-last-transcription action reuses the existing insertion flow while preserving clipboard contents and preventing overlapping insertions. No current merge-blocking risk remains.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant HotkeyService
  participant AppDelegate
  participant DictationViewModel
  participant RecentTranscriptionPaletteHandler
  HotkeyService->>AppDelegate: trigger onPasteLastTranscription
  AppDelegate->>DictationViewModel: pasteLastTranscription()
  DictationViewModel->>RecentTranscriptionPaletteHandler: insertLatest(currentState: state)
  RecentTranscriptionPaletteHandler-->>DictationViewModel: paste newest transcription or show feedback
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Poem

A rabbit taps a shortcut bright
The newest words take flight
Palettes hide and text appears
Hotkeys hop through settings gears
“Paste!” says the bunny, pleased tonight

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 4.55% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 22 functions across 10 files. (1 skipped: … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding the Paste Last Transcription action.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes a clear summary, context, implementation details, testing results, and validation notes. It does not use the template's exact Test Plan checklist, but it provides equivalent a…
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Docstring coverage is 4.55% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 22 functions across 10 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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In `@TypeWhisper/Resources/Localizable.xcstrings`:
- Line 19232: Update the Japanese latest-transcription labels in the
localization entries to use 最新の文字起こしを貼り付け and 最新の文字起こしを貼り付けるショートカット, replacing
最後の wording while preserving the existing entry structure.
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  • TypeWhisper/Services/HotkeyService.swift
  • TypeWhisper/Services/SettingsBackupExporter.swift
  • TypeWhisper/ViewModels/DictationViewModel.swift
  • TypeWhisper/ViewModels/RecentTranscriptionPaletteHandler.swift
  • TypeWhisper/Views/HotkeySettingsView.swift
  • TypeWhisper/Views/MenuBarView.swift
  • TypeWhisper/Views/SetupWizardView.swift
  • TypeWhisperTests/RecentTranscriptionPaletteHandlerTests.swift
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Requesting changes for one correctness issue in the new direct-insertion path. The focused 96-test run passed on this exact head; the inline comment describes the remaining blocker.

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metaember force-pushed the feature/paste-last-transcription branch from 6bebef7 to 3dd5a6a Compare September 5, 2026 01:49

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@TypeWhisper/ViewModels/RecentTranscriptionPaletteHandler.swift`:
- Line 40: Serialize the insertText and insertLatest entry points in
RecentTranscriptionPaletteHandler using one shared synchronous insertion
starter, ensuring each clipboard save/restore sequence completes before another
begins. Update the paths around isInsertingLatest and insertLatest so
synthetic-paste callbacks cannot overlap an awaiting verification or restore
operation.

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  • TypeWhisper/ViewModels/DictationViewModel.swift
  • TypeWhisper/ViewModels/RecentTranscriptionPaletteHandler.swift
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metaember force-pushed the feature/paste-last-transcription branch from 3dd5a6a to 0b34baf Compare September 6, 2026 04:41
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