0.3.12 adds scene disclosure cards, recoverable Delete Scene and direct page-fraction entry. Type 2 3/8, 3/8, whole pages or exact decimals without rounding; incomplete/invalid text leaves the saved value untouched. Named deletion retains full scenes and schedule links for Restore while drafts omit them from schedules/totals/availability. Personal calls and issued PDFs stay unchanged. The exact notarized build passed 130 unit checks (two optional checks skipped), 129 Mac UI checks, packaged smoke and all 28 real 0.3.11 → 0.3.12 native-upgrade checks. See SCENE-MANAGEMENT.md and RELEASING.md.
A Squid Productions Software
Script Call 0.3.12 is local-first Electron software for production records, daily call sheets, schedule and cast/crew calls, G-Casper-style front/back layouts, Original Narrative templates, PDF export and immutable issued revisions. Production Desk project import and reviewed three-way reimport are included. Existing project records, scene/shot IDs, project formats and template choices are preserved.
On this prepared Apple Silicon workspace, double-click Start Script Call.command. Start Call Sheet.command remains a compatible launcher. Both use the existing .local-data/ folder. The local app is build/mac/Script Call.app. This build is ad-hoc signed for local testing, not a notarized distribution release.
From a clean checkout, use Node.js 24 or newer and npm:
npm ci
npm start
npm test
npm run test:desktop
npm run test:gcasper
npm run test:importDesktop tests require Playwright (CALLSHEET_PLAYWRIGHT can point to an installed Playwright module) and an Electron executable (CALLSHEET_ELECTRON). For this prepared workspace npm run build:mac repackages the verified .runtime/electron runtime. For a release build use npm run build:release:mac or npm run build:win with the established signing environment. See RELEASING.md.
The native app ID remains org.squidproductions.callsheet.prototype. The default profile remains Call Sheet Prototype under the OS application-data directory; its projects remain in local-projects/. CALLSHEET_DATA_DIR, the callsheet:// origin, SQLite schema, database name and .callsheet archive format are unchanged. Branding does not move or rewrite existing stores. The desktop launcher continues using .local-data/ in this folder.
Production Desk imports are previewed before commitment, backed up before changes, and merged against the prior imported baseline. Manual edits, explicit blanks, saved layouts and issued days win. Original issued PDF bytes remain in SQLite and portable archives. Keep the original .productiondesk export for its embedded original PDF attachments. A changing import never auto-issues a sheet. No real productions, output PDFs, private samples, development sibling snapshots or local profiles are tracked in this repository.
The updater implementation uses electron-updater, an Ed25519-signed metadata envelope and SHA-512 artifact verification. It checks only compatible stable versions for the current platform and architecture, refuses downgrades, and requires native code-signature checks. Automatic checks run after startup and daily when enabled; download and restart require a choice. Installation flushes pending edits and makes a SQLite backup. Failed or offline checks keep the current app usable.
The source is public under MIT and the approved update endpoint is configured. Notarized 0.3.12 passed all 28 real signed 0.3.11 → 0.3.12 native-upgrade checks, preserving pending edits, stable IDs, exact PDFs, backups and preferences. Upgraded scene fractions, recovery and disclosure persistence passed after actual replacement/relaunch; existing Maps/O/C, record recovery and call times remain supported. Windows, Intel Mac and Linux distribution remain unvalidated. Only the public Ed25519 key ships; clients contain no GitHub token. Release instructions describe preparation/publication.
Fresh profiles start with one blank production and an empty shooting day. Bundled Last Light and legacy Quiet Hours demos and their load buttons have been removed. Existing saved/imported example-derived productions remain intact and loadable. Regression fixtures live under tests/fixtures/ and are excluded from app resources. Third-party licenses and font notices are in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.
Squid Productions’ original code and test-only fictional fixtures are MIT licensed. See LICENSE and THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md for unchanged third-party font/dependency licenses and branding notices. The test-only Last Light fixture retains its stable scene, shot and import IDs for compatibility checks.
Download the Apple Silicon Mac app (macOS 13+) or read the 0.3.12 release notes. Older prototypes need one manual installation to establish update trust. The existing workspace launcher retains .local-data; a currently running 0.3.3 app can install this update through its existing updater. Existing update-enabled installations can use Check for updates → Download update → Save, back up & restart.
Use a shooting day's right-click menu, Shift+F10, or its ⋯ button to Change Date or Delete. Date edits retain the stable day/source IDs and all contents; only that day's weather approval resets. Issued snapshots and original PDF bytes stay frozen. The sidebar/overview sort by date, keeping production order for equal dates; the underlying source schedule order is retained.
Deletion moves the complete day into Deleted days, saved with the project and its portable archive. It leaves production registers, other days and all issued revisions intact. Restore is available after reopening; Undo day change / Redo cover date/delete/restore operations during the current project session. The last day can be deleted, leaving an empty production that accepts new or restored days. Archives containing deleted days require reader version 3 so older clients refuse them safely.
Deletion confirmation starts enabled. Don't show again is remembered only after a successful confirmed deletion. Settings & help → Reset Warnings restores it. This preference is local to the app profile.
The four-pane icon beside Shooting Days opens every active day in scrollable week strips. Weeks run Monday–Sunday, display their date range and skip weeks without shooting dates; undated records have their own group. Choosing a week selects its first day; choosing a particular day reveals its week and page. The sidebar shows at most seven records, with additional paging for multi-unit weeks. Show selected day returns to an off-page selection. Week/page/selection are remembered per production.
For isolated Mac QA, build with python3 tools/package_mac.py --preview --out "build/shooting-days-preview/Script Call.app", then open Start Shooting Days Preview.command. The bundle embeds dedicated storage for direct launch, including settings, logs, crash diagnostics and backups, and blocks update downloads/install. It must remain in its development checkout. The regular installed app and launchers are separate. Run node --test tests/*.test.cjs and node tests/shooting-days-desktop.cjs; desktop dependencies use the existing CALLSHEET_PLAYWRIGHT override. Nothing in this development workflow publishes a release.
In Production Data → Cast / Crew, choose Cast availability / Crew availability beside Add. The spreadsheet shows every calendar date, including days off, with a 14-day navigator, date jump, person search and paged person rows. Sticky date/person headers and arrow-key navigation keep long productions manageable. Availability is attached to stable person IDs and production-local calendar dates; names and shooting-day dates do not reassign it. Dates outside the current shoot span and removed-person records are retained for recovery.
Choose Unknown / not entered, Available all day, Unavailable, or up to twelve time windows per date. Window starts are inclusive and ends are exclusive: 09:00–12:00 accepts a Personal Call at 09:00 or 11:59, but not 12:00. Use Ends next day for overnight windows. A next-day Unavailable entry overrides availability carried from the preceding night. Unknown time is advisory and never silently becomes confirmed availability or a hard conflict. Save explicitly in the cell editor; Cancel leaves the register unchanged. Availability undo/redo is available during the current project session.
Set the production default timezone before using the checks. Personal calls use their shooting-day timezone and day offset, converted to production-local availability dates, including overnight and daylight-saving transitions. Ambiguous/skipped local times remain unknown for availability checking. Ordinary date/time validation at issue review is unchanged.
Daily cast/crew rows turn red with a text/icon warning when Personal Call/start falls outside recorded hours or on an unavailable date. The warning shows the person, production-local date/time and allowed hours, and clears immediately when the start is corrected. Window ends remain exclusive. Preparation, scene duration, release and wrap do not extend this availability check, even when explicitly entered. Those fields stay stored, displayed in output where applicable, and retain their separate date/time validation. Missing personal calls and unknown availability stay neutral; O/C means available, not on set. New cast calls default to Shooting Call and crew calls to General crew call when defined. Existing manual calls are preserved. Availability is advisory: it never moves calls or blocks saving. Calling or uncalling a person retains the visible row and checkbox focus; Advanced disclosure choices stay with the production, day and person.
The register stays with save/reopen and portable project copies. Production Desk import/reimport retains manual availability without inferring availability from unsupported source fields. Legacy projects/archives still load; archives containing availability require reader version 4 so older apps refuse them safely. Existing issued snapshots and original PDF bytes remain untouched. Availability warnings are editor/review advice, not added to preserved PDFs.
Build a separate preview with python3 tools/package_mac.py --preview --out "build/availability-preview/Script Call.app". Start Availability Preview.command opens only that local preview with dedicated project/settings/log/backup storage. For automated QA set CALLSHEET_PREVIEW_HIDDEN=1; this affects preview builds only, keeps the window hidden and avoids competing with other Mac GUI work. npm run test:availability exercises synthetic data in disposable profiles. Preview commands do not publish or replace the installed app; distribution uses the separate gated release workflow.
Settings & help → Delete Production always opens a confirmation naming the selected production and explaining the full scope. Cancel leaves it active. Confirmation first saves pending edits and makes a local recovery backup, then removes only that production from the active list. Its shooting days (including deleted days), registers, schedules, calls, availability, layouts, import links, issued snapshots and original PDF bytes remain recoverable in Settings & help → Deleted productions. Restore retains the original identities and contents, including after reopening. Other productions, app preferences and external imported/exported files stay unchanged.
Deleting the last active production opens a new blank production. Restoring the deleted one leaves that blank production available too. Deleted productions stay in the local profile and database backups; exporting a different production does not include them. Restore a production before exporting it. No permanent purge is provided. Stale confirmations, repeated requests and saves from before a delete/restore are rejected; deletion is blocked while a PDF is being issued or when its recovery backup fails. Rapid backups use unique, ordered filenames so repeated delete/restore actions cannot overwrite a recovery copy.
Build a separate preview with python3 tools/package_mac.py --preview --out "build/production-delete-preview/Script Call.app". Its embedded direct-launch profile isolates projects, settings, logs, diagnostics and backups. node --test tests/*.test.cjs covers store/recovery regressions. The disposable Mac UI suite is node tests/production-deletion-desktop.cjs; it requires the session's explicit authorization for Playwright when a CUA-only restriction is active. Release QA also runs this suite against a disposable copy of the exact signed build via CALLSHEET_PRODUCTION_DELETE_APP. Never point a test at a real profile or installed user app.
Add Day defaults to the calendar date after the final active day in production sequence, independent of the selected day or the sidebar's date sorting. Manually edit the proposed date as needed. Duplicate Day keeps its selected source date. A first day or unusable preceding date retains the existing today fallback. Date arithmetic uses calendar dates in UTC so host timezone and daylight-saving transitions cannot skip or repeat a day. Existing day dates and IDs are untouched.
The isolated preview is build/next-day-preview/Script Call.app, with dedicated direct-launch profile storage. Distribution follows the gated release workflow; preview builds do not update or replace installed apps.
Production Data → Crew keeps Department editable and adds a native dropdown with the 17 supplied department presets. Type to filter, choose with the keyboard or mouse, or enter any custom name. Escape dismisses suggestions without accepting the highlighted option; typed text follows the existing autosave behavior. Tab follows normal form order. Existing department strings and crew grouping are not normalized, and cast fields remain unchanged. Distribution follows the gated release workflow; development previews keep dedicated storage and do not replace installed apps.
The Mac department UI suite (node tests/crew-departments-desktop.cjs) uses a visible isolated preview or a disposable signed bundle copy selected by CALLSHEET_CREW_DEPARTMENTS_APP. Coordinate the shared GUI before running it. Native popup keys use Electron's focused webContents.sendInputEvent; CDP keyboard events alone do not select this Mac native datalist in the tested runtime. The suite still verifies the actual selected value, normal focus, persistence, portable copies and unchanged issued PDFs.