Added update coding to the program, as well as fixed it so search lets you autocomplete.

update_checker.py

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+# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# update_checker.py  (fold this into main.py or import it)
+# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+import requests
+import webbrowser
+from tkinter import messagebox
+
+# Fill in your GitHub “owner/repo” here:
+GITHUB_REPO = "YourUsername/YourRepo"
+
+
+def check_for_updates(local_version: str, repo: str) -> None:
+    """
+    1. Hits GitHub’s API: /repos/{repo}/releases/latest  
+    2. Reads the "tag_name" of the latest release (e.g. "v1.2.60" or "1.2.60").  
+    3. Strips any leading "v" and compares semver (major, minor, patch) tuples.  
+    4. If GitHub’s version > local_version, prompts user to open the Releases page.
+    """
+    api_url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{repo}/releases/latest"
+    try:
+        resp = requests.get(api_url, timeout=5)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
+        data = resp.json()
+        tag = data.get("tag_name", "").lstrip("v")
+    except Exception:
+        return  # silently do nothing on network or JSON errors
+
+    def to_tuple(v: str):
+        parts = [int(x) for x in v.split(".") if x.isdigit()]
+        return tuple(parts)
+
+    try:
+        if to_tuple(tag) > to_tuple(local_version):
+            answer = messagebox.askyesno(
+                "Update Available",
+                f"A newer release ({tag}) is available on GitHub.\n"
+                f"You’re currently on {local_version}.\n\n"
+                "Would you like to open the Releases page?"
+            )
+            if answer:
+                webbrowser.open(
+                    data.get("html_url", f"https://github.com/{repo}/releases/latest")
+                )
+    except Exception:
+        pass

versioning.py

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+# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# versioning.py  (you could put this at the top of main.py or in its own file)
+# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+import subprocess
+import shlex
+
+# Only bump these when you deliberately want to release a new major/minor:
+MAJOR = 0
+MINOR = 1
+
+# Fallback “build” if not in a Git repo (e.g. when you zip up or PyInstaller‐bundle).
+# In that scenario, commit‐count detection will fail and we’ll use this.
+__version__ = f"{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.0"
+
+
+def get_local_version() -> str:
+    """
+    Try to get the current Git‐based build number via:
+        git rev-list --count HEAD
+    This returns an integer count of commits on HEAD. We build a version string:
+        "<MAJOR>.<MINOR>.<commit_count>"
+    If anything fails (no Git, or not in a repo), we fall back to __version__.
+    """
+    try:
+        # This returns something like "57\n" if there have been 57 commits.
+        p = subprocess.run(
+            shlex.split("git rev-list --count HEAD"),
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+            check=True,
+            text=True
+        )
+        build = p.stdout.strip()
+        # Construct "MAJOR.MINOR.build"
+        return f"{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{build}"
+    except Exception:
+        # Either git isn’t installed or this isn’t a Git checkout.
+        return __version__