Released on 30 August 2021
+ +This is a patch release fixing an issue with the auto-replace feature for single and double +quotes. The issue appears when using the new indent and text alignment codes followed by a quote +symbol, and quotes following a tab or non-breaking space.
+ +See also the Releases page.
+ +Released on 27 July 2021
This release fixes a couple of minor issue with some of the dialog boxes. The fix was accidentally left out of release 1.4.
-See also the Releases page.
-Released on 3 February 2021
-This patch release fixes a couple of minor issues with the Preferences dialog and the behaviour -of one of the keyboard shortcuts.
-Aside from these fixes, the main point of this patch is to add new setup features for -novelWriter on Windows. A Windows installer will no longer be provided for the foreseeable future, -and instead functionality has been added to the main setup script to create desktop and start menu -icons.
- -The full changelog is available -here.
- -Released on 24 January 2021
-This patch release fixes a minor bug sometimes encountered when running novelWriter from command -line on Windows. In addition, the Solarized Dark and Solarized Light themes have been added to the -selection of GUI and syntax themes by a user contribution.
-The main change in this release is to the install scripts and the documentation related to -installing and running novelWriter. The primary change is a different method of packaging the app -for Windows. Instead of building an .exe file, the new setup instead builds a runnable zip -file .pyz. The executable would often be mistakenly flagged by virus control software due to -the packaging tools. This is a known problem with pyinstaller and similar tools, but such warnings -are always concerning even if they are false positives.
- -Released on 19 January 2021
-This patch release fixes a few minor cosmetic issues, a minor issue with the indexer, and a bug -when adding words to the user's own spell check dictionary. Additionally, the documentation has -been updated based on user feedback, and some install issues resolved.
- -Released on 10 January 2021
-This release is mainly to bring the documentation up to date, as I forgot to update the install -instructions in the original 1.0 release. I also forgot to change the various settings and help -texts that describe novelWriter as under initial development (beta state).
-Some minor improvements have been made to the "Edit Project Item" dialog and some restrictions -on the settings available for documents created in the "Outtakes" folder relaxed. A few minor -issues with the document and project changed icons on the status bar have also been resolved. The -indicators were previously set to changed status even if no actual change had been made to the -project.
- -Released on 3 January 2021
-Based on my own testing and usage, and no serious bugs discovered in quite some time (aside from -a few corner case issues), it appears that novelWriter is stable enough for a 1.0 release. Thanks -to all the new users who keep providing feedback on bugs, cosmetic issues, or suggesting -improvements and new features. I'm glad to hear that others find my application useful, and I will -keep making improvements as I get new suggestions and have new ideas myself. At the same time, I -will continue to keep novelWriter simple and clean and avoid feature-bloat.
-This release mainly fixes cosmetic and other minor issues to the user interface and makes a few -minor improvements to some less used features. Aside from this, nothing major has changed since the -last release candidate.
-This release concludes over two years of tinkering with this project. The project grew out of -numerous lunch and coffee discussions with my colleague Marian Lückhof at my former job. We were -both looking for a tool for writing novels on Linux that suited our needs. We started assembling a -wish list of features that has become novelWriter. In addition, users on GitHub have continued to -test new features, provide very helpful feedback, and make new suggestions for improvements. -Especially the feedback from @johnblommers has been helpful during much of the initial development -time. Over the last months more users have started posting ideas and feedback. Thanks to all of you -for your contributions.
-The 1.0 release is intended as a first release of the core features of novelWriter. That does -not mean that all planned features have been fully implemented. There is a long list of ideas and -suggestions to consider and implement. New ideas and suggestions are welcome. Either as feature -requests in the issue tracker, or if not fully formed, can be discussed on the -discussions page. - -
Released on 13 December 2020
-This second release candidate for 1.0 comes with only minor changes and improvements, and a -handful of minor bugfixes.
-Among the improvements is the addition of all the possible @-keywords for tags and references to -the "Insert" menu under the sub-menu "Tags and References". The "Help" menu has also received a few -improvements and additional links to useful webpages. This release also adds a "Release" notes tab -to the "About novelWriter" dialog. The release notes are displayed automatically the first time you -launch novelWriter after updating to a new version.
-Among the fixes is better support for high resolution screens. A few elements on the GUI did not -scale properly, among them the document editor and viewer header and footer. These were clipped on -high res screens due to an underlying issue with the Qt widget underestimating how much space it -required to accommodate the text. Unfortunately, dragging the novelWriter app between screens of -different scaling factors is not currently supported. However, the GUI should scale properly to the -scaling factor on the screen it is opened on.
-The work leading up to this release has mostly been focused on improving the test coverage of -the source code of novelWriter. This helps to ensure that the code does what it is intended to do, -and is able to handle corner cases and unexpected external errors and user actions that may occur. -While writing these tests, a number of minor potential issues have been uncovered and handled. Most -of these are corner cases that may not even be reachable by unexpected user actions.
-Hopefully, these changes have resulted in an even more stable version of novelWriter. If no more -issues are discovered, the next release will be the final version 1.0 release.
- -Released on 16 November 2020
-This is the first release candidate for the upcoming release of novelWriter 1.0.
-Since the fifth beta release about four weeks ago, not much has been changed in novelWriter. A -few minor tweaks have been made to the GUI.
-A number of features and tools are now automatically switched off when there is no project or -document open for those features to act upon. Previously, this was a bit inconsistent, although no -serious bugs have been reported or encountered.
-Most of the minor changes in this release should not be noticeable to most users. However, there -are a couple of noticeable changes.
-The "Typewriter Mode" of the editor has been improved. Essentially, this feature is a sort of -smart scroll. It tries to keep the cursor stationary in the vertical direction, and will try to -scroll the document up when the cursor skips to a new line while typing (or down in case of -backspaces). This is similar to the way a typewriter scrolls the paper when hitting the return key. -It improves the writing experience as the current active line will stay at the same eye height -level on the screen.
-Previously, the feature would lock the cursor to a given vertical position defined by the user. -Now, instead, the cursor will remain stationary in the vertical direction at any position the user -sets it to by mouse click or keyboard navigation. The user can define a minimum distance from the -top where this feature is activated. These changes makes it more flexible in terms of where the -focus is in the editor. The feature can be controlled from the main Preferences.
-It is now possible to switch syntax highlighting theme without restarting novelWriter. -Previously, changing the theme would only half-way update the document, header and footer -background and text colours. The new settings would not be fully applied until the application was -shut down and started again, thus making it a bit tedious to look through syntax themes to find the -one you want.
-Switching main GUI theme still requires a restart.
- - - diff --git a/nw/assets/text/release_notes_1.1.htm b/nw/assets/text/release_notes_1.1.htm deleted file mode 100644 index 4db3412f..00000000 --- a/nw/assets/text/release_notes_1.1.htm +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ - - - - -Released on 21 February 2021
-This patch makes a couple of minor improvements to the GUI. The keyboard shortcut for deleting -entries in the project tree has been changed from "Ctrl+Del" to "Ctrl+Shift+Del" to free up that -shortcut for the document editor. It is now possible to use the shortcut for deleting the word in -front of the cursor, a common and useful feature of many text editors.
-The way the negative word count filter option works on the Writing Statistics tool has been -changed to be more intuitive. Enabling this filter now appears to remove all negative entries -without altering the other entries. Previously, the removed negative counts would be included in -the following entries to make it consistent with the total word count. In addition, writing -sessions shorter than five minutes, and with no change in the word count, are no longer recorded in -the session log file.
-Other changes include improving the speed of the internal spell checker, used when the Enchant -spell check library isn't available. The internal spell checker is no longer significantly slower, -but is still lacking in functionality compared to Enchant.
- -See also the Releases page.
- -Released on 7 February 2021
-The main change in this release is the addition of a new tab to the project tree on the left -side of the main window. The regular project tree is now on a tab named "Project", while a new tab -named "Novel" displays a simpler version of the information on the main "Outline" page. It lists -all the headers of the novel part of the project, as well as the word count and point-of-view -character of each section. This is an alternative way to navigate the novel part of the project. -The various tree views are now also kept better in sync when the user selects various documents and -headers.
-In addition, a new information dialog named "Project Details" has been added. It replaces the -"Details" tab in "Project Settings", and adds more information about the novel part of the project. -In particular, a "Table of Contents" in the "Contents" tab displays a summary of the main parts -and chapters of the project, their total word counts, and an estimated page count. This was made in -response to users asking for ways to estimate the total page count of the project. The page count -is estimated based on a words per page setting, which can be changed on the dialog window.
-Since the tabs below the project tree now add some extra room on the GUI, some convenient -buttons have been added in the same area, with direct access to "Project Details", "Writing -Statistics" and "Project Setting".
-A few other minor changes have been made as well. The Preferences dialog has been improved with -clearer categories and hopefully better help text. Some new options have been added too. They allow -syntax highlighting of multi-paragraph quotes. The highlighter can now optionally accept quotes to -be left "hanging", that is, no closing quote in the same paragraph.
- - - diff --git a/nw/assets/text/release_notes_1.2.htm b/nw/assets/text/release_notes_1.2.htm deleted file mode 100644 index 864521b1..00000000 --- a/nw/assets/text/release_notes_1.2.htm +++ /dev/null @@ -1,104 +0,0 @@ - - - - - -Released on 28 March 2021
-This patch release is a bug fix release addressing some inconsistencies and issues with the -document header buttons when Focus Mode is active. The keyboard shortcuts for search and replace -should now also work in Focus Mode. In addition, the setup script for novelWriter has been improved -when installing on Windows.
- -See also the Releases page.
- -Released on 21 March 2021
-This patch release is a bug fix release addressing issues with the document editor's search and -replace tool. Due to some recently added restrictions on when various tools are active, depending -on which part of the main window has the user's focus, the search tool keyboard shortcuts and -buttons were blocked when they shouldn't. This release resolves these issues.
- -Released on 14 March 2021
-This release is mainly focused on the Build Novel Project tool. Completely new export classes -have been written to support Open Document and Markdown exports. In addition, the way document -layouts are handled have been automated a little to assist the user in keeping header levels and -document layout flags in sync. The third new additoion is the ability to record and log idle time -during a writing session to improve the writing statistics information as requested by several -users. Finally, it is now possible to directly edit the project dictionary via a new, simple GUI -dialog.
- -The main changes for this release are to the Build Novel Project tool. The Open Document export, -as well as the Markdown export, is now handled entirely by code written for novelWriter. -Previously, these export features depended on the underlying Qt library's save routines connected -to the preview document shown in the build dialog. Using this method of export both meant that the -content of the document was dependent on the preview being generated first, and it also meant that -the exported document had limited support for novelWriter-specific features and custom formatting. -The new export class should generate a much better result, especially for the Open Document -formats. The Open Document standard is supported by Open Office, Libre Office, Google Docs, -Microsoft Word, and probably a number of other applications too. The Markdown export hasn't changed -a lot, but should be a slight improvement on the previous export feature.
-These changes to the build tool also imply that the saving process is now independent of the -content of the preview window, meaning you don't have to rebuild the preview before saving, which -was previously the case. To make this more consistent, the PDF export option has been moved to the -print button as it is actually a print-to-file feature under the hood, not technically a proper PDF -export format. It is exactly the same as printing to file from the print preview dialog.
-In addition to the changes to the export features, the Build Novel Project tool now also has -controls for line height, which applies to all rich text export formats, and the option to replace -unicode characters with appropriate html entities for html export.
- -Among other changes in this release are a few improvements to the process of creating and -changing documents. When a new document is first created, the header is generated from the assigned -label and layout.
-In addition, for some document layouts, when the user changes the header level of the first -header of the document, the document layout setting is updated accordingly. This should reduce the -need for the user to maintain two ways of assigning the role of a given document. This automation -only applies to combinations of header level and current document layouts where there is no -ambiguity. For instance, changing the header level in a "Scene" document from level 3 to 2 changes -the document layout automatically to "Chapter". But changing the first header of a "Book" layout -document from 1 to 2 does not change the document's layout as the "Book" layout is a generic -document layout and it's perfectly reasonable for its first header to be a chapter header.
-Keep in mind that novelWriter treats documents with layout "Book", "Chapter" and "Scene" exactly -the same during exports. The distinction is only meant as a way to indicate the purpose of a -document in the project tree. This new automation is meant to assist in keeping this information up -to date. The other layouts do have an effect on formatting during export, and are generally left -alone.
- -Another change that has been requested by a couple of users is to have the session timer in the -status bar stop counting when the user is inactive (idle). This feature is optional, and can be -controlled from Preferences. The definition of "idle" in this context is either that the user is -active in a different application than novelWriter (loss of focus) or that the user has not made -any changes to the current document for a given amount of time. The time threshold is by default -five minutes, but can be altered in Preferences.
-In addition, the idle time is also recorded in the session log, and can be viewed in the Writing -Statistics dialog and exported with the rest of the information. The idle time is recorder in the -logs regardless of whether the status bar clock takes idle time into consideration or not. So even -if you turn off the idle time switch in Preferences, the other idle time setting still affects the -writing stats log entries.
- -The user dictionary of the project, where words added to the dictionary from the document editor -go, can now be viewed and edited with a new "Project Word List" tool in the "Tools" menu.
-A small additional feature added is also the ability to undo the last move of an item in the -project tree. The keyboard shortcut for this is `Ctrl+Shift+Z`, or it can be accessed from the -menu. The feature can only undo the last move, but it includes both documents moved to trash, moves -by up/down keypress or menu entries, and drag and drop moves.
-A new keyword has been added to mark characters in the story. The new keyword is intended to tag -a character as the focus character for a chapter or scene. This is useful for stories where the -point-of-view character and the focus character are different.
-Lastly, two bugfixes have been made as well. The Empty Trash feature was no longer working due -to an earlier fix solving another issue. The feature has now been restored. In addition, the -indexer now checks that a keyword (tag or reference) is valid before saving it to the index. -Previously, an invalid keyword could be saved to the index and potentially crash the application. -
- - - diff --git a/nw/assets/text/release_notes_1.3.htm b/nw/assets/text/release_notes_1.3.htm deleted file mode 100644 index e0f6882f..00000000 --- a/nw/assets/text/release_notes_1.3.htm +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ - - - - -Released on 13 June 2021
-This patch release fixes a potential file encoding issue when running setup on Windows, and a -minor issue with the project word count not being updated immediately when a file is deleted. In -addition, the keyboard shortcuts to change focus between the project tree, the editor, the viewer, -and the outline panel, have been changed for Windows users. They keyboard shortcuts were -interfering with the Alt codes used for special characters. The shortcuts are unchanged for Linux -and macOS.
- -See also the Releases page.
- -Released on 30 May 2021
-This is a patch release that fixes some minor issues. One issue was with the split tool, which -would drop the last line from the source document during a split if it was missing a final line -break. A minor issue with the display of word counts on the details panel under the project tree -has also been fixed. In addition, the setup script commands for Linux have been improved a bit.
- -Released on 6 May 2021
-This is a patch release primarily to fix a problem with the Qt translation library used to make -novelWriter available in multiple languages. One of the function calls made to the library was -added recently, in Qt 5.15, which many users on Linux will not have installed on their system. The -issue could be resolved by updating the library, but it's an unnecessary and inconvenient -restriction.
- -Released on 2 May 2021
-The main feature of the 1.3 release is internationalisation. The release introduces support for -Portuguese, French, and Norwegian for the main GUI, in addition to the default English. The -settings for choosing the GUI language can be found in the main Preferences.
-The implementation is such that the projects themselves can use a different language than the -one selected for the GUI. To allow for better support for multiple language projects, the Build -Novel Project tool has the added option to select the language of the injected text into exported -documents. In particularly for the number words that can be added for chapter headers. Available -languages here are the same as mentioned above for the main GUI, plus German.
-Settings have also been added in Preferences to allow for automatic injection of spaces or -non-breaking spaces in front of, or behind, certain characters. These are features generally -available in text editors for French, but the implementation in novelWriter simply makes them a -free text box where you can list all characters or symbols where you want a space added -automatically.
-The translation files for this release have been provided by Bruno Meneguello for the Portuguese -translation, by Jan Lüdke (jyhelle) for the French translation, by Veronica Berglyd Olsen for the -Norwegian translation as well as the minor modifications for US English, and Marian Lückhof -provided the translation file for chapter numbers in German.
-The work to rewrite novelWriter to allow for internationalisation was done by Bruno Meneguello -and Veronica Berglyd Olsen.
- - - diff --git a/sample/nwProject.nwx b/sample/nwProject.nwx index 81b82b5e..af9892e8 100644 --- a/sample/nwProject.nwx +++ b/sample/nwProject.nwx @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -