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<h2>Release Notes for 1.0 RC1</h2>
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<p>This is the first release candidate for the upcoming release of novelWriter 1.0.</p>
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<p>Since the fifth beta release about four weeks ago, not much has been changed in novelWriter. A
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few minor tweaks have been made to the GUI. A number of features and tools are now automatically
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switched off when there is no project or document open for those features to act upon. No serious
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bugs have been reported or encountered, and I feel it’s time to move on to the release candidates.
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Most of the minor changes should not be noticeable to most users. However, there are a couple of
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noticeable changes.</p>
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few minor tweaks have been made to the GUI.</p>
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<p>A number of features and tools are now automatically switched off when there is no project or
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document open for those features to act upon. Previously, this was a bit inconsistent, although no
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serious bugs have been reported or encountered.</p>
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<p>Most of the minor changes in this release should not be noticeable to most users. However, there
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are a couple of noticeable changes.</p>
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<h3>Typewriter Mode</h3>
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<p>The "Typewriter Mode" of the editor has been improved. Essentially, this feature is a sort of
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smart scroll. It tries to keep the cursor stationary in the vertical direction, and will try to
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scroll the document up when the cursor skips to a new line while typing (or down in case of
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backspace). This is similar to the way a typewriter scrolls the paper when hitting the return key.
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backspaces). This is similar to the way a typewriter scrolls the paper when hitting the return key.
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It improves the writing experience as the current active line will stay at the same eye height
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level on the screen.</p>
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<p>Previously, the feature would lock the cursor to a given vertical position defined by the user.
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Now, instead, the cursor will remain stationary in the vertical direction at any position the user
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sets it to by mouse click or keyboard navigation. The user can define a minimum distance from the
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top where this feature is activated. It makes it more flexible. The feature can be controlled from
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the main Preferences.</p>
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top where this feature is activated. These changes makes it more flexible in terms of where the
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focus is in the editor. The feature can be controlled from the main Preferences.</p>
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<h3>Switching Syntax Theme</h3>
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<p>It is now possible to switch syntax highlighting theme without restarting novelWriter.
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Previously, changing the theme would only half-way update the document, header and footer
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background and text colour. The new settings would not be applied until the application was shut
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down and started again. This makes it a bit tedious to look through themes to find the one you
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want. This issue has now been resolved.</p>
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background and text colours. The new settings would not be fully applied until the application was
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shut down and started again, thus making it a bit tedious to look through syntax themes to find the
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one you want.</p>
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<p>Switching main GUI theme still requires a restart.</p>
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<p><i>The full changelog is available
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<a href="https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md">here</a>.</i></p>
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