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.
+ +This is a preview release of novelWriter 1.4. It contains some new features and a lot of code +refactoring. This release is a testing release, and may contain bugs. Please be careful when using +this version to work on your projects.
+Below are the main feature changes of this release.
+ +The way line breaks inside paragraphs work has been changed. A single line break is now treated +as a proper line break and will show up in the document viewer and exported documents. A single +line break does not start a new paragraph, but forces a break inside the paragraph like a Shift + +Enter does in most rich text editors. Two line breaks is still needed to start a new paragraph.
+The old syntax of adding two spaces to force a line break within a paragraph will still work +as before, so there is no need to change your existing text if you've used this feature. However, +there is a new highlighting feature that will show you where in the text you have redundant spaces. +If you are used to having double spaces between sentences, you may want to switch off this +highlighting feature in Preferences as it will also detect those.
+A helper function has been added to the Format menu that can look through a paragraph and remove +line breaks in case you've been using line breaks inside your existing text under the assumption +that the exporter and viewer will ignore them.
+I hope this change will not be too inconvenient. I believe the new behaviour will make more +sense for most people. Especially considering some of the feedback I've gotten on how line breaks +work. The original implementation was following the Markdown standard, but since novelWriter is not +a proper Markdown editor and instead just borrows from Markdown, this behaviour always seemed a bit +unnecessary.
+ +The default text alignment is left or justified based on your preferences. For documents with +the layout set to Title Page or Partitions, the default is centred. However, sometimes you may +want to override this default. A new set of codes have therefore been added to allow specifying +alignment as well as additional text margins on individual paragraphs.
+The logic of the syntax is as follows:
+A single angle bracket will push the text away from the edge it points away from. Therefore, a +single '>' before the paragraph, or a single '<' after the paragraph, will add indentation on +the respective side. It's perfectly valid to do this on both sides at the same time.
+A double set of angle brackets will push the text all the way towards the opposite aide. +Therefore, a double set of '>>' before the paragraph will indicate right alignment, and a +double set of '<<' after the paragraph will force left alignment. Also here both can be used +at the same time, which results in the paragraph being centred.
+Format menu entries and keyboard shortcuts have been added so that you don't have to memorise +these codes.
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/nw/assets/text/release_notes_1.3.htm b/nw/assets/text/release_notes_1.3.htm new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e0f6882f --- /dev/null +++ b/nw/assets/text/release_notes_1.3.htm @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ + + + + +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 067fa0a3..491cfadf 100644 --- a/sample/nwProject.nwx +++ b/sample/nwProject.nwx @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -