Bump to 2.5 beta 1 and update changelog
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# novelWriter Changelog
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## Version 2.5 Beta 1 [2024-05-26]
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### Release Notes
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This is a beta release of the next release version, and is intended for testing purposes. Please be
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careful when using this version on live writing projects, and make sure you take frequent backups.
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### Detailed Changelog
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**General Changes**
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* novelWriter now requires Python 3.9 and Qt 5.15 as a minimum. That means Ubuntu 20.04 and older
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are no longer supported for the Debian packages. Users on Ubuntu 20.04 and equivalent Linux
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distros must use the AppImage. PRs #1826 and #1833.
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**Major Features**
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* Status and Importance icons can now be assigned a shape in addition to a colour. Issue #1786.
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PRs #1810 and #1819.
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* Footnotes have been added. They use a modified comment format for specifying the footnote text,
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and a shortcode for inserting the footnote into the text. They are linked via a key. If the
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footnote is inserted via the **Insert** menu, a unique key is generated. Issue #342. PR #1832.
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* Comments in general now support formatting, so format tags work just like in regular text. This
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was needed for footnotes, but has been expanded to include all comments. PR #1832.
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* Two new themes have been added. Dracula is available as a set for both the GUI and the editor.
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Snazzy Light is available for syntax only, but works well with the default light GUI theme.
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PR #1840.
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* Character dialogue highlighting has been completely redesigned. The highlighting rule now
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specifically relates to dialogue, and not just quoted text in general. To that effect, more rules
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for detecting what is and isn't dialogue has been added. This is designed to support difference
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between dialogue conventions in different languages. Issues #1770 and #1771. PR #1864.
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* The font settings in Preferences now considers the full range of font options, in particular font
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style and weight. The changes include the font size in these settings, so the additional setting
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for font size has been removed. Use the font dialog to pick size as well. Due to this removal,
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the font size has been reset to default and must be set again by the user. Issue #1733. PR #1881.
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* The document viewer and the manuscript preview now uses a completely new class to generate the
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formatted text. The old method used an outdated HTML format as the go-between, which restricted
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what formatting could be applied. The main noticeable change to users at the moment should be the
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size of headings, that now match the size in the editor. Issue #1882. PR #1892.
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**Improvements**
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* The default dark theme has been redesigned to match the GUI theme a little better, and is now
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also consistent with the default light themes. PRs #1836 and #1840.
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* Special comments now have a different text colour than plain comments. PR #1836.
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* The various Tomorrow themes are now a little more consistent in what colours are used for which
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components. More variation has also been added. PR #1840.
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* The Tango theme has been updated. PR #1840.
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* The last cursor position is now always saved when a document is closed in the editor, even if the
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content has not been changed. PR #1849.
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* The settings for first line indent have now been extended to allow setting how deep the indents
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are and whether or not to indent the first paragraph after a heading or break. The settings have
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also moved from being Open Document specific to the general formatting tab for manuscripts.
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PR #1857.
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* Preserving in-paragraph line breaks is now a general Manuscript setting that applies to all
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output formats. PR #1891.
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* The Manuscript builds now also uses the full font settings of the selected output font, not just
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the font family and size option. Since the size option has been merged into the general font
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choice, the separate font size setting has been dropped and users must set it again. PR #1891.
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* It is now possible to disable the usage of the font selection dialog from your operating system.
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At least on Linux Gnome desktops, the system's font dialog lacks a lot of the selection options
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available in the font dialog provided with Qt. PR #1891.
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**Bugfixes**
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* Fixed an issue where Manuscript dialogs would be left open if the project was closed. PR #1844.
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* First line indents are no longer reset after a comment. Issue #1852. PR #1857.
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**Packaging**
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* Minimal zip file release packages can no longer be built from the package utility script. The zip
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file needed for building the Windows installer is still available. PR #1826.
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* Added build packages for AARCH64 on MacOS. It seems some dependencies still prevents it from
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being installed cleanly without requiring some virtualisation feature, but it works. PR #1829.
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* AppImages are now released with Python 3.12. PR #1829.
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**Other Changes**
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* A new GUI theme setting for error text has been added. It is used when error messages need to be
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displayed on the GUI. PR #1880.
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**Code Improvements**
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* The behaviour of dialogs across various platforms has been unified and improved a little to
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ensure more consistent behaviour. It is mostly related to modality and z-order. There are still
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limitations due to platform restrictions, like non-modal dialogs being stuck on top on Linux
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Wayland. PR #1844.
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* Some GUI components have been improved and refactored to rely more on signals and slots rather
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than reaching into each other's classes and calling methods. This is a little more robust.
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PR #1849.
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* The text tokenizer used to parse the formatting codes in novelWriter has been refactored and
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improved. In particular, multi-line paragraphs are now processed during the second pass of
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tokenization rather than when the final format is applied. This allows a much more compact format
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of the token data, and avoid potential inconsistencies between the various output formats.
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PR #1885.
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----
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## Version 2.4.3 [2024-05-20]
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### Release Notes
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@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ __license__ = "GPLv3"
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__author__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
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__maintainer__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
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__email__ = "code@vkbo.net"
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__version__ = "2.5a4"
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__hexversion__ = "0x020500a4"
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__date__ = "2024-05-13"
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__version__ = "2.5b1"
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__hexversion__ = "0x020500b1"
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__date__ = "2024-05-26"
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__status__ = "Stable"
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__domain__ = "novelwriter.io"
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
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<novelWriterXML appVersion="2.5a3" hexVersion="0x020500a3" fileVersion="1.5" fileRevision="4" timeStamp="2024-05-02 21:45:22">
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<project id="e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abea" saveCount="1918" autoCount="274" editTime="87508">
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<novelWriterXML appVersion="2.5b1" hexVersion="0x020500b1" fileVersion="1.5" fileRevision="4" timeStamp="2024-05-26 16:42:34">
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<project id="e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abea" saveCount="1932" autoCount="274" editTime="87817">
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<name>Sample Project</name>
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<author>Jane Smith</author>
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</project>
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