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# novelWriter Changelog
## Version 1.3 Beta 1 [2021-03-28]
### Release Notes
This is a pre-release of 1.3. The primary feature of release 1.3 is the addition of
internationalisation (i18n) of novelWriter. The release introduces support for Portuguese, French,
and Norwegian in addition to the default English.
This is a beta release. Use with caution on live project.
### Detailed Changelog
**Internationalisation**
* Added support to the source code for internationalisation of the GUI. Thanks to Bruno Meneguello
(@bkmeneguello) for doing most of the work. Issue #93. PRs #673, #680 and #684.
* Build Novel Project localisation has been added as well. This is separate from the GUI
localisation as the project may not be written in the same language as the GUI is set to. PRs
#676 and #682.
* The text editor's auto-replace features now support inserting spaces automatically when replacing
quotes, as well as in front of major punctuation. These features are common for writing tools
supporting French and Spanish for instance. Issue #703. PR #704.
**User Interface**
* The Preferences dialog has been updated to be more responsive to varying text label lengths due
to different needs for different languages. PRs #687 and #711.
* The Project Settings dialog has been improved to be more consistent and user friendly across the
Status, Importance and Auto-Replace tabs. Issue #691. PR #695.
* The About dialog has been updated to contain more information on contributions. PR #698.
**Translations**
* Portuguese translation added by Bruno Meneguello (@bkmeneguello). PRs #673, #681, #686 and #697.
* Norwegian translation added by Veronica Olsen (@vkbo). PR #679.
* German translation added (Build tool only) by Marian Lückhof (@Number042). PR #683.
* French translation added by Jan Lüdke (@jyhelle). PRs #692, #711 and #713.
* American English added by Veronica Olsen (@vkbo). PR #693.
**Installation**
* Added i18n support to the setup script. PRs #673 and #729.
**Code Maintenance**
* The ISO lookup dictionary for language codes has been removed and replaced with the lookup
features available in Qt5 through QLocal. The remaining two source files in the constants folder
have been moved up a level as well. PRs #673 and #730.
----
## Version 1.2.2 [2021-03-28]
### Release Notes
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# The short X.Y version
version = "1.3"
# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
release = "1.3-alpha0"
release = "1.3-beta1"
# -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
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__author__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
__maintainer__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
__email__ = "code@vkbo.net"
__version__ = "1.3a0"
__hexversion__ = "0x010300a0"
__date__ = "2021-03-01"
__version__ = "1.3b1"
__hexversion__ = "0x010300b1"
__date__ = "2021-03-28"
__status__ = "Stable"
__domain__ = "novelwriter.io"
__url__ = "https://novelwriter.io"
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<h2>Release Notes for 1.2.2</h2>
<h2>Release Notes for 1.3 Beta 1</h2>
<p><i>Released on 28 March 2021</i></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>This is a pre-release of 1.3. The primary feature of release 1.3 is the addition of
internationalisation (i18n) of novelWriter. The release introduces support for Portuguese, French,
and Norwegian in addition to the default English.</p>
<p>This is a beta release. Use with caution on live project.</p>
<p><i>See also the <a href="https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/releases">Releases</a> page.</i></p>
<hr/>
<h2>Release Notes for 1.2.1</h2>
<p><i>Released on 21 March 2021</i></p>
<p>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.</p>
<hr/>
<h2>Release Notes for 1.2</h2>
<p><i>Released on 14 March 2021</i></p>
<p>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.</p>
<h3>The Build Novel Project Tool</h3>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<h3>Document Layout Automation</h3>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<h3>The Session Timer and Idle Time</h3>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<h3>Other Changes</h3>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.
</p>
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<h2>Release Notes for 1.2.2</h2>
<p><i>Released on 28 March 2021</i></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><i>See also the <a href="https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/releases">Releases</a> page.</i></p>
<hr/>
<h2>Release Notes for 1.2.1</h2>
<p><i>Released on 21 March 2021</i></p>
<p>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.</p>
<hr/>
<h2>Release Notes for 1.2</h2>
<p><i>Released on 14 March 2021</i></p>
<p>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.</p>
<h3>The Build Novel Project Tool</h3>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<h3>Document Layout Automation</h3>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<h3>The Session Timer and Idle Time</h3>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<h3>Other Changes</h3>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.
</p>
</body>
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<novelWriterXML appVersion="1.3a0" hexVersion="0x010300a0" fileVersion="1.2" timeStamp="2021-02-18 20:34:04">
<novelWriterXML appVersion="1.3b1" hexVersion="0x010300b1" fileVersion="1.2" timeStamp="2021-03-28 17:53:43">
<project>
<name>Sample Project</name>
<title>Sample Project</title>
<author>Jane Smith</author>
<author>Jay Doh</author>
<saveCount>1054</saveCount>
<saveCount>1057</saveCount>
<autoCount>166</autoCount>
<editTime>49435</editTime>
<editTime>49506</editTime>
</project>
<settings>
<doBackup>False</doBackup>