Bump version to 2.4 and update changelog

CHANGELOG.md

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 # novelWriter Changelog
 
+## Version 2.4 [2024-04-20]
+
+### Release Notes
+
+This release adds a new global search feature. The tool is still relatively basic, and will likely
+be extended in later releases.
+
+Among new text editing features is the ability to highlight text using `[m]text[/m]` shortcodes.
+The code `[m]` is for "mark", which is the equivalent code in HTML.
+
+A second feature added for text editing is the ability to add an alternatively formatted scene
+heading by adding a `!` to the markup, like for chapters and main titles. This allows to
+distinguish between two scene formatting styles, `### Title` and `###! Title`, which can for
+instance be used for soft and hard scene breaks.
+
+The **Manuscript Build** tool has also been extended with multiple new formatting options.
+
+See the website for complete [Release Notes](https://novelwriter.io/releases/release_2_4.html).
+
+### Detailed Changelog
+
+**Bugfixes**
+
+* Fixed background colour on some widgets on the new Project Search tool. PR #1800.
+* Fixed a bug when using bold/italic/strike through toggle on an existing text selection in the
+  editor. Issue #1807. PR #1808.
+* An index out of bounds error in the word counter has been fixed. It could only be triggered by a
+  single line only containing a ">" character. Issues #1816 and #1825. PR #1817.
+* Fixed an issue where not all theme colours were completely reset before changing theme. PR #1820.
+* Shortcodes are no longer passed to the spell checker. PR #1823.
+
+**Improvements**
+
+* Made placeholder text for search read as "Search for" and "Replace with". PR #1799.
+* The initial count for adding chapter and scenes to new project in the Welcome dialog has been
+  changed to 0. The user must now select to add chapters and scenes. Issue #1811. PR #1815.
+
+**Documentation**
+
+* Updated the documentation for 2.4 features. PR #1818.
+
+**Internationalisation**
+
+* Norwegian and US English translations updated by Veronica Berglyd Olsen (@vkbo).
+  PRs #1799 and #1814.
+* Latin American Spanish translation updated by Tommy Marplatt (@tmarplatt). PR #1814.
+* Italian translation updated by Lou Cyper (loucyper1). PR #1814.
+* Japanese translation updated by @hebekeg. PR #1814.
+* French translation updated by Albert Aribaud (@aaribaud). PR #1821.
+* German translation updated by Myian (@HeyMyian). PR #1821.
+
+----
+
 ## Version 2.4 RC 1 [2024-04-06]
 
 ### Release Notes

novelwriter/__init__.py

@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ __license__    = "GPLv3"
 __author__     = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __maintainer__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __email__      = "code@vkbo.net"
-__version__    = "2.4rc1"
-__hexversion__ = "0x020400c1"
-__date__       = "2024-04-06"
+__version__    = "2.4"
+__hexversion__ = "0x020400f0"
+__date__       = "2024-04-20"
 __status__     = "Stable"
 __domain__     = "novelwriter.io"
 

sample/nwProject.nwx

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 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<novelWriterXML appVersion="2.4rc1" hexVersion="0x020400c1" fileVersion="1.5" fileRevision="3" timeStamp="2024-04-06 15:52:29">
-  <project id="e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abea" saveCount="1699" autoCount="264" editTime="83349">
+<novelWriterXML appVersion="2.4" hexVersion="0x020400f0" fileVersion="1.5" fileRevision="3" timeStamp="2024-04-20 15:25:00">
+  <project id="e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abea" saveCount="1701" autoCount="264" editTime="83373">
     <name>Sample Project</name>
     <author>Jane Smith</author>
   </project>