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# novelWriter Changelog
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## Version 2.1 Beta 1 [2023-07-30]
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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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Please check the changelog for an overview of changes. The full release notes will be added to the
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final release.
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### Detailed Changelog
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**Usability**
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* When the main window is resized, the change in size is only assigned to the editor and viewer. To
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resize the project tree area, its slider needs to be moved. PR #1388.
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* The default text font on MacOS is now Helvetica instead of Courier. Issue #1463. PR #1479.
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* Backup files now contain the project name again. Issue #1476. PR #1484.
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* The backup success dialog now displays the file size of the backup file. Issue #1453. PR #1484.
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* New root folders in the Project Tree now appear next to the root folder of the item selected when
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the request to make the root folder was made. Previously, it would appear at the bottom of the
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Project Tree. Issue #1259. PR #1487.
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**Features**
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* A new Manuscript Build Tool has been added. The new tool allows for detailed handling of which
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documents are included in a build, as well as a much better tool for formatting headers. It also
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allows for saving multiple build presets. PRs #1389 and #1466. Issues #971, #1315 and #1448.
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* Exported ODT documents now have an accessible style for scene separators. It is also possible to
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define page size and margin sizes from the new build tool. Issue #622. PR #1477.
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* A proper light colour theme has been added. The default theme will usually default to light
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colours, but in Qt6 it will not depending on host OS settings, so creating a proper light theme
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is needed. This also allows for some tweaking of the colours. The contrast of the dark theme has
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been improved a bit as well, and a default icon theme is now selected based on the lightness of
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the background if an icon theme is not specified in the theme definition file.
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Issues #1472 and #1473. PR #1475.
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* Documents, folders and root folders can now be duplicated from the Project Tree, including all
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child elements. The duplicated content is stored next to the source items, and can then be moved
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to wherever the user wants a copy. Issue #1469. PR #1480.
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* A set of new keyboard shortcuts have been added to make some types of navigation in the Project
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Tree easier. `Alt+Up` and `Alt+Down` will move between sibling items in the tree, skipping child
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items. `Alt+Left` will move to the parent of the selected item without triggering the collapse of
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the node like the `Left` key does. `Alt+Right` does the reverse, and both expands the node and
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moves to the first child in one click. Issue #1348. PRs #1488 and #1489.
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**Packaging and Installation**
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* Support for Python 3.7 is no longer maintained, but has not officially been dropped. It is
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expected to be dropped for the final release of 2.1. PR #1452.
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* The `lxml` package has been removed from the source code, dropping it as a dependency of
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novelWriter. The standard Python `xml` library is used instead. The standard library is somewhat
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limited, which is why it wasn't originally used, but when dropping support for Python 3.7, it is
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now good alternative. Issue #1257. PR #1452.
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* The `setup.py` file has been removed. The custom packaging utilities in the old `setup.py` file
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are now available in `pkgutils.py` instead. Issues #1437 and #1438. PR #1483.
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**Code Improvements**
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* All imports of modules are now direct imports instead of going via init files. All subfolder init
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files have been reduced to empty files. PR #1262.
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* The mocking of the main config object in the test suite has been rewritten to be easier to deal
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with when writing tests. The new approach also removes the need to access the config object via
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an attribute in many classes, and is now instead accessed directly. This should give a tiny
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performance boost as a bonus. PR #1447.
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* The building of manuscript documents from novelWriter source text is now handled by a core
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builder class, thus separating it from any GUI module. Previously, this was baked into the build
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tool. PR #1316.
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* SVG icons have been optimised in terms of storage size and object complexity. PR #1456.
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* The file names for the project meta data files have been simplified and references to legacy
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formats removed. The wordlist has been converted to a JSON file, and the session log to a JSON
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Lines file. All old files are renamed or converted on the fly when opening the project. PR #1464.
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* The core project item and tree classes have been modified to improve how items, and in
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particular, orphaned items are handled. These are mostly internal changes that simplifies how
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items are accessed in the source code. Issue #1481. PR #1482.
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* Many of the above PRs adds type annotations to classes and functions in the source code. These
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will be added gradually to the entire source code going forward.
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## Version 2.0.7 [2023-04-16]
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### Release Notes
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@@ -208,7 +287,7 @@ dialog box, replacing the Credits section on the main About tab.
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* Update Chinese translation. PR #1298.
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* Update Norwegian, US English, German and Spanish translations. PR #1311.
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**Other CHanges**
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**Other Changes**
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* An icon theme can now be loaded from the user's data folder alongside a custom user theme.
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Issue #1297. PR #1299.
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@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ __maintainer__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
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__email__ = "code@vkbo.net"
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__version__ = "2.1-beta1"
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__hexversion__ = "0x020100b1"
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__date__ = "2023-06-19"
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__date__ = "2023-07-30"
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__status__ = "Stable"
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__domain__ = "novelwriter.io"
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<html>
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<body>
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<h2>Release Notes for 2.0</h2>
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<p><i>Released on 28 November 2022</i></p>
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<h2>Release Notes for 2.1 Beta 1</h2>
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<p><i>Released on 30 July 2023</i></p>
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<p>Scroll down for <a href="#patch">Patch Notes</a></p>
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<p>This release includes a major update to the way your project is managed. It also modernises the
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user interface. The project file format has also been updated, and your projects will be upgraded
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the first time you open them in this release.</p>
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<p>There are some major changes under the hood in this release. A lot of the code has been
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rewritten and split up into smaller components. A lot of this is to make it more efficient, but
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also to make it more modular in preparation for planned future additions. Most of these changes
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don't affect you as the user, but there are also a number of big feature changes that you will
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notice.</p>
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<h3>User Interface Changes</h3>
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<p>The tabs used to switch between the Project Tree and Novel Tree, as well as between the Editor
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and Outline views, have been replaced with a side bar. The side bar is located on the left side of
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the main window, and gives you the option to select between "Project Tree View", "Novel Tree View"
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and "Outline Tree View". They correspond to the previous tabs.</p>
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<p>The side bar also includes a shortcut to the "Build Novel Project" tool. The "Project Details",
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"Writing Statistics" and "Settings" buttons that were previously below the project tree are now
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located at the bottom of the side bar.</p>
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<p>All three views have also been given updates. They each have a label and a toolbar. The Project
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Tree View has a dropdown with quick links to all your root folders, which should make it easier to
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navigate a large project tree. You can activate the link menu by pressing `Ctrl+L` while in the
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Project Tree, so you don't need to move your mouse.</p>
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<p>A dropdown menu with all the options for adding new items to your project has also been added to
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this toolbar. This too can be activated directly with a shortcut, `Ctrl+N`. More options are
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available under the menu button, and there are also a set of move up and down buttons for moving
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items.</p>
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<p>The Novel Tree View and Novel Outline View have also received toolbars and controls that let you
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select which data to show, and customise the view.</p>
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<h3>Changes to Project Structure</h3>
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<p>A number of changes have been made to how you organise your project in the Project Tree View.
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For instance, you are now allowed to add as many root folders as you want, and as many of each kind
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as you want. Several users have asked for the ability to add multiple Novel folders, so the old
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restriction of only one of each has been removed.</p>
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<p>You can now also move documents freely between all folders. The Status or Importance values will
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switch place depending on the type of root folder your document is in, but the other value should
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be preserved if you move the document back. Previously, they were saved as the same value in your
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project, so moving them would imply they were overwritten. The new project file format introduced
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with this release has no such restriction.</p>
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<p>Your documents are now also able to have other documents as child items. This is another feature
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added based on feedback. You no longer need to make a chapter folder and add chapter files inside
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it together with the scene documents. You can add the scene documents directly under the chapter
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document and drop the folder entirely. If needed, you can convert an existing folder into a
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document at any time. However, you are not allowed to convert a document into a folder.</p>
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<p>The check mark icon that previously indicated whether a document was included or not in a
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manuscript build has been replaced with an active/inactive flag. This was done in preparation for
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changes to the Build Novel Project tool which will come in the next release. The active/inactive
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flag is now primarily just an indicator to you as the writer whether the document is to be
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considered a part of your project or not. That said, an inactive setting still causes it to be
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excluded from the Novel Tree View and the Novel Outline View.</p>
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<p>The context (right click) menu for the Project Tree has also been updated. You can make nearly
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all changes to the item directly from this menu, with the exception of editing the item label,
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which still requires a dialog box.</p>
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<p>The Split and Merge tools have been rewritten from scratch. You should now have multiple options
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on how to structure the resulting document or documents. You can access the new tools from the
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"Transform" submenu when right-clicking a project item that supports splitting or merging.</p>
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<h3>Novel and Outline View</h3>
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<p>The Novel Tree View and Novel Outline View panels have been given a new design. The heading
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level is now shown as an indent with a coloured bar that uses the same colour coding as the
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document icons. They are technically no longer tree views, but rather a Table of Contents of a
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specific novel root folder. If you have multiple novel root folders, you can select which one to
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view.</p>
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<p>In the Novel Tree View, you now also have the option to hide or show a third column of data.
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Currently, you can choose between "Point of View Character", "Focus Character" and "Novel Plot". If
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you referenced more than one in the document, the column will only show the first entry, so make
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sure the most important one is listed first in your document if you use this feature. An arrow icon
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is also visible at the end of each row in the tree, and if you click on it, a tool tip should pop
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up showing you all the meta data collected for that specific heading in your text.</p>
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<h3>Other Changes</h3>
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<p>There has been a lot of changes under the hood as well, especially in regards to how the project
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structure is handled and saved. The project index has also been almost completely rewritten, and
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now collects information about your project more efficiently. This improves the way the project
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tree determines which document icon to show you, and it also makes the Novel Tree View more
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informative as the data there is updated a lot more frequently.</p>
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<p>The New Project Wizard has been updated with some new features, and simplified a bit. The
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Project Settings dialog has been updated to reflect some of the same changes.</p>
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<p>This is a beta release of the next release version, and is intended for testing purposes. Please
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be careful when using this version on live writing projects, and make sure you take frequent
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backups.</p>
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<p>Please check the changelog for an overview of changes. The full release notes will be added to
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the final release.</p>
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<p><i>See also the <a href="https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/releases">Releases</a> page.</i></p>
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<a name="patch"></a><h2>Patch Notes</h2>
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<h3>Patch 2.0.1 – 29 November 2022</h3>
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<p>This is a patch release that fixes a minor issues with loading custom GUI themes that haven't
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been updated to include the icon theme setting. The patch also updates the French translation.</p>
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<h3>Patch 2.0.2 – 1 December 2022</h3>
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<p>This is a patch release that fixes a minor issues with syntax highlighting not updating when the
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highlighting preferences were changed. It also fixes an issue that broke the FreeBSD release.</p>
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<h3>Patch 2.0.3 – 8 January 2023</h3>
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<p>This is a patch release that fixes a few bugs and usability issues. The editing of status and
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importance labels in Project Settings should now be a bit more intuitive. Opening a document from
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the Outline View that is already open in the editor should now switch to the editor view. The
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convert folder to note or document feature in the project tree has also been fixed. Some icons have
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been updated and a renderring issue with one of them fixed. Chinese, Norwegian, US English, German
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and Spanish translations have been updated as well. A new credits tab has been added to the About
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dialog box, replacing the Credits section on the main About tab.</p>
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<h3>Patch 2.0.4 – 29 January 2023</h3>
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<p>This is a patch release that fixes a bug where novelWriter would crash if PyQt5 version 5.15.8
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was installed and imported.</p>
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<h3>Patch 2.0.5 – 12 February 2023</h3>
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<p>This is a patch release that fixes a number of minor bugs and usability issues.</p>
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<p>The Project Details dialog now properly updates when another project is opened, and the "Total
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editing time" value has a less ambiguous time format. The editor no longer inserts blank lines if
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block formats are applied to an empty line. The optional last column in the Novel Tree will now
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show all items of the selected type, not only the first, and the column size can be adjusted from
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the same menu where the column content is selected. The Open Document build output has been updated
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to ODF 1.3 extended format, and passes validation.</p>
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<p>An Italian translation has been added, and Russian is currently available for project builds. A
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full translation into Russian is on its way.</p>
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<h3>Patch 2.0.6 – 26 February 2023</h3>
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<p>This is a patch release that fixes a few minor bugs and a broken feature.</p>
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<p>When opening a document from the Novel Tree or Outline View, the Project Tree would receive
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focus even when it was hidden. This has been corrected and no focus change is made. The Project
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Tree now also receives focus automatically when a new Project Item is created.</p>
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<p>The backlinks in the Reference Panel below the Document Viewer were no longer working. They have
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now been fixed. They were broken due to a change in the link format in 2.0.</p>
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<h3>Patch 2.0.7 – 16 April 2023</h3>
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<p>This is a patch release that fixes a few issues and adds a Japanese translation.</p>
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<p>The issues were mostly related to spell checking. In particular, issues with finding the word
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boundary when using underscore characters for italics markup. These issues should now be resolved.
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In addition, escaped markup characters are now renderred properly in HTML and ODT build formats.</p>
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<p>A few usability improvements have also been made. The Add Item menu in the project tree no
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longer shows the options to create Novel Documents when an item in the tree is selected that cannot
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hold such a document. In addition, the "Change Label" context menu entry has been changed to say
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"Rename", which is a more logical choice.</p>
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
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<novelWriterXML appVersion="2.0.7" hexVersion="0x020007f0" fileVersion="1.5" fileRevision="1" timeStamp="2023-07-19 18:03:08">
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<project id="e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abea" saveCount="1513" autoCount="237" editTime="75226">
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<novelWriterXML appVersion="2.1-beta1" hexVersion="0x020100b1" fileVersion="1.5" fileRevision="1" timeStamp="2023-07-30 14:08:40">
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<project id="e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abea" saveCount="1514" autoCount="237" editTime="75228">
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<name>Sample Project</name>
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<title>Sample Project</title>
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<author>Jane Smith</author>
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