Release 1.5 Beta 2 (#871)

* Bump version to 1.5b2 and update changelog and release notes
* Update sample project

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # novelWriter Changelog
 
-## Version 1.5 Beta 1 [2021-08-22]
+## Version 1.5 Beta 2 [2021-08-26]
 
 ### Release Notes
 
 This is a beta release of the next release version, and is intended for testing purposes. Please be
 careful when using this version on live writing projects, and make sure you make frequent backups.
 
-This release introduces a new project file format, which has been given a file format version 1.3.
+Release 1.5 introduces a new project file format, which has been given a file format version 1.3.
 The project file and index is updated automatically when you open the project, which means you can
 no longer open it in an older version of novelWriter.
 
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ other visual means.
 
 The project index will now record the level of the first header of your document, and select a
 different icon for documents with a partition, chapter or scene header. These are colour coded as
-green, red and blue respectively. This only works for the coloured icon themes. The project notes
+green, red and blue respectively. The project notes have also received a new icon, with a yellow
-have also received a new icon, with a yellow colour code.
+colour code. Due to this change, the grey icon themes have been removed.
 
 In addition, novel documents with a partition or chapter header will have the document label viewed
 as bold and underlined. This feature can be disabled in Preferences if you want a cleaner look in
@@ -75,6 +75,45 @@ will not be noticeable to you as a user, but you may notice that the exported do
 allow multiple consecutive spaces. Previously, two spaces, or more, would be concatenated into a
 single space in the exported document.
 
+_These Release Notes also include the changes from 1.4 Beta 1._
+
+### Detailed Changelog
+
+**Features**
+
+* A new dialog has been added to the Help menu for checking for new updates. It will only check for
+  full releases, not pre-releases. The updates are not installed automatically, but a link to the
+  website is provided. PR #863.
+
+**Other Changes**
+
+* The grey Typicons themes have been removed. The Typicons colour themes have also been renamed.
+  The user configuration will update the theme setting to replace the grey icon theme for dark or
+  light background automatically. PR #869.
+
+**Internationalisation**
+
+* The US English and Nowregian translation files have been updated. PR #870.
+
+**Documentation**
+
+* The Windows Setup section of the documentation has been updated and simplified. PR #865.
+
+**Code Improvements**
+
+* The novelWriter main package folder has been renamed from `nw` to `novelwriter`. This will make
+  it easier to create packages for novelWriter at a later stage. Especially packages which will
+  require adding the main source files to the Python install location. PR #868.
+
+----
+
+## Version 1.5 Beta 1 [2021-08-22]
+
+### Release Notes
+
+This is a beta release of the next release version, and is intended for testing purposes. Please be
+careful when using this version on live writing projects, and make sure you make frequent backups.
+
 ### Detailed Changelog
 
 **Bugfixes**

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ author = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 # The short X.Y version
 version = "1.5"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "1.5-beta1"
+release = "1.5-beta2"
 
 # -- General Configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 

novelwriter/__init__.py

@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ __license__    = "GPLv3"
 __author__     = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __maintainer__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __email__      = "code@vkbo.net"
-__version__    = "1.5-beta1"
+__version__    = "1.5-beta2"
-__hexversion__ = "0x010500b1"
+__hexversion__ = "0x010500b2"
-__date__       = "2021-08-22"
+__date__       = "2021-08-26"
 __status__     = "Stable"
 __domain__     = "novelwriter.io"
 __url__        = "https://novelwriter.io"

novelwriter/assets/text/release_notes.htm

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 <html>
 <body>
 
-<h2>Release Notes for 1.5 Beta 1</h2>
+<h2>Release Notes for 1.5 Beta 2</h2>
-<p><i>Released on 22 August 2021</i></p>
+<p><i>Released on 26 August 2021</i></p>
 
 <p>This is a beta release of the next release version, and is intended for testing purposes. Please
 be careful when using this version on live writing projects, and make sure you make frequent
 backups.</p>
-<p>This release introduces a new project file format, which has been given a file format version
+<p>Release 1.5 introduces a new project file format, which has been given a file format version
 1.3. The project file and index is updated automatically when you open the project, which means you
 can no longer open it in an older version of novelWriter.</p>
 <p>You may also have to make a handful of changes in your novel documents as these are not updated
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ whether it was a chapter or scene. With these layouts gone, the distinction is i
 other visual means.</p>
 <p>The project index will now record the level of the first header of your document, and select a
 different icon for documents with a partition, chapter or scene header. These are colour coded as
-green, red and blue respectively. This only works for the coloured icon themes. The project notes
+green, red and blue respectively. The project notes have also received a new icon, with a yellow
-have also received a new icon, with a yellow colour code.</p>
+colour code. Due to this change, the grey icon themes have been removed.</p>
 <p>In addition, novel documents with a partition or chapter header will have the document label
 viewed as bold and underlined. This feature can be disabled in Preferences if you want a cleaner
 look in the project tree.</p>

sample/nwProject.nwx

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<novelWriterXML appVersion="1.5-beta1" hexVersion="0x010500b1" fileVersion="1.3" timeStamp="2021-08-26 16:44:43">
+<novelWriterXML appVersion="1.5-beta2" hexVersion="0x010500b2" fileVersion="1.3" timeStamp="2021-08-26 21:06:25">
   <project>
     <name>Sample Project</name>
     <title>Sample Project</title>
     <author>Jane Smith</author>
     <author>Jay Doh</author>
-    <saveCount>1251</saveCount>
+    <saveCount>1252</saveCount>
     <autoCount>198</autoCount>
-    <editTime>61076</editTime>
+    <editTime>61080</editTime>
   </project>
   <settings>
     <doBackup>False</doBackup>