Merge release 2.6 into main

docs/source/usage_writing.rst

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ Editing a Document
 
    A screenshot of the Document Editor panel.
 
-To edit a document, double-click it in the project tree, or press the :kbd:`Return` key while
-having it selected. This will open the document in the document editor. The editor uses a
-Markdown-like syntax for some features, and a novelWriter-specific syntax for others. The syntax
-format is described in the :ref:`a_fmt` chapter.
+To edit a document, double-click it in the project tree, press the :kbd:`Return` key while having
+it selected, or drag and drop it onto the editor panel. This will open the document in the document
+editor. The editor uses a Markdown-like syntax for some features, and a novelWriter-specific syntax
+for others. The syntax format is described in the :ref:`a_fmt` chapter.
 
 The editor has a maximise button, which toggles the **Focus Mode**, and a close button in the
 top--right corner. On the top--left side you will find a tools button that opens a toolbar with a
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ header at the top of the edit or view panel. Optionally, the full project path t
 be shown. This can be set in **Preferences**.
 
 .. tip::
+
    Clicking on the document title bar will select the document in the project tree and thus reveal
    its location there, making it easier to find in a large project.
 
@@ -79,14 +80,14 @@ Viewing a Document
    A screenshot of the Document Viewer panel.
 
 Any document in the project tree can also be viewed in parallel in a right hand side document
-viewer. To view a document, press :kbd:`Ctrl+R`, or select **View Document** in the menu or context
-menu. If you have a middle mouse button, middle-clicking on the document will also open it in the
-viewer.
+viewer. To view a document, press :kbd:`Ctrl+R`, select **View Document** in the menu or context
+menu, or drag and drop the document onto the viewer panel. If you have a middle mouse button,
+middle-clicking on the document will also open it in the viewer.
 
 The document viewed does not have to be the same document as the one currently being edited.
-However, If you *are* viewing the same document, pressing :kbd:`Ctrl+R` again will update the
-document with your latest changes. You can also press the reload button in the top--right corner of
-the viewer panel, next to the close button, to achieve the same thing.
+However, If you *are* viewing the same document, pressing :kbd:`Ctrl+R` from the editor will update
+the document with your latest changes. You can also press the reload button in the top--right
+corner of the viewer panel, next to the close button, to achieve the same thing.
 
 In the viewer :term:`references<reference>` become clickable links. Clicking them will replace the
 content of the viewer with the content of the document the reference points to.
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ The document viewer keeps a history of viewed documents, which you can navigate
 buttons in the top--left corner of the viewer. If your mouse has backward and forward navigation
 buttons, these can be used as well. They work just like the backward and forward features in a
 browser. The left-most button is a dropdown menu for quickly navigation between headings in the
-document.
+document. The edit button on the right will open the viewed document in the editor.
 
 At the bottom of the view panel there is a **References** panel. (If it is hidden, click the button
 on the left side of the footer area to reveal it.) This panel contains a References tab with links
@@ -104,12 +105,14 @@ you have created root folders and tags for various story elements like character
 these will appear as additional tabs in this panel.
 
 .. note::
+
    The **References** panel relies on an up-to-date :term:`index<project index>` of the project.
    The index is maintained automatically. However, if anything is missing, or seems wrong, the
    index can always be rebuilt by selecting **Rebuild Index** from the **Tools** menu, or by
    pressing :kbd:`F9`.
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.2
+
    The reference panel was redesigned and the additional tabs added.
 
 
@@ -137,6 +140,7 @@ when the replacement is made. That is, it will try to keep the word upper, lower
 match the word being replaced.
 
 .. seealso::
+
    For more information on the capabilities of the Regular Expression option, see the Qt
    documentation for the `QRegularExpression <https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qregularexpression.html>`_
    class.
@@ -151,6 +155,7 @@ A few auto-replace features are supported by the editor. You can control every a
 auto-replace feature from **Preferences**. You can also disable this feature entirely if you wish.
 
 .. tip::
+
    If you don't like auto-replacement, all symbols inserted by this feature are also available in
    the :guilabel:`Insert` menu, and via :ref:`a_kb_ins`. You may also be using a `Compose Key`_
    setup, which means you may not need the auto-replace feature at all.
@@ -162,6 +167,22 @@ always accurate. Especially distinguishing between closing single quote and apos
 tricky for languages that use the same symbol for these, like English does.
 
 .. tip::
+
    If the auto-replace feature changes a symbol when you did not want it to change, pressing
    :kbd:`Ctrl+Z` once after the auto-replacement will undo it without undoing the character
    you typed before it.
+
+
+.. _a_ui_edit_dialogue:
+
+Dialogue Highlighting
+=====================
+
+The editor and viewer can optionally highlight character dialogue in your novel documents. By
+default, this feature is set to display text in double quotes as dialogue. In **Preferences**, you
+can change this to support various other dialogue markers that instead uses dashes to indicate
+dialogue, like those used in Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, etc.
+
+Various styles are supported by changing the settings under "Text Highlighting" in **Preferences**.
+
+It is also possible to include the dialogue highlighting in your manuscripts.