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### Release Notes
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The primary focus of this release has been a complete redesign of the Build Tool, that is, the tool
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that assembles your project into a manuscript document. The new tool, called the "Manuscript Build
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Tool" allows you to define multiple build definitions for your project. The build definitions are
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edited in a new Manuscript Build Settings dialog, with a lot more options than the old tool.
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The reason for this redesign is a long list of feature requests that could not easily be
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accommodated in the old, much simpler tool. Far from all the features have been added yet, but now
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that the new tool is in place, they will be gradually added in the coming releases.
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The key feature added in this release is the extended control you now have for selecting exactly
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what part of your project is included in a given build definition. You have the same filters for
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selecting documents and notes, and turning on or off root folders as before, but you can now easily
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override on a per-document basis what is included or excluded in addition to the filter.
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A second major improvement is a better tool to format your manuscript headings. You no longer have
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to look up formatting codes and add them manually. Instead, there is now a heading format editor in
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the Build Settings dialog for creating the header format, with syntax highlighting included.
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#### Other Changes
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Among other features is a new option to duplicate documents and folders in the project tree. The
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duplicate feature is available from the right-click menu. A proper light colour theme has also been
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added. In most cases it will be the same as the default theme, depending on your platform.
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There are other, minor improvements as well, and a lot of code improvements under the hood. For a
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full list of changes, see the detailed changelogs.
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_These Release Notes also include the changes from the 2.1 Beta 1 and 2.1 RC 1 releases._
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### Detailed Changelog
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**Usability**
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* A widget has been added to the Build Manuscript tool main window to show some select build
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settings for the selected build definition. This should make it a little easier to find the
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wanted build definition if there are many available. PR #1516.
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* All columns on the Writing Stats tool now uses the same fixed width font. Issue #1442, PR #1518.
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**Documentation**
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* The documentation has received significant updates for the 2.1 release. PR #1531.
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**Packaging and Installation**
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* Python 3.7 support has officially been dropped. Python 3.7 has reached end of life, and dropping
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it relaxes some restrictions on development. PR #1515.
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* MacOS and Windows is now tested against Python 3.11, and 3.12 has been added to Linux. PR #1515.
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## Version 2.1 RC 1 [2023-08-31]
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@@ -168,7 +214,7 @@ such a document. In addition, the "Change Label" context menu entry has been cha
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underscores. The spell checker relies on RegEx for splitting words, and RegEx considers the
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underscore a word character. Issue #1415. PR #1417.
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* Fixed an issue where escaped markup characters were not being cleaned up when building HTML and
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ODT outputs. Issue #1412. PR #1418.
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ODT outputs. Issue #1412. PR #1418.
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**Usability Fixes**
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<html>
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<body>
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<h2>Release Notes for 2.1 RC 1</h2>
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<p><i>Released on 31 August 2023</i></p>
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<h2>Release Notes for 2.1</h2>
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<p><i>Released on 17 October 2023</i></p>
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<p>This is a release candidate of the next release version, and is intended for testing purposes.
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Please 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>The primary focus of this release has been a complete redesign of the Build Tool, that is, the
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tool that assembles your project into a manuscript document. The new tool, called the "Manuscript
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Build Tool" allows you to define multiple build definitions for your project. The build definitions
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are edited in a new Manuscript Build Settings dialog, with a lot more options than the old tool.</p>
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<p>The reason for this redesign is a long list of feature requests that could not easily be
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accommodated in the old, much simpler tool. Far from all the features have been added yet, but now
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that the new tool is in place, they will be gradually added in the coming releases.</p>
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<p>The key feature added in this release is the extended control you now have for selecting exactly
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what part of your project is included in a given build definition. You have the same filters for
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selecting documents and notes, and turning on or off root folders as before, but you can now easily
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override on a per-document basis what is included or excluded in addition to the filter.</p>
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<p>A second major improvement is a better tool to format your manuscript headings. You no longer
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have to look up formatting codes and add them manually. Instead, there is now a heading format
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editor in the Build Settings dialog for creating the header format, with syntax highlighting
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included.</p>
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<h3>Other Changes</h3>
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<p>Among other features is a new option to duplicate documents and folders in the project tree. The
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duplicate feature is available from the right-click menu. A proper light colour theme has also been
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added. In most cases it will be the same as the default theme, depending on your platform.</p>
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<p>There are other, minor improvements as well, and a lot of code improvements under the hood. For
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a full list of changes, see the detailed changelogs.</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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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
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<novelWriterXML appVersion="2.1-rc1" hexVersion="0x020100c1" fileVersion="1.5" fileRevision="1" timeStamp="2023-08-31 17:39:58">
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<project id="e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abea" saveCount="1520" autoCount="237" editTime="75302">
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<novelWriterXML appVersion="2.1" hexVersion="0x020100f0" fileVersion="1.5" fileRevision="1" timeStamp="2023-10-17 14:29:29">
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<project id="e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abea" saveCount="1522" autoCount="237" editTime="75308">
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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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