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# novelWriter Changelog
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## Version 1.2 Dev (Alpha)
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## Version 1.2 Beta 1 [2021-02-11]
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||||
### Release Notes
|
||||
|
||||
This release is a beta release of 1.2. The release is intended for testing of new features. There
|
||||
is a higher risk of encountering bugs in a beta release than a final release, so be extra careful
|
||||
with backups if used on active writing projects.
|
||||
|
||||
#### The Build Novel Project Tool
|
||||
|
||||
The main changes in this release are to the Build Novel Project tool. The Open Document export, as
|
||||
well as the Markdown export, is now handled entirely by code written for novelWriter. Previously,
|
||||
these export features depended on the underlying Qt library's save routines connected to the
|
||||
preview document shown in the build dialog. Using this method of export both meant that the content
|
||||
of the document was dependent on the preview being generated, and that the exported document had
|
||||
limited support for novelWriter-specific features and custom formatting. The new export tool should
|
||||
generate a much better result, especially for the Open Document formats. The Open Document standard
|
||||
is supported by Open Office, Libre Office, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and probably a number of
|
||||
other applications too. The Markdown export hasn't changed a lot, but should be a slight
|
||||
improvement on the previous export feature.
|
||||
|
||||
These changes to the build tool also imply that the saving process is now independent of the
|
||||
content of the preview window, meaning you don't have to rebuild the preview before saving, which
|
||||
was previously the case. To make this more consistent, the PDF export option has been moved to the
|
||||
print button as it is actually a print-to-file feature under the hood, not technically a proper PDF
|
||||
export format. It is exactly the same as printing to file from the print preview dialog.
|
||||
|
||||
In addition to the changes to the export features, the Build Novel Project tool now also has
|
||||
controls for line height, which applies to all rich text export formats, and the option to replace
|
||||
unicode characters with appropriate html entities for html export.
|
||||
|
||||
#### Document Layout Automation
|
||||
|
||||
Among other changes in this release are a few improvements to the process of creating and changing
|
||||
documents. When a new document is first created, the header is generated from the assigned label
|
||||
and layout. For some document layouts, when the user changes the header level of the first header
|
||||
of the document, the document layout setting is updated accordingly. This should reduce the need
|
||||
for the user to maintain two ways of assigning the role of a given document. This automation only
|
||||
applies to combinations of header level and current document layouts where there is no ambiguity.
|
||||
For instance, changing the header level in a "Scene" document from level 3 to 2 changes the
|
||||
document layout automatically to "Chapter". But changing the first header of a "Book" layout
|
||||
document from 1 to 2 does not change the document's layout as the "Book" layout is a generic
|
||||
document layout.
|
||||
|
||||
Keep in mind that novelWriter treats documents with layout "Book", "Chapter" and "Scene" exactly
|
||||
the same during exports. The distinction is only meant as a way to indicate the purpose of a
|
||||
document in the project tree. This new automation is meant to assist in keeping this information up
|
||||
to date. The other layouts do have an effect on formatting during export and are generally left
|
||||
alone.
|
||||
|
||||
#### The Session Timer and Idle Time
|
||||
|
||||
Another change that has been requested by a couple of users is to have the session timer in the
|
||||
status bar stop counting when the user is inactive. This feature is optional, and can be controlled
|
||||
from Preferences. The definition of idle here is either that the user is active in a different
|
||||
application than novelWriter (loss of focus) or that the user has not made any changes to the
|
||||
document open in the editor for a given amount of time. The time threshold is by default five
|
||||
minutes, but can be altered in Preferences.
|
||||
|
||||
In addition, the idle time is also recorded in the session log, and can be viewed in the Writing
|
||||
Statistics dialog and exported with the rest of the information. The idle time is recorder in the
|
||||
logs regardless of whether the status bar clock displays this information or not.
|
||||
|
||||
#### Other Changes
|
||||
|
||||
A small additional feature added is also the ability to undo the last move of an item in the
|
||||
project tree. The keyboard shortcut for this is `Ctrl+Shift+Z`, or it can be accessed from the
|
||||
menu. The feature can only undo the last move, but it includes both documents moved to trash, moves
|
||||
by up/down keypress or menu entries, and drag and drop moves.
|
||||
|
||||
Lastly, a new keyword has been added to mark characters in the story. The new keyword is intended
|
||||
to tag a character as the focus character for a chapter or scene. This is useful for stories where
|
||||
the point-of-view character and the focus character are different.
|
||||
|
||||
### Detailed Changelog
|
||||
|
||||
**New Features**
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||||
|
||||
* A full Open Document exporter has been written and added for the Build Novel Project tool. This
|
||||
replaces the previously used Qt Save to ODT which just saved the content of the preview window to
|
||||
an ODT file. The Qt pathway was very limited and didn't generate proper formatting classes. The
|
||||
new export class can generate both full `.odt` and flat XML `.fodt` files. The formatting support
|
||||
of this exporter is equivalent or better than the HTML5 exporter, which was previously the best
|
||||
supported option. Solves issue #611. PRs #607, #652, #660, and #654.
|
||||
* A full Markdown exporter has been written and added for the Build Novel Project tool. This too
|
||||
replaces a Qt feature that was used to save the content of the preview window into a markdown
|
||||
file. The exporter allows for both standard markdown and GitHub flavour markdown. The only
|
||||
relevant difference being that the latter allows strikethrough text. Issue #617. PR #650.
|
||||
* The Build Novel Project tool now has a "Line height" property that is applied to the preview, and
|
||||
to the HTML5 and Open Document export formats. Discussion #653. Issue #654. PR #660.
|
||||
* The Build Novel Project tool now has an option to convert Unicode characters to HTML entities on
|
||||
export to HTML5. Previously, some symbols were converted while others were not. This option
|
||||
provides a more consistent "all or nothing" option. PR #660.
|
||||
* The last file or folder move in the project tree can now be undone from the Project menu or by
|
||||
pressing `Ctrl+Shift+Z`. PR #632.
|
||||
* When a document header level is altered in a novel file of layout type Scene, Chapter,
|
||||
Unnumbered, or Partition, and that document is saved, the document's layout setting as seen in
|
||||
the project tree is updated to reflect the new level of that heading. This helps reduce the
|
||||
duplication of effort by the user to keep this information in sync. See discussion #613. This is
|
||||
an acceptable solution to #614. Issue #618. PR #620.
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||||
* The session timer now records the amount of time the user is idle. Idle is defined to be when the
|
||||
application window does not have focus, and when the user hasn't made any changes to the document
|
||||
open in the editor for a specified amount of time. The default is 5 minutes. The idle time is
|
||||
recorded to the session log and can be shown in Writing Statistics. Optionally, the status bar
|
||||
session timer can also be set to pause when the user is considered idle. Issues #606 and #651.
|
||||
PRs #656 and #661.
|
||||
* It is now possible to tag a character as the focus character for a give section of text. This is
|
||||
useful for cases where the point-of-view character differs from the main character of the story,
|
||||
or the part of the story. Issue #605. PR #662.
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||||
|
||||
**User Interface**
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||||
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||||
* A document's class and layout is now displayed next to its status or importance in the document
|
||||
editor footer bar. PR #628.
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||||
* When a new document is created, the header of the file is automatically generated based on the
|
||||
document's tree label, and the level determined by the selected layout. Issue #530. PR #628.
|
||||
* On the Build Novel Project GUI, the PDF option has been moved from the "Save As" button to the
|
||||
"Print" button. This more accurately reflects what it actually does: print the content of the
|
||||
preview to a PDF using the printer pathway. This also means that all remaining items on the "Save
|
||||
As" dropdown list now can be executed regardless of the content of the preview window. They all
|
||||
run their own separate build process. This resolves #611. PR #650.
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||||
* Export to plain text has been dropped. PR #617.
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||||
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||||
**Code Improvements**
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||||
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||||
* The index class now scans every element of the loaded index cache before accepting it. This means
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||||
that any unrecognised content will trigger a full re-indexing. This is particularly useful when
|
||||
opening an index that was saved by a later release. Every entry that requires a lookup is checked
|
||||
to avoid potential key errors for instance. All values are also checked for correct data type.
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||||
The new check is extensive, but still fast enough that it only adds a few milliseconds to the
|
||||
startup time. PR #619.
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||||
|
||||
**Code Maintenance**
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||||
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||||
* Cleaned up some redundant code after PR #637. PR #638.
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||||
|
||||
----
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||||
|
||||
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+1
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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ author = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
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# The short X.Y version
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version = "1.2"
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||||
# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
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||||
release = "1.2-alpha0"
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||||
release = "1.2-beta1"
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||||
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||||
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||||
# -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
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||||
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||||
+21
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@@ -1,28 +1,27 @@
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||||
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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||||
"""novelWriter Init
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||||
"""
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||||
novelWriter – Init File
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||||
=======================
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||||
Application initialisation
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||||
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||||
novelWriter – Init File
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||||
=========================
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||||
Application initialisation
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||||
File History:
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||||
Created: 2018-09-22 [0.0.1]
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||||
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||||
File History:
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||||
Created: 2018-09-22 [0.0.1]
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||||
This file is a part of novelWriter
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||||
Copyright 2018–2021, Veronica Berglyd Olsen
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||||
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||||
This file is a part of novelWriter
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||||
Copyright 2018–2021, Veronica Berglyd Olsen
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||||
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
|
||||
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
|
||||
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
|
||||
(at your option) any later version.
|
||||
|
||||
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
|
||||
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
|
||||
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
|
||||
(at your option) any later version.
|
||||
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
|
||||
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
|
||||
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
|
||||
General Public License for more details.
|
||||
|
||||
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
|
||||
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
|
||||
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
|
||||
General Public License for more details.
|
||||
|
||||
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
|
||||
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
|
||||
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
|
||||
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
|
||||
"""
|
||||
|
||||
import sys
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||||
@@ -63,9 +62,9 @@ __license__ = "GPLv3"
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||||
__author__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
|
||||
__maintainer__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
|
||||
__email__ = "code@vkbo.net"
|
||||
__version__ = "1.2a0"
|
||||
__hexversion__ = "0x010200a0"
|
||||
__date__ = "2020-02-01"
|
||||
__version__ = "1.2b1"
|
||||
__hexversion__ = "0x010200b1"
|
||||
__date__ = "2021-02-11"
|
||||
__status__ = "Stable"
|
||||
__domain__ = "novelwriter.io"
|
||||
__url__ = "https://novelwriter.io"
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -2,28 +2,68 @@
|
||||
<html>
|
||||
<body>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Release Notes for 1.1</h2>
|
||||
<p><i>Released on 7 February 2021</i></p>
|
||||
<p>The main change in this release is the addition of a new tab to the project tree on the left
|
||||
side of the main window. The regular project tree is now on a tab named "Project", while a new tab
|
||||
named "Novel" displays a simpler version of the information on the main "Outline" page. It lists
|
||||
all the headers of the novel part of the project, as well as the word count and point-of-view
|
||||
character of each section. This is an alternative way to navigate the novel part of the project.
|
||||
The various tree views are now also kept better in sync when the user selects various documents and
|
||||
headers.</p>
|
||||
<p>In addition, a new information dialog named "Project Details" has been added. It replaces the
|
||||
"Details" tab in "Project Settings", and adds more information about the novel part of the project.
|
||||
In particular, a "Table of Contents" in the "Contents" tab displays a summary of the main parts
|
||||
and chapters of the project, their total word counts, and an estimated page count. This was made in
|
||||
response to users asking for ways to estimate the total page count of the project. The page count
|
||||
is estimated based on a words per page setting, which can be changed on the dialog window.</p>
|
||||
<p>Since the tabs below the project tree now add some extra room on the GUI, some convenient
|
||||
buttons have been added in the same area, with direct access to "Project Details", "Writing
|
||||
Statistics" and "Project Setting".</p>
|
||||
<p>A few other minor changes have been made as well. The Preferences dialog has been improved with
|
||||
clearer categories and hopefully better help text. Some new options have been added too. They allow
|
||||
syntax highlighting of multi-paragraph quotes. The highlighter can now optionally accept quotes to
|
||||
be left "hanging", that is, no closing quote in the same paragraph.</p>
|
||||
<h2>Release Notes for 1.2 Beta 1</h2>
|
||||
<p><i>Released on 11 February 2021</i></p>
|
||||
<p>This release is a beta release of 1.2. The release is intended for testing of new features.
|
||||
There is a higher risk of encountering bugs in a beta release than a final release, so be extra
|
||||
careful with backups if used on active writing projects.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>The Build Novel Project Tool</h3>
|
||||
<p>The main changes in this release are to the Build Novel Project tool. The Open Document export,
|
||||
as well as the Markdown export, is now handled entirely by code written for novelWriter.
|
||||
Previously, these export features depended on the underlying Qt library's save routines connected
|
||||
to the preview document shown in the build dialog. Using this method of export both meant that the
|
||||
content of the document was dependent on the preview being generated, and that the exported
|
||||
document had limited support for novelWriter-specific features and custom formatting. The new
|
||||
export tool should generate a much better result, especially for the Open Document formats. The
|
||||
Open Document standard is supported by Open Office, Libre Office, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and
|
||||
probably a number of other applications too. The Markdown export hasn't changed a lot, but should
|
||||
be a slight improvement on the previous export feature.</p>
|
||||
<p>These changes to the build tool also imply that the saving process is now independent of the
|
||||
content of the preview window, meaning you don't have to rebuild the preview before saving, which
|
||||
was previously the case. To make this more consistent, the PDF export option has been moved to the
|
||||
print button as it is actually a print-to-file feature under the hood, not technically a proper PDF
|
||||
export format. It is exactly the same as printing to file from the print preview dialog.</p>
|
||||
<p>In addition to the changes to the export features, the Build Novel Project tool now also has
|
||||
controls for line height, which applies to all rich text export formats, and the option to replace
|
||||
unicode characters with appropriate html entities for html export.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Document Layout Automation</h3>
|
||||
<p>Among other changes in this release are a few improvements to the process of creating and
|
||||
changing documents. When a new document is first created, the header is generated from the assigned
|
||||
label and layout. For some document layouts, when the user changes the header level of the first
|
||||
header of the document, the document layout setting is updated accordingly. This should reduce the
|
||||
need for the user to maintain two ways of assigning the role of a given document. This automation
|
||||
only applies to combinations of header level and current document layouts where there is no
|
||||
ambiguity. For instance, changing the header level in a "Scene" document from level 3 to 2 changes
|
||||
the document layout automatically to "Chapter". But changing the first header of a "Book" layout
|
||||
document from 1 to 2 does not change the document's layout as the "Book" layout is a generic
|
||||
document layout.</p>
|
||||
<p>Keep in mind that novelWriter treats documents with layout "Book", "Chapter" and "Scene" exactly
|
||||
the same during exports. The distinction is only meant as a way to indicate the purpose of a
|
||||
document in the project tree. This new automation is meant to assist in keeping this information up
|
||||
to date. The other layouts do have an effect on formatting during export and are generally left
|
||||
alone.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>The Session Timer and Idle Time</h3>
|
||||
<p>Another change that has been requested by a couple of users is to have the session timer in the
|
||||
status bar stop counting when the user is inactive. This feature is optional, and can be controlled
|
||||
from Preferences. The definition of idle here is either that the user is active in a different
|
||||
application than novelWriter (loss of focus) or that the user has not made any changes to the
|
||||
document open in the editor for a given amount of time. The time threshold is by default five
|
||||
minutes, but can be altered in Preferences.</p>
|
||||
<p>In addition, the idle time is also recorded in the session log, and can be viewed in the Writing
|
||||
Statistics dialog and exported with the rest of the information. The idle time is recorder in the
|
||||
logs regardless of whether the status bar clock displays this information or not.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Other Changes</h3>
|
||||
<p>A small additional feature added is also the ability to undo the last move of an item in the
|
||||
project tree. The keyboard shortcut for this is <b>Ctrl+Shift+Z</b>, or it can be accessed from the
|
||||
menu. The feature can only undo the last move, but it includes both documents moved to trash, moves
|
||||
by up/down keypress or menu entries, and drag and drop moves.</p>
|
||||
<p>Lastly, a new keyword has been added to mark characters in the story. The new keyword is
|
||||
intended to tag a character as the focus character for a chapter or scene. This is useful for
|
||||
stories where the point-of-view character and the focus character are different.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><i>The full changelog is available
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md">here</a>.</i></p>
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
|
||||
<!DOCTYPE html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
|
||||
<html>
|
||||
<body>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2>Release Notes for 1.1</h2>
|
||||
<p><i>Released on 7 February 2021</i></p>
|
||||
<p>The main change in this release is the addition of a new tab to the project tree on the left
|
||||
side of the main window. The regular project tree is now on a tab named "Project", while a new tab
|
||||
named "Novel" displays a simpler version of the information on the main "Outline" page. It lists
|
||||
all the headers of the novel part of the project, as well as the word count and point-of-view
|
||||
character of each section. This is an alternative way to navigate the novel part of the project.
|
||||
The various tree views are now also kept better in sync when the user selects various documents and
|
||||
headers.</p>
|
||||
<p>In addition, a new information dialog named "Project Details" has been added. It replaces the
|
||||
"Details" tab in "Project Settings", and adds more information about the novel part of the project.
|
||||
In particular, a "Table of Contents" in the "Contents" tab displays a summary of the main parts
|
||||
and chapters of the project, their total word counts, and an estimated page count. This was made in
|
||||
response to users asking for ways to estimate the total page count of the project. The page count
|
||||
is estimated based on a words per page setting, which can be changed on the dialog window.</p>
|
||||
<p>Since the tabs below the project tree now add some extra room on the GUI, some convenient
|
||||
buttons have been added in the same area, with direct access to "Project Details", "Writing
|
||||
Statistics" and "Project Setting".</p>
|
||||
<p>A few other minor changes have been made as well. The Preferences dialog has been improved with
|
||||
clearer categories and hopefully better help text. Some new options have been added too. They allow
|
||||
syntax highlighting of multi-paragraph quotes. The highlighter can now optionally accept quotes to
|
||||
be left "hanging", that is, no closing quote in the same paragraph.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><i>The full changelog is available
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md">here</a>.</i></p>
|
||||
|
||||
</body>
|
||||
</html>
|
||||
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
|
||||
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
|
||||
<novelWriterXML appVersion="1.2a0" hexVersion="0x010200a0" fileVersion="1.2" timeStamp="2021-02-10 21:46:25">
|
||||
<novelWriterXML appVersion="1.2b1" hexVersion="0x010200b1" fileVersion="1.2" timeStamp="2021-02-11 17:04:25">
|
||||
<project>
|
||||
<name>Sample Project</name>
|
||||
<title>Sample Project</title>
|
||||
<author>Jane Smith</author>
|
||||
<author>Jay Doh</author>
|
||||
<saveCount>935</saveCount>
|
||||
<saveCount>936</saveCount>
|
||||
<autoCount>161</autoCount>
|
||||
<editTime>46219</editTime>
|
||||
<editTime>46791</editTime>
|
||||
</project>
|
||||
<settings>
|
||||
<doBackup>False</doBackup>
|
||||
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user