Veronica K. B. Olsen
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35 lines
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<h2>Release 1.0 RC1</h2>
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<p>This is the first release candidate for the upcoming release of novelWriter 1.0.</p>
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<p>Since the fifth beta release about four weeks ago, not much has been changed in novelWriter. A
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few minor tweaks have been made to the GUI. A number of features and tools are now automatically
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switched off when there is no project or document open for those features to act upon. No serious
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bugs have been reported or encountered, and I feel it’s time to move on to the release candidates.
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Most of the minor changes should not be noticeable to most users. However, there are a couple of
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noticeable changes.</p>
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<h3>Typewriter Mode</h3>
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<p>"Typewriter Mode" of the editor has been improved. Essentially, this feature is a sort of smart
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scroll. It tries to keep the cursor stationary in the vertical direction, and will try to scroll
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the document up when the cursor skips to a new line while typing (or down in case of backspace).
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This is similar to the way a typewriter scrolls the paper when hitting the return key. It improves
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the writing experience as the current active line will stay at the same eye height level on the
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screen.</p>
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<p>Previously, the feature would lock the cursor to a given vertical position defined by the user.
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Now, instead, the cursor will remain stationary in the vertical direction at any position the user
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sets it to by mouse click or keyboard navigation. The user can define a minimum distance from the
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top where this feature is activated. It makes it more flexible. The feature can be controlled from
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the main Preferences.</p>
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<h3>Switching Syntax Theme</h3>
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<p>It is now possible to switch syntax highlighting theme without restarting novelWriter.
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Previously, changing the theme would only half-way update the document, header and footer
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background and text colour. The new settings would not be applied until the application was shut
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down and started again. This makes it a bit tedious to look through themes to find the one you
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want. This issue has now been resolved.</p>
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<p>Switching main GUI theme still requires a restart.</p>
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<p><i>The full changelog is available
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<a href="https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md">here</a>.</i></p>
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