Release 2.7 (#2364)

Author: vkbo

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,39 @@
 # novelWriter Changelog
 
+## Version 2.7 [2025-06-01]
+
+### Release Notes
+
+The 2.7 release updates the 2.7 RC 1 release and makes an improvement to the build settings tool.
+It also updates most translations and updates the French version of the documentation.
+
+See the website for complete [Release Notes](https://novelwriter.io/releases/release_2_7.html).
+
+### Detailed Changelog
+
+**Improvement**
+
+* The Manuscript Build Settings dialog now works on a copy of the settings so that if the dialog
+  box is closed without saving, all changes are discarded. It should also now detect any change
+  made to properly raise a confirmation prompt when closing without saving. Issue #2350. PR #2351.
+
+**Documentation**
+
+* The user documentation has been restructured, and the Getting Started section has been made less
+  technical. The install instructions have been moved out and into the main website. The technical
+  and in-depth parts of the documentation have been kept, but moved further back so that the
+  documentation can be read from the start and to the point where the user has enough information.
+  The larger sections have also been split up so that it should be easier to find the wanted
+  information directly from the menu. Issue #2345. PR #2355.
+
+**Internationalisation**
+
+* Updated US English, Japanese, Norwegian. German, Italian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese and
+  Chinese translation files. PR #2353.
+* French documentation updated by @Karduin. Issue #2360. PR #2361.
+
+----
+
 ## Version 2.7 RC 1 [2025-05-19]
 
 ### Release Notes

CREDITS.md

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ Additional larger translation contributions:
 * **French:** Albert Aribaud (aaribaud)
 * **Portuguese:** Oli Maia (olimaia)
 
+Translations of the documentation:
+
+* **French:** Jean-Michel Heras (Karduin)
+
 Translations are managed on [Crowdin](https://crowdin.com/project/novelwriter), and more
 contributions are listed on the project's Members page.
 

novelwriter/__init__.py

@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
 __author__     = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __maintainer__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __email__      = "[email protected]"
-__version__    = "2.7rc1"
-__hexversion__ = "0x020700c1"
-__date__       = "2025-05-19"
+__version__    = "2.7"
+__hexversion__ = "0x020700f0"
+__date__       = "2025-06-01"
 __status__     = "Stable"
 __domain__     = "novelwriter.io"
 

novelwriter/assets/text/credits_en.htm

@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ <h3>Translations</h3>
   <li><b>Portuguese:</b> Oli Maia (olimaia)</li>
 </ul>
 
+<p>Translations of the documentation:</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li><b>French:</b> Jean-Michel Heras (Karduin)</li>
+</ul>
+
 <p>Translations are managed on <a href="https://crowdin.com/project/novelwriter">Crowdin</a>, and
 more contributions are listed on the project's Members page.</p>
 

sample/nwProject.nwx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<novelWriterXML appVersion="2.7rc1" hexVersion="0x020700c1" fileVersion="1.5" fileRevision="5" timeStamp="2025-05-19 12:51:02">
-  <project id="e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abea" saveCount="2191" autoCount="286" editTime="96880">
+<novelWriterXML appVersion="2.7" hexVersion="0x020700f0" fileVersion="1.5" fileRevision="5" timeStamp="2025-05-31 23:25:11">
+  <project id="e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abea" saveCount="2193" autoCount="286" editTime="96887">
     <name>Sample Project</name>
     <author>Jane Smith</author>
   </project>