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‎CHANGELOG.md‎

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# novelWriter Changelog
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## Version 2.3 Beta 1 [2024-02-16]
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### Release Notes
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This is a beta release of the next release version, and is intended for testing purposes. Please be
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careful when using this version on live writing projects, and make sure you take frequent backups.
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Please check the changelog for an overview of changes. The full release notes will be added to the
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final release.
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### Detailed Changelog
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**Major Features**
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* A new Welcome dialog has been added. The dialog replaces the Open Project dialog and the New
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Project Wizard. The Welcome dialog features artwork created by Louis Durrant, and a custom design
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for the project list. New projects can be created by a form available from the same dialog, and
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features a simplified set of options. Issue #1506. PRs #1647, #1681 and #1689.
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* It is now possible to create a new project by copying the content of another project, or a Zip
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file of a project, including a backup. This option is available from the New Project feature of
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the Welcome dialog. Issue #841. PRs #1680 and #1684.
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* The Preferences dialog has been completely redesigned. All options are now available in a single,
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scrollable list with appropriate section headers. All sections are available as navigation
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buttons along the side, and it is also possible to search for settings in a search box at the
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top. The design matches that created for the Manuscript Build Settings dialog added in 2.1.
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Issues #1603 and #1604. PR #1652.
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* The Project Details dialog has been redesigned to match the other new dialogs. It has also been
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modified to properly handle multiple novel folders. The novel selector is placed at the top of
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the dialog, and affects all data in the tabs. The Novel Title info has been removed. PR #1665.
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* The Manuscript Build Settings dialog has been updated to use the new config layout classes, which
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are more flexible in terms of content flow. PR #1674.
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* A new root folder type called "Templates" has been added. Any document added here will show up in
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the Add Item menu in the Project Tree view under a "From Template" submenu. Selecting such an
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entry will create a new document at the selected location in the project, and populate it with
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the content of the template file. Issues #996 and #1125. PR #1688.
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* The About novelWriter dialog has been simplified to only show some key information and the
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credits text. A link to the releases page is available for checking release notes. Keeping the
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release notes online means it is easier to update them, and make them more visually interesting
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as the formatting of the dialog box is limited. PR #1695.
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* The old Check for Updates dialog has been removed. Checking for new releases of novelWriter can
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be done directly in the Welcome dialog or the About dialog by clicking "Check Now" next to the
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"Latest Version" label. PR #1696.
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**Minor Features**
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* A new drop down menu in the References panel below the Document Viewer has an option to filter
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out inactive notes in the various tag lists in the tabs on the panel. Issue #1653. PR #1654.
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* The Novel Title fields, which no longer makes much sense after it was possible to add multiple
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novel folders to a project, has been fully dropped. Issue #1655. PR #1669.
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* The document header for ODT manuscript files can now be customised. Issue #1505. PR #1675.
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* The Manuscript Build tool can now insert characters (Point of View or Focus) into chapter headers
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and other headers. By default, it inserts the tag value, but the display name for a tag can be
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set with a `|` character in the `@tag` definition if a different text is desired. Issue #1468.
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PR #1677.
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* A new modified comment format for the editor has been added. Instead of the regular comment using
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`%`, this one uses `%~`. The only difference is that the latter will never be exported to a
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manuscript at all, while regular comments can be exported when a setting is enabled. Issue #1075.
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PR #1690.
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* It is now possible to change a document's label from the first heading in the document by
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right-clicking on it and selecting "Rename to heading". Issue #1443. PR #1692.
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* The content of the Project Word List can now be exported and imported using plain text files.
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Issue #1560. PR #1691.
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* The content of the Outline View can now be exported to a CSV file to be opened in any spreadsheet
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application. Issue #1507. PR #1697.
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**Usability**
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* A Create New submenu in the Project Tree context menu has been added, which give quick access to
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the items at the top level of the Add Item menu. Issue #1519. PR #1679.
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* When multiple paragraphs are selected in the editor, and any of the comment features are toggled,
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or formatting is reset, the action is applied to all selected paragraphs, not just the first.
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Issue #1042 and #1687. PR #1690.
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**Packaging**
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* The in-app version format is now identical to the version tag, and the format for Ubuntu
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pre-release packages has been updated so that they are compatible with release packages. That is,
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if you add both the release and pre-release repos from Launchpad, release packages will now
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properly replace pre-release packages when running apt upgrade. PR #1659.
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**Code Improvements**
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* The Storage class has been refactored. It is the class that handles the project storage folder
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for a novelWriter project. The refactoring is a step towards allowing single file storage for
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projects as an alternative to project folders. Issue #977. PR #1635.
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* All theme colours are now proper QColor objects from the start, which avoids the need to create
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a large number of these where they are used. PR #1656.
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* A nwProject.bak file is no longer kept in the project folder. It never really served any purpose.
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The project file is still written to a temp file before the old file is replaced, which prevents
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partial overwrites. PR #1670.
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* Other minor code improvements in PRs #1693 and 1694.
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## Version 2.2.1 [2024-01-27]
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### Release Notes

‎novelwriter/__init__.py‎

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__author__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
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__maintainer__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
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__email__ = "[email protected]"
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__version__ = "2.3a5"
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__hexversion__ = "0x020300a5"
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__date__ = "2024-02-10"
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__version__ = "2.3b1"
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__hexversion__ = "0x020300b1"
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__date__ = "2024-02-16"
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__status__ = "Stable"
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__domain__ = "novelwriter.io"
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‎sample/nwProject.nwx‎

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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
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<novelWriterXML appVersion="2.3a4" hexVersion="0x020300a4" fileVersion="1.5" fileRevision="2" timeStamp="2024-02-08 21:45:35">
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<project id="e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abea" saveCount="1680" autoCount="263" editTime="82745">
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<novelWriterXML appVersion="2.3b1" hexVersion="0x020300b1" fileVersion="1.5" fileRevision="2" timeStamp="2024-02-15 22:37:50">
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<project id="e2be99af-f9bf-4403-857a-c3d1ac25abea" saveCount="1681" autoCount="263" editTime="82755">
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<name>Sample Project</name>
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<author>Jane Smith</author>
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</project>

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