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‎CHANGELOG.md‎

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# novelWriter Changelog
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## Version 1.7 Beta 1 [2022-05-17]
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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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**Features**
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* A simple tool to add Lorem Ipsum placeholder text has been added to the Insert menu. PR #1028.
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* Status and Importance flags can now be reorganised in Project Settings. Issue #1035. PR #1040.
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* It is now possible to create multiple Root Folders of the same kind. This makes it possible to
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add multiple Novel root folders in a project, for instance. Issue #967. PR #1031.
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* All documents can now be dragged and dropped anywhere in the project tree. The document layout
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may be converted in the process. PR #1031.
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* Documents in the project tree can now have other documents as child documents. Issue #1002.
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PR #1047.
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* Folders in the project tree that are not empty, can now be moved to trash. PR #1048.
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* Empty folders are deleted on request, and not moved to trash. Issue #1052. PR #1055.
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**User Interface**
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* The tabs under the project tree and to the right of the main window have been replaced with a
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toolbar on the left hand side. The toolbar has a set of buttons to change view between Project,
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Novel and Outline. The three buttons that were available under the project tree have been moved
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to the bottom of the new toolbar. Issue #1056. PR #1057.
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* When a document changes from a project document to a note, and back again, the Status flag
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setting is preserved. Previously, the Importance setting would overwrite it during the
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conversion. PR #1030.
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* Item labels, Status labels, and other labels on the GUI are now run through a "simplify" function
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before being accepted. This functions strips out all whitespaces and consecutive whitespaces and
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replace them with single plain whitespaces. This is a safer format to store in XML, and also
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makes sure there aren't invisible characters floating around in the labels. PR #1038.
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* Due to the changes to how drag and drop works, there are no longer any restrictions on folders
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and documents. Only root folders remain restricted in terms of moving. Root folders can only be
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reordered with the Move Up and Move Down commands. PR #1047.
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* The label for the highlighting of redundant spaces in the Preferences dialog has been updated to
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better reflect what it does. Issue #1043. PR #1046.
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* The New Project Wizard will now try to check if the path selected for the new project can
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actually be used before letting the user proceed to the next page. Issue #1058. PR #1062.
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**Internationalisation**
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* Dutch translations have been added by Martijn van der Kleijn (@mvdkleijn). PR #1027.
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**Functionality**
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* Documents that are missing in the project index when a project is opened are automatically
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re-indexed. This also handles cases where the cached index is missing. PR #1039.
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**Installation and Packaging**
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* Python 3.6 is no longer supported. PR #1004.
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* Ubuntu 18.04 packages will no longer be released, due to dropping Python 3.6. Issue #1005.
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PR #1014.
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**Project File Format**
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* The item nodes in the content section of the main project XML file have been compacted. It now
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consists of a main item node and meta and a name node. All settings have been made attributes of
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one of these three nodes, except the item label which is the text value of the name node. The
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file format version has been bumped to 1.4. Issue #995. PR #993.
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* Both Importance and Status flag values are now saved to the project file. This means if a
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document changes layout, the value is no longer lost. PR #1030.
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**Code Improvements**
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* The linting settings have been updated to select between mutually exclusive options in
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pycodestyle. PR #1014.
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* The Tokenizer class has been converted to an abstract base class. PR #1026.
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* The class handling Status and Importance flags has been completely rewritten. The flags are now
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handled using a unique random key as reference rather than relying on the text of the label
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itself. This makes it a lot easier to rename them as there is no need to update project items.
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PR #1034.
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* Many of the decisions regarding where items are allowed to belong has been delegated to the
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NWItem class that holds the item. Some is also handled by the NWTree class that holds the project
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tree. A new maintenance function in the NWTree class will also ensure that the meta data of an
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item is correct and up to date. This is especially important after an item has been moved, but is
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also checked when items are initially loaded. PRs #1031 and #1054.
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* Item handles are now generated using the standard library random number generator. The new
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handles have the same format as the old algorithm, so they are compatible. PR #1044.
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## Version 1.6.2 [2022-03-20]
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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__ = "1.7-alpha0"
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__hexversion__ = "0x010700a0"
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__date__ = "2022-02-20"
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__version__ = "1.7-beta1"
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__hexversion__ = "0x010700b1"
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__date__ = "2022-05-17"
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__status__ = "Stable"
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__domain__ = "novelwriter.io"
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__url__ = "https://novelwriter.io"

‎novelwriter/assets/text/release_notes.htm‎

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<h2>Release Notes for 1.6</h2>
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<p><i>Released on 20 February 2022</i></p>
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<h2>Release Notes for 1.7 Beta 1</h2>
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<p><i>Released on 17 May 2022</i></p>
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<p>This release does not introduce any major new features, but is instead a collection of minor
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improvements and tweaks based on user requests. There are also a number of changes under the hood
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to improve the structure and performance of novelWriter.</p>
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<p><u>Some key improvements to the user interface are:</u></p>
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<p>&#10003; The max text width setting in Preferences now also applies to the document viewer, and
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the setting itself on the Preference dialog has been simplified a bit.</p>
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<p>&#10003; When text is selected in the document editor, the number of words selected is displayed
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in the editor's footer area.</p>
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<p>&#10003; The search tool in the document editor now shows the number of results in the
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document.</p>
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<p>&#10003; The Enter and Ctrl+O keyboard shortcuts should now work the same way in all tree
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views.</p>
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<p>&#10003; It is now possible to set a blank section title format on the Build Novel Project tool
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and get empty paragraphs in the output. Previously, a blank format would just remove the section
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break entirely. This change allows the user to define hard and soft scene breaks using level three
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and four headings. The scene and section titles can be hidden completely with two new switches
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added to the user interface.</p>
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<p><u>Other feature changes include:</u></p>
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<p>&#10003; The project index is now automatically rebuilt in the event it is empty or incomplete
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when the project is opened.</p>
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<p>&#10003; The user can now add their own syntax and GUI theme files in the app folder in their
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user area on the host operating system. Where the custom files must be added is described in the
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documentation.</p>
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<p>&#10003; A Windows installer is yet again provided for novelWriter. If you have novelWriter
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installed using another method, make sure you uninstall it properly first as the two methods are
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not compatible.</p>
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<p>&#10003; Release versions for Ubuntu 21.04 have been dropped, and added for the upcoming Ubuntu
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22.04.</p>
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<p>&#10003; Most translations have been updated. A Dutch translation is in the works.</p>
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<p>This is a beta release of the next release version, and is intended for testing purposes. Please
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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><i>See also the <a href="https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/releases">Releases</a> page.</i></p>
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<h2>Patch Notes</h2>
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<h3>Patch 1.6.1 &ndash; 16 March 2022</h3>
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<p>This is a bugfix and patch release that fixes two recursion/loop issues. One would potentially
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cause a crash if the window was resized rapidly, and one would cause a hang with certain search
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parameters in the editor's search box. The Latin American Spanish translation has also been
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updated.</p>
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empty documents would trigger a rebuild of the index each time the project was opened. This has now
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been fixed. Another fix resolves an error message being written to the console logging output when
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a new document was created. Both errors were harmless.</p>
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
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<novelWriterXML appVersion="1.7-alpha0" hexVersion="0x010700a0" fileVersion="1.4" timeStamp="2022-05-17 17:51:14">
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<novelWriterXML appVersion="1.7-beta1" hexVersion="0x010700b1" fileVersion="1.4" timeStamp="2022-05-17 18:36:56">
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<name>Sample Project</name>
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<author>Jane Smith</author>
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<author>Jay Doh</author>
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