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Release Notes

This release adds a new global search feature. The tool is still relatively basic, and will likely be extended in later releases.

Among new text editing features is the ability to highlight text using [m]text[/m] shortcodes. The code [m] is for "mark", which is the equivalent code in HTML.

A second feature added for text editing is the ability to add an alternatively formatted scene heading by adding a ! to the markup, like for chapters and main titles. This allows to distinguish between two scene formatting styles, ### Title and ###! Title, which can for instance be used for soft and hard scene breaks.

The Manuscript Build tool has also been extended with multiple new formatting options.

See the website for complete Release Notes.

Note: This is the last release that will support Ubuntu 20.04 with Debian packages. From 2.5, novelWriter will require Qt 5.15.

Detailed Changelog

Bugfixes

  • Fixed background colour on some widgets on the new Project Search tool. PR #1800.
  • Fixed a bug when using bold/italic/strike through toggle on an existing text selection in the editor. Issue #1807. PR #1808.
  • An index out of bounds error in the word counter has been fixed. It could only be triggered by a single line only containing a ">" character. Issues #1816 and #1825. PR #1817.
  • Fixed an issue where not all theme colours were completely reset before changing theme. PR #1820.
  • Shortcodes are no longer passed to the spell checker. PR #1823.

Improvements

  • Made placeholder text for search read as "Search for" and "Replace with". PR #1799.
  • The initial count for adding chapter and scenes to new project in the Welcome dialog has been changed to 0. The user must now select to add chapters and scenes. Issue #1811. PR #1815.

Documentation

  • Updated the documentation for 2.4 features. PR #1818.

Internationalisation

  • Norwegian and US English translations updated by Veronica Berglyd Olsen (@vkbo). PRs #1799 and #1814.
  • Latin American Spanish translation updated by Tommy Marplatt (@tmarplatt). PR #1814.
  • Italian translation updated by Lou Cyper (loucyper1). PR #1814.
  • Japanese translation updated by @hebekeg. PR #1814.
  • French translation updated by Albert Aribaud (@aaribaud). PR #1821.
  • German translation updated by Myian (@HeyMyian). PR #1821.

Contributors

vkbo, aaribaud, and 3 other contributors
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