1 # WinMerge 2.16.10 Release Notes
3 - [About This Release](#about-this-release)
4 - [What Is New in 2.16.10?](#what-is-new-in-21610)
5 - [What Is New in 2.16.9 beta?](#what-is-new-in-2169-beta)
6 - [Known issues](#known-issues)
12 This is a WinMerge 2.16.10 stable release.
13 This release replaces earlier WinMerge stable releases as a recommended release.
15 Please submit bug reports to our <a href="http://github.com/winmerge/winmerge/issues">bug-tracker</a>.
17 ## What Is New in 2.16.10
21 - BugFix: Fixed processing that uses GetAsyncKeyState(). (GitHub PR #505)
22 - BugFix: Fixed the problem that the language setting is not applied to the
23 context menu of the MDI tab when the language setting is changed.
25 - BugFix: command-line option /x did not work for binary and image comparison
26 - BugFix: Substiturions vs. Substitutions (GitHub #551)
27 - Swap Panes functionality for 3 way compares (Issue #507) (GitHub PR #533)
28 - [feature request] Add options to command line to change "compare methods"
30 - Added the command line option "/s-" to ensure that another instance is
31 always executed, ignoring the value of the 'Allow only one instance to
36 - BugFix: WinMerge crashes with mouse double click (GitHub #531)
37 - BugFix: Fixed an issue where the message box "The report has been created
38 successfully." was displayed even if the report creation failed.
39 - BugFix: BUG: Doesn't respect "Don't ask this question again" checkbox when
40 comparing large files (GitHub #574)
41 - The Location pane doesn't draw a line connecting moved differences by
43 - Update crystallineparser.cpp - AutoIt (\*.au3) support as a "Basic"
45 - Added JavaScript and JSON syntax highligher (osdn.net #41083)
46 - Added View -> Diff Context -> Invert menu item
47 - Feature Request: Move To Next File option while comparing files #475
49 - A new feature "Ignored Substutions" (GitHub PR #544,#549,#560)
53 - BugFix: Winmerge crashes consistently when deleting files
55 - BugFix: Copy Folder does not copy subfolders and I don't see any option for it
57 - A new feature "Ignored Substutions" (GitHub PR #544,#549,#560)
61 - Added File -> New -> Table menu item
65 - Added File -> New -> Binary menu item
69 - Implement copy and paste images (GitHub PR #524)
70 - Added File -> New -> Image menu item
71 - Added Image -> Compare Extracted Text From Image menu item
75 - Making CPropertySheet resizable needs some re-work. (Issue #509)
78 ### Patch Generator dialog
80 - BugFix: Crash when generating patch (GitHub #521)
84 - Translation updates:
85 - Galician (GitHub PR #493,#538,#570)
86 - German (GitHub PR #532,#548,#563)
88 - Lithuanian (GitHub PR #496,#528,#536,#562,#564)
89 - Portuguese (GitHub PR #495)
90 - Slovenian (GitHub #553,#565)
91 - Russian (GitHub PR #494)
95 - Update manual (GitHub PR #497,#513,#546)
96 - Small tweaks for the Manual (GitHub PR #508)
97 - Windows XP Pro SP0 vs Requirements (GitHub #515)
101 - Fix Various Warnings (GitHub PR #539)
102 - Various fixes to testing (GitHub PR #545)
103 - Some tweaks for translations status (GitHub PR #556)
104 - Link error when `building Plugins\src_VCPP\DisplayXMLFiles` with Visual
105 Studio 2019 16.7.7 (GitHub #554)
106 - Link error when building VCPP plugin DisplayXMLFiles with Visual Studio
107 2019 16.7.7 (GitHub #555)
108 - Link warnings when building VCPP plugin DisplayXMLFiles with Visual Studio
109 2019 16.7.7 (GitHub #558)
110 - Some more files should be added to the .gitignore file (GitHub #559)
112 ## What Is New in 2.16.9 Beta?
116 - BugFix: MainFrm.cpp: Toolbar was leaking image lists (GitHub PR #432)
117 - BugFix: The icons on a 43" 4K screen are too small (GitHub #276)
118 - Update English.pot (GitHub #440)
119 - Update Merge.rc (GitHub #487)
120 - Improved startup time
124 - BugFix: [UI] Pane enlargement was reset after changing tab (GitHub #403)
125 - BugFix: Non-comment differences were sometimes ignored when the comment
126 filter was enabled, (osdn.net #40488)
127 - BugFix: Line Filters aren't applied when using a 3rd file (GitHub #395)
128 - BugFix: "Ignore blank lines" does not work in 3-way compare (GitHub #450)
129 - BugFix: Fix the problem that the comparison result is displayed one line
130 off in the file compare window if a sync point is added with the first
131 line selected. (GitHub PR #435)
132 - BugFix: Fix the problem accessing the text buffer out of range if a sync
133 point is added by selecting a ghost line that is after the last block.
135 - BugFix: Fix the problem that "Goto...", "Goto Line <line>" and moving by
136 left click on the location pane do not work appropriately when the Diff
137 pane is active in the file compare window. (GitHub PR #476)
138 - BugFix: Reloading file does not refresh its encoding (GitHub #466)
139 - BugFix: Editor text display is abnormal - character spacing problem
141 - always copy "full line" instead of "selected text only" - option
142 CopyFullLine (GitHub PR #459)
143 - Add the feature "Go to Moved Line" requested by #278 (GitHub PR #484)
144 - how to show white space with linebreak hidden? (GitHub #265)
145 (Added View->View EOL menu item)
149 - BugFix: Pausing comparing doesn't pause immediately (GitHub #342)
150 - BugFix: Sorting on Comparison Result being done incorectly (GitHub #483)
151 - Commandline to display versions in the output report (GitHub #418)
152 - "Don't ask again" checkbox for the Confirm Copy dialog (GitHub PR #445)
156 - BugFix: Scrolling binary files (GitHub #456)
160 - Added "Automatically scroll to first inline difference" option to Options
163 ### Patch Generator dialog
165 - BugFix: Fixed the problem that the input to File1 or File2 comboboxes of
166 the Patch Generator dialog is not applied when the Patch Generator dialog
167 is opened by selecting multiple files. (GitHub PR #421)
171 - Translation updates:
172 - Chinese Simplified (GitHub PR #465)
173 - Dutch (GitHub PR #482)
174 - Galician (GitHub PR #419,#458,#493)
175 - German (GitHub PR #438,#448,#480,#490)
176 - Lithuanian (GitHub PR #417,#439,#443,#449,#481)
177 - Polish (GitHub PR #447)
178 - Portuguese (GitHub PR #429,#467)
179 - Slovak (GitHub PR #470)
180 - Slovenian (GitHub PR #486,#488)
181 - Spanish (GitHub PR #454)
182 - Turkish (GitHub PR #425)
186 - Update Shortcut_keys.xml (GitHub PR #430)
187 - Update manual (GitHub PR #485,#492)
191 - Tweak output from BuildInstaller.cmd and BuildArc.cmd (GitHub PR #424)
192 - Fix typo in GhostTextBuffer.cpp (GitHub PR #472)
193 - Fix typo in memdc.h (GitHub PR #474)
197 - Crashes when comparing large files (GitHub #325)
198 - Very slow to compare significantly different directories (GitHub #322)
199 - Vertical scrollbar breaks after pasting text (GitHub #296)