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WinMerge 2.7.6 Beta Release Notes

WinMerge 2.8 Release Candidate Release Notes

About This Release
What Is New in 2.8 RC?
What Is New in 2.7.6?
What Is New in 2.7.4?
What Is New in 2.7.2?
Known Issues

November 2007

February 2008

About This Release

-This is a development release of a WinMerge. This is not a stable release. -In general, beta releases are not meant for production use. Beta releases -should be usable in general, but they can contain bugs and unfinished -features. -

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-This beta release is the last beta release before next 2.8 stable release. -Between this release and 2.8 stable release there will be only smaller -improvements and hopefully lots of bug fixes. +This is a release candidate release for 2.8 stable release. This release +contains all the new features that will be in 2.8 version. There are no big +bugs left, and in general this release is safe to test and use.

Compared to 2.6.x releases there are many improvements done for usability -of WinMerge. One huge improvement is the new localization system, which -allows a lot easier translation of WinMerge. Then there are many improved -dialogs and other features. +of WinMerge. Improved UTF-8 file detection and opening binary files are just +couple of examples. Another huge improvement is the new localization system, +which allows a lot easier translation of WinMerge.

Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker. -

What Is New in 2.7.6?

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What Is New in 2.8 RC?

For a complete changelog, see the ChangeLog.txt in Docs folder in WinMerge program folder.

Detect UFT-8 Files Without BOM Bytes

+Until now WinMerge could not detect UTF-8 files without BOM bytes as UTF-8 +files. Opening such files into WinMerge caused parts of files shown improperly +at the screen. Now UTF-8 files without BOM bytes are properly detected and +shown. +

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Open Binary Files

+WinMerge could not earlier show files it detected as binary files. And only +compare result for such files was "binary files are identical" or "binary files +are different". Now WinMerge shows all files in file compare. Even binary +files. Bytes that have no visual presentation (character) are shown as byte +value. +

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+NOTE: WinMerge is not a binary file editor. Do not damage your binary +files! +

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Resolve Conflict Files

+Oldest open feature request got implemented! WinMerge can now open "conflict +files" that several version control systems (CVS, Subversion, ...) output. +Conflict file is separated to two files "theirs" and "mine" and shown in +normal file compare for merge. +

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Other Changes

Syntax highlighting for PowerShell and PO(T) files
Zooming in file compare
Create pair folder for unique folder for browsing into that folder
Option to select folder for temporary files
Show file's encoding in file compare statusbar
Option to preserve file's modification date in file compare

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Important Bugs Fixed

Right mouse button did not move cursor to new position in file compare
Merge/Delete deleted files from folders marked as read-only.
Potential lockup in folder compare
Line filter did not filter non-ascii lines correctly
Did not switch back to content compare once switched to quick compare in + folder compare
Quick compare did not ignore EOL differences

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What Is New in 2.7.6?

New Localization System

The most important change in this release is the new localization system. The -- 2.11.0