From 5131a24c6337ca9529dc2b7ecbc22c7910534685 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kimmo Varis Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:07:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] PATCH: [ 1999880 ] Beta 2.9.10 release notes --- Docs/Users/ChangeLog.txt | 2 +- Docs/Users/ReleaseNotes.html | 198 ++++++------------------------------------- 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 174 deletions(-) diff --git a/Docs/Users/ChangeLog.txt b/Docs/Users/ChangeLog.txt index b801e0e28..c941b64b7 100644 --- a/Docs/Users/ChangeLog.txt +++ b/Docs/Users/ChangeLog.txt @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ to Subversion revision numbers (rXXXXX). WinMerge 2.9.1.4 Use PCRE regular expressions in the editor (#1991259) Installer: install to all users (#1460517) - Update release notes (#1990886, #1995265) + Update release notes (#1990886, #1995265, #1999880) Manual: Use PNG files (#1988845, #1989744) BugFix: Temp paths in Reports created from archive file (#1984346) BugFix: ISL file syntax highlighting starts comment with { (#1981326) diff --git a/Docs/Users/ReleaseNotes.html b/Docs/Users/ReleaseNotes.html index 2a4086fb3..d110ab971 100644 --- a/Docs/Users/ReleaseNotes.html +++ b/Docs/Users/ReleaseNotes.html @@ -51,16 +51,10 @@ -

WinMerge 2.8.4 Release Notes

June 2008

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About This Release

-This is a new WinMerge stable release which is recommended and replaces earlier -2.6.x versions. -

- -

-Compared to the 2.6.x releases, there are many improvements beneficial to the -usage of WinMerge. Some areas of improvement include: Improved UTF-8 file -detection and opening of binary files. Another significant improvement is the -new localization system. This simplifies the translation process of WinMerge. +This is a WinMerge beta release which is meant for preview the current state of +WinMerge development. This release is not recommended for the production.

Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker. -

What Is New in 2.8.4?

What Is New in 2.9.10?

For a complete changelog history, see the ChangeLog.txt file located in the Docs folder under the WinMerge program folder.

Changes

Fix a crash when one path given from command line
Fix a crash when starting second instance with single-instance enabled
Brazilian translation update

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What Is New in 2.8.2?

- -

Changes

Make 'Yes' the default button in copy confirmation dialog
Command line parsing fixes
Fix showing differences in the end of the line
Manual and documentation updates

- -

Translations

-Several translations were updated and three new translations were added: -

Greek
Romanian
Ukrainian

- -

What Is New in 2.8.0?

- -

Changes

Installer and splash screen graphics updates
Manual and documentation updates
Translation updates

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What Is New in 2.8 RC?

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Detect UTF-8 Files Without BOM Bytes

-Until now, WinMerge could not detect UTF-8 files without a BOM (Byte-order) marker. -Opening such files with WinMerge caused segments of the file(s) to render improperly -on the screen. UTF-8 files without BOM bytes are now properly detected and displayed. -

- -

Open Binary Files

-WinMerge could not display files it detected as binary in previous versions. -WinMerge did however compare the files and returned the results as either -"binary files are identical" or "binary files are different." Starting with this -release, WinMerge now shows all files in the file compare, including binary files. -Bytes that have no visual representation (character) are displayed with its 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

-The oldest open feature request has finally been implented! WinMerge can now open -"conflict files" that several version control systems (CVS, Subversion, etc.) output. -A conflict file is seperated into two files?"theirs" and "mine." These files are then -displayed for typical file compare and merging. -

- -

Other Changes

Syntax highlighting for PowerShell and PO(T) files.
Zooming in file compare.
Create a pair folder for a unique folder so browsing into that folder - is possible.
Option to select a folder for temporary files.
Show the file's encoding type in the file compare status bar.
Option to preserve a file's modification date in file compare.

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Important Bugs Fixed

Right mouse button did not move the cursor to the new position in file compare
Merge/Delete would delete 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?

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New Localization System

-The most significant change in this release is the new localization system. This new -system is based on the widely used PO files. PO files are text files that have both -the original (English) text and the translated text together. Since PO files are text -files, they are simple and intuitive to edit. WinMerge no longer uses DLL resources for -translations and therefore, no compiling will ever be required. One can now edit the PO -files on-the-fly, re-start WinMerge, and the changes will be reflected immediately. +WinMerge 2.9.x will not have many new features. Instead many existing features +will be improved and optimized. And some long-standing problems will be fixed.

Regular expressions

-See WinMerge web site for more information about translations: -http://winmerge.org/translations/ - -

-In conclusion: PO files have replaced LANG files in Languages-subfolder. +Regular expression library (PCRE, http://www.pcre.org/) +is updated to the latest version (7.7). That will fix some problems present in +older version used in WinMerge 2.8.x. PCRE is now used also in WinMerge's +editor component. So Find- and Replace- features have now a lot improved regular +expression support.

Translations

Installing for all users

-Several translations were again updated. We expect things to improve with -translation statuses, as the new system is so much easier to use. +Installer will now install WinMerge to all users. Previously the installer +always installed just for the current user which causes problems in many +environments. Now the Shell Integration is correctly enabled for all users +after installing.

-New Croatian and Portuguese translations were added. -

- -

Other Changes

HTML reports from file compare
Improved printing
New dialog for selecting folder compare columns
New icon for Shell Integration

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Important Bugs Fixed

Rename in folder compare misbehaved when renaming an item that only existed on - one side.
"Do not merge" ignored differences when multiple differences are selected
VCS system integration tried to check out the wrong file, this caused a variety - of side-effects.
Backup file was created from the wrong file in folder compare operations

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What Is New in 2.7.4?

New confirmation dialog for copying items in folder compare.
Improved line filter -dialog.
Printing improvements.
Allow user to select syntax highlighting to use for a file.
Tabbed multi-window interface.
Alternative big toolba.r
Recent project files in File-menu.

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Important Bugs Fixed

Crash when comparing empty folders.
Pressing ESC-key when renaming a file caused a crash.

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What Is New in 2.7.2?

Changes

New XML (expat+scew) and regular expression (PCRE) libraries used.
Try to match files inside differences.
Optimized folder compare.
New options for creating backup files.
Fix location pane flickering, optimize location pane
Open conflict files by drag&dropping file to main window

Important Bugs Fixed

Translation updates

Crash occures when file modification time was missing.
Dialogs could be hidden behind other windows.
Many word-wrap related fixes.
New Slovenian translation

Known Issues

@@ -307,3 +157,5 @@ New Croatian and Portuguese translations were added. + + -- 2.11.0