novelwriter

novelwriter, 5 hours ago to random

The novelWriter 2.5 Beta release is now available for testing.

The new release includes a new status icon shape feature, support for footnotes, new colour themes, improved dialogue highlighting, better support for font styles, and many small improvements.

This release is intended for testing and debugging. A release candidate will be available in a few weeks, before the full release.

https://novelwriter.io/releases/release_2_5.html

novelwriter, 6 days ago to random

Patch Release 2.4.3 has been published.

This release fixes two bugs. One affecting adding new spell check dictionaries on Windows, and one related to changing the text font settings, which seems to primarily affect Linux Mint 21.3.

https://novelwriter.io/releases/release_2_4.html#main-release-2-4-3

novelwriter, 8 days ago to random

Patch Release 2.4.2 is now available.

The release updates the Dutch and Chinese translations, and fixes two minor font issues.

https://novelwriter.io/releases/release_2_4.html#main-release-2-4-2

novelwriter, 20 days ago to random

Patch release 2.4.1 of novelWriter is now available. It fixes a few issues, mainly with the Manuscript Build tool, and makes a few improvements like remembering the scroll position if you update the preview.

https://novelwriter.io

novelwriter, 1 month ago to random

novelWriter 2.4 is now available.

Among updates is a new project search tool, a new heading format to distinguish between soft and hard scene breaks, a new formatting code to highlight text, and a few new settings for formatting your manuscript.

https://novelwriter.io/releases/release_2_4.html

novelwriter, 1 month ago to random

A pre-release for the upcoming 2.4 release of novelWriter is now available for testing.

Among new features is a global search tool, a new text highlight format, and the ability to separate "soft" and "hard" scene breaks.

You can find the preliminary release notes on the website.

https://novelwriter.io/releases/release_2_4.html

novelwriter, 2 months ago to random

Patch 2.3.1 is out. It fixes a number of issues with translations of the user interface, and adds a completed French translation.

https://novelwriter.io/

novelwriter, 2 months ago to writing

novelWriter 2.3 has been released!

There are a number of design changes and features included in this release. Most notably, the new and cozy welcome dialog for opening your writing projects, or creating new projects.

The design was created by @ldurrant.

For a full overview of changes, see the full Release Notes: https://novelwriter.io/releases/release_2_3.html

#Writing

novelwriter, 3 months ago to random

A beta release of novelWriter 2.3 is out for those who want to test the upcoming features.

There are a lot of design updates, including new artwork, and a number of requested small and larger features.

Check out the pre-release notes and downloads on the releases page: https://novelwriter.io/releases/release_2_3.html

novelwriter, 3 months ago to random

I'm working on an implementation to allow Point of View character to be automatically added to for instance Chapter titles.

Since a character tag does not necessarily have a title-friendly name or format, I need to add a way to define a "Display name" for a tag.

I would like some feedback on how to best implement it, either here or in the feature thread on GitHub (which has a lot more information).

-Veronica

https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/issues/1468#issuecomment-1916374164

novelwriter, 3 months ago to random

novelWriter 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes two minor bugs with the user interface, and includes an updated German and Chinese translation.

https://novelwriter.io/

novelwriter, 5 months ago to random

novelWriter 2.2 has just been released. This is the third release of the 2.x revamp. This time the focus has been on text editing, with several improvements to the tags and references system, more options for text formatting like sub- and superscript. For the first time, multi-select in the project tree is also possible for certain tasks.

Please see the release notes for more details.

https://novelwriter.io

novelwriter, 6 months ago to random

The release candidate for novelWriter 2.2 is out for those who want to test the upcoming features.

Even more has been added since the Beta release 2 weeks ago, including a new References panel below the document viewer, and multi-select drag and drop and actions in the project tree.

https://novelwriter.io/download/index.html#latest-pre-release

novelwriter, 6 months ago to random

A beta release of novelWriter 2.2 is out for those who want to test the upcoming features.

Among the changes in 2.2 are case insensitive tags and references, an auto-complete feature for references, and new formatting codes for subscript, superscript and underline.

https://novelwriter.io/download/index.html#latest-pre-release

novelwriter, 7 months ago to random

novelWriter 2.1 is finally out!

The main change in this release is a brand new Manuscript Build tool for building a manuscript document of your project. In the new tool, you can define multiple different builds, and have more control over what text is included.

There is a number of new features that have been requested and that will be added to this tool in later releases.

https://novelwriter.io/

novelwriter, 8 months ago to random

A new pre-release of novelWriter 2.1 is out: Release Candidate 1.

The new Build Settings tool has received some improvements based on feedback. You can now select spell check dictionary from the Tools menu, and some smaller requested improvements have been added.

Mostly, the difference between this and the Beta 1 release a month ago is a lot of restructuring of the core code.

If this release candidate works well, the full release will be just around the corner!

https://novelwriter.io/download/index.html#latest-pre-release

novelwriter, 9 months ago to random

If any of you are testing out the new manuscript build tool in the novelWriter 2.1 beta, there is a great feedback discussion thread going on GitHub right now.

I would very much like to hear from you. The new build tool is still a work in progress, so feedback and ideas are greatly appreciated.

https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/discussions/1491

novelwriter, 9 months ago to random

A beta release of novelWriter 2.1 is out, for anyone who wishes to test the new features.

2.1 is the 2nd part of the 2.0 major release, which was split due to the amount of work needed to complete the changes.

This is a pre-release, so be careful about using it with your writing projects.

The main feature of this pre-release is the new Manuscript Build Tool with a number of requested features. it will be extended in the coming releases. See the Changelog for details.

https://novelwriter.io/download/index.html#latest-pre-release

novelwriter, 11 months ago to random

I've been working on the new Manuscript Build Tool for novelWriter for months now, and I finally finished the first iteration of it. A beta release of 2.1 will be out in not too long, so you can test it.

In the meantime, here's a video showing some of the features. 😊

(I don't demonstrate it here, but you can define as many build definitions as you want in the new tool.)

• Veronica

A screencast demonstration the new manuscript build tool in novelWriter

novelwriter, 1 year ago to random

novelWriter 2.0 Release Candidate 2 is now out. It's a pre-release, so please be careful about using it for you active writing projects. You should only use it on a copy of the project.

This release will update the file format of your project file, so older versions will not be able to read the project afterwards.

There are a number of improvements from 2.0 RC1 based on feedback. Large parts of the core code has also been refactored to support future, planned features.

https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/releases/tag/v2.0rc2