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On September 1, 2017, except for special incidents, the next version 5.01.00 will be published. This will include the following developments:
(From September 2017)
The typist mode allows you to work by focusing specifically on the text of your book. It is in the form of a single window occupying the entire screen and replacing the normal window of the application.
This presentation consists of:
The objective of this presentation is to allow you to focus on the text of the scene without having to click on various elements.
You can modify the list of characters, locations or objects by using the corresponding buttons. You can also edit any notes. On the other hand, to change the link to another chapter, or other information, you will have to return to the normal display of the application.
As with any other display you have a button to create a new idea.
For the text editor part, you will find the traditional formatting toolbar, but you will not have the possibility to customize the HTML code. Indeed, the objective being to focus on the text the presence of the usual tab HTML would be only a diversion.
This new interface will enter the test phase at the beginning of June 2017 and will be available with the September 2017 version.
The new version 5.00.03 is now available. You will find the following changes:
- resolution of the order in the ComboBox (characters in particular)
- simplification of messages for internationalization
- revision of the "Quick Info" view
- fixed the bug on the number of scenes
- add the "position" option in the "Memos" view
- adding the option "hide unassigned genes" in the "Manage chapters and scenes" view
- addition of the secondary wires in the scene table
- added multi-screen management option
- addition of the possibility of access to information if the publisher is open
- creation of the import module, with revision of the export module
- rewriting the user interface
January 29, 2017
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Except for the usual schedule, version 5.00.02 is available. The version of December 2016 presented some serious anomalies which justified this publication of urgency.
Besides the correction of the anomalies, you will find the usual procession of new functions:
- addition of a module for internationalization assistance
- correction of dictionary download anomaly
- resolution of bug # 42 (direct addition of character, place, object)
- correction of the number of words calculation
- add a warning message if the export already exists
- add an end message for all exports
- memorisation of the position and size of the editor (by component type)
- add Memos in the tree view
- replacement of the LibreOffice editor by a commonplace editor
- reintroduction of the geolocation of a location from the address
- customizing the toolbar
- adding the number of scenes in the chapters for the table, the editor and the quick info view
- add "image" navigation when exporting HTML multifiles
- Fixed bug in Reading view
- modification of the presentation of the Memos table and option to change layout
- correction of the first launch anomaly
- reactivation of the fast output of the editor
The new version 5.00.01 is now available. Many improvements await you.
New sub-forums were created for each of the languages in which there is an active translator:
- English
-Spanish
-Hungarian
-Japanese
Tributes to the victims of the attacks in Paris this Friday, November 13 2015, a bloody red Friday.