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Planned features

See the GitHub “Features” project.

v4.45.1

• Make sure to keep unused character/location/item keyword variables.

Based on PyWriter v12.18.0

v4.45.0

• Extend the API: The TreeViewer.add_scene method processes the “tags” keyword argument. This is necessary for the latest novelyst_templates plugin.
• Setup: “set_open.command.reg” assigns an icon to “.pwc” collection files.

Based on PyWriter v12.17.2

v4.44.11

• Reword column: “Plot” –> “Turning point”.
• Update logo.

Based on PyWriter v12.17.2

v4.44.10

Fix a bug where normal scenes are written to the “notes” and “todo” export documents, if appended to the previous scene.

Based on PyWriter v12.17.2

v4.44.9

PyWriter update:

Simplify the yw7 file export, dropping redundant data that is not needed by yWriter 7.

• Drop the sort order.
• Drop word count.
• Drop letter count.
• Drop “scene belongs to chapter” information.
• Do not write empty scene Characters/Locations/Items elements.
• Remove yWriter version information.

Based on PyWriter v12.17.1

v4.44.8

• Remove all type hints to be compatible with old Python versions.

Based on PyWriter v12.16.7

v4.44.7

Change the layout of exported documents:

• Replace the Manuscript’s scene comments with invisible scene headings.
• Remove the ODT export’s scene comments.
• Replace the Scene description document’s scene comments with invisible scene headings.

• Remove several links from the exported document’s headings.

• Fix a bug where the project lock is not persistent after exporting an editable document.
• No longer write custom XML text fields as CDATA to .yw7. This is ecause the CDATA information gets lost anyway when overwriting the .yw7 file with any other pyWriter-based converter.
• Escape characters in custom field variables when writing as PCDATA to .yw7.
• Update the PyWriter library (several minor bugfixes)
• Release/Setup: Update “Y” icons (colors inverted)
• Remove several outdated add-ons.

Based on PyWriter v12.16.6

v4.43.3

• A file can be linked to each character, location, and item.
• The applications for opening linked non-standard filetypes can be specified in “launchers.ini”.

Based on PyWriter v12.15.3

v4.42.4

• Do not colorize scenes in “workphase” color mode, if the workphase is undefined.

Based on PyWriter v12.15.3

v4.42.3

• Fix the project view’s folding frames initialization.

Based on PyWriter v12.15.3

v4.42.2

• Update Pywriter library.
• Change .yw7 file icon.

Based on PyWriter v12.15.3

v4.42.1

• Disable new menu entries when closing the project.

Based on PyWriter v12.15.2

v4.42.0

• Fix a bug where resetting the tree corrupts the “trash bin”.
• Provide a “Restore backup” option (closes #30).

Based on PyWriter v12.15.2

v4.41.4

• Write custom XML text fields as CDATA to .yw7

Based on PyWriter v12.15.2

v4.41.3

• Refactor the code
• Extend translation

Based on PyWriter v12.15.2

v4.41.2

• Place the show_markup checkbox at the bottom of the contents viewer window.
• Refactorthe code.
• Update docstrings

Based on PyWriter v12.15.0

v4.41.1

• Fix a bug where shortcuts do not work correctly after pressing F10.

Based on PyWriter v12.15.0

v4.41.0

• Change the shortcuts for browsing the tree (see help).

Based on PyWriter v12.15.0

v4.40.2

• If not unique, indicate the arc in the “Plot” column for chapter summaries as well.

Based on PyWriter v12.15.0

v4.40.1

• If not unique, indicate the arc in the “Plot” column.

Based on PyWriter v12.15.0

v4.40.0

• Add “Plot spreadsheet” export.
• Replace “Arcs” document by “Plot” document.
• Escape HTML report text.

Based on PyWriter v12.15.0

v4.39.0

• Add “Plot list” report.

Based on PyWriter v12.14.0

v4.38.0

Improve the tree view’s chapter display:

• In expanded chapter branches, hide data collected from scenes.
• Add arc information.

Based on PyWriter v12.14.0

v4.37.0

• Add scene headings to the “proofing” document.

Based on PyWriter v12.14.0

v4.36.0

• Extend API for update checking.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.6

v4.35.4

• Fix a bug in the “Arcs” export where the scene links are broken.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.6

v4.35.3

• Fix a bug where no input is possible after file selection on startup.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.6

v4.35.2

• Remove non-icon files in the icon directory on setup.
• Add missing “P” icon for the detached “Properties” window.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.6

v4.35.1

• Bugfix: Catch an exception that is raised when closing the project.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.6

v4.35.0

• Extend the view menu.
• Use more function keys for navigation.
• Extend API: TreeViewer.show_branch()

Based on PyWriter v12.13.6

v4.34.1

• Fix a regression from v4.34.0 where nodes cannot be deleted.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.6

v4.34.0

• Make going back/forward compatible with arrow key browsing.
• Extend API: TreeViewer.go_to_node()

Based on PyWriter v12.13.6

v4.33.3

• Do not select the same node repeatedly when going through the history.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.6

v4.33.2

• Reset the history when trying to go to a deleted node.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.6

v4.33.1

• Tree browsing history implemented.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.6

v4.32.0

• Add a “Go to associated scene” to the “Arc point” properties.
• Clear associated scene only if not None.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.6

v4.31.1

• Refactor the code for performance improvement.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.6

v4.31.0

• Add “Discard manuscript” command.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.5

v4.30.3

• Ignore leading blanks when parsing footnote/endnote markup.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.5

v4.30.2

• Fix a regression from v4.27.3 where refreshing the tree could incorrectly indicate a change.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.4

v4.30.1

• Refactor the code for better maintainability.
• Provide a PluginBase class for new plugins to inherit.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.4

v4.30.0

• Extend the API by making more NovelystTk methods “public”.
• Remove the experimental NovelystTk.export_manuscript() method.

Note: This requires updating the novelyst_button plugin to v1.0+.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.3

v4.29.2

• Do not create a button bar at the bottom of the project properties window.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.3

v4.29.1

• Restore status by clicking on the status bar.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.3

v4.29.0

• Extend the API for the buttonbar plugin.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.2

v4.28.1

• Fix a regression from v4.28.0 where the contents viewer is not updated when changing the project.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.1

v4.28.0

• When exporting an ODT document that is not meant for re-import, convert yWriter comments into footnotes or endnotes.
• Bugfix: Make the contents viewer read-only.

Based on PyWriter v12.13.0

v4.27.4

• Fix a regression from v4.27.3 where problems may occur if no trashbin chapter exists.

Based on PyWriter v12.11.0

v4.27.3

• Lock the trashbin’s position when automatically moving parts to the Book branch.

Based on PyWriter v12.11.0

v4.27.2

• Improve ui messaging.
• Refactor the right frame viewer classes.

Based on PyWriter v12.11.0

v4.27.1

• Add character/location/item image support.
• Change WorkFile description.

Based on PyWriter v12.11.0

v4.26.0

• Display a cover thumbnail image with the project properties.

Based on PyWriter v12.11.0

v4.25.0

• Import characters, locations, and items from XML data files.

Based on PyWriter v12.11.0

v4.24.3

• Exclude the scene marks in the “proofing” document from spell checking.

Based on PyWriter v12.8.5

v4.24.2

• Fix a regression from v2.24.0 where the “proofing” document export may crash in case no language tags are found.

Based on PyWriter v12.8.3

v4.24.1

• Fix heading of unnamed scenes in the contents viewer.
• Simplify the “proofread” document’s structure.

Based on PyWriter v12.8.2

v4.24.0

Modify the “Proofing document” classes for ODT exchange document conversion:

• Exclude “Unused”, “Notes” and “Todo” scenes from the document export.
• Apply direct formatting instead of the emphasizing character styles.
• Do not apply the “Quotation” paragraph style.

Based on PyWriter v12.8.1

v4.23.1

• Initialize new project’s metadata.

Based on PyWriter v12.7.1

v4.23.0

• Provide translations for scene related comments in the exported documents.

Based on PyWriter v12.7.0

v4.22.1

• Remove the “Project” node.
• Update help.

Based on PyWriter v12.6.0

v4.22.0

• Add a “Project” node for the project settings.
• Rename the “Narrative” node to “Book”.

Based on PyWriter v12.6.0

v4.21.1

• Change the online help link.
• Restructure and extend the online help.

Based on PyWriter v12.6.0

v4.21.0

• New menu entry: Tools > Open installation folder.

Based on PyWriter v12.6.0

v4.20.2

• Skip “not exported” scenes when collecting chapter display data in the tree view.
• Fix scene position display in the tree view.
• Fix status word count.

Based on PyWriter v12.6.0

v4.20.1

• Identify “not exported” scenes in the tree view.
• Words in “not exported” scenes don’t count.

Based on PyWriter v12.6.0

v4.20.0

• Extend the Plugin API.
• Do not show “not exported” scenes in the contents viewer.

Based on PyWriter v12.6.0

v4.19.8

• Fix a regression from v4.13.3 where the “index card” is missing for project notes.

Based on PyWriter v12.5.1

v4.19.7

• Make the height of the “index card” and the “Goals/Conflict/Outcome” text boxes configurable.

Based on PyWriter v12.4.1

v4.19.6

• Save space in the right window for smaller screens.

Based on PyWriter v12.4.1

v4.19.5

• Remove the indenting spacer from the IndexCard title entry, because it doesn’t look good on Linux.

Based on PyWriter v12.4.1

v4.19.4

• Fix a regression from v4.17.4 where an unhandled exception occurs when reading a project without word count log.

Based on PyWriter v12.4.0

v4.19.3

• Set the TextBox default font “Courier 10” (applies to Linux).
• Keep the “shebang” line when building the application.

Based on PyWriter v12.4.0

v4.19.2

• Make the “index card” a widget of its own.

Based on PyWriter v12.4.0

v4.18.0

• The API for logging the writing progress is fixed.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.2

v4.17.4

• Log word counts achieved with other word processors.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.2

v4.17.3

• Do not touch the log unless “Save word count” is ckecked.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.2

v4.17.2

• Remove entries with unchanged word count from the log.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.2

v4.17.1

• Make it work on virtual file systems.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.2

v4.17.0

• Add an option to delete yWriter-only data when writing .yw7.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.1

v4.16.7

• Projects can now be saved even if they do not contain chapters.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.1

v4.16.6

• When suppressing markup in the Text viewer, consider ‘>’ (quoted text).

Based on PyWriter v12.3.0

v4.16.5

• Fix a bug where cancelling parts did not work.
• Improve error handling.
• Refactor: Make the scene row coloring mode a type checked NovelystTk instance variable.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.0

v4.16.4

• Store the coloring_mode setting as an integer value to make it locale-independent.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.0

v4.16.3

• Show status colors according to the work phase.
• Change the wording: Use “Mode” instead of “Style”.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.0

v4.15.0

• Chapter word count includes normal scenes only.
• Add word count by scene status and usage to the project properties.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.0

v4.14.3

• Ctrl-Alt-D toggles detach/dock properties window.
• Save properties when docking or detaching the properties window.
• Save properties on closing the project.
• Update icon.
• Refactor.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.0

v4.14.2

• Prevent detaching the right pane more than once.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.0

v4.14.1

• The right pane (selected element’s properties) can now be detached with Ctrl-Alt-D.
• Refactor: Move the _on_select_node() method from the TreeViewer to NovelystTk, and rename it to show_properties().

Based on PyWriter v12.3.0

v4.14.0

• The right pane (selected element’s properties) can now be toggled with Ctrl-Alt-T.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.0

v4.13.3

• Refactor the code for better maintainability.

Based on PyWriter v12.3.0

v4.13.2

• Refactor and re-organize the the code for better maintainability.

Based on PyWriter v12.2.0

v4.13.1

• Fix the status setting for the “Characters” tree.

Based on PyWriter v12.1.2

v4.13.0

• Insert new characters, locations, items, and project notes as specified in the help text.
• API upgrade: Extend the range of keyword arguments for several TreeViewer new node methods.

Based on PyWriter v12.1.2

v4.12.1

• Add a separator to the “Tools” menu.

Based on PyWriter v12.1.2

v4.12.0

• API upgrade: When creating a new tree element, the type can be set as a parameter.

Based on PyWriter v12.1.2

v4.11.0

• API upgrade: When creating a new tree element, the title can be set as a parameter.

Based on PyWriter v12.1.2

v4.10.3

• For the correct display in Aeon Timeline 2, arc points get the same date/time as their associated scenes.

Based on PyWriter v12.1.2

v4.10.2

• Refactor: Terminate method stubs with return.
• Reduce the memory use by discarding the docstrings on building.

Based on PyWriter v12.1.2

v4.10.1

• Improve handling of locked project.
• Improve error handling.

Based on PyWriter v12.1.1

v4.10.0

• Update for PyWriter v12.
• Move the ‘Remove custom fields’ feature to the novelyst_ywriter plugin.

Based on PyWriter v12.1.0

v4.9.1

• When joining scenes, add the scene notes.

Based on PyWriter v11.0.2

v4.9.0

• Allow scene joining.

Based on PyWriter v11.0.2

v4.8.2

• Fix a bug where entered scene day is not displayed in the tree after applying changes.

Based on PyWriter v11.0.2

v4.8.1

• Also generate unspecific date from the previous scene.
• Fix scene duration column.

Based on PyWriter v11.0.2

v4.8.0

• Provide a button to set the date and time that follows the previous scene.

Based on PyWriter v11.0.2

v4.7.0

• Provide tree navigation in the right pane.

Based on PyWriter v11.0.2

v4.6.2

• Add buttons for clearing scene start/duration data.
• Enable clearing the duration entries.
• Improve entry checks.

Based on PyWriter v11.0.2

v4.6.1

• Fix error handling for time and day entry.

Based on PyWriter v11.0.1

v4.6.0

• Make scene date/time information editable.

Based on PyWriter v11.0.1

v4.5.1

• Put the “Arc” part of the “Todo” scene view into a folding frame.
• Add the “Relationships” frame to the “Notes” and “Todo” scene views.

Based on PyWriter v10.0.1

v4.5.0

• Add “Arcs” document export.

Based on PyWriter v10.0.1

v4.4.4

• If a scene’s arc assignment is cleared, automatically clear the corresponding point assignments.

Based on PyWriter v10.0.1

v4.4.3

• Put auto-generated arc definitions into a new part in the “Planning” subtree.

Based on PyWriter v10.0.1

v4.4.2

• Provide “Apply changes” button at the bottom of the right pane.
• No longer accept the assignment of non-existent arcs to scenes.
• Update the “Arcs” help page.

Based on PyWriter v10.0.1

v4.4.1

• When clearing arc references, remove also all scene associations from the children points.
• Make sure that each arc is defined by a unique chapter.
• Fix a regression from v4.4.0 where arc defining chapters may be duplicated due to chapter field renaming.

Based on PyWriter v10.0.1

v4.4.0

• Structure arcs with points.

Based on PyWriter v10.0.1

v4.3.0

• Use chapters instead of scenes for arc description.

Based on PyWriter v10.0.1

v4.2.5

• Make it run on old Windows versions.

Based on PyWriter v10.0.1

v4.2.4

• View date/time of “Notes” scenes.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.5

v4.2.3

• Fix a bug where the project view is not cleared when closing the project and saving changes.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.5

v4.2.2

• When reading yw7 files, fix missing scene status as a tribute to defensive programming.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.5

v4.2.1 Speed up the program start

IMPORTANT:

• If you have a desktop shortcut to start novelyst, please change the target from “novelyst.pyw” to “run.pyw”.

• If you use the Windows Explorer context menu entry, please re-run the registry scripts after setup.

• Rename “novelyst.pyw” –> “novelyst.py”.
• Create a start-up script “run.pyw” during setup.
• Add a header to the “has notes” column.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.5

v4.1.0

• New program setting: Change the order of the columns.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.5

v4.0.3

• Improve code quality and documentation.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.5

v4.0.2 Bugfix

• Fix a regression from v2.0.3 where wrong language markers are imported from the “proofread” document.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.5

v4.0.1 Bugfix

• Fix a regression where changes are not saved when “Save word count” is checked.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.4

v4.0.0

Upgrade API:

• Add the PluginCollection.on_close method.
• Call NovelystTk.on_close when closing a project.
• Call NovelystTk.on_quit when closing novelyst.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.4

v3.1.1

• Prepare RichTextYw for dark mode.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.4

v3.1.0

• Make text box colors customizable for dark mode.
• Rework the novelyst_awdark plugin.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.4

v3.0.2

• Code optimization and library update.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.4

v2.0.5

• Fix a bug where attempting to save a write-protected file raises an uncaught exception.
• API upgrade: Remove the global ERROR constant.
• Code optimization and library update.
• Restore status before creating a report or an export.
• Assign “no language” to the chapter/scene markers for the proof reading document.
• When converting to ODT format, apply all XML predefined entities.

Based on PyWriter v8.0.8

v1.6.3

• Fix a bug in odt manuscript export, where the “Quotation” style is not applied at scene start.

Based on PyWriter v7.14.1

v1.6.2

• Fix a bug where the wrong file date is displayed after opening an existing document.
• Do not warn the user if an up-to-date existing document is opened.
• Inform the user if the project cannot be saved due to locking.
• Refactor.
• Update docstrings.

Based on PyWriter v7.14.0

v1.6.1

• Document export: Improve the “Overwrite/Open existing document?” dialog.

Based on PyWriter v7.14.0

v1.6.0

Count words like in LibreOffice. See: https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-GB/text/swriter/guide/words_count.html

Document export:

• Only ask for opening existing documents, if rewritable.
• Add obfuscated text for word count.

Based on PyWriter v7.14.0

v1.5.0

• Remove the “Open with yWriter” command.
• Provide a yWriter launcher plugin instead.

Based on PyWriter v7.13.1

v1.4.1

• Reorganize the project settings.

Based on PyWriter v7.13.1

v1.4.0

• Replace the custom fields by project variables. Thus make language/country accessible in yWriter.
• Fix a bug in PyWriter where empty codes are replaced with “no locale” instead of “system locale”.

Based on PyWriter v7.12.2

v1.3.3 Bugfix release

• Fix a regression from v1.3.2 where some document types are not exported.
• When exporting a re-importable document, lock the project only on success.

Based on PyWriter v7.11.4

v1.3.2

• Make sure to apply changes before creating a report or exporting a document.

Based on PyWriter v7.11.4

v1.3.1

Introduce a notation for assigning text passages to another language/country. This is mainly for spell checking in Office Writer.

Based on PyWriter v7.11.2

v1.2.1

• Support “no document language” settings.

Based on PyWriter v7.10.2

v1.2.0

• Fix a regression where a new project cannot be created due to a renamed variable.
• Put the project’s writing progress data in a folding frame.
• Add entries for the document’s language and country codes.

Based on PyWriter v7.8.0

v1.0.1

• Make the “folding frames” look better when applying themes.

Based on PyWriter v7.4.9

v1.0.0

• Release under the GPLv3 license.

Based on PyWriter v7.4.9