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Changelog

Planned features

See the GitHub “Features” project.

v3.0.6

• Library update.

Based on PyWriter v12.16.8

v3.0.5

• Restore the “shebang” line.

Based on PyWriter v12.4.0

v3.0.4

• Reduce the memory use by discarding the docstrings on building.

Based on PyWriter v12.1.2

v3.0.3

• Update for new libraries.

Based on PyWriter v11.0.2

v2.0.4

• Make it run on old Windows versions.

Based on PyWriter v8.0.11

v2.0.3

Downgrade from v3.0.2 due to a possible regression that takes some time to fix.

Based on PyWriter v8.0.10

v3.0.2

• Modify “shebang” lines to make the scripts run with Python 3.11 under Windows.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.5

v3.0.1

• Code optimization and library update.

Based on PyWriter v9.0.4

v2.0.2

• Code optimization and library update.
• Fix a bug where attempting to save a write-protected file raises an uncaught exception.

Based on PyWriter v8.0.8

v1.4.1

• Set own window icon.

Based on PyWriter v7.4.1

v1.4.0

• Handle the exception occurring when converting a yWriter project with no scene.
• Add internationalization according to GNU coding standards.
• Provide German localization.

Based on PyWriter v7.2.1

v1.2.4 Update setup script

• Change the working dir to the script dir on startup in order to avoid “file not found” error.

Based on PyWriter v5.18.0

v1.2.3 Improved setup

• Catch exceptions in the setup script.

Based on PyWriter v5.18.0

v1.2.2 Improved word counting

• Fix word counting considering ellipses.

Based on PyWriter v5.12.4

v1.2.1 Improved word counting

• Fix word counting considering comments, hyphens, and dashes.

Based on PyWriter v5.12.3

v1.2.0

• Provide a novelyst plugin.

Based on PyWriter v5.6.1

v1.0.2 Bugfix release

• Fix a bug where characters and locations and items are multiplied when exporting to yWriter

Based on PyWriter v5.6.0

v1.0.1

• Improve code and documentation quality.

Based on PyWriter v5.0.3

v1.0.0

• Rework the user interface.
• Refactor the code.

Based on PyWriter v5.0.0

v0.20.5 Create backup when overwriting

• Create registry files on setup only under Windows.
• Remove the “single backup” option.

Based on PyWriter v3.30.0

v0.20.4 Support non-Windows OS

• Move installation and configuration to another location (see instructions for use).

Based on PyWriter v3.28.1

v0.20.3 Enable non-Windows operation

• Catch an exception that is thrown when evaluating a Windows environment variable under a non-Windows OS.

Based on PyWriter v3.28.1

v0.20.2 Beta release

• Undo a change made just for debugging.

Based on PyWriter v3.26.1

v0.20.1 Beta release

• Fix a bug where events lose or change their category or container on sync.

Based on PyWriter v3.26.1

v0.20.0 Beta release

• Abandon “item” processing to make the configuration clearer and the code more maintainable.
• Change the default value for invalid date from “-0001-01-01” to “0001-01-01” in order to avoid isoformat errors.

Based on PyWriter v3.24.3

v0.18.0 Update for Timeline 2.5

• Adapt the Timeline XML file structure. Downward compatible with Timeline 2.4.

Based on PyWriter v3.24.3

v0.16.1 Bugfix release

• Fix a bug causing an exception when a new item is added to a scene.

Based on PyWriter v3.18.1

v0.16.0 Beta - Feature complete

Synchronize unspecific date/time in yWriter with specific date/time in Timeline.

D/H/M is converted to specific Timeline start/end date/time stamps, using the duration and the default date/time.

The other way around (Timeline to yWriter), there are three options:

• Retain each scene’s date/time mode (default).
• Overwrite D/H/M with specific date/time stamps (dhm_to_datetime option).
• Convert specific Timeline date/time stamps to D/H/M (datetime_to_dhm option)

Based on PyWriter v3.16.3

v0.14.0 Alpha - New feature

Set the view range in new and synchronized timelines.

Based on PyWriter v3.16.1

v0.12.5 Alpha - Optional update

Major Refactoring.

Based on PyWriter v3.16.1

v0.12.4 Alpha - Optional update

Major Refactoring.

Based on PyWriter v3.16.1

v0.12.3 Alpha - Optional update

• Use standardlib methods in TlFile.write() for converting iso date/time stamps.

Based on PyWriter v3.16.0

v0.12.2 Alpha - Optional update

• Use standardlib methods in TlFile.read() for converting iso date/time stamps.

Based on PyWriter v3.16.0

v0.12.1 Alpha - No automatic shortcut creation

• Due to sporadic security warnings, the automatic shortcut creation during installation is removed. The user is now guided to create the application shortcut manually.

Based on PyWriter v3.16.0

v0.12.0 Alpha - Handle time periods

• When converting to yWriter, calculate the duration and store it in the yWriter scene metadata.
• When converting to Timeline, calculate the end date from the scene duration.

Based on PyWriter v3.16.0

v0.10.2 Alpha - Handle two-figure years

• When synchronizing with yWriter, prevent two-figure years from being “completed”.

Ywriter prefixes two-figure years automatically with “19” or “20”, so do not synchronize dates below the year 100.

Based on PyWriter v3.16.0

v0.10.1 Alpha - Do not change “BC” dates

• When synchronizing with yWriter, “BC” dates remain unchanged.

“BC” Dates are stored in Timeline with a negative sign. Such dates are changed by yWriter to 0001-01-01, since it apparently can’t handle negative dates. In order to preserve “BC” Dates in Timeline when synchronizing, date/time information is not overwritten, if yWriter’s scene date is 0001-01-01.

Based on PyWriter v3.16.0

v0.10.0 Alpha - Add “ignore unspecific” option

• Implement an option to synchronize only scenes with a specific date/time set.

Based on PyWriter v3.16.0

v0.8.1 Alpha - Handle containers

• Opening brackets at scene title start are prefixed with ‘ ‘ in the timeline. Thus, the masking of leading brackets is invisible in Timeline as well.

Based on PyWriter v3.16.0

v0.8.0 Alpha - Handle containers

• Containers are invisible in yWriter.
• Brackets at scene title start are prefixed with ‘_’ in the timeline.

Based on PyWriter v3.16.0

v0.6.2 Alpha bugfix release

• Fix a bug (uninitialized variable).

Based on PyWriter v3.16.0

v0.6.1 Alpha

• Back up target files. Note: Backups are created even if the synchronization process is cancelled.

Based on PyWriter v3.16.0

v0.6.0 Alpha

• Read configuration from INI file.

Based on PyWriter v3.14.0

v0.4.2 Alpha bugfix release

• Fix a bug deleting the scene ID if an event is assigned to any category.

Based on PyWriter v3.12.9

v0.4.1 Alpha bugfix release

• Fix a bug causing multiple “Item” category entries.

Based on PyWriter v3.12.9

v0.4.0 Alpha release

• Fix faulty regular expressions causing scene IDs not to be unique.
• Make sure that subsequently added event descriptions are inserted at the right position in the Timeline XML tree.
• Delete event description during synchronization, if the corresponding scene description is empty.
• Color events that are linked to scenes mint green.
• Synchronize items with yWriter. Items are mapped to events with category “Item” (light blue).

Based on PyWriter v3.12.9

v0.2.0 Limited alpha release

• Synchronization works only one-way: In order to avoid damage, existing timelines are not overwritten due to critical bugs yet to be fixed.

Based on PyWriter v3.12.9

v0.1.7 Alpha bugfix release

• Provisionally fix a bug making a Timeline project not processible for the application, if all events have the same date/time.

Based on PyWriter v3.12.9

v0.1.6 Alpha test release

• Refactor.
• Update help text.

Based on PyWriter v3.12.9

v0.1.5 Alpha test release

• Fix updating Timeline from yWriter.
• Filter normal scenes.

Based on PyWriter v3.12.9

v0.1.4 Alpha test release

• Updating yWriter from Timeline works.
• Processing of end date/time and scene duration is missing.

Known bugs:

• When updating Timeline from yWriter, non-scene events are deleted.

Based on PyWriter v3.12.9

v0.1.3 Alpha test release

• Generate a new yWriter project from a Timeline works.
• Generate a new Timeline from a yWriter project works.
• Synchronization has to be fixed.
• Processing of end date/time and scene duration is missing.

Based on PyWriter v3.12.9