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WinMerge 2.16.45.1 Beta Release Notes

December 2024

About This Release

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 2.16.45.1 Beta

General

  • BugFix: IME switch not toggle menu when menu hide (PR #2572)
  • Add "Ignore missing trailing EOL" option to Compare settings
    (PR #2573,#203,#989,#2317)

File compare

  • BugFix: The height of the lines connecting moving blocks in the location
    pane may be incorrect (#2543)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Looks like the View Tab Bar "folder icon" is getting a green
    check-mark before the folder compare has even completed. (#2562)

Plugins

  • BugFix: WinMerge 2.16.44.0 : CompareMSWordFiles.sct Plugin : Forced Enabled
    Confirm Conversions Pop-Up (#2566)

Archive support

  • Update 7-Zip to 24.09

Translations

Internals

  • Update POCO C++ Libraries to 1.14.0

What Is New in 2.16.45.0 Beta

General

  • BugFix: Second monitor - BIG title bar v 2.16.44 (#2510,#2512,#2540,#2549)
  • BugFix: Window close button is not extending to the edge of the screen
    when maximized (#2520)
  • BugFix: When WinMerge window is maximized, it prevents auto-hidden Windows
    11 taskbar from appearing (#2518)
  • Foreground and background title bars are distinguishable (PR #2497)
  • Title bar background color and text color follow windows settings when not
    customized (PR #2505)
  • Main Menu toggle Show/Hide (PR #2509)
  • Inactive title text chosen by inactive title color (PR #2544)
  • Reduce the contrast of inactive title bar text (PR #2545)
  • System Icon turn gray when app inactive (PR #2547)

File compare

  • BugFix: Wrong line gets copied over when selecting text (#2499)
  • BugFix: Bug Report: Display Issues When Resizing WinMerge Across Dual
    Monitors (#2514)
  • BugFix: Diff renders incorrectly with "Cascadia Mono" variant (#2525)
  • BugFix: The height of the lines connecting moving blocks in the location
    pane may be incorrect
  • BugFix: Crash on opening 2 files via drag & drop (#2548)
  • BugFix: A crash could occur if a single invalid file path was specified in
    the "Select files or folders" window.
  • BugFix: "Debug Assertion Failed!" Error When Refreshing After Deleting All
    Content in Left or Right Pane (#2556)
  • Adjust right-click deselect from down to up to preserve RB + scroll anywhere
    (PR #2511)
  • Press 1-3 to copy current diff line to clipbd while popup menu is open
    (PR #2532)
  • Caret (text cursor) follow windows settings (PR #2534)
  • Feature Request: Fixed-Width Font in "Find what" and "Replace with" Fields
    (#2539)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Crash on typing while search is in progress (#1814), (PR #2557)

Options dialog

  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Colors/System)" dialog. (PR #2506)
  • The "Clear all recent items" button in the Shell Integration category of the
    Options dialog now clears combobox history as well as jump lists. (#2555)

Select Files or Folders dialog

  • BugFix: Crash on opening 2 files via drag & drop (#2548)

Plugins

  • Apache Tika plugin: Update Apache Tika to 3.0.0

Installer

  • BugFix: When uninstalling WinMerge, the Shell Extension for Windows 11 was
    not uninstalled.
  • Installer - Run PowerShell hidden and with -NoProfile when installing
    silently (#2515)

Translations

Known issues

  • Suggestion to make the result of image comparison more reliable (#1391)
  • Crashes when comparing large files (#325)
  • Very slow to compare significantly different directories (#322)
  • Vertical scrollbar breaks after pasting text (#296)

What's Changed

New Contributors

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v2.16.45.0

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WinMerge 2.16.45.0 Beta Release Notes

November 2024

About This Release

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 2.16.45.0 Beta

General

  • BugFix: Second monitor - BIG title bar v 2.16.44 (#2510,#2512,#2540,#2549)
  • BugFix: Window close button is not extending to the edge of the screen
    when maximized (#2520)
  • BugFix: When WinMerge window is maximized, it prevents auto-hidden Windows
    11 taskbar from appearing (#2518)
  • Foreground and background title bars are distinguishable (PR #2497)
  • Title bar background color and text color follow windows settings when not
    customized (PR #2505)
  • Main Menu toggle Show/Hide (PR #2509)
  • Inactive title text chosen by inactive title color (PR #2544)
  • Reduce the contrast of inactive title bar text (PR #2545)
  • System Icon turn gray when app inactive (PR #2547)

File compare

  • BugFix: Wrong line gets copied over when selecting text (#2499)
  • BugFix: Bug Report: Display Issues When Resizing WinMerge Across Dual
    Monitors (#2514)
  • BugFix: Diff renders incorrectly with "Cascadia Mono" variant (#2525)
  • BugFix: The height of the lines connecting moving blocks in the location
    pane may be incorrect
  • BugFix: Crash on opening 2 files via drag & drop (#2548)
  • BugFix: A crash could occur if a single invalid file path was specified in
    the "Select files or folders" window.
  • BugFix: "Debug Assertion Failed!" Error When Refreshing After Deleting All
    Content in Left or Right Pane (#2556)
  • Adjust right-click deselect from down to up to preserve RB + scroll anywhere
    (PR #2511)
  • Press 1-3 to copy current diff line to clipbd while popup menu is open
    (PR #2532)
  • Caret (text cursor) follow windows settings (PR #2534)
  • Feature Request: Fixed-Width Font in "Find what" and "Replace with" Fields
    (#2539)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Crash on typing while search is in progress (#1814), (PR #2557)

Options dialog

  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Colors/System)" dialog. (PR #2506)
  • The "Clear all recent items" button in the Shell Integration category of the
    Options dialog now clears combobox history as well as jump lists. (#2555)

Select Files or Folders dialog

  • BugFix: Crash on opening 2 files via drag & drop (#2548)

Plugins

  • Apache Tika plugin: Update Apache Tika to 3.0.0

Installer

  • BugFix: When uninstalling WinMerge, the Shell Extension for Windows 11 was
    not uninstalled.
  • Installer - Run PowerShell hidden and with -NoProfile when installing
    silently (#2515)

Translations

Known issues

  • Suggestion to make the result of image comparison more reliable (#1391)
  • Crashes when comparing large files (#325)
  • Very slow to compare significantly different directories (#322)
  • Vertical scrollbar breaks after pasting text (#296)

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.16.44...v2.16.45.0

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WinMerge 2.16.44 Release Notes

October 2024

About This Release

This is a WinMerge 2.16.44 stable release.
This release replaces earlier WinMerge stable releases as a recommended release.

Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker.

What Is New in 2.16.44

General

  • Added Medium size (24px) option to Toolbar icons

Webpage compare

  • BugFix: Differences panel for Webpage mode (winwebdiff#7)

Plugins

  • BugFix: Floating-point precision issue in CompareMSExcelFiles.sct plugin (#2494)

Translations

  • Translation updates:

What Is New in 2.16.43 Beta

General

  • BugFix: WinMerge incorrectly states "The selected files are identical" (#2408)
  • Implement Menu Bar as a Toolbar (PR #2400)
  • Add support for placing the tab bar on the title bar (PR #2428)
  • Add One-Hand mice wheel scroll diff and merge (PR #2435)
  • Add Support for Custom System Color Overrides (PR #2376)
  • Easy move small main window when tab on titlebar (PR #2489)

File compare

  • BugFix: Wrong syntax highlighting for TeX files (#2415)
  • BugFix: Text replacement result is wrong. (#2422)
  • Copy Selected Difference to Clipboard (PR #2429)
  • Added Ada parser and default file associations (#2452)
  • Added C++20 modules default file associations cppm and ixx (PR #2464)
  • Anti-aliasing has been applied to the lines that connect moved blocks in the
    location pane.

Folder compare

  • BugFix: ExitCode always 2 with /enableexitcode with no apparent issues (#2450)

Webpage compare

  • BugFix: Location pane may not render differences (winwebdiff#6)

Options dialog

  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Project)" dialog. (PR #2401)
  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Backup Files)" dialog. (PR #2406)
  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Codepage)" dialog. (PR #2448)
  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (General)" dialog. (PR #2453)

Plugins

  • Create CompareEscapedJavaPropertiesFiles.sct (PR #2455)

Manual

  • BugFix: 2 mistakes about default values in manual (#2456)
  • Update documentation for "Include unique subfolders contents" setting (PR #2396)

Translations

Internals

  • Make InsertLineNumberInPOFiles.bat and RenewPOFiles.bat work again

Known issues

  • Suggestion to make the result of image comparison more reliable (#1391)
  • Crashes when comparing large files (#325)
  • Very slow to compare significantly different directories (#322)
  • Vertical scrollbar breaks after pasting text (#296)

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.16.42.1...v2.16.44

v2.16.43

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WinMerge 2.16.43 Beta Release Notes

October 2024

About This Release

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 2.16.43 Beta

General

  • BugFix: WinMerge incorrectly states "The selected files are identical" (#2408)
  • Implement Menu Bar as a Toolbar (PR #2400)
  • Add support for placing the tab bar on the title bar (PR #2428)
  • Add One-Hand mice wheel scroll diff and merge (PR #2435)
  • Add Support for Custom System Color Overrides (PR #2376)
  • Easy move small main window when tab on titlebar (PR #2489)

File compare

  • BugFix: Wrong syntax highlighting for TeX files (#2415)
  • BugFix: Text replacement result is wrong. (#2422)
  • Copy Selected Difference to Clipboard (PR #2429)
  • Added Ada parser and default file associations (#2452)
  • Added C++20 modules default file associations cppm and ixx (PR #2464)
  • Anti-aliasing has been applied to the lines that connect moved blocks in the
    location pane.

Folder compare

  • BugFix: ExitCode always 2 with /enableexitcode with no apparent issues (#2450)

Webpage compare

  • BugFix: Location pane may not render differences (winwebdiff#6)

Options dialog

  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Project)" dialog. (PR #2401)
  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Backup Files)" dialog. (PR #2406)
  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Codepage)" dialog. (PR #2448)
  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (General)" dialog. (PR #2453)

Plugins

  • Create CompareEscapedJavaPropertiesFiles.sct (PR #2455)

Manual

  • BugFix: 2 mistakes about default values in manual (#2456)
  • Update documentation for "Include unique subfolders contents" setting (PR #2396)

Translations

Internals

  • Make InsertLineNumberInPOFiles.bat and RenewPOFiles.bat work again

Known issues

  • Suggestion to make the result of image comparison more reliable (#1391)
  • Crashes when comparing large files (#325)
  • Very slow to compare significantly different directories (#322)
  • Vertical scrollbar breaks after pasting text (#296)

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.16.42.1...v2.16.43

Merge7z2408.0

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WinMerge 2.16.42.1 Release Notes

July 2024

About This Release

This is a WinMerge 2.16.42.1 stable release.
This release replaces earlier WinMerge stable releases as a recommended release.

Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker.

What Is New in 2.16.42.1

General

  • BugFix: Digital signature was not added to version 2.16.42. (#2395)

Translations

  • Translation updates:
    • Chinese Simplified (PR #2394)
    • Italian (PR #2393)

What Is New in 2.16.42

General

  • Enable Rounded Corners for WinMerge Menu on Windows 11 (PR #2364)
  • Introduce a flat status bar without separator lines. (PR #2377)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Folder comparison status not accurately reflected in toolbar (#2374)
  • BugFix: Status of folder comparison not correctly reflected by tab icon after
    Refresh (F5) (#2383)

File compare

  • Replace - more intelligent choice of replace in (whole file vs selection) (#2368)

Image compare

  • BugFix: Image Comparison : In Alpha Animation, dialogs hang winmerge (#2370)
  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where the right edge of the status bar appeared white.
  • Added the ability to change the blink interval and overlay animation interval.

Plugins

  • Make the gpt4-o-mini model selectable in the AIConvertText plugin settings
    window

Archive support

  • Update 7-Zip to 24.07

Translations

  • Translation updates:

What Is New in 2.16.41 Beta

General

  • Made the tabs in the tab bar rounded like Firefox.

File compare

  • Added support for F# (FSharp) language syntax highlight (PR #2298)
  • Improved F# parsing, support for multi-line comments (PR #2301)
  • Multi line comment fix (PR #2303)
  • Multi line comment fix part 2 (PR #2309)
  • Typescript files to use JavaScript highlighting as default (PR #2312)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Refresh selected shows wrong file names being compared (#2338)
  • BugFix: Selected files changes on expanding a folder that is upper on the
    tree (#2359)

Options dialog

  • BugFix: Options - Syntax color settings get reverted when
    "Customized text colors" settings is touched. (#2355)
  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Editor > Compare/Merge)" dialog. (PR #2348)
  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Archive Support)" dialog. (PR #2362)

Plugins

  • BugFix: Fixed the plugin pipeline not being configured correctly in the Select Plugin dialog.
  • Add a text conversion plugin using OpenAI API (PR #2258)
  • Update jq to 1.7.1
  • Update md4c to 0.5.2

Archive support

  • Update 7-Zip to 24.05

Installer

  • BugFix; WinMerge 2.16.40 - Installer - Missing version and archicteure info (#2300)

Translations

Internals

  • Update GitHub Actions CI (#2304)
  • Fix some typos (#2305)
  • Update POCO C++ Libraries to 1.13.3
  • Update boost to 1.85.0
  • Update Google C++ Testing Framework to 1.14.0

Known issues

  • Suggestion to make the result of image comparison more reliable (#1391)
  • Crashes when comparing large files (#325)
  • Very slow to compare significantly different directories (#322)
  • Vertical scrollbar breaks after pasting text (#296)

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.16.40...v2.16.42.1

v2.16.42

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WinMerge 2.16.42 Release Notes

July 2024

About This Release

This is a WinMerge 2.16.42 stable release.
This release replaces earlier WinMerge stable releases as a recommended release.

Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker.

What Is New in 2.16.42

General

  • Enable Rounded Corners for WinMerge Menu on Windows 11 (PR #2364)
  • Introduce a flat status bar without separator lines. (PR #2377)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Folder comparison status not accurately reflected in toolbar (#2374)
  • BugFix: Status of folder comparison not correctly reflected by tab icon after
    Refresh (F5) (#2383)

File compare

  • Replace - more intelligent choice of replace in (whole file vs selection) (#2368)

Image compare

  • BugFix: Image Comparison : In Alpha Animation, dialogs hang winmerge (#2370)
  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where the right edge of the status bar appeared white.
  • Added the ability to change the blink interval and overlay animation interval.

Plugins

  • Make the gpt4-o-mini model selectable in the AIConvertText plugin settings
    window

Archive support

  • Update 7-Zip to 24.07

Translations

  • Translation updates:

What Is New in 2.16.41 Beta

General

  • Made the tabs in the tab bar rounded like Firefox.

File compare

  • Added support for F# (FSharp) language syntax highlight (PR #2298)
  • Improved F# parsing, support for multi-line comments (PR #2301)
  • Multi line comment fix (PR #2303)
  • Multi line comment fix part 2 (PR #2309)
  • Typescript files to use JavaScript highlighting as default (PR #2312)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Refresh selected shows wrong file names being compared (#2338)
  • BugFix: Selected files changes on expanding a folder that is upper on the
    tree (#2359)

Options dialog

  • BugFix: Options - Syntax color settings get reverted when
    "Customized text colors" settings is touched. (#2355)
  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Editor > Compare/Merge)" dialog. (PR #2348)
  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Archive Support)" dialog. (PR #2362)

Plugins

  • BugFix: Fixed the plugin pipeline not being configured correctly in the Select Plugin dialog.
  • Add a text conversion plugin using OpenAI API (PR #2258)
  • Update jq to 1.7.1
  • Update md4c to 0.5.2

Archive support

  • Update 7-Zip to 24.05

Installer

  • BugFix; WinMerge 2.16.40 - Installer - Missing version and archicteure info (#2300)

Translations

Internals

  • Update GitHub Actions CI (#2304)
  • Fix some typos (#2305)
  • Update POCO C++ Libraries to 1.13.3
  • Update boost to 1.85.0
  • Update Google C++ Testing Framework to 1.14.0

Known issues

  • Suggestion to make the result of image comparison more reliable (#1391)
  • Crashes when comparing large files (#325)
  • Very slow to compare significantly different directories (#322)
  • Vertical scrollbar breaks after pasting text (#296)

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.16.40...v2.16.42

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WinMerge 2.16.41 Beta Release Notes

June 2024

About This Release

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 2.16.41 Beta

General

  • Made the tabs in the tab bar rounded like Firefox.

File compare

  • Added support for F# (FSharp) language syntax highlight (PR #2298)
  • Improved F# parsing, support for multi-line comments (PR #2301)
  • Multi line comment fix (PR #2303)
  • Multi line comment fix part 2 (PR #2309)
  • Typescript files to use JavaScript highlighting as default (PR #2312)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Refresh selected shows wrong file names being compared (#2338)
  • BugFix: Selected files changes on expanding a folder that is upper on the
    tree (#2359)

Options dialog

  • BugFix: Options - Syntax color settings get reverted when
    "Customized text colors" settings is touched. (#2355)
  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Editor > Compare/Merge)" dialog. (PR #2348)
  • Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Archive Support)" dialog. (PR #2362)

Plugins

  • BugFix: Fixed the plugin pipeline not being configured correctly in the Select Plugin dialog.
  • Add a text conversion plugin using OpenAI API (PR #2258)
  • Update jq to 1.7.1
  • Update md4c to 0.5.2

Archive support

  • Update 7-Zip to 24.05

Installer

  • BugFix; WinMerge 2.16.40 - Installer - Missing version and archicteure info (#2300)

Translations

Internals

  • Update GitHub Actions CI (#2304)
  • Fix some typos (#2305)
  • Update POCO C++ Libraries to 1.13.3
  • Update boost to 1.85.0
  • Update Google C++ Testing Framework to 1.14.0

Known issues

  • Suggestion to make the result of image comparison more reliable (#1391)
  • Crashes when comparing large files (#325)
  • Very slow to compare significantly different directories (#322)
  • Vertical scrollbar breaks after pasting text (#296)

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.16.40...v2.16.41