Version history for WinMerge (64-bit)

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Changes for v2.16.6 - v2.16.7 (pre-release)

• General:
• Bugfix: The icons on a 43" 4K screen are too small.(GitHub #276)
• BugFix: GUI glitches/bugs (GitHub #316)
• BugFix: Several issues regarding i18n (GitHub #314)
• Add Solarized Dark/Light color scheme (GitHub #287)
• Compile WinMerge with ASLR and CFG enabled (GitHub #315)
• File compare:
• Bugfix: Diff Pane issues (GitHub #307)
• Bugfix: Codepage not updated on refresh (GitHub #320)
• Bugfix: Crashes when comparing large files (GitHub #325)
• Bugfix: WinMerge does not recognize the same files (GitHub #332)
• Bugfix: Moved ghost lines are shown in the wrong color (GitHub #358)
• Bugfix: opening same file (GitHub #362)
• Bugfix: Find dialog sometimes remembers old text to start a new find instead of the new text. (GitHub #368)
• Bugfix: Fix a problem where markers that are out of the range of the current difference appear in the difference pane. (osdn.net 40407)
• Bugfix: HTML5 encoding () is ignored. (osdn.net #40476)
• '=' should be included in word separator (osdn.net #40224)
• Allow specifying default for EOL warning checkbox (GitHub #297)
• Only indent existing lines (GitHub #356)
• Table compare:
• Made it possible to display the contents of CSV and TSV files like spreadsheet software.
• Folder compare:
• Bugfix: DST causes incorrect dates shown in Date column (GitHub #299)
• Bugfix: Long filename issue (GitHub #339)
• Bugfix: Winmerge Freeze if large number of files are listed in Window View (GitHub #348)
• Bugfix: Change to disable some menu items that should not be executed for directories, when directories are selected in the folder window. (GitHub PR #366)
• Bugfix: Update DirViewColItems.cpp (GitHub #376)
• Bugfix: Fix the problem that not 3 panes but 2 panes file compare window displays when executing "Compare As" > "Binary" or "Compare As" > "Image" in the context menu in the folder compare window with selecting 3 items. (GitHub PR #381)
• Bugfix: Fix a problem where a text file could be considered a binary file. (osdn.net #40296)
• Bugfix: crash when clicking [Merge]-> [Delete] menu item while renaming a file
• Add a feature generating a patch from directories (#283) (GitHub PR #331)
• added bin and obj directories to C# filter (GitHub PR #365)
• Image compare:
• Bugfix: Scrolling behavior when dragging images is wrong (osdn.net #40205)
• Open dialog:
• Bugfix: Open dialogs are sometimes left as garbage (osdn.net #40487)
• Browse button in the file/dir selection show wrong path (GitHub #346)
• Options dialog:
• Bugfix: Pressing the [Compare/Binary] category button in the Options dialog twice will cause a crash. (osdn.net #40308)
• Plugins
• Bugfix: Fix handling of line breaks in SortAscending, SortDescending (osdn.net PR #40266)
• Bugfix: Error when comparing images in the CompareMSExcelFiles.sct plugin (osdn.net #40472)
• CompareMSExcelFiles.sct: Include Excel Addin files (*.xlam) (GitHub PR #269)
• Add support for C# and TypeScript (GitHub PR #382)
• Add a plugin for Visio (osdn.net PR #40473)
• Plugin fixes for the new Table Compare
• (CompareMSExcelFiles.sct, IgnoreFieldsComma.dll, IgnoreFieldsTab.dll)

Changes for v2.16.2 - v2.16.3 beta

• General:
• - Bugfix: Slow startup with documents folder redirected to high-latency
• network drive (Bitbucket #155)
• - Add VisualElementsManifest for Windows 10 start menu (Bitbucket PR #47)
• - Reduce the size of the executable file
• File compare:
• - Bugfix: Location and Diff pane visibility broken in 2.16.1
• (GitHub #138, Bitbucket #163, sf.net #2228)
• - Bugfix: Temporary files could not be created (GitHub #143, sf.net #2220)
• - Bugfix: Trivial bugfix (GitHub #155)
• - Bugfix: Regression: Incorrectly shows 'no changes' for large portions of
• certain binary files! (Bitbucket #162)
• - Small tweaks for HTML file reports (Bitbucket PR #44, #45)
• - Made diff algorithm selectable by using libXDiff
• algorithms: default(Myers), minimal, patience, histogram
• - triple click to select whole line (Bitbucket #144)
• - Add support for merging word level diffs in selection
• Demo: https://i.gyazo.com/af18960bd1f121213a2cd9287cae9cf4.gif
• Folder compare:
• - Bugfix: WinMerge 3-Way Compare Bugs: Always Shows Unique Items.
• (GitHub #154)
• - Bugfix: WinMerge could not compare files that are opened in other
• applications
• - Show progress bar while generating Folder Compare Report
• - Use own colors settings for folder compare (Bitbucket PR #49)
• Project file:
• - Bugfix: Possible Bugs in 2.16.2 (sf.net #2221)
• - Supporting relative path in project file (Bitbucket #158)
• - Allow multiple in project file
• Image compare:
• - Bugfix: no message was displayed when file saving failed
• - Implement Insertion/Deletion Detection
• Demo: https://gyazo.com/17d8773354d23b5ae51262f28b0f1f80
• Options dialog:
• - Tweak size of combobox "codepage" in options (GitHub #144)
• - Sort combobox codepage and add manual codepage (GitHub #145)
• Installer:
• - Allow per-user installation (only x64 installer)
• - Don't install Files.txt and don't add "Uninstall WinMerge" to the
• start menu (Bitbuket #38)
• Translations:
• - Update French translation (GitHub #149, #150)
• - Update Lithuanian translation (Bitbucket PR #36, #40, #43, #46, #48, #50)
• - Update Russian translation (Bitbucket PR #41, #42)

Changes for v2.16.0 - v2.16.2

• File compare:
• - Bugfix: Edit > Replace > All, Undo: should undo all (sf.net #2113)
• - Bugfix: Save As: default directory should be file's original
• directory (sf.net #2163)
• - Bugfix: Strings with embedded 0 bytes are handled incorrectly (sf.net
• #2187)
• - Bugfix: Removed word level merge support due to unstable behavior
• - Bugfix: Menu item "File->File Encoding" moves main window (Bitbucket #150)
• - Bugfix: Crash when maximizing MDI child window
• - bugfix: Crash when failed to load file
• - Add syntax highlight for Lua (Bitbucket #114)
• Folder compare:
• - Bugfix: Compare results refresh incorrectly after deletions (sf.net #2217)
• Archive Support:
• - Upgraded to 7-zip 19.00
• Tab bar:
• - Improve icon display at 120DPI
• Image compare:
• - Bugfix: Zoom In/Out shortcuts don't update zoom level in location
• pane (Bitbucket #149)
• - Zoom In/Out menu items for image compare (Bitbucket #148)
• Open dialog:
• - Allow quoted filenames in "Select Files or Folders" (sf.net #1240,
• GitHub #137)
• Manual:
• - Some tweaks for the manual (Bitbucket PR #35)
• Installer:
• - Bugfix: Gibberish language during installation (Bitbucket #147)
• Translations:
• - Update Catalan translation (Bitbucket PR #29)
• - Update Italian translation (Bitbucket PR #32)
• - Update Lithuanian translation (Bitbucket PR #33)
• - Update Simplified Chinese translation (Bitbucket PR #34)

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