Jer's Novel Writer
- Version 1.0.1.2 | Release Date: 2007-11-06 | Download
Improved speed of word count dramatically (at the possible loss of some accuracy).
bugs fixed:
Previous word count fix led to long pauses on large documents (thanks, jimg!)
"Chapter n" in word count not being counted if chapter title also showing (thanks, professoryackle!)
find string field automatically active when find window opened (thanks Siegrich!)- Version 1.0.1.1 | Release Date: 2007-11-02 | Download
recalibrated word count
XHTML export includes margin notes
bugs fixed:
Shot in the dark attempt to get working on Leopard. (thanks, jimg, Nick, and nanikore! - and no thanks to Apple)
Resizing window did not update insertion hilight.
Regex escapes applied when there are no captured strings.
Loss of margin notes when updating from 0.6.1.4 (thanks, gaspar!)- Version 1.0.1 | Release Date: 2007-09-13 | Download
header and footer can now show total number of pages ("page n of nn").
In find/replace, if replacement pattern is modified by captured strings, actual replacement is displayed in status field.
Double-clicking key file will trigger registration.
Read me data format updated.
More intuitive installation from disk image.
bugs fixed:
corrupt project structure for some first-time users (thanks, isomfield!)
failed to print when the first chapter had no text block (thanks, doctohare!)
Export will now respect Space Before, Space After, and page break settings (thanks, floater!)
file icon transparency fixed (thanks, Superdotman!)
text-only toolbar drawer button toggles the drawer state correctly (thanks, floater!)
Remembers which tab was open in the drawer.- Version 1.0.0.4 | Release Date: 2007-08-08 | Download
Find/Replace doesn't bring up bothersome alert when no match found.
All user interface text visible to user is now in separate files to enable localization.
Changed natural text size key shortcut to resolve conflict with bookmarks (thanks, Siegreich!).
In source control, merged Tcl branch with main trunk.
Cmd-R shows/hides ruler. (thanks, floater!)
Better use of Tiger error handling on file save.
When automatically filling in outline description, replaces newline characters with spaces.
Bugs fixed:
Possible crash when regex is selected in Find window, but there is no find string specified
Stupid ruler causing crashes when insertion hilight rect recalculated (thanks jimg and floater!)
Hilight rect wrong size after editing margin note
Add to database contextual menu items not working in full-screen mode
Find next using Regular expressions not working when a match already selected (thanks, broomdodger!)
Add To database contextual menu not working in full-screen mode (Thanks, JohnP and Michael!)
Page Layout bug that could cause crashes during page count.
Added extra kick to make sure document is displayed correctly after parts have been moved.- Version 1.0.0.3 | Release Date: 2007-06-04 | Download
Wholesale change of Regex engine from POSIX to Tcl
Added "Find Selected Text..." menu item (thanks, broomdodger!)
Modified "Split" submenu names to allow scripts to be able to tell them apart
Made Find panel not a utility window (so it can go behind document) (thanks, broomdodger!)
Changed Previous/Next margin note shortcuts and Find Next shortcut to reflect "Shift-means-go-back" standard (thanks, everyone!)
Changed mechanism used to display insertion line rect for better reliability
Single find window shared by all docuements
Hilight all checkbox now a button that toggles (thanks, spitfire31!)
XHTML output validates (thanks, ike!)
XHTML output style sheet smarter about styles not repeating parent's settings
softer default insert line hilight color
Bugs fixed:
Find next using Regular expressions not working when a match already selected (thanks, broomdodger!)
in regex, stripped out some white space on replace (thanks, broomdodger!)
In regex, \0 now represents entire caprured string (thanks, broomdodger!)
Occasional crash when using regular expressions.
Main Window and Find panel might even remember their locations now.
Paste with default style was restyling too much text (thanks, broomdodger!)
Hilight All and Replace All crashing when doing non-regular expression search when unique match was already selected (thanks, spitfire31!)
Full-screen mode obliterating underlines on misspelled words (thanks, WriteMakesMight!)
Full-screen mode desktop color not always immediately taking effect.
Full-screen mode document color not working when "alternate text colors" setting turned off (thanks, Xinor!)
Edited text block still showing alternate background color even when setting turned off.
Insertion line hilight will less frequently be too tall when on the next-to-last line of a text section and the next line is empty.
Fixed two memory leaks (one major, the other minor) in regular expressions. (thanks, broomdodger!)
Cleaned up some drawing artifacts when dragging a margin note that ended up at a fractional pixel location
Crash dragging margin note when editing other text (thanks, Ike, maudeM, and Tom!)
Split option failing in some cases (actually same bug as margin note) (thanks, Carlos!)
Splitting not working correctly when cursor at end of last text section in container.
Reality check on full-screen dragger locations (thanks, msadesign!)- Version 1.0.0.2 | Release Date: 2007-05-22 | Download
Preference to control whether the word count toool tip pops up.
XHTML Export includes Table of Contents.
bugs fixed: XHTML export default styles did not include all font-style or font-weight- Version 1.0.0.2 | Release Date: 2007-05-21 | Download
1.0.0.2
✓ Preference to control whether the word count toool tip pops up.
✓ XHTML Export includes Table of Contents.
✓ bugs fixed:
✓ XHTML export default styles did not include all font-style or font-weight1.0.0.1 (Elite Beta Testing Force only)
✓ XHTML Export (main content only)
✓ After Replace All, back function will take you to where you were editing before.
✓ Remembers drawer state by document.
✓ Remembers continuous spell checking setting (global).
✓ Remembers ruler state (global). Note that if you're using the ruler a lot, consider updating your defaults.
✓ More flexible version management to allow better backward file compatibility.
✓ bugs fixed:
✓ Margin note anchor drift
✓ Find crashing on PPC machines
✓ Replace All ranges after cursor can be off
✓ More consistent error reporting in really ancient files
✓ Straigntened out state of drawer button
✓ Fixed another typo in the readme, and updated the database section a bit.1.0.0.0 (Elite Beta Testing Force only)
✓ Initial description in Table of contents uses first words in text block (rather than "Brief Description Here")
✓ Replace All option in find window
✓ Hilight All in find window
✓ Regular Expressions in find/replace (including captured strings)
✓ Integration with Find Pasteboard
✓ menu item to revert all text to default
✓ bugs fixed:
✓ Could freeze when splitting a text section into multiple containers (e.g. chapter)
✓ Fixed Typo in Read Me
✓ Could not paste margin note contents into mail.app
✓ Text boxes resize correctly after default font change
✓ Crash when new DB item created while uncategorized selected in list.- Version 0.6.2.2 | Release Date: 2007-03-06 | Download
Can now paste into Mail.app
Double-clicking in database pane opens window rather than allowing edit of name.
Restricted outline's reinterpretation of drag location when moving items below the last row of the outline.- Version 0.6.2.1 | Release Date: 2007-02-27 | Download
Bugs fixed:
Crash on first launch when program fails to find Times-Roman font family
Splitting sections could cause margin note loss and sometimes caused crash during save
Closing stats window with mouse left stats menu item in wrong state- Version 0.6.2.0 | Release Date: 2007-02-22 | Download
Spelling checker works over entire document
Curl All Quotes and Uncurl All Quotes commands
Cmd + now zooms text even when no shift key is pressed (actually it's cmd =)
Cmd-0 (zero) resets the text to its "natural" size.
Moved Zooming menu items into the view menu
Changed full-screen keyboard shortcut to Cmd-Shift-F. (Leopard takes away the last of the f-keys for powerbook users)
Added a new typewriter mode - Center SeekingBugs fixed:
Some database crashing and recursion issues ironed out.
Properly converts older files (at least, more of them).- Version 0.6.1.6 | Release Date: 2006-12-14 | Download
"timer leak" could lead to extra idle cpu usage when using word count for save reminder
bugs fixed:
serious bug in text backgoround display (introduced 0.6.1.5 for highlight all feature)- Version 0.6.1.5 | Release Date: 2006-12-14 | Download
0.6.1.5
✓ Links to external files in database
✓ Drag in database list to recategorize
✓ subcategories
✓ cleaned up database folder icons a bit
✓ under the hood, major restructuring of database (LESS organized, now, but simpler and way more flexible)
✓ Hilight all feature in find dialog (well, highlight most would be more accurate)
✓ bugs fixed:
✓ Cmd-shift-S adding new project stats windows rather than toggling
✓ escape not exiting full-screen mode- Version 0.6.1.4 | Release Date: 2006-11-03 | Download
database items created with "New" button automatically added to selected category
✓ contextual submenu allows adding to category directly from text
✓ bugs fixed:
✓ Deleting the "All" category results in a variety of bad things
✓ deleted database item's information still appeared in the editor fields
✓ did not correctly convert very old files
✓ export to Plain Text with extended characters not being recognized as UTF-8 by other editors (now using Unicode)- Version 0.6.1.2 | Release Date: 2006-10-23 | Download
Smart Quote support added
bugs fixed:
add to description of... submenu not functioning properly
sometimes background behind text would not redraw everywhere necessary, making text appear darker
could not migrate from data version 608
typo in "file was saved in a newer versioin" message- Version 0.6.0.2 | Release Date: not specified | Download
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