Change Log
This file summarizes changes in WinMerge releases. Numbers in parentheses refer to SourceForge.net tracker item numbers (#XXXXX) or to Subversion revision numbers (rXXXXX).WinMerge 2.8.4 - 2008-0-06-17 (r5496)
Release Notes update (#1995265) BugFix: Crash when starting a second instance (#1993835) BugFix: Crash when starting WinMerge with only one path (#1994402) Translation updates: - Brazilian (#1994578)WinMerge 2.8.2 - 2008-06-12 (r5478)
Release Notes update (#1933950, #1990886) Make 'Yes' the default button in copy confirmation dialog (#1943647) Allow drag & drop of paths to Open dialog (#1945254) Enlarge 'Discard All' button in Save confirmation dialog (#1947216) Tab icons at Filter dialog (#1926531) Add VB.net keywords to Basic highlighter (#1970912) Manual: Use PNG files (#1988845, #1989744) BugFix: Shortcuts given in command line were not expanded (#1942217) BugFix: Version Control filter did not match all VSS files (#1881186) BugFix: Fix command line paths in quotes ending with "\" (#1963523) BugFix: Command line description text starting with "/" confused WinMerge (#1973225) BugFix: Fix showing differences in the end of the line (#1883409, #1962816) BugFix: Item count in statusbar not get cleared (#1976480) BugFix: ISL file syntax highlighting starts comment with { (#1981326) BugFix: Workaround for WinMerge not exiting for some users (#1602313) BugFix: Temp paths in Reports created from archive file (#1984346) New translation: Greek (#1968429) New translation: Romanian (#1939729) New translation: Ukrainian (#1973149, #1974021) Translation updates: - Brazilian (#1978374) - Bulgarian (#1957434) - Croatian (#1958283) - German (#1949068) - Italian (#1939235) - Korean (#1978362) - Polish (#1934655) - Swedish (#1950188, #1980970)WinMerge 2.8.0 - 2008-04-03 (r5254)
Installer: Use correct way to create start menu web link (#1913919) Installer: Updated the side art of the installer application (#1915012) Update URLs and switch to 2.8 manual (#1919965) New splash screen (#1914869) Create separate document for compiling WinMerge (#1927502) Update InnoSetup translations (#1931492) Manual and documentation updates BugFix: Installer could create a registry access error (#1909967) BugFix: The filter text box in Open-dialog sometimes displayed some garbage data (#1915424) BugFix: Print area was not clipped correctly. (#1915536) BugFix: Undo after pane swapping (#1915536, #1923625) BugFix: Quick compare for same folder didn't show differences (#1918599) BugFix: Installer didn't have ChangeLog.txt included (r5256) Translation updates: - Brazilian (#1913723) - Chinese Traditional (#1927605) - French (#1920380) - German (#1918139) - Japanese (r5153) - Russian (#1914466) - Spanish (#1907152, r5252) - Swedish (#1908289)WinMerge 2.8 RC - 2008-03-04 (r5125)
Update developers list in splash screen (#1891548) Better error handling for Excel plugin (#1510293) Add macros, bookmarks and document properties to Word plugin (#1510298) Add *.dot (document template) extension to Word plugin (r5120) BugFix: Copy&Paste from VB6 added binary chars (#1904355) Translation updates: - Chinese Traditional (#1905323) - Swedish (#1905520)WinMerge 2.7.7.6 - 2008-02-28 (r5099)
Remove sintance.h/sintance.cpp as not compatible with GPL (#1886580) Automatically switch to mixed-EOL mode when loading files with two or more EOL styles (#1901547) Indent "Explorer Context Menu" sub options (#1901763) Replace 'DOS' in EOL style strings with 'Windows' (#1902583) Show 'Mixed' as file compare EOL style instead of empty style (r5091) Typo fixes and grammar improvements to several strings (#1898401) BugFix: Ignore codepage specified on File Encoding dialog if file was detected as UTF-8 (#1900728) BugFix: Recognize invalid UTF-8 sequence as UTF-8 (#1900733) BugFix: Didn't highlight any difference between untitled documents (#1900257) Translation updates: - Czech (r5073) - Japanese (r5076) - Swedish (#1901784)WinMerge 2.7.7.5 - 2008-02-22 (r5069)
Cleaning up Help-menu (#1875111) Right-align tab size number in editor options (r5037) Move Time difference ignore -option to compare options (#1892283) Add option to select temporary folder (#1893167) Show file encoding in file compare statusbar (#1895629) Unify EOL style strings in folder compare and file compare (#1896462) Remove "DisplayBinaryFiles" and "EditBinaryFiles" plugin (#1899161) BugFix: Potential lockup in folder compare (#1865131, #1889907) BugFix: Line filter didn't filter non-ascii lines correctly (#1880628) BugFix: GNU General Public License name in menu (#1868989) BugFix: Didn't switch back to content compare once switched to quick compare in folder compare (#1770373) BugFix: Quick compare didn't ignore EOL differences (#1884717) Translation updates: - Croatian (r5032) - Czech (r5017) - German (r5038) - Slovak (#1895583) - Swedish (#1891326)WinMerge 2.7.7.4 - 2008-02-07 (r5011)
Detect (and read/write) UTF-8 files without BOM (#1879271) Tell user that file is not a conflict file (#1880423) Allow opening conflict file from command line (#1880857) Use radio symbol for current EOL menu item (#1869755) Ask and create pair for unique folder and open them (#1881454) Add publisher info to version resource (#1884920) Move "Zoom In/Out" to own sub menu (#1879340) Installer: Add more version resource info (#1885793) Reset text zoom to default size with Ctrl + * (#1886664) BugFix: Always return 0 to command line (#1854419) BugFix: Merge/Delete deleted items from read-only sides (#1882019) BugFix: Shellextension had no publisher info and wrong description (#1878828) BugFix: Lockup when showing binary files (#1880711) Translation updates: - Croatian (r4952) - Japanese (r4962) - Swedish (#1884918)WinMerge 2.7.7.3 - 2008-01-23 (r4951)
Resolve conflict files (cvs, svn...) (#1875129) Save line filter when edit box loses focus (#1875853) Add link to translations website at help menu (#1699883) Manual: Add instructions for conflict file resolving (#1876770) Manual: Document third path given to command line (#1877735) BugFix: Fix Quick Compare regression in 2.7.7.2 (#1872165) Bugfix: Clipped text in file saving error message (#1874854)WinMerge 2.7.7.2 - 2008-01-14 (r4915)
Syntax highlighting for PowerShell files (#1859657) Syntax highlighting for PO(T) files (#1866221) Change font size with Ctrl + MouseWheel (#1865795, #1869686) Horizontal scrolling with Shift + MouseWheel (#1865795) Installer: Add support for integration with latest version of TortoiseCVS and TortoiseSVN x64 (#1865168) Close compare tab with middle mouse button (#1865220) Add index.html for documentation folders (#1866183) Manual: Clarify file filters folder name matching (#1867212) Improve file compare margin icons location (#1718699) Enable file compare to open binary files (#1869647) File encoding dialog for file compare (#1871079) BugFix: Crash when using TrackPoint middle-button scrolling (#1864040) BugFix: WinMerge didn't show the contents of the symbolic link target (#1864978) BugFix: Unused registry key HKCU\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge was created (#1865202) BugFix: Register.bat didn't work on Windows 98 and Vista (#1869821) BugFix: Open-dialog was not displayed on Windows 98 (#1866442, #1869858) BugFix: Right mouse button didn't move cursor to new place (#1814184) Translation updates: - Spanish (#1867234) - Swedish (#1867765, #1867844)WinMerge 2.7.7.1 - 2007-12-20 (r4842)
New option to keep file's time when saving in file compare (#1851921) Installer: Link to translated ReadMe in Start menu, if file exists (#1805818) Add HTML-formatted release notes (#1851308, #1852534) Installer: Install release notes file (#1852599) Installer: Move manual to core files component and remove User Guide component (#1853409) Bugfix: VS2008 and VS2005 compile problems (#1847265) Bugfix: More difference highlight code reverts (#1748940) Translation updates: - Spanish (#1655577)WinMerge 2.7.6 - 2007-11-29 (r4807)
Touchpad scrolling improvements (#1837457) BugFix: Values with "," inside could break the CSV report (#1831512) BugFix: Failed to create backup file in folder compare (#1835283) BugFix: Revert difference highlight code to 2.6.12 version (#1811695) BugFix: Backspace key didn't work when renaming items (#1738790) Translation updates: - Croatian (r4786)WinMerge 2.7.5.7 - 2007-11-19 (r4772)
Remove MFC dependency from ShellExtension (#1833521) Update ShellExtension icon to new WinMerge icon (#1833616) BugFix: Build script didn't update PO files correctly before copying (r4756) BugFix: ShellExtension's icon was clipped if system font size was small (#1833616) BugFix: Merge controls were not enabled for missing lines (#1833714)WinMerge 2.7.5.6 - 2007-11-15 (r4752)
BugFix: Many translation-system related fixes and improvements (#1804762) BugFix: When copying files to VCS system, destination file was not checked out (#1828930) BugFix: Visible area indicator on location pane shook when clicking above or below the vertical scroll bar to scroll one screen (#1829572) Translation updates: - Croatian (#1829301) - Japanese (r4730)WinMerge 2.7.5.5 - 2007-11-08 (r4722)
Bugfix: Don't enable merge GUI for ignored differences (#1826375) BugFix: PgUp key caused the error message "An invalid argument was encountered" when word-wrap mode was on (#1820631) BugFix: Keep selected items visible in Folder Compare columns dialog (r4715) BugFix: Disable Folder Compare column selection dialog's up/down buttons when first/last items are selected (r4716) BugFix: Many translation-system related fixes and improvements (#1804762) Add Croatian translation (#1820308) Translation updates: - Chinese Traditional (#1824691)WinMerge 2.7.5.4 - 2007-11-01 (r4687)
New PO files based translation system (#1804762) New folder compare column selection dialog (#1804555) Install WinMerge.exe (ANSI version) only for Windows 95/98/ME (#1809140) Better multi-monitor support, with option to lock panes (#1788168) Installer: Install PO files and MergeLang.dll (#1820689) BugFix: Ignored differences were merged when merging multiple differences (#1811745) Bugfix: Don't clear selection when right-clicking outside it (#1814184) Bugfix: Configuration log labeled Vista as Longhorn (#1815859) Bugfix: Customized text color for ignored differences didn't shown (#1807895) Translation updates: - Chinese Traditional (#1810192, #1810541) - Italian (#1805044)WinMerge 2.7.5.3 - 2007-09-27 (r4572)
Use PO files for translations (generate RC-files from PO-files) Add Portuguese translation (#1756364) Change Up/Down button names in folder compare columns dialog(#1800064) BugFix: Fix MakeResDll crash (#1795421) BugFix: Full screen mode didn't work with multiple monitors (#1788168) Bugfix: Revert multiple monitor patches (#1788168) BugFix: PgUp key didn't do anything in beginning of the file (#1795680) BugFix: The option 'Automatically scroll to first difference' didn't work properly when word-wrap mode was on (#1795814) Translation updates: - French (#1800064, #1802363) - Japanese (r4546)WinMerge 2.7.5.2 - 2007-09-11 (r4528)
Graphical improvements to location pane (#1770175) Remove MFC dependency from resource compiler (#1783581) Better multi-monitor support (split file view on monitor boundary) (#1788168) BugFix: Renaming unique item (only other side) renamed parent folder (#1787816) BugFix: Goto didn't change the active pane when selecting another pane (#1791351) Translation updates: - Traditional Chinese (r4473)WinMerge 2.7.5.1 - 2007-08-16 (r4440)
HTML reports for file compare (#1739209) Ask confirmation when exiting with multiple windows open (#1757800) Translation updates: - Catalan (r4370) - Simplified Chinese (r4369) - Danish (r4360) - French (r4383) - Russian (r4421) - Slovak (r4413) - Swedish (r4412)WinMerge 2.7.4 - 2007-06-27 (r4352)
Batch-file syntax highlighting keywords cleanup (#1743504) Bugfix: Archivesupport: Zip-->both didn't work correctly (#1734439) Bugfix: Linediff didn't highlight whitespace differences (#1698781) Bugfix: Copy confirmation dialog did show wrong To-path (#1740024) Translation updates: - Italian (#1737491)WinMerge 2.7.3.7 - 2007-06-14 (r4330)
New big toolbar (actual image instead of placeholder) (#1736520) Bugfix: Fixes to folder compare copy/rename operations (#1730534) Translation updates: - Swedish (#1735635)WinMerge 2.7.3.6 - 2007-06-07 (r4321)
Recent project files in File-menu (#1731551) Automatically import existing linefilters to new dialog (#1718040) Bugfix: copy/delete of unique items failed in folder compare in 2.7.3.5 (#1730534) Bugfix: crashed when ESC was pressed while renaming item in folder compare (#1705874)WinMerge 2.7.3.5 - 2007-05-31 (r4304)
Relax selecting parent folder restrictions (up arrow in folder compare) (#1727829) Show a warning if item can't be found anymore in folder compare and it is tried to access (copy/move/delete) (#1723778) New Borland Delphi file filter (#1699783) Gradient toolbar (#1717774) Bugfix: could not create new file filters in 2.7.3.4 (#1719892)WinMerge 2.7.3.4 - 2007-05-15 (r4287)
Big (32x32) toolbar (image still placeholder) (#1698641) Improve folder compare copy confirmation dialog (#1699585, #1700241) New file filter for Symbian developers (#1694048) Bugfix: several fixes to in-line difference highlight (#1694102, #1714088) Bugfix: word wrap lose horizontal scrollbar (#1706476) Bugfix: fixes to tabbed window control (#1718148) Translation updates: - German (#1701151) - Japanese - Korean (#1704904) - Swedish (#1703350)WinMerge 2.7.3.3 - 2007-04-04 (r4234)
Tabbed interface (#1603292) Enable shell integration for folder backgrounds (#1693113) Allow selecting syntax highlighting (#1690346) New C# development file filter (#1689854) Icon updates (#1686279, #1692097) Bugfix: compare by date and by size broken in 2.7.3.2 (#1693441) Bugfix: Open-dialog file filter failed if modified (#1693275) Translation updates: - Swedish (#1689515)WinMerge 2.7.3.2 - 2007-03-27 (r4201)
Several fixes to line difference highlighting (#1491334, #1683061, #1639453) Icon updates (#1684865) Printing improvement (#1687430) Language files size reduced (#1687661, #1687983, #1688012) Bugfix: 2.7.3.1 binary file compare crash (#1687966) Bugfix: long linefilters now restored correctly (#1680920) Translation updates: - JapaneseWinMerge 2.7.3.1 - 2007-03-20 (r4179)
New copy confirmation dialog in folder compare (#1675087, #1683842) Improved line filter dialog (#1682475) Installer/uninstaller icons restored to default icons Some icon updates (#1680209) Bugfix: folder compare lost focus after confirmation dialog (#1670991) Bugfix: crash comparing empty folders (#1675211) Translation updates: - Czech - French (#1664689) - Polish (#1673082) - Swedish (#1673908, #1678676, #1683289)WinMerge 2.7.2 - 2007-02-27 (r4137)
Fix ShellExtension installation bug Translation updates: - Czech - German (#1667564) - French (#1664689)WinMerge 2.7.1.7 - 2007-02-20 (r4120)
Folder compare threading improvement - should be faster in many situations (#1662002) New options for backup file location and naming (#1652696) Syntax highlighting for CSS files (#1582537) Allow to hide folder compare margins (View/View Margins) (#1663798) Translation updates: - Czech - Polish (#1650831) - Swedish (#1657664)WinMerge 2.7.1.6 - 2007-02-01 (r4094)
New post-compare line filters for folder compare (#1644820) Optimization for word wrap code (#1640741) Bugfix: 2.7.1.5 forgets selected filter (#1637433) Bugfix: limiting to single file compare window now works more logically (#1636314) Bugfix: ANSI regular expressions didn't work (#1644668) Translation updates: - Bulgarian (#1639493) - Catalan (#1646638) - Swedish (#1634968)WinMerge 2.7.1.5 - 2007-01-10 (r4030)
New line filter implementation (please test and report bugs!) (#1593810) Minimum height for location pane's visible area (#1489875) Short label "Error" for error items in folder compare (#1567749) Bugfix: rename edits wrong field in folder compare (#1597939) Bugfix: too much scrolling in difference navigation Bugfix: wrong text selection after pane switch in file compare (#1630630) Bugfix: crash when editing space-char indented files (#1631613) Manual updatesWinMerge 2.7.1.4 - 2006-12-21 (r3991)
Match lines inside differences (#1447744) Workaround-patch (locally included to the build) for shutdown problems (#1602313) New ASP.Net filefilter (#1619689) Bugfix: folder compare speed regression in 2.7.1.3 (#1610442) Bugfix: new fix for folder compare Copy Left/Right To.. (#1603061) Bugfix: copyright info missing from about dialog when translation selected (#1604115) Bugfix: location pane problems with word-wrap (#1584068, #1611542) Bugfix: invalid path added to project file -dialog (#1602219) Swedish translation update (#1614442) Manual updatesWinMerge 2.7.1.3 - 2006-12-05 (r3919)
Now hides skipped items by default (#1604078) Improved INI file syntax highlighting (#1607193) Easier folder selection in Project File -dialog (#1603196) New "Exclude Source Control files and directories filter" filefilter (#1557295) Bugfix: project files weren't loaded correctly from command line (using shell file association) (#1602214) Bugfix: crash in syntax parser (#1556688) Bugfix: wrong difference navigation when word-wrap enabled (#1597814) Bugfix: ClearCase integration didn't install if "Program Files" -folder was named differently (non-English Windows) Manual updates Slovak translation update (#1606496)WinMerge 2.7.1.2 - 2006-11-24 (r3844)
close WinMerge if Open-dialog is canceled when started from command line (#1600714) BugFix: project files didn't work (loaded right-side path for both sides) (#1600000) BugFix: location pane misdrawn when word-wrap enabled (#1584068)WinMerge 2.7.1.1 - 2006-11-16 (r3810)
Use expat + scew for XML handling (partially converted) (1587574) Uses PCRE for regular expressions (partially converted) (#1591605) New folder compare icons (#1586705) New bookmarks icons (#1586689) Manifest files in resource, no need for separate files (#1588212) BugFix: WinMerge/Filters folder was always created (#1578419) BugFix: modality problems in file selection dialogs (#1586869) BugFix: crash if file modification time was missing (#1589563) BugFix: /x parameter didn't work with some other parameters (#1564283) BugFix: asked sometimes twice about saving modified files (#1596692) WinMerge 2.7.4 and earlier (also 2.6.x stable releases) have more detailed changelogs in Changes.txt files in /Src and other folders.