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  • 3.21.0 protected
    d98a5486 · Update NEWS + appdata ·
    Release: 3.21.0
    2020-04-19 meld 3.21.0
    ======================
    
      UI changes:
    
       * Move to a modern GTK headerbar-based design, including:
         * More extensive action support in the header bar
         * New comparison overview map widget that provides a clearer overview for
           multiple panes at once, and allows for more natural scrollbar
           positioning (Kai Willadsen)
         * Text, filename and version filters are now all accessible from the
           toolbar (Kai Willadsen)
         * Refreshed find bar that more closely matches other applications (Kai
           Willadsen)
         * Remove application menu in line with Initiatives#4 (Kai Willadsen)
         * New recent comparison selection widget (Kai Willadsen)
         * Change tab style to be full-width and hidden for single tab windows (Kai
           Willadsen)
       * Make file comparison change navigation more intuitive by changing how it
         decides where to scroll from (Heikki Ketoharju)
       * Completely refreshed Meld application icon (Alex Monday)
       * File comparison now has overscroll at the bottom of file comparisons,
         making it easier to see end-of-file differences and improving scroll
         syncing (Kai Willadsen)
       * Text wrapping, whitespace, line numbers and line highlight can now all be
         toggled from the file comparison status bar (Kai Willadsen)
    
      Features:
    
       * Add support for CVS in version control comparisons (gitqlt)
       * Copy selected file paths in folder comparison (WenGuoyao)
       * Improve dark theme detection so custom Meld highlighting better matches
         the user's theme (Kai Willadsen)
       * Meld's built-in GtkSourceView schemes now support syntax highlighting
         (Kai Willadsen)
       * Moving past the first or last change using our change navigation now
         alerts with the standard error bell (Kai Willadsen)
       * Support nightly Flatpak builds of Meld using GNOME's CI (Kai Willadsen)
       * Support development using GNOME Builder's workflow
    
      Fixes:
    
       * CI and build system fixes (Michael Behrisch, Frank Dana, Piotr Drąg, Vasily Galkin)
       * Fix running uninstalled from non-project-base folder (Vasily Galkin)
       * Fix file comparison closing after file save (Vasily Galkin)
       * Fix file comparison handling of certain line breaks (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix folder comparison display of large file sizes (andre)
       * Fix folder comparisons with pre-epoch timestamps (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix folder comparisons not handling ignore blank lines + text filters (Kai
         Willadsen)
       * Handle file deletion better on NFS mounts (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix handling of bad filter regular expressions (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix push action on missing changes in three way comparison (Kai Willadsen)
       * Default file chooser encoding to autodetect (Kai Willadsen)
       * Minor UI fixes:
         * Statusbar now correctly sets default encoding & file type for empty
           files (Kai Willadsen)
         * Statusbar tries to keep a constant width for the cursor label (Kai
           Willadsen)
         * Folder comparisons set sensitivity correctly for empty rows (Kai
           Willadsen)
         * Give commit dialog message area a reasonable height (Kai Willadsen)
         * Fix long file name wrapping in info bar notifications (Kai Willadsen)
         * Fix long file name ellipsization in file comparisons (Kai Willadsen)
       * Windows fixes:
         * Fix crash when started with unexpected environment (Vasily Galkin)
         * Fix dbus support for single-instance behaviour (Vasily Galkin)
         * Fix internationalisation building from source (ThunderEX)
         * Fix SVG icon display (Kai Willadsen)
         * Support logging to a file on Windows for debugging (Kai Willadsen)
         * Default file encoding to UTF-8 to avoid Windows-specific locale issues
           (Kai Willadsen)
       * Typo fixes (luzpaz)
       * Localisation fixes (Piotr Drąg)
    
      Internal changes:
    
       * Add Meson build system support; setuptools is still supported for Windows
         and Mac OS builds, but Linux distributions should switch to building with
         Meson (Bilal Elmoussaoui, Kai Willadsen)
       * Move from GtkUIManager to GAction-based actions
       * Move all UI-file-constructed widgets from custom Python wrapper classes
         to using real GtkWidget templates
       * Move UI templates, menus, custom icons and CSS to be resource-loaded
       * Move to pre-commit using flake8 and isort for CI linting
       * Move to new GtkSourceView 4 API
       * Modernised Python GObject API usage, including signal and property usage
       * Fix some deprecated GTK API usage
       * Support Python 3.8
       * Updated dependencies:
         * Python 3.6
         * GTK+ 3.20
         * GLib 2.48
         * GtkSourceView 4.0
         * pygobject 3.30
         * pycairo 1.15
    
       * Issues fixed: 62, 78, 119, 170, 240, 265, 265, 267, 279, 290, 313, 314,
         316, 321, 322, 337, 341, 342, 344, 344, 350, 351, 359, 419, 432, 439, 442,
         451
    
      Translations:
    
       * Alan Mortensen (da)
       * Anders Jonsson (sv)
       * Asier Sarasua Garmendia (eu)
       * Ask Hjorth Larsen (da)
       * Balázs Meskó (hu)
       * Balázs Úr (hu)
       * Daniel Mustieles (es)
       * Daniel Șerbănescu (ro)
       * Emin Tufan Çetin (tr)
       * Fran Dieguez (gl)
       * Guillaume Bernard (fr)
       * Jiri Grönroos (fi)
       * Kukuh Syafaat (id)
       * Marek Černocký (cs)
       * Matej Urbančič (sl)
       * Milo Casagrande (it)
       * Piotr Drąg (pl)
       * Rafael Fontenelle (pt_BR)
       * Ryuta Fujii (ja)
       * Sabri Ünal (tr)
       * sicklylife (ja)
       * Wolfgang Stöggl (de)
       * Yuri Chornoivan (uk)
  • 3.21.1 protected Release: 3.21.1
    2022-01-07 meld 3.21.1
    ======================
    
      UI changes:
    
       * A new custom per-pane location display widget replaces the standard GTK+
         file chooser button and our existing placeholder path display, including
         actions for opening containing folder and copying file paths (Kai
         Willadsen)
       * Version control comparison has had its action bar modernised in line with
         file and folder comparison (Kai Willadsen)
    
      Features:
    
       * The find bar now remembers the previous search across panes (Jack)
       * We show a warning to the user if they're trying to compare a file or
         folder to itself (Jack)
       * Meld no longer uses custom file chooser dialogs, improving portability
         and flatpak behaviour (Mario Aichinger)
       * Two pane comparisons now allow Alt+Right/Left to work in either pane
         (Anatoli Babenia)
       * Certain header bar actions (e.g., conflict navigation, filters) are now
         only shown in their appropriate comparison types (Kai Willadsen)
       * The application title no longer includes the per-comparison label (Kai
         Willadsen)
       * Add a preference for GTK's dark theme support (Kai Willadsen)
       * Retain clipboard contents after exiting Meld (Kai Willadsen)
    
      Fixes:
    
       * Fix incorrect detection of FUSE directory comparisons as remote (mscdex)
       * Fix "Open Externally" on Windows for paths with spaces (adam0antium)
       * Fix syntax highlighting in version control by using the correct file
         extension (Alan Suran)
       * Move application icons into the resource bundle (Vasily Galkin)
       * Improved error reporting for invalid change actions (Anatoli Babenia)
       * Fix too-large minimum window size from status bar buttons (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix Subversion comparsion on Python 3.9 (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix bad translation source strings with multiple arguments (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix performance regression in file comparison line splitting logic (Kai
         Willadsen)
       * Fix folder comparison sensitivity breaking when cancelling a scan (Kai
         Willadsen)
       * Fix occasional traceback when closing comparisons (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix orphaned comparison helper process when quitting (Kai Willadsen)
       * Minor UI fixes:
         * Fix About dialog URL (TotalCaesar659)
         * Update About dialog copyright (Kai Willadsen)
         * The new comparison page now better distinguishes the "Compare" and
           "Blank Comparison" actions (Kai Willadsen)
         * The comparison overview map is now more responsive when dragging (Kai
           Willadsen)
         * The find bar now waits briefly before searching to improve
           responsiveness (Kai Willadsen)
         * The find bar no longer hides when it loses focus (Kai Willadsen)
         * Allow preferences dialog to be resized (Kai Willadsen)
         * Main menu can now be activated with F10
         * Find next/previous can now be activated with F3/Shift+F3 (Kai Willadsen)
       * Windows fixes:
         * Add a MeldConsole.exe executable for running Meld from the console (Kai
           Willadsen)
         * Update Windows build to force all-users installation (Kai Willadsen)
         * Improve default monospace font on Windows (Kai Willadsen)
         * Fix empty line height and fallback fonts by changing the Pango font
           backend to fontconfig on Windows (Kai Willadsen)
         * Add Meld's install directory to the Windows PATH (Kai Willadsen)
         * Add a basic GTK settings.ini for Windows builds (Kai Willadsen)
         * Add the Meld icon to the Windows add/remove programs UI (Kai Willadsen)
         * Fix file comparison holding a directory handle after close (Kai
           Willadsen)
       * Issues fixed: 25, 91, 143, 354, 433, 445, 453, 459, 477, 482, 488, 491,
         499, 502, 526, 530, 539, 541, 557, 561, 564, 565, 571, 579, 590, 603
    
      Internal changes:
    
       * Modernise and improve the new Meson build rules (Iñigo Martínez)
       * CI + build improvements (Jason Edson, Jordan Petridis, Vasily Galkin, Kai
         Willadsen)
       * Nightly Meld builds now use the standard nightly icon styling (Kai
         Willadsen)
       * Clarify licensing in appdata (Kai Willadsen)
       * Windows build fixes (Kai Willadsen)
       * Add documentation on hosting infrastructure (Kai Willadsen)
    
      Translations:
    
       * Anders Jonsson (sv)
       * Andika Triwidada (id)
       * Asier Sarasua Garmendia (eu)
       * Ask Hjorth Larsen (da)
       * Balázs Úr (hu)
       * Christian Kirbach (de)
       * Clay Stan (zh_CN)
       * Daniel Mustieles (es)
       * Daniel Șerbănescu (ro)
       * Dz Chen (zh_CN)
       * Emin Tufan Çetin (tr)
       * Enrico Nicoletto (pt_BR)
       * Hugo Carvalho (pt)
       * Jiri Grönroos (fi)
       * Jordi Mas (ca)
       * Julien Hardelin (fr)
       * Luna Jernberg (sv)
       * Marek Černocký (cs)
       * Matej Urbančič (sl)
       * Muhammet Kara (tr)
       * Philipp Kiemle (de)
       * Piotr Drąg (pl)
       * Rafael Fontenelle (pt_BR)
       * Rodrigo Lledó (es)
       * Yi-Jyun Pan (zh_TW)
       * Yuri Chornoivan (uk)
       * Мирослав Николић (sr)
  • 3.21.2 protected
    29f751b1 · Update NEWS + appdata ·
    Release: 3.21.2
    2022-06-18 meld 3.21.2
    ======================
    
      Features:
    
       * Folder comparison now supports compare differently-named files across
         panes, by marking files for comparison (Helly Guo)
       * Synchronization points are now significantly easier to use and more
         robust, and have new user documentation (Roberto Vidal)
       * Added option to ignore Unicode normalisation form differences when
         comparing paths (Dan B)
       * The files or folders being compared can now be swapped in two pane mode,
         using the new View -> Swap left and right panes menu item (Helly Guo)
       * Folder comparisons now show a "(scanning...)" indication in tree view
         rows as an additional visual cue that the comparison is still running
         (Kai Willadsen)
       * Folder comparisons have a new optional ISO-format time column (Kai
         Willadsen)
    
      Fixes:
    
       * Update icon usage to support stock icon removal from new Adwaita versions
         (Jan Tojnar)
       * Build fix for Meson 0.61.0 (Silvio Fricke)
       * The new pathlabel widgets now support user-provided custom labels (Kai
         Willadsen)
       * Fix file selectors in folder comparisons to always open in the current
         folder (Kai Willadsen)
       * Using a custom save path (i.e., the --output flag) now sets a buffer as
         modified, so that unchanged merges can be saved (Kai Willadsen)
       * Comparing new or deleted rows in folder comparison now opens a two-pane
         file comparisons for consistency (Kai Willadsen)
       * Destructive dialog actions now have appropriate styling (Kai Willadsen)
       * Invalid user settings for folder comparison columns are now handled more
         gracefully (Kai Willadsen)
       * The nightly flatpak build now includes Git to make version control
         comparisons somewhat functional (Kai Willadsen)
       * Issues fixed: #11, #85, #188, #319, #381, #475, #492, #581, #620, #638,
         #645, #660, #662, #672
    
      Translations:
    
       * Alan Mortensen (da)
       * Anders Jonsson (sv)
       * Andre Klapper (ru)
       * Asier Sarasua Garmendia (eu)
       * Balázs Úr (hu)
       * Boyuan Yang (zh_CN)
       * Daniel Mustieles (es)
       * Daniel Șerbănescu (ro)
       * Emin Tufan Çetin (tr)
       * Enrico Nicoletto (pt_BR)
       * Hugo Carvalho (pt)
       * Jiri Grönroos (fi)
       * Jordi Mas (ca)
       * Jürgen Benvenuti (de)
       * Kjell Cato Heskjestad (nb)
       * Luming Zh (zh_CN)
       * Luna Jernberg (sv)
       * Marek Černocký (cs)
       * Matej Urbančič (sl)
       * Matheus Barbosa (pt_BR)
       * Milo Casagrande (it)
       * Piotr Drąg (pl)
       * Roberto Vidal ()
       * Sabri Ünal (tr)
       * Sergej A (ru)
       * sicklylife (ja)
       * Yuri Chornoivan (uk)
       * Мирослав Николић (sr)
  • 3.21.3 protected
    3f2842c6 · Update NEWS + appdata ·
    Release: 3.21.3
    2022-08-14 meld 3.21.3
    ======================
    
      Features:
    
       * Add shortcut for open externally action (Kai Willadsen)
       * Add improved tooltips for tab labels (Kai Willadsen)
    
      Fixes:
    
       * Move horizontal-icon menu section to regular menu items (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix chunk navigation actions sometimes not working after chunk push/pull
         actions (Kai Willadsen)
       * Show more parent context in path label display (Kai Willadsen)
       * Update meson build to strip env from shebang line (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix left-click chunk actions under certain window managers (Dmytro Bagrii)
       * Fix version control showing console windows on Windows (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix path label display for very long filenames (Kai Willadsen)
       * CI fixes (Bartłomiej Piotrowski, Kai Willadsen)
       * Issues fixed: #141, #496, #646, #658, #682, #692, #694, #697
    
      Translations:
    
       * Anders Jonsson (sv)
       * Hugo Carvalho (pt)
       * Jürgen Benvenuti (de)
       * Piotr Drąg (pl)
       * Sergej A (ru)
       * Yuri Chornoivan (uk)
  • 3.22.0 protected
    322f0587 · Update NEWS + appdata ·
    Release: 3.22.0
    2022-09-04 meld 3.22.0
    ======================
    
      Fixes:
    
       * Fix text filter changes on existing comparisons (Kai Willadsen)
       * Build fixes (Kai Willadsen)
       * Documentation updates (Kai Willadsen)
    
      Translations:
    
       * Anders Jonsson (sv)
       * Emin Tufan Çetin (tr)
       * Piotr Drąg (pl)
  • 3.22.1 protected
    1138db7d · Update NEWS + appdata ·
    Release: 3.22.1
    2024-02-18 meld 3.22.1
    ======================
    
      Fixes:
    
       * Work around layout sizing issue (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix broken search context (t-gergely)
       * Fix issues with pane contents swapping missing warnings and incorrectly
         handling blank or version-controlled panes (Helly Guo)
       * Fix go-to-line accelerator conflict with previous-conflict (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix unintended requirement on Adwaita cursors (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix incorrect cut/copy/paste sensitivity on pane change (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix multi-row selection in folder and version control view (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix missing pull/push version control icons (Kai Willadsen)
       * Refresh highlighting theme when dark theme preference changes (Kai
         Willadsen)
       * Remove filter and conflict buttons from new comparison tab (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix scroll not working in file action gutter (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix line number rendering when changing font sizes (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix overview map not redrawing on text wrap toggle (Kai Willadsen)
       * Set minimum width for notebook labels (Kai Willadsen)
       * Improve notebook label ellipsization (Kai Willadsen)
       * Fix Meson byte-compilation support with DESTDIR (Kai Willadsen)
    
       * Issues fixed: #709, #713, #715, #724, #726, #729, #733, #736, #767, #769,
                       #780, #785, #787, #795, #796, #796, #797, #798
    
      Translations:
    
       * Anders Jonsson (sv)
       * Asier Sarasua Garmendia (eu)
       * Balázs Úr (hu)
       * Daniel Rusek (cs)
       * Ekaterine Papava (ka)
       * Emin Tufan Çetin (tr)
       * Enrico Nicoletto (pt_BR)
       * Fran Dieguez (gl)
       * Hugo Carvalho (pt)
       * Jiri Grönroos (fi)
       * Jürgen Benvenuti (de)
       * Kukuh Syafaat (id)
       * Martin (sl)
       * Philipp Kiemle (de)
       * Piotr Drąg (pl)
       * Rafael Fontenelle (pt_BR)
       * Sergej A (ru)
       * Yuri Chornoivan (uk)
       * Мирослав Николић (sr)
  • 3.22.2 protected Release: 3.22.2
    2024-03-24 meld 3.22.2
    ======================
    
      Fixes:
    
       * Fix incorrect DLL paths in Windows build (Kai Willadsen)
       * Remove upstream deprecated 32-bit Windows build (Kai Willadsen)
    
       * Issues fixed: #824
    
      Translations:
    
       * Daniel Rusek (cs)
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  • release-0_5_1
  • release-0_5_2
    272d043b · Use new icons for cvs ·
  • release-0_5_3
    344bca2b · Smarten up shorten_names. ·
  • release-0_5_4
    29e89c7d · Bump version to 0.5.4 ·
  • release-0_6_0
    56831a38 · Bump Version ·
  • release-0_6_1
  • release-0_6_2
    895b9892 · Bump version to 0.6.2 ·
  • release-0_6_3
    5473bbdb · Prepare for release ·
  • release-0_6_4
    49763c6e · Bump version ·
  • release-0_6_5
    a7535a33 · Updated ·
  • release-0_6_6
    772ca880 · *** empty log message *** ·
  • release-0_6_6_1
    7b00ac74 · Bump version to 0.6.6.1 ·