v2.16.40
WinMerge 2.16.40 Release Notes
April 2024
About This Release
This is a WinMerge 2.16.40 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 2.16.40
General
- BugFix: Fixed several Wine-related issues
File compare
- BugFix: Replace text issue (#2279)
Options dialog
- Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Editor > General)" dialog.
(PR #2283) - Adjust position of "Defaults" button in "Options > Compare > Table"
(PR #2295)
Plugins
- BugFix: CompareMSExcelFiles.sct: Fixed the issue where, when the 'Extract
workbook data to multiple files' option was enabled, all sheets of .xlsx
files containing more than 10 sheets were not compared.
(This bug was introduced in version 2.16.39 beta.) - BugFix: insert datetime.sct: Fixed an issue where it didn't work properly
depending on the locale.
(This bug was introduced in version 2.16.39 beta.) - BugFix: Fixed an issue where a "Catastrophic failure" message box might have
appeared when reloading a plugin while the Select Files or Folders window
was displayed. - Allow plugin pipeline aliases or simple plugins to be registered in the GUI
(PR #2257)
Installer
- BugFix: French encoding problem on the end of installation (last dialog box)
(#2272)
Translations
- Translation updates:
What Is New in 2.16.39 Beta
General
- BugFix: Fixed an issue where typing only a single character in the header
bar could cause a crash.
File compare
- BugFix: Fixed possible crash
- BugFix: Creation of .bak files fails when the original filename starts with
a dot (#2217) - Update Java syntax highlighting keyword list. (PR #2215)
- Replace "Match similar lines" with "Align similar lines" (PR #2230)
- Make it possible to select the behavior when copying to another pane with
"Copy to Right" etc. while text is selected. (PR #2224) - Make it possible to transform the text copied with "Copy Right/Left" using a
plugin. (PR #2238) - Update PHP syntax highlighting keyword list. (PR #2265)
Webpage compare
- BugFix: Make event sync settings persistent (#2248)
Select Files or Folders dialog
- BugFix: Fixed the issue when the compare button could not be clicked when
specifying an archive file and a regular file.
Reports
- BugFix: Fixed an issue where the widths of the left and right panes in HTML
reports are not equal. - BugFix: Fixed an issue where the caption set in the header bar was not being
applied to the HTML report.
Plugins
- BugFix: Fixed crash when error occurs in Unpacker plugin
- Replace the source code written in VBScript with JScript (PR #2098)
- Add the ability to replace using patterns from Substitution Filters to the
Replace plugin. (PR #2252) - Added sanity check for regular expressions in PrediffLineFilter plugin.
Installer
- BugFix: If the /noicons option was specified in the previous installation,
a message box asking you to delete the previous start menu will be
displayed in the next installation. (#2206) - Move custom messages in a separate iss file (#2247)
Archive support
- BugFix: 7zip encrypted archives with encrypted file names (#2225)
Internals
- Update codeql-analysis.yml - Version v2 to v3 (PR #2196)
Translations
- Translation updates:
- Brazilian (PR #2234,#2243)
- Chinese Simplified (PR #2241,#2244,#2251,#2256,#2259)
- Corsican (PR #2266)
- French (PR #2237,#2264)
- Hungarian (PR #2232,#2250)
- Italian (PR #2245,#2249)
- Japanese
- Korean (PR #2239)
- Lithuanian (PR #2235,#2246)
- Portuguese (PR #2263)
- Russian (PR #2194,#2195,#2198,#2210,#2211,#2212)
- Slovenian (#2096)
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
- Update Russian.po by @Timon34 in #2194
- Update Russian.po by @Timon34 in #2195
- Update codeql-analysis.yml - Version v2 to v3 by @visudade in #2196
- Update Russian.islu by @Timon34 in #2198
- Update Russian.islu by @Timon34 in #2210
- Update Russian.po by @Timon34 in #2211
- Update Russian.po by @Timon34 in #2212
- Update Java syntax highlighting keyword list. by @tjmprm77 in #2215
- Replace the source code written in VBScript with JScript by @sdottaka in #2098
- Replace "Match similar lines" with "Align similar lines" by @vlakoff in #2230
- Make it possible to select the behavior when copying to another pane with "Copy to Right" etc. while text is selected. by @sdottaka in #2224
- Update Hungarian.po by @efi99 in #2232
- Update Brazilian.po by @Marcellomco in #2234
- Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in #2235
- Update French.po by @slolo2000 in #2237
- Update Korean.po by @VenusGirl in #2239
- update zh-cn translation by @yingang in #2241
- Make it possible to transform the text copied with "Copy Right/Left" using a plugin. by @sdottaka in #2238
- Update Brazilian.po by @Marcellomco in #2243
- update zh-cn translation by @yingang in #2244
- Italian language update by @bovirus in #2245
- Update of Lithuanian translation by @Tichij in #2246
- Move custom messages in a separate iss file by @bovirus in #2247
- Update PO header for Italian files by @bovirus in #2249
- Update Hungarian.po by @efi99 in #2250
- update zh-cn translation in setup file by @yingang in #2251
- Add the ability to replace using patterns from Substitution Filters to the Replace plugin. by @sdottaka in #2252
- update zh-cn translation by @yingang in #2256
- fix a shortcut for zh-cn translation by @yingang in #2259
- Update Portuguese translation by @hugok79 in #2263
- Update French.po by @slolo2000 in #2264
- Update PHP syntax highlighting keyword list. by @tjmprm77 in #2265
- Update Corsican translation for 2.16.39 by @Patriccollu in #2266
- Update Catalan translation by @pereorga in #2270
- Update French.islu by @slolo2000 in #2271
- Update Catalan translation by @pereorga in #2274
- Update French.po by @Need74 in #2275
- Update Polish.po by @miroslaw-zylewicz in #2277
- Add a "Defaults" button to the "Options (Editor > General)" dialog. by @tjmprm77 in #2283
- Allow plugin pipeline aliases or simple plugins to be registered in the GUI by @sdottaka in #2257
- Update Corsican translation for 2.16.40 by @Patriccollu in #2288
- Update Brazilian.po by @Marcellomco in #2289
- update zh-cn translation by @yingang in #2290
- Update Hungarian.po by @efi99 in #2291
- Adjust position of "Defaults" button in "Options > Compare > Table" by @vlakoff in #2295
- Update French.po by @slolo2000 in #2297
New Contributors
- @Timon34 made their first contribution in #2194
- @visudade made their first contribution in #2196
- @pereorga made their first contribution in #2270
Full Changelog: v2.16.38...v2.16.40