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WinMerge 2.16.36 Release Notes

November 2023

About This Release

This is a WinMerge 2.16.36 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 2.16.36

Image compare

  • BugFix: Fix an issue where opening read-only and multi-page image files
    would cause them to be treated as only one-page images.
    (WinMerge/winimerge#32)

Webpage compare

  • Improved performance when there are many differences

File filter

  • Bugfix: Modify the "File Filters" dialog. (#2118)

Translations

  • Translation updates:

What Is New in 2.16.35 Beta

File compare

  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where "Copy to Left/Right and Advance" would
    sometimes skip differences when comparing 3 files. (#1234)
  • BugFix: Print Preview buttons are not translatable (#2083,#2079)
  • BugFix: Fixed the issue where the caption set in the header bar is restored
    when the window is resized.

Binary compare

  • BugFix: V2.16.34 "X86" wired action (#2081)

Image compare

  • BugFix: Close main window with 'Esc' if there is only one MDI child window
    (#2084)

Webpage compare

  • BugFix: Close main window with 'Esc' if there is only one MDI child window
    (#2084)
  • Webpage Compare: synchronize events (#2111,#2064)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Ignoring carriage return differences doesn't work anymore
    (#2080,#2099)

File filters

  • BugFix: Fixed the issue where "[F]" could be set as the file filter if no file
    filter was selected in the Filters dialog.

Installer

  • BugFix: fix bug of Registry path (PR #2086)
  • BugFix: "Register Windows 11 Shell Extension" fails because PowerShell script
    doesn't escape special chars correctly (#2109)

Translations

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

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.16.34...v2.16.36

Contributors

sdottaka, yingang, and 14 other contributors
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WinMerge 2.16.35 Beta Release Notes

November 2023

About This Release

This is a WinMerge beta release which is meant for preview the current state of
WinMerge development. This release is not recommended for the production.

Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker.

What Is New in 2.16.35 Beta

File compare

  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where "Copy to Left/Right and Advance" would
    sometimes skip differences when comparing 3 files. (#1234)
  • BugFix: Print Preview buttons are not translatable (#2083,#2079)
  • BugFix: Fixed the issue where the caption set in the header bar is restored
    when the window is resized.

Binary compare

  • BugFix: V2.16.34 "X86" wired action (#2081)

Image compare

  • BugFix: Close main window with 'Esc' if there is only one MDI child window
    (#2084)

Webpage compare

  • BugFix: Close main window with 'Esc' if there is only one MDI child window
    (#2084)
  • Webpage Compare: synchronize events (#2111,#2064)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Ignoring carriage return differences doesn't work anymore
    (#2080,#2099)

File filters

  • BugFix: Fixed the issue where "[F]" could be set as the file filter if no file
    filter was selected in the Filters dialog.

Installer

  • BugFix: fix bug of Registry path (PR #2086)
  • BugFix: "Register Windows 11 Shell Extension" fails because PowerShell script
    doesn't escape special chars correctly (#2109)

Translations

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

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.16.34...v2.16.35

Contributors

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27 Oct 13:01
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WinMerge 2.16.34 Release Notes

October 2023

About This Release

This is a WinMerge 2.16.34 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 2.16.34

File compare

  • Allow NUL and \.\NUL in paths specified as command line arguments (PR #2056)
  • Added "(F4)" to the description of the toolbar icon "Difference in the Current Line". (#2050)
  • Fix a crash problem when the Diff algorithm is set to something other than
    default and one file does not have an EOL of the last line and the other
    file has an EOL of the last line.

Image compare

  • BugFix: Fixed the issue where .png is added when saving even if the file
    format does not use a converter such as jpg or png file.

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Folder compare omits unique folders from results if they contain any
    files and/or subfolders folder compare/merge (#2046)

Line filters

  • Modify the "Line Filters" dialog. (PR #2047)

Substitution filters

  • Modify the "Substitution Filters" dialog. (PR #2068)

Translations

Internals

  • Small code changes for CMDIChildWnd handling (#2043)

What Is New in 2.16.33 Beta

General

  • Reduce startup time and decrease the usage of Win32 user objects.

File compare

  • BugFix: Cannot compare one-line file (#1972)
  • BugFix: "Current Difference" specified by double-clicking cannot merge
    using the "Copy to Right (or Left)" menu. (#1980)
  • BugFix: Wimerge saves changes to the wrong file (#1985) (PR #1988)
  • BugFix: "Ignore comment differences" still compares inline comments (#2008)
  • Update Rust syntax highlighting keyword list. (PR #1998)
  • [Feature Request] Both Shell Menu (#1986) (PR #2021)

Table compare

  • When "Use First Line as Header" is enabled, make the header display the
    first line regardless of the scroll position when the first line is hidden.
  • Generate reports in tabular format for table comparisons. (PR #1983)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where Differences, Left/Right EOL columns, etc. were
    displayed as undefined values when the file comparison method was
    Full Contents or Quick Contents and the file size exceeded 64MB.
  • BugFix: Fix the problem that when comparing with the BinaryContents compare
    method, the contents of the files are identical, but if one side is a
    symbolic link, it is judged to be different. (#1976)
  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where values in the Left/Right EOL column may not
    display correctly when using the Quick contents compare method.
  • Add Expand Different Subfolders menu item (#1382) (PR #1964)
  • Allow Diff algorithms (patience, histogram) other than default to be applied
    to folder comparisons (PR #2015) (#2002)
  • Show confirmation message when closing a window that took a long time
    to compare folders

Line filters

  • Improve line filters and substitution filters (PR #2032) (#796) (#1620)

Substitution filters

  • Avoid infinite loops in the RegularExpression::subst() function when
    the length of the string matching the pattern is 0
  • Improve line filters and substitution filters (PR #2032) (#796) (#1620)

Options dialog

  • Execute the "pause" command to prevent the error message from disappearing
    if the registration of the ShellExtension for Windows 11 fails

Plugins

  • BugFix: WinMerge cannot successfully disable some of its Plugins (#2012)
  • Update jq to version 1.7

Manual

  • Manual: Use po4a for manual translation (PR #1994) (#499)

Translations

Internals

  • Optimize inserts in std containers using reserve (PR #2000)

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

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.16.32...v2.16.34

Contributors

sdottaka, yingang, and 14 other contributors
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WinMerge 2.16.33 Beta Release Notes

September 2023

About This Release

This is a WinMerge beta release which is meant for preview the current state of
WinMerge development. This release is not recommended for the production.

Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker.

What Is New in 2.16.33 Beta

General

  • Reduce startup time and decrease the usage of Win32 user objects.

File compare

  • BugFix: Cannot compare one-line file (#1972)
  • BugFix: "Current Difference" specified by double-clicking cannot merge
    using the "Copy to Right (or Left)" menu. (#1980)
  • BugFix: Wimerge saves changes to the wrong file (#1985) (PR #1988)
  • BugFix: "Ignore comment differences" still compares inline comments (#2008)
  • Update Rust syntax highlighting keyword list. (PR #1998)
  • [Feature Request] Both Shell Menu (#1986) (PR #2021)

Table compare

  • When "Use First Line as Header" is enabled, make the header display the
    first line regardless of the scroll position when the first line is hidden.
  • Generate reports in tabular format for table comparisons. (PR #1983)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where Differences, Left/Right EOL columns, etc. were
    displayed as undefined values when the file comparison method was
    Full Contents or Quick Contents and the file size exceeded 64MB.
  • BugFix: Fix the problem that when comparing with the BinaryContents compare
    method, the contents of the files are identical, but if one side is a
    symbolic link, it is judged to be different. (#1976)
  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where values in the Left/Right EOL column may not
    display correctly when using the Quick contents compare method.
  • Add Expand Different Subfolders menu item (#1382) (PR #1964)
  • Allow Diff algorithms (patience, histogram) other than default to be applied
    to folder comparisons (PR #2015) (#2002)
  • Show confirmation message when closing a window that took a long time
    to compare folders

Line filters

  • Improve line filters and substitution filters (PR #2032) (#796) (#1620)

Substitution filters

  • Avoid infinite loops in the RegularExpression::subst() function when
    the length of the string matching the pattern is 0
  • Improve line filters and substitution filters (PR #2032) (#796) (#1620)

Options dialog

  • Execute the "pause" command to prevent the error message from disappearing
    if the registration of the ShellExtension for Windows 11 fails

Plugins

  • BugFix: WinMerge cannot successfully disable some of its Plugins (#2012)
  • Update jq to version 1.7

Manual

  • Manual: Use po4a for manual translation (PR #1994) (#499)

Translations

Internals

  • Optimize inserts in std containers using reserve (PR #2000)

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

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.16.32...v2.16.33

Contributors

sdottaka, yingang, and 11 other contributors
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WinMerge 2.16.32 Release Notes

July 2023

About This Release

This is a WinMerge 2.16.32 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 2.16.32

General

  • BugFix: Export/Import settings bug with Substitution Filters (#1925)

File compare

  • BugFix: Save function doesn't work if the path length exceeds 248
    characters (#1923)
  • BugFix: Redundant confirmation "The selected files are identical" (#1902)
  • Update Python syntax highlighting keyword list. (PR #1938)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Treeview scrolls to the wrong position. (#1915)
  • Allow changing the number of CPU cores to use while doing folder comparison
    (PR #1945)

Webpage compare

  • Add support for generating report files (PR #1941)

Command line

  • Compare folders recursively if "Include subfolders" is checked in the
    Options dialog even if the /r command line option is not specified.
    (PR #1914)

Archive support

  • Update 7-Zip to 23.01 (PR #1913)

Translations

What Is New in 2.16.31 Beta

General

  • BugFix: Some Substitution filter doesn't work (#1861)
  • Add tasks to Jump List (PR #1828)
  • Update DirCmpReport.cpp (PR #1892)

File compare

  • BugFix: Fix input range check processing in "Go to" dialog. (PR #1826)
  • BugFix: End of line diff is a bit wanky (#1838, PR #1849)
  • Confirm copy all in file merge (PR #1827)
  • Modify the "Go to" dialog. (PR #1896)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Display problem with Item totals : (#1840)
  • BugFix: Bug in ignore whitespace ? (#1882)

Plugins

  • PrettifyJSON: Update jq to version 1.6 (#1871)
  • Translate some plugin error messages (PR #1873)
  • ApplyPatch: Update GNU patch to 2.7.6-1 (PR #1897)(#1871)

Installer

  • Silent install blocked (#1852)

Translations

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

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.16.30...v2.16.32

Contributors

sdottaka, yingang, and 20 other contributors
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WinMerge 2.16.31 Beta Release Notes

June 2023

About This Release

This is a WinMerge beta release which is meant for preview the current state of
WinMerge development. This release is not recommended for the production.

Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker.

What Is New in 2.16.31 Beta

General

  • BugFix: Some Substitution filter doesn't work (#1861)
  • Add tasks to Jump List (PR #1828)
  • Update DirCmpReport.cpp (PR #1892)

File compare

  • BugFix: Fix input range check processing in "Go to" dialog. (PR #1826)
  • BugFix: End of line diff is a bit wanky (#1838, PR #1849)
  • Confirm copy all in file merge (PR #1827)
  • Modify the "Go to" dialog. (PR #1896)

Folder compare

  • BugFix: Display problem with Item totals : (#1840)
  • BugFix: Bug in ignore whitespace ? (#1882)

Plugins

  • PrettifyJSON: Update jq to version 1.6 (#1871)
  • Translate some plugin error messages (PR #1873)
  • ApplyPatch: Update GNU patch to 2.7.6-1 (PR #1897)(#1871)

Installer

  • Silent install blocked (#1852)

Translations

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

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.16.30...v2.16.31

Contributors

sdottaka, yingang, and 16 other contributors
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WinMerge 2.16.30 Release Notes

April 2023

About This Release

This is a WinMerge 2.16.30 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 2.16.30

General

  • BugFix: When using an ini file all differences are displayed as black
    sections (#1799)
  • Reduced file size of WinMergeU.exe for 32-bit version

File compare

  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where XML format files, such as vcxproj, were not
    being syntax highlighted.
  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where the EOL character was not being displayed in
    the ARM64 version.
  • Modify the "Go to" dialog. (PR #1779)

Image compare

  • BugFix: Middle Click to close image tab crash (#1785)
  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where the changed Color distance threshold value
    would revert back to 0 the next time WinMerge was started.
  • Image compare: Increase color distance threshold (CD Threshold)
    (winmerge/winimerge #29)

Filters

  • Updated file filters to allow UTF-8 without BOM.

Options dialog

  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where the shell integration category page in the
    Options dialog was not displaying correctly in version 2.16.29.
  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where plugin settings were not exported when
    exporting from the Options dialog.

Plugins

  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where the ApplyPatch plugin was not functioning
    correctly when the 'Plugins -> Manual Unpacking' menu item was checked.
  • BugFix: Fixed the problem that the plug-in setting window cannot be opened
    on 32-bit OS
  • Added a "Plugin Settings" button to the "Select Plugin" window.
  • Make the plugin settings dialog translatable and enable saving settings to
    an INI file (PR #1783)

Command line

  • BugFix: Fixed the problem that the /fr option is ignored when specifying the
    command line option /new
  • BugFix: Fixed the problem of not moving to the conflicted line after
    auto-merge.

Project file

  • BugFix: Opening a project fails when a path has environmental variables in
    it. (#1793)

Installer

  • BugFix: Unsuccessful installation, Portable Win32 version (#1802)

Translations

What Is New in 2.16.29 Beta

File compare

  • BugFix: 3-way compare does not properly align identical lines when resolving
    conflicts, and show false highlights (#1696)
  • BugFix: Failure to indent lines properly (#1740)
  • BugFix: Fixed problems with non-default Diff algorithm:
    • Even though the Ignore carriage return differences option was disabled,
      EOL differences were ignored when the option to ignore whitespace
      differences was enabled.
    • Differences between CR and CR+LF were not ignored even though Ignore
      carriage return differences option was enabled.
  • BugFix: Fixed a bug with Match whole word only options of Substitution
    filters
  • Add MATLAB syntax highlighting. (PR #1766)

Table compare

  • The "View > Wrap Lines" menu item in the Table Compare window is now
    "Wrap Text" and its check status is saved separately from the same menu item
    in the Text Compare window. (osdn #47553)
  • Added an option to change the CSV file separator from comma to semicolon or
    another character.

Binary compare

  • BugFix: Resizing WinMerge Window looses the correct scroll position for the
    memory address your cursor is at (WinMerge/frhed #13)
  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where an infinite loop occurred when the file size was
    truncated during file loading.

Image compare

  • BugFix: Fixed issue preventing saving image comparison reports to a network
    share

Webpage compare

  • BugFix: Fixed issue with missing file path in header bar

Folder compare

  • BugFix: After I collapse a folder, the arrow next to it stays turned down
    (#1747)
  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where the Left/Right Date and Left/Right Size columns
    would not update when deleting files on one side.
  • Implement issue #1413: "Move" needs options "Left to Right" or
    "Right to Left" like "Copy" (PR #1732,#1720)
  • Pressing F2 or Rename should not select file extension (#1735)

Options dialog

  • Added Enable Compare As menu option in Shell integration category

Plugins

  • BugFix: Plugin IgnoreLeadingLineNumbers hangs (#1715)

Command line

  • BugFix: Fixed a crash that occurred when comparing alternate data streams,
    such as file.zip:Zone.Identifier:$DATA, using the /self-compare command
    line option.
  • BugFix: Fixed a crash that occurred when the /t command line option was
    specified with only one path provided

Shell extension

  • BugFix: Windows 11 Tabs - wrong folder selected from new menu (#1733)
  • BugFix: Fixed the issue where the WinMerge menu would not appear when
    right-clicking on a non-item area in Windows 11 Explorer.
  • Added Compare As menu item

Installer

  • Installer: components step unclear about "Patch GnuWin32" (#1698)
  • The ShellExtension*.dll file is now renamed before installation to prevent
    installation failure when Explorer is loading ShellExtension*.dll.
  • Added IgnoreLeadingLineNumbers plugin to non-x86 installers

Translations

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

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WinMerge 2.16.29 Beta Release Notes

March 2023

About This Release

This is a WinMerge beta release which is meant for preview the current state of
WinMerge development. This release is not recommended for the production.

Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker.

What Is New in 2.16.29 Beta

File compare

  • BugFix: 3-way compare does not properly align identical lines when resolving
    conflicts, and show false highlights (#1696)
  • BugFix: Failure to indent lines properly (#1740)
  • BugFix: Fixed problems with non-default Diff algorithm:
    • Even though the Ignore carriage return differences option was disabled,
      EOL differences were ignored when the option to ignore whitespace
      differences was enabled.
    • Differences between CR and CR+LF were not ignored even though Ignore
      carriage return differences option was enabled.
  • BugFix: Fixed a bug with Match whole word only options of Substitution
    filters
  • Add MATLAB syntax highlighting. (PR #1766)

Table compare

  • The "View > Wrap Lines" menu item in the Table Compare window is now
    "Wrap Text" and its check status is saved separately from the same menu item
    in the Text Compare window. (osdn #47553)
  • Added an option to change the CSV file separator from comma to semicolon or
    another character.

Binary compare

  • BugFix: Resizing WinMerge Window looses the correct scroll position for the
    memory address your cursor is at (WinMerge/frhed #13)
  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where an infinite loop occurred when the file size was
    truncated during file loading.

Image compare

  • BugFix: Fixed issue preventing saving image comparison reports to a network
    share

Webpage compare

  • BugFix: Fixed issue with missing file path in header bar

Folder compare

  • BugFix: After I collapse a folder, the arrow next to it stays turned down
    (#1747)
  • BugFix: Fixed an issue where the Left/Right Date and Left/Right Size columns
    would not update when deleting files on one side.
  • Implement issue #1413: "Move" needs options "Left to Right" or
    "Right to Left" like "Copy" (PR #1732,#1720)
  • Pressing F2 or Rename should not select file extension (#1735)

Options dialog

  • Added Enable Compare As menu option in Shell integration category

Plugins

  • BugFix: Plugin IgnoreLeadingLineNumbers hangs (#1715)

Command line

  • BugFix: Fixed a crash that occurred when comparing alternate data streams,
    such as file.zip:Zone.Identifier:$DATA, using the /self-compare command
    line option.
  • BugFix: Fixed a crash that occurred when the /t command line option was
    specified with only one path provided

Shell extension

  • BugFix: Windows 11 Tabs - wrong folder selected from new menu (#1733)
  • BugFix: Fixed the issue where the WinMerge menu would not appear when
    right-clicking on a non-item area in Windows 11 Explorer.
  • Added Compare As menu item

Installer

  • Installer: components step unclear about "Patch GnuWin32" (#1698)
  • The ShellExtension*.dll file is now renamed before installation to prevent
    installation failure when Explorer is loading ShellExtension*.dll.
  • Added IgnoreLeadingLineNumbers plugin to non-x86 installers

Translations

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

New Contributors

Full Changelog: v2.16.28...v2.16.29

Contributors

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