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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). To open the tracker item, go to URL: http://winmerge.org/tracker/[tracker-id]WinMerge 2.12.2 - 2009-04-01 (r6625)
Disable folder compare tree-view by default (#2714968) Bugfix: Filename extension column was empty for files (#2670046) Bugfix: Crash when selecting backup folder (#2686382) bugfix: Swapping panes did not update statusbar (#2661838) Bugfix: Says files are identical after making files different in another application and re-loading them (#2672737) Bugfix: Files with missing last EOL weren't merged correctly (#2712120) Translation updates: - Polish (#2717382, #2720875)WinMerge 2.12.0 - 2009-03-05 (r6542)
Remember last target folder for Copy/Move to in folder compare (#2659228) Detect Windows 7 and Windows 2008 in config log (#2599256) Bugfix: Help window opened from WinMerge was modal (#2590079) Bugfix: Crash in editor when undoing (#2590212) Bugfix: Browse button in Option dialog reverted to previous settings (#2606153) Bugfix: Files without extension get backed up to name..bak (#2627752) Bugfix: Must Show Different to Show L/R Unique (#2129561) Translation updates: - Chinese Traditional (#2608190) - Croatian (#2596949) - Czech (r6538) - Danish (#2648183) - Dutch (#2586422, #2590430) - French (#2603591) - Galician (#2632173) - German (#2586497) - Greek (#2615285) - Japanese (r6456) - Swedish (#2586274) - Ukrainian (#2609242)WinMerge 2.11.2 - 2009-02-05 (r6428)
Update Python syntax highlight keywords for Python 2.6 (#2473375) More accurate visible area rect in location pane (#2479804) New options page for Shell Integration options (#2433648) Remove Frhed hex editor from GUI (context menu) (r6376) Register.bat should use Find with full path (#2536582) Better Unicode file detection for full contents compare (2477657) Bugfix: Could not open project file that contains an ampersand character in folder names (#2372000) Bugfix: File compare method "Modified Date and Size" ignored file size (#2455595) BugFix: Quick compare didn't ignore EOL differences (#2433677) Bugfix: Remove EOL characters from command line (#2458728) Bugfix: Merging one line diff to empty other side didn't work (#2456399) Bugfix: Location pane was empty for some files with diffs (#2459234) Bugfix: Line filter editing didn't update edit box when editing was canceled by ESC key (#2493935) Bugfix: Wrong number shown for difference when using line filters (#2493980) Bugfix: Crashed if compared file disappeared during file compare (#2493945) Bugfix: Creating new files caused message about missing files (#2515875) Bugfix: Could not hide folders in recursive compare (#2528749) Bugfix: Folder Compare:Copy Right/Left don't create folder Bugfix: Must Show Different to Show L/R Unique (#2129561) Bugfix: Could not copy files from right to left (#2556904) Bugfix: Don't show file name extension for folders (#2563314) Translation updates: - Brazilian (#2461443, #2524796) - Chinese Traditional (#2540115) - Czech (r6201) - Dutch (#2481022, #2494378, #2499994) - French (#2551043, #2551066) - Greek (#2550911) - Swedish (#2452467, #2465385, #2511043) WinMerge 2.12.x (r2_12) branch created (r6202)WinMerge 2.11.1.8 - 2008-12-19 (r6200)
Allow reloading the file if it has been changed on the disk behind WinMerge (#2354125) Add option to show Open-dialog on WinMerge startup (#2327424) Add Git to Source Control filter and fix ignore file rules (#2329381) Add build identifier for 64-bit builds to About-dialog (r6142) Installer: Option to add WinMerge to system path (#2435175) Add Unicode version of heksedit (#2036603) Allow multiple file compare documents by default (#2445749) Bugfix: Move confirmation dialog sometimes had wrong paths (#2327565, #2309190) Bugfix: Use translated version of readme.txt for Chinese Simplified (#2391000) Bugfix: Installer didn't install readme.txt for all translations (#2396437) Bugfix: Could not give paths to commandline when started WinMerge from Cygwin prompt (#2427946) Bugfix: Infinite loop in heksedit's Replace-dialog (r6176) Translation updates: - Croatian (#2390558) - German (r6130) - Greek (#2379356) - Japanese (r6154) - Swedish (#2318778, #2374278)WinMerge 2.11.1.7 - 2008-11-20 (r6112)
Add shell context menu to folder compare context menu (#2189315) Update PCRE to version 7.8 (#2209911) Show missing lines in location pane for diffs having both different and missing lines (#2119235) Syntax highlighting for Verilog files (#2231145) Tweak new "equal file" icon a little bit (#2312381) Readme update (#2234689) Translation updates: - Brazilian (#2219568) - Czech (r6034) - Swedish (#2215167, #2236651)WinMerge 2.11.1.6 - 2008-10-23 (r6033)
General compare status for files (not known if text/binary) (#2175736) Change icons for the new general compare status (#2185302) Use 24bit icons for "Bookmarks" and "Delete" menu items (#2141184) Installer: create backup of ClearCase config file (#2129095) BugFix: Translatable strings having space before colon (#1971868) BugFix: Wrong cursor position when disabling selection margin (#2138555) BugFix: Showed a black line when disabling selection margin (#2068790) BugFix: Fix manual URL in Readme.txt (#2181628) BugFix: Long unique paths were mixed up in folder compare view (#2129634) BugFix: Some calls made to plugins when plugins were disabled (#2182788) BugFix: If messagebox was shown during file loading location pane didn't show any differences (#2101780)WinMerge 2.11.1.5 - 2008-10-02 (r5995)
Use external editor to edit file filters (#2082774) Improved command line handling (#2081779) Change Manual url to http://winmerge.org/docs/manual/ (r5956) Manual updates Plugins: Show processing instructions in XML plugin (#1979321) Add icon for "Compare" menu item (#2119843) Change download URL to current URL (#2136765) Installer: create backup of ClearCase config file (#2129095) BugFix: ClearCase checkout/commit dialog translation error (#2051069) BugFix: Table of Contents in manual (#2071625) BugFix: Highlight ShowUnInstDetails keyword for NSIS files (#2084879) BugFix: Displayed a blank time when file last modified time is 00:00:00 (#2098626) BugFix: Customized colors weren't used in some areas (#2110218) BugFix: Zip files were extracted into wrong folder (#2110350) BugFix: Case-sensitive regexp search didn't work (#1991259) BugFix: There were some installer regressions (eg. Installer didn't create Quick Launch icon) (#1460517) BugFix: Whitespace ignore options didn't work with quick compare (#2120174) BugFix: Giving path to file and folder to command line did not work (#2138560) New translation: Galician (#2120685) Translation updates: - German (r5934) - Russian (#2067785) - Swedish (#2075513) - Ukrainian (#2131753)WinMerge 2.11.1.4 - 2008-08-21 (r5846)
Binary file edit/compare (#2036603) Add wait cursor for undo and redo (#2039228) Add icon for "Open Conflict File" menu item (#2047054) Include unique subfolder contents in recursive folder compare (#2034259) Installer: Use -u switch in TortoiseSVN command line (#2060782) Add icon for "Plugins->List" menu item (#2060771) BugFix: External editor command line switches did not work (#2037862) BugFix: Deleting/Moving file crashed WinMerge in debugger (#2025833) Bugfix: Lost focus after folder compare operations (#2046002) Bugfix: Some files had folder icons when aborting folder compare (#2018836) BugFix: Didn't select word-diff cyclically by pressing F4 key (#1989858) BugFix: Could not reset EOL ignore after selecting it from query dialog (#2056741) Translation updates: - Brazilian (#2059836) - German (#2045666) - Greek (#2062442) - Chinese Traditional (#2039929) - Japanese (r5805) - Swedish (#2062107)WinMerge 2.11.1.3 - 2008-08-04 (r5733)
Rename color scheme menu item "None" and add separator (#2027300) Add -u commandline parameter as alternative to -ub (#2029275, #2030359) Remove RCLocalizationHelper plugin (#2029457) Clarify Supercopier caused hang in release notes (#2030040) Improve tree mode in folder compare (#2018836) Unlimited undo (#2033754) BugFix: Could change syntax highlight mode when highlighting was disabled from options (#2027325) BugFix: Editing line filters updated wrong filter (#2025130) BugFix: Boldfacing did work only for Courier font (#2000996) BugFix: Shift+Backspace didn't work in editor (#1153696)WinMerge 2.11.1.2 - 2008-07-24 (r5673)
Refresh compare after changing filter (#2017426) Add dialog listing available plugins (#2021722) Hierarchical directory comparison result view (#2018836) Add "Open Conflict" for file/folder compare menus (#2025472) Enable hierarchial folder compare view by default (#2025478) Confirmation dialog for move operations (#2026508) Manual: New build system (#2015434) Manual: Improve Opening Files and Folders (#2017901) Manual: Improve folder compare documentation (#2024587) BugFix: Failed to compare UTF-8 files plugins disabled (#2018287) Bugfix: Don't warn about closing multiple windows when only one window is open (#2010463) BugFix: Moving was allowed for protected items (#2023734) BugFix: Could change EOL style for protected file (#2025781)WinMerge 2.11.1.1 - 2008-07-11 (r5609)
Manual: Introduction update (#2011365) Manual: Reorganize structure (#2011924) Add ShellExtension menu for drive letters (root folders) (#2011602) Remove buildall.bat (#2013576) New option to enable plugins (disabled by default) (#2013845) Plugins: Show processing instructions in XML plugin (#1979321) BugFix: Use system codepage for paths (#1979429, #2008581) BugFix: ANSI build crash in folder compare (#2010053) BugFix: Add insert/overtype mode indicator to statusbar (#2015174) BugFix: Detected UTF-8 encoding shown as 65001 (#2012377) WinMerge 2.10.x (r2_10) branch created (r5561)WinMerge 2.9.1.5 - 2008-07-04 (r5560)
Manual: Copy editing (#2000322, #2005418) Manual: Clarify 64-bit support (#2002431) Reduce executable sizes (#2003203) Release Notes update (#2007673, r5557) BugFix: Possible crash when enabling line filter (#2004160) BugFix: Location Pane flickers when scrolling (#1938177, #2005031) BugFix: Use system codepage for paths (#1979429, #2008581) BugFix: Random crashes in folder compare (#2005308) Translation updates: - Chinese Traditional (#2007426)WinMerge 2.9.1.4 - 2008-06-24 (r5518)
Use PCRE regular expressions in the editor (#1991259) Installer: install to all users (#1460517) Update release notes (#1990886, #1995265, #1999880) Manual: Use PNG files (#1988845, #1989744) BugFix: Temp paths in Reports created from archive file (#1984346) BugFix: ISL file syntax highlighting starts comment with { (#1981326) BugFix: Crash when starting a second instance (#1993835) BugFix: Crash when starting WinMerge with only one path (#1994402) BugFix: Messages missing from installer translations (r5506) BugFix: Always right side as origin side in copy confirmation dialog when Copy To... (#2001237) New translation: Slovenian (#1997236) Translation updates: - Brazilian (#1994578) - Swedish (#2000307)WinMerge 2.9.1.3 - 2008-06-05 (r5438)
Update PCRE (regular expression library) to version 7.7 (#1941779) Add VB.net keywords to Basic highlighter (#1970912) Open conflict files by drag & dropping to main window (#1984884) Possible improvement for WinMerge exit bug (#1602313) BugFix: Location Pane flickers when resizing (#1740106) BugFix: Command line description text starting with "/" confused WinMerge (#1973225) BugFix: Item count in statusbar not get cleared (#1976480) New translation: Ukrainian (#1973149, #1974021) Translation updates: - Brazilian (#1978374) - Korean (#1978362) - Swedish (#1980970)WinMerge 2.9.1.2 - 2008-05-23 (r5362)
Optimize location pane (r5341, r5342, r5346, r5351, r5355, r5356) BugFix: Version Control filter did not match all VSS files (#1881186) BugFix: Fix showing differences in the end of the line (#1883409, #1962816) BugFix: Fix command line paths in quotes ending with "\" (#1963523) New translation: Greek (#1968429) Translation updates: - Bulgarian (#1957434) - Croatian (#1958283) - Swedish (#1950188, #1970074)WinMerge 2.9.1.1 - 2008-04-23 (r5324)
Release Notes update (#1933950) Installer: Use correct way to create start menu web link (#1913919) Installer: Simplify DeletePreviousStartMenu() function (#1913949) Installer: Updated the side art of the installer application (#1915012) Update URLs and switch to 2.8 manual (#1919965) New splash screen (#1914869) Tab icons at Filter dialog (#1926531) Add VS2003/VS2005 project files (#1926346) Create separate document for compiling WinMerge (#1927502) Update InnoSetup translations (#1931492) 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) 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 (r5255) BugFix: Shortcuts given in command line were not expanded (#1942217) New translation: Romanian (#1939729) Translation updates: - Brazilian (#1913723) - Chinese Traditional (#1927605) - French (#1920380) - German (r5130, r5139, r5171, r5203, r5236, #1949068) - Italian (#1939235) - Japanese (r5152) - Polish (#1934655) - Russian (#1914466) - Spanish (#1907152, r5250) - 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.
