Release Notes for Scrivener Beta 7 (2.9.0.8)

(Released 1 Aug 2018)

Update size: 82 MB

These release notes are also available on our website at http://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=57

This beta expires after 30 September 2018

Refinements and Changes

• "Ignore Spelling" is now project specific and persistent through closing and reopening Scrivener. Ignored words are saved in the list at %LOCALAPPDATA%\LiteratureAndLatte\Scrivener\wordlists.ini and can currently be removed by editing the file in a plain-text editor when Scrivener is closed.
• Removed the option to use a paragraph style as part of the default text formatting, as this was antithetical to how styles in Scrivener work: styles are intended to be used only for sections of text that differ from the bulk of the body text.
• Removed the extra "Compile Success" confirmation dialog. Scrivener now returns automatically to the main project window after a successful compile without requiring additional input.
• When a project search term appears in an inspector comment or footnote, its anchor text is now highlighted in the editor.
• Added a context menu to the project keywords to add or remove keywords from selected documents.
• Increased the default inspector width.
• Moved the current line highlighting option to Options > Appearance > Main Editor.
• Improved the method of detecting problematic fonts causing Scrivener to crash on launch to speed up load times.
• Updated the Hunspell libraries used for spell check.
• Added a check to prevent saving or opening projects within Scrivener's installation folder.
• Scrivener now defaults to displaying the user manual in Letter or A4 size based on the interface language set in Options.

Bugs Fixed

• Worked around a Qt bug that zipped backups with incorrect permissions, preventing them from opening properly on macOS.
• Fixed a bug whereby styles were lost when copying from or rolling back a snapshot.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when setting bold, italic, or underline formatting in a blank document while Highlight Current Line was enabled.
• Fixed a bug causing the current line highlight in the editor to disappear when the insertion point moved.
• Fixed a bug causing cards to be misplaced if dropped on the label view corkboard while the editor was scrolled.
• Fixed a bug whereby words added to the custom dictionary remained underlined until the editor was refreshed and were not remembered when Scrivener was closed and reopened.
• Fixed an issue whereby the \Mobile folder structure within a project might not be properly deleted after syncing iOS changes to Windows if Dropbox had created hidden files within the folder, resulting in changes being lost when syncing back to iOS.
• Fixed a bug whereby removing all tab stops in the Tabs and Indents settings caused Scrivener to crash.
• Fixed a bug whereby tab stops were not added at the set interval in the Tabs and Indents dialog.
• Fixed a bug whereby Enter did not create a new line in the synopsis in composition mode or Quick Reference windows if "Return ends editing synopsis in corkboard and outliner views" was enabled in Options.
• Fixed a bug causing the New Project window to always open on the primary monitor rather than on the monitor with the current project window.
• Fixed a bug whereby the initial text of a document displayed redundantly as the auto-synopsis in the inspector; the auto-synopsis is only used on the corkboard and outliner.
• Fixed a bug whereby a card's auto-synopsis was not updated on the corkboard when text was removed from the document.
• Fixed a bug that allowed the main toolbar to be dragged to another area of the project window.
• Fixed the current line highlight in the editor to apply to the main editor splits, copyholders, Quick Reference windows, and the composition mode editor.
• Fixed a bug whereby using Select All on the corkboard displayed an incorrect selection count in the footer.
• Further internal clean-up to remove invalid styles and references, for instance in imported documents.
• Fixed a bug whereby applying the Outline formatting to text already outlined could cause the text to turn transparent.
• Hopefully fixed an issue with translations which could clear default shortcuts when setting Scrivener to a different language. Default shortcuts should all be retained and automatically translated.
• Edit > Move > Sort is now simply Edit > Sort.
• Fixed a bug preventing setting a custom zoom level below 100% from the View > Zoom menu or in Composition mode.
• Fixed a bug in Page View mode that turned the page background dark grey.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when loading a project with certain UI configurations using the outliner group view mode.
• Fixed a typo in the copyholder button hover text.