WinMerge 2.16.47 Beta Release Notes
- About This Release
- What Is New in 2.16.47 beta?
- Known issues
March 2025
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 2.16.47 Beta
General
- BugFix: /inifile won't work with root directory (#2635)
- BugFix: "Another application has updated" message when window is deactivated
(#2668) - Reduced flickering of title bar buttons and the status bar.
- Rewrite English.pot, add JXL image extension (PR #2682)
- Add Output Pane for Logs and Messages (PR #2663)
File compare
- BugFix: Fixed an issue where $ in regular expressions in Substitution filters
didn't work correctly with "Ignore carriage return differences" enabled.
(#2640) - BugFix: Syntax highlighting of Python multiline strings failed on lines > 1
(#2643) - BugFix: Fixed an issue where "&" appeared as an underline in the status bar
when using both Unpacker and Prediffer plugins. - BugFix: Sync Codepage Settings on Options and Diff Window (#2678)
- Update C syntax highlighting keyword list. (PR #2669)
Image compare
- Rewrite English.pot, add JXL image extension (PR #2682)
Options dialog
- BugFix: Fixed an issue where ShellExtensionU.dll was not properly
unregistered when clicking the Unregister shell extension button in the
Shell Integration options. (#2419) - Modify the "Options (Compare > Image)" dialog. (PR #2655)
Color schemes
Installer
- BugFix: Context menu not working if installed from non-elevated (non admin)
user on win 10 x64 (#2638) (PR #2639)
Manual
- Help pages -> Appendix A. Shortcut keys (#2659)
Translations
- Translation updates:
Internals
- BugFix: Fix build in VS2022 17.13.0 (PR #2645)
- BugFix: Use zopflipng to reduce size of splash.png (PR #2646)
- README major update, Twilight theme minor edit (PR #2696)
Known issues
- Pressing OK in the Options window while the INI file specified by /inifile is open for comparison in WinMerge may corrupt the file. (#2685)
- 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 Corsican translation for 2.16.47 by @Patriccollu in #2632
- Add Visual Studio Dark color scheme by @rkodey in #2634
- Turkish translation update 2.16.46 by @kayazeren in #2636
- Fix issue #2638: Context menu not working if installed from non-elevated (non admin) user on win 10 x64 by @sdottaka in #2639
- Fix build in VS2022 17.13.0 by @CharlesMengCA in #2645
- Use zopflipng to reduce size of splash.png by @CharlesMengCA in #2646
- Update Portuguese.po by @hugok79 in #2650
- Modify the "Options (Compare > Image)" dialog. by @tjmprm77 in #2655
- Update C syntax highlighting keyword list. by @tjmprm77 in #2669
- Fix typo in Polish translation by @kkarbowiak in #2671
- Hebrew Translation Added by @Y-PLONI in #2673
- Update Brazilian.islu by @Marcellomco in #2675
- Update corsican.islu for 2.16.47 by @Patriccollu in #2676
- Hans Eriksson updated the Swedish translation by @gerundt in #2679
- Rewrite English.pot, add JXL image extension by @dcog989 in #2682
- Update Brazilian.po by @Marcellomco in #2688
- Italian language update by @bovirus in #2689
- Update Portuguese.po by @hugok79 in #2695
- Twilight - new dark theme by @dcog989 in #2694
- README major update, Twilight theme minor edit by @dcog989 in #2696
- Update Brazilian.po by @Marcellomco in #2697
- update zh-cn translation by @yingang in #2700
- Add Output Pane for Logs and Messages by @sdottaka in #2663
New Contributors
- @rkodey made their first contribution in #2634
- @kkarbowiak made their first contribution in #2671
- @Y-PLONI made their first contribution in #2673
- @dcog989 made their first contribution in #2682
Full Changelog: v2.16.46...v2.16.47