vkbo/novelWriter v0.4.1 on GitHub

Changes

Features

If no external spell check package is available, novelWriter can now fall back to use a simple spell checker based on word similarity comparison provided by the Python standard package difflib. That means spell checking is always available, although the difflib-based spell checker is both slow and lacks many features of other packages. This feature comes with a general English dictionary, and a GB and US dictionary. These are just lists of correct words provided by aspell. PR #130.
Language information (spell checker) is now shown on the status bar. In addition, the timer has been converted to monospace font and received an icon. PR #136.
The new icons exist in both dark and neutral mode, and the mode can be set in the preferences. This makes it easier to see the icons on a dark system theme. PR #135.
Distraction free mode, key shortcut F8, and full screen mode, shortcut F11, are now available. This PR also fixes some issues with rescaling of text margins when windows or panels are resized. PR #137.

User Interface

Most text boxes now have a character limit. Before, the only limit was the limit set by Qt itself of ~32k characters. PR #126.
Key combination Ctrl+G is now an alternative to F3, forward search, and vice versa for backwards search. This makes more sense on macOS. Issue #124, PR #126.
The shortcut for the replace feature is now Cmd+= on macOS, and remains Ctrl+H on Linux and Windows. Issue #124, PR #126.
The sample project in the source code has been improved to better show the features of novelWriter as they currently are. The old text was a bit out of date. The new text also explains the features it demonstrates. PR #132.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where a long file label would expand the tree pane due to the details panel expanding. The label itself will no longer show more than 100 characters, and is word wrapped. Issue #120, PR #122.

Code Improvements

The code has been reorganised, import headers been cleaned up, and the code made more or less PEP8 compliant. PRs #118, #119, and #138.
The dependency on the pycountry package has been dropped. The feature based on it now uses an internal list of country codes for describing spell checker languages. PR #129.
The themes manager has been improved, and the loading of icons now supports a number of fallback steps to ensure something is shown in most cases. The final fallback is the system's own icon theme. PR #135.