vkbo/novelWriter v2.7a2

Release 2.7 Alpha 2 (Windows Only)

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This is a Windows only test release of 2.7 Alpha 2. Normally these are only released to Launchpad for Ubuntu, but this alpha package changes how novelWriter is installed and launched on Windows.

The package and installer contains the following changes:

• The release moves to Qt 6.4 from Qt 5.15, which is a major change.
• The app now launches with a novelWriter.exe file instead of a custom launch command that links directly to the pythonw.exe in the install folder. This is a cleaner way to launch the novelWriter GUI. The app itself is still distributed as pure Python code. All the launcher does is call pythonw.exe with the novelWriter.pyw file as the argument.
• This novelWriter.exe should work from command line, by double click, and when right-clicked and shortcut created. It can take a single argument when called from command line: a path to a project to open.
• The launcher should work even when the Visual C/C++ Redistributable library is not installed on the target system.
• Both the alpha release installer and the novelWriter.exe launcher are signed.

This pre-release is only intended for testing the new install and launch method. Any feedback and issue reports are appreciated. Please use the discussion thread at #2200.