Version 2.8.2

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Release Notes

This is a patch release that fixes an issue with launching novelWriter via a project file on Windows, adds an alert when the spell check dictionary cannot be loaded, handles headings in HTML manuscripts the same way as for documents, and updates the documentation on how heading levels are handled in the manuscript build process.

Detailed Changelog

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue with the exe launcher on Windows where it didn't support spaces in the path when the user tried to open novelWriter from a project file. Issue Windows launcher "Project file not found." #2643. PR Fix Windows launch file path handling #2645.
• Fixed an issue with the PDF manuscript format which stopped after about 600-700 pages when generating A4 pages. The limit is now in the 11000 pages range. Issue build manuscript pdf #2637. PRs Increase PDF page limit #2638 and Further improve PDF build #2639.

Improvements

• Added an alert box when the spell check language selected for a project could not be loaded. Issue de_DE_frami / de_CH_ frami / de_AT_ frami can't be used for spell checking #2631. PR Alert when the loading of a spellcheck dictionary fails #2654.
• The HTML manuscript format now exports novel title and partition titles as paragraphs with a larger font size instead of HTML headings. This is more consistent with the other formatted document formats. Issue Wrong Heading level when building HTML #2641. PR Add header promotion info to docs and update handling for HTML #2653.

Documentation

• Added information to the documentation about heading level promotion when building the manuscript. Issue Wrong Heading level when building HTML #2641. PR Add header promotion info to docs and update handling for HTML #2653.

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