WinMerge 2.16.

4
File compare:
- Bugfix: coretools.cpp: linelen() should not truncate lines with embedded
NULs (GitHub #156)
- Bugfix: file compare : right-click doesn't select the diff under
the mouse (GitHub #159)
- Bugfix: Avoid an exception in GuessCodepageEncoding() when filepath equals
"NUL" (GitHub #162)
- Bugfix: Auto-indent did not work if the EOL-style was not CRLF
Folder compare:
- Bugfix: Generating HTML Folder Compare report including File Compare
report did not complete (Bitbucket #15)
- Bugfix: Compare Statistics dialog: The number of diff folders was
counted in the number of diff files
Plugins:
- Bugfix: PrediffLineFilter.sct: Wrong encoding for settings
dialog (Bitbucket #16)
Translations:
- Update Russian translation (Bitbucket PR #51)
- Update Italian translation (Bitbucket PR #52)
Internals:
- Favor PathContext::GetSize() over PathContext::size() (GitHub #157)
- Consolidate FolderCmp (GitHub #158, #160, #161)
- Avoid some InnoSetup compiler warnings (Bitbucket PR #53)

WinMerge 2.16.3
General:
- Bugfix: Slow startup with documents folder redirected to high-latency
network drive (Bitbucket #155)
- Add VisualElementsManifest for Windows 10 start menu (Bitbucket PR #47)
- Reduce the size of the executable file
File compare:
- Bugfix: Location and Diff pane visibility broken in 2.16.1
(GitHub #138, Bitbucket #163, sf.net #2228)
- Bugfix: Temporary files could not be created (GitHub #143, sf.net #2220)
- Bugfix: Trivial bugfix (GitHub #155)
- Bugfix: Regression: Incorrectly shows 'no changes' for large portions of
certain binary files! (Bitbucket #162)
- Small tweaks for HTML file reports (Bitbucket PR #44, #45)
- Made diff algorithm selectable by using libXDiff
algorithms: default(Myers), minimal, patience, histogram
- triple click to select whole line (Bitbucket #144)
- Add support for merging word level diffs in selection
Demo: https://i.gyazo.com/af18960bd1f121213a2cd9287cae9cf4.gif
Folder compare:
- Bugfix: WinMerge 3-Way Compare Bugs: Always Shows Unique Items.
(GitHub #154)
- Bugfix: WinMerge could not compare files that are opened in other
applications
- Show progress bar while generating Folder Compare Report
- Use own colors settings for folder compare (Bitbucket PR #49)
Project file:
- Bugfix: Possible Bugs in 2.16.2 (sf.net #2221)
- Supporting relative path in project file (Bitbucket #158)
- Allow multiple <paths> in project file
Image compare:
- Bugfix: no message was displayed when file saving failed
- Implement Insertion/Deletion Detection
Demo: https://gyazo.com/17d8773354d23b5ae51262f28b0f1f80
 Options dialog:
- Tweak size of combobox "codepage" in options (GitHub #144)
- Sort combobox codepage and add manual codepage (GitHub #145)
Installer:
- Allow per-user installation (only x64 installer)
- Don't install Files.txt and don't add "Uninstall WinMerge" to the
start menu (Bitbuket #38)
Translations:
- Update French translation (GitHub #149, #150)
- Update Lithuanian translation (Bitbucket PR #36, #40, #43, #46, #48, #50)
- Update Russian translation (Bitbucket PR #41, #42)

WinMerge 2.16.2
File compare:
- Bugfix: Edit > Replace > All, Undo: should undo all (sf.net #2113)
- Bugfix: Save As: default directory should be file's original
directory (sf.net #2163)
- Bugfix: Strings with embedded 0 bytes are handled incorrectly (sf.net
#2187)
- Bugfix: Removed word level merge support due to unstable behavior
- Bugfix: Menu item "File->File Encoding" moves main window (Bitbucket #150)
- Bugfix: Crash when maximizing MDI child window
- bugfix: Crash when failed to load file
- Add syntax highlight for Lua (Bitbucket #114)
Folder compare:
- Bugfix: Compare results refresh incorrectly after deletions (sf.net #2217)
Archive Support:
- Upgraded to 7-zip 19.00
Tab bar:
- Improve icon display at 120DPI
Image compare:
- Bugfix: Zoom In/Out shortcuts don't update zoom level in location
pane (Bitbucket #149)
- Zoom In/Out menu items for image compare (Bitbucket #148)
Open dialog:
- Allow quoted filenames in "Select Files or Folders" (sf.net #1240,
GitHub #137)
Manual:
- Some tweaks for the manual (Bitbucket PR #35)
Installer:
- Bugfix: Gibberish language during installation (Bitbucket #147)
Translations:
- Update Catalan translation (Bitbucket PR #29)
- Update Italian translation (Bitbucket PR #32)
- Update Lithuanian translation (Bitbucket PR #33)
- Update Simplified Chinese translation (Bitbucket PR #34)

WinMerge 2.16.1
General:
- Updated the copyright year to 2019, actually (GitHub #110)
- Prevent splitter view from claiming input focus (GitHub #127)
- Contributors.txt: Changed EOL from Unix (LF) to Windows (CR LF),
because not shows correctly in Windows Notepad. (Bitbucket PR #17)
Open dialog:
- Alternatively to Swap buttons, allow drag & drop between filetype
icons (GitHub #118)
- Expose cleaner moving/resizing behavior esp. in non-maximized
state (GitHub #119)
- Avoid retaining bogus filetype icons from previous selections (GitHub #122)
 File compare:
- Bugfix: Extra blank displayed after left/right single/double
quotes (Bitbucket #134)
- Bugfix: Click doesn't trigger document to scroll in Location pane under
circumstance (Bitbucket #140)
- Bugfix: Frustrating text selection bug (GitHub #109)
- Bugfix: Left and Right files swap after losing focus
v2.16.0.0 (sf.net #2213)
- Bugfix: WinMerge 2.16.0.0 Unicoe X64 version displaying
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Asset in DiffWraper.CPP
line 984 (sf.net #2214)
- Bugfix: Cancelation of selection range with reverse indent (sf.net #2215)
- Bugfix: upward and downward search not work correctly
- Bugifx: Fix menu accelerator conflict
- Add File/Recompare As/Image menu item
- Add support for merging word level diffs in selection
Demo: https://i.gyazo.com/af18960bd1f121213a2cd9287cae9cf4.gif
Folder compare:
- Bugfix: Unique files are not shown (Bitbucket #138)
- Bugfix: Improve Hard-IO error handling, other bug fixes, cleanup,
tweaks (GitHub #120)
Archive Support:
- Upgraded to 7-zip 18.06 (Bitbucket #119)
Options dialog:
- Bugfix: Widen the width of labels in Options dialog (GitHub#108)
- Bugfix: view settings make winmerge crash (Bitbucket #109)
- Bugfix: 64bit version can't browse between option pages (Bitbucket #128)
- Bugfix: Shell Integration "Enable Advanced Menu" disabled on new
install (Bitbucket #137)
- Bugfix: Binary File options don't change from default (Bitbucket #135)
Shell extension:
- Bugfix: CreateTranslatedRcFiles needs an update (GitHub #113)
Translations:
- Update Brazilian Portuguese translation (GitHub #108)
- Update Swedish translation (sf.net #3035, GitHub #112, #114)
- Update Lithuanian translation (Bitbucket PR #7, #8, #27)
- Update Russian translation (Bitbucket PR #9-#26, #139)
- Update Bulgarian translation (Bitbucket PR #28)
- Update Turkish translation (sf.net #3036)
- Update Japanese translation
- Remove now unneeded MergeLang.dll
Manual:
- Bugfix: Some fixes in the manual (GitHub #116)
- Bugifx: end of line documentation (sf.net #2211)
- Clarification as per
https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge-v2/issues/41 (GitHub #126)
Internals:
- Remove `nFinalNullLines` checking, disabled by an earlier
commit (GitHub #111)
- Various minor updates, plus preparation for VS2019 (GitHub #115)
- DiffTextBuffer: Create Unicode temp files (makes EscapeControlChars()
obsolete) (GitHub #123)
- Don't pass `DIFFITEM *` by casting to `uintptr_t` (GitHub #124, #125)

WinMerge 2.16.0
General:
- Bugfix: Disabled icon on toolbar not gray out when running on XP
File compare:
- Bugfix: Copy to X and Advance" not work in 3way-compare (Bitbucket #123)
 - Bugfix: File compare always showing different ending (GitHub #106)
- Bugfix: Scrolling issue (GitHub #105)
- Bugfix: A crash (GitHub #104)
- Add separators to "Zoom" and "Diff Context" menus (Bitbucket PR #5)
Open dialog:
- Bugfix: Drag&Drop in Open Dialog won't work correct (Bitbucket #125)
Installer:
- Drop ClearCase integration (Bitbucket PR #6)
Translations:
- Add Lithuanian translation (Bitbucket #124)
- Update Portuguese translation (GitHub #102,103)

WinMerge 2.15.5
General:
- Add support for very long path and file names (GitHub #87,95,99)
- Enable Ctrl+C shortcut key on the file path bar
- Remove support for old version control system (GitHub #96)
- Improve Options > Color > Differences dialog layout (GitHub #89)
- Improve information and formatting in Help > Configuration reporting (GitHub
#92)
- Improve visual layout of Open dialog (GitHub #97)
- Add icon for "New (3 panes)" menu item (GitHub #97)
File compare:
- Add Window/Split menu item
- Improve handling of last lines in files (GitHub #89,90,93)
- Improve "Visual C++ Loose" filter (GitHub #95)
- BugFix: Crash when saving a file if the active pane is diff detail pane
- BugFix: Crash when pressing Alt+Down key while loading large files
- BugFix: Crash when "mousing over" Plugin Setting context menu if Plugins are
disabled
- BugFix: Various problems reading of files > 2GB (GitHub #81)
- BugFix: Selecting files "From MRU list" again works correctly
Translations:
- Update Italian translation (GitHub #86)
- Update Japanese translation (Bitbucket #3)
- Update Dutch translation
- Update German translation
- Bugfix Spanish translation error (Bitbucket Issue #108)
Internals:
- Various diffengine and compilation/build fixes
(GitHub #89,90,91,92,94)

WinMerge 2.15.4
Appearance:
- BugFix: Dot icon in a drop-down menu is not drawn correctly
File compare:
- BugFix: Crash when reading a file in Google Drive File Stream (sf.net#2206)
- BugFix: Crash when removing ghost lines (GitHub #80)
- BugFix: Lines without EOL appears even though it is not the last line
- Add Ctrl++/Ctrl+-(not numpad key) shortcut key to zoom in/out (sf.net#1727)
- Remove 2GB file size limit for 64-bit build (GitHub #81, #82)
Folder compare:
- Add Pause button to Folder Compare Progress dialog (sf.net#828,#1222,#1237)
- Re-detect the file encoding when opening files (sf.net#2131)
Open dialog:
- Add Options button to Open dialog
- Add Save Project button to Open dialog
Patch generator dialog:
- BugFix: File1/File2 fields don't remember manual input (sf.net#1949)
 Reports:
- BugFix: Garbled text was copied to the clipboard when generating a report
on the clipboard (sf.net#2200)
Plugins:
- Add PrediffLineFilter.sct plugin
- Make ignored lines by Prediffer plugin colored
Translations:
- Update Slovak translation (sf.net#2902)
- Update Portuguese translation (GitHub #84,#85)
Internals:
- Adapt to VS2017 version 15.6.1 (GitHub #79)

WinMerge 2.15.3
File compare:
- Fix assertion error when started on Windows XP
- Fix a problem that moved blocks are sometimes shown as normal diff blocks
- Fix a problem that EOL is removed unexpectedly when removing lines
included ghost lines
- Fix reverse search to search last line correctly
- Fix infinite loop when replacing ^ (sf.net#2094)
- Fix to show text that contains & on message box, correctly (sf.net#2067)
Folder compare:
- Fix a problem that unique files are invisible when comparing files using
'Date' compare method
- Remove trailing garbage from a dragged text (Github#75)
Patch generator dialog:
- Fix a problem that typed-in Context in Generate Patch is not applied
(sf.net#2179)
Reports:
- Entitify file paths in HTML & XML directory comparison reports (sf.net#2199)
Location pane:
- Add support for HiDPI screens (Github #54)
Plugins:
- CompareMSExcelFiles.sct: Add "Compare headers and footers" checkbox to
settings dialog (sf.net#2102)
Installer:
- Remove extra space in installer: " Launch WinMerge" (sf.net#2144)
- Add "How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs" section into GPL.rtf
(sf.net#2098)
Translations:
- Add Finnish translation (sf.net#3031)
- Add Sinhala translation (sf.net#3032)
- Update Korean translation (Github #61)
- Update Portuguese translation (GitHub #56-78)
- Update Polish translation (sf.net#2177)
- Update Turkish translation (Bitbucket#85, #86)
- Change the file encodings of all .po files of WinMerge GUI to UTF-8

WinMerge 2.15.2
Appearance:
- Flatten GUI pane edges
- Partial support for HiDPI (not Per-Monitor DPI Aware)
- Remove splash screen. The splash screen image is now displayed in About
dialog
Tool bar:
- Add "View->Toolbar->Huge" menu item
- Add drop down menu to Options icon
- Add icons for 3-way merge functions
Open dialog:
- Change window type of Open dialog from modal window to MDI child window
- Add Read-only checkbox to Open dialog
- Add buttons to swap items
- Add the third path combobox for 3-way comparison
- Allow file name patterns like not only *.ext but file*.ext
Tab bar:
- Make Tabbar reorderable by using drag-and-drop
- Add "Close Other Tabs", "Close Right Tabs" and "Close Left Tabs" menu items
to system menu
- Add "Enable Auto Max Width" menu item to Tab Bar context menu
- Show close button when hovering over tabs
- Add icons to each tab
Options dialog:
- Add "Close Select Files or Folders Dialog on clicking OK button" checkbox
to "General" page
- Add "Language" combobox to "General" page and remove Language dialog
- Add "Ignore codepage differences" checkbox to "Compare/General" page
- Remove checkboxes in "Enable multiple compare windows for" group from
"General" page (Now always enabled multi compare windows)
- Add "Include Subfolders" checkbox to "Compare/Folder" page
- Add "Automatically expand all subfolders" checkbox to "Compare/Folder" page
- Add "Ignore Reparse Points" checkbox to "Compare/Folder" page
- Add "Number of compare threads" textbox to "Compare/Folder" page
- Add "Compare/Binary" page
- Add "Compare/Image" page
- Add checkboxes whether to use custom colors for text to
"Colors/Differences" page
- Add "GitHub/Bitbucket" button to "Colors/Differences" page
- Add "Margin" color button to "Colors/Text" page
- Add "Colors/Markers" page
- Remove "Use stand-alone 7-Zip if available" and
"Use local 7-Zip from WinMerge folder" radio button from
"Archive Support" page
(Now always use local 7-Zip from WinMerge folder)
- Make $file and $linenum parameters available in External editor textbox
on "System" page
- Make Custom codepage on "Codepage" page selectable from dropdown list
- Add "Detect codepage for text files using mlang.dll" checkbox to
"Codepage" page
- Remove "Include subfolders by default" checkbox from
"Shell Integration" page
(ShellExtension now refers to "Include subfolders" checkbox
on "Compare/Folder" page or on "Select Files or Folders" dialog)
- Remove "Add Shell menu to context menu" from "Shell Integration" page
(WinMerge now always adds shell menu to context menu in Folder window)
- Add "Register shell extension" button to "Shell Integration" page
Folder Compare:
- Add Multi-thread compare support for Full Contents or Quick Contents
method
- Color the background of items in list view
- Restore collapse/expand state of folder tree after re-comparison
- Make comparing window closeable
- Make sub-folder re-comparable
- Display folder items in list view during comparison
- Display the file name currently being compared in progress window
- Add "Parent Folder" menu item in 'Open Left/Middle/Right' menu
- Add "Compare Non-horizontally" menu item to context menu
- Add "Copy items To Clipboard" menu item to context menu
- Add "Swap panes" menu item to View menu
- Add "Auto/Manual Prediffer" menu item to Plugin menu
- Open selected folders in new tab when clicking "Compare" menu item with
pressing Ctrl key
- Cleanup Date column alignment (GitHub #25)
- Bugfix: Version column not sorted correctly
- Bugfix: A unique item that is a binary file was not detected
as a binary file
- Bugfix: Properly handle 3-way comparison of Binary files (Github #23)
- Bugfix: Use proper font for View>Use Default Font menu item (GitHub #24)
File Compare:
- Add support for 3-way compare/merge
- Add "Diff Context" menu to View menu to adjust the number of displayed
diff context lines
- Add "Split Vertically" menu item to View menu
- Add "Add Synchronization Point" to Merge menu
- Add "Auto/Manual Prediffer" menu item to Plugin menu
- Show the name of the applied plugin in the status bar
- Add shortcut(Ctrl+Alt+E) to open with external editor
- Add Go and Rust highlighter
- Add VHDL syntax highlighter (Bitbucket #2)
- Add C++11 keywords
- Make merge editor window D&Dable
- Highlight the search text and implement Marker
- Highlight the EOL pane in status bar if there is a difference
in the EOL of files
- Reload files when another application changes files opened by WinMerge
- Improve in-line diff algorithm
- Bugfix: More on Issue #73 Fixed the -dl -dm and -dr description parameters
for conflict files
(for both 2 way and 3 way conflict files).(Bitbucket #1)
- Bugfix: Fix Memory Leak with Drop Targets (GitHub #26)
Binary Compare:
- Install binary file editor (frhed) component again by default
- Make binary file editor undoable
Image Compare:
- Add image file compare/merge support
Reports:
- Add "Include File Compare Report" checkbox to "Folder Compare Report"
dialog
- Change the encoding of HTML folder compare report from ANSI to UTF-8
- Add icons to the HTML folder compare report
- Change visual style of HTML report
Archive Support:
- Install 7-zip plugin by default
Drag and Drop:
- Accept drag&droped files or folders from various places like:
Zip folder, FTP folder, Recycle bin, images in Web browser
Plugins:
- Introduce new plugin type FILE_FOLDER_PACK_UNPACKER
which allows unpacking data in a file to multiple files in a folder
- Use FILE_FOLDER_PACK_UNPACKER plugin for decompressing archives
- Add support for unpacker plugin written in VBScript/Javascript.
- Add WinMerge32BitPluginProxy.exe to make 32-bit plugins usable in 64-bit
WinMerge
- Rewrite some plugins in VBScript
- Add CompareMSPowerPointFiles.sct plugin
- Add ApplyPatch.sct plugin
- Add SortAscending, SortDescending and ExecFilterCommand menu item to
Plugin->Script menu
 - Make plugins configurable with settings dialog of each plugin
Filters:
- Update *.flt files for Visual Studio 2015 and 2017
Shell extension:
- Display another WinMerge icon in Explorer's context menu when a folder is
selected
Installer:
- 64-bit version of WinMerge is available
- Install plugins by default
Translations:
- Update Portuguese translation (GitHub #2-17)
- Update Korean translation (GitHub #45)
- Update Traditional Chinese translation (GitHub #53)
- Remove "Language" menu item from View menu
(You can specify UI language at Options dialog)
Command line:
- Incompatible change: The third file path is now treated as a right path
for 3-way comparison, not output path
Use /o option for ouput path instead
- Add /wm, /dm, /fl, /fm, /fr, /al, /am and /ar option for 3-way comparison
Other changes:
- Add support for jump list introduced in Windows 7
Internals:
- Use POCO C++ libraries instead of pcre, expat and scew.
They use pcre, expat internally
- Link statically with MFC and VC runtime libraries
- Various compilation/build fixes
(GitHub #1,19,21,29,31-33,36-38,42-44,49-52)

WinMerge 2.14.0 - 2013-02-02 (r7596)

Bugfix: Shell extension uses unquoted program path (patches:#3023)
Translation updates:
- Dutch (patches:#3020)
- Slovenian (patches:#3021)

WinMerge 2.13.22 - 2013-01-13 (r7585)

Translation updates:
- Turkish (patches:#2967)
- Russian (patches:#3017)
- Norwegian (patches:#3018)
- Danish (patches:#3019)

WinMerge 2.13.21 - 2012-12-30 (r7575)

Update PCRE to version 8.10
Update SCEW to version 1.1.2
Improve startup time (#2788142)
Add menuitems for selecting automatic or manual prediffing (#2638608)
Add accelerator keys for Shell context menu (#2823536)
Improve editing of linefilter regular expressions (#3015416)
Allow editing context line count in patch creator (#2092180)
Improve color options organization (#2818451)
Add /xq command line switch for closing WinMerge after identical files
and not showing message (#2827836)
Allow setting codepage from command line (#2725549)
Allow giving encoding name as custom codepage (#2813825, #3010934)
Add new options dialog panel for folder compare options (#2819626)
Add options GUI for quick compare limit (#2825628)
Write config log as UTF-8 file (r7057)
Bugfix: Untranslated string ("Merge.rc:nnnn") was displayed
 in status bar (#3025855)
Bugfix: Pane headers not updated after language change (#2923684)
Bugfix: Quick contents compare didn't ignore EOL byte differences (#2929005)
Bugfix: Compare by size always checked file times too (#2919510)
Bugfix: Crash when pasting from clipboard (#3109525)
Bugfix: Keeps verifing path even turned off in options (#3111581)
Bugfix: Crash after deleting text (#3109521)
Bugfix: Added EOL chars between copied file/path names (#2817546)
Bugfix: Created new matching folder to wrong folder (#2890961)
Bugfix: Strange scrolling effect in location pane (#2942869)
Bugfix: Plugin error after interrupting folder compare (#2919475)
Bugfix: "+" and "-" from the number block don't work in the editor (#3306182)
Bugfix: Date format did not respect Regional Settings (#3175189)
Bugfix: When selecting multiple files in Patch Generator dialog,
"Swap" button led to an error. (#3043635, #3066200)
Bugfix: WinMerge contained a vulnerability in handling project files (#3185386)
(http://www.zeroscience.mk/mk/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2011-4997.php)
Installer: Remove OpenCandy from the InnoSetup installer (r7572, r7539)
New translation: Basque (#3387142)
Translation updates:
- French (#3412030)
- Hungarian (#3164982)
- Spanish (#3412937)

WinMerge 2.13.20 - 2010-10-20 (r7319)

Add missing keywords to Pascal highlighter (#2834192)
Recognize .ascx files as ASP files (#3042393)
Fix help locations (#2988974)
Show only "Copy to other side" item in file compare
context menu (#2600787)
Expand/collapse folders from keyboard (#2203904)
Improve detecting XML files in file compare (#2726531)
Initialize folder selection dialog to currently selected folder in
options dialog (r6570)
New translation: Persian (#2877121, #3065119)
New translation: Serbian (#3017674, #3065119)
Installer: Drop Windows 9x/ME/NT4 support and use Microsoft runtime
libraries installer (#3070254)
Installer: Remove Uninstall shortcut from start menu folder (#3076909)
Installer: Don't install quick launch icon for Windows 7 (#3079966)
Installer: Add OpenCandy to the InnoSetup installer (#3088720)
Bugfix: WinMerge was vulnerable to DLL hijacking as described in
Microsoft Security Advisory (2269637) (#33056008)
Bugfix: Location pane focus enabled "Save" (#3022292)
Bugfix: "Copy and advance" toolbar icons not automatically enabled (#3033325)
Translation updates:
- Bulgarian (#3082392)
- Chinese (#3033324)
- Dutch (#2804979)
- French (#2850842, #2968200)
- Slovenian (#2917796, #2932094, #2934354, #3070136)
- Spanish (#2930734)
- Turkish (#2825132, #2827817)
- Ukrainian (#2817835)

WinMerge 2.12.4 - 2009-06-09 (r6833)

Add more C/C++ types to syntax highlight (#2776705)
Create config log file to My Documents-folder (#2789839)
Bugfix: Reports had same left/right descriptions (#2772646)
 Bugfix: When conflict file saved trailing line-ending was lost (#2550412)
Bugfix: File compare HTML reports use invald DOCTYPE (#2783477)
Bugfix: "##" in file filter pattern caused an infinite loop (#2789345)
Bugfix: Could select prediffer when plugins were disabled (#2787131)
Bugfix: Opening mixed-EOL file one side forced both files to be handled as
mixed-eol files (#2022312)
Bugfix: Didn't show correct EOL chars if whitespace chars were turned off
and again on (#2791402)
Bugfix: Generated patch had wrong file time for UTF-16 files (#2791506)
Bugfix: Did not export changed options values (#2799149)
Bugfix: Reset the compare method to original if it was changed (#2802427)

WinMerge 2.12.2 - 2009-04-01 (r6625)

Disable folder compare tree-view by default (#2714968)
Bugfix: Filename extension column was empty for files (#2670046)
Bugfix: Crash when selecting backup folder (#2686382)
bugfix: Swapping panes did not update statusbar (#2661838)
Bugfix: Says files are identical after making files different in another
application and re-loading them (#2672737)
Bugfix: Files with missing last EOL weren't merged correctly (#2712120)
Translation updates:
- Polish (#2717382, #2720875)

WinMerge 2.12.0 - 2009-03-05 (r6542)

Remember last target folder for Copy/Move to in folder compare (#2659228)
Detect Windows 7 and Windows 2008 in config log (#2599256)
Bugfix: Help window opened from WinMerge was modal (#2590079)
Bugfix: Crash in editor when undoing (#2590212)
Bugfix: Browse button in Option dialog reverted to previous settings
(#2606153)
Bugfix: Files without extension get backed up to name..bak (#2627752)
Bugfix: Must Show Different to Show L/R Unique (#2129561)
Translation updates:
- Chinese Traditional (#2608190)
- Croatian (#2596949)
- Czech (r6538)
- Danish (#2648183)
- Dutch (#2586422, #2590430)
- French (#2603591)
- Galician (#2632173)
- German (#2586497)
- Greek (#2615285)
- Japanese (r6456)
- Swedish (#2586274)
- Ukrainian (#2609242)

WinMerge 2.11.2 - 2009-02-05 (r6428)

Update Python syntax highlight keywords for Python 2.6 (#2473375)
More accurate visible area rect in location pane (#2479804)
New options page for Shell Integration options (#2433648)
Remove Frhed hex editor from GUI (context menu) (r6376)
Register.bat should use Find with full path (#2536582)
Better Unicode file detection for full contents compare (2477657)
Bugfix: Could not open project file that contains an ampersand
character in folder names (#2372000)
Bugfix: File compare method "Modified Date and Size" ignored file size
(#2455595)
BugFix: Quick compare didn't ignore EOL differences (#2433677)
Bugfix: Remove EOL characters from command line (#2458728)
 Bugfix: Merging one line diff to empty other side didn't work (#2456399)
Bugfix: Location pane was empty for some files with diffs (#2459234)
Bugfix: Line filter editing didn't update edit box when editing was
canceled by ESC key (#2493935)
Bugfix: Wrong number shown for difference when using line filters (#2493980)
Bugfix: Crashed if compared file disappeared during file compare (#2493945)
Bugfix: Creating new files caused message about missing files (#2515875)
Bugfix: Could not hide folders in recursive compare (#2528749)
Bugfix: Folder Compare:Copy Right/Left don't create folder
Bugfix: Must Show Different to Show L/R Unique (#2129561)
Bugfix: Could not copy files from right to left (#2556904)
Bugfix: Don't show file name extension for folders (#2563314)
Translation updates:
- Brazilian (#2461443, #2524796)
- Chinese Traditional (#2540115)
- Czech (r6201)
- Dutch (#2481022, #2494378, #2499994)
- French (#2551043, #2551066)
- Greek (#2550911)
- Swedish (#2452467, #2465385, #2511043)

WinMerge 2.12.x (R2_12) branch created (r6202)

WinMerge 2.11.1.8 - 2008-12-19 (r6200)

Allow reloading the file if it has been changed on the disk
behind WinMerge (#2354125)
Add option to show Open-dialog on WinMerge startup (#2327424)
Add Git to Source Control filter and fix ignore file rules (#2329381)
Add build identifier for 64-bit builds to About-dialog (r6142)
Installer: Option to add WinMerge to system path (#2435175)
Add Unicode version of heksedit (#2036603)
Allow multiple file compare documents by default (#2445749)
Bugfix: Move confirmation dialog sometimes had wrong paths (#2327565, #2309190)
Bugfix: Use translated version of readme.txt for Chinese Simplified (#2391000)
Bugfix: Installer didn't install readme.txt for all translations (#2396437)
Bugfix: Could not give paths to commandline when started WinMerge
from Cygwin prompt (#2427946)
Bugfix: Infinite loop in heksedit's Replace-dialog (r6176)
Translation updates:
- Croatian (#2390558)
- German (r6130)
- Greek (#2379356)
- Japanese (r6154)
- Swedish (#2318778, #2374278)

WinMerge 2.11.1.7 - 2008-11-20 (r6112)

Add shell context menu to folder compare context menu (#2189315)
Update PCRE to version 7.8 (#2209911)
Show missing lines in location pane for diffs having both different
and missing lines (#2119235)
Syntax highlighting for Verilog files (#2231145)
Tweak new "equal file" icon a little bit (#2312381)
Readme update (#2234689)
Translation updates:
- Brazilian (#2219568)
- Czech (r6034)
- Swedish (#2215167, #2236651)

WinMerge 2.11.1.6 - 2008-10-23 (r6033)

 General compare status for files (not known if text/binary) (#2175736)
Change icons for the new general compare status (#2185302)
Use 24bit icons for "Bookmarks" and "Delete" menu items (#2141184)
Installer: create backup of ClearCase config file (#2129095)
BugFix: Translatable strings having space before colon (#1971868)
BugFix: Wrong cursor position when disabling selection margin (#2138555)
BugFix: Showed a black line when disabling selection margin (#2068790)
BugFix: Fix manual URL in Readme.txt (#2181628)
BugFix: Long unique paths were mixed up in folder compare view (#2129634)
BugFix: Some calls made to plugins when plugins were disabled (#2182788)
BugFix: If messagebox was shown during file loading location pane
didn't show any differences (#2101780)

WinMerge 2.11.1.5 - 2008-10-02 (r5995)

Use external editor to edit file filters (#2082774)
Improved command line handling (#2081779)
Change Manual url to http://winmerge.org/docs/manual/ (r5956)
Manual updates
Plugins: Show processing instructions in XML plugin (#1979321)
Add icon for "Compare" menu item (#2119843)
Change download URL to current URL (#2136765)
Installer: create backup of ClearCase config file (#2129095)
BugFix: ClearCase checkout/commit dialog translation error (#2051069)
BugFix: Table of Contents in manual (#2071625)
BugFix: Highlight ShowUnInstDetails keyword for NSIS files (#2084879)
BugFix: Displayed a blank time when file last modified time is 00:00:00
(#2098626)
BugFix: Customized colors weren't used in some areas (#2110218)
BugFix: Zip files were extracted into wrong folder (#2110350)
BugFix: Case-sensitive regexp search didn't work (#1991259)
BugFix: There were some installer regressions
(eg. Installer didn't create Quick Launch icon) (#1460517)
BugFix: Whitespace ignore options didn't work with quick compare (#2120174)
BugFix: Giving path to file and folder to command line
did not work (#2138560)
New translation: Galician (#2120685)
Translation updates:
- German (r5934)
- Russian (#2067785)
- Swedish (#2075513)
- Ukrainian (#2131753)

WinMerge 2.11.1.4 - 2008-08-21 (r5846)

Binary file edit/compare (#2036603)
Add wait cursor for undo and redo (#2039228)
Add icon for "Open Conflict File" menu item (#2047054)
Include unique subfolder contents in recursive folder compare (#2034259)
Installer: Use -u switch in TortoiseSVN command line (#2060782)
Add icon for "Plugins->List" menu item (#2060771)
BugFix: External editor command line switches did not work (#2037862)
BugFix: Deleting/Moving file crashed WinMerge in debugger (#2025833)
Bugfix: Lost focus after folder compare operations (#2046002)
Bugfix: Some files had folder icons when aborting folder compare (#2018836)
BugFix: Didn't select word-diff cyclically by pressing F4 key (#1989858)
BugFix: Could not reset EOL ignore after selecting it from query
dialog (#2056741)
Translation updates:
- Brazilian (#2059836)
- German (#2045666)
 - Greek (#2062442)
- Chinese Traditional (#2039929)
- Japanese (r5805)
- Swedish (#2062107)

WinMerge 2.11.1.3 - 2008-08-04 (r5733)

Rename color scheme menu item "None" and add separator (#2027300)
Add -u commandline parameter as alternative to -ub (#2029275, #2030359)
Remove RCLocalizationHelper plugin (#2029457)
Clarify Supercopier caused hang in release notes (#2030040)
Improve tree mode in folder compare (#2018836)
Unlimited undo (#2033754)
BugFix: Could change syntax highlight mode when highlighting was
disabled from options (#2027325)
BugFix: Editing line filters updated wrong filter (#2025130)
BugFix: Boldfacing did work only for Courier font (#2000996)
BugFix: Shift+Backspace didn't work in editor (#1153696)

WinMerge 2.11.1.2 - 2008-07-24 (r5673)

Refresh compare after changing filter (#2017426)
Add dialog listing available plugins (#2021722)
Hierarchical directory comparison result view (#2018836)
Add "Open Conflict" for file/folder compare menus (#2025472)
Enable hierarchial folder compare view by default (#2025478)
Confirmation dialog for move operations (#2026508)
Manual: New build system (#2015434)
Manual: Improve Opening Files and Folders (#2017901)
Manual: Improve folder compare documentation (#2024587)
BugFix: Failed to compare UTF-8 files plugins disabled (#2018287)
Bugfix: Don't warn about closing multiple windows when only one
window is open (#2010463)
BugFix: Moving was allowed for protected items (#2023734)
BugFix: Could change EOL style for protected file (#2025781)

WinMerge 2.11.1.1 - 2008-07-11 (r5609)

Manual: Introduction update (#2011365)
Manual: Reorganize structure (#2011924)
Add ShellExtension menu for drive letters (root folders) (#2011602)
Remove buildall.bat (#2013576)
New option to enable plugins (disabled by default) (#2013845)
Plugins: Show processing instructions in XML plugin (#1979321)
BugFix: Use system codepage for paths (#1979429, #2008581)
BugFix: ANSI build crash in folder compare (#2010053)
BugFix: Add insert/overtype mode indicator to statusbar (#2015174)
BugFix: Detected UTF-8 encoding shown as 65001 (#2012377)

WinMerge 2.10.x (R2_10) branch created (r5561)

WinMerge 2.9.1.5 - 2008-07-04 (r5560)

Manual: Copy editing (#2000322, #2005418)
Manual: Clarify 64-bit support (#2002431)
Reduce executable sizes (#2003203)
Release Notes update (#2007673, r5557)
BugFix: Possible crash when enabling line filter (#2004160)
BugFix: Location Pane flickers when scrolling (#1938177, #2005031)
BugFix: Use system codepage for paths (#1979429, #2008581)
BugFix: Random crashes in folder compare (#2005308)
Translation updates:
- Chinese Traditional (#2007426)
WinMerge 2.9.1.4 - 2008-06-24 (r5518)
Use PCRE regular expressions in the editor (#1991259)
Installer: install to all users (#1460517)
Update release notes (#1990886, #1995265, #1999880)
Manual: Use PNG files (#1988845, #1989744)
BugFix: Temp paths in Reports created from archive file (#1984346)
BugFix: ISL file syntax highlighting starts comment with { (#1981326)
BugFix: Crash when starting a second instance (#1993835)
BugFix: Crash when starting WinMerge with only one path (#1994402)
BugFix: Messages missing from installer translations (r5506)
BugFix: Always right side as origin side in copy confirmation dialog
when Copy To... (#2001237)
New translation: Slovenian (#1997236)
Translation updates:
- Brazilian (#1994578)
- Swedish (#2000307)

WinMerge 2.9.1.3 - 2008-06-05 (r5438)

Update PCRE (regular expression library) to version 7.7 (#1941779)
Add VB.net keywords to Basic highlighter (#1970912)
Open conflict files by drag & dropping to main window (#1984884)
Possible improvement for WinMerge exit bug (#1602313)
BugFix: Location Pane flickers when resizing (#1740106)
BugFix: Command line description text starting with "/" confused
WinMerge (#1973225)
BugFix: Item count in statusbar not get cleared (#1976480)
New translation: Ukrainian (#1973149, #1974021)
Translation updates:
- Brazilian (#1978374)
- Korean (#1978362)
- Swedish (#1980970)

WinMerge 2.9.1.2 - 2008-05-23 (r5362)

Optimize location pane (r5341, r5342, r5346, r5351, r5355, r5356)
BugFix: Version Control filter did not match all VSS files (#1881186)
BugFix: Fix showing differences in the end of the line (#1883409, #1962816)
BugFix: Fix command line paths in quotes ending with "\" (#1963523)
New translation: Greek (#1968429)
Translation updates:
- Bulgarian (#1957434)
- Croatian (#1958283)
- Swedish (#1950188, #1970074)

WinMerge 2.9.1.1 - 2008-04-23 (r5324)

Release Notes update (#1933950)
Installer: Use correct way to create start menu web link (#1913919)
Installer: Simplify DeletePreviousStartMenu() function (#1913949)
Installer: Updated the side art of the installer application (#1915012)
Update URLs and switch to 2.8 manual (#1919965)
New splash screen (#1914869)
Tab icons at Filter dialog (#1926531)
Add VS2003/VS2005 project files (#1926346)
Create separate document for compiling WinMerge (#1927502)
Update InnoSetup translations (#1931492)
Make 'Yes' the default button in copy confirmation dialog (#1943647)
Allow drag & drop of paths to Open dialog (#1945254)
Enlarge 'Discard All' button in Save confirmation dialog (#1947216)
BugFix: Installer could create a registry access error (#1909967)
 BugFix: The filter text box in Open-dialog sometimes displayed some garbage
data (#1915424)
BugFix: Print area was not clipped correctly. (#1915536)
BugFix: Undo after pane swapping (#1915536, #1923625)
BugFix: Quick compare for same folder didn't show differences (#1918599)
BugFix: Installer didn't have ChangeLog.txt included (r5255)
BugFix: Shortcuts given in command line were not expanded (#1942217)
New translation: Romanian (#1939729)
Translation updates:
- Brazilian (#1913723)
- Chinese Traditional (#1927605)
- French (#1920380)
- German (r5130, r5139, r5171, r5203, r5236, #1949068)
- Italian (#1939235)
- Japanese (r5152)
- Polish (#1934655)
- Russian (#1914466)
- Spanish (#1907152, r5250)
- Swedish (#1908289)

WinMerge 2.8 RC - 2008-03-04 (r5125)

Update developers list in splash screen (#1891548)
Better error handling for Excel plugin (#1510293)
Add macros, bookmarks and document properties to Word plugin (#1510298)
Add *.dot (document template) extension to Word plugin (r5120)
BugFix: Copy&Paste from VB6 added binary chars (#1904355)
Translation updates:
- Chinese Traditional (#1905323)
- Swedish (#1905520)

WinMerge 2.7.7.6 - 2008-02-28 (r5099)

Remove sintance.h/sintance.cpp as not compatible with GPL (#1886580)
Automatically switch to mixed-EOL mode when loading files with
two or more EOL styles (#1901547)
Indent "Explorer Context Menu" sub options (#1901763)
Replace 'DOS' in EOL style strings with 'Windows' (#1902583)
Show 'Mixed' as file compare EOL style instead of empty style (r5091)
Typo fixes and grammar improvements to several strings (#1898401)
BugFix: Ignore codepage specified on File Encoding dialog if file was
detected as UTF-8 (#1900728)
BugFix: Recognize invalid UTF-8 sequence as UTF-8 (#1900733)
BugFix: Didn't highlight any difference between untitled documents (#1900257)
Translation updates:
- Czech (r5073)
- Japanese (r5076)
- Swedish (#1901784)

WinMerge 2.7.7.5 - 2008-02-22 (r5069)

Cleaning up Help-menu (#1875111)
Right-align tab size number in editor options (r5037)
Move Time difference ignore -option to compare options (#1892283)
Add option to select temporary folder (#1893167)
Show file encoding in file compare statusbar (#1895629)
Unify EOL style strings in folder compare and file compare (#1896462)
Remove "DisplayBinaryFiles" and "EditBinaryFiles" plugin (#1899161)
BugFix: Potential lockup in folder compare (#1865131, #1889907)
BugFix: Line filter didn't filter non-ascii lines correctly (#1880628)
BugFix: GNU General Public License name in menu (#1868989)
BugFix: Didn't switch back to content compare once switched to quick
 compare in folder compare (#1770373)
BugFix: Quick compare didn't ignore EOL differences (#1884717)
Translation updates:
- Croatian (r5032)
- Czech (r5017)
- German (r5038)
- Slovak (#1895583)
- Swedish (#1891326)

WinMerge 2.7.7.4 - 2008-02-07 (r5011)

Detect (and read/write) UTF-8 files without BOM (#1879271)
Tell user that file is not a conflict file (#1880423)
Allow opening conflict file from command line (#1880857)
Use radio symbol for current EOL menu item (#1869755)
Ask and create pair for unique folder and open them (#1881454)
Add publisher info to version resource (#1884920)
Move "Zoom In/Out" to own sub menu (#1879340)
Installer: Add more version resource info (#1885793)
Reset text zoom to default size with Ctrl + * (#1886664)
BugFix: Always return 0 to command line (#1854419)
BugFix: Merge/Delete deleted items from read-only sides (#1882019)
BugFix: Shellextension had no publisher info and wrong
description (#1878828)
BugFix: Lockup when showing binary files (#1880711)
Translation updates:
- Croatian (r4952)
- Japanese (r4962)
- Swedish (#1884918)

WinMerge 2.7.7.3 - 2008-01-23 (r4951)

Resolve conflict files (cvs, svn...) (#1875129)
Save line filter when edit box loses focus (#1875853)
Add link to translations website at help menu (#1699883)
Manual: Add instructions for conflict file resolving (#1876770)
Manual: Document third path given to command line (#1877735)
BugFix: Fix Quick Compare regression in 2.7.7.2 (#1872165)
Bugfix: Clipped text in file saving error message (#1874854)

WinMerge 2.7.7.2 - 2008-01-14 (r4915)

Syntax highlighting for PowerShell files (#1859657)
Syntax highlighting for PO(T) files (#1866221)
Change font size with Ctrl + MouseWheel (#1865795, #1869686)
Horizontal scrolling with Shift + MouseWheel (#1865795)
Installer: Add support for integration with latest version of TortoiseCVS and
TortoiseSVN x64 (#1865168)
Close compare tab with middle mouse button (#1865220)
Add index.html for documentation folders (#1866183)
Manual: Clarify file filters folder name matching (#1867212)
Improve file compare margin icons location (#1718699)
Enable file compare to open binary files (#1869647)
File encoding dialog for file compare (#1871079)
BugFix: Crash when using TrackPoint middle-button scrolling (#1864040)
BugFix: WinMerge didn't show the contents of the symbolic link target (#1864978)
BugFix: Unused registry key HKCU\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge was created
(#1865202)
BugFix: Register.bat didn't work on Windows 98 and Vista (#1869821)
BugFix: Open-dialog was not displayed on Windows 98 (#1866442, #1869858)
BugFix: Right mouse button didn't move cursor to new place (#1814184)
Translation updates:
 - Spanish (#1867234)
- Swedish (#1867765, #1867844)

WinMerge 2.7.7.1 - 2007-12-20 (r4842)

New option to keep file's time when saving in file compare (#1851921)
Installer: Link to translated ReadMe in Start menu, if file exists (#1805818)
Add HTML-formatted release notes (#1851308, #1852534)
Installer: Install release notes file (#1852599)
Installer: Move manual to core files component and remove
User Guide component (#1853409)
Bugfix: VS2008 and VS2005 compile problems (#1847265)
Bugfix: More difference highlight code reverts (#1748940)
Translation updates:
- Spanish (#1655577)

WinMerge 2.7.6 - 2007-11-29 (r4807)

Touchpad scrolling improvements (#1837457)
BugFix: Values with "," inside could break the CSV report (#1831512)
BugFix: Failed to create backup file in folder compare (#1835283)
BugFix: Revert difference highlight code to 2.6.12 version (#1811695)
BugFix: Backspace key didn't work when renaming items (#1738790)
Translation updates:
- Croatian (r4786)

WinMerge 2.7.5.7 - 2007-11-19 (r4772)

Remove MFC dependency from ShellExtension (#1833521)
Update ShellExtension icon to new WinMerge icon (#1833616)
BugFix: Build script didn't update PO files correctly before copying (r4756)
BugFix: ShellExtension's icon was clipped if system font size was small
(#1833616)
BugFix: Merge controls were not enabled for missing lines (#1833714)

WinMerge 2.7.5.6 - 2007-11-15 (r4752)

BugFix: Many translation-system related fixes and improvements (#1804762)
BugFix: When copying files to VCS system, destination file was
not checked out (#1828930)
BugFix: Visible area indicator on location pane shook when clicking
above or below the vertical scroll bar to scroll one screen (#1829572)
Translation updates:
- Croatian (#1829301)
- Japanese (r4730)

WinMerge 2.7.5.5 - 2007-11-08 (r4722)

Bugfix: Don't enable merge GUI for ignored differences (#1826375)
BugFix: PgUp key caused the error message "An invalid argument was
encountered" when word-wrap mode was on (#1820631)
BugFix: Keep selected items visible in Folder Compare columns dialog (r4715)
BugFix: Disable Folder Compare column selection dialog's up/down buttons
when first/last items are selected (r4716)
BugFix: Many translation-system related fixes and improvements (#1804762)
Add Croatian translation (#1820308)
Translation updates:
- Chinese Traditional (#1824691)

WinMerge 2.7.5.4 - 2007-11-01 (r4687)

New PO files based translation system (#1804762)
New folder compare column selection dialog (#1804555)
Install WinMerge.exe (ANSI version) only for Windows 95/98/ME (#1809140)
Better multi-monitor support, with option to lock panes (#1788168)
 Installer: Install PO files and MergeLang.dll (#1820689)
BugFix: Ignored differences were merged when merging multiple
differences (#1811745)
Bugfix: Don't clear selection when right-clicking outside it (#1814184)
Bugfix: Configuration log labeled Vista as Longhorn (#1815859)
Bugfix: Customized text color for ignored differences didn't shown (#1807895)
Translation updates:
- Chinese Traditional (#1810192, #1810541)
- Italian (#1805044)

WinMerge 2.7.5.3 - 2007-09-27 (r4572)

Use PO files for translations (generate RC-files from PO-files)
Add Portuguese translation (#1756364)
Change Up/Down button names in folder compare columns dialog(#1800064)
BugFix: Fix MakeResDll crash (#1795421)
BugFix: Full screen mode didn't work with multiple monitors (#1788168)
Bugfix: Revert multiple monitor patches (#1788168)
BugFix: PgUp key didn't do anything in beginning of the file (#1795680)
BugFix: The option 'Automatically scroll to first difference' didn't work
properly when word-wrap mode was on (#1795814)
Translation updates:
- French (#1800064, #1802363)
- Japanese (r4546)

WinMerge 2.7.5.2 - 2007-09-11 (r4528)

Graphical improvements to location pane (#1770175)
Remove MFC dependency from resource compiler (#1783581)
Better multi-monitor support (split file view on monitor boundary) (#1788168)
BugFix: Renaming unique item (only other side) renamed parent folder (#1787816)
BugFix: Goto didn't change the active pane when selecting another pane (#1791351)
Translation updates:
- Traditional Chinese (r4473)

WinMerge 2.7.5.1 - 2007-08-16 (r4440)

HTML reports for file compare (#1739209)
Ask confirmation when exiting with multiple windows open (#1757800)
Translation updates:
- Catalan (r4370)
- Simplified Chinese (r4369)
- Danish (r4360)
- French (r4383)
- Russian (r4421)
- Slovak (r4413)
- Swedish (r4412)

WinMerge 2.7.4 - 2007-06-27 (r4352)

Batch-file syntax highlighting keywords cleanup (#1743504)
Bugfix: Archivesupport: Zip-->both didn't work correctly (#1734439)
Bugfix: Linediff didn't highlight whitespace differences (#1698781)
Bugfix: Copy confirmation dialog did show wrong To-path (#1740024)
Translation updates:
- Italian (#1737491)

WinMerge 2.7.3.7 - 2007-06-14 (r4330)

New big toolbar (actual image instead of placeholder) (#1736520)
Bugfix: Fixes to folder compare copy/rename operations (#1730534)
Translation updates:
- Swedish (#1735635)
WinMerge 2.7.3.6 - 2007-06-07 (r4321)
Recent project files in File-menu (#1731551)
Automatically import existing linefilters to new dialog (#1718040)
Bugfix: copy/delete of unique items failed in folder compare
in 2.7.3.5 (#1730534)
Bugfix: crashed when ESC was pressed while renaming item in
folder compare (#1705874)

WinMerge 2.7.3.5 - 2007-05-31 (r4304)

Relax selecting parent folder restrictions (up arrow in folder compare)
(#1727829)
Show a warning if item can't be found anymore in folder compare
and it is tried to access (copy/move/delete) (#1723778)
New Borland Delphi file filter (#1699783)
Gradient toolbar (#1717774)
Bugfix: could not create new file filters in 2.7.3.4 (#1719892)

WinMerge 2.7.3.4 - 2007-05-15 (r4287)

Big (32x32) toolbar (image still placeholder) (#1698641)
Improve folder compare copy confirmation dialog (#1699585, #1700241)
New file filter for Symbian developers (#1694048)
Bugfix: several fixes to in-line difference highlight (#1694102, #1714088)
Bugfix: word wrap lose horizontal scrollbar (#1706476)
Bugfix: fixes to tabbed window control (#1718148)
Translation updates:
- German (#1701151)
- Japanese
- Korean (#1704904)
- Swedish (#1703350)

WinMerge 2.7.3.3 - 2007-04-04 (r4234)

Tabbed interface (#1603292)
Enable shell integration for folder backgrounds (#1693113)
Allow selecting syntax highlighting (#1690346)
New C# development file filter (#1689854)
Icon updates (#1686279, #1692097)
Bugfix: compare by date and by size broken in 2.7.3.2 (#1693441)
Bugfix: Open-dialog file filter failed if modified (#1693275)
Translation updates:
- Swedish (#1689515)

WinMerge 2.7.3.2 - 2007-03-27 (r4201)

Several fixes to line difference highlighting (#1491334, #1683061, #1639453)
Icon updates (#1684865)
Printing improvement (#1687430)
Language files size reduced (#1687661, #1687983, #1688012)
Bugfix: 2.7.3.1 binary file compare crash (#1687966)
Bugfix: long linefilters now restored correctly (#1680920)
Translation updates:
- Japanese

WinMerge 2.7.3.1 - 2007-03-20 (r4179)

New copy confirmation dialog in folder compare (#1675087, #1683842)
Improved line filter dialog (#1682475)
Installer/uninstaller icons restored to default icons
Some icon updates (#1680209)
Bugfix: folder compare lost focus after confirmation dialog (#1670991)
Bugfix: crash comparing empty folders (#1675211)
Translation updates:
 - Czech
- French (#1664689)
- Polish (#1673082)
- Swedish (#1673908, #1678676, #1683289)

WinMerge 2.7.2 - 2007-02-27 (r4137)

Fix ShellExtension installation bug
Translation updates:
- Czech
- German (#1667564)
- French (#1664689)

WinMerge 2.7.1.7 - 2007-02-20 (r4120)

Folder compare threading improvement - should be faster in many
situations (#1662002)
New options for backup file location and naming (#1652696)
Syntax highlighting for CSS files (#1582537)
Allow to hide folder compare margins (View/View Margins) (#1663798)
Translation updates:
- Czech
- Polish (#1650831)
- Swedish (#1657664)

WinMerge 2.7.1.6 - 2007-02-01 (r4094)

New post-compare line filters for folder compare (#1644820)
Optimization for word wrap code (#1640741)
Bugfix: 2.7.1.5 forgets selected filter (#1637433)
Bugfix: limiting to single file compare window now works more
logically (#1636314)
Bugfix: ANSI regular expressions didn't work (#1644668)
Translation updates:
- Bulgarian (#1639493)
- Catalan (#1646638)
- Swedish (#1634968)

WinMerge 2.7.1.5 - 2007-01-10 (r4030)

New line filter implementation (please test and report bugs!) (#1593810)
Minimum height for location pane's visible area (#1489875)
Short label "Error" for error items in folder compare (#1567749)
Bugfix: rename edits wrong field in folder compare (#1597939)
Bugfix: too much scrolling in difference navigation
Bugfix: wrong text selection after pane switch in file compare (#1630630)
Bugfix: crash when editing space-char indented files (#1631613)
Manual updates

WinMerge 2.7.1.4 - 2006-12-21 (r3991)

Match lines inside differences (#1447744)
Workaround-patch (locally included to the build) for
shutdown problems (#1602313)
New ASP.Net filefilter (#1619689)
Bugfix: folder compare speed regression in 2.7.1.3 (#1610442)
Bugfix: new fix for folder compare Copy Left/Right To.. (#1603061)
Bugfix: copyright info missing from about dialog when
translation selected (#1604115)
Bugfix: location pane problems with word-wrap (#1584068, #1611542)
Bugfix: invalid path added to project file -dialog (#1602219)
Swedish translation update (#1614442)
Manual updates
WinMerge 2.7.1.3 - 2006-12-05 (r3919)
Now hides skipped items by default (#1604078)
Improved INI file syntax highlighting (#1607193)
Easier folder selection in Project File -dialog (#1603196)
New "Exclude Source Control files and directories filter" filefilter (#1557295)
Bugfix: project files weren't loaded correctly from command line
(using shell file association) (#1602214)
Bugfix: crash in syntax parser (#1556688)
Bugfix: wrong difference navigation when word-wrap enabled (#1597814)
Bugfix: ClearCase integration didn't install if "Program Files" -folder
was named differently (non-English Windows)
Manual updates
Slovak translation update (#1606496)

WinMerge 2.7.1.2 - 2006-11-24 (r3844)

close WinMerge if Open-dialog is canceled when started
from command line (#1600714)
BugFix: project files didn't work (loaded right-side path
for both sides) (#1600000)
BugFix: location pane misdrawn when word-wrap enabled (#1584068)

WinMerge 2.7.1.1 - 2006-11-16 (r3810)

Use expat + scew for XML handling (partially converted) (1587574)
Uses PCRE for regular expressions (partially converted) (#1591605)
New folder compare icons (#1586705)
New bookmarks icons (#1586689)
Manifest files in resource, no need for separate files (#1588212)
BugFix: WinMerge/Filters folder was always created (#1578419)
BugFix: modality problems in file selection dialogs (#1586869)
BugFix: crash if file modification time was missing (#1589563)
BugFix: /x parameter didn't work with some other parameters (#1564283)
BugFix: asked sometimes twice about saving modified files (#1596692)

For older changes look at the VCS (Version Control System).