FocusWriter 1.4.0 released!
Posted on September 22, 2012, under FocusWriter
I have finally made the next feature release of FocusWriter, version 1.4.0. This release fixes almost all known bugs of the second beta, except for a couple that are out of my control (for instance, the invisible menus in Unity when minimizing). I also added a translation for Simplified Chinese.
I am also announcing that I am taking a partial break from my open source projects for the next several months. I will be adding translations and fixing reported bugs, and hopefully even making bugfix releases, but I will not be adding any features.
I hope you enjoy this release of FocusWriter!
15 comments
Todd Lucas says:
September 22, 2012 at 8:35 pm
Thanks, Graeme. This is a fantastic update. Hope the break gets you what you need.
Graeme says:
September 22, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Thanks!
Костянтин Москалець says:
September 22, 2012 at 9:59 pm
Reblogged this on Блоґ Костянтина Москальця and commented:
Новий реліз моєї улюбленої програми! Раджу.
carlo says:
September 24, 2012 at 10:18 pm
Hey Graeme Gott, nice Name 🙂…I actually want to write a Book or a short-story and i use FocusWriter first time portable and i like it, thank u very much for this tool/program/code…iam not in github but i have a wish or a “need” for this tool….i want to mark textphrases and give it a notice in the same window ( in the left/right border ). Call this notive by mouseover or seperatly 😉 When i want to write a essay so i can put information in it about the deeper knowledge for this phrase…hope u understand an support this idea…i wish u a nice week…
carlo says:
September 24, 2012 at 10:19 pm
@carlo
oh, i read no features?! Oh no :/
Tom says:
September 29, 2012 at 12:16 pm
How do I add a spell check dictionary? I have found hunspell and have no idea what to do with it. Win7 sorry to be a noob.
Tom says:
September 29, 2012 at 12:18 pm
@Tom
Also - any good links to themes?
Graeme says:
September 29, 2012 at 12:43 pm
@Tom Actually, you don’t need hunspell. What you need are dictionary files, which you can download from the extension databases of Apache OpenOffice or LibreOffice.
There are a variety of nice themes that you can find by searching for “FocusWriter themes” on Google.
Tom says:
September 30, 2012 at 10:48 am
@Graeme
I went to the Apache link and grabbed the English(US) - en_US.oxt, English dictionary, FocusWriter did not accept the file. I will try some of the others. The file size is only 224K does not seem near large enough.
Is the first one listed a better choice? Also, If I install an incorrect dictionary is there a way to remove it?
Love FW -thanks.
Tom says:
September 30, 2012 at 10:51 am
@Graeme
One more question…. I do a fair bit of technical writing, does FW have support for bullets or numbered lists?
Graeme says:
September 30, 2012 at 12:54 pm
That is the right file. When you go to the spell checking tab of the preferences and click “Add” next to the language, it doesn’t like the file? I was able to install it just fine, so I’m curious why it isn’t working for you.
The first English listed contains several different English dialects and isn’t “better” unless you don’t want to download separate dictionary files for British English, Canadian English, etc.
You can remove the dictionary files from disk manually, but you can no longer remove them from inside of FocusWriter (there is a long, boring technical reason as to why, but I may be adding that ability back in the next feature release).
Yes and no. Yes in that you can add bullets manually from the symbols dialog (or from a keyboard shortcut defined in the symbols dialog), but no in that there is no support for lists.
FocusWriter is designed primarily for creative writing, so lists are not a high priority (and the way QTextEdit handles them is awkward to write with, so I might not ever add them). You can still use FocusWriter for technical writing, of course, but that is not its target audience so it might not be the best tool for the job.
Hans says:
October 11, 2012 at 4:10 pm
Dear Graeme,
thank you very very much for your work. I love your application, because it is small, smart and fast. It has everything I need. Thanks!
Graeme says:
October 11, 2012 at 5:46 pm
You are most welcome! I am glad you like it.
Kate says:
December 21, 2014 at 4:21 am
I’ve downloaded and paid a $5 tip but all that comes up when I click on it are typwriter keys…I keep clicking around and nothing’s happening…Please help
Graeme says:
December 21, 2014 at 12:54 pm
I’m not quite sure what you mean. Are you saying you don’t have typewriter sound effects? Or that you can’t bring up the menus or parts of the interface?
Sound effects have to be enabled in the preferences, they are off by default. If you can’t interact with the program, please report it here: https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/bugs/