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2021-08-22 Ver.4.7.4: Made character feed default.
Restarted English support.
2021-08-23 Ver.4.7.5: Improved English support.
Excluded Japanese filenames.
Improved English Input Palette.
Simplified LICENSE.
Don't feed when input is not a character.
Simplify installers.
2021-08-25 Ver.4.7.6: Accepted digits input.
Able to hide numbering.
Able to hide caret.
Added menu item "Delete solution and &unlock edit" to "Solution" menu.
Added more block patterns.
2021-08-26 Ver.4.7.7: Strengthened English dictionary.
Changed "Delete solution and unlock board" to "Delete clues and unlock board".
2021-10-27 Ver.4.7.8: Dramatically improved the quality of the English dictionary.
Improved English dialogs.
Added more block patterns.
Added "Reload &Dict List" menu item.
Improved around policies.
Fixed dictionary loading.
Renamed the EXE file.
2021-10-29 Ver.4.7.9: Added "Skelton View" menu item.
Improved the English dictionary by using the web service Grammarly.
Improved drawing the letter of the double-frame cell.
Fixed "Copy the double-frame word image".
Relaxed the size limit of crosswords to 30x30 (for high end).
2021-11-03 Ver.4.8.0: Supported "Line symmetry of blocks".
Enabled the "double-frame letters" settings.
Changed "Copy the double-frame word image" to "Copy the double-frame word".
Abolished "Copy the double-frame word image with height".
Abolished "Copy Image with size".
Add "Copy the list of words" menu item.
Improved "Web search word".
Relaxed the limit on the number of dictionaries to 64.
When the policy is symmetrical, "Finding solution (without adding blocks)" forces the board symmetrical.
Fixed around Max Word Length.
Fixed typo of skeleton.
2021-11-11 Ver.4.8.1: Added "Generate from a word list" feature.
Relaxed the limit on the size of the board.
Able to toggle whether the double-frame letters are visible or not.
Do not repeatedly warn about the existence of unregistered words.
Added "Insert Row/Column" feature.
Added "Delete Row/Column" feature.
Improved "Erase Configuration".
Improved GUI a little.
Improved the English of the GUI.
Added more block patterns.
If there are no empty cells, "Find a solution" is not restricted.
Fixed a bug when the number of dictionaries is large.
The zoom is now aligned with the window when a file is opened.
2021-11-18 Ver.4.8.2: Fixed the bugs around "Generate from a word list".
Dragging with the middle mouse button is now possible.
Fine-tuned the max word length when linear symmetry.
Fixed and improved the block patterns.
Properly handled the parse error when loading "data.json".
2021-11-25 Ver.4.8.3: Supported French input (Ctrl+Shift+^ A for Â etc.).
Added a French dictionary.
Supported Greek and Turkish input.
Supported reading/writing XD files.
Improved Header and Notes.
Command line "--convert input.xwj output.xd" makes file conversion automated.
Changed to use half-width characters when drawing alphabet and digits.
Fixed the accelerators.
2021-12-01 Ver.4.8.4
2021-12-13 Ver.4.8.5: Human-friendly display of dictionary names.
Improved the display of the unspecified string of IME.
Improved drawing of highlight and double-frame cells.
Improved READMEs.
Simplified the display of cell position for error messages.
Changed the specification of the dictionary data.
2022-01-17 Ver.4.8.6: Improved READMEs more.
Fixed a problem where Ctrl+/ could not switch the input direction.
2022-02-17 ver.4.8.7: Added tags to English dictionaries.
Sorted and uniqued the candidates.
Fixed drawing of double-frame cell letters on Skeleton View.
Able to import/export settings (The LOOKS file).
Modified "File" menu a little.
Renamed "Settings" as "Appearance".
Fixed the color of small labels.
Able to edit "header and remarks" by Ctrl+Enter.
The supported formats for block image have been expanded.
2022-02-18 ver.4.8.8: The dictionary "BasicDict-ENG-Modesty.tsv" is added.
Added "Lowercase" and "Hiragana" to Appearance.
Able to drop the LOOKS file.
Renamed "Policies" as "Policy".
Renamed some policies (English only).
Abolished "skeleton mode".
Modified the default policy.
Added "Copy the multiset of characters" feature.
Added "policy preset" feature.
Improved initial position of Clues window.
Zooming on the entire board after generating the puzzle.
2022-02-21 ver.4.8.9: Made the skeleton view transparent when copying and printing.
Boxes (text boxes, image boxes) can be added.
Monitoring file changes and confirming file save.
Loading/saving related files in *_files folder when loading/saving the main file.
Renamed some rules.
2022-02-22 ver.4.9.0: Fixed the copying position of boxes.
Text files can be dropped as text boxes.
Adjusting the zoom when maximized and the display area is small.
Improved reading/writing XD files.
Improved mouse wheel handling.
Improved boxes.
2022-02-25 ver.4.9.1: Added "Save Overwrite" for application standardization.
The "View" menu became more compact.
Improved the way files are loaded and saved.
2022-03-17 ver.4.9.2: Added "UI Language Select" to the [Edit] menu.
2022-06-30 ver.4.9.3: The dictionary title is translated by the UI language.
Also importing dictionaries with the extension ".dic".
Improved "Policy Preset" dialog.
Strengthened the Kotowaza dictionary.
Strengthened the Kana dictionary.
2022-08-01 ver.4.9.4: Strengthened the Kanji dictionary.
2022-08-04 ver.4.9.5: Added the ability to highlight textbox in the hint window when clicking on a numbered cell.
2022-08-05 ver.4.9.6: Fixed the critical bug on ver.4.9.5 that it cannot open the files.
Added "NumCro Mode" to the "View" menu. It is possible to make a NumCro after creating a problem. You can save the NumCro puzzles to XD or XWJ/JSON files.
Deleted XWordGiver.py.
Faster by specifying noexcept keyword.
Added "Reflect black cells" to the "Help" menu.
2022-08-06 ver.4.9.7: Improved XD file saving.
Fixed a bug about NumCro.
Able to undo the view mode.
Fixed the display of the title bar.
Improved the "About" dialog.
Reordered of items in the Help menu.
Improved the icons.
2022-08-07 ver.4.9.8: Migration of block pattern data from "data.json" to "PAT.txt".
In the skeleton view, draw small white dots at the four corners so that the margins are not omitted.
Added "Open PAT.txt" and "Open THEME.txt" to the Help menu.
Displayed Win32/Win64 on the "About" dialog.
Added file "THEME.txt" to define the theme preset values.
Clearly displayed the selection status in the Theme dialog.
Fixed a bug about handling items on the Theme dialog.
2022-08-16 ver.4.9.9: Improved the "Policy" menu.
Improved the "Policy Preset" dialog.
Saved the latest maximized status of the main window.
Improved the context menu of board.
Block patterns available for download (in preparation).
Dictionaries available for download (in preparation).
Abolished installer version.
Fixed display of the candidates.
Able to set the font name and size to the Text Box.
Fixed XD file boxes writing.
2022-08-29 ver.5.0.0: Added "Undo" and "Redo" on Toolbar.
Able to specify the "save to" location by folder drop.
Don't clear the opening filename when finding a solution.
Fixed display of the Policy menu.
Made the XWJ/JSON/XD files to store an integer value under the name "Policy".
Enabled undoing "Boxes".
Fixed Undo/Redo.
Uniformed all the positions and sizes in the forms of (x, y) and (columns x rows).
Made the default codepage UTF-8 of file reading.
Modified the values of "Japanese publisher policy (Loose)".
Added digital signatures as trial.
Revived the installer.
2022-10-01 ver.5.0.1: Strengthened the block patterns.
Added POLICY.txt. The Policy Presets can now be customized.
Do not misspell 'skeleton'.
Added "Marking double-frame word" to "Solution" menu. Improved handling of double-frame.
2022-10-02 ver.5.0.2: Improved "Marking" dialog.
Correctly undoing "setting a double-frame word".
Added labels to THEME.txt.
2023-03-25 ver.5.0.3: Made the maximum size of the block patterns 20x20.
Improved block patterns (PAT.txt).
Global optimization that focuses on the fact that there are fewer candidates for longer words.
Improved block patterns dialog.
2023-05-23 ver.5.0.4: Allowed line widths to be specified. Default line width to 1.0.
Properly calculating the width of the line.
Improved drawing of the board.
Avoided EMF drawing defects for external softwares with incomplete EMF support.
2023-05-24 ver.5.0.5: Line width are now saved in the LOOKS file.
Implemented "Recently Used Files".
Assign Ctrl+D to "Copy the double-frame word".
Fixed image not updating when dropped.
Line width can now be reset as well.
2023-05-25 ver.5.0.6: Ctrl+Wheel can be used to zoom in on Clues.
Line widths can now be imported/exported properly.
Added a setting for the width of the outer frame.
Fixed drawing of the outer frame.
2023-05-28 ver.5.0.7: Improved printing of the outer frame.
Improved the drawing routine.
Fixed NumCro drawing.
Fixed Skeleton View line drawing.
Improved marked word drawing.
2023-05-29 ver.5.0.8: Supported loading ECW files (of EclipseCrossword).
Used the ScrollWindow function to speed up scrolling.
Speeded up caret movement by decoupling the caret drawing from the internal image.
Speeded up drawing the board in zooming.
The zoom cannot be smaller than 9%.
Speeded up putting a character.
2023-05-30 ver.5.0.9: Fine-tuned the amount of scrolling for comfortable scrolling.
Fine-tuned the amount of zoomingfor comfortable zooming.
Speeded up zooming of the Clue.
2023-07-01 ver.5.1.0: Improved the input of "＃", "♯" and "■" etc.
Rectangular text can be pasted as a board.
Paste of Excel grid as a board is now possible.
2023-08-14 ver.5.1.1: Caret no longer protrudes from the board when deleting a row or column.
Strengthened PAT.txt.
Added support for black square pattern sizes up to 45x45.
Added "Swap Top and Bottom" and "Swap Left and Right" options in the "Help" menu.
Updated the URLs.
2023-08-15 ver.5.1.2: Improved Japanese dictionaries.
Improved "Policy Preset" dialog. Improved policy descriptions.
2023-12-25 ver.5.1.3: In "Initialize application", we decided to erase the block information.
2024-01-04 ver.5.1.4: Displayed the area of the board.
Enhanced status bar to display policy value and dictionary name etc.
2024-01-07 ver.5.1.5: Fixed an issue where extra black area were created when saving a bitmap.
2024-02-01 ver.5.1.6: Supported TIFF images.
Improved Input Palette.
2024-02-04 ver.5.1.7: Added hidden features "Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q".
Enhanced PAT.txt. Added UTF-8 BOM to PAT.txt.
Added "Choose a pattern from &PAT.txt automatically" feature to "Generate Crossword".
2024-02-17 ver.5.1.8: Slightly improved Kana dictionaries.
Made "Choose a pattern from &PAT.txt automatically" default.
Proper exclusive control.
Disabled unusable items in the context menu.
Added "Checking answer" feature to "Solution" menu.
Corrected display of calculation time.
2024-04-01 ver.5.1.9: Made the color of the black cells a little darker.
Improved Kana dictionaries more.
Used QString to speed up string processing.
Proper exclusive control (Part 2).
Added "Jump" feature on double-clicking status bar.
Added "Jump" feature on Right-clicking the clue label.
The "UI font" settings are no longer read or written in the LOOKS file.
Relaxed rule checking in the "Candidates" window.
Now able to zoom the "Candidates" window.
Renamed "Candidates" as "Input Candidates".
2024-04-02 ver.5.2.0: Revamped menu. Enabled to correctly undo input using "Input Candidates".
Changed the default save location from "My Documents" to "My Documents/XWordGiver".
Added "Numbering save" item to "File" menu.
The "continuous problem generation" function has been abolished.
Consolidated settings dialogs into a property sheet.
Added "Display the answer when opening a &question" setting.
Added "Do not read/write LOOKS information from/to file" setting.
Added "Automatically save as numbering file when generated" setting.
2024-04-03 ver.5.2.1: Added "Fit whole" to Right-click menu.
Supported right-click on toolbar and status bar.
Fixed initial selection of double-frame word.
The save destination setting is reflected in "Open" and "Save As".
Fixed QString string comparison.
Made "Generated" and "Canceled" display options.
Added "Generative", "Dictionaries", and "Advanced" settings into property sheet.
2024-04-04 ver.5.2.2: Fixed dictionary list loading.
The theme can now be opened from the "Dictionaries" settings.
Able to play a sound file when generation is successful, fails, or cancelled.
2024-04-05 ver.5.2.3: Added "Open app folder" item to "Advanced" settings.
Fixed the board not updating when dropping a LOOKS file.
Fixed the reading and writing of block image in LOOKS files.
2024-04-18 ver.5.2.4: The serial number file name can be specified by the settings of file.
2024-04-19 ver.5.2.5: This time, we do exclusive control properly.
Added a function to display the dictionary update date and time.
The "Jump" dialog has been made modeless.
Added "Jump to letter or word" function.
Added the function "Update the dictionary file using the clues" to the "Advanced" settings.
Added "Jump" to the "Edit" menu.

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