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Screenwriter 0.4.0

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@github-actions github-actions released this 27 Sep 13:26
· 31 commits to main since this release

Added

  • Writing together through a shared folder (a network drive, or a shared Dropbox/OneDrive/Drive folder):
    set your name once (File → Your Name…); the status bar shows who else has the project open, the binder marks
    the documents they have open with their coloured initial, and a note above the page says when someone has the
    same document open. Save points, merges and conflicts show who made the changes.
  • Updates tab in the side panel: recent changes by other people (and your other computers) — who, when,
    which documents, words added or removed — with what's new since you last looked in bold. Documents someone
    else changed are bold in the binder until you open them, and a notice says who changed what when it arrives.
  • Quicker sync while writing together: with someone else in the project, sync runs about ten seconds after
    you stop typing and checks for their changes every 15 seconds. Two people saving to a shared drive at once take
    turns, and cloud apps' “conflicted copy” files of the project are merged back in and set aside.

Changed

  • Sync merges paragraph by paragraph: when two people (or computers) edit the same document, changes to
    different paragraphs combine, and boards merge card by card. Only the same paragraph changed differently is a
    conflict — instead of a “(from Laptop)” copy of the whole document, Review Conflicts shows both versions
    side by side to keep either or both. Conflicts sync, so anyone can resolve them.

Removed

  • The single “open on another computer” notice; presence (above) replaces it, for any number of people.
  • File → Older Snapshots… and the per-document snapshots from before project history. A project's
    snapshots folder is no longer read; everything since 0.2.0 is in History….

Downloads: macOS .dmg, Windows -setup.exe (or the portable .zip), Linux .AppImage (or .tar.gz).
First launch on macOS/Windows shows a security warning because the app isn't signed yet —
see Installing.