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 Geany 1.38 (unreleased)
 
+    General
+    * Increase speed when opening documents, especially on startup
+      (Justin Blanchard, Issue#2883, Issue#2649, Issue#2791,
+      Issue#2883, PR#2883, PR#2747).
+    * Synchronize Geany's Ctags implementation with Universal Ctags, this
+      leads to updated symbol parsers (Jiří Techet, PR#2666).
+    * Geany needs a C++17 compiler to build (PR#2862).
+
+    Bug fixes
+    * Workaround crashes when pasting into VTE without having focus
+      (Issue#2813, PR#2843).
+
+    Interface
+    * Add keybinding to reload all open documents (David Yang, PR#2859).
+
+    Filetypes
+    * Add Julia filetype (getzze, Issue#434, PR#2584).
+    * Add Meson filetype (Andy Alt, PR#2850).
+
+    Plugins
+    * SaveActions: add configurable target directory for instantly saved files
+      (Issue#640, PR#2769).
+
+    Windows
+    * Fix message window height after restart (Issue#2591, PR#2892).
+    * Switch Windows builds to GTK3 and x86_64 (PR#2590).
+
     Internationalization
-    * New translations:
-    * Updated translations: da, es, it, pt
+    * Updated translations: da, de, el, es, et, it, ja, nl pt, pt BR,
+      sk, tr, uk, zh_CN
 
 
 Geany 1.37.1 (November 08, 2020)