[Kdiff3-user] KDiff3-0.9.97 released

[Joachim E. <joa...@gm...>]

Hi KDiff3 users,

KDiff3-0.9.97 is finally available.

This release focused on these items:
- Improving memory usage when comparing large directories.
- Support for Windows 64 bit version.

In the Windows versions I've now using Qt-DLLs, so it will be easier for those 
interested to build yourself and just replace the KDiff3 binary.

I'm also very happy that there were patches provided by several contributors. 
Thanks a lot! (See details below.)

Mac users: Please volunteer to provide a binary.  (See README file for 
instructions. I might be able to assist via VNC/Skype.)

A note at Ubuntu users regarding the font rendering bug: 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/999925
For the moment it might be the best idea to enable bitmapped fonts
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fonts#Enabling_Bitmapped_Fonts)
and use e.g. "Fixed [Misc]"
But I will try to fix this soon.

Below follow the details for this version and the checksums.

Best regards,
Joachim


Version 0.9.97 - 2012-08-10
===========================
- Memory usage optimized for comparison of large directories. (ca. 1/5 needed)
- On Windows use config file .kdiff3rc next to kdiff3.exe if exists.
- In overwiev for two way diff show if only one side contains text.
- Fix for Fedora by Neal Becker in src-QT4/kdiff3part.desktop.
- When word wrap is active toggling line numbers now recalculates the word 
wrap.
- Removed confusing "For compatibility ..." hint from option -qall
- Fixed mouse wheel problem. (Patch by David Hay)
- Change an encoding in diff text window via click on encoding label. (Patch 
by Alexey Kostromin)
- Fix for tab-key moving focus instead of adding a tab character in 
MergeResultWindow.
- Workaround for git on Cygwin that allows KDiff3 to find files in a Cygwin 
"/tmp" directory 
  when environment variable "CYGWIN_BIN" is set. (Patch by Nigel Stewart)
- Removed iostream dependency (Patch by Nigel Stewart)
- Regression test framework (by Maurice van der Pot)
- Documentation patch (by Burkard Lueck)
- Select text in Find dialog (by Eike Sauer)
- If text is selected in either input or output window use that in Find 
dialog.
- Added default directory anti patterns ".hg" and ".git" and file anti 
patterns ".rej" and ".bak" for better mercurial and git integration.
- Command line option --cs doesn't change the config value permanently 
anymore.
- On KDE: Not creating a KDiff3Part anymore.
- Windows (Vista or Win 7): Shell context menu in directory comparison view 
now again displays text.
- Windows 64 bit: Diff-Ext-for-KDiff3 context menu now installed as 32 bit and 
64 bit versions to allow other 32 bit programs to use it too.
- Windows 64 bit specific installer.



Checksums:
kdiff3-0.9.97.tar.gz 
SHA1: 1f2828c4b287b905bac64992b46a3e9231319547  kdiff3-0.9.97.tar.gz
MD5:  30a71b474956c369ed7b38c6db080fc4

KDiff3-32bit-Setup_0.9.97.exe
SHA1: 62ecb64a455a43fb5700e81b997ee70bb9264490
MD5:  bc31283fd445de49dc18648cbb01d028

KDiff3-64bit-Setup_0.9.97.exe
SHA1: 6d98a2328360c40577d232a6efc5079b1551f5e8
MD5:  ef4d2b39b88f9e2876aa6c03e333ed88