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QuidWriter 0.0.5 (legacy 4.0.0; released 3/30/24)
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What was once named QuidProQuo is now named QuidWriter. QuidProQuo is now the name of the productivity suite that includes QuidWriter.
Changed the default file type to .qpqd ("QuidWriter Document"). QuidWriter will now recognize .quid files as "Legacy QuidProQuo Documents."
Made the application DPI-aware. QuidWriter should now look crisp regardless of monitor scaling settings.
Optimized the entire application, which includes rewritten methods for loading and saving, removal of unnecessary bloat code, and more.
Fixed a bug where a file that failed to open would still set its path as the file to be saved to.
Changed the button style of the entire application.
Improved dark mode, making it extend to menus and more of the user interface.
Fixed the word count.
Added a suppressor for the Ctrl+Shift+H keybind.
Made the "New" option create a new instance of QuidWriter instead of just creating a new window.
Made "Ctrl+," display as the hotkey for the Preferences tool strip menu item.
Added the ability to change how many recent items are shown under the "Open Recent" tool strip menu item.
Improved the Find/Replace dialog.
Changed the text of both "Make Bulleted List" options to "Toggle Bulleted List."
Added a "View Raw RTF" option to the Document menu.
Made F1 the hotkey for the "About QuidWriter..." tool strip menu item.
Fixed a bug where changing the size of the font using Ctrl+Shift+< or Ctrl+Shift+> would not immediately display the new size in the font size control.
Stylized the appearance of the bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough buttons.
Changed the brand label in the About box to reflect both accurate copyright and the current year.
Added the ability to exit QuidWriter from the tray icon.
Added a label to the status strip that indicates the text insertion mode (either "Insert" or "Overtype").
QuidProQuo 3.2.1 (released 1/22/23)
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FULLY fixed a bug where saving a file to a directory other than the root folder of a drive would cause it to save to an incorrect filepath (again, a very troubling bug; sorry it went fully unresolved for so long).
Resetting your QPQ preferences will now instantly clear the "Open Recent" option.
QuidProQuo 3.2.0 (released 1/8/23)
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Fixed a bug where selecting text with multiple fonts applied would throw an exception.
[Partially] fixed a bug where saving a file to a directory other than the root folder of a drive would cause it to save to an incorrect filepath (pretty troubling bug; sorry it went unresolved for this long).
Reimplemented the ability to shrink and grow font size by pressing Ctrl+Shift+< or Ctrl+Shift+> respectively.
The "Open Recent" option will now show an inaccessible subitem of "(empty)" when no recent files are available.
Added two new options to the Preferences window.
Added the ability to toggle the font color, highlighting, and bulleted list buttons on the menu strip.
Added the ability to toggle antialiasing for the print preview dialog.
Added a "Reset" button to the Preferences window, which causes all settings to be reset to their defaults when clicked.
Replaced the print dialog under the "Print..." option with a print preview dialog with an embedded print button.
Changed the brand label in the About box to reflect the current year.
QuidProQuo 3.1.0 (released 1/1/23. Happy New Year!)
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Fixed a bug where cancelling the Save As dialog that appears when "Automatically save upon exit" is enabled would cause QPQ to quit.
Fixed a bug where a blank document would cause the word count to report that one word was present in the document.
Fixed a bug where the filepath of the document shown in the window title would be missing a backslash.
Improved filetype recognition when opening a file from the shell.
Added an "Open Recent" option to the File menu, allowing you to quickly open your most recently saved/edited files.
Added an "Exit Without Saving" option to the File menu, allowing you to instantly quit QPQ (especially useful if you have autosave enabled).
Remapped the Redo function to Ctrl+Shift+Z.
QuidProQuo 3.0.0 (released 12/13/22)
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Fixed NUMEROUS bugs.
Fully implemented dark mode.
Added the ability to toggle on or off a word count that appears in the status bar.
Replaced the premade Microsoft dialogs for both font color and highlight color with custom-built dialog boxes.
Original dialog boxes for each setting can be accessed from their respective "Use Classic Dialog..." button.
Replaced the font style box with four toggle buttons for bold, italics, underlining, and strikethrough, respectively.
Replaced the "Font Color..." option in the editing window's context menu with a pullout option.
Added a "Bold Text" option to the "Font" suboption of the editing window's context menu.
Added an "Italicize Text" option to the "Font" suboption of the editing window's context menu.
Added an "Underline Text" option to the "Font" suboption of the editing window's context menu.
Added a "Strikethrough Text" option to the "Font" suboption of the editing window's context menu.
Reimplemented the "Font Color..." option as "Color..." in the "Font" suboption of the editing window's context menu.
The status bar text will now read "Opened" when launching or opening a document in QPQ.
QuidProQuo 2.5.0 (released 7/25/22)
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Added a Preferences window, allowing you to modify various settings of your QPQ installation.
Added the ability to toggle autosaving upon exiting.
Added a QPQ tray icon that can be toggled on or off.
Double-clicking the tray icon will restore QPQ if it is minimized, bringing it into focus.
Added a togglable dark mode.
Added the ability to change the style of the main QPQ window.
Added the ability to toggle automatically applying a font when loading plain text or source files.
Added QuidPeek, a mini web browser/file explorer based on the Trident web engine (only recommended if using a legacy OS).
Added the ability to make bulleted lists.
Added a "Make Bulleted List" option to the Document menu.
Added a bulleted list button to the context strip.
Added a "Make Bulleted List" option to the editing window's context menu.
Fixed various bugs relating to the status bar.
QuidProQuo 2.0.0 (released 5/28/22)
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Completely overhauled from 1.1.0.
Any .quid files are now automatically associated to and will launch in QPQ after installing.
The window title now reflects the filepath of the document you're editing.
Choosing "No" from the dialog box that appears when attempting to close QPQ without saving will no longer exit the application.
Removed coloring from the context strip.
Added keybinds to all context strip items.
Added a replacement function to the "Find..." window.
Changed "Find..." to "Find/Replace..." under the Edit menu.
Added the ability to adjust text alignment.
Added the ability to import images into the document.
Replaced the font selection window with a font color window.
Replaced "Font..." in the Document menu with "Font Color...".
Replaced the page color selection window with a highlight color window.
Replaced "Page Color..." in the Document menu with "Highlight Color...".
Added a "Clear Highlighting" option to the Document menu.
Added a print preview dialog to the "Print" option in the Document menu.
Replaced "Print" in the Document menu with "Print..." (note the ellipsis indicating that it is now, in fact, a dialog prompt).
Rebuilt and updated the About box.
Added dynamic system information to the About box.
Added a clickable Scratchware website link to the About box.
Implemented a new set of font controls in the context strip.
Added a font selection box.
Added a font style box.
Added a font size box.
Added a font color button.
Added a highlight button.
Changed the editing window style to a flatter design.
Added a right-click context menu to the editing window.
Added a status bar at the bottom of the window that indicates if the document is saved, unsaved, or blank.
QuidProQuo 1.1.0 (released 3/1/2020; Windows XP version released 12/13/22)
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Initial release.
Has some design bugs in the Windows XP release because of it being directly ported instead of recompiled, as all other releases of QPQ are.