Download WinMerge 2.16.30

A new stable version of WinMerge has been released. WinMerge allows files or folders to be compared with each other: useful, for example, to see what has changed between different pieces of source code or to sift through the contents of log files. The program includes syntax highlighting and the application can create patch files based on the discovered differences. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

General

• BugFix: When using an ini file all differences are displayed as black sections (#1799)
• Reduced file size of WinMergeU.exe for 32-bit version

File compare

• BugFix: Fixed an issue where XML format files, such as vcxproj, were not being syntax highlighted.
• BugFix: Fixed an issue where the EOL character was not being displayed in the ARM64 version.
• Modify the “Go to” dialog. (PR #1779)

Image compare

• BugFix: Middle Click to close image tab crash (#1785)
• BugFix: Fixed an issue where the changed Color distance threshold value would revert back to 0 the next time WinMerge was started.
• Image compare: Increase color distance threshold (CD Threshold) (winmerge/winimerge #29)

Filters

• Updated file filters to allow UTF-8 without BOM.

Options dialog

• BugFix: Fixed an issue where the shell integration category page in the Options dialog was not displaying correctly in version 2.16.29.
• BugFix: Fixed an issue where plugin settings were not exported when exporting from the Options dialog.

Plugins

• BugFix: Fixed an issue where the ApplyPatch plugin was not functioning correctly when the ‘Plugins -> Manual Unpacking’ menu item was checked.
• BugFix: Fixed the problem that the plug-in setting window cannot be opened on 32-bit OS
• Added a “Plugin Settings” button to the “Select Plugin” window.
• Make the plugin settings dialog translatable and enable saving settings to an INI file (PR #1783)

Command line

• BugFix: Fixed the problem that the /fr option is ignored when specifying the command line option /new
• BugFix: Fixed the problem of not moving to the conflicted line after auto-merge.

Project file

• BugFix: Opening a project fails when a path has environmental variables in it. (#1793)

Installer

• BugFix: Unsuccessful installation, Portable Win32 version (#1802)

Translations

• Translation updates:
  • Brazilian (PR #1806)
  • Chinese Simplified (PR #1808)
  • German (PR #1807)
  • Hungarian (PR #1809)
  • Japanese
  • Korean (PR #1774,#1788,#1790,#1791)
  • Lithuanian (PR #1817)
  • Polish (PR #1815)
  • Portuguese (PR #1787)
  • Slovenian (#1812)