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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2019-01" id="xolnki_2" title="Blog/2019-01">2019-03</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2019-07" id="xolnki_2" title="Blog/2019-07" class="xowa-visited">2019-07</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2019-03" id="xolnki_3" title="Blog/2019-03" class="xowa-visited">2019-03</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2018-01" id="xolnki_3" title="Blog/2018-01" class="xowa-visited">2018-01</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2018-01" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2018-01" class="xowa-visited">2018-01</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2017-09" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2017-09">2017-09</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2017-09" id="xolnki_5" title="Blog/2017-09">2017-09</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2017-06" id="xolnki_5" title="Blog/2017-06">2017-06</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2017-06" id="xolnki_6" title="Blog/2017-06">2017-06</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/Archives" id="xolnki_6" title="Blog/Archives">Archives</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/Archives" id="xolnki_7" title="Blog/Archives">Archives</a>
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<a href="#Release:_v3.4.4.1_.282016-04-24_19:30_Sun.29"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v3.4.4.1 (2016-04-24 19:30 Sun)</span></a>
<a href="#Release:_v3.4.4.1_(2016-04-24_19:30_Sun)"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v3.4.4.1 (2016-04-24 19:30 Sun)</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2">
<a href="#.28Package.29_Update_German_wikis_.282016-04.29:_https:.2F.2Farchive.org.2Fdetails.2FXowa_dewiki_latest"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">(Package) Update German wikis (2016-04): https://archive.org/details/Xowa_dewiki_latest</span></a>
<a href="#(Package)_Update_German_wikis_(2016-04):_https://archive.org/details/Xowa_dewiki_latest"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">(Package) Update German wikis (2016-04): https://archive.org/details/Xowa_dewiki_latest</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3">
<a href="#.28Android.29_Fix_for_missing_file-user.xowa_database"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">(Android) Fix for missing file-user.xowa database</span></a>
<a href="#(Android)_Fix_for_missing_file-user.xowa_database"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">(Android) Fix for missing file-user.xowa database</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Desktop.29_Minor_parser_changes_and_fixes.2C_including_using_non-ASCII_strings_for_gsub_find"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Minor parser changes and fixes, including using non-ASCII strings for gsub find</span></a>
<a href="#(Desktop)_Minor_parser_changes_and_fixes,_including_using_non-ASCII_strings_for_gsub_find"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Minor parser changes and fixes, including using non-ASCII strings for gsub find</span></a>
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<a href="#Next_release:_v3.5.1"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Next release: v3.5.1</span></a>
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<a href="#Release:_v3.4.3.1_.282016-04-17_21:00_Sun.29"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v3.4.3.1 (2016-04-17 21:00 Sun)</span></a>
<a href="#Release:_v3.4.3.1_(2016-04-17_21:00_Sun)"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v3.4.3.1 (2016-04-17 21:00 Sun)</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Android.29_XOWA_Android_app_on_Play_Store"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">(Android) XOWA Android app on Play Store</span></a>
<a href="#(Android)_XOWA_Android_app_on_Play_Store"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">(Android) XOWA Android app on Play Store</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Android.29_Kit-Kat_support_for_Android_app"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">(Android) Kit-Kat support for Android app</span></a>
<a href="#(Android)_Kit-Kat_support_for_Android_app"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">(Android) Kit-Kat support for Android app</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Desktop.29_Minor_changes_and_fixes.2C_including_missing_random_sub-pages_in_Portal.2C_missing_Wikis_sidebar_in_home_wiki_and_no_.7B.7BDisplayTitle.7D.7D"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Minor changes and fixes, including missing random sub-pages in Portal, missing Wikis sidebar in home wiki and no {{DisplayTitle}}</span></a>
<a href="#(Desktop)_Minor_changes_and_fixes,_including_missing_random_sub-pages_in_Portal,_missing_Wikis_sidebar_in_home_wiki_and_no_{{DisplayTitle}}"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Minor changes and fixes, including missing random sub-pages in Portal, missing Wikis sidebar in home wiki and no {{DisplayTitle}}</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Desktop.29_New_http:.2F.2Fxowa.org_domain_with_entire_home_wiki"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) New http://xowa.org domain with entire home wiki</span></a>
<a href="#(Desktop)_New_http://xowa.org_domain_with_entire_home_wiki"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) New http://xowa.org domain with entire home wiki</span></a>
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<a href="#Next_release:_v3.4.4"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Next release: v3.4.4</span></a>
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<a href="#Patch:_Missing_wikis_in_sidebar_.282016-04-13_21:34_Wed.29"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Patch: Missing wikis in sidebar (2016-04-13 21:34 Wed)</span></a>
<a href="#Patch:_Missing_wikis_in_sidebar_(2016-04-13_21:34_Wed)"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Patch: Missing wikis in sidebar (2016-04-13 21:34 Wed)</span></a>
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<a href="#Release:_v3.4.2.1_.282016-04-10_21:00_Sun.29"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v3.4.2.1 (2016-04-10 21:00 Sun)</span></a>
<a href="#Release:_v3.4.2.1_(2016-04-10_21:00_Sun)"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v3.4.2.1 (2016-04-10 21:00 Sun)</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14">
<a href="#.28Desktop.29_Faster_search_database_build"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Faster search database build</span></a>
<a href="#(Desktop)_Faster_search_database_build"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Faster search database build</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Desktop.29_New_English_Wikipedia_images_update_.282016-03.29"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) New English Wikipedia images update (2016-03)</span></a>
<a href="#(Desktop)_New_English_Wikipedia_images_update_(2016-03)"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) New English Wikipedia images update (2016-03)</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Desktop.29_Minor_Wikia_parser_tags"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Minor Wikia parser tags</span></a>
<a href="#(Desktop)_Minor_Wikia_parser_tags"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Minor Wikia parser tags</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Android.29_New_pages_for_.22Import_new_wiki.22_and_.22XOWA_Wikis.22"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">(Android) New pages for "Import new wiki" and "XOWA Wikis"</span></a>
<a href="#(Android)_New_pages_for_"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">(Android) New pages for "Import new wiki" and "XOWA Wikis"</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Android.29_Minor_fixes_for_crashes_.2F_obsoleted_items"><span class="tocnumber">4.5</span> <span class="toctext">(Android) Minor fixes for crashes / obsoleted items</span></a>
<a href="#(Android)_Minor_fixes_for_crashes_/_obsoleted_items"><span class="tocnumber">4.5</span> <span class="toctext">(Android) Minor fixes for crashes / obsoleted items</span></a>
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<a href="#Next_release:_v3.4.3"><span class="tocnumber">4.6</span> <span class="toctext">Next release: v3.4.3</span></a>
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<a href="#Release:_v3.4.1.1_.282016-04-04_20:00_Sun.29"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v3.4.1.1 (2016-04-04 20:00 Sun)</span></a>
<a href="#Release:_v3.4.1.1_(2016-04-04_20:00_Sun)"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v3.4.1.1 (2016-04-04 20:00 Sun)</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Desktop.29_Fixes_for_old_.sqlite3_wikis"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Fixes for old .sqlite3 wikis</span></a>
<a href="#(Desktop)_Fixes_for_old_.sqlite3_wikis"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Fixes for old .sqlite3 wikis</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Desktop.29_Fix_for_offline_import_of_large_wikis"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Fix for offline import of large wikis</span></a>
<a href="#(Desktop)_Fix_for_offline_import_of_large_wikis"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Fix for offline import of large wikis</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Desktop.29_Command_to_shrink_English_Wikipedia_images_by_8_GB"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Command to shrink English Wikipedia images by 8 GB</span></a>
<a href="#(Desktop)_Command_to_shrink_English_Wikipedia_images_by_8_GB"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">(Desktop) Command to shrink English Wikipedia images by 8 GB</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Package.29_Release_of_French_Wikipedia_2016-03"><span class="tocnumber">5.4</span> <span class="toctext">(Package) Release of French Wikipedia 2016-03</span></a>
<a href="#(Package)_Release_of_French_Wikipedia_2016-03"><span class="tocnumber">5.4</span> <span class="toctext">(Package) Release of French Wikipedia 2016-03</span></a>
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<a href="#Next_release:_v3.4.2"><span class="tocnumber">5.5</span> <span class="toctext">Next release: v3.4.2</span></a>
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<a href="#Release:_NONE_.282016-04-03_22:00_Sun.29"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Release: NONE (2016-04-03 22:00 Sun)</span></a>
<a href="#Release:_NONE_(2016-04-03_22:00_Sun)"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Release: NONE (2016-04-03 22:00 Sun)</span></a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v3.4.4.1_.282016-04-24_19:30_Sun.29">Release: v3.4.4.1 (2016-04-24 19:30 Sun)</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v3.4.4.1_(2016-04-24_19:30_Sun)">Release: v3.4.4.1 (2016-04-24 19:30 Sun)</span>
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<p>
The desktop app is a trivial release. It has a few minor parser fixes, primarily for German Wikipedia.
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The Android app is a minor release. It has one significant fix for not requiring one database: file-xowa. This will only be necessary for the German wikis
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Package.29_Update_German_wikis_.282016-04.29:_https:.2F.2Farchive.org.2Fdetails.2FXowa_dewiki_latest">(Package) Update German wikis (2016-04): <a href="https://archive.org/details/Xowa_dewiki_latest" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://archive.org/details/Xowa_dewiki_latest</a></span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Package)_Update_German_wikis_(2016-04):_https://archive.org/details/Xowa_dewiki_latest">(Package) Update German wikis (2016-04): <a href="https://archive.org/details/Xowa_dewiki_latest" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://archive.org/details/Xowa_dewiki_latest</a></span>
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<p>
I updated the German wikis this week. You can find them at <a href="https://archive.org/details/Xowa_dewiki_latest" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://archive.org/details/Xowa_dewiki_latest</a> Note the following:
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The images are an update to the 2015-09 set. If you already have the 2015-09 set, just download the 2016-04 update: <a href="https://archive.org/download/Xowa_dewiki_latest/Xowa_dewiki_2016-04-07_file_update.7z" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://archive.org/download/Xowa_dewiki_latest/Xowa_dewiki_2016-04-07_file_update.7z</a>
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For Android, download all the de.wikipedia.org files in <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Android/Setup" id="xolnki_7" title="Android/Setup">Android/Setup</a>
For Android, download all the de.wikipedia.org files in <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Android/Setup" id="xolnki_8" title="Android/Setup">Android/Setup</a>
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For the other German wikis, the process is similar. Download <a href="https://archive.org/download/Xowa_dewiki_latest/Xowa_debundle_2016-04-07.7z" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://archive.org/download/Xowa_dewiki_latest/Xowa_debundle_2016-04-07.7z</a> and copy the files to your microSD card.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Android.29_Fix_for_missing_file-user.xowa_database">(Android) Fix for missing file-user.xowa database</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Android)_Fix_for_missing_file-user.xowa_database">(Android) Fix for missing file-user.xowa database</span>
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<p>
The Android app would crash if it was missing this database: *-file-user.xowa. See <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/36#issuecomment-172292021" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/36#issuecomment-172292021</a> .
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v3.4.4 still tries to create the file-user.xowa file, but no longer crashes if it can't.
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Desktop.29_Minor_parser_changes_and_fixes.2C_including_using_non-ASCII_strings_for_gsub_find">(Desktop) Minor parser changes and fixes, including using non-ASCII strings for gsub find</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Desktop)_Minor_parser_changes_and_fixes,_including_using_non-ASCII_strings_for_gsub_find">(Desktop) Minor parser changes and fixes, including using non-ASCII strings for gsub find</span>
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<p>
These are a bunch of minor parser fixes for German Wikipedia. They affect a small number of pages (&lt;100) and don't affect content. The most interesting item is that it required another change to <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/luaj/" rel="nofollow" class="external text">LuaJ</a>. It mistakenly disregarded UTF8 byte encoding for bytes between 128 and 255. This caused gsub and similar calls to fail when using non-ASCII characters, like "ß"
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v3.4.3.1_.282016-04-17_21:00_Sun.29">Release: v3.4.3.1 (2016-04-17 21:00 Sun)</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v3.4.3.1_(2016-04-17_21:00_Sun)">Release: v3.4.3.1 (2016-04-17 21:00 Sun)</span>
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<p>
The desktop app is a minor release. It has various minor fixes, including broken Portal pages and a missing Wikis sidebar
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The Android app is a major release. It has support for Kit-Kat. In addition, it has finally been released to the Play Store!
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Android.29_XOWA_Android_app_on_Play_Store">(Android) XOWA Android app on Play Store</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Android)_XOWA_Android_app_on_Play_Store">(Android) XOWA Android app on Play Store</span>
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<p>
The XOWA Android app has finally been released to the Play Store. Surprisingly, this involved a lot of unforeseen tasks, like graphic design, video recording, icon generation, secure signing, etc. Many thanks to anonymous4 for invaluable help, feedback and support.
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<b>Youtube video</b>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMTBxGweUw" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMTBxGweUw</a>
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<b>Android Setup</b>: <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Android/Setup" id="xolnki_8" title="Android/Setup">Android/Setup</a>
<b>Android Setup</b>: <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Android/Setup" id="xolnki_9" title="Android/Setup">Android/Setup</a>
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</ul>
<p>
Finally, if you've been using any of the earlier Android App versions, I recommend you update to this version. It only has more UI tweaks in terms of the icons and Settings page, but it is the official release version.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Android.29_Kit-Kat_support_for_Android_app">(Android) Kit-Kat support for Android app</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Android)_Kit-Kat_support_for_Android_app">(Android) Kit-Kat support for Android app</span>
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<p>
The other major item in the Android app release is support for Kit-Kat. This too was made possible by anonymous4 and provision of a Kit-Kat device.
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If you have a Kit-Kat device, please give it a try.
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Desktop.29_Minor_changes_and_fixes.2C_including_missing_random_sub-pages_in_Portal.2C_missing_Wikis_sidebar_in_home_wiki_and_no_.7B.7BDisplayTitle.7D.7D">(Desktop) Minor changes and fixes, including missing random sub-pages in Portal, missing Wikis sidebar in home wiki and no {{DisplayTitle}}</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Desktop)_Minor_changes_and_fixes,_including_missing_random_sub-pages_in_Portal,_missing_Wikis_sidebar_in_home_wiki_and_no_{{DisplayTitle}}">(Desktop) Minor changes and fixes, including missing random sub-pages in Portal, missing Wikis sidebar in home wiki and no {{DisplayTitle}}</span>
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<p>
v3.4.2.1 has a number of minor fixes. In brief:
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Desktop.29_New_http:.2F.2Fxowa.org_domain_with_entire_home_wiki">(Desktop) New <a href="http://xowa.org" rel="nofollow" class="external free">http://xowa.org</a> domain with entire home wiki</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Desktop)_New_http://xowa.org_domain_with_entire_home_wiki">(Desktop) New <a href="http://xowa.org" rel="nofollow" class="external free">http://xowa.org</a> domain with entire home wiki</span>
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<p>
I finally linked the <a href="http://xowa.org" rel="nofollow" class="external free">http://xowa.org</a> domain to <a href="https://gnosygnu.github.io/xowa" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://gnosygnu.github.io/xowa</a> . Hopefully that will make the link more memorable. Again, much gratitude goes to anonymous4 for helping me set-up the cross-domain links.
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Patch:_Missing_wikis_in_sidebar_.282016-04-13_21:34_Wed.29">Patch: Missing wikis in sidebar (2016-04-13 21:34 Wed)</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Patch:_Missing_wikis_in_sidebar_(2016-04-13_21:34_Wed)">Patch: Missing wikis in sidebar (2016-04-13 21:34 Wed)</span>
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<p>
This is a patch for a defect in v3.4.2.1.
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v3.4.2.1_.282016-04-10_21:00_Sun.29">Release: v3.4.2.1 (2016-04-10 21:00 Sun)</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v3.4.2.1_(2016-04-10_21:00_Sun)">Release: v3.4.2.1 (2016-04-10 21:00 Sun)</span>
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<p>
The desktop app is a minor release. It has a fix for slow search database builds and some better Wikia support
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The Android app is a major release. It has new pages for importing a wiki. It is the release candidate for XOWA beta on Google Play later this week.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Desktop.29_Faster_search_database_build">(Desktop) Faster search database build</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Desktop)_Faster_search_database_build">(Desktop) Faster search database build</span>
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As per <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/53" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/53</a> William was unable to build the new search databases on his machine. I tried it on an older dev machine, and found that it could take upwards of 5 hours to complete.
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<b>Really benefits from an SSD</b>: SQLite really does better with an SSD. I tried some tricks like changing PRAGMA synchronous to OFF, but this only shaves off a dozen or so minutes. In contrast, an SSD will easily knock off an hour if not more (from 2 hours to about 40 min)
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<b>If you want the new search, downloading from archive.org is the easiest way</b>: There are other complexities with the search database rebuild (PageRank algorithm and the 10 GB pagelinks dump: See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Search" id="xolnki_9" title="App/Search">App/Search</a>). As such, the easiest way is to download prebuilt copies from archive.org:
<b>If you want the new search, downloading from archive.org is the easiest way</b>: There are other complexities with the search database rebuild (PageRank algorithm and the 10 GB pagelinks dump: See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Search" id="xolnki_10" title="App/Search">App/Search</a>). As such, the easiest way is to download prebuilt copies from archive.org:
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<a href="https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_latest/Xowa_enwiki_2016-03-05_wiki_core.7z" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_latest/Xowa_enwiki_2016-03-05_wiki_core.7z</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Desktop.29_New_English_Wikipedia_images_update_.282016-03.29">(Desktop) New English Wikipedia images update (2016-03)</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Desktop)_New_English_Wikipedia_images_update_(2016-03)">(Desktop) New English Wikipedia images update (2016-03)</span>
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I uploaded new consolidated versions of English Wikipedia images (2016-03) to archive.org. See <a href="https://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_latest" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_latest</a>.
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<b>New user</b>: Download the new 2016-03 version. Previously you would have to download 2015-06 set, and then download separate updates for every month between 2015-07 and 2016-03. This was just too cumbersome.
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<b>Existing user (2015-06)</b>: Ignore the 2016-03 version. You downloaded the 2015-06 set and presumably have been keeping up with the monthly updates. The 2016-03 set is the same as your set, except it is smaller (it no longer has deleted images). If you want to remove about 8 GB of deleted images, see <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Files/Deletion" id="xolnki_10" title="Dashboard/Files/Deletion">Dashboard/Files/Deletion</a>. Once you remove the deleted images, you will have a set that is exactly the same as the 2016-03 version.
<b>Existing user (2015-06)</b>: Ignore the 2016-03 version. You downloaded the 2015-06 set and presumably have been keeping up with the monthly updates. The 2016-03 set is the same as your set, except it is smaller (it no longer has deleted images). If you want to remove about 8 GB of deleted images, see <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Files/Deletion" id="xolnki_11" title="Dashboard/Files/Deletion">Dashboard/Files/Deletion</a>. Once you remove the deleted images, you will have a set that is exactly the same as the 2016-03 version.
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<b>Existing user (2013-11 or something else)</b>: Download the 2016-03 version. You have an old set of XOWA image databases that I really can't support any longer (they have an extension of .sqlite3). I know downloading 80 GB is painful, but I'm not planning to change database formats again in the future.
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Finally, after I release XOWA Beta for Android, I'm going to work on a new update feature that will more gracefully handle monthly updates. In the meantime, please bear with the manual process.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Desktop.29_Minor_Wikia_parser_tags">(Desktop) Minor Wikia parser tags</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Desktop)_Minor_Wikia_parser_tags">(Desktop) Minor Wikia parser tags</span>
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A user requested some parser functionality for Wikia wikis (see <a href="/site/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gnosygnu">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gnosygnu</a> . This release now supports the &lt;choose&gt; and &lt;tabber&gt; extensions.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Android.29_New_pages_for_.22Import_new_wiki.22_and_.22XOWA_Wikis.22">(Android) New pages for "Import new wiki" and "XOWA Wikis"</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Android)_New_pages_for_">(Android) New pages for "Import new wiki" and "XOWA Wikis"</span>
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The last major piece for XOWA Beta was more usable screens for importing wikis and managing wikis. Both these pages are now part of the latest release:
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Android.29_Minor_fixes_for_crashes_.2F_obsoleted_items">(Android) Minor fixes for crashes / obsoleted items</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Android)_Minor_fixes_for_crashes_/_obsoleted_items">(Android) Minor fixes for crashes / obsoleted items</span>
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There were two minor crashes that would occur when using the left-nav button. The main one was pressing "Random" when on the "Import" screen
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v3.4.1.1_.282016-04-04_20:00_Sun.29">Release: v3.4.1.1 (2016-04-04 20:00 Sun)</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v3.4.1.1_(2016-04-04_20:00_Sun)">Release: v3.4.1.1 (2016-04-04 20:00 Sun)</span>
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The desktop app is a minor release. It has a few fixes related to old .sqlite3 wikis and offline imports.
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The Android app has not been changed.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Desktop.29_Fixes_for_old_.sqlite3_wikis">(Desktop) Fixes for old .sqlite3 wikis</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Desktop)_Fixes_for_old_.sqlite3_wikis">(Desktop) Fixes for old .sqlite3 wikis</span>
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As reported in <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/xowa/discussion/defects/thread/f142ca23/" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://sourceforge.net/p/xowa/discussion/defects/thread/f142ca23/</a> v3.3.4 did not work for old .sqlite3 wikis. These wikis were phased out last year (in 2015-04), but I didn't want to drop support for them entirely.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Desktop.29_Fix_for_offline_import_of_large_wikis">(Desktop) Fix for offline import of large wikis</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Desktop)_Fix_for_offline_import_of_large_wikis">(Desktop) Fix for offline import of large wikis</span>
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This was reported in a separate ticket: <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/51" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/51</a> Basically, the new search system caused offline imports to fail for large wikis. A large wiki is defined as one with a dump file of 1.5 GB.
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v3.4.1 fixes this issue. I tested with English Wikisource 2016-03: <a href="http://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwikisource/20160305/" rel="nofollow" class="external free">http://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwikisource/20160305/</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Desktop.29_Command_to_shrink_English_Wikipedia_images_by_8_GB">(Desktop) Command to shrink English Wikipedia images by 8 GB</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Desktop)_Command_to_shrink_English_Wikipedia_images_by_8_GB">(Desktop) Command to shrink English Wikipedia images by 8 GB</span>
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The total size of English Wikipedia is about 90 GB. 8 GB is from old images: images removed from articles during the day-to-day editing churn.
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If you have English Wikipedia and have been following along with the updates, go to <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Files/Deletion" id="xolnki_11" title="Dashboard/Files/Deletion">Dashboard/Files/Deletion</a> and follow the instructions therein.
If you have English Wikipedia and have been following along with the updates, go to <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Files/Deletion" id="xolnki_12" title="Dashboard/Files/Deletion">Dashboard/Files/Deletion</a> and follow the instructions therein.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Package.29_Release_of_French_Wikipedia_2016-03">(Package) Release of French Wikipedia 2016-03</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Package)_Release_of_French_Wikipedia_2016-03">(Package) Release of French Wikipedia 2016-03</span>
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I had a request to update French Wikipedia, but have been delaying it for several weeks. I updated French Wiki and uploaded it here: <a href="https://archive.org/details/Xowa_frwiki_latest" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://archive.org/details/Xowa_frwiki_latest</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_NONE_.282016-04-03_22:00_Sun.29">Release: NONE (2016-04-03 22:00 Sun)</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_NONE_(2016-04-03_22:00_Sun)">Release: NONE (2016-04-03 22:00 Sun)</span>
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Sory all. I'm postponing the release for tomorrow night. I'll post again tomorrow evening. Thanks.