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- Archives + Archives

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  • - 2 Release: v3.8.1.1 (2016-07-31 19:30 Sun) + 2 Release: POSTPONED (2016-08-28 22:00 Sun) +
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  • + 3 Release: NONE (2016-08-21 20:00 Sun) +
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  • - 3 Release: POSTPONED (2016-08-28 22:00 Sun) -
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  • - 4 Release: NONE (2016-08-21 20:00 Sun) -
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  • - 5 Release: v3.8.3.1 (2016-08-14 20:00 Sun) +
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  • @@ -172,7 +155,7 @@ (Wiki) Publish 2016-08 English Wikipedia and German Wikipedia

    - The 2016-08 versions of both wikis are finally up. You can get them through Download Central. + The 2016-08 versions of both wikis are finally up. You can get them through Download Central.

    (PC / Android) Better html database support for packed galleries, video thumbnails, and image maps @@ -221,7 +204,7 @@ (PC) Add torrent link / MD5 info to the Download Central Info page

    - Based on some welcome feedback from malakov1, I added a torrent link to the Download Central Info page. For example, Special:XowaDownloadCentralInfo?task id=96. Note that these torrent links are to the full archive.org folder, not the task. In particular, the following two types will be included: + Based on some welcome feedback from malakov1, I added a torrent link to the Download Central Info page. For example, Special:XowaDownloadCentralInfo?task id=96. Note that these torrent links are to the full archive.org folder, not the task. In particular, the following two types will be included:

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    - Release: v3.8.1.1 (2016-07-31 19:30 Sun) -

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    - The PC version is a minor release. It fixes a bug with "invalid title" when clicking on the left-hand sidebar. -

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    - The Android version is a minor release. It fixes a random crash when restarting the app while downloading wikis -

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    - (Wiki) Publish 2016-07 Arabic Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, and Wikinews -

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    - The 2016-07 versions of the Arabic wikis are up. You can get them through Download Central. -

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    - (PC) Fix "invalid title" when clicking on wikis in left-hand nav -

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    - This was kindly reported by markusmaresch in https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/73 . Basically, clicking on a wiki in the left-hand sidebar would fail with "invalid title". This was due to some changes I made with the UI in a recent release. -

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    - v3.8.1 fixes the issue -

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    - (PC) Minor wikibase update for "renderSnaks" -

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    - Wikidata (www.wikidata.org), or "Wikibase", is a continually evolving project. French Wikipedia started using two new methods recently: renderSnaks and renderSnak. I added support for these calls in this release. I also cleaned up some Wikibase code. -

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    - (Android) Fix random failure when restarting XOWA while downloading wikis -

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    - A helpful anonymous user forwarded me a crash report for XOWA Android. Sometimes, XOWA Android would fail to restart when in the process of downloading wikis from Download Central. This was broken since the initial release of Download Central. -

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    - This fix was pushed out by a separate Play Store release last week. It is included formally in the apk-build now. -

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    - Next release: v3.8.2 -

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    Release: POSTPONED (2016-08-28 22:00 Sun)

    @@ -468,7 +392,7 @@ http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/wikimedia/

    - Release: v3.8.1.1 (2016-07-31 19:30 Sun) + Release: v3.8.1.1 (2016-07-31 19:30 Sun)

    The PC version is a minor release. It fixes a bug with "invalid title" when clicking on the left-hand sidebar. @@ -477,13 +401,13 @@ http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/wikimedia/ The Android version is a minor release. It fixes a random crash when restarting the app while downloading wikis

    - (Wiki) Publish 2016-07 Arabic Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, and Wikinews + (Wiki) Publish 2016-07 Arabic Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, and Wikinews

    The 2016-07 versions of the Arabic wikis are up. You can get them through Download Central.

    - (PC) Fix "invalid title" when clicking on wikis in left-hand nav + (PC) Fix "invalid title" when clicking on wikis in left-hand nav

    This was kindly reported by markusmaresch in https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/73 . Basically, clicking on a wiki in the left-hand sidebar would fail with "invalid title". This was due to some changes I made with the UI in a recent release. @@ -492,13 +416,13 @@ http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/wikimedia/ v3.8.1 fixes the issue

    - (PC) Minor wikibase update for "renderSnaks" + (PC) Minor wikibase update for "renderSnaks"

    Wikidata (www.wikidata.org), or "Wikibase", is a continually evolving project. French Wikipedia started using two new methods recently: renderSnaks and renderSnak. I added support for these calls in this release. I also cleaned up some Wikibase code.

    - (Android) Fix random failure when restarting XOWA while downloading wikis + (Android) Fix random failure when restarting XOWA while downloading wikis

    A helpful anonymous user forwarded me a crash report for XOWA Android. Sometimes, XOWA Android would fail to restart when in the process of downloading wikis from Download Central. This was broken since the initial release of Download Central. @@ -507,7 +431,7 @@ http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/wikimedia/ This fix was pushed out by a separate Play Store release last week. It is included formally in the apk-build now.

    - Next release: v3.8.2 + Next release: v3.8.2

    @@ -399,7 +402,7 @@ The Android app is a major release. It has a Random feature, shows more images, and adds CSS-tweaks.

    - Documentation for html-dump script. See Dev/Command-line/Dumps + Documentation for html-dump script. See Dev/Command-line/Dumps

    This item is self-explanatory. The XOWA Android app is getting more stable, so I felt it would be time to document the generation of the HTML databases. diff --git a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-02.html b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-02.html index ff2b10a2f..0d3da14d3 100644 --- a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-02.html +++ b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-02.html @@ -25,32 +25,35 @@

    - Archives + Archives

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    - v3.2.1 now expands these tables by default. Note that you can control the default behavior at Options/Wiki_HTML under Collapsible + v3.2.1 now expands these tables by default. Note that you can control the default behavior at Options/Wiki_HTML under Collapsible

    New Raspberry Pi build diff --git a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-03.html b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-03.html index 0119adb27..f7713427c 100644 --- a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-03.html +++ b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-03.html @@ -25,32 +25,35 @@

    - Archives + Archives

    @@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ (Desktop) New autocomplete address bar

    - The address bar now supports autocompletion. For example, open up English Wikipedia, and start typing earth. The autocomplete is very fast and supports a lot of advanced functionality. For example you can do a search like earth + (history, future) -middle directly in the address bar. See App/Search as well as Options/Search suggest. + The address bar now supports autocompletion. For example, open up English Wikipedia, and start typing earth. The autocomplete is very fast and supports a lot of advanced functionality. For example you can do a search like earth + (history, future) -middle directly in the address bar. See App/Search as well as Options/Search suggest.

    Unfortunately, the autocomplete uses the new search system, so old wikis need to upgrade the search databases. You can upgrade by any of the following: @@ -125,10 +128,10 @@

  • - Use the Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance page + Use the Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance page
  • @@ -168,7 +171,7 @@ The images are an update to the 2015-09 set. If you already have the 2015-09 set, just download the 2016-04 update: https://archive.org/download/Xowa_dewiki_latest/Xowa_dewiki_2016-04-07_file_update.7z
  • - For Android, download all the de.wikipedia.org files in Android/Setup + For Android, download all the de.wikipedia.org files in Android/Setup
  • For the other German wikis, the process is similar. Download https://archive.org/download/Xowa_dewiki_latest/Xowa_debundle_2016-04-07.7z and copy the files to your microSD card. @@ -276,7 +279,7 @@ Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMTBxGweUw
  • - Android Setup: Android/Setup + Android Setup: Android/Setup
  • @@ -400,7 +403,7 @@ Really benefits from an SSD: 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)

  • - If you want the new search, downloading from archive.org is the easiest way: There are other complexities with the search database rebuild (PageRank algorithm and the 10 GB pagelinks dump: See App/Search). As such, the easiest way is to download prebuilt copies from archive.org: + If you want the new search, downloading from archive.org is the easiest way: There are other complexities with the search database rebuild (PageRank algorithm and the 10 GB pagelinks dump: See App/Search). As such, the easiest way is to download prebuilt copies from archive.org:
  • diff --git a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-06.html b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-06.html index fe05a5b7b..351c0f9ff 100644 --- a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-06.html +++ b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-06.html @@ -25,32 +25,35 @@

    - Archives + Archives

    @@ -180,7 +183,7 @@ (Wiki) 2016-06 English Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, Wikinews and Species Wiki

    - All English wikis are now available for Android as well as desktop (HTML dumps). To download them, go to Download Central. + All English wikis are now available for Android as well as desktop (HTML dumps). To download them, go to Download Central.

    (All) Fixes / changes for Download Central including multiple-tasks bug @@ -302,7 +305,7 @@ v3.6.3.3 fixes this issue. It now uses the wikitext dumps if the HTML dumps are not there. Just update your app, and you will see actual pages, not blank ones.

    - Also, note that you can disable the automatic HTML read by going to Options/HTML_databases + Also, note that you can disable the automatic HTML read by going to Options/HTML_databases

    (PC) Fix Download Central icons for Mac OS X @@ -350,7 +353,7 @@ (PC & Android) New Download Central to download HTML dumps and images

    - Download Central is the major feature of the release. This is an in-app downloader that can download wikis for both Android or desktop. It can download images as well. + Download Central is the major feature of the release. This is an in-app downloader that can download wikis for both Android or desktop. It can download images as well.

    For v3.6.3, there are only two wikis: Simple Wikipedia and English Wikipedia. More wikis will be added every week throughout 2016. Next week, v3.6.4 should have other English wikis, like English Wiktionary and Wikisource. @@ -359,7 +362,7 @@ Going forward, Download Central will be the primary vehicle to get XOWA wikis. It provides a simple way to import wikis. It eliminates any confusion about which files to download and where to copy them. Monthly updates for English Wikipedia will be published here as well.

    - To try it out, go to Download Central. For more info, see the Download Central help page. + To try it out, go to Download Central. For more info, see the Download Central help page.

    (PC & Server) Android HTML dumps are now usable @@ -420,7 +423,7 @@
    @@ -515,10 +518,10 @@ (Wikis) English Wikipedia (2016-06) and Simple Wikipedia (2016-06)

    - These are available through Download Central. + These are available through Download Central.

    - For users who want the 2016-06 English Wikipedia image update, see App/Import/Download Central + For users who want the 2016-06 English Wikipedia image update, see App/Import/Download Central

    Next release: v3.6.4 diff --git a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-07.html b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-07.html index db916bf5d..4352b6fc0 100644 --- a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-07.html +++ b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-07.html @@ -25,32 +25,35 @@

    - Archives + Archives

    @@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ (Wiki) Publish 2016-07 English Wikipedia

    - The 2016-07 versions of English Wikipedia is up. You can get them through Download Central. + The 2016-07 versions of English Wikipedia is up. You can get them through Download Central.

    For images, if you want the latest: @@ -259,7 +262,7 @@ (Wiki) Publish 2016-07 French Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, and Wikinews

    - The 2016-07 versions of the French Wikis are up. You can get them through Download Central. + The 2016-07 versions of the French Wikis are up. You can get them through Download Central.

    (PC) Fix Redirects not working for HTML databases @@ -368,7 +371,7 @@ For those who are unaware, Mattze96 was the amazing developer who contributed the original HTTP Server code. This time, Mattze96 contributed mwad: the MediaWiki API dump tool. This tool allows creating XML dumps for Wikia and other wikis (https://wiki.archlinux.org/).

    - If you use XOWA for Wikia wikis, or other non-Wikimedia wikis, you definitely want to try it out. For more info, see App/Import/mwad as well as https://github.com/Mattze96/mwad and https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/66 + If you use XOWA for Wikia wikis, or other non-Wikimedia wikis, you definitely want to try it out. For more info, see App/Import/mwad as well as https://github.com/Mattze96/mwad and https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/66

    (PC) Fix minor Wikibase issues, including wikibase-item @@ -438,7 +441,7 @@ (Wiki) 2016-06 German Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, and Wikinews

    - These wikis are available at Download Central. + These wikis are available at Download Central.

    (PC) Support Gallery @@ -470,7 +473,7 @@ There were a number of fixes for crashes in uncommon scenarios. Most of these involved switching SD cards, or deleting wikis outside XOWA. The crash was bad enough such that XOWA would not work unless the Storage files were cleared (or XOWA was reinstalled).

    - These are fixed in this version. For more info, see the Change log + These are fixed in this version. For more info, see the Change log

    Next release: v3.7.2 diff --git a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-08.html b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-08.html index 1712d14db..b12ee9286 100644 --- a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-08.html +++ b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-08.html @@ -25,32 +25,35 @@

    - Archives + Archives

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  • - 2 Release: v3.8.1.1 (2016-07-31 19:30 Sun) + 2 Release: POSTPONED (2016-08-28 22:00 Sun) +
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  • + 3 Release: NONE (2016-08-21 20:00 Sun) +
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  • - 5 Release: v3.8.3.1 (2016-08-14 20:00 Sun) +
  • + 5 Release: v3.8.2.1 (2016-08-07 19:30 Sun)
  • - 6 Release: v3.8.2.1 (2016-08-07 19:30 Sun) + 6 Release: v3.8.1.1 (2016-07-31 19:30 Sun) -
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  • - 7 Release: v3.8.1.1 (2016-07-31 19:30 Sun) -
  • @@ -172,7 +155,7 @@ (Wiki) Publish 2016-08 English Wikipedia and German Wikipedia

    - The 2016-08 versions of both wikis are finally up. You can get them through Download Central. + The 2016-08 versions of both wikis are finally up. You can get them through Download Central.

    (PC / Android) Better html database support for packed galleries, video thumbnails, and image maps @@ -221,7 +204,7 @@ (PC) Add torrent link / MD5 info to the Download Central Info page

    - Based on some welcome feedback from malakov1, I added a torrent link to the Download Central Info page. For example, Special:XowaDownloadCentralInfo?task id=96. Note that these torrent links are to the full archive.org folder, not the task. In particular, the following two types will be included: + Based on some welcome feedback from malakov1, I added a torrent link to the Download Central Info page. For example, Special:XowaDownloadCentralInfo?task id=96. Note that these torrent links are to the full archive.org folder, not the task. In particular, the following two types will be included:

    -

    - Release: v3.8.1.1 (2016-07-31 19:30 Sun) -

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    - The PC version is a minor release. It fixes a bug with "invalid title" when clicking on the left-hand sidebar. -

    -

    - The Android version is a minor release. It fixes a random crash when restarting the app while downloading wikis -

    -

    - (Wiki) Publish 2016-07 Arabic Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, and Wikinews -

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    - The 2016-07 versions of the Arabic wikis are up. You can get them through Download Central. -

    -

    - (PC) Fix "invalid title" when clicking on wikis in left-hand nav -

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    - This was kindly reported by markusmaresch in https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/73 . Basically, clicking on a wiki in the left-hand sidebar would fail with "invalid title". This was due to some changes I made with the UI in a recent release. -

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    - v3.8.1 fixes the issue -

    -

    - (PC) Minor wikibase update for "renderSnaks" -

    -

    - Wikidata (www.wikidata.org), or "Wikibase", is a continually evolving project. French Wikipedia started using two new methods recently: renderSnaks and renderSnak. I added support for these calls in this release. I also cleaned up some Wikibase code. -

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    - (Android) Fix random failure when restarting XOWA while downloading wikis -

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    - A helpful anonymous user forwarded me a crash report for XOWA Android. Sometimes, XOWA Android would fail to restart when in the process of downloading wikis from Download Central. This was broken since the initial release of Download Central. -

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    - This fix was pushed out by a separate Play Store release last week. It is included formally in the apk-build now. -

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    - Next release: v3.8.2 -

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    Release: POSTPONED (2016-08-28 22:00 Sun)

    @@ -468,7 +392,7 @@ http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/wikimedia/

    - Release: v3.8.1.1 (2016-07-31 19:30 Sun) + Release: v3.8.1.1 (2016-07-31 19:30 Sun)

    The PC version is a minor release. It fixes a bug with "invalid title" when clicking on the left-hand sidebar. @@ -477,13 +401,13 @@ http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/wikimedia/ The Android version is a minor release. It fixes a random crash when restarting the app while downloading wikis

    - (Wiki) Publish 2016-07 Arabic Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, and Wikinews + (Wiki) Publish 2016-07 Arabic Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, and Wikinews

    The 2016-07 versions of the Arabic wikis are up. You can get them through Download Central.

    - (PC) Fix "invalid title" when clicking on wikis in left-hand nav + (PC) Fix "invalid title" when clicking on wikis in left-hand nav

    This was kindly reported by markusmaresch in https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/73 . Basically, clicking on a wiki in the left-hand sidebar would fail with "invalid title". This was due to some changes I made with the UI in a recent release. @@ -492,13 +416,13 @@ http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/wikimedia/ v3.8.1 fixes the issue

    - (PC) Minor wikibase update for "renderSnaks" + (PC) Minor wikibase update for "renderSnaks"

    Wikidata (www.wikidata.org), or "Wikibase", is a continually evolving project. French Wikipedia started using two new methods recently: renderSnaks and renderSnak. I added support for these calls in this release. I also cleaned up some Wikibase code.

    - (Android) Fix random failure when restarting XOWA while downloading wikis + (Android) Fix random failure when restarting XOWA while downloading wikis

    A helpful anonymous user forwarded me a crash report for XOWA Android. Sometimes, XOWA Android would fail to restart when in the process of downloading wikis from Download Central. This was broken since the initial release of Download Central. @@ -507,7 +431,7 @@ http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/wikimedia/ This fix was pushed out by a separate Play Store release last week. It is included formally in the apk-build now.

    - Next release: v3.8.2 + Next release: v3.8.2