Change log/v3.6.3.1

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v3.6.3.4 (2016-06-22)

Server

  • HTTP Server: Fix blank pages for wikis downloaded from archive.org (fixed for GUI in 3.6.3.3, but not for HTTP Server). {detected by thombles}


v3.6.3.3 (2016-06-21)

PC

major.fix

  • HtmlView: Fix blank pages for wikis downloaded from archive.org. {detected by thombles}
Resolved by: Fallback to wikitext databases if html databases are not present.
  • DownloadCentral: Fix Download Central icons for Mac OS X.

dev

  • Log: Log Download Central progress to troubleshoot failed completions. {detected by William}


v3.6.3.2 (2016-06-20)

PC

major.fix

  • DownloadCentral: Fix Download Central not resuming after app is restarted.

v3.6.3.1 (2016-06-19)

Wiki

  • Wiki: Publish English Wikipedia (2016-06).
Links: Special:XowaDownloadCentral
  • Wiki: Publish Simple Wikipedia (2016-06).
Links: Special:XowaDownloadCentral

PC

major.add

  • Import: Add Download Central for downloading HTML dumps.
Links: Special:XowaDownloadCentral App/Import/Download_Central
  • HtmlView: Support Android HTML databases.
Links: Options/HTML_databases
  • Search: Change search-ranking algorithm to reduce importance of short pages.
Example: search -> search for I -> Integrated Authority File should not be in top 10 search results.
Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=earth&full_text=y&simple_search=y

major.fix

  • ImageMap: Show ImageMap in HTML dumps (for 2016-07 English Wikipedia).
Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_(biology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars
  • Gallery: Show Gallery with correct image margins (for 2016-07 English Wikipedia).
Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Art

minor.fix

  • Scribunto: Fix 'Module:CountryData' script error on several dozen en.w pages.
Message: Script error: =Module:CountryData:13 bad argument: string expected, got nil
Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Greenland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flags_by_number_of_colors
  • Scribunto: Fix 'could not parse redirect' script error on a dozen en.w pages.
Message: Script error: =Module:Redirect:66 could not parse redirect on page "SRK"
Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Rukh_Khan
  • Search: Fix search not working if word is also in non-main namespace.
Resolved by: Apply min / max only if less than / greater than existing value.
Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=dokuw&fulltext=y&simple_search=y
  • Special: Allow case insensitive titles for Special pages.
Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:sEARch?search=Earth
  • Special: Allow multiple-word aliases for Special pages.
Links: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spezial:Zufällige_Seite

minor.change

  • Database: Change small wikis to produce core and text databases.
Example: simple.wikipedia.org-text.xowa -> simple.wikipedia.org-core.xowa; simple.wikipedia.org-text.xowa .

trivial.fix

  • Database: Ignore tables / indexes with unparseable sql.

Android

major.add

  • Import: Add Download Central for downloading HTML dumps.
  • Special: Add page to show wiki info and delete.
  • Special: Add page for logging.
  • Special: Redesign Special pages to have unified look.

minor.change

  • Android: Hide "View in browser", "Last updated", and "CC license" for Special pages.
  • Android: Change page title from Android TextView to HTML div.
  • General: Flattened XOWA icon.

Server

major.add

  • HtmlView: Support Android HTML databases.
Links: Options/HTML_databases

major.fix

  • Search: Fix broken full-search page. {detected by thombles}
Links: http://localhost:8080/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Earth&fulltext=y&simple_search=y

Doc

  • Doc: Add more information on portable JRE / Pale Moon. {assisted by anonymous}
Links: App/Setup/Installation App/Setup/Flash_card App/Xtn/Browser/XOWA_viewer
  • Doc: Clarify decompress dump file vs read from compressed. {requested by anonymous}
Links: Dashboard/Import/Offline
  • Doc: Add more info to Privacy Policy for "Read External Storage", "Wake Lock", and "Logs".
Links: Help/Privacy/Android

Dev

  • Source: Reorganize gfui package.

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