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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading"><span>Blog/2016-12</span></h1>
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<div id="siteSub">From XOWA: the free, open-source, offline wiki application</div>
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2019<br>
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<a href="/wiki/Blog/2019-03" id="xolnki_3" title="Blog/2019-03">2019-03</a>
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2018<br>
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<a href="/wiki/Blog/2018-01" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2018-01">2018-01</a>
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<a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-09" id="xolnki_5" title="Blog/2017-09">2017-09</a>
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<a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-06" id="xolnki_6" title="Blog/2017-06">2017-06</a>
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<a href="/wiki/Blog/Archives" id="xolnki_7" title="Blog/Archives">Archives</a>
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<a href="#Release:_NONE_(2016-12-25_22:45_Sun)"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Release: NONE (2016-12-25 22:45 Sun)</span></a>
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<a href="#Release_(Android):_v3.12.2.1_(2016-12-11_20:00_Sun)"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Release (Android): v3.12.2.1 (2016-12-11 20:00 Sun)</span></a>
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<a href="#(Android)_Remove_horizontal_scrollbars_by_hiding_Navigation_boxes_by_default"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">(Android) Remove horizontal scrollbars by hiding Navigation boxes by default</span></a>
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<a href="#Next_release:_v3.12.4"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Next release: v3.12.4</span></a>
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<a href="#Release:_v3.12.1.1_(2016-12-04_22:00_Sun)"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v3.12.1.1 (2016-12-04 22:00 Sun)</span></a>
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<a href="#(Wiki)_Publish_2016-11_Dutch_and_Russian_wikis._Also,_2016-11_German_Wikipedia"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">(Wiki) Publish 2016-11 Dutch and Russian wikis. Also, 2016-11 German Wikipedia</span></a>
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<a href="#(PC)_Fix_"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Fix "stalled" English Wikipedia import on older machines</span></a>
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<a href="#(PC)_Fix_various_minor_Scribunto_and_Wikibase_errors_with_Russian_Wikipedia_including_inferred_datatype"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Fix various minor Scribunto and Wikibase errors with Russian Wikipedia including inferred datatype</span></a>
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<a href="#(PC)_Fix_page_sync_issues_when_syncing_File_or_Chinese_pages_with_math"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Fix page sync issues when syncing File or Chinese pages with math</span></a>
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<a href="#Next_release:_v3.12.2"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Next release: v3.12.2</span></a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_NONE_(2016-12-25_22:45_Sun)">Release: NONE (2016-12-25 22:45 Sun)</span>
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Just a quick note. Due to the holiday season and personal obligations, there is no release this week. There will be a release next week with a new configuration system.
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release_(Android):_v3.12.2.1_(2016-12-11_20:00_Sun)">Release (Android): v3.12.2.1 (2016-12-11 20:00 Sun)</span>
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There is no PC release this week. I've been working on the new Configuration system as well as Section editing.
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The Android version has a minor release.
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<span class="mw-headline" id="(Android)_Remove_horizontal_scrollbars_by_hiding_Navigation_boxes_by_default">(Android) Remove horizontal scrollbars by hiding Navigation boxes by default</span>
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This was a change due to the feedback from a Google Play review (which has since been deleted). There's a little more documentation at <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/112" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/112</a>
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XOWA Android would show pages which have horizontal scrollbars. They appear mostly because of what's called Navigation boxes ("navboxes") at the bottom of the page. For example, go to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth#External_links" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth#External_links</a> and see the section called "Articles related to Earth"
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The Wikipedia Mobile App and the Wikipedia Mobile Site both hide these by default. XOWA Android used to show them by default. This was a deliberate decision on my side, because (a) I generally like to show as much content as possible and (b) I do find them useful.
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However, after the strongly worded review, I realized that there probably was considerable UI wisdom in hiding them by default. So I changed the behavior of XOWA to follow the same behavior as Wikipedia's Mobile App / site.
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However, I also left a configuration option to show them by default. To do so, the following would need to be done:
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Open the left side menu and do "XOWA" -> "Settings" -> "XOWA options"
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Check "Show navboxes"
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Visit a page like Earth
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Next_release:_v3.12.4">Next release: v3.12.4</span>
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I'm skipping next week due to personal reasons. This means that the next possible release would be Christmas weekend. I'll try to push something out then, but since may rely on a quick "beta" release.
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<b>Wikis</b>: I'm running a little behind on 2016-12 English Wikipedia. I'm hoping to have a version later this week, but there may be a few things to investigate.
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<b>Options</b>: I'm done with most of the core parts the Options system. I now need to work on migration, which will probably take some time.
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v3.12.1.1_(2016-12-04_22:00_Sun)">Release: v3.12.1.1 (2016-12-04 22:00 Sun)</span>
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The PC version is a minor release. It fixes an import issue with English Wikipedia on older machines, has several Scribunto and Wikibase fixes for Russian wikis, and has some page sync issues
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The Android version has no release.
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<span class="mw-headline" id="(Wiki)_Publish_2016-11_Dutch_and_Russian_wikis._Also,_2016-11_German_Wikipedia">(Wiki) Publish 2016-11 Dutch and Russian wikis. Also, 2016-11 German Wikipedia</span>
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As per the section title, 2016-11 Dutch and Russian wikis are up at archive.org. You can check <a href="/wiki/Wiki_setup/Listing" id="xolnki_8" title="Wiki setup/Listing">Wiki_setup/Listing</a> or <a href="/wiki/Special:XowaDownloadCentral" id="xolnki_9" title="Special:XowaDownloadCentral">Special:XowaDownloadCentral</a>
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Again, thanks to Ope30 for testing these wikis.
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<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Fix_">(PC) Fix "stalled" English Wikipedia import on older machines</span>
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This issue was reported <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/98" rel="nofollow" class="external text">in issue 98</a> and <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/108" rel="nofollow" class="external text">and issue 108</a>.
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Due to changes in the English Wikipedia Category system, XOWA needed to import a lot more data. Unfortunately, this caused the English Wikipedia import to stall on older machines. I was unable to reproduce it on my current machine (i7 CPU on either SSD or HDD), but was able to reproduce it on my laptop (Core Duo with HDD).
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This issue was resolved by adding a new SQL index during the category import. The total time will still be noticeably longer (from 2 hours to 5 hours), but it should complete in the end.
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<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Fix_various_minor_Scribunto_and_Wikibase_errors_with_Russian_Wikipedia_including_inferred_datatype">(PC) Fix various minor Scribunto and Wikibase errors with Russian Wikipedia including inferred datatype</span>
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There were a number of minor fixes around the 2016-11 Russian wikis.
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The most significant one was an issue with Wikidata and missing infobox images. For more detail, you can look at <a href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-November/010019.html" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2016-November/010019.html</a> . This was fixed for any Russian Wiki imported through Import Online or Import Offline. However, Russian wikis downloaded through Download Central will still be missing images, until the next time I rebuild them.
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For the other changes, you can take a look at the Scribunto and Wikibase items at <a href="/wiki/Change_log/v3.12.1.1" id="xolnki_10" title="Change log/v3.12.1.1">Change log/v3.12.1.1</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Fix_page_sync_issues_when_syncing_File_or_Chinese_pages_with_math">(PC) Fix page sync issues when syncing File or Chinese pages with math</span>
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First, thanks to khanhhung2512 for reporting these issues.
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XOWA had the following page sync issues:
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Failed when downloading "File:" pages
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Failed when downloading Chinese pages with Math
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Always downloaded every page, instead of those listed in the Options page
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These fixes are included in this release.
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Next_release:_v3.12.2">Next release: v3.12.2</span>
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<b>Wikis</b>: I'm generating wikis for the 2016-11 Italian wikis. I'll also kick off 2016-12 English Wikipedia as well.
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<b>Options</b>: I'm almost done rewriting the Options system. I also plan to add an update feature for the desktop app. I'm still planning to do some more work on Page Sync and full-text search, though my time recently has been limited.
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<a style="background-image: url(https://gnosygnu.github.io/xowa/xowa_logo.png);" href="http://xowa.org/" title="Visit the main page"></a>
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<div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-home'>
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<h3>XOWA</h3>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/index.html" title='Visit the main page'>Main page</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/screenshots.html" title='See screenshots of XOWA'>Screenshots</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0qbXYXEH6M" title="See a video of XOWA Desktop in action">Video</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Download_XOWA.html" title='Download the XOWA application'>Download XOWA</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Image_databases.html" title='Download offline wikis and image databases'>Download wikis</a></li>
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<div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-started'>
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<h3>Getting started</h3>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Setup/System_requirements.html" title='Get XOWA's system requirements'>Requirements</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Setup/Installation.html" title='Get instructions for installing XOWA'>Installation</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/Simple_Wikipedia.html" title='Learn how to set up Simple Wikipedia'>Simple Wikipedia</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/English_Wikipedia.html" title='Learn how to set up English Wikipedia'>English Wikipedia</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/Other_wikis.html" title='Learn how to set up other Wikipedias'>Other Wikipedias</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Android/Setup.html" title='Setup XOWA on your Android device'>Setup</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMTBxGweUw" title="See a video of XOWA Android in action">Video</a></li>
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<div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-help'>
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<h3>Help</h3>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/About.html" title='Get more information about XOWA'>About</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Contents.html" title='View a list of help topics'>Contents</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Media.html" title='Read what others have written about XOWA'>Media</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Feedback.html" title='Questions? Comments? Leave feedback for XOWA'>Feedback</a></li>
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<div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-blog'>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog.html" title='Follow XOWA''s development process'>Current</a></li>
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<div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-links'>
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<li><a href="http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html" title="Get wiki datababase dumps directly from Wikimedia">Wikimedia dumps</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=xowa" title="Search archive.org for XOWA files">XOWA @ archive.org</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org" title="Visit Wikipedia (and compare to XOWA!)">English Wikipedia</a></li>
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<div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-donate'>
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<li><a href="https://archive.org/donate/index.php" title="Support archive.org!">archive.org</a></li><!-- listed first due to recent fire damages: http://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/scanning-center-fire-please-help-rebuild/ -->
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<li><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector" title="Support Wikipedia!">Wikipedia</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Donate.html" title="Support XOWA!">XOWA</a></li>
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