v2.8.2

QuentinFuxa/WhisperLiveKitv2.8.2Jan 25, 2026by vkbo

AI Summary

A patch release addressing Windows path issues in the exe launcher, adding alerts for spell check errors, and standardizing HTML manuscript formatting.

Key Highlights

Fixed exe launcher path support to handle spaces in project file paths on Windows.
Fixed PDF manuscript generation limit to support up to 11,000 pages.
Added alert box when the spell check language cannot be loaded.
HTML manuscript format now exports titles as paragraphs instead of HTML headings.

New Features

Alert box when spell check language cannot be loaded
HTML manuscript exports titles as paragraphs
Documentation update on heading level handling

Full Release Notes

### Release Notes

This is a patch release that fixes an issue with launching novelWriter via a project file on Windows, adds an alert when the spell check dictionary cannot be loaded, handles headings in HTML manuscripts the same way as for documents, and updates the documentation on how heading levels are handled in the manuscript build process.

### Detailed Changelog

**Bugfixes**

* Fixed an issue with the exe launcher on Windows where it didn't support spaces in the path when the user tried to open novelWriter from a project file. Issue #2643. PR #2645.
* Fixed an issue with the PDF manuscript format which stopped after about 600-700 pages when generating A4 pages. The limit is now in the 11000 pages range. Issue #2637. PRs #2638 and #2639.

**Improvements**

* Added an alert box when the spell check language selected for a project could not be loaded. Issue #2631. PR #2654.
* The HTML manuscript format now exports novel title and partition titles as paragraphs with a larger font size instead of HTML headings. This is more consistent with the other formatted document formats. Issue #2641. PR #2653.

**Documentation**

* Added information to the documentation about heading level promotion when building the manuscript. Issue #2641. PR #2653.