v2.8

saga-soft/novelWriterv2.8Dec 14, 2025by vkbo

AI Summary

The 2.8 release is a major version update that includes bug fixes for clipboard pasting crashes, updated translations for multiple languages, and packaging improvements for Debian systems.

Key Highlights

Fixed crash when user pasted from empty clipboard
Updated Czech, German, US English, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, and Chinese translations
Added qt6-svg-plugins as direct dependency on Debian
Fixed broken link in 2.8 documentation

New Features

Empty clipboard paste handling improvement
New direct dependency qt6-svg-plugins for Debian systems

Full Release Notes

### Release Notes

The 2.8 release is based on the features added in 2.8 beta 1 and 2.8 RC 1.

See the website for complete [Release Notes](https://novelwriter.io/releases/release_2_8.html).

### Detailed Changelog

**Bugfixes**

* Fix an issue where the app could crash when the user pasted from an empty clipboard. This appears to be a Qt or PyQt bug, and is not present on the later releases, but a fix has been added that ensures the bug is not triggered. Issue #2598. PR #2602.

**Documentation**

* Fixed a broken link in the updated 2.8 docs. PR #2595.

**Internationalisation**

* Updated Czech, German, US English, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian and Chinese translation files from the Crowdin project page. PR #2608.

**Packaging**

* Added `qt6-svg-plugins` as a direct dependency of novelWriter on Debian. This package was not always installed on some distros. Issue #2604. PR #2607.