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novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels. It supports a minimal markdown-like syntax for formatting text. It is written with Python 3 (3.9+) and Qt 5 (5.15) for cross-platform support.
https://novelwriter.io
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Please provide a 32bit version #1945

Open starFaith2007 opened 1 week ago

starFaith2007 commented 1 week ago

The 32bit version is really important for people like me who like to write with older devices, thank you

vkbo commented 1 week ago

For which platform?

starFaith2007 commented 6 days ago

For which platform?

windows 32bit,thank you

vkbo commented 5 days ago

Still need more info. What Windows version?

vkbo commented 5 days ago

As detailed in the issue template you saw when you created the request, it is really important that you provide the details of what you are asking for. It is extremely rare a one-liner is enough for a feature request.

It may also be helpful to know what device we're talking about. It is already a lot of work providing all the packages, and I don't have the capacity to support very narrow use cases.

novelWriter itself is both platform and architecture independent. As long as there is a working Python environment with PyQt5 installed, you can simply run pip install novelwriter and you should have it up and running. Spell checking may or may not work, as it is a little more restricted.

starFaith2007 commented 1 day ago

Sorry for this late reply, there was a problem with my email and it didn't alert me to your inquiry. The Win version is:Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2016

vkbo commented 21 hours ago

Sure. Just needed to know whether it was anything older than Win 10, which isn't supported. Since Win 10 is the last that comes in 32 bit, and I'm having a ton of problems making these Windows installers, I haven't yet decided whether it's worth it. As mentioned, it you install Python 32 bit, you can install novelWriter with pip install novelwriter as a Python package. The only difference is that you don't get the launcher icon on the desktop.

hifron commented 18 hours ago

Today's tools are not anymore tested on 32bit platforms and if installer(somehow) could be made then it will be untested. If there is need for some purpose(because LTSC may have much longer support than the end of next year) custom packaging(maybe somehow easy to use) may be proper but as said it could be untested and then support request or issues could be or not could be filled or use other software in this large space(especially on Windows).