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v15.00.0105 - 2015-03-15 11:08
    ! Scripting: The following comparisons were not parsed correctly:
        echo "12.00.0000" < <xyver>;
        echo "12.00.0000" < (<xyver>);
        echo "12.00.0000" < "<xyver>";
      Fixed.
    ! PFA: The following definition was not parsed correctly (wrong icon):
        <get alias Image>>E:\Media\XnView\xnview.exe
      Fixed.
    ! Sticky Checkbox Selection: On "Sticky Checkbox Selection" using the Space 
      key to toggle the selection did not update the selection stats in the 
      Status Bar. Fixed.

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v15.00.0104 - 2015-03-14 17:02
    * Custom Copy | Overwrite Prompt: The checkbox "Do this also for the next 
      collisions" now also applies to the "Skip" button making it effectively a 
      "Skip All" button when ticked.
    * Tweak TagsAddNewTagsTab is now internally hard-coded to ON.
    * Tweak ABAutoWildcards is now internally hard-coded to ON.
    % Countless display improvements all over the GUI for higher DPI settings.
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.10.0068.

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v15.00.0103 - 2015-03-13 22:25
    * Tweak ABAutoWildcards: Now matching is done in this order:
      - C:\sub\lastcomponent
      If this folder or file is not found, then *folders* (not files) are 
      looked for in this order:
      - C:\sub\lastcomponent*
      - C:\sub\*lastcomponent*
    > In the change log of v14.80.0239 - 2015-03-05 15:04 I claimed "both work 
      the same":
        <get counticons "<cc_item>">
        <get counticons <cc_item>>
      Wrong! The second example will fail for filenames with spaces in them!

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v15.00.0102 - 2015-03-13 16:55
    + Flat Select: Now you can prefix a column caption to the pattern just like 
      it's already been possible with Selection Filter for a long time.
      Examples:
        >>>modified: 2015       matches all items where the Modified column matches "*2015*"
        >>>SIZE: 0*             matches all items where the Size column starts with "0"
        >>>size: 0*|1*          matches all items where the Size column starts with "0" or "1"
    * Flat Select, Selection Filter: Now the column prefix can be partial. If no 
      column is identical to the prefix, then the first column with a partial 
      match (from beginning: Modified LikeI mod*) is used.
        >>>MOD: 2015            matches all items where the Modified column matches "*2015*"
        >>>siz: 0*              matches all items where the Size column starts with "0"
        >>>siz: 0*|1*           matches all items where the Size column starts with "0" or "1"
    + Spot and Jump: The above enhancements also apply to Spot and Jump.
      Examples:
        >>mod: 2015             spot (highlight) all items where the Modified column matches "*2015*"
        >size: 0*               jump to the next item where the Size column starts with "0"
        >size: *KB              jump to the next item where the Size column ends with "KB"
    + User | Manage Commands...: Now dbl-clicking an item in the Commands list 
      will trigger the "Browse..." or "Edit..." button (if there is any).
    + Added tweak to support auto-wildcards in Address Bar locations.
        ABAutoWildcards=1
      If enabled then the last component of a non-existing location is wrapped 
      in wildcards (C:\path\*component*) and the first matching item (folder or 
      file!) is used as location. This works as well for relative paths.
      Examples:
      - "E:\Test\drop\folder1\95" goes to "E:\Test\drop\folder1\6950" if 
        "E:\Test\drop\folder1\95" does not exist.
      - When in "E:\Test\drop\folder1" then "95" goes to 
        "E:\Test\drop\folder1\6950" if "E:\Test\drop\folder1\95" does not exist.
      - "C:\Wi" goes to "C:\Windows" (probably).
    * Configuration | Controls and More | Miscellaneous | Address Bar relative 
      to application path: This setting now also affects Go | Go to... Actually, 
      IMO it was a bug that it did not do so before. Before, Go | Go to... was 
      *always* relative to application path.

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v15.00.0101 - 2015-03-12 15:46
    + Scripting commands setting/settingp enhanced: New named argument 
      "findextendedpatternmatching" to enable/disable extended pattern matching.
      Examples:
        setting "findextendedpatternmatching", 0; goto "?#";  //finds #.txt
        setting "findextendedpatternmatching", 1; goto "?#";  //finds 1.txt
      Usage:
      - If your script invokes a search with patterns that contain #, !, [, or 
        ], you should use this command before the search to ensure the 
        functionality you desire.
    * List: Soft Columns of type "Property" are now all left-aligned. Before, 
      they were all right-aligned.

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v15.00.0006 - 2015-03-11 18:20
    ! Drag and drop: Fixed a small error in the construction of the DataObject.
    ! Tabs: Fixed a small drawing glitch at the right end of the tab bar.

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v15.00.0005 - 2015-03-11 12:27
    * Configuration | Tree and List | List | Sticky checkbox selection: Moved 
      the option to Configuration | Styles.
      Since it's in the GUI now the factory default has been changed to OFF.
    * MLS: Internally updated to version 8.58.
      > TRANSLATORS: Please wait until Reference_8.58.lng is uploaded.
        You will be notified if you have subscribed to this thread:
        http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9648
    * Updated the help file.

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v15.00.0004 - 2015-03-10 20:55
    ! List: Crash when attempting to drag a non-selected item when Sticky 
      Selection and Checkbox Selection and "Sticky checkbox selection" were all 
      enabled. Fixed.

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v15.00.0003 - 2015-03-10 18:25
    + Configuration | Tree and List | List: Added option "Sticky checkbox 
      selection". Tick it to enable the revolutionary new checkbox selection 
      behavior. Untick it to stay with the boring old behavior known from 
      Explorer.
      Note: This raises the former tweak ListCheckboxSelectionMode to the GUI.

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v15.00.0002 - 2015-03-10 13:39
    ! Find Files | Reset Filters: Crash. Fixed.

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v15.00.0001 - 2015-03-10 13:06
    - Find Files | Name & Location: Removed the Fuzzy checkbox and the Options 
      tab. The functionality is not lost though but can be invoked using a new 
      switch (see here below).
    + Find Files: Now you can invoke a fuzzy search (and set the degree of 
      fuzziness) by appending the new switch "/fuzzy=n" to the search term in 
      the name field. The "n" stands for the fuzziness and can be a value from 0 
      thru 100. Value 0 is equivalent to non-fuzzy so it's the same as omitting 
      the whole switch.
      Examples:
        Poper.png /fuzzy=20   matches "Paper.png":
        Koln.txt /fuzzy=10    matches "Koeln.txt"
        Koln.txt /fuzzy=100   matches everything
      Notes:
      - The similarity measurement of XYplorer's fuzzy search is based on the 
        Ratcliff/Obershelp pattern recognition algorithm (Ratcliff 1988), also 
        known as "gestalt pattern matching".
      - Of course, the switch can also be applied to a Quick Search. This was 
        not possible before.
    - Find Files: Removed tweak FindNoExtendedPatternMatching. Raised to GUI, 
      see below.
    + Configuration | Find Files & Branch View | Find Files: Added option 
      "Enable extended pattern matching".
      - Tick it to treat #, !, and [...] as special function characters: # 
        as wildcard for digits, ! as logical NOT, and [...] as a group of 
        characters to match.
      - Untick it to treat #, !, and [...] literally in search patterns, and not 
        as wildcards or special function characters.
      
      Examples:
        Pattern       Match Unticked  Match Ticked
        ---------------------------------------------
        #             ##KEEP##.jpg    1.jpg
        [1984]        [1984].jpg      1.jpg
        !a            !achtung.jpg    1.jpg
        !#            !#3.jpg         a.jpg

      Note that the tweak also affects Quick Search.
      New Factory default is OFF since again and again users were taken aback by 
      extended pattern matching.
    ! SC Property: No longer opened the Shell Properties dialog when the 
      "property" argument was empty. Fixed
    ! Portable Devices: The "Browse..." buttons all over the GUI did not support 
      Portable Devices yet. Fixed.

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v15.00.0000 - 2015-03-09 12:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
  +++ Portable Devices. XYplorer now supports devices like tablets, smart 
      phones, or digital cameras, devices that are connected to the PC without 
      being assigned a drive letter. (Pro Edition Only; Windows Vista and later)
  +++ Flat Select. Now you can select items by entering match patterns right 
      through the Address Bar. Nifty time-saver.
  +++ Timestamping. Now you can easily clone and shift timestamps. (Pro Edition 
      Only)

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v14.80.0245 - 2015-03-09 11:52
    * Branch View: No more Branch View on startup. It's blocked now just like a 
      search on startup, and for the same reason: it might extremely slow down 
      startup.

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v14.80.0244 - 2015-03-08 20:43
    * Sticky Checkbox Selection: Necessary change to the new mode (v14.80.0243) 
      now informally called "Sticky Checkbox Selection":
      - Right-clicking an item focuses and selects it (but leaves any other 
        selections unchanged), then pops the context menu for all selected 
        items.
      This is necessary since all operations triggered from the context 
      menu will work on all *selected* items. And apart from that it means all 
      kinds of trouble to show a context menu for a non-selected item.
    ! Find Files | Location: Using forward slashes in the path screwed the 
      process in various ways. Fixed.

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v14.80.0243 - 2015-03-08 17:59
    + Added tweak to enable a new Checkbox Selection mode which sets a behavior 
      distinctly different from the normal one (which is identical to Windows 
      Explorer's behavior) and not unsimilar to Sticky Selection.
        ListCheckboxSelectionMode=1
      Properties of the new mode:
      - Left-clicking an item does not select this item and unselect all 
        others. Instead it moves the focus to the item, and displays it in the 
        Info Panel, even if it's not selected.
      - Right-clicking an item focuses it and
        - if it is selected: pops the context menu for all selected items
        - if it is not selected: pops the context menu just for it, regardless 
          of any selected items.
      - Left-clicking the empty List space does not unselect anything.
      - Moving the focus via arrow keys does not change any selections.
      - Ctrl+Up/Down moves the focus and displays the focused item in the 
        Info Panel, even if it's not selected.
      - Space toggles the selection of the focused item (no need to hold CTRL).
      - No slow double-click rename.
      The following works just like normal:
      - Drag-selection works just like normal, so this can be used e.g. to quicky 
        unselect all items.
      - Left-clicking an item holding CTRL or SHIFT works just like normal.
      - Ctrl+Space toggles the selection of the focused item just like normal.
      NOTE: I like the new mode so much I made it the factory default. You will 
      upgrade directly into the new mode, no need to tweak.
    * Sticky Selection: Slightly improved behavior in analogy to the new 
      Checkbox Selection mode above:
      - Ctrl+Up/Down now moves the focus and displays the focused item in the 
        Info Panel, even if it's not selected.
    * SC SetColumns: Now toggling columns visibility using flag 32 also supports 
      canonic column names like "Extra 4" or "Custom 1", so you don't need to 
      pass the actual caption.
      Syntax: setcolumns([columns], [flags=0], [position])
        flags:      Options for set and get.
          32: Toggle column visibility. Only one column at a time, identified by 
              its case-insensitive caption (A==a). If no caption matches, the 
              canonic names are matched.
              Can only be combined with the Autosize columns flag (16).
      Examples:      
        setcolumns("path", 32); //toggle the Path column
        setcolumns("Mixed", 32); //toggle the Mixed column
        setcolumns("Custom 8", 32); //toggle the Custom 8 column

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