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v18.20.0200 - 2017-08-05 15:00
    = MAINTENANCE RELEASE.
  +++ Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

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v18.20.0201 - 2017-08-19 15:21
    * Age: The unit "week(s)" has been replaced by the unit "month(s)". The 
      latter appears to be easier to process for most brains.
      The average length of a month is taken as 30.436875 days, which is the 
      12th part of 365.2425 (the average length of a year in days).
    ! Age Circles: Drawing glitch with checkboxes in Extra Columns when Age 
      Circles were shown. Fixed.

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v18.20.0202 - 2017-08-20 18:04
    * Configuration | Tags | Toggle Labels by Label column click: Experimentally 
      this setting now also applies to Tags in the Tags column, and to Comments 
      in the Comments column.
      The caption of the setting will be adjusted later if the experiment is 
      successful.
    * Click and Search: Now when you click an item in a "Click and Search" 
      category any switches in the category are combined with any switches in 
      the item. Before, switches in the item were ignored when switches were 
      present in the category.

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v18.20.0203 - 2017-08-21 13:47
    * Tags: Now the last used Comment is stored between sessions. This had 
      already been done for the last used Labels and Tags.
    ! Locale related errors when reading binary files because in some contexts 
      there still were some non-binary-safe conversions. As far as I see only 
      East-Asian locales were affected by this bug. Fixed.

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v18.20.0204 - 2017-08-21 20:15
    * Configuration | Tags | Toggle Labels by Label column click: Renamed the 
      setting to "Toggle tags by column click" matching the new functionality 
      added in v18.20.0202.    
    * Info Panel | Tags: Now the "Edit Text" font (Configuration | Fonts | Edit 
      Text) is used where tags or comments can be typed in. This is consistent 
      with other interfaces where tags or comments can be edited.
    ! Tags: Deleting several tagged files at once, or folder containing several 
      tagged files, could lead to a crash if those files were at the very end of 
      the alphabetically sorted list of all tagged items. Fixed.

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v18.20.0206 - 2017-08-22 20:40
    + SC ReadFile enhanced by new "raw bytes" mode which allows a binary-safe 
      reading of bytes without any codepage-related conversion.
      Name:   ReadFile
      Action: Read data from file into string.
      Syntax: readfile([filename], [mode], [numbytes])
        filename: file full path/name, or relative to current path
                  defaults to the current file
        mode:
          t:  [default] text
              whether file is ASCII or UNICODE is auto-detected
          b:  binary (converts bytes according to the active codepage)
              corresponds to mode "b" in WriteFile()
          r:  raw bytes (binary safe, no conversion) 
              corresponds to mode "r" in WriteFile()
      Examples (showing the first 50 bytes of the current file as hex dump):
        text hexdump(readfile( , "b", 50), , "b");  //conversions possible
        text hexdump(readfile( , "r", 50), , "b");  //you see the true bytes
      Obviously, the "r" mode is recommended when doing a hex dump.
    ! File | To Clipboard | Text: The copied the raw bytes to the clipboard when 
      in fact it should have copied the interpreted bytes, e.g. decoded UTF-8 
      etc. Fixed.
    ! The locale related fix in v18.20.0203 has gone too far. The preview of 
      normal texts did not use the default codepage, e.g. Arabic, anymore. 
      Fixed. 

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v18.20.0207 - 2017-08-23 13:52
    + Tweak TouchScreenMode: Experimentally added a tweak to force bigger icons 
      in Tree, List, and Catalog. Big enough to be touched with big fingers.
        TouchScreenMode=0   'normal (usually 16x16 at 100% screen resolution)
        TouchScreenMode=1   '32x32
        TouchScreenMode=2   '48x48
      This allows you to carry XY on a stick to any touchscreen system and still 
      use it without changing the host system display settings or bringing a mouse.
    ! Drives did not auto-refresh after mapping a network drive (Win 10 only). 
      Fixed.

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v18.20.0208 - 2017-08-24 16:23
    + SC tweak: Added "TouchScreenMode", examples:
        tweak("TouchScreenMode", 0); //set to 1 (16x16)
        tweak("TouchScreenMode", 1); //set to 1 (32x32)
        tweak("TouchScreenMode", 2); //set to 2 (48x48)
      So now you can play with TouchScreenMode on the fly.
    + SC tweak enhanced: Added a "value2" parameter which allows toggling 
      between two specific values.
      Syntax: tweak(key, [value], [value2])
        key:    Name of the setting (identical to its INI key).
        value:  Numeric. Desired value of the setting.
                If "" then value is toggled between 1 and 0.
                If missing then only the current value is returned.
        value2: Numeric. If passed then the function toggles between value and value2.
        return: The old value before the tweak was applied.
      Examples:
        tweak("TouchScreenMode", 1, 0); //toggle 1 and 0
        tweak("TouchScreenMode", "");   //toggle 1 and 0, old way
        tweak("TouchScreenMode", 2, 0); //toggle 2 and 0
        tweak("TouchScreenMode", 2, 1); //toggle 2 and 1
        tweak("TouchScreenMode", 1, 2); //toggle 1 and 2

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v18.20.0300 - 2017-08-25 12:00
    = MAINTENANCE RELEASE.
  +++ Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

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v18.20.0301 - 2017-08-25 18:58
    + Menu View | Views: Added toggle "Touchscreen Mode". Currently Touchscreen 
      Mode means bigger icons in Tree, List, and Catalog. Big enough to be 
      touched with big fingers.
      Raises the former tweak "TouchScreenMode" to an official setting.
    + Toolbar: Added toggle button "Touchscreen Mode".
    * TouchScreenMode: Totally reorganized it internally. Split it into an 
      on/off toggle and a properties variable (bit field).
        TouchScreenMode = (0 or 1)
        TouchScreenModeProps = (0 or 1) '0 = 32x32 icon size; 1 = 48x48 icon size
      The former is now a menu command, and also a toolbar button. The latter is 
      currently still a tweak (more significant bits might be added later to it).
    - SC tweak: Removed "TouchScreenMode".
    * MLS: Internally updated to version 8.92.
      > TRANSLATORS: Please wait until Reference_8.92.lng is uploaded.
        You will be notified if you have subscribed to this thread:
        https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9648

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v18.20.0302 - 2017-08-26 21:11
    + Toolbar | Touchscreen Mode: Now the button has its own context menu, where 
      you can manage all available properties of the Touchscreen Mode, including 
      the new property "Scale Font".
      - Large Icons: usually 32x32
      - Extra Large Icons: usually 48x48
      - Scale Font: If checked the font is upscaled by 33.33% on turning into 
        the mode (e.g. from 9 to 12), and downscaled by 25% when turning out of 
        the mode (e.g. from 12 to 9). Affected are all controls that are enabled 
        in Configuration | Fonts | Main Contents | Apply to...
        Note that the command is disabled when the Touchscreen Mode is active 
        else the font sizes could easily get out of sync. So you should make the 
        decision about font scaling beforehand.
      Now the Touchscreen Mode can also be used as an ad-hoc eyesight booster.
    + Status Bar: Now when items are hidden in the list, the left-most section of 
      the Status Bar shows an icon pointing at the reason of it.

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v18.20.0303 - 2017-08-27 13:09
    + Toolbar | Touchscreen Mode: Now "Scale Font" is always available, also 
      when in Touchscreen Mode.
    + Toolbar | Touchscreen Mode: Now List columns are autosized as needed.
    * SC Text: Increased default width from 600 to 800.
      Syntax: text text, [width=800], [height=400], [caption], [wrap], [linebreaker="<br>"]
    * SC HexDump enhanced: The "unicode" argument has more values now.
      Syntax: hexdump(string, [unicode], [switches])
        unicode:  (bit field) [optional]
                  0 = left section:   show one hex byte per character [Default]
                      right section:  show one character per hex byte
                  1 = left section:   show two hex bytes per character
                  2 = right section:  show one character per two hex bytes
      Examples:
        text hexdump("text", 0);  //00000000: 74 65 78 74                                       text            
        text hexdump("text", 1);  //00000000: 74 00 65 00 78 00 74 00                           t.e.x.t.        
        text hexdump("text", 2);  //00000000: 74 65 78 74                                       <2 Chinese characters>
        text hexdump("text", 3);  //00000000: 74 00 65 00 78 00 74 00                           text            
    * SC ReadFile: The recently added "r" mode is now called "ru". The "r" mode 
      was changed to keep the original number of bytes. Only then it really 
      corresponds to SC writefile "r" mode.
      Name:   ReadFile
      Action: Read data from file into string.
      Syntax: readfile([filename], [mode], [numbytes])
        filename: file full path/name, or relative to current path
                  defaults to the current file
        mode:
          t:  [default] text
              whether file is ASCII or UNICODE is auto-detected
          b:  binary (converts bytes according to the active codepage)
              corresponds to mode "b" in WriteFile()
          r:  raw bytes (binary safe, no conversion) 
              corresponds to mode "r" in WriteFile()
          ru: like "r" but converted to unicode (2 bytes per character) and thus 
              displayable as text
      Examples:
        // showing the first 50 bytes of the current file as hex dump:
        text hexdump(readfile( , "b", 50));     //conversions possible
        text hexdump(readfile( , "r", 50), 1);  //you see the true bytes
        text hexdump(readfile( , "ru", 50));    //you see the true bytes
        // read and write the current file in "r" mode; source and target will
        // be 100% identical independently of your locale
        writefile("test-out.txt", readfile(, "r"), , "r");
      Obviously, the "ru" mode is recommended when doing a hex dump.
    * SC WriteFile: Added an "ru" mode corresponding to "ru" in SC ReadFile.
      Syntax: writefile(filename, data, [on_exist], [mode])
        mode:
          t:  [default] text; auto-detects whether text can be written as ASCII 
              or needs to be written as UNICODE
          ta: text ASCII (1 byte per char); wide chars (upper Unicode) are represented by "?"
              NOTE: will convert unicode text to ANSI according to the current codepage!
          tu: text UNICODE (2 bytes per char);
              auto-puts UTF-16 LE BOM at file beginning (LE BOM = Little Endian 
              Byte Order Mark: 0xFFFE)
          b:  same as "ta", but kept for symmetry with SC readfile's "b" mode.
          r:  raw bytes: writes the passed bytes without any conversion;
              note that in literal text each character has 2 bytes
              (same as "tu", but without auto-BOM)
          ru: like "r" but converted from unicode (2 bytes per character) down 
              to 1 byte per character
      Example:
        // read and write the current file in "ru" mode; source and target will
        // be 100% identical independently of your locale
        writefile("test-out.txt", readfile(, "ru"), , "ru");
      Note, however, that using "r" modes is recommended for speed:
        writefile("test-out.txt", readfile(, "r"), , "r");

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v18.20.0304 - 2017-08-28 16:20
    + Mouse Down Blow Up: Now also SVG files (Scalable Vector Graphics) are 
      supported. Since I yet failed to determine the desired dimensions, I 
      hard-coded the blow up to 256x256 pixels.
  *** Branch View and Search Results: You now can paste items into them! This 
      had been forbidden for many years but the new edition is made from 
      Valyrian steel and can take it without shaking.
      Note that in Multi Location Searches, or Multi Branch View, the common 
      parent folder is used as destination.

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v18.20.0305 - 2017-08-28 20:20
    * SC input: Increased default width from 600 to 800.
    * SC inputselect: Increased default width from 600 to 800.
    * View | Mini Tree | Mini Tree From Recent: Changed the default number of 
      paths used from the recent history from 4 to 12. The change only affects 
      fresh installations.
      FYI, this number can be tweaked here:
        MiniTreeHistoryDepth=12
    * Updated the help file.

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v18.20.0307 - 2017-08-29 13:30
    + Find Files: The /types switch now supports wildcards. This gives you nice 
      options when looking for items by their extensions:
        /types=????*      Find all files with extensions of length 4 or more
        /types=??;????    Find all files with extensions of length 2 or 4
        /types=i*;j*      Find all files with extensions beginning with i or j
    ! Find Files: The /types switch was case-sensitive. E.g. /types=JPG did not 
      match *.jpg files. Fixed.
    ! Touchscreen Mode: Tree drawing glitch. Fixed.
    ! Touchscreen Mode: Crash when running it in Drives listing. Fixed.

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