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v22.20.0209 - 2021-09-17 16:53
  +++ Visual Filters and Live Filters: Now you can filter lists by the data 
      shown in Custom Columns. Awesome.
      - You can reference the columns by their canonic name and also by their 
        caption (the latter can be ambiguous).
      - Like with other filters you can use numeric operators (>=, <, ==, etc) 
        and wildcards (*, ?). What makes sense when, only you can know since you 
        wrote the Custom Columns.
      - Note that the filtering also works for columns that are not currently 
        present in the list. So you now have handy shortcuts to ever so complex 
        filters. Mega awesome.

      - Examples:
      
        Filter Pattern        Used Column Reference    Matches
        ----------------------------------------------------------------
        cc18: >= 2            Canonic Name             all numbers >= 2
        Date Done: *25 days   Caption                  1 month  25 days
        
    + List: Experimentally added a new command "Set as Live Filter" (another 
      possible caption would be "Filter by This Property") to the 
      Ctrl+Right-Click menu of each cell in Details view. It seems to work well 
      with Custom Columns, but not with some of the other columns. Work in 
      progress...
    ! Preview: Previewing very large text files could lead to Error 6 
      (Overflow). Fixed.
    ! Content Search: A RegExp search of very large text files could lead to 
      Error 7 (Out of Memory). Fixed.
    ! Find Files: When searching by a Custom Column and this column returned a date 
      and the Format was set to "Age", the matching was falsely done by the absolute 
      date, not by the age term shown in the column. Fixed.
      This, for example, will find all items where the Custom Column "Date MC" 
      returns an age ending with "25 days":
        Date MC: *25 days
      Note that this search also works when the Custom Column is not currently 
      present in the list.
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v22.20.0210 - 2021-09-18 20:10
    + Find Files by Size: Now you can pass file sizes with units in the search 
      term. Also local thousand separators are handled now.
      Examples:
        
        Search Pattern          Notes
        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
        Size: 529 KB            assumes "KB (rounded up)" as unit
        Size: 528.49 KB         assumes "KB" (= KB rounded to 2 decimal places) as unit
        Size: <= 528.49 KB      ~ same as above ~
        Size: >= 500,000        assumes "B" (bytes) as unit
        Size: >= 500000         ~ same as above ~
        
        - Works independently of the current Size Column Format in the list.
        - Also works in Quick Search.
        
    + Find Files by Columns: Now you can prefix any column header (canonic name 
      or current caption) to the search term (separated by :).
      Examples:
        Ext: jpg
        Ext: j*g
        Size: >= 500000
        Size: 529 KB  (see "Find Files by Size" above)
        Modified: 2014-09-21 12:55:09
    + Visual Filters and Live Filters: All columns (apart from "Index") are supported now.
      Examples:
        Ext: jpg
        Ext: j*g
        Size: >= 500000
        Size: 529 KB
        Size: 528.49 KB
        Size: <= 528.49 KB
        Modified: 2014-09-21 12:55:09
        Label: Green
        Tags: Charlie
        Comment: More columns are supported now.
        Len: 108
        Attr: R           (R must be among the attributes)
        AttrList: HSDJI   (attributes must perfectly match)
    > Note that the "Index" column contains an internal value that cannot be 
      searched or filtered. All other columns should work now.
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v22.20.0211 - 2021-09-18 21:11
    ! Visual Filters and Live Filters: Filtering by Size did not work yet where 
      thousand separators were combined with units, e.g. "Size: 5,318 KB". Fixed.
    > Note that handling thousand separators only works when they are commas.
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v22.20.0212 - 2021-09-19 13:06
    + Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Columns: Added option "On 
      autosize disregard the column headers". Tick it to mind only the column 
      contents, not the headers, when autosizing. Can save a lot of horizontal 
      space if you have long-named columns with short contents.
      Note that there is a certain minimum width guaranteed so you can at least 
      guess what the header is saying, especially when the sort symbol is also
      present in the column.
      FYI, this option raises tweak AutoSizeIgnoreHeader to UI.
    + List: Now you get tooltips for column headers that are only partially 
      visible due to sizing or scrolling.
    + Find Files by Size and Filters: Handling thousand separators now also works 
      when they are periods (as eg in German locale).
    ! Find Files by Size: Non-KB patterns like "Size: 3 MB" or "Size: >=2.83 MB" 
      did not work yet correctly. Fixed.
    ! Set as Live Filter: Did not work yet for Date columns if "Show Age" was in 
      effect. Fixed. Now always the absolute date is used for the Live Filter.
    > List: Remember that the Ctrl+Right-Click menu of each cell in Details view 
      (with the cool new "Set as Live Filter" command) can also be opened 
      one-handedly using the "rocker-click" (Left-Mouse-Down + Right-Mouse-Click).
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v22.20.0213 - 2021-09-19 17:44
    + Batch Rename: Now it has progress feedback in the status bar.
    % Clipboard Markers: Turned out that the Clipboard Markers were poorly 
      implemented and caused heavy delays when the number of items in the 
      clipboard was high. Improved in 2 ways:
      - Now when both of these settings are OFF...
        - Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Clipboard Markers | Dimmed icons
        - Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Clipboard Markers | Colored lines
        ... no work related to the markers is done anymore.
      - There is a limit now up to which Clipboard Markers are processed and 
        shown. The factory default is 1000 (= up to 1000 items in the clipboard).
        This value can be tweaked here:
          ClipboardMarkersLimit=1000
    * MLS: Internally updated to version 8.135.
      > TRANSLATORS: Please wait until Reference_8.135.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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v22.20.0214 - 2021-09-20 16:00
    + Find Files and Quick Search: Now you can find files by their Shell 
      Properties even when such a column is currently not present in the list. 
      These are the properties that are available in the "Property Columns". You 
      find a list of them here: Configuration | Information | File Info Tips & 
      Hover Box | Show these fields
      Simply use the Property name as selector, for example:
        Item type: TXT File
    + Find Files and Quick Search: Now you can find files by their Special 
      Properties even when such a column is currently not present in the list. 
      Simply use the Special Property name (as you see it in the "Select Special 
      Property" dialog that you can show when you right-click a such a column 
      header) as selector, for example:
        MD5: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
        Aspect Ratio: 2:3
      Alternatively you can use the internal selector (if you know it ... see 
      below). It is locale independent and pretty safe against ambiguities (the 
      user could have one or more Custom Columns named "MD5" which would make 
      the actual outcome of the simple forms above unpredictable):
        hash.md5: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
        aspectratio: 2:3
      Note that the old way still works. It is more clumsy and harder to remember 
      but even more safe against ambiguities:
        prop:#hash.md5: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
        prop:#aspectratio: 2:3
      There aren't any notable speed difference between the alternatives.
    + Now you can show the internal Special Property selectors (e.g. "hash.md5") 
      in the "Select Special Property" dialog if you hold CTRL down while 
      opening the dialog. They are canonic, i.e. locale independent.
    + Live Filter Box: Now Shell Properties and Special Properties are 
      supported. Works independently of any currently visible columns.
      Patterns are identical to the ones used in Find Files, for example:
        Item type: TXT File
        MD5: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
        Aspect Ratio: 2:3
    % Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Columns | Always autosize the 
      Size column: Less flicker when changing locations while Show Folder Sizes is 
      enabled.
    ! Set as Live Filter: Did not work yet for the Type column. Fixed.
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v22.20.0215 - 2021-09-20 20:01
    ! Configuration | Colors and Styles | Styles | Columns | Autofit the width 
      of the Name column: Under certain conditions a horizontal scrollbar 
      appeared when it should not.
    ! Configuration dialog: It was smaller than necessary on small screens of a 
      certain size. Fixed.
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v22.20.0216 - 2021-09-20 20:25
    ! List: Column headers were destroyed on tab change in the last beta. Fixed.
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v22.20.0217 - 2021-09-21 18:51
    + Cell Context Menu: Added command "Quick Search". Will run a Quick Search 
      looking for that property.
    * Cell Context Menu | Set as Live Filter: Renamed it to "Live Filter".
    * Cell Context Menu: Moved "Live Filter" and "Quick Search" to the top.
    + Configuration | General | Menus, Mouse, Usability | Context Menus: Added 
      option "Hold Ctrl to show cell context menu" (default is ON). Untick to 
      pop the Cell Context Menu by a simple right-click without holding CTRL.
      - That way the new cell-oriented functions are more easily accessible.
      - If unticked you still can pop the standard Edit context menu by holding 
        CTRL (or by "rocker-click"). So this setting swaps the need for CTRL 
        between the two possible context menus.
    ! Set as Live Filter: Did not work yet for some columns with a space in the 
      name. Fixed.
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v22.20.0218 - 2021-09-22 11:32
    + List | Information Bars: Experimentally added a single-click way to close 
      the bar and the related function. You'll see a little cross at the right 
      end of the bar. If you click that right-end square marked by the cross the 
      bar will close (more exactly: will do the same that a double-click would do).
      It's totally basic, no hover-effect, no tooltip.
    * Live Filter Box: Now when filled programmatically (not by typing, but e.g. 
      by toggling) the beginning of the pattern is visible (not scrolled out of 
      view) even if the pattern is longer than the box. That way you can always 
      see the selector.
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v22.20.0219 - 2021-09-22 20:05
    > Added debug logging to fix a freezing problem.
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v22.20.0220 - 2021-09-23 14:47
    + Visual Filters: Now Boolean AND can also be written as " & ".
      Before, only " AND " (case-insensitive) worked.
    + Visual Filters: Now Boolean OR can also be written as " OR " (case-insensitive).
      Before, only "|" and ";" worked.
    * Visual Filters: Removed a singular inconsisteny with Visual Filters and 
      Live Filters. They were the only places where surrounding spaces for | 
      (for Boolean OR) were not mandatory. Now they are mandatory.
      This change might break some of your code but consistency pays off in the 
      long run. If you want to preserve the old state, here's a tweak:
        VFAllowSinglePipeOR=1
      For upgraders the tweak is set automatically (XY never breaks old code). 
      But it's recommended to set it to 0 so you are guided to full consistency 
      and can safely share patterns with new users for whom surrounding spaces 
      are mandatory.
    + Color Filters: Now Boolean AND can also be written as " & ".
      Before, only " AND " (case-insensitive) worked.
    + Color Filters: Now Boolean OR can also be written as " OR " (case-insensitive)
      and " | " (surrounding spaces needed).
      Before, only ";" worked.
    > Summary of available binary Boolean operators:
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        AND       OR           Notes
      Visual Filters    AND &     OR | ;       
      Live Filters      AND &     OR | ;       always 100% identical to Visual Filters
      Color Filters     AND &     OR | ;       not all selectors are supported yet 
      Quick Search      AND &     OR | ;
      Find Files Name   AND &     OR | ;       always 100% identical to Quick Search
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------
      - Apart from ";" all Boolean operators have to be surrounded by spaces.
      - Both AND and OR are case-insensitive everywhere, i.e. "and" and "or" 
        work as well.
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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v22.20.0221 - 2021-09-23 15:39
    ! Tree: Freeze on auto-refreshing a network drive. Fixed.
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v22.20.0222 - 2021-09-24 15:10
    * Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Auto-Refresh: 
      Reorganized the options in two sections, "Method" and "Scope".
    * Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Auto-Refresh | 
      Auto-refresh: Renamed it to "Watch the current location". Tick it to 
      automatically refresh Tree and List on file system changes in the current 
      location.
    + Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Method: Added option 
      "Listen to file system notifications". Tick it to automatically refresh 
      Tree and List on file system changes anywhere. Depending on your system 
      this can lead to more refresh events than you might like or need. Hence 
      you now have the option to turn it off.
      FYI, this option raises tweak DisableSHChangeNotifyRegister to UI (with 
      inverted logic).
    > Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Scope: The settings 
      here apply to both methods.
    + Visual Filters and Live Filters: Now, by factory default, you can invert a 
      whole Boolean expression ("master-invert") by wrapping it into parentheses 
      and prefixing a !:
        Example:            Size: 529 KB | Name:*.txt       = Size OR Name
        Master-Inversion:   !(Size: 529 KB | Name:*.txt)    = NOT (Size OR Name)
      That way you can use a mere ! to just invert the first part of the expression:
        Example:           !Size: 529 KB | Name:*.txt       = (NOT Size) OR Name
    > UPGRADERS: To prevent breaking old code a tweak is auto-set for upgraders 
      that keeps it as it was before:
        VFAllowMasterInvertOldWay=1
      The old way:
        !Size: 529 KB | Name:*.txt       = NOT (Size OR Name)
        !(Size: 529 KB | Name:*.txt)     = NOT ("(Size" OR "Name)") (= total rubbish)
      It is recommend that you update your scripts and set 
      VFAllowMasterInvertOldWay=0 to enjoy the benefits of the new syntax.
    ! Aliases: The nesting of aliases using <get ...> was limited. It's not 
      anymore. Now you can do this:
      Define (via Address Bar) a deeply nested alias in e.g. 3 steps (any number 
      of steps are possible):
        @dir1=C:\Test
        @dir2=<get alias dir1>\SubLevel1
        @dir3=<get alias dir2>\SubLevel2
      Use it successfully:
        @dir3       'resolves to C:\Test\SubLevel1\SubLevel2\
    - Removed these main menu commands:
      - #356 - View | Tab | Filter By Selected Extension(s)   (Ctrl+Alt+J)
        (added in v5.40.0023 - 2006-11-20 10:30)
      - #357 - View | Tab | Filter Out Selected Extension(s)  (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+J)
        (added in v6.10.0048 - 2007-06-22 10:02)
      Reason: Not needed anymore. The functionality is now covered by other 
      functions, or can be scripted.
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v22.20.0223 - 2021-09-25 13:08
    + Cell Context Menu: Now you can modify by keyboard what happens when you 
      click "Live Filter".
              Click => Filter list by the selected property (replace any current filter)
         Ctrl+Click => Boolean AND the selected property to the current filter (if any)
        Shift+Click => Boolean OR the selected property to the current filter (if any)
      No smartness built in. It just appends " & [selected property]" or " | 
      [selected property]" to whatever is in the box.
    * Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Auto-Refresh | Watch 
      the current location: Renamed it back to "Auto-Refresh". Needs to be 
      consistent with the main menu "View | Auto-Refresh".
    * Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Auto-Refresh | Listen 
      to file system notifications: Renamed it to "Respond to file system 
      notifications".
    * Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Auto-Refresh: Removed 
      sections "Method" and "Scope". Unnecessary.
    * Configuration | General | Refresh, Icons, History | Auto-Refresh: Revised 
      the logic. The checkbox "Auto-refresh" is the main switch again.
    % Speed: Browsing, searching and calculating folder sizes all got a little 
      bit faster. Removed an unnecessary operation that was triggered *very 
      often* for nothing.
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