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v7.90.0079 - 2009-01-28 13:34
    * Menu Favorites | Comment...: Now with KS support.
    * List | Tag and Comment columns: Now you get tooltips for cropped 
      contents. If you use symbols on the Tag column and your labels are 
      longer than 2 letters and your Tag column width is minimized then 
      you will get tooltips for the symbols as well.
    + File Tags: For developers and hardcore users there's a new
      undocumented and unsupported SC edittags. It works directly on the 
      memory (not on tag.dat), and it works well... :)

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v7.90.0078 - 2009-01-27 21:16
    * File Tags: Now you can move, rename, or delete tagged items and 
      the tag database (tag.dat) should remain intact.
      These are the rules:
      - MOVE items
        - tags move along with the items
        - special case: moved item overwrites existing item:
          new tag overwrites any old tag
          new tag overwrites non-tag
          non-tag does NOT overwrite old tag: old tag stays
      - RENAME items
        - tags stay
      - DELETE items
        - tags are removed
      - COPY items
        - no action on tags:
          new targets (the "copies") have no tags;
          overwritten targets keep any tags they might have
        Reasons:
        - otherwise tags would quickly multiply on your system making it 
          slow and heavy
        - you can tag an item e.g. as "original" and the copy will not 
          inherit that tag
      Note that I took a lot of effort to make this as quick as possible 
      but it should be clear that synchronizing a large tag database 
      takes time. 
    ! File Tags: Tags were not shown in subfolders of recursive search 
      results. Fixed.
    ! File Tags: Column clicks did not work in Find mode. Fixed.
    * MRUs: Now, patterns from the following commands are not added to 
      the command's MRU list anymore when triggered via scripting:
        VisualFilter        (::filter)
        BatchRename         (::rename "b")
        RegExpRename        (::rename "r")
        SearchReplace       (::rename "s")
        KeepParticularChars (::rename "k")

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v7.90.0077 - 2009-01-26 17:04
    ! File Tags: Fixed column left click glitch.
    * File Tags: Added "Remove Comment" to column right click.

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v7.90.0075 - 2009-01-26 13:59
    % Toolbar: Now you can repeatedly left-click a button real fast to 
      get quickly repeated actions. Before, any sequences faster than your 
      system DblClick time would be registered as a DblClick and not 
      trigger a second action.
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name:   utf8decode()
      Action: Decodes UTF-8 encoded string.
      Syntax: utf8decode(string)
      Example:
        ::echo(utf8decode("Köln")); //Köln
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name:   utf8encode()
      Action: Encodes a string to UTF-8.
      Syntax: utf8encode(string)
      Example:
        ::echo(utf8encode("Köln")); //Köln
    ! File Tags: Fixed a couple of glitches.
    * File Tags: Reorganized the column clicking behavior.
      Tag column:
      - Left-click: toggles default tag / no tag.
      - Right-click: shows menu, now with Cancel item.
      Comment column:
      - Left-click: nothing special = normal white click.
      - Right-click: shows menu, now with "Last Comment" item (not saved 
        across sessions).
      Behavior can be turned on/off in Configuration | Tags:
      - Option "Toggle tags by Tag column click"
      - Option "Popup by Tag/Cmt column right-click"
      Note that, of course, the above column clicking does not work if 
      Full Row Select is enabled.
    ! List: Drawing was not well clipped in very narrow columns. Fixed.
    ! Statusbar did not show version info anymore. Fixed.

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v7.90.0074 - 2009-01-25 10:06
    + File Tags: Now, when in Details view and with Tag column visible, 
      you can right-click directly into the column to (un)tag items 
      using a popup menu with all available tags.
    * List: Reduced the minimal width for columns from 28 to 18 pixels. 
      Now you can minimize your Tag column with "Symbol" style nicely. 
      Also other columns happen to be abbreviated nicely to first letter 
      plus dot (e.g. "S.") if you use Tahoma 8.
    + File Tags: Now, when in Details view and with Comment column 
      visible, you can click directly into the column to comment items! 
      Selections are not affected by this click.

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v7.90.0070 - 2009-01-24 16:21
    + File Tags: Now, when in Details view and with Tag column visible, 
      you can click directly into the column to (un)tag items! It 
      toggles between the last used tag and no tag. Selections are not 
      affected by this click.
    + Menu File | Settings: Added "Save Tags and Comments".
    + Menu Favorites: Added "Last Tag". Assign a KS to it and 
      you have a quick way to tag files using the last used tag.
    * File Tags: Now, setting tags via menu will only affect selected 
      items. Before, the focused (but unselected) item was tagged if no 
      item was selected. However, the new way is better for setting 
      another default tag without actually tagging an item.
    + Configuration | Tags: Added button to remove all tags.
    * Info Panel | Version: Now the version info for the current file is 
      only retrieved if/when the Version tab is visible.
    ! Menu View | Folder View Settings: Menu was not correctly updated 
      after toggling "Enable Folder View Settings". Fixed.
    ! Tree: In narrow style clicking between +/- and icon would not do 
      anything. Fixed: Now it does like clicking directly on +/-.

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v7.90.0067 - 2009-01-23 18:36
    + Configuration: Added new page for Tags.
      Show tags and comments: Uncheck it to stop showing tags and 
      comments in the file list. Useful to speed up browsing when you 
      have tagged a large number of items but do not need colors or tags 
      at the moment. Note that reading and writing tag.dat is not 
      affected by this setting.
      Customize tag names and colors: Self-evident. Note that the menu 
      icons for tags in the main window will adjust to the back colors 
      you have chosen -- nice programming job I'd say... :D
      Note the following extra functions of the buttons (also in the 
      buttons' tooltips):
      - Edit: Hold CTRL to reset all to factory defaults.
      - Text Color: Hold CTRL to reset to default color.
      - Back Color: Hold CTRL to reset to default color. Hold SHIFT to 
        remove any back color.
      Tips:
      - DblClick an item to edit its Back Color.
      - You can move the items by dragging them.
      - The Help is not yet updated, relax.
    + Toolbar | Tags: Now there's a right-click menu with some 
      additional commands. Note: When you select a tag from the right-
      click menu then the button will *not* change its default to this 
      tag but keep the old default.
      Toggle item "Show Tags" is identical to checkbox "Show tags and 
      comments" in configuration, I just used a short form for the 
      looks.
    * tag.dat: Added one empty line (reserved for future mind-blowing 
      ideas...) to the header. This means your first tagged file will be 
      ignored on first startup of this version. Hey, this is BETA.
    * Menu File: If you use any of the "Copy Here with Suffix..." 
      functions while the focus is on the Tree, you will now get a 
      warning prompt since it is assumed that you'd normally use these 
      functions with List items rather than Tree items.

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v7.90.0066 - 2009-01-22 13:50
    + Toolbar: Added button (avec arrow) that pops a menu featuring the 
      defined tags, now with pretty icons. The last used tag is 
      remembered and mapped to the main button click.
    + Menu Favorites | Tags: Now you can assign KSs to the tags.
    ! FVS: There was a little bug related to the new Tag and Comment 
      columns. Unexpectedly all eleven columns were shown in Details 
      mode under certain conditions. Fixed.

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v7.90.0065 - 2009-01-21 22:43
    ! All functions between #490 and #510 did not work anymore via KS 
      since some days ago. Fixed.
    ! Untagging more than one item at once was buggy and could lead to 
      crashes. Fixed.
    ! Starting up with out an existing tag.dat would lead to a crash at 
      shutdown. Fixed.

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v7.90.0064 - 2009-01-21 15:33
    + Menu Favorites: Added submenu "Tags", where you can assign any out 
      of seven predefined tags to all currently selected items (or to the 
      focused item if none is selected), or remove them by selecting 
      "None".
    + Menu Favorites: Added command "Comment...", where you can assign a 
      comment to all currently selected items (or to the focused item if 
      none is selected), or remove any comments by entering nothing.
    * File Tags: Now, Tag and Comment columns are auto-updated when you 
      show them after loading a list. No need to do F5 anymore.
    * File Tags: Now, the tag definitions (colors and labels) are written 
      to the 2nd line of tag.dat. Format per tag:
        Caption|TextColor|BackColor; (colors in RRGGBB)
      The factory defaults for the seven tags are:
        Red||FB665D; Orange||F6AB46; Yellow||EFDC4A;
        Green||B5D74A; Blue||5DA4FE; Violet||C190D9; Grey||AAAAAA
      You will later get a GUI for editing the values. For now you can 
      edit tag.dat manually. To go back to factory defaults leave line 
      #2 empty.
      Note that you cannot add more tags (they will be silently 
      ignored). I decided to start with a maximum of 7 tags.
    + Visual Filter: Now you can define a filter to apply only to files 
      but show all folders. Simply prefix "\|" to the pattern. For 
      example, show only *.txt files and all folders:
        \|*.txt
    ! Scripting: The combination of multi-line comments and HereDoc 
      could lead to problems. Fixed, part 2.

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v7.90.0062 - 2009-01-20 11:22
    * File Tags: Now the coloring always happens, even if the columns 
      Tag and Comment are hidden.
    ! The List got badly confused in Find mode since yesterday. Fixed.
    + startup.ini: Now you can state a path relative to the application 
      path, for example:
        [Appdata]
        Path=appdata
    * Tree: Now when the bottom child of a node is deleted then its 
      parent is selected. Before, the next row was selected.
    ! Scripting: The combination of multi-line comments and HereDoc 
      could lead to problems. Fixed.
    * SC strrepeat: Now the count argument is optional (default is 0).
      Syntax: strrepeat(string, [count=0])

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v7.90.0060 - 2009-01-19 14:43
    + List: You got new columns, "Tag" and "Comment"!
      There's still no GUI for tagging files but you can already play 
      with comments by editing tag.dat using this simple format:
        File|TagID|Comment
      For example:
        C:\CONFIG.SYS|6|Do I need this file?
      The "Tag" column is filled with the default captions for the 
      currently hard-coded color schemes. Later you can edit this.
      
      Notes
      ~~~~~
      - For performance reasons the tags are retrieved only if at 
        least one tag-based column is visible, i.e. either "Tag" or 
        "Comment". If you add the column(s) only after browsing, you 
        have to do a refresh (F5) to fill the columns and show any tag 
        colors.
      - Capitalization matters. If you manually edit tag.dat you must 
        care for the right capitalization of the file names. Reason: 
        Again for performance reasons, the comparisons are done by byte, 
        not by character.
        Note, however, that once the GUI is implemented there is not 
        much reason to manually edit tag.dat -- unless you are a 
        hardcore power scripter...
            
    + File Tags: The colors are now painted over the file name only. This 
      better matches the similar "Highlight Folders" feature in Tree, and 
      there are less conflicts with other kinds of markings in the List.
    * Command/Button "Mini Tree": Now, when toggling from Maxi to (last) 
      Mini Tree, the current path is kept even if it is not part of the 
      last Mini Tree. So, no change of location will happen using this 
      command.
    * Menu View | Mini Tree: Replaced the rather useless command 
      "Convert to Mini Tree" by "Minimize Tree" which will reduce the tree 
      to show just the current node.
    ! The last used Mini Tree was not saved when the app was closed in 
      Maxi Tree mode. Fixed.
    ! On startup, the combination of Mini Tree and a "non-matching" 
      Permanent Startup Path involved an unnecessary temporary selection 
      of the Mini Tree's first path. Fixed.

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v7.90.0057 - 2009-01-18 14:56
    + Added experimental tweak to enable logon dialogs in MiniTree mode.
        [General]
        MiniTreeVerifyOnSelect=1
    * Scripting function "input()" enhanced: Added arguments [width] and 
      [height] (used for multiline input only).
      Name:   Input
      Action: Returns user input.
      Syntax: input(topic, [notes], [default], [style=s], _
                     [cancel], [width=600], [height=400]
        width:    Width of window in pixels (minimum: 250; maximum: 
                  screen width; default: 600).
                  For multiline input only.
        height:   Height of window in pixels (minimum: 150; maximum: 
                  screen height; default: 400).
                  For multiline input only.
    * Multiline edit controls were limited to 30,000 characters. The 
      limit has been raised to 4GB-1 (4 gigabytes minus 1). This means 
      e.g. that you can now edit text files of virtually any length 
      using scripting function "input()".
    ! List: Drag-selecting in non-Details views had a drawing glitch for 
      a couple of versions. Files were not drawn as unselected when 
      removing the focus rect from them, although internally they were 
      correctly unselected. Fixed.
    ! Menu Scripting | Try Script: Could lead to "Error 91" when Step 
      was auto-enabled by the Try Script dialog AND the script closed the 
      app. Fixed.
    * Mini Tree: Now the "Mini Tree" command and Toolbar button does 
      toggle between Maxi Tree and the last used Mini Tree. Before it 
      would minimize the Tree to just show the current location -- a 
      functionality which turned out to be not extremely useful.
      If your current location is not part of the last used Mini Tree, 
      you will automatically be carried away from it to the default 
      location of the last used Mini Tree.

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v7.90.0055 - 2009-01-17 15:41
    ! File Tags: Little drawing glitch depending on your list styles. 
      Fixed.

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v7.90.0054 - 2009-01-17 14:49
  +++ File Tags. This is work in progress, but to keep you excited I 
      decided to already give you something to play with.
      File Tags will brings you two things: File Colors and File 
      Comments. The latter is not done yet, but the former works 
      already.
      
      File Colors
      ~~~~~~~~~~~
      There is no GUI implemented yet, but the basic idea is that you 
      can one-click-assign a color scheme (text and back color) to the 
      selected list items. Contrary to "Color Filters" this is not 
      wildcard/pattern-based but works on specific files. You might know 
      such a feature from MS Word or from Mac OS ("Color Labels").
      I used all tricks to make it real fast so that it should be able 
      to handle thousands of tagged files against huge folders and with 
      lots of color schemes.
      There are 7 default color schemes hard-coded currently (index 1 -
      7). In a later stage will be able to add more schemes and edit the 
      default ones.
      Later you will be able to move/rename files *with* the color 
      (currently the color will be lost).
      Later you will be able to search files by File Color -- an 
      interesting new way to group files. The search will be *very* fast 
      since only the database (tag.dat) has to be searched, not your 
      disks!
      Later there will be a new column "Color" by which you can sort the 
      files in each folder.
      
      The Database: tag.dat
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      I decided to give it a human-friendly format. All File Tag data 
      are stored in an UTF-16 Text File named "tag.dat" (in <xydata>) --
      a small header followed by one line per tagged file. The lines are 
      organized like this:
        Filename|Color Scheme Index [a number from 1 to 7]
      Later:
        Filename|Color Scheme Index|Comment
      
      Example for tag.dat:
      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
      XYplorer File Tags v1
      
      D:\www\xyplorer.com\code\tour\inc_catalog.php|1
      D:\www\xyplorer.com\code\tour\inc_cks.php|2
      D:\www\xyplorer.com\code\tour\inc_fvs.php|6
      D:\www\xyplorer.com\code\tour\inc_intro700.php|5
      D:\www\xyplorer.com\code\tour\inc_minitree.php|7
      D:\www\xyplorer.com\code\tour\inc_pom.php|3
      D:\www\xyplorer.com\code\tour\inc_portable.php|4
      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
      You can manually create/edit tag.dat and enter some files actually 
      existing on your system. You then should see the colors on next 
      startup. Note that the file-lines must be sorted alphabetically! 
      XY will do the sorting for you if you close it (saving settings) 
      and restart.

    ! Catalog: The "Open" command did not support Environment variables. Fixed.
    ! UDC: The "Open" command did not support Environment variables. Fixed.