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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.70.0154, 21-dec-2009).

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v8.70.0154 - 2009-12-21 11:45
    - Menu Tools | Tools Special: Removed the following commands which 
      have been rendered useless by the new Recycle Bin support:
        Open Recycle Bin...
        Empty Recycle Bin...
        Recycle Bin Stats...
      Also removed the "Open Recycle Bin" toolbar button.
    * Updated the help file.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.70.0153, 19-dec-2009).

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v8.70.0153 - 2009-12-19 20:08
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name:   isunicode
      Action: Analyzes a text string for the presence of wide characters.
      Syntax: isunicode(string, [mindcodepage])
        string:       [required] string (any length) to analyze.
        mindcodepage: [optional]
          1 = do not count wide characters that 
              have a narrow pendant in the current codepage. 
        return:
          true = wide characters contained
      Examples:   
        echo isunicode("abc"); //False
        echo isunicode("abc", 1); //False
        echo isunicode(chr(20000)); //True
        echo isunicode(chr(20000), 1); //True
        echo isunicode("€"); //True (U+20AC EURO SIGN)
        echo isunicode("€", 1); //False! e.g. on 1252 Western codepage, 
          where the Euro sign is mapped to 0x80
      Also these refer to the Euro sign:
        echo isunicode(chr(8364), 0); //True
        echo isunicode(chr(8364), 1); //False on 1252 Western codepage 
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name:   filetype
      Action: Analyzes a file by its contents.
      Syntax: filetype(file)
        file:     [required] full path/file name to analyze.
        return:
          Ascii     It's an ASCII text file.
          Unicode   It's a UNICODE text file (has UTF-16 BOM).
          Binary    It's a binary file.
          Empty     It's an empty file.
          Cannot    Cannot open file.
          Nofile    It's not an existing file.
      Example:
        echo filetype(<curitem>);
    ! On a Rename Special a locked tree was refreshed and changed when 
      it was neither necessary nor correct. Fixed.
    ! Raw View misinterpreted UTF-16 files as binary files when they 
      contained a certain ambiguous byte pattern (a double null across 
      double byte borders). Fixed.
    ! SC report: Fields {tag} and {comment} did not return anything when 
      neither the Tag nor the Comment column were visible in the list. 
      Fixed.
      Note that "Show tags and comments in file list" must be enabled in 
      Configuration | Tags, else SC report will not return any tags or 
      comments.
    ! SC break: Would not jump to the expected line when the broken 
      structure was surrounded by an if-block, for example:
        if (1) {
          while (1) {
           break;
          }
          msg 'foo'; // never gets executed
        } 
      Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.70.0152, 17-dec-2009).

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v8.70.0152 - 2009-12-17 15:28
    + New variable <get path [pane]> returns the unslashed path of any 
      of the two panes. The optional "pane" argument can be:
        a = [default] active pane 
        i = inactive pane
        1 = pane 1
        2 = pane 2
      For example:
        <get path>    //active pane's path
        <get path i>  //inactive pane's path
      As always, SC getinfo supports the same argument:
        echo getinfo("path");     //active pane's path
        echo getinfo("path", i);  //inactive pane's path
    + New variable <get userrole>. Returns the user's membership (resp. 
      his security role in the current process) in one of the following 
      security groups: Admin, User, Guest, Power User. If any other 
      groups apply then "Other" is returned.
      As always, SC getinfo supports the same argument:
        echo getinfo("userrole");
    % Recycle Bin: Improved refresh of listing and icon.
    * Configuration | Preview | Mouse Down Blow Up: Renamed "Full 
      screen" to "Use whole screen".
    - Removed the tweak FixOddThing. The mysterious bug could finally be 
      fixed (see below) turning the tweak pointless. The tweak had been 
      added in v7.90.0100 - 2009-02-02 12:00.
    ! Fixed mysterious caret position error in Tree/List inline rename 
      on DBCS systems (Chinese, Japanese ...).
    ! Tree: Did not refresh the caption of drives reliably when they 
      were renamed via the properties dialog. Fixed.
    ! SC writefile: When using the "t" argument a file would falsely be
      auto-saved as UTF-16 when it contained no wide chars apart from € 
      and the likes which on various common code pages are mapped to the 
      ANSI table. Fixed: Now such a file will be saved as normal ASCII 
      text.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.70.0151, 16-dec-2009).

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v8.70.0151 - 2009-12-16 15:02
    * Recycle Bin: Now the Recycle Bin icon displays the empty/non-empty 
      state. It is not 100% reliable due to unknown reasons but mostly 
      seems to work alright.
    * The tweak to support Firefox 3.* image drop now attempts to get 
      the images from the local cache first; only on failure it will 
      download them from the web.
      The tweak itself has not changed:
        [General]
        WorkAroundFirefox3ImageDropBug=1
    ! Native variables <curbase> and <curext> would also parse the names 
      of existing folders although only file names have extensions. 
      Fixed.
    ! Recycle Bin: Did not refresh on Undo/Redo. Fixed.
    ! Preview: Crash on BMPs with top-down DIB. Fixed.

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v8.70.0150 - 2009-12-15 12:46
  +++ Recycle Bin Deluxe. Finally, after only 5 years of waiting, you 
      get the interpreted version of the Recycle Bin. But it's not the 
      spartan kind of bin you know from other file managers like e.g. 
      Explorer. XYplorer's Recycle Bin gives you more:
      - The real path/name for each item is displayed in a separate 
        column "Recycled Name". Ctrl+P will copy that info to the 
        clipboard.
      - The context menu's custom command "Go to Real Location" will 
        beam you to the real location of the item and select it in 
        XYplorer's raw recycle bin view.
      - The context menu's custom command "Go to Original Location" will 
        beam you to the original location of the item.
      - You can open (Enter, Dbl-Click) a deleted folder to browse its 
        contents.
      - You can show the recursive folder sizes of deleted folders right 
        in the list (as usual in the Size column).
      - You can see the Space Used or Real Size of deleted items 
        (Explorer shows only Space Used).
      - Apply Visual Filters to the Recycle Bin.
      - Sort folders separately from files.
      - Color code deleted items.
      - Spot and jump to items
      - Compare deleted items.
      - Preview deleted items.
      - Open deleted items.
      - And, last not least, it's faster.
      
      Remarks
      ~~~~~~~
      - The Shell default action (Enter, Dbl-Click) for Recycle Bin 
        items is to show the item's Properties dialog. This will happen 
        in XY as well, unless you have a PFA defined for the file type 
        in question.
      - The Recycle Bin is a pretty singular construct superimposed onto 
        the regular file system and comes with a couple of pecularities:
        - It is slower than "normal" folders.
        - No drag'n'drop to or from the Recycle Bin.
        - No renaming or cutting or moving or duplicating.
        - No pasting.
        - No custom File Info Tips, just the default ones.
      - The Len column refers to the original Path/Name, not to the 
        Recycled Name.
      - The Info Panel refers to the Recycled Name because this is the 
        file that exists, has properties, and can be previewed.
      - XYplorer's raw recycle bin view is still available on each 
        drive, of course.

    + Configuration | General: Added option "Show Recycle Bin" to 
      Show/Hide the Recycle Bin in the Tree. Changing this option will 
      force a rebuild of the Tree (unless you are in Mini Tree mode).
    + SC Report(): Added special field {Basename}. Return the base (file 
      name without extension) of each file. Folder names are returned 
      unchanged.     
    + Environment Variables: New XY only environment variable:
        %recycler% = Name of the Recycle Bin special folder
      Typically on English systems it will return "Recycle Bin".
    - Menu View | Show Items: Removed option "Show My Network Places". 
      Reason: This just duplicated the identical option in Configuration 
      | General, and it's a typical Set & Forget setting.
    * Quick File View: Now the same KS that opened the dialog will also 
      close it. So, by factory default, F11 will open and close the 
      dialog.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.70.0102, 10-dec-2009).

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v8.70.0102 - 2009-12-10 12:06
    + Configuration | General: Added option "Mixed sort on date 
      columns". Check to use a mixed sort (mix folders and files when 
      sorting) always on the Date columns.
      This promotes the former tweak "SortMixedOnDates" to a GUI 
      setting.
    + Menu Tools | List Management: Added command "Mini Tree". Here you 
      can edit the current Mini Tree. Note that in a Mini Tree 
      definition the first path points to the current path.
    + Toolbar | Mini Tree | Context Menu: Added command "Edit Mini 
      Tree...". Opens the List Management dialog for Mini Tree.
    ! Generic icons for network locations were drawn too generic when 
      the tree was locked. Fixed.
    ! Startup on a locked maxi tree did not select the current folder if 
      it was visible. Fixed.

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v8.70.0101 - 2009-12-09 21:05
    ! The tweak to make dropping images from Firefox 3 work did not work 
      with Firefox 3.5. Fixed.
      The tweak itself has not changed:
        [General]
        WorkAroundFirefox3ImageDropBug=1
      If set to 1, the images are actually *downloaded* from their web 
      location to your harddisk into the current folder.
    ! Image Preview: Some formats (e.g. BMP, GIF) would not be previewed on 
      some systems when they had non-ANSI characters in the name. Fixed.
    ! Locked Tree: When choosing an unavailable location in the Tree the 
      List remained blocked when going to an available location via tab 
      change. Fixed.
    ! Info Panel | Report: Non-ANSI characters are not supported in 
      report file names. Before you were allowed to use them anyway and 
      run into trouble. Fixed. Now you are politely asked to choose 
      another name.

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v8.70.0013 - 2009-12-08 10:43
    ! Menu Tools | Tools Special | Reconnect All Mapped Network Drives: 
      Did not work reliably under Vista/Win7. Fixed?
    ! Connecting to mapped network drives, fix #2.

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v8.70.0012 - 2009-12-07 21:28
    ! Connecting to mapped network drives after Windows had booted did 
      not always work as expected. Might be fixed.

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v8.70.0011 - 2009-12-07 14:46
    - Reverted this change from v8.70.0006 - 2009-12-04 11:51:
      * Manage User-Defined Commands Dialog: Removed the buttons Apply 
        and Reset from the Command Properties section. ...
      Reason: Complications under certain conditions. Not worth the 
      pain fixing this.
    * Undo/Redo Delete: Improved refreshing of Tree within special 
      folders.
    * Updated the help file.

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v8.70.0010 - 2009-12-06 21:13
    + Tweak to exclude the Date columns from "Sort Folder Apart", i.e. 
      to use a mixed sort (mix folders and files when sorting) always on 
      the Date columns:
        [Settings]
        SortMixedOnDates=1
    ! Tabs: Unnaming a tab would revert always to the "Full path" 
      caption format temporarily. Fixed.

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v8.70.0009 - 2009-12-06 14:57
    * Configuration | Tabs: Rewrote the customization of the tab 
      captions. Now you have a dropdown "Tab captions" with 3 choices:
        - Full path
        - Folder only
        - Custom
      The last one can be further defined by using the Custom button. 
      While the factory default is
        <drive>: <folder>
      you can do anything that crosses your mind, e.g.
        <folder> (<drive>)
        <folder> on <drive>:
        etc.
    * Configuration | File Info Tips: The list below "Show custom file 
      info tips" is now always enabled. Makes it easier to see what's 
      available even when the checkbox is not ticked.
    ! Configuration | Tag | Database Clean-Up: When you chose "Check 
      fixed drives only", it only left the drive letter and tag number 
      for the other drives (bug since v8.70.0005). Fixed.
    ! List: Opening files with the shell-associated application still 
      failed in some instances. Fixed #4.

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v8.70.0008 - 2009-12-05 19:20
    ! List: Opening files with the shell-associated application still 
      failed in some instances. Fixed #3.

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v8.70.0007 - 2009-12-05 12:51
    + SC getinfo got a new named argument "regcmd". Rather for debugging 
      purposes (but who knows) this is a way to quickly retrieve the 
      default verb and command line (the one triggered by dbl-click) for 
      any registered file type from the registry.
      Syntax: getinfo("regcmd", extension)
        extension:  [required] any registered file extension
        return:     Verb=Command
                    Nothing if the extension does not exist.
      For example, the following line:
        text getinfo("regcmd", "mp3");
      will return (on my system)
        Play="C:\Programme\Winamp\winamp.exe" "%1"
      which is made of the verb and value of this key:
        HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File.MP3\shell\Play\command
    ! List: Opening files with the shell-associated application still 
      failed in some instances. Fixed #2.

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v8.70.0006 - 2009-12-04 11:51
    + Preview: Added audio format FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec). As 
      always you just need the codec on your system to actually be able 
      to preview *.flac files.
    * Manage User-Defined Commands Dialog: Removed the buttons Apply and 
      Reset from the Command Properties section. From now on any command 
      property changes are auto-applied. To undo any changes you made 
      simply Cancel the dialog.
    * List Management Dialog: Slightly reorganized the buttons. Now the 
      Browse button sits right under the Edit button.
    ! List: Opening files with the shell-associated application still 
      failed in some instances. Fixed.

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