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v9.90.0005 - 2011-01-09 17:52
    ! List | Context Menu | Rename Special: The commands "Unicode to 
      UTF-8" and "UTF-8 to Unicode" were dysfunctional for a couple of 
      versions. Fixed.
    ! List: The Shell context menu's help texts still not ok. Fix #2.
    ! Auto-Refresh: On adding or removing removable drives the inactive 
      pane was not refreshed when it was pointing to a path on that 
      drive. Fixed.

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v9.90.0004 - 2011-01-08 18:25
    ! List: The little square between vertical and horizontal scrollbar 
      was not painted reliably since the new fast icon retrieval. Fixed.
    ! Find Files: Contents search did not work anymore for non-Text 
      files since v9.90.0003. Fixed.

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v9.90.0003 - 2011-01-08 16:15
    + Tweak to add custom extensions for UTF8 check:
        UTF8CheckCustomExtensions=pip.pap.pup
    * UTF-8: Improved detection logic.
    + New variable <get status [section]>. Returns the current contents 
      of the Statusbar.
        [section]:  1,2,3: Index of the section, the first section 
                           being number 1.
                    help:  Last displayed help text (shell context menu 
                           hovering).
                    If missing all numbered sections are returned.
      Examples:
        text <get status>; //all sections
        text <get status 1>; //first section
        text <get status 3>; //third section
        text <get status help>; //last displayed help text
      As always, SC get supports the same argument:
        text get("status"); //all sections
    ! List: The Shell context menu's help texts displayed on the 
      statusbar when hovering the menu items were not correctly resolved 
      for some Russian (and probably others using wide unicode 
      characters) shell extensions. While this is probably a bug in the 
      shell extensions XYplorer now is smart enough to auto-correct the 
      obvious mess.
    ! List: Missing repaint when changing to an empty list in List view 
      (since v9.90.0002). Fixed.

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v9.90.0002 - 2011-01-07 19:46
    + Configuration | Preview: Added option "UTF-8 auto-detection". 
      Tick it to attempt to auto-detect BOM-less UTF-8 files. This 
      setting also controls UTF-8 detection in Find Files Contents 
      search.
      Note that this option elevates the CheckForBOMlessUTF8 tweak to UI 
      level.
    + SC readfile: With mode="t" the function now decodes UTF-8 encoded 
      text files.
    * UTF-8: Now Raw View does not resolve UTF-8 encoding anymore but 
      shows raw ASCII as advertised.
    ! Go Up: Rewrote this functionality to cope with issues caused by 
      the Tree not fully representing the current path for whatever 
      reasons (e.g. access rights).

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v9.90.0001 - 2011-01-07 15:14
    + UTF-8: Preview, Raw View, and Find Files by Contents now support 
      UTF-8 encoded text files that begin with the UTF-8 BOM (or 
      signature) "" (EF BB BF).
    + UTF-8: Added an experimental tweak for auto-detection of BOM-less 
      UTF-8 files:
        CheckForBOMlessUTF8=1
      The detection will very slightly slow down the preview of text 
      files, and has a very slight chance of a false positive detection 
      (file is in fact not UTF-8), and a larger chance of a false 
      negative detection (file is in fact UTF-8).
    + SC rename enhanced: Added a flags parameter to control messages on 
      failures.
      Syntax: rename [mode (b|r|s|k|e)], pattern, [preview (p)], _
                  [itemlist], [flags=1]
        flags: (binary field, defaults to 1)
          1: PromptOnFailure (prompt on each failed rename attempt)
          2: ShowListOfUntouched (show list of all items that kept 
             their old name)
    ! Scripting | SC focus: The focus command did not work as expected 
      since v9.80.0119 under certain conditions. Fixed.
    ! In some locales, e.g. Castilian, the "Long Date" 
      (LOCALE_SLONGDATE) did not format as it should. Fixed.

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Summary of the latest XYplorer Official Release.

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v9.90.0000 - 2011-01-05 12:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main changes since last release:
  +++ Tag-Based File Management. With version 9.90 XYplorer offers 
      tagging as a radically new approach to file management and 
      alternative to the hierarchical tree-based file management. You 
      can assign any number of tags to any file or folder. Yes, any 
      file, not just media files.
  +++ Transparency Grid. Now, in Image Preview and Thumbnails, you can 
      optionally have a checkered grid shining through the transparent 
      parts of an image (PNG, GIF, ICO, etc).
  +++ Admin Settings. Now you can pass the path to a file where the 
      license data are stored. This is quite useful when installing 
      XYplorer in companies for large numbers of users that are covered 
      by a single Corporate License, or when you have many parallel XY 
      installations on your machine.
  +++ Scripting. The new command renameitem() allows for easy-to-set-up 
      point-and-click renaming. Very useful when archiving large numbers 
      of sound or image files, especially in combination with the sound 
      and image preview.
  +++ Inline Rename. Now when an item with the same name already exists 
      you can choose between Suffix, Overwrite, and Cancel.
  +++ Incremental Suffix. Now, additionally to numbers, also lower case 
      letters are supported as incremental suffix on name collisions.
  +++ Address Bar. Now right-clicking the dropdown arrow pops an all-in-
      one menu giving you quick access to the main areas of your file 
      system.
  +++ Folders in List. Now the middle-click optionally opens a folder in 
      a new tab. And a folder's right-click menu optionally features
      commands to open the folder in a new tab or in the other pane.
  +++ Thumbnails Speed. Creating thumbnails got much faster.
  +++ List Speed. Due to a total rewrite of icon retrieval, the file 
      list now loads and scrolls much faster and smoother also in 
      folders with lots of specific icons (e.g. many EXE or ICO files).      

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v9.80.0136 - 2011-01-05 13:50
    + Configuration | Startup & Exit: Added option "No network browsing 
      on startup". Will block any network location browsing on startup 
      similar to the (hard-coded) blocking of searches at startup.
      Check it to prevent any delays when starting up on an unavailable 
      network location.

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v9.80.0134 - 2011-01-05 12:21
    + Toolbar: Added button "Enable Color Filters" to quickly 
      enable/disable Color Filters in the List.
      Credits for the icons go to http://www.olawolska.com/!

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v9.80.0133 - 2011-01-04 15:36
    * Tabs: Visual Filter suffixes in the tab headers are now cropped if 
      there are longer than 20 characters.
    ! List | Labels: Selecting by Labels would not work when none of the 
      Tags columns were visible. Fixed.

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v9.80.0132 - 2011-01-04 10:44
    + Toolbar | Find by Tags: Now you can configure the button to 
      "Search Everywhere" or "Search Here". The options are found at the 
      bottom of the button's dropdown menu.
    * List: Reorganized the Tags column right-click menu.
    ! Tags: Tags and Tag List got confused when you entered a tag with an 
      opening quote without a matching closing quote. Fixed. Now quotes 
      in tags are treated just like any other character.
    ! Quitting the trial version welcome screen crashed the app since 
      v9.80.0011 - 2010-12-04. Fixed.

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v9.80.0131 - 2011-01-03 18:59
    * Updated the help file.
    ! CKS: The indices for sections View | Current Tab | Sort By, View | 
      Columns, and Tools | List Management were missing and/or confused. 
      Fixed.
    ! Tags: Find by Tags did not work correctly since the tags are 
      separated by comma and space, not just by comma (v9.80.0126). 
      Fixed.

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v9.80.0130 - 2011-01-01 14:18
    + New variable <get instance [on first] [on non-first]>. Tells you, 
      if you have multiple instances of XY, whether the current instance 
      is the first instance or not.
        [on first]:     String to return if current instance is the 
                        first instance. Defaults to "1".
        [on non-first]: String to return if current instance is not the 
                        first instance. Defaults to "2".
      For example, this line returns "First" if the current instance is 
      the first, else "Second").
        ::echo <get instance First Second>;
      As always, SC get supports the same argument:
        ::text get("instance", "First", "Second");
      
      Usage:
      This variable can be useful in the main window title bar 
      template (Configuration | Templates), e.g.:
        <path> - <app> @ <ini> - <ver> - (<get instance>)
      Or like this to show a prefixed (2) on non-first and nothing on 
      first instances:
        <get instance "" "(2) "><path> - <app> @ <ini> - <ver>
    
    ! List Management: Showed idiotic message "The current list exceeds 
      the maximum of 0 items." when OK-ing some lists. Fixed.
   :) Happy New Year!

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v9.80.0127 - 2010-12-31 10:50
    - End of the WMP experiment (v9.80.0121). Too many problems.

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v9.80.0126 - 2010-12-26 10:42
    + Configuration | Extended | Mouse: Added option "Middle-click goes 
      to file in new tab". Applies to files in List. Especially useful 
      in search results, where it works identically to the right-click 
      menu command "Go to Focused Item in New Tab".
    * Tags: Now the Tags column in Details view displays the tags 
      separated by comma and space, not just by comma.
      For performance reasons this style is also reflected in the 
      tag.dat database. Nevertheless adding spaces has been just an 
      esthetical decision with no consequences for compatibility. Tag 
      lists without a space after the comma are correctly parsed 
      everywhere in the app.
      Note for upgraders from the 9.80 BETA versions: This new style 
      is applied to your already tagged items in the moment you edit 
      their tags. So you will slowly shift to the with-space style.
    ! SC report: Did not resolve the field {path} correctly since a 
      couple of versions ago. Fixed.

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v9.80.0125 - 2010-12-23 09:26
    + Image Preview: Now the transparency grid is also shown in the 
      preview for icon files.
    + Thumbnails: Now the transparency grid is also shown in thumbnails 
      for icon files.
    * Tags: Now, with "Add Tags..." the edit box is not prefilled 
      anymore with the tags of the current item, contrary to "Edit/Set 
      Tags..." and "Remove Tags...".
    ! Stupid little thing called exclamation mark hung out at almost all 
      text input dialogs. Fixed.

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