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v18.70.0107 - 2018-02-27 17:24
    + Menu File: Added command "Open Throw Away Clone". Opens a clone of the 
      current XYplorer instance (as saved on disk) in read-only mode. You can 
      use such an instance for quick in-between jobs that should not affect your 
      main XYplorer configuration.
      Remarks:
      - The clone configuration is read from the configuration files on disk, 
        not from XYplorer's current unsaved state in memory.
      - Exception: The clone always opens in the current path (even if that's 
        not the start path written on disk).
      - Tip: To open a clone of the exact current state of the main instance use 
        command "Save Settings" right before using "Open Throw Away Clone".
      - The command lets you open as many clones as you like.
      - [READONLY] in shown in the window title bar of a clone.
    + SC self enhanced: Added switch to return the full path of the  
      included script file (if any) containing this command.
      Syntax: self(info)
        info:
          inc = Full path of the included script file (if any) containing this 
                command.
      Example:
        echo self("inc"); //this line should be in included script file
      Remarks:
      - The command handles multiple nested includes with grace.
      - To make this work it was necessary to insert pseudo commands into the 
        script code (in memory) that mark the beginning ("included_begin") and 
        the ending ("included_end") of included code, together with the included 
        file name.
        You will see those pseudo commands in the Step Mode dialog; might be 
        even helpful in debugging.
    * Help | List All Commands...: Now the last filter is remembered between 
      calls.
    ! Folder Size Caching: The tweak CacheFolderSizesExclude excluded specific 
      locations from being read from the cache, but not from being written to 
      the cache. Ouch. Fixed.
    ! Preview: Since v18.50.0005 - 2017-10-09 17:54 some Office formats could 
      not be previewed anymore. Fixed.
    * MLS: Internally updated to version 8.98.
      > TRANSLATORS: Please wait until Reference_8.98.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
    - View | Caches: Removed command "Refresh Environment Variables" (#505). 
      Reason: It never worked.

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v18.70.0106 - 2018-02-26 11:16
    + Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails: Added option "Include local disks" 
      to the caching section. By default enabled, this option lets you exclude 
      local disks from caching which can be quite useful when operating XYplorer 
      from a removable media (e.g. USB stick) on an alien host system.
      Note that when you untick both "Include local disks" and "Include 
      removable media" you will effectively get no caching at all.
    % Folder Size Caching: Optimized reading and writing of the Folder Size 
      Cache at startup and shutdown. Now it's only read at startup when caching 
      is enabled (Configuration | Tree and List | List | Cache folder sizes), 
      and only written at shutdown when it is dirty.
      This will notably speed up startup and shutdown when your Folder Size 
      Cache is large.
    ! Breadcrumb Bars | Hamburger: Was not centered in all screen resolutions. 
      Fixed.
    ! Breadcrumb Bars | Hamburger: Did not move 1 pixel down on press. Fixed.
    ! Hoverbox: Box height too large for files with longish names. Fixed.

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v18.70.0105 - 2018-02-24 13:46
    * Configuration | Tabs | Maximum number of tabs: If set to 1 (which means 
      you really don't like tabs) you won't get any message prompts anymore when 
      another tab is supposed to be opened. Everything will just go into the 
      current tab without asking questions.
      So that's a cool way now to turn off the whole Tabs feature.
    ! Preview: Depending on the app associated with PDFs and other Office files 
      you could have problems opening such a file by double click when the 
      Preview tab was open, because the Preview tab stole the second click. 
      Fixed. You now get a tiny delay before an Office is previewed by 
      mouse-select; during this delay the app waits whether the single click 
      will eventually turn into a double click.
      FYI, the same was already implemented for PDFs only in v9.80.0014 - 
      2010-12-07 14:20.
    ! Junction Target: There was some regression that bugged showing relative 
      junction targets and mount point targets in File Info Tips and the 
      Junction Target column. Since 2017-10-08 and 2017-11-15. Fixed.

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v18.70.0104 - 2018-02-23 14:45
  %%% Configuration | Thumbnails | Caption lines: Display of thumbnails with 
      caption lines >= 2 much faster now.
    ! Find Files and Quick Search: Switch /excl on "Fast Tag Search" did not 
      work yet when searching all drives ("This PC"). Fixed.

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v18.70.0103 - 2018-02-22 12:56
    % Custom Columns: When starting on a large folder with slow hard-working 
      Custom Columns it would have taken a while until you would even see the 
      interface and understand what's going on.
      Now the interface pops immediately and only then the columns are filled.
      Pressing ESC will stop filling any custom columns.
    * Custom Columns: Now while a Custom Column is refreshed you see a status 
      bar message including a hint that pressing ESC will stop the refresh.
    ! Custom Columns: When you removed a Custom Column while it was being filled 
      you could get an app crash. Fixed.
    + Catalog: Now you can drop on paths containing XY variables, e.g. <xypath>.
    ! Catalog: Could not drop on scripts anymore since v18.70.0004 - 2018-01-29 
      12:39. Fixed.

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v18.70.0102 - 2018-02-21 19:35
    ! Find Files and Quick Search: Switch /excl was not honored by so-called 
      "Fast Tag Search". Fixed. For example:
        ?lbl:Blues /excl=E:\Alabama\   //excludes any matches in E:\Alabama\

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v18.70.0101 - 2018-02-20 15:06
    + Command Line Switches: Added switch /readonly. Lets you run the app 
      in read-only mode, i.e. the settings are read from disk but never written 
      to disk. So your configuration on disk will be untouched by this instance.
      Example:
        C:\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe /readonly
      Notes:
        - [READONLY] in shown in the window title bar when in read-only mode.
        - You get a Status Bar message when you actively attempt to save 
          settings in read-only mode.
    + SC fresh enhanced: Now you can pass a startpath.
      Action: Runs a new XYplorer instance with factory defaults.
      Syntax: fresh [startpath]
        startpath:  Start path in the first pane.
                    Defaults to the factory default start path ("This PC").
      Examples:
        fresh;        //start fresh instance in "This PC"
        fresh "C:\";  //start fresh instance in C:\
    + Scripting got a new command (ok, it's been already there for some years 
      but not officially documented).
      Name: FreshHere
      Action: Like SC Fresh but opened to current path.
      Syntax: freshhere
      Examples:
        freshhere;    //start fresh instance in current path
    + Scripting got a new command.
      Name: ReadOnly
      Action: Runs a new XYplorer instance with the current configuration as 
              saved on disk, and will not overwrite that configuration.
      Syntax: readonly [startpath]
        startpath:  Start path in the first pane.
                    Defaults to the start path as saved on disk.
      Examples:
        readonly;        //start readonly instance
        readonly "C:\";  //start readonly instance in C:\
    + Scripting got a new command.
      Name: ReadOnlyHere
      Action: Like SC ReadOnly but opened to current path.
      Syntax: readonlyhere
      Examples:
        readonlyhere;    //start readonly instance in current path
    + Environment Variables: Now they are auto-refreshed when the app receives 
      the WM_SETTINGCHANGE broadcast message. You will see "environment 
      variables refreshed" in the Status Bar when it happens.

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v18.70.0100 - 2018-02-04 20:00
    = MAINTENANCE RELEASE.
  +++ Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

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v18.70.0008 - 2018-02-03 14:27
    + Scripting: Experimentally added a new class of operators, the Compound  
      Assignment Operators .=, +=, -=, *=, /=, \= . They can be used to shortcut 
      operations of two variables where the result is set to one of the variables.
      For example, both lines below are functionally identical; the latter one 
      uses one of the new operators:
        $a = $a . "b";
        $a .= "b";
      Examples:
        $a = "a"; $a .= "b"; echo $a;   //ab
        $a = 1;   $a += 1; echo $a;     //2
        $a = 1;   $a -= 1; echo $a;     //0
        $a = 2;   $a *= 3; echo $a;     //6
        $a = 5;   $a /= 2; echo $a;     //2.5
        $a = 5;   $a \= 2; echo $a;     //2
    ! Live Filter Box: Attempt to fix a rare issue where the filtered list and 
      the filter shown in the box went out of sync, typically while the filtered 
      list was busy creating thumbnails.

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v18.70.0007 - 2018-02-01 17:01
    ! Highlight Matches: Didn't work alright with multi-line captions. Fixed.

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v18.70.0006 - 2018-01-31 18:48
    + Configuration | Filters & Type Ahead Find | Live Filter Box: Added option 
      "Highlight matches". Tick it to highlight the current Type Live Filter 
      matches in the List. Changing the setting will affect the next Live Filter 
      (not any current).
    + Live Filter Box: Added option "Highlight matches" to the context menu of 
      the Live Filter Box icon. Here you can toggle Live Filter highlighting 
      with immediate effect.
    + Name Length Box: Now a yellow warning icon is shown in the box when the 
      new filename would trigger a move-on-rename (e.g. "Sub\Test.txt").
      Of course, "Configuration | Sort and Rename | Rename | Allow move on 
      rename" has to be enabled.
    ! Mouse Down Blow Up: With large images (much larger than screen size) there 
      could be taskbar flicker when panning the image. Improved (not completely 
      fixed).
    ! List: The lasso selection box was not drawn anymore when moving the mouse 
      upwards (since v18.70.0002 - 2018-01-25 18:24). Fixed.

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v18.70.0005 - 2018-01-29 20:28
    + Live Filter Box: Experimentally the Live Filter matches are now 
      highlighted in the list (using the first spot color, by default yellow, 
      tweakable using SpotColorsList). Play with it! Later this can be made 
      optional.
    % Configuration | Filters & Type Ahead Find | Type Ahead Find | Highlight 
      matches: Made the yellow a touch darker and hence better visible on white.
    + SC inputselect enhanced: Now you can return the indices of the checked 
      items when you combine flags 2 (Show checkboxes) and 128 (return selected 
      index).
      Example:
        text inputselect("Test", listfolder(<curpath>), , 1 + 2 + 128);

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v18.70.0004 - 2018-01-29 12:39
    % Catalog: Added some self-repair service to revive corrupted catalogs. For 
      example, previously undeletable items (due to corruption) can now be 
      deleted.
    ! List: Drawing glitch (needlessly ellipsed captions) with font Code2000 11 
      due to Windows XP API bug (Win XP only). Worked around.

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v18.70.0003 - 2018-01-27 11:04
    + SC get got a new named argument "textmetrics".
      Syntax: get("textmetrics", text)
        text:   text string to measure
        return: - Width and height of text in pixels if it would be printed to the 
                  file list with the current font settings.
                - Current font settings of the file list.
      Remark:
        The Width entry additionally compares the results of three different 
        measurement methods. They should be identical when the font is well 
        constructed. The third result is from the method used for the file list.
      Example:
        echo get("textmetrics", "abc");

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v18.70.0002 - 2018-01-25 18:24
    + Scripting got a new command.
      Name: ThumbsCacheRename
      Action: Updates a renamed or moved path in the thumbnails cache.
      Syntax: thumbscacherename pathold, pathnew
        pathold:  old path name (with or without trailing backslash)
        pathnew:  new path name (with or without trailing backslash)
      Remarks:
        - When a folder is renamed or moved *within* XYplorer the thumbnails 
          cache is updated automatically. However, when *another* application 
          changes paths, this new command will come in handy to update your 
          thumbnails cache and thereby avoid that all those thumbnails have to 
          be created again.
        - The Status Bar gives a feedback on the success of the command.
      Examples:
        thumbscacherename "E:\Test\old", "E:\Test\new";
        thumbscacherename "E:\Test\old\", "E:\Test\new\";
        thumbscacherename "E:\Test\", "F:\Test\";
    ! List: When horizontally hot-scrolling the list via lasso selection the 
      columns headers didn't move along with the columns. Fixed.

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