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v15.10.0008 - 2015-05-08 21:36
+ File | Open Selected Item(s) (Enter): Experimentally this command now
works on the focused list item if no items are selected.
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v15.10.0007 - 2015-05-08 18:42
+ Scripting got a new command.
Name: Logon
Action: Pops a logon dialog if the location is password protected and not
already unlocked.
Syntax: logon path
path: UNC path or mapped drive path.
Note:
If the location is NOT password protected then nothing happens at all.
Examples (abstract):
logon "\\server\share[\sub]";
logon "X:\Mapped\Drive\Path";
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v15.10.0006 - 2015-05-08 13:45
+ Floating Preview: Now when the status bar is hidden you can still see the
information in a toolip by hovering the bottom of the preview window
(where the status bar would be if visible).
+ When trying open multiple items at once you now get a warning question if
they are too many, for example:
-----------------------------------
Continue to open 235 items at once?
-----------------------------------
Notes:
- Too many by default is anything > 9. You can tweak this value here:
OpenManyMaxCount=20
Set the tweak to -1 to skip any warning (99999 might do as well).
- The warning is not popped when you open items via the shell context menu.
- FYI, this had been added in v6.20.0008 - 2007-08-26 10:46 but at some
point disappeared mysteriously from the code. Now it's back.
% This change in v15.00.0322 - 2015-04-14 16:41 severely slowed down network
browsing:
Browsing through the Address Bar was too tolerant when paths with wrong
capitalization were typed or pasted in. While Windows itself does not care
too much either, XY's tagging DB needs it perfectly correct. Fixed.
From now on UNC paths are excluded from the capitalization check. If you
still need it you can tweak it on:
NetworkCapsCheck=1
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v15.10.0005 - 2015-05-07 19:09
* Unavailable Network Locations: The recent improvements were not good for
users accessing servers outside the primary domain. Therefore a new option
had to be added to actively enable the recent improvements: "Pre-check
availability of servers". See here below...
+ Configuration | Controls and More: Added section "Network" with 3 options.
- "Cache network servers"
This option moved here from Configuration | Startup & Exit.
- "Assume that servers are available"
This option was already present on the same page under Miscellaneous.
- "Pre-check availability of servers"
This option is new: Tick it to avoid long delays when accessing
unavailable servers. Factory default is OFF.
The tick is recommended
- if you often try to access servers within the primary domain that often
are not accessible.
The tick is not recommended
- if your network locations are usually accessible.
- if any of your network locations are outside the primary domain.
The tick is totally harmless and 100% ignored
- if you never access any network locations.
The tick is *not* ignored
- if "Assume that servers are available" is ticked. This setting
semantically/logically seems to overrule "Pre-check availability of
servers", but I did not implement it this way. Both settings are
effective in different contexts.
Yes, it's slightly confusing. Network is confusing. Eventually things can
be simplified. It's an experiment. Play with it, tell me what works. The
goal is to reduce delays on accessing unavailable locations while keeping
the access to available locations totally speedy and smooth.
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v15.10.0004 - 2015-05-07 11:31
% Unavailable Network Locations: Attempt at a faster handling #3.
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v15.10.0003 - 2015-05-06 19:26
* Visual Filters: Now pattern # is auto-wildcarded internally to *#*, i.e. a
partial match will do. So # will now match all items with at least one
digit in the name.
This is in analogy to Find Files with "Enable extended pattern matching".
% Unavailable Network Locations: Attempt at a faster handling #2.
> Floating Preview: The extended context menu can be opened with one hand:
Right Ctrl Key + Context Menu Key. The keys are side by side. Pops at the
mouse pointer.
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v15.10.0002 - 2015-05-06 12:25
+++ Toolbar: Droppable User Buttons + Paper Folders = Drop Stacks!
1. Create a new Paper Folder, just for fun call it "DropStack".
2. Add a new User Button to the Toolbar, and set its Name field to
"paper:DropStack" (w/o quotes). Leave all other fields empty (or set
the Icon if you feel like it).
3. Done! Now you can drag-drop items to that button and they will be
added to DropStack. At any time click the button to go to DropStack.
FYI, there were only about ten lines missing to make this work, tz tz
tz... a little effort for a large functionality step. whatever, now 24x24
pixel drop stacks are here! And note that you can have as many such Drop
Stacks as you want (so long as it is less than 65, since only 64 user
buttons are allowed).
* View | Paper Folders | Remove Selected Items + Empty Paper Folder: Now you
are prompted before the items are removed. After all, nothing can undo
this, not even "Exit without Saving".
+ Configuration | Tree and List | List: Added option "Auto-select first
item". Tick it to auto-select the first list item when entering a new
folder.
Raises tweak ListAutoSelectFirst to GUI.
* ListAutoSelectFirst does not overrule "Configuration | Tree and List |
List | Select last used subfolder" anymore.
+ Menu Scripting: Added toggle "Syntax Checking". Tick it show a warning on
dubious syntax. Recommended for debugging scripts.
Raises tweak ScriptStrictSyntax to GUI.
+ Syntax Checking: Now you can suppress further validation for the current
script by holding Ctrl while pressing "Continue" in the "Dubious Syntax"
dialog.
Yes, the button tooltip would need a little adjustment, but I think we can
live with the current text. Think of all the translators...
% Unavailable Network Locations: Attempt at a faster handling.
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v15.10.0001 - 2015-05-05 15:25
+ Address Bar: The right-click menu of the icon now offers the additional
command "Open With...".
Note that the Open With menu has to be a reduced one in this context: No
scripts, no items with variables.
+ File | Open with... (Ctrl+Alt+Enter): Experimentally this command now
works on the focused list item if no items are selected. Also the "Open
with" toolbar button is now enabled in that situation.
! Catalog: Did not process middle clicks. Did not process any click when
empty (since recently). Both fixed.
! ScriptStrictSyntax: Still a little too aggressive. Fixed.
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v15.10.0000 - 2015-05-04 21:00
= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
+++ Find Files Without Extension. Searching for files with no extension? It's
easy now. Simply search for *. (asterisk-dot).
+++ Toggle Quick Search. A new toolbar button provides a handy way to run the
last search on and off in various locations.
+++ Dropdown Left. Now you can have the address bar's dropdown button on the
left. Might reduce your mouse mileage.
+++ Load Speed. Major load speed increase compared to 15.00 and before.
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v15.00.0535 - 2015-05-04 17:19
* Visual Filters: Now no-extension patterns without any wildcards (*. ?, #)
are auto-wildcarded (= treated as partial match).
Pattern Matches Notes
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*. indiana, oregon
?. a, b, 4
#. 2, 3
a#. a2, a3
a*. a, alabama, alaska
x. mexico, xy, vox NEW behavior (was "exact match" before)
* Quick Search: Same change as above.
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v15.00.0533 - 2015-05-04 11:00
* Updated the help file.
! Tweak ListAutoSelectFirst did not work for Locked Tree. Fixed.
! Visual Filters: Using the pattern *.;* in a folder with subfolders
generated a crash (error 10). Fixed.
! Toolbar: Right-clicking a user button without right-click script popped
error "Resource does not contain any valid scripts" since some days ago.
Fixed.
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v15.00.0524 - 2015-05-03 13:45
+ List: Added tweak to auto-select the first item when entering a new
folder.
ListAutoSelectFirst=1
Notes:
- Auto-selection is triggered only when no selection is already present.
- Auto-selection is not triggered on tab change; only on location change
within the current tab.
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v15.00.0523 - 2015-05-02 14:58
+ Configuration | Thumbnails: Added "Show thumbnails for RAW files". Tick it
to do what it says. of course, the required RAW codecs (32-bit) have to be
installed in the system.
* Configuration | Thumbnails | Show thumbnails for non-images: This does not
include RAW files anymore.
* Scripting: Now include, function, and namespace statements can be indented.
- Makes scripts look better.
- Included stuff will now inherit the indent of the include statement. Can
make a difference in multiscripts.
Example for include:
"1st"
echo "1st!";
"2nd"
include tinc.inc
echo t(7);
"3rd"
echo "3rd!";
Example for function:
"1st"
echo "1st!";
"2nd"
function half($a) {return $a/2}
echo half(7);
"3rd"
echo "3rd!";
* User-Defined Functions: Now you can use them in a one-liner like this:
function half($x) { return $x / 2; }; echo half(3) + half(11);
But just one, and only at the beginning of the line. Not extremely useful.
* Configuration | Tree and List | List | Show folder size on Properties tab:
Is not triggered on startup anymore. Folder sizes are not shown in List
anymore.
! ScriptStrictSyntax: Didn't like numerics without quote. Fixed.
! SC replacelist: Did not work with separators longer than one character.
Fixed.
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v15.00.0522 - 2015-05-01 20:07
* Address Bar: The default match method for the dropdown match list is
"match anywhere" (can be tweaked to "match at beginning" via
AutoCompleteMatchFromBeginning=1). Now in the dropped list
matches-at-beginning are shown *before* matches-anywhere. Before, they
were all shown mixed, sorted chronologically (last used first).
+ Scripting: Experimentally added a tweak to employ a stricter syntax
validation.
ScriptStrictSyntax=1
If dubious syntax is met during execution you get a warning "Dubious
syntax".
The setting is supported by SC tweak. This is the way to toggle it:
tweak("ScriptStrictSyntax", "");
! Scripting: Message "Call to undefined function" was too aggressive. Tamed.
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v15.00.0521 - 2015-04-30 22:36
! Tree: A tree-related fix in v15.00.0518 went a bit over the top. Defixed.
! Portable File Associations: Did not work in jurassic, uh, classic view.
Air-fix #2.