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v15.00.0001 - 2015-03-10 13:06
    - Find Files | Name & Location: Removed the Fuzzy checkbox and the Options 
      tab. The functionality is not lost though but can be invoked using a new 
      switch (see here below).
    + Find Files: Now you can invoke a fuzzy search (and set the degree of 
      fuzziness) by appending the new switch "/fuzzy=n" to the search term in 
      the name field. The "n" stands for the fuzziness and can be a value from 0 
      thru 100. Value 0 is equivalent to non-fuzzy so it's the same as omitting 
      the whole switch.
      Examples:
        Poper.png /fuzzy=20   matches "Paper.png":
        Koln.txt /fuzzy=10    matches "Koeln.txt"
        Koln.txt /fuzzy=100   matches everything
      Notes:
      - The similarity measurement of XYplorer's fuzzy search is based on the 
        Ratcliff/Obershelp pattern recognition algorithm (Ratcliff 1988), also 
        known as "gestalt pattern matching".
      - Of course, the switch can also be applied to a Quick Search. This was 
        not possible before.
    - Find Files: Removed tweak FindNoExtendedPatternMatching. Raised to GUI, 
      see below.
    + Configuration | Find Files & Branch View | Find Files: Added option 
      "Enable extended pattern matching".
      - Tick it to treat #, !, and [...] as special function characters: # 
        as wildcard for digits, ! as logical NOT, and [...] as a group of 
        characters to match.
      - Untick it to treat #, !, and [...] literally in search patterns, and not 
        as wildcards or special function characters.
      
      Examples:
        Pattern       Match Unticked  Match Ticked
        ---------------------------------------------
        #             ##KEEP##.jpg    1.jpg
        [1984]        [1984].jpg      1.jpg
        !a            !achtung.jpg    1.jpg
        !#            !#3.jpg         a.jpg

      Note that the tweak also affects Quick Search.
      New Factory default is OFF since again and again users were taken aback by 
      extended pattern matching.
    ! SC Property: No longer opened the Shell Properties dialog when the 
      "property" argument was empty. Fixed
    ! Portable Devices: The "Browse..." buttons all over the GUI did not support 
      Portable Devices yet. Fixed.

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v15.00.0000 - 2015-03-09 12:00
    = NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE. Main developments since last release:
  +++ Portable Devices. XYplorer now supports devices like tablets, smart 
      phones, or digital cameras, devices that are connected to the PC without 
      being assigned a drive letter. (Pro Edition Only; Windows Vista and later)
  +++ Flat Select. Now you can select items by entering match patterns right 
      through the Address Bar. Nifty time-saver.
  +++ Timestamping. Now you can easily clone and shift timestamps. (Pro Edition 
      Only)

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v14.80.0245 - 2015-03-09 11:52
    * Branch View: No more Branch View on startup. It's blocked now just like a 
      search on startup, and for the same reason: it might extremely slow down 
      startup.

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v14.80.0244 - 2015-03-08 20:43
    * Sticky Checkbox Selection: Necessary change to the new mode (v14.80.0243) 
      now informally called "Sticky Checkbox Selection":
      - Right-clicking an item focuses and selects it (but leaves any other 
        selections unchanged), then pops the context menu for all selected 
        items.
      This is necessary since all operations triggered from the context 
      menu will work on all *selected* items. And apart from that it means all 
      kinds of trouble to show a context menu for a non-selected item.
    ! Find Files | Location: Using forward slashes in the path screwed the 
      process in various ways. Fixed.

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v14.80.0243 - 2015-03-08 17:59
    + Added tweak to enable a new Checkbox Selection mode which sets a behavior 
      distinctly different from the normal one (which is identical to Windows 
      Explorer's behavior) and not unsimilar to Sticky Selection.
        ListCheckboxSelectionMode=1
      Properties of the new mode:
      - Left-clicking an item does not select this item and unselect all 
        others. Instead it moves the focus to the item, and displays it in the 
        Info Panel, even if it's not selected.
      - Right-clicking an item focuses it and
        - if it is selected: pops the context menu for all selected items
        - if it is not selected: pops the context menu just for it, regardless 
          of any selected items.
      - Left-clicking the empty List space does not unselect anything.
      - Moving the focus via arrow keys does not change any selections.
      - Ctrl+Up/Down moves the focus and displays the focused item in the 
        Info Panel, even if it's not selected.
      - Space toggles the selection of the focused item (no need to hold CTRL).
      - No slow double-click rename.
      The following works just like normal:
      - Drag-selection works just like normal, so this can be used e.g. to quicky 
        unselect all items.
      - Left-clicking an item holding CTRL or SHIFT works just like normal.
      - Ctrl+Space toggles the selection of the focused item just like normal.
      NOTE: I like the new mode so much I made it the factory default. You will 
      upgrade directly into the new mode, no need to tweak.
    * Sticky Selection: Slightly improved behavior in analogy to the new 
      Checkbox Selection mode above:
      - Ctrl+Up/Down now moves the focus and displays the focused item in the 
        Info Panel, even if it's not selected.
    * SC SetColumns: Now toggling columns visibility using flag 32 also supports 
      canonic column names like "Extra 4" or "Custom 1", so you don't need to 
      pass the actual caption.
      Syntax: setcolumns([columns], [flags=0], [position])
        flags:      Options for set and get.
          32: Toggle column visibility. Only one column at a time, identified by 
              its case-insensitive caption (A==a). If no caption matches, the 
              canonic names are matched.
              Can only be combined with the Autosize columns flag (16).
      Examples:      
        setcolumns("path", 32); //toggle the Path column
        setcolumns("Mixed", 32); //toggle the Mixed column
        setcolumns("Custom 8", 32); //toggle the Custom 8 column

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v14.80.0242 - 2015-03-07 20:58
    + Custom Event Actions (CEA): Added another action to the custom events 
      "right-click on the tree's white space" and "right-click on the list's 
      white space" (currently only as a tweak).
        5 = Popup the Favorite Files menu        
      Examples:
        CEA_TreeRightClickOnWhite=5
        CEA_ListRightClickOnWhite=5
    + Custom Event Actions (CEA): Added another action to the custom events 
      "right-click on the tree's white space" and "right-click on the list's 
      white space" (currently only as a tweak).
        6 = Run a script    
      Note:
        The script itself has to be defined in an extra key:
          CEA_TreeRightClickOnWhite_Script=...
          CEA_ListRightClickOnWhite_Script=...
        The script has to be a one liner, so for longer scripts you would load a 
        script file.
      Example for the tweaked INI file:
        ; Tweak: 0=Favs, 1=Favs Full, 2=Drives, 3=Drives+Special, 4=Tabs, 5=FavFiles, 6=Script
        CEA_TreeRightClickOnWhite=6
        CEA_TreeRightClickOnWhite_Script=echo "Hi!";
        ; Tweak: 0=Edit menu, 1=Folder's shell menu, 2=Favorites, 3=reserved, 4=Tabs, 5=FavFiles, 6=Script
        CEA_ListRightClickOnWhite=6
        CEA_ListRightClickOnWhite_Script=echo "Hi!";
      Tip:
        You would probably load a script file that pops a menu with some 
        interesting options rather than run a script directly on right-click 
        (which I would find a touch adventurous).
    ! Mount points could not be browsed correctly if Configuration | Controls 
      and More | Miscellaneous | Resolve junctions was ticked. Fix #2.

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v14.80.0241 - 2015-03-06 15:22
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name: GetSectionList
      Action: Returns a list of sections in an INI file or a list of "key=value" 
              pairs for the specified section.
      Syntax: getsectionlist([section], [INIfile], [separator=CRLF])
        section:    [optional] The name of the section.
                        If omitted a list of sections is returned.
        INIfile:    [optional] The name of the INI file. Expects a filename
                        with extension, and can be absolute or relative to the
                        to the running script's path.
                        If omitted XYplorer's current INI file is used.
        separator:  [optional] Separates the items in the returned list.
                        Defaults to CRLF (line feed).
        return:       The list of sections or 'key=value' pairs in the specified 
                        section.
      Examples:
      - Displays the list of sections in XYplorer's current INI file:
          text getsectionlist();
      - Displays the list of "key=value" pairs in the "General" section of
        XYplorer's current INI file:
          text getsectionlist("General");                  
    + Rename Special | Batch Rename: Added switch /u for "Uppercase the first 
      character" (leave all other characters unchanged). Can be combined with 
      other switches.
      Example for a Batch Rename pattern:
        * /u
      Example for usage in SC rename:
        rename b, "* /u";        

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v14.80.0240 - 2015-03-05 20:24
    * SC unset: The user doesn't have to think anymore about the order of the 
      arguments passed to unset. Unset will now automatically unset any 
      dereferenced variables before any normal variables (which is the only way 
      it works).
    ! SC isset: Did not honor the dereference operator. Fixed.

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v14.80.0239 - 2015-03-05 15:04
    + SC get("counticons") enhanced. Now it can count the number of images in an 
      ICO resource.
      Examples:
        text get("counticons");   //of focused ICO file
        text <get counticons>;    //of focused ICO file
      Examples for a Custom Column of type Template (both work the same):
        <get counticons "<cc_item>">
        <get counticons <cc_item>>
    * SC echo, msg, text: Experimentally now any NULLs in the displayed text 
      are replaced by spaces. Reason: The first NULL would stop any further 
      display in a Windows Edit box. Now you see more in such cases.

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v14.80.0238 - 2015-03-03 22:04
    ! Find Files | Dupes: With "Follow folder links" checked it was easy to get 
      one and same file two or more times into the Dupes check and then it would 
      be returned as a *dupe of itself*, a nonsense and also dangerous thing 
      since deleting any one of those "dupes" would of course delete "both". 
      Fixed. Now there is no way anymore to get self-dupes, even if you pass the 
      same search location two times.
    ! Mount points could not be browsed correctly if Configuration | Controls 
      and More | Miscellaneous | Resolve junctions was ticked. Fixed.
    ! XYplorerFree: Show Navigation Panel button was available but 
      dysfunctional. Show Tree button was missing. Fixed. Show Tree button is 
      now available and Show Navigation Panel button is not.

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v14.80.0237 - 2015-03-02 21:49
    + Tweak to control whether folder thumbnails mind the "Logo" setting in a 
      folder's hidden desktop.ini file (as Explorer does):
        FolderThumbsDesktopIni=1
      Factory default is ON (1).
      If ON then folder thumbnails are harvested in the following order of precedence:
        <curitem>\desktop.ini>[ViewState]>Logo
        <curitem>\folder.jpg
        <curitem>\folder.png
        <curitem>\folder.gif
        <curitem>\*.jpg/*.png (alphabetically first JPG, if none then first PNG)
      Else the first line is skipped:
        <curitem>\folder.jpg
        <curitem>\folder.png
        <curitem>\folder.gif
        <curitem>\*.jpg/*.png (alphabetically first JPG, if none then first PNG)
    ! Custom Columns: The "Junction Target" special property column was always 
      empty for SymLinks and Junctions to folders. Fixed.
    ! Thumbnails were not generated anymore for MP4 files since 20150214. Fixed.

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v14.80.0236 - 2015-02-18 15:03
    + Special Properties | Audio: Now the Windows canonical properties are 
      exploited where XYplorer's own faster methods fail.
      These are the affected properties:
        text "<prop #audio.bitdepth>";
        text "<prop #audio.bitrate>";
        text "<prop #audio.channels>";
        text "<prop #audio.samplerate>";
      So, for example, your Custom Columns using Special Audio Properties will 
      show more data now for file types like APE, M4A, MPC, OGG, or WMA, 
      depending on the codecs installed on your system.
    * Breadcrumbs: Now the current (bolded) item in the dropdown match lists is 
      ensured to be in view in longer lists.
    ! Auto-Refresh: Recent issue regarding Locked Tree fixed.
    ! Manifest: A mistake in the manifest lead to reduced DPI Awareness in 
      Windows 8/8.1. Fixed.
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.10.0067.
    * MRUs: Now, patterns from the following commands *are* added to the 
      command's MRU list when triggered via scripting IF the script is just a 
      call by command ID, e.g. "#123;":
        VisualFilter        (::filter)
        BatchRename         (::rename "b")
        RegExpRename        (::rename "r")
        SearchReplace       (::rename "s")
        KeepParticularChars (::rename "k")
      This refines a change made in v7.90.0078 - 2009-01-27 21:16.
    ! Drag and drop from WE Zip Folders did not work perfectly in all contexts. 
      Fixed.
    * Updated the help file.

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v14.80.0235 - 2015-02-14 12:26
    ! Portable Devices: Refresh glitch on unlocking the device. Fixed.
    ! Custom Toolbar Buttons: Several glitches concerning the right-click. 
      Fixed.
    ! IFilters: Attempt to fix an overflow error.

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v14.80.0234 - 2015-02-13 12:39
    * IFilters: NULL characters in the returned string are now replaced by CRLF.
    ! Portable Devices: Switching to a Tabset from the pre-PD era lead to 
      completely undefined PD colors and styles because of missing upgrade code 
      in this context. Fixed.
    ! Portable Devices: List not always refreshed on plug-in or unlock. Fix 
      attempt.

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v14.80.0233 - 2015-02-12 11:22
    ! Shell Extended Properties: Fixed a couple of glitches with certain Windows 
      canonical properties.

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