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v10.80.0310 - 2012-02-21 12:20
    + Added tweak to keep currently unavailable folders in the Mini 
      Tree, given they are located on currently unavailable drives.
        MiniTreeAllowZombies=1
      This allows you to keep branches intact while a removable drive is 
      temporarily offline.
    ! Mini Tree: With the MiniTreeAllowZombies tweak ON, there was a way 
      to get undesired behavior including doubled subfolders on mounting 
      removable drives. Fixed.
    + Configuration | Tabs: Experimentally added a way to have the 
      search pattern of Name Searches in the tab caption. This allows 
      you to identify search tabs by the pattern (WHAT) rather than by 
      the location (WHERE).
      Under "Tab captions | Custom" you can now optionally add a second 
      section (separated by ||?:) to define the caption for Name Search 
      tabs. The variable <pattern> is used as a placeholder for the 
      search pattern (the pattern is stripped of any switches like e.g. 
      /:flat to make it smaller).
      Examples:
        <drive>: <folder>||?:<pattern>
        <drive>: <folder>||?:<folder>?<pattern>
        <drive>: <folder>||?:<drive>: <folder>?<pattern>
      The first section (left of ||?:) is used for all other tabs.
      Notes:
      - Of course, the custom caption is only used for un-named tabs, so 
        it is not applied to tabs named "Search Results".
      - Actually || is the section separator and "?:" the section 
        marker/selector. More sections might follow in future versions.
      - This is currently implemented only for Name Searches, not for 
        searches triggered from the Info Panel | Find Files tab.
    * Info Panel | Preview: In the orange button dropdown "Show Preview 
      Info" has been renamed to "Show Metadata".
    ! Tree: Boxed Branch etc. could not be turned off for special 
      folders in a locked tree. Fixed #2.

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v10.80.0309 - 2012-02-19 15:27
    * Branch View: From now on, when folders are not listed themselves 
      in the Branch View (e.g. because they are hidden for having the 
      SYSTEM attribute) then also their contents are not listed.
      Reason: There should never be a case where the contents are shown 
      but not the hidden/system folder, because that is when the list 
      becomes inaccurate and misleading (because of files being indented 
      under folders in which they don't belong).
      Note that the Find Files logic is different: If a folder is 
      hidden, its contents might still be listed in the Search Results 
      if they match the search filters.
    * Mini Tree: Experimentally Zombies are allowed now, i.e. non-
      existing folders are not automatically removed anymore from the 
      Mini Tree when the tree is loaded.
    ! Support for Win98 was lacking (GetFileSizeEX not supported). 
      Fixed.
    ! Tree: Boxed Branch etc. could not be turned off for special 
      folders in a locked tree. Fixed.
    ! Tree: Boxed Branch etc. could not be turned off via context menu 
      of a non-current folder in a locked tree. Fixed.
    ! Configuration | Undo & Action Log: Some checkbox captions were 
      missing since v10.80.0303. Fixed.

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v10.80.0308 - 2012-02-17 20:51
    + SC ReadFile enhanced by new CodePage parameter.
      Name:   ReadFile
      Action: Read data from file into string.
      Syntax: readfile([filename], [mode], [numbytes], [codepage])
        codepage: codepage to use for decoding the file.
          empty: use system default codepage
          else:  use the passed codepage
      Example:
        //Decode the current file as Japanese (Shift-JIS):
        text readfile(, , , 932);
      Notes: Passing a codepage number is only meaningful for text 
      files. Codepage numbers can be found in the web (search for "Code 
      Page Identifiers").
    + Text Preview: Added more codepages to the dropdown menu in the 
      Preview tab. Click any of the codepages to reload the current file 
      with that specific encoding.
    - Text Preview: The codepage setting is not remembered anymore: not 
      between preview and not across sessions.
    - Quick File View: Does not take over the current decoding of the 
      Text Preview anymore (introduced in v10.80.0307). Instead you have 
      a new scripting command quickfileview for the job.
    + Scripting got a new command.
      Name:   quickfileview
      Action: Open the Quick File View for the specified file.
      Syntax: quickfileview([filename], [codepage])
        filename: file full path/name, or relative to current path
                  defaults to the current file
        codepage: codepage to use for decoding the file.
          empty: use system default codepage
          else:  use the passed codepage
      Example:
        //Quick File View the current file as Japanese (Shift-JIS):
        quickfileview , 932;

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v10.80.0307 - 2012-02-17 13:52
    + Quick File View: Now supports DBCS files.
    + SC readfile: Now supports DBCS files.
    ! Text Preview: Improved the automatic detection of DBCS files, as 
      opposed to ASCII and UTF-8 files, and fixed some glitches.

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v10.80.0306 - 2012-02-16 09:57
    + Text Preview: In the dropdown menu on the Preview tab, now you can 
      manually select a different encoding for text file for preview. A 
      couple of East Asian languages using DBCS encoding is supported.
      The setting is remembered across sessions.
      - System Default (ANSI)
      - Simplified Chinese (GB2312)
      - Traditional Chinese (BIG5)
      - Japanese (Shift-JIS)
      - Korean (EUC)
    ! SC property: Property "#-1" did not work anymore. Fixed.
        ::text property("#-1");
      Return the contents of the item's default info tip.

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v10.80.0305 - 2012-02-15 21:59
  +++ Info Panel | Find Files: Added tab "Tags" containing three 
      filters: Labels, Tags, and Comment. Like all filters they are 
      connected by logical AND, so e.g. if Labels and Tags are both 
      ticked then both must match else the file in question will not be 
      among the search results.
      All three fields are treated case-insensitive (A==a) and support 
      wildcards. Here are some field-specific details:
      
      - Labels: Supports stating multiple labels combined by logical 
        OR (|); surrounding spaces are ignored. Examples:
          green
          Green
          green|red
          green | red
          g*|*e*
        Logical AND is not supported, of course, because each file can 
        only have one label be definition.
        A "Select Labels..." button is added for comfort.
        
      - Tags: Supports stating multiple tags, combined by either logical 
        OR (|) or logical AND (,); mixing both operators is not 
        supported; surrounding spaces are ignored. Examples:
          dogs
          Dogs
          dogs|cats     dogs OR cats
          dogs | cats   dogs OR cats
          dogs,cats     dogs AND cats
          dogs, cats    dogs AND cats
        A "Select Tags..." button is added for comfort.
        
      - Comment: Wildcards (*) are auto-added left and right if no 
        wildcards (* or ?) are contained in the pattern (aka "loose 
        match").
      
      Finding Empty Fields
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Contrary to the Name field, leaving the fields on the Tags tab 
      empty is NOT equivalent to "*" (match all) but means "empty". For 
      example, to find all items that are tagged (are present in the 
      tags database) but have no comment: Simply tick the Comment 
      checkbox and leave the Comment field empty. Same way works for 
      Labels and Tags.

      Speed
      ~~~~~
      All searches including the new Tags filter are ultra-fast because 
      they work directly on the tags database, i.e. they are indexed 
      searches.

    + Find Files: Now Multi Field Search (MFS) is also supported in 
      Boolean RegExp, for example:
        :>.*test.* AND NOT >.*not.*test.* OR lbl:>^Gre.*      
    - Info Panel | Find Files: Removed the "Templates..." button. 
      Reason: Not enough space, and not really necessary since the 
      function is always available in menu Edit and by CKS (Ctrl+F9).

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v10.80.0304 - 2012-02-14 20:50
  +++ Find Files: Added Multi Field Search (MFS). Planned for years, 
      finally implemented. A BIG feature, like adding a new dimension 
      to search.
      Multi Field Search means: In a Boolean search you can mix 
      different fields, e.g. find all images with 1024 x 768 pixels AND 
      labeled "Red" AND having "2012" in the name.
      The available fields are:
        name: Name (default field)
        lbl:  Label
        tags: Tags
        cmt:  Comment
        prop: Property
        len:  Length of path and file
        lent: Length of file title (no path) only
      
      Examples:
  
         Name Pattern                Find all items with
        -------------------------------------------------------------------
      1) tags:cats,dogs OR name:a*   tags ("cats" AND "dogs") OR name "a*"
      2) tags:cats|dogs AND name:a*  tags ("cats" OR "dogs") AND name "a*"
      3) tags:cats|dogs AND ants     tags ("cats" OR "dogs") AND tag "ants"
      4) xy*.exe AND prop:fileversion:10.80*    (self-explaining)
      5) *.jpg AND lent: > 12        JPGs with long filenames

      Field Type Inheritance
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      The 3rd example above shows that the field type is inherited from 
      left to right. This is done for backward compatibility and also 
      for comfort. The following pairs are equivalent:
        
        lent: > 12 AND  < 20
        lent: > 12 AND lent: < 20
        
        tags:cats|dogs AND ants OR name:a* AND *.png
        tags:cats|dogs AND tags:ants OR name:a* AND name:*.png
      
        a* AND (*.png OR lbl:green OR yellow OR red)
        name:a* AND (name:*.png OR lbl:green OR lbl:yellow OR lbl:red)
        
      Notes
      ~~~~~~
      - Of course, MFS also works in Quick Searches which makes it 
        available for Address Bar, Catalog, Favorites, User Buttons, 
        Scripting etc. Remember that the Boolean marker ":" has to be 
        prefixed, e.g.:
          ?:tags:dogs and name:t*
      - The Match Case checkbox applies to all operands of the MFS term.
      - The Whole Words checkbox applies to all operands of the MFS 
        term, with the exception of tags (tags:), which are always 
        treated as whole words unless they are stated with wildcards.
      - Depending on the search term, a MFS will be notably slower than 
        a SFS (Single Field Search). However, thanks to a number of 
        optimizations it is still pretty fast,
      - You can control the speed of a search by carefully choosing the 
        order of operands in a Boolean search term. For example, the 
        following terms yield the same results but in different ways:
          1) tags:cats,dogs AND name:a*
          2) name:a* AND tags:cats,dogs
        Term (1) first scans the Tags database for items in the search 
        location that have tags "cats" and "dogs", and then matches the 
        results against pattern "a*".
        Term (2) first scans the search location for items matching 
        pattern "a*", and than checks the tags attributed to each of 
        these items.
        It depends on the size of your tags database, and the size of 
        the search location which order is faster.
        > Rule to remember: The first order (scan Tags database first) 
          is always and only applied when the leftmost term refers to 
          Tags (lbl:, tags:, cmt:) and is bound to an AND-operator.
        > Tip: If you search the whole Computer or a whole drive you 
          will always want the tags-operand first.

    * Find Files: Now searching for Name can also be done explicitly 
      using the new selector "name". For example, to find all items 
      beginning with "a", both terms yield the same results:
        a*
        name:a*
      The "name:" selector has its use in Multi Field Searches, for example:
        lbl:b* OR a*        = Find all with Label B* or Label a*
        lbl:b* OR name:a*   = Find all with Label B* or Name a*
    * Find Files: The verbatim switch /v now also works for the normal 
      name filter. Before, it was exclusively used for label, tags, and 
      comments search:
        a /v                = Find all items named exactly "a"
        a* /v               = Find all items named exactly "a*"
      The latter is not likely to find anything because the asterisk is 
      treated as character, not as wildcard, in a verbatim search.
    * Variables <get tabs> and <get tabs_sf now support a second 
      optional parameter to select the pane:
        <get tabs [separator="|"] [pane=a]>
        <get tabs_sf [separator="|"] [pane=a]>
      Examples:
        loadtree <get tabs_sf |>;   //active pane's tabs
        loadtree <get tabs_sf | a>; //active pane's tabs
        loadtree <get tabs_sf | i>; //inactive pane's tabs
        loadtree <get tabs_sf | 1>; //first pane's tabs
        loadtree <get tabs_sf | 2>; //second pane's tabs

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v10.80.0303 - 2012-02-13 14:56
    * Configuration: The clickable area of all checkboxes is now reduced 
      to the mere caption. Before, a certain area right of the caption 
      was clickable as well.
    ! List: With Full Row Select enabled, the Label column did not 
      always honor the setting Configuration | Tags | Popup by tag 
      columns right-click. Fixed.
    ! Drop URL: Did not work correctly when URL (Internet Shortcut) 
      contained Unicode characters in the name. Fixed.
      Note: Fix only works for Firefox. Failed to fix for IE.
    ! SC renameitem: When renaming a folder in the file list, the parent 
      of this folder in the tree would have been collapsed. Fixed.

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v10.80.0302 - 2012-02-10 13:23
    + SC get("list_hilitefolder") enhanced. Now you have a flags 
      parameter to control what data are returned.
      Syntax: get("list_hilitefolder", [delimiter=CRLF], [flags])
        [separator]:  String to place between items.
                      Defaults to CRLF (line feed).
        flags:        Defaults to "fc".
          f:          Return folders.
          c:          Return colors.
         fc:          Return folders and colors.
        return:       List of highlighted tree folders with their colors 
                      in RRGGBB (depending on flags). Format is 
                      identical to that used in the INI file.
      Examples:
        ::text get("list_hilitefolder");
        ::loadtree get("list_hilitefolder", "|", "f");
      The latter example loads a Mini Tree with all highlighted folders.
    + Configuration | Color Filters: Added "Draw background colors in 
      distinctive shapes". Tick it to give a distinctive shape to each 
      type of filter (name, size, date...), given it has a background 
      color defined.
      Note that this setting had been hard-coded to ON until now, but 
      many users perceived the shape as a drawing glitch! :)
    ! Queued Background File Operations: On completion of a parallel 
      operation (delete or intra-volume move) you got an error when 
      there was no next queued operation (since v10.80.0201). Fixed.

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v10.80.0301 - 2012-02-09 14:51
    ! List: When pasting a file into a list where a file (not a folder) 
      was selected you got the message "Paste into files is currently 
      not supported." Fixed: Now the file is pasted into the current 
      folder.
    ! Tree: Refreshing the Tree with the Network node selected would 
      clear all child nodes. Fixed.

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v10.80.0203 - 2012-02-08 11:53
    + Added Tweak to re-enable the behavior that has been removed in 
      v10.80.0202:
        TabReuseTabs=1
      Set to 1 to re-use existing tabs when changing locations through 
      Favorite Folders, Favorite Files, Special System Folders, Hotlist, 
      Recent Locations, or Catalog.
    * Configuration | Advanced: Renamed "Resolve nested junctions" to 
      "Resolve junctions".
    * SC property: Renamed #ResolveNestedJunctions to #ResolveJunctions.
    * Updated the help file.

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v10.80.0202 - 2012-02-07 20:35
    * Tabs: Before, when going to a new location from Favorite Folders, 
      Favorite Files, Special System Folders, Hotlist, Recent Locations, 
      or Catalog, any existing tab pointing to this locations was selected 
      instead of using the current tab, even if the current tabs was not 
      locked. Now, the current tab is used.
    - Removed the "Calculate Folder Sizes" refresh fix from v10.80.0201. 
      This needs more thinking.

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v10.80.0201 - 2012-02-07 12:26
    + Toolbar: Added button to show the shell properties (Alt+Enter). 
      Used the icon of the "Properties Tab" button for this, and gave a 
      new icon to the latter button.
    + Scripting: Now, foreach loops can be run in reverse direction. To 
      achieve this, a 4th parameter "flags" has been added to the syntax:
        foreach($variable, listoftokens, [separator=|], [flags]) {
          statement(s);
        }
        flags: Can be either empty (default) or set to "r" for "reverse 
               direction".
      Example 1:
        // returns 3 strings (moon, sun, venus):
          foreach($token, "moon,sun,venus", ",") {
            echo $token;
          }
      Example 2:
        // returns 3 strings (venus, sun, moon):
          foreach($token, "moon,sun,venus", ",", "r") {
            echo $token;
          }
    + SC formatlist enhanced: Added format "v" for "reverse sort".
      Syntax: formatlist(list, [format], [separator=|], [param])
        format:   Switches for the desired formatting. Can be freely 
                  combined in any order.
          v = reverse sort
        param:    (unused)
      Examples:
        text formatlist("bca", "v", ""); //acb  (reverse)
        text formatlist("bca", "r", ""); //cba  (descending)
        text formatlist("bca", "s", ""); //abc  (ascending)
    + SC property enhanced:
        #ResolveNestedJunctions     = path with all junctions resolved
        If path has no junctions, then it is returned unchanged.
    + Configuration | Advanced: Added option "Resolve nested junctions". 
      Tick it to automatically resolve junctions when entered through 
      the Address Bar or similar ports (Catalog, Favorites, Go to ...).
      This setting has been already available for a while as tweak 
      "ResolveNestedJunctions". The tweak ResolveNestedJunctions was 
      restricted to drive C:. From now on the function works on every 
      drive. However, it is not applied on tab switch anymore.
    ! (Ex-)Tweak ResolveNestedJunctions didn't work correctly on 
      junctions to junctions. Fixed.
    - Removed this change from v10.80.0014 - 2012-01-26 12:43, because 
      of undesired side effects (*all* folder sizes were calculated on a 
      refresh, not just the ones needed):
      * List: Now, when temporary folder sizes are displayed (triggered 
        by menu View | Calculate Folder Sizes) then a Refresh List (or 
        Auto- Refresh event) will also refresh the folder sizes. Before, 
        they would have vanished.
    ! Calculate Folder Sizes: When the modified date of a folder was not 
      up-to-date (which can happen due to a Windows bug (XP, Win7)where 
      a folder date is not updated when parts or all of its contents are 
      intra-volume-moved to another folder), getting the folder sizes 
      of this folder would trigger an immediate refresh because browsing 
      this folder (to calculate its contents) updates its modified date 
      (weird!) and triggers a change notification. Fixed: This refresh 
      is now suppressed when it happens within 500 msecs.
    ! Crash on app start on system-wide unusually large scrollbar 
      widths. Fixed.
    ! Queued Background File Operations: On completion of an 
      intermittent parallel operation (delete or intra-volume move) the 
      next queued operation would have been triggered even if any 
      ongoing queued operation was not yet completed. Fixed.
    * Menu View | Refresh: Now the List is refreshed *before* the Tree. 
      More snappy like this.

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v10.80.0108 - 2012-02-03 12:25
    + Now also variable <prop> supports the same XYplorer-specific named 
      arguments as SC property, e.g.:
        text <prop #label>;
        text <prop #ShortcutTarget>;
    ! Custom Copy/Move: Copying or moving an empty folder did not auto-
      refresh the Tree correctly. Fixed.
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.00.0076.

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v10.80.0107 - 2012-02-02 19:58
    + SC property enhanced: Now some XYplorer-specific named arguments 
      are supported. They all have to be preceded by # to distinguish 
      them from Windows shell properties. They are not case-sensitive.
        #LinkTarget     = Shortcut Target
        #ShortcutTarget = Shortcut Target (same as #LinkTarget)
        #JunctionTarget = Junction Target
        #Label          = Label
        #Tags           = Tags
        #Comment        = Comment
      If the property is not applicable to the file in question then 
      nothing ("") is returned.
      Examples:  
        text property("#label");  //defaults to current list item
        text property("#linktarget", "E:\Test\funstuff\Icons.lnk");

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