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XYplorer Beta Club
v8.80.0028 - 2010-01-18 15:04
! Startup: The last version (v8.80.0027) could lead to a reset of
parts of the configuration to factory defaults when starting up in
a context where the expected pane.ini files were not found. Fixed.
! System-wide tweaked folder icons not shown correctly. Fixed?
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v8.80.0027 - 2010-01-17 17:00
+ Scripting got a new command.
Name: copyas
Action: Copies item(s) under a pattern-based name.
Syntax: copyas [pattern], [targetpath], [itemlist]
pattern = Name pattern where
* stands for the file base, and
? stands for the file extension (without dot).
Variables are allowed.
If empty then you get prompted.
targetpath = Path to copy the items to;
If empty then the current list path is used.
itemlist = |-separated list of items (full path) to copy.
If empty then the current list selections are
copied.
Number suffixes are appended as needed to avoid collisions.
Examples:
- Copies all selected items to the current list path under the
name ["Copy" + original Extension]:
::copyas "Copy.?"
- (see description in next section below):
::copyas "*_backup_<date yyyymmdd>.?";
- Same as doing menu File | Duplicate | Copy Here As...:
::copyas
- Copies all selected items to D:\ under their original name.
::copyas "*.?", "D:\"
- Copies two specific files to D:\ under a pattern-based name.
::copyas "*-copy.?", "D:\", "E:\Test\alpha.png|E:\Test\beta.png";
+ Copy Here As..., Move Here As...: Now you can state a wildcard
pattern and variables to define the target names of the operation.
Wildcard * stands for the file base.
Wildcard ? stands for the file extension (without dot).
For example, the pattern
*_backup_<date yyyymmdd>.?
applied to files
motherearth.txt
funlicker.jpg
would create copies named
motherearth_backup_20100117.txt
funlicker_backup_20100117.jpg
in the same folder.
If you'd do the same thing again on the same day the following
copies would be created:
motherearth_backup_20100117-01.txt
funlicker_backup_20100117-01.jpg
FYI, the format of the number suffix is defined in Configuration |
Templates.
* Configuration | Previewed Formats: Removed these checkboxes
- Automatically show non-previewed file types
using the shell
- Automatically show non-previewed file types
in ASCII/Hex mode (Raw View)
Reason: They proved to be too confusing.
The settings continue to exist as tweaks. They are reset to
factory defaults when upgrading to this beta version or later:
[Settings]
PreviewShellIfNoneBetter=1
PreviewRawIfNoneBetter=0
% Made app exit more robust against missing folders or rights.
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v8.80.0016 - 2010-01-13 15:15
! Tree, List: Recent changes with inline rename buggy. Fixed.
! Locked Maxi Tree: Was too passive, too locked. A locked Maxi Tree
is just a Tree that doesn't auto-scroll or auto-expand nodes, but
it is still a "normal"/Maxi Tree in that it tells the truth about
the current file system. I.e. expanded folders in a locked Maxi
Tree should show all and only the child folders that exist. Fixed,
resp. getting closer.
! Quick Visual Filters (e.g. c:\|*.bat) didn't work anymore. Fixed.
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v8.80.0015 - 2010-01-12 15:47
+ Configuration | Previewed Formats: Added setting "Display Tabs as
spaces", where you can define how TAB characters are displayed in
ASCII Raw View and Quick File View. Select 0 (factory default) to
expand TABs by the system default tab stop value (usually 8).
Select any other number to display TABs by this number of
spaces (the files are not changed by this, of course).
! Configuration | Tags: Ctrl+Click on the "Text/Back Color..."
buttons would crash if the selected tag list item was item number
8 or higher. Default colors exist only for the first 7 items.
Fixed.
* Tree, List: Now when you attempt to rename an item to a name that
already exists you get a message "An item with the same name already
exists."
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v8.80.0014 - 2010-01-09 16:12
* Manage User-Defined Commands Dialog: Removed the buttons Apply and
Reset from the Command Properties section. From now on any command
property changes are auto-applied. To undo any changes you made
simply Cancel the dialog.
Note: This change was already invoked in v8.70.0006 - 2009-12-04
11:51 but later withdrawn because of issues which now have been
fixed.
! History: Sort order stored with History was overwritten by FVS,
but it should be vice versa. Fixed.
! Startup: Did not restore a previous maximized window state after
starting up minimized. Fixed.
! Tags popup menu did not support Unicode. Fixed.
! Menu File | Settings | Load Configuration...: If an INI was
selected from a path other than XY Appdata Path it was copied to a
file named ".ini" (the base name was missing). Fixed.
% Browsing snappier. The little snow storm today brought a little
inspiration along...
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v8.80.0013 - 2010-01-08 22:33
+ History: Now the sort order is stored with History. If you return-
by-history to a location you have visited during the current
session, the location's previous sort order is restored.
This history-bound sort order is NOT remembered between sessions.
+ Action Log: Now the dialog is resizable. Size and position are
stored between calls and sessions.
+ Raw View: Added option to view the "tail" of a file, i.e. to jump
to the end directly after opening the Raw View. Find the option in
the context menu of the Raw View, resp. in the orange button drop
down menu.
* Quick File View: Now the Hex View remembers its own width
independently of the Text View width.
* Quick File View and Raw View: Now TAB characters are expanded (by
system default drawn as 8 spaces). Before, they were internally
replaced by 2 spaces.
! Menu View | Current Tab | Go Home would write the Home props to
the current folder's FVS if "Auto-save changes" was on. Fixed.
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v8.80.0012 - 2010-01-07 14:04
+ Rename Preview: Now the dialog is resizable. Size and position are
stored between calls and sessions.
+ List Management: Now the dialog is resizable. Size and position
are stored between calls and sessions.
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v8.80.0011 - 2010-01-06 20:02
! All Edit boxes: Ctrl+Z for undo. Buggy. Fixed.
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v8.80.0010 - 2010-01-06 12:00
+ All Edit boxes: Now Ctrl+Z will restore the previous text, resp.
toggle between this and the last restored text.
+ Toolbar | Visual Filter button: Now the tooltip of the unpressed
button displays the last Visual Filter, i.e. the one that will be
applied when the button is pressed.
+ New variable: <xyscripts> = XYplorer scripts path (unslashed).
* Address Bar: The new shell context menu now shows all commands.
Before, "Create Shortcut", "Delete", and "Rename" had been hidden
because they are also hidden in Explorer (XP). But I could make
them work.
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v8.80.0009 - 2010-01-05 10:53
+++ Now the various edit box dialogs are resizable. In case of Quick
File View and Try Script the size and position are stored between
calls and sessions.
+ Tweak to overwrite the default Scripts path (<xydata>\Scripts\).
The value can be absolute or portable/relative to app path.
For example,
[Settings]
ScriptsPath=MyScripts
will be resolved to C:\XY\MyScripts\ if XYplorer.exe is located in
C:\XY\.
* Visual Filters: From now on by factory default, Visual Filters
will not persist across folders within the same tab; in other
words, a Visual Filter is automatically cancelled when you change
the location. But, as it has been before, Visual Filters do
persist across tabs (tab switch) and across sessions.
To change this setting, use the context menu of the Visual Filter
toolbar button, or tweak the INI directly:
[General]
VFPersistAcrossFolders=0
If this is set to 1 then you have to explicitly remove a filter
to get rid of it.
* Go to Shortcut Target: Now, if a target does not exist, you get a
message that says so. Before you would be brought to the closest
existing parent folder.
! Copy Shortcut Target Item: Would attempt a copy even if the target
did not exist. Fixed.
! Tree: Icons in Start Menu folder partly wrong. Fixed.
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v8.80.0008 - 2010-01-02 10:10
+ Popup menus "Favorite Folders", "Special System Folders", and
"Favorite Files" now come with icons.
! Batch Rename: Did not support increment variables right of the
last dot in a pattern with /e switch. Fixed.
Now you can do this:
Pattern:
a.<#001> /e
Input: Output:
Edit6.7z a.001
Edit6.txt a.002
invalid.rar a.003
! Scripting: Overflow error since v8.80.0006. Fixed.
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v8.80.0006 - 2010-01-01 18:18
+ Environment Variables: New XY only environment variable:
%commonappdata% = name of all users application data folder
Typically on English systems it will return "C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Application Data".
! Thumbnails: Icons were drawn over thumbnails on "Details with
Thumbnails" view and "Show file icon on thumbnails". Stopped this.
% Thumbnails draw faster on "Create all thumbnails at once".
$ The prices went up.
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v8.80.0005 - 2009-12-30 14:12
+ Configuration | Thumbnails: Added option "Create all thumbnails at
once". Check it to have all thumbnails in the current list created
at once (not just the ones that are currently visible in the
viewport).
Enabling this option is only advisable if also "Cache thumbnails
on disk" is enabled because then the work will have to be done
only once. Otherwise browsing large image folders will become slow
again and again.
Note that even with "Cache thumbnails on disk" enabled this new
setting makes browsing a bit slower on fully cached folders. So,
if all or most of your folders are already fully cached, you can
(very) slightly increase speed by disabling "Create all thumbnails
at once".
+ Toolbar: The context menu of the buttons related to list views now
features a command "Create All Thumbnails Now". Here you can have
all thumbnails in the current list created for *this* list,
without having the global "Create all thumbnails at once" enabled
in Configuration | Thumbnails.
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v8.80.0004 - 2009-12-29 22:45
! Image Preview: PNG images that were larger than PreviewMaxArea
displayed a wrong color depth "Colors: 2 (1-bit)". Fixed. Now it
displays "Unknown" because images larger than PreviewMaxArea are
not scanned for color depth.
! Address Bar: Fixed some glitches with the new shell context menu.
! Minimize to Tray: XYplorer's icon on the tray did not survive the
restart of Explorer.exe. Fixed.
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v8.80.0003 - 2009-12-28 21:58
+ Address Bar: Now, right-clicking the icon will pop up the shell
context menu for the item (folder or file) currently displayed in
the Address Bar. This will always be the standard shell context
menu, without any XYplorer-only custom items.
! Tree, List: Hidden items with icon overlays weren't shown ghosted
anymore since yesterday. Fixed.
! Tree: Autorefresh on rename of subfolders of special paths did not
reliably happen. Fixed.