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v8.50.0037 - 2009-11-02 12:56
    + SC getinfo "username" now supports Unicode names.
    * Updated the help file.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0036, 01-nov-2009).

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v8.50.0036 - 2009-11-01 13:51
    % Tree, Catalog, List: Improved smoothness of high resolution mouse 
      wheel scrolling, part #2.
    * User Buttons: Increased number from 10 to 16.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0035, 01-nov-2009).

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v8.50.0035 - 2009-11-01 11:24
    % Tree, Catalog, List: Improved smoothness of high resolution mouse 
      wheel scrolling.
    * Preview | MDBU: Now the blow up does not over- or underlap the 
      taskbar anymore.
    * Preview | MDBU: Improved the panning of large blow ups that don't 
      fit the view port.
    ! Statusbar: Tooltips did not always appear over the expected 
      section. Fixed.
    ! Refresh Tree added floppies even if Show Floppies was OFF since a 
      couple of weeks ago. Fixed.
    ! Rename Special | Batch Rename: A file called ".txt" was treated as 
      having no extension. Fixed: Now it's treated as TXT file with an 
      empty base name.
      This means when you rename ".txt" with pattern "new" you'll get 
      "new.txt".

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0033, 30-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0033 - 2009-10-30 12:14
    * Menu File | Duplicate: From now on, the created copies are auto-
      selected (when the target path is identical with the current list 
      path). Before, the originals kept their selections.
      Exception: The command "Copy Here ("Copy of...")" where Windows 
      keeps it a secret how the copy is named.
    - Menu File | Settings: Removed "Save Action Log". Reason: Actions 
      aren't settings.
    % Improved the action captions in various ways.
    ! Catalog: Adding special path items (e.g. Desktop\Downloads\) to a 
      Category via drag-n-drop converted them silently to their real 
      path equivalents. Fixed.
    ! Undo button dropdown action log could crash under certain 
      conditions. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0029, 28-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0029 - 2009-10-28 11:46
    * Configuration | Undo & Action Log: Added option "Prompt before 
      delete". If checked then you are prompted before undoing Copy or 
      New, which both involve deletions. This prompting in accordance 
      with Explorer behavior and the factory default is ON.
      Also, from now on, prompts before deletions show the "warning" 
      icon as opposed to the normal "information" icon.
    * Undo: Now also partially aborted (= partially successful) actions 
      are logged. Before, only actions without any abortions (user 
      pressed "cancel" or "no" at some point during progress) were 
      logged.
      Note that on undoing a partial action you might get a message 
      about actions that cannot be undone because they never were done 
      in the first place.
      Note also that on redoing a partial action you will not in any 
      case get the same prompts as on the original action because redo 
      uses its own routines for better performance. This can mean that 
      redoing an action that was partially aborted the first time might 
      now run through without any prompts or abortions.
    * Undo Move: Now when the original path of the moved item does not 
      exist anymore, undoing the move will attempt to recreate it before 
      moving the item back to it.
    ! Variable <get username> was imperfect. Fixed.
    ! Menu File | Move/Copy/Backup To: The MRU submenus would not 
      recognize any portable paths (e.g. "?:\") or XY variables (e.g. 
      <date yyyy>) or environment variables. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0028, 26-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0028 - 2009-10-26 13:27
    ! Undo Delete: Did not work on Vista/Win7. Fixed #4.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0027, 26-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0027 - 2009-10-26 09:25
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name:   hexdump
      Action: Displays a string as hex dump.
      Syntax: hexdump(string, [unicode])
        string:   [required] String to display.
        unicode:  [optional]
                  0 = one byte/char [Default]
                  1 = two bytes/char
      Examples:
        text hexdump(chr(20000), 1), 700;
        text hexdump("<clipboard>", 1), 700; //show current clipboard
      Usage:
        I know it's bloat in a file manager, but it's extremely useful 
        when you want to know what's *really* on the clipboard.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0026, 25-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0026 - 2009-10-25 22:42
    ! Undo Delete: Did not work on Vista/Win7. Fixed #3.
    ! Tree, Catalog, List: Wheel scrolling failed or did not work as 
      expected with high resolution mouse drivers. Fixed.
    ! Edit User Button dialog: Crash after first okaying and then 
      canceling the dialog. Fixed.
    ! User Button: A button script that closes the app would result in 
      an error. Fixed.  

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0025, 24-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0025 - 2009-10-24 17:38
    + SC getinfo got a new named argument "username".
      Examples:
        echo getinfo("username");
        echo "<get username>";

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0024, 23-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0024 - 2009-10-23 20:52
    ! Undo Rename: List selections were lost or wrong when items were 
      renamed and repositioned due to their new name. Fixed #2: Now it 
      works also with batch rename.
    ! Undo Delete: Did not work on Vista/Win7. Fixed #2.
    ! Tree: Inline-renaming subfolders of special folders (Desktop etc.) 
      did not update the tab header. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0023, 22-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0023 - 2009-10-22 19:21
    + Titlebar: Now the TitlebarTemplate tweak knows the variable <get 
      ...>. Here is an example for how to get the current pane number 
      into the titlebar:
        [General]
        TitlebarTemplate=[<get pane>] <path> - <app> @ <ini> - <ver>
    * Undo: Now cumulative undo will skip items the are undone already, 
      and cumulative redo will skip items that are redone already resp. 
      not yet undone.
    * Action Log: Now you can select items in the actions list with the 
      right mouse button (and pop the context menu right away).
    ! Undo Rename: List selections were lost or wrong when items were 
      renamed and repositioned due to their new name. Fixed.
    ! Undo Delete: Did not work on Vista/Win7. Fixed.
    ! Undo SC copyitem: Logged time was invisible. Fixed.
    ! Tree: Inline-renaming subfolders of special folders (Desktop etc.) 
      did not update the tree node when auto-refresh was off. Fixed.
    ! Tree: Removable drives using traditional floppy letters (A:, B:) 
      were not auto-detected on plug-in. Fixed.
    % Tree: Generally improved auto-refreshing on added/removed 
      removable drives. Smoother, faster, more reliable.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0022, 21-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0022 - 2009-10-21 18:24
    + Action Log: Now you can right-click the selected item in the 
      action list and do several interesting things to it:
      - Undo or Redo (depending on the state of the action)
        Note that this is non-sequential undo/redo and the current 
        action (green highlight) will not move automatically.
      - Make Current Action
        Make this action the current action. This is the only way to 
        move around in action history without actually undoing or 
        redoing anything. The toolbar buttons will adjust after the 
        Action Log window is closed.
        Such a move can be useful when you want to cumulatively undo a 
        set of actions somewhen in the past. After setting the current 
        action you would then trigger the cumulative undo using the 
        toolbar.
    + Folder thumbnails now also look for PNG images in the folder.
    * Tabs: Improved algorithm for squeezing tabs into the available 
      space in a fair way.
    * Features: Removed "Show Tree" from Menu and Toolbar when feature 
      Catalog is off.
    ! Custom Tag icons had a white instead of a colored border for a 
      couple of versions. Fixed.
    ! A suspended auto-refresh could get auto-unsuspended after a file 
      operation. Fixed.
    ! Menu Edit | Paste Special: Menu turned disabled forever under 
      certain conditions. Fixed.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0021, 20-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0021 - 2009-10-20 13:28
    + Menu File | Settings: Added "Save Action Log".
      Note that the Action Log will be saved on exit if (and only if) 
      you tick "Remember the logged actions between sessions" (even if 
      "Save settings on exit" is off), so pressing "Save Action Log" is 
      not necessary unless you expect XY to crash.
      Note also that if you click "Save Action Log" the Action Log will 
      be saved even if "Remember the logged actions between sessions" is 
      off. Only you can know why you should do that...
    * Undo: Now you are prompted before "Undo New" deletes a folder that 
      is not empty anymore (i.e. it has been filled after being created).
      This is implemented with no GUI, IOW as a tweak with factory 
      default = 1. You can turn it off here (but it's not extremely 
      advisable to do so):
        [Undo]
        PromptNonEmpty=1
      The same prompt is shown for files that are not empty anymore 
      because you actually used and modified them after creation.
    ! Undo Rename: Just changing the case could not be undone. Fixed.
    ! Undo Rename: Swap Names was not logged. Fixed.
    ! Tags & Comments were not updated on Swap Names. Fixed.
    * Quick File View: Now, if only the first part of a file is viewed 
      the text "... [continues]" is shown at the bottom of the data.

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0020, 19-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0020 - 2009-10-19 14:56
  +++ Undo / Redo / Action Log. 
      
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
      Short version
      
      Now you can undo/redo the file operations Move, Copy, Rename, 
      Delete, and New, and you get a detailed log about what you have 
      done and when.
      Default Shortcuts: Undo (Ctrl+Z), Redo (Ctrl+Shift+Z)

      Two things should be kept in mind:
      (1) Undo only knows item names and locations, not data. It will 
          not restore lost data.
      (2) Redo is not the Undo of Undo but it will redo the original 
          action.

      ------------------------------------------------------------------
      Slightly longer version
      
      Undo is your friend when something went wrong. This does not mean 
      it has magic powers. Everything undo can do you could also do 
      manually by yourself. Undo just does it faster and probably has a 
      better memory than you. It currently remembers your last 100 
      actions.
      
      The probably most typical use for Undo is when you drag-moved some 
      items into the wrong folder, maybe by a slip of the finger. You 
      might don't even know which folder it was. With Undo, just one 
      click will bring everything back to normal. Even on the next 
      morning after having closed and restarted XYplorer.
  
      What is logged and what can be undone
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      The following operations are logged and can be undone/redone:
      - Move: Move To, Cut & Paste, Move Here As (...), etc.
        Note that a command like "Move to New Subfolder" consists of two 
        actions: (1) creating the subfolder, (2) moving the item. They 
        are logged (and undone) separately.
      - Copy: Copy To, Copy & Paste, Copy Here As (...), etc.
        Note that Undo will delete the copies for good. Redo will not 
        recreate the deleted copies but copy the originals again.
      - Rename: Inline Rename, Batch Rename
        Note that a Batch Rename operation is logged as one action and 
        can only be undone as a whole.
      - New: Create New File/Folder, New Path, New Folders, New Items
      - Delete: Delete to Recycler
        Note that undoing a deletion of more than 5 selected items at 
        the same time will take much longer (depends on the number of 
        items in your Recycle Bin) than smaller numbers. This is caused 
        by certain Windows behaviors (at least under XP).
        When you redo a deletion (i.e. delete again) there will be no 
        confirmation prompt.
        When undoing a deletion results in a name collision you get an 
        overwrite prompt.
      - Create Folder(s)/Branch(es) Here
        Note that folders that should be created but were already 
        existing will be permanently removed on Undo.
      - Create Shortcut(s): Paste Special, Drag Context Menu
      - Rich Copy
        Note that Undo will remove the copied items, but it will not 
        remove any created subfolders.
     
      The following operations are logged but cannot be undone/redone:
      - Delete: Delete (no Recycler), Nuke
        No Undo because it's gone. Use recovery software to undo.
      - Copy: Copy Here ("Copy Of...")
        No Undo because of missing documentation.
      - Backup: Backup, Backup To, Backup Here
        No Undo because Backup is about overwrite/no overwrite. Either 
        it cannot be undone, or there is nothing to undo.
      
      How to Undo
      ~~~~~~~~~~~
      The recommendations for best Undo results are:
        - Trigger Undo immediately after the logged action. The closer 
          you are to the action, the better your chances that it can be 
          perfectly undone.
        - Start with the youngest logged action.
        - Move through the action log in tight sequence (no skipping).
      However, XYplorer's Undo grants you all kinds of liberties:
        - You can pick out any logged action and (attempt to) undo it, 
          also known as non-sequential undo.
        - You don't have to care about the original sequence of actions. 
          This does not mean, of course, that any sequence necessarily 
          works, but it *might* work.
        - The action log is saved between sessions, so theoretically you 
          can undo actions that were done months ago.
      Of course, since all logged actions are happening within one file 
      system, it should be clear that they are interrelated. So undoing 
      action #2 might be impossible before having undone action #1, or 
      undoing action #2 might make impossible to undo action #1 later.
      
      Further Notes in Undo
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      - You can stop an ongoing undo/redo by pressing ESC.
      
      Action Log
      ~~~~~~~~~~
      The Action Log is the database for Undo/Redo, and it's a good 
      friend in case of human memory failure:
      - The Action Log Dialog tells you in chronological order what you 
        have done, when you have done it, whether it can be undone, or 
        whether it has already be undone and can be redone. It also lets 
        you know what exactly will happen when you Undo or Redo an 
        action.
      - Note that also actions are logged that cannot be undone. E.g. 
        no-recycle-deletions: you can still see what items you have 
        wiped and when; information that can be very useful when trying 
        to recover them using a recovery application.
      - The Action Log currently holds a maximum of 100 entries, older 
        entries are forgotten. The actual size can be lowered in 
        configuration in case you want to save a little memory. But 
        don't worry, it does not take much memory anyway, so I'd 
        recommend to leave at the max. Of course, if it's very large 
        (say you have lots of huge batch renames) you will note a slight 
        decrease in startup time, but I'd say it's even worth that! Your 
        choice.
      - The Action Log works as a history where you can go back and 
        forward and be at a certain position between both ends. Now when 
        you go back (Undo - Undo - Undo - ...) and then trigger some 
        logged action (e.g. delete a file), then the previous future 
        branched is dropped in favor of the new one.
        In the Action Log Dialog the green highlighted item is the 
        current item in action history. It's the action that will be 
        undone when you click Undo. Usually it will be the top item, but 
        it moves downwards when you undo actions. When the complete 
        action history is undone you are in "Prehistory". Take care.
      - The Action Log is portable (it's just a file "actions.dat"), but 
        of course the use of porting it to another system is questionable.
      
      The Limits of Undo
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      "A man can undo what a man can undo."
      Just keep in mind that XYplorer's Undo is not a forensic recovery 
      tool for lost data. Not a single byte that was overwritten or 
      permanently deleted will be brought back to life by Undo.
        !!! Undo only knows item names and locations, not item data.
      Also keep in mind:
        !!! Redo is not the Undo of Undo, but will redo the
            original action!
      
      Here are some examples that should be obvious now:
      - Create a New File; Undo will delete it; Redo will create a file 
        of that name again. If you put any contents to that file then 
        they will not magically come back when you Redo the creation of 
        the file. Same with New Folder.
      - Delete a file for good (no recycle bin): Cannot be undone.
      - Move/Copy a file and overwrite same named items in the target 
        folder: The overwritten data are lost and no Undo will bring 
        them back.
      - XYplorer disallows that any data are overwritten by an Undo or 
        Redo operation. So e.g. if you try to undo a move, but in the 
        meantime a file of the same name as the originally moved file 
        came to existence, the Undo will not happen.
        In case of undoing a delete to recycler the shell will pop an 
        overwrite prompt.
      - If you undo the creation of a folder, any contents the folder 
        might have gathered in the meantime will be lost and don't 
        come back by redoing the creation.
        There's a config option to have undo/redo delete to the recycle 
        bin. This might save your neck in case of an erroneous undo.

      - If you undo a Copy and then Redo it, the copy will be made from 
        today's state of the original source and thus will differ from 
        the original copy if the source has changed in the meantime.
      
      Further Remarks
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      The hardest part of Undo/Redo was getting the refresh of Tree and 
      List correct, fast, and smooth. There are quite many possibilities 
      which all need their specific best handling. When you test this 
      version have an extra eye on this.
      
      The Undo/Redo icons
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Credits and thanks go to http://www.visualpharm.com/

    * Configuration: Added page "Undo & Action Log" with a couple of 
      related options:
      - Log actions and enable undo/redo
        Turn the whole thing on/off.
      - Remember the logged actions between sessions
        If checked then the file action.dat is written on exit and read 
        on startup. Note that it is even written when "Save settings on 
        exit" is off because it must stay in synch with reality as much 
        as possible.
      - Allowed number of entries in the action log (maximum is 100)
        The more entries you log the larger is action.dat, the more 
        memory is used, the slower is startup. But don't worry: It's 
        virtually not notable.
      - Date format in action labels
        Some options for date display. I personally like to see today's 
        dates as age (how long ago), and older dates as absolute 
        datestamp, so I added that option.
      - Prompt before undo/redo
        Pops a short description of what will happen when you click OK.
        Note: With cumulative undo you get only one prompt, but you get 
        it always (independent of this setting) because cumulative undo 
        can be a pretty terrifying experience...
        There are three levels of safety:
        * Always
          The safest.
        * If action is older than 10 minutes
          You'll lose at most 10 minutes of work without being warned.
        * Never
          You are tough.
      - Delete to recycle bin
        When undoing a Copy or a New operation, items will be deleted. 
        If this option is checked they will be moved to the recycle bin 
        instead of being permanently deleted. This is a safety net in 
        case you pressed Undo without thinking. The price is that you 
        don't get back the disk space.
        Note that redoing such an operation will not get the items back 
        from the recycle bin but create them anew! 
      - Show last actions in toolbar button menu
        If checked then (after a restart) the Undo/Redo buttons have a 
        small arrow that pops the previous/next actions (relative to the 
        current position in the action log) in a menu.
        The dropdown has further options:
        * Allow only sequential undo/redo
          The safe way. You can see your action history in the menu but 
          you are not allowed to trigger any non-sequential operations.
          An easy protection from potential disaster.
        * Allow non-sequential undo/redo
          If selected then the toolbar menu allows for non-sequential 
          undo/redo.
          When you trigger a non-sequential operation (one that is not 
          next to the current position in the action log) from this menu 
          the current position in the action log will NOT change. This 
          makes it easier to do non-sequential undo/redo operations.
          If checked then inverse operations are tolerated, i.e. you can 
          trigger a Redo by clicking the Undo button and vice versa! This 
          is a necessary consequence of the ability to do non-sequential 
          undo. So Undo/Redo are then Back/Forward in action log.
          Repeated warning: Non-sequential undo can mess up the action log 
          (and hence the possibility of further undo) if you are not 
          careful enough. It's safer to do it from the Action Log Window 
          than via the toolbar menu because the former has more 
          information for you.
        * Allow cumulative undo/redo
          If selected then undoing a non-next action will not trigger (non-
          sequential) undo of this action alone but trigger undo for all 
          actions from here to the selected one.
          As this can mean a tremendous (and devastating) operation by a 
          single click, you'll get a safety prompt before it happens.
      - Show options in menu
        If checked then the above settings are also available in the 
        Undo button's context menu. Gives you an idea about what will 
        happen when you click a menu item.
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
      
    + Toolbar: Added button "Rename". Shows Rename Special as context 
      menu.
    + SC getinfo got a new named argument "specialfolder".
      Syntax: getinfo("specialfolder", [CSIDL])
        [CSIDL]:      Numerical constant predefined by the OS
                      Defaults to 0 (= Desktop folder).
                      Find those values in the web...
        return:       Full path to the special folder.
      Example:
        ::text getinfo("specialfolder", 9); //sendto folder
    + Added new native variable <get ...> which corresponds to the 
      scripting function getinfo().
      Syntax:
        <get info [param1]>
      Example:
        ::text "<get specialfolder 9>"; //sendto folder
    + Tweak to allow the Shell to take care of folder thumbnails. In XP 
      you will get up to 4 images per folder thumbnail.
        [Thumbs]
        FolderThumbsShell=1
    * Menu Tools: Reorganized the Tree and List customization menus. 
      Renamed "Tree Style" to "Customize Tree", and "List Style" to 
      "Customize List", and moved "Size Column Format" and "Date Column 
      Format" into "Customize List".

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Change Log for the latest XYplorer BETA version (v8.50.0010, 12-oct-2009).

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v8.50.0010 - 2009-10-12 19:04
    * Mouse Down Blow Up on Thumbnails: Now the blow up is positioned 
      directly over the thumb. Before this was only done when the blow 
      up had the same (small) size as the thumb (which was also buggy in 
      recent versions).
      Also greatly improved the panning of large images that don't fit 
      the view port.
    ! Thumbnails: Under certain conditions some rows of thumbnails were 
      not displayed on startup. Fixed.
    ! List: Fixed a scrolling issue in thumbnails mode where under 
      certain conditions the list started to scroll by itself.
    ! List: Sorted column highlighting was not removed on manual 
      sorting. Fixed.