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v9.90.0603 - 2011-03-31 11:57
    * Catalogs: Now catalogs are stored in their own special folder 
      "Catalogs", a new subfolder in <xydata>.
      Upgrading should work smoothly. You don't have to move your 
      current catalogs into the new folder. But if you like a perfect 
      setup you can do so and then manually adjust the paths in List 
      Management "Recent Catalogs" and "Recently Merged Catalogs" (the 
      latter has been newly addded to this version). The easiest way 
      would probably be to simply clear both lists, and load/merge 
      catalogs from the interface -- business as usual.
    * Configuration | File Operations | Backup Operations | On name 
      collisions: Revised the wording of the following options:
      OLD:
        Suffix number to copies
        Suffix number to existing
      NEW:
        Suffix increment to copies
        Suffix increment to existing
      Also changed this:
        OLD: Pop up stats when done
        NEW: Show summary report when done
    ! Catalog Merging: Icons of merged catalog needed a refresh.
    ! SC resolvepath, with the abs2rel flag set, returned a leading 
      slash:
        // returned "\XY\XYplorer.exe"
        ::text resolvepath ("C:\Apps\XY\XYplorer.exe", "C:\Apps\", 1);
      However, this does not work well with the reverse function:
        // returns "C:\XY\XYplorer.exe" !!
        ::text resolvepath ("\XY\XYplorer.exe", "C:\Apps\", 0);
      Therefore from now on the leading slash is cut:
        // returns "XY\XYplorer.exe"
        ::text resolvepath ("C:\Apps\XY\XYplorer.exe", "C:\Apps\", 1);
        // returns "C:\Apps\XY\XYplorer.exe"
        ::text resolvepath ("XY\XYplorer.exe", "C:\Apps\", 0);

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v9.90.0604 - 2011-04-01 17:03
    * Backup Operations: Heavy internal rewrite. The only difference you 
      should note for now is that the total number of items is shown in 
      the statusbar progress. You also might notice that now all 
      necessary folders are created first, and only then all files are 
      copied. Before, these processes were intermingled.
      This work is part of the road to XYcopy 2.0.
    % Backup Logging: The detailed log is now created in RAM and later 
      written to file. Before it was written to a temporary file which 
      later was copied to the final file. The new way reduces head 
      movements and disk strain, and is faster.

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v9.90.0605 - 2011-04-02 14:47
    * Menu View: Renamed submenu "Current Tab" to "Tab". Renamed command 
      "Open New Tab" to "New Tab" (seems to be common standard).
    * Menu View | Tab: Moved command "New Tab" to the top of the menu.

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v9.90.0606 - 2011-04-04 15:32
    + Configuration | Advanced: Added option "Support overlong 
      filenames". Check it to support filenames with more than 260 
      characters. In NTFS, the total length can be up to 32,765 
      characters with each component limited to 254 characters.
      Support of overlong filenames includes file operations, file 
      search, preview, thumbnails and many other things. You will find a 
      detailed list in the Help file once it is updated.    
      Note that this setting has been hardcoded to ON in previous 
      versions. So now you got the option to turn it OFF for the first 
      time. A reason to turn it off would be that you don't want to 
      create files that other apps (which usually don't support overlong 
      filenames) cannot handle.
      Note that Backup Operations are not affected by this setting! They 
      ALWAYS support overlong filenames.
    * Catalogs: Replaced the term "Merge" by "Combine". So now it's
      "Combined Catalogs".
    * Going back and forward by History: Before, you got a "Create 
      Location?" prompt when a historical path was not available 
      anymore. Now you get the usual "Location currently not available" 
      screen.

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v9.90.0607 - 2011-04-04 20:30
    + Visual Filters: Added command "Filter Selected Items" to the 
      context menu of the Toggle Visual Filter toolbar button. It makes 
      the list show only those items that are selected in the moment you 
      apply the command. The filter is hardcoded to the caption "sel".
      The command has no keyboard shortcut since it doesn't exist in the 
      main menu, but I needed it quickly and, well, since this is my 
      program, I just added it. :) Hope you find it as useful as me.
      A nice thing about it is that the "Toggle Visual Filter" command 
      will restore the filtered view even when the items are not 
      selected anymore. Even across sessions. Even in other tabs or 
      folders if their contents share the same filenames.
    * Catalogs: Replaced the term "Combine" by "Include".
    ! Find Files | Content Search: Error 6 (Overflow) when searching 
      files of 2 GB or larger. Fixed.

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v9.90.0608 - 2011-04-05 16:59
    + Tweak to make the Address Bar work relative to the current path:
        ABRelativeToCurrentPath=1
      Without the tweak it works relative to XY's app path.
      Notes:
      - This tweak allows you to quickly type a pathless file or 
        foldername (that you know or assume is present in the current 
        path) into the Address Bar and goto resp. open it on ENTER. The 
        icon shown in the Address Bar will already tell you whether the 
        typed item exists.
      - With the tweak ON paths entered through the AB are NOT added to 
        the dropdown MRU because they wouldn't be useful in many other 
        locations.
      - A similar feature had been unsuccessfully added in v7.90.0125 -
        2009-02-21 13:18. The improvement now is that only the Address 
        Bar is affected; the paths saved in the Catalog continue to work 
        fully portable relative to XY's app path.
      - On success this tweak will be elevated to UI level, or maybe 
        even hardcoded because it's so cool.
    + CKS | Miscellaneous | Go To: Now there are three commands:
        Open Folder in New Tab
        Open Folder in Other Pane             (NEW)
        Open Folder in Other Pane in New Tab  (NEW)
      Note that all three commands work for Tree and List, and in case 
      of the List they work not only for folders but also for files 
      (which will be focused and selected in the target tab).

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v9.90.0609 - 2011-04-05 21:11
    + Configuration | Advanced: Added option "Address Bar relative to 
      application path". Check to have the Address Bar resolve paths 
      relative to app path. The new factory default is OFF (0): The 
      Address Bar works relative to the current path. This behavior is 
      standard in Explorer.
      This replaces the recently added tweak ABRelativeToCurrentPath 
      (with reversed logic and name of the key (now ABRelativeToAppPath).
    * Address Bar: Now, on "Address Bar relative to application path" 
      OFF, when you enter a relative path the Address Bar's edit field 
      is automatically set to the resolved absolute path after the 
      browsing is done. This absolute path is also stored in the 
      dropdown MRU.

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v9.90.0610 - 2011-04-06 10:23
    * The following INI keys have been renamed to match the new wording.
      - "mruCatalogsMerged" to "mruCatalogsIncluded"
      - "mruCatalogsMergedNow" to "mruCatalogsIncludedNow"
    * SC catalogload. Changed switch "m: merge" to "i: include" 
      to match the new wording.
      Syntax: catalogload file, [switches=sp]
        switches:
          i: include catalog
          u: unload included catalog
    * Updated the help file.

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v9.90.0701 - 2011-04-07 14:21
  +++ Scripting: Added Permanent Variables. Permanent Variables stay 
      alive in memory during the whole XYplorer session, and hence can 
      be easily shared between scripts.
      Permanent Variables are defined by means of a new command:
      Name: Perm
      Action: Define one or more variables as permanent.
      Syntax: perm variable(s)
        variable(s): A single variable, or a comma-separated list of up 
          to 10 variables. If a variable has already been defined as 
          global before, then the perm command makes it permanent.
      Examples:
      - Run the following scripts one after the other through the 
        Address Bar:
        ::perm $foo; $foo = "hi!";
        ::echo $foo;  //"hi!"
        ::unset $foo; echo $foo;  //$foo
      - These two scripts illustrate that you can "perm" a global 
        variable even after it was set:
        ::global $foo; $foo = "hi!"; perm $foo;
        ::echo $foo;  //"hi!"
      Remarks:
      - Permanent Variables are always also global. However, contrary to 
        normal globals, they don't need to be initialized to the current 
        scope in order to be accessed. They are always available 
        everywhere.
      - To remove a Permanent Variable from memory use the "unset" 
        command.
        Note: The "global" command will *not* make it non-permanent; to 
        use "global" on a Permanent Variable is not necessary and has no 
        effect. 
      - The number of Permanent Variables is not limited.
      - It's recommended that you reflect the nature of a Permanent 
        Variable in its name, for example by prepending $p_. It will 
        make your code easier to read and maintain.
    + Scripting got a new command.
      Name:   releaseglobals
      Action: Release all global/permanent variables from memory.
      Syntax: releaseglobals
      Examples:
      - These two scripts illustrate that the Permanent Variables $foo 
        is gone after "releaseglobals":
        ::perm $foo; $foo = "hi!"; releaseglobals;
        ::echo $foo;  //$foo
      Usage:
      - Theoretically Permanent Variables can get very heavy on your 
        RAM. This is the way to free the memory.
    + Menu View | Tab: Added command "Filter Selected Items", so now it 
      can have a keyboard shortcut.
      Default KS: Shift+Alt+J.
      See v9.90.0607 - 2011-04-04 20:30 for the description.

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v9.90.0702 - 2011-04-08 20:24
    + Menu Scripting: Added command "List Permanent Variables". Pops a 
      list of any Permanent Variables that are currently in memory.
      There's a right-click menu (see here below).
    + Scripting | Dialog "Stepping through a Script" | Variables 
      listing: Now the right-click menu allows you to show the full 
      variable value (useful when it does not fit in the list), and copy 
      the name or value of each variable to the clipboard.
      - Show Value: Only the first 256 KB are shown for ASCII strings, 
        the first 32KB for binary strings in Hex format.
      - Copy Name/Value: The menu shows the size of the string in 
        characters (it's unicode, so one character needs two bytes). 
        And, if this string is huge you might blow the clipboard. Just 
        as an idea. ;)
        If the value contains Null characters these are removed before 
        it is put on the clipboard. Reason: The clipboard cannot handle 
        Nulls other than as string terminators, so the string would be 
        cropped at the first Null.
    ! Trouble with foreward slashes in paths since v9.90.0700. Fixed.

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v9.90.0703 - 2011-04-09 13:23
    ! Preview: Would not preview text files anymore (since v9.90.0702). 
      Fixed.

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v9.90.0704 - 2011-04-10 20:06
    + Tweak to define a custom command line interpreter (CLI):
        CustomCLI=[full or portable path to EXE]
      This CLI is used when you use the DOS command syntax in location 
      ports like the Address Bar, e.g. !dir.
      Note that if the tweak isn't used (left empty) the factory default 
      CLI is cmd.exe (usually in C:\WINDOWS\system32\).
    ! List Management: Keyboard shortcuts were out of synch since 
      "Recently Included Catalogs" was added. Fixed.

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v9.90.0705 - 2011-04-11 15:34
    + Scripting got a new command.
      Name:   writepv
      Action: Write all permanent variables to a file.
      Syntax: writepv [file]
        file: The file to write to. Can be relative to the current path. 
              If empty it defaults to "<xydata>\pv.dat".
      Example:
        ::writepv;  //read from "<xydata>\pv.dat"
    + Scripting got a new command.
      Name:   readpv
      Action: Read permanent variables from a file.
      Syntax: writepv [file]
        file: The file to read from. Can be relative to the current path. 
              If empty it defaults to "<xydata>\pv.dat".
      Example:
        ::readpv;  //write to "<xydata>\pv.dat"
      Remarks:
      - The file should have been previously created by writepv, 
        otherwise it will not match the expected format.
      - The PVs will be added to the current PVs. Current PVs of the 
        same name will be overwritten.
    + Tweak to retain Permanent Variables (PVs) across sessions.   
        ScriptRetainPVs=1
      Scripting enters a new dimension...
    * Custom CLI: Now the Address Bar shows the icon of the current CLI.
    ! Scripting: SCs global and perm didn't check whether the given 
      variable names were valid. Fixed.
    ! Some modal windows were not correctly positioned on a dual monitor 
      system. Fixed.

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v9.90.0707 - 2011-04-12 14:59
    + Configuration | Extended | Custom items in shell context menu | 
      Folder Tree: Added one item:
        Hide Siblings from Mini Tree
      Removes all siblings (folders under same parent) of the current 
      folder from the Mini Tree.
    + Configuration | General: Added option "Show localized folder 
      names" to show special display names (that differ from the real 
      path name) for certain folders in non-English Windows 
      installations.
        
        Real Path Component   Localized Folder Name       
        -------------------------------------------
        Examples from German Windows XP:    
        Dokumente             Gemeinsame Dokumente        
        Eigene Musik          Gemeinsame Musik            
        Eigene Bilder         Gemeinsame Bilder           
        Eigene Videos         Gemeinsame Videos           

        Examples from German Windows 7:
        Program Files         Programme                   
        Users                 Benutzer                    
        Public                Öffentlich                  
        Program Files (x86)   Programme (x86)             
      
      Notes:
      - These localized folder names are currently only provided for 
        the tree. Providing them for the list would be a major overhaul. 
      - The real name is shown in the tree name hover tooltip.
      - When you inline-rename a folder with a localized name, the real 
        name is used instead.

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v9.90.0708 - 2011-04-13 09:21
    + Tweak to define arguments for the custom Command Line Interpreter 
      set by CustomCLI:
        General form:
          CustomCLIArgs=args [<command>]
        For example:
          CustomCLIArgs=/k <command> /b
      If CustomCLIArgs contains "<command>", XY replaces it with the 
      input from the Address Bar, if not, XY appends the input to the 
      end.
      Note that when CustomCLI is empty (= CLI defaults to cmd.exe) and 
      CustomCLIArgs is empty then command line switches /c and /k are 
      automatically applied (see Help).
    * Menu Scripting: Renamed "List Permanent Variables" to "Permanent 
      Variables".

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