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v10.50.0001 - 2011-10-26 13:23
    + Configuration | File Info Tips: Added the field "Visible time in 
      milliseconds". Here you can customize the time a file info tip is 
      visible before it auto-destroys.
      The factory default is 10,000 (= 10 seconds). The maximum value is 
      999,999 (about 1000 seconds = almost 17 minutes).
    ! Configuration | Previewed Formats: An added extension would not be 
      recognized if in upper case. Fixed.
    ! Find Files | Contents: Did not work for UNICODE files (e.g. UTF-
      16LE) under all locales. Fixed.

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v10.50.0003 - 2011-10-27 12:16
    ! Configuration | Dual Pane | Always keep 1st pane visible: With 
      this setting ON, the focus was not completely moved to the new 
      active pane when opening the 2nd pane via menu Window | Tabs. 
      Fixed.
    ! Find Files | Location: On multiple locations (separated by | or ;) 
      the yellow warning icon was shown, which is usually employed to 
      signal a non-existing path and hence misleading here. Fixed: Now 
      no icon is shown here on multiple locations.
    ! Command Line Switches: The new /flg=2 switch did not work when 
      Configuration | Startup & Exit | Allow multiple instances was 
      ticked. Fixed.
    ! Tree: Auto-refresh did not work as it should when cutting (Ctrl+X) 
      and pasting (Ctrl+V) a folder. Fixed.

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v10.50.0004 - 2011-10-28 11:29
    * Custom Copy: The progress dialog now remembers its position.
      Notes:
      - A change in the position is stored only when the moved 
        progress dialog is from a foreground process; in other words, 
        background progress dialogs are read-only with respect to the 
        position.
      - The same position is also used for the Backup progress.
    + Custom Copy: The progress dialogs are now optionally 
      cascading, i.e. any non-first dialog is positioned in an 
      offsetting (cascaded) position from the last dialog popped up. The 
      positions are cycling in an 8-step rhombus shape:
        '     7     '
        '   8   6   '
        ' 1       5 '
        '   2   4   '
        '     3     '
      This feature is currently in experimental state. The size of the 
      offsets defaults to 24 pixels, but can be altered by tweaking this 
      key:
        ProgressOffset=24
      Set it to -1 if you want no cascading.
    ! Rename Preview: The width of this window should be auto-calculated 
      (depending on the list contents), however this stopped working 
      correctly in v9.90.1001. Fixed.
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.00.0069.

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v10.50.0005 - 2011-10-31 14:16
    + Find Files: The Browse button right of the Location field got an 
      additional command in its right-click menu: "Edit Location...". 
      Here you can edit the search location(s) like in an editor.
    + SC rename enhanced: Added new values to the "flags" parameter, 
      and a new parameter "illegalcharsreplacewith".
      Syntax: rename [mode (b|r|s|k|e)], pattern, [preview (p)], _
                  [itemlist], [flags=1], [illegalcharsreplacewith]
        flags: (binary field, defaults to 1)
          4: Replace illegal characters (with the value of argument 
              illegalcharsreplacewith).
          8: Increment on collision. Note that this does the same as the 
              /i switch, but it's much easier to handle when taking 
              patterns e.g. from the clipboard.
        illegalcharsreplacewith: Replace illegal characters with this 
          string, IF flags has the "4" bit set.    
      Examples:
        ::rename b, <clipboard>, p, , 4;  //drop illegal characters
        ::rename b, <clipboard>, p, , 4, "_"; //replace them with _
        ::rename b, <clipboard>, p, , 12, "_"; //same as before with increment
    * Rename Special: Raised the MRU store size from 32 to 64.
    * Aliases: From now on they are not auto-sorted anymore. You can 
      manually sort them in List Management using the Sort button or by 
      dragging them around.

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v10.50.0006 - 2011-11-02 11:06
  +++ Sticky Section: Various MRU lists now can have an optional Sticky 
      Section. Items in the Sticky Section are permanent members of this 
      list and will never be pushed out when new items are added. You 
      can use this section for your all-time favorite items and 
      carefully crafted patterns.
      The Sticky Section can be added via List Management, simply add 
      this dummy item as section separator (without the indent):
        -----> mru
      Everything above this line is in the Sticky Section. Everything 
      below this line is in the MRU Section. So the Sticky Section is 
      always displayed on top of the whole list.
      The following MRU lists support a Sticky Section:
        - Address Bar & Go to
        - Find Files Name
        - Find Files Location
        - Rename Special patterns
        - Visual Filter patterns
        - Selection Filter patterns
        - Move/Copy/Backup To
        - Recently Opened Files
        - Recent Catalogs
        - Recently Included Catalogs
      Notes:
      - In dropdown lists the Sticky Section is distinguished from the 
        MRU section by a special text and back color. The colors are 
        currently hard-coded, later this might be made configurable.
        (In List Management there is no special coloring.)
      - No shifting or sorting: When you pick an item from the Sticky 
        Section it will not be shifted to the top but stays in its 
        position.
      - When a "Match List" (an alphabetically ordered subset of items 
        that match what is currently typed into the edit field) is 
        dropped the items pertaining to the Sticky Section are not 
        marked in any way but mix with the "normal" items. Reasons: 
        There would be clashes between coloring rules; it would be 
        visually disturbing; and it simply does not make a lot of sense 
        in a Match List.
      - The size of the Sticky Section is not limited and adds to the 
        max size of the MRU section (e.g. 64 for Rename Special 
        patterns).
      - The section separator makes managing the lists quite easy and 
        intuitive. In List Management you simply drag items to above the 
        separator to add them to the Sticky Section.
        The separator is visible only in List Management. In the GUI, in 
        a dropdown list it is hidden from the user's eye, in a menu 
        (e.g. Visual Filters in right-click menu of the toolbar button) 
        it is replaced by a menu separator.
    * The variable <get alias [name]> now returns the value of the alias 
      without resolving any arguments within the alias.
      Example:
        alias: Greet=::echo "Hello, <@1>! It's <@2 Dewey>!";
        echo <get alias Greet> //::echo "Hello, <@1>! It's <@2 Dewey>!";
      Before, the arguments had been resolved (useless in this context):
        echo <get alias Greet> //::echo "Hello, ! It's Dewey!";
    + Find Files: The "Edit Location..." dialog (Browse button right-
      click menu) now has its own Browse button. Selected locations are 
      appended to the ones already present in the exit box. The Browse 
      dialog is preselected to the last location in the box.
    ! Under Win7 the main app window could get into the background 
      (behind any other windows) when trying to batch rename files to an 
      illegal name. Worked around this Win7 bug.

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v10.50.0007 - 2011-11-02 19:40
    + Scripting got a new function.
      Name:   PopupMenu
      Action: Pops a menu and returns the selected item.
      Syntax: popupmenu(itemlist, [x=-1], [y=-1], [start=1], [count=-1], _
                  [flags=0], [sep_itemlist="|"], [sep_item=";"], _
                  [on_cancel=""])
        itemlist: List of items separated by sep_itemlist.
                Each item is made of a Caption and optionally a Data 
                part, separated by sep_item: "Caption;Data"
        x:      X position; -1 to use current mouse X.
        y:      Y position; -1 to use current mouse Y.
        start:  Index of first item to show; 1 = first item.
        count:  Count of items to show; -1 = show all.
        flags:  1: Return index (instead of caption/data).
        sep_itemlist: Separates items; can have more than one char.
        sep_item:     Separates caption from data; can have more than 
                      one char.
        on_cancel:    String returned when menu is cancelled (ESC).
        return:       Data of selected item; caption if no data defined; 
                      index if flags AND 1.
      Examples:
        text popupmenu("a|-|b|c");  //- is a menu separator
        text popupmenu("a;data returned on a|-|b;data b|c;data c");
        text popupmenu(<get selecteditemspathnames |>);
      Funny side note:
        This function is in the app since almost one year ago, but I 
        never found the time to add the info to the change log.
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.00.0070.

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v10.50.0008 - 2011-11-02 21:29
    + Custom Copy | Verification: Now SHA-256 and SHA-512 work on XP, 
      Vista, and Win7. Maybe even Win2K.
      Same improvements for SC hash().
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.00.0071.

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v10.50.0009 - 2011-11-03 19:59
    ! Edit Location: Hitting Browse on an empty edit box crashed the 
      app. Fixed.
    ! Rename Preview: Did not detect certain invalid characters from the 
      lower ASCII range, e.g. CR (Carriage Return). Fixed.
    ! Rename Special: Doubled error message when an item could not be 
      renamed. Fixed.

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v10.50.0010 - 2011-11-04 20:16
    * Move To / Copy To / Backup To dialog: Now the sticky section is 
      shown as in the dropdown lists (i.e. blueish) and the section 
      separator is hidden.
    ! Custom Copy: When copying items from a recursive search results 
      listing using the Copy To interface, an implicit Rich Copy happened 
      (the item's subfolders relative to the original top search folder 
      were recreated in the target). Fixed: No more implicit Rich Copy.
    * XYcopy: Updated to 2.00.0072.

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v10.50.0012 - 2011-11-07 16:00
    % Looks: Experimentally made the lines around the main controls 
      (Tree, List, Catalog) softer. Note that this takes effect only 
      under Visual Themes (not under Windows Classic mode).
      As a side effect the content area of each of these controls is 
      now 2 pixels wider and higher.

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v10.50.0021 - 2011-11-08 15:54
    + Configuration | Colors & Styles: Added dropdown "Borders". Here 
      you can choose between various border styles for the main controls 
      (Tree, List, Catalog).

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v10.50.0022 - 2011-11-09 14:07
    + Menu Edit | Select: Added command "Selection Stats". Displays 
      statistical information on the currently selected items (recursing 
      any folders).
    * Menu Edit | Paste Special | Paste Folder Structure: Now any files 
      in the sources are ignored. Hence the following change in 
      v9.90.0509 is undone:
        Menu Edit | Paste Special | Paste Folder Structure: Now it
        tolerates pasting files; their parent folder will be used. Before,
        pasted files were simply skipped.
    ! Find Files | Contents: CKS were not triggered when focus was in the
      text box of the Contents tab. E.g. F3 should trigger a search but 
      didn't do so. Fixed.
    ! Visual Filters: The last Visual Filter was not correctly 
      remembered when a Sticky Section was present in the Visual Filters. 
      Fixed.

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v10.50.0023 - 2011-11-12 14:25
    + Configuration | General: Added "Allow move on rename", a cute 
      little time saver that enables you to move-and-rename files or 
      folders in one go right from the file list. Simply enter a 
      relative (to the current path of the file!) or absolute 
      path\[name] into the inline rename box (F2) in the file list, and 
      Move On Rename will happen. If the target folder doesn't exist yet 
      it is created on the fly.

      Examples:
      Select a file in the file list and enter this into the rename box:
      - C:\new.png        = Move file to C:\ renaming it to new.png.
      - C:\1\2\3\new.png  = Move file to C:\1\2\3 renaming it to 
        new.png. If "C:\1\2\3\" does not exist it is created.
      - ..\new.png        = Move file one up renaming it to new.png.
      - stuff\new.png     = Move file one down to subfolder "stuff" 
        renaming it to new.png. If "stuff" does not exist it is created.
      You can also move a file or folder without renaming it. Simply 
      select the rename box, and enter a path with a trailing slash:
      - C:\stuff\         = Move file to C:\stuff\.
      - stuff\            = Move file one down to subfolder "stuff".
      - ..\               = Move file one up.
      Or create a new folder and paste "Parent\Child" into the fresh 
      rename box: The relative path "Parent\Child" is created in the 
      current path.

      Notes:
      - Move On Rename works only for one item at a time (no Batch 
        Move On Rename).
      - This feature already exists as a tweak (AllowMoveOnRename) 
        since v6.80.0098 - 2008-03-05 12:52. Finally I got around 
        raising it to Configuration level.

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v10.50.0024 - 2011-11-15 15:07
  +++ Added Flat View. Lets you view the contents of all subfolders of a 
      folder in one list.
      To turn on Flat View (FV), use the new toggle "Flat View" in menu 
      View | Tab | Views (also available in the file list's white space 
      and the tabs' context menu), or the new "Flat View" toolbar 
      button.

      Advanced Usage
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      FV is itself implemented in a flat way: The syntax is human-
      readable and editor-editable: A switch at the end of the location 
      spec, e.g.:
        E:\XYplorer\appdata\? /:flat
      The question mark is a part of it, no wonder since FV is 
      technically nothing but a recursive search, and the normal name 
      search syntax applies, for example:
        ? /f:flat     = show only files in FV (the FV switches are 
                        appended to any normal switches, separated by 
                        colon (:).
        ?a* /:flat    = show only items beginning with a* in FV
      
      This flat syntax enables you to trigger FV from the Address Bar, 
      Catalog, Favorites, Scripting, etc.
      
      Types of Flat View
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      There are three types of Flat View:
        1. /:flat      = Show files and folders
        2. /:flatfiles = Show files only
        3. /:flatdirs  = Show folders only
      By factory default the first one is used when FV is toggled via 
      menu or toolbar. You can change this default in Configuration | 
      Find Files & Flat View | Default flat view type.
        
      Configuration
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      The toolbar button has a context menu featuring some configuration 
      options:
        - Persist Flat View Across Folders
          Keep the Flat View mode active when changing folders with the 
          same tab.
        - Toggle on Same Query
          Applying the same query again, e.g. "? /:Flat" from the 
          Catalog, works like a toggle.
        - Cache Flat View Contents
          Like Search Results caching, the Flat View contents can be 
          cached between tab switches and sessions.
        - Auto-Refresh Flat View
          Allow a list in Flat View mode to be auto-refreshed.
      All these settings are global to all FV tabs.
      
      Notes
      ~~~~~
      - Like Search, FV is stored tab-wise and remembered between 
        sessions.
      - Unlike Search, FV is always done in the current tab (even if it 
        is locked).
      - A tab on FV is marked by a special icon.
      - When toggling FV, the sort order and view mode remains the same. 
        Other list settings (back color, column order, column 
        visibility, column widths) are taken from the Find mode (aka 
        Search Results).
      - Refresh List will refresh FV, it will not rebrowse the folder in 
        normal view.

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v10.50.0025 - 2011-11-16 21:21
    + Configuration | Find Files & Flat View: Added the settings that 
      are already available in the toolbar button context menu:
      - Persist flat view across folders
      - Toggle flat view on same query
      - Cache flat view contents
      - Auto-refresh flat view
    + Configuration | Find Files & Flat View: There is also a new 
      setting here:
      - Level-indent flat view
        Indent the items in Flat View to show their hierarchical tree 
        position. Hard-coded to 8 pixels per level.
      Note: The Level-indented flat view is only useful when you set the 
      file list's sort order to "Unsorted". Then you get a pretty good 
      tree-like picture (however, with folders and files mixed-sorted in 
      their parent). To make unsorting the file list easier I added 
      "Unsort List" to the "Flat View" toolbar button's context menu.
    % Search Results and Flat View: Improved Auto-Refresh of the file 
      list when dragging files to folders within the list.
    ! List Management would crash when adding a new item to an empty AND 
      filtered list. Fixed.
    ! User Button's could not handle quotes in comments. Fixed.
    ! Flat View: Fixed a couple of glitches.

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