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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.20.0008, 26-aug-2007).
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v6.20.0008 - 26.08.07 10:46
    ! Rename Special / Set Extensions: did not work correctly when 
      folders (which are never renamed by this function) were selected. 
      Fixed.
    * Rename Special: replaced the term "template" by "pattern".
    % Rename Preview: loading and synchronized scrolling got faster.
    * When trying open multiple items at once you now get a warning 
      question if they are too many, for example:
        -----------------------------------
        Continue to open 235 items at once?
        -----------------------------------
      Too many is anything > 9.
    + CKS: added new commands to "Miscellaneous":
      - Cycle Tabs Backward with Delayed Browsing (Ctrl+PageUp)
      - Cycle Tabs Forward with Delayed Browsing  (Ctrl+PageDown)
      And, you guessed it, the recently changed commands (see v6.20.0002 
      - 22.08.07 07:56) are now reverted to what they have been before: 
      tab cyclers without delay!
      Reason: give you the full control over the action.
      NOTE: You have to adjust you KS mapping if you are using these 
      functions and you want the delayed versions.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.20.0009, 27-aug-2007).
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v6.20.0009 - 27.08.07 12:25
    * File Info Tips: completely rewrote their handling. Now the tip 
      information is only retrieved from the hovered file if you hover it 
      for at least 500 msec. This finally stops the nasty freeze effect 
      you got when accidentally hovering e.g. PDFs or AVIs.
  !!! Rewrote network browsing so that it works even under Vista!

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.20.0010, 28-aug-2007).
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v6.20.0010 - 28.08.07 10:54
    ! Rename Special: added a third button to the Rename Special pattern 
      dialogs called "Preview...". This is the default button (pressing 
      Enter triggers it). Press Ctrl+Enter to trigger the OK button.
    * Rename Preview: changed another dozen little things.
    ! Rename Preview: check for Dupes did not work correctly with search 
      results (where same-named files can exist in different paths). 
      Fixed.
    ! "RegExp Rename" MRU and "Keep Particular Characters" MRU were not 
      updated. Fixed.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.20.0011, 29-aug-2007).
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v6.20.0011 - 29.08.07 12:59
    + Menu File | Rename Special: added option "Preview All" (toggle). 
      Check it to show a preview for each of the rename operations, 
      including detection of possible conflicts.
      As usual you may assign a KS to it.
    * Rename Preview: returned to the three button UI.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.20.0012, 31-aug-2007).
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v6.20.0012 - 31.08.07 09:45
    + When using "Cycle Tabs with Delayed Browsing" you now get the 
      location of the selected (but not yet browsed) tab in the statusbar.
    + Address Bar: now pressing ESC reverts the address back to before 
      changes and selects it. It's the expected behavior.
    * Address Bar: on a tab change, and when the Address Bar is focused, 
      the contents are now selected with the cursor at the end of the 
      selection.
    ! With "Resort list immediately after rename" active, the list was 
      not resorted when a newly created item (e.g. New Folder (Ctrl+N)) 
      was not renamed. Fixed. Now the list is resorted after you accept 
      (by pressing Enter) the default name of the new item.
    * Rename Special: now blank values are explicitly disallowed (they 
      never worked anyway) for "RegExp Rename", "Search and Replace", 
      "Keep Particular Characters".
    ! Menu File | Rename Special | Preview All: checkmark was not always 
      up-to-date. Fixed.
    + Configuration | Preview: added "Rename Preview: Preview All".

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.30.0001, 05-sep-2007).
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v6.30.0001 - 2007-09-05 09:35
    + Media Preview: added support for the file extension DIVX (DivX 
      Movie). Note that the files are exactly the same as those with the 
      AVI extension.
    * Rewrote tooltips for the tab headers. Now they throw a shadow and 
      should position correctly in a dual monitors setup.
    * Address Bar: pressing ESC now always resets the content to the 
      current path.
    + Address Bar: now, pressing Enter on an empty Address Bar will 
      reset any Visual Filter or Quick Search and re-browse the current 
      folder. Just a little service. Before, pressing Enter on an empty 
      Address Bar did do nothing at all.
      You may also add an empty (destination) item to the Catalog to re-
      browse the current folder without any VF or QS.
    + Menu Help | XYplorer on the Web: added two commands, renamed one 
      (Web Site -> Homepage).

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.30.0002, 06-sep-2007).
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v6.30.0002 - 2007-09-06 12:16
  *** Rewrote the List's column headers. Now they are "XP/Vista styled" 
      (of course, only if you have one of those OSs plus themes enabled), 
      as well as with hover effect. I had to increase the headers height 
      by one pixel to make it look good. That's still 2 pixels less than 
      Explorer. :)
    * Rewrote tooltips for the toolbar. Now they throw a shadow and 
      position correctly in a dual monitors setup.
    ! Menu File | Rename Special | Preview All: unchecking had no effect 
      after a preview had been shown. Fixed.
    ! Menu Go | Goto: Canceling that dialog did not Cancel any action 
      but pass am empty path to the browsing routines. Fixed.
    ! Menu Go | Goto: Dialog crashed when canceling it by pressing 
      Alt+F4. Fixed.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.30.0003, 06-sep-2007).
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v6.30.0003 - 2007-09-06 12:56
    ! Column headers did not work alright in "Windows Classic Design" 
      mode. Fixed.

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v6.30.0004 - 2007-09-07 13:46
    * Improved column sizing by mouse. It was a little shaky when you 
      downed the mouse some pixels off the column separator. Now it's 
      rock-solid.
    + Added the "Sort By" submenu to the List's context menu. It's 
      highly expected there, as I learned from user communication.
    - Removed the Go commands (Up, Back, Forward) from the top of the 
      List's context menu. Reason: the menu got too high, and these 
      commands are not very useful there for a majority of users 
      (including myself).
      After the coming redesign of the Configuration dialog, you'll get 
      an option to have them back.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.30.0006, 09-sep-2007).
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v6.30.0006 - 2007-09-09 11:00
  +++ Menu Help: Added "Tip of the Day" functionality (Shift+F1). Shows 
      a random tip, usually a little usage hint or trick, ideally something 
      you would not look for because you never thought it existed, or 
      something you always tend to forget about. The aim is also to open 
      up the richness of XYplorer to newbies.
      Optionally the tips can be auto-shown at startup. You may scroll 
      through the tips by PageUp/PageDown keys. (This is actually one of 
      the tips!) Right now there are only few Tips... there will be more 
      soon, many more!
      All tips, and the HTML template used to display them, are 
      contained in one file called "tipoftheday.htm". A new version of 
      this file will be provided irregularly and can be downloaded from 
      the website. If you don't have it now you *must* download it 
      because it's not yet in the distribution package:
          http://www.xyplorer.com/download/tipoftheday.zip
      You may edit this file to add your own tips. The syntax for the 
      data is explained inside the file. Inside each tip all HTML tags 
      are allowed (including links and references to remote resources). 
      This, of course, means you can have the tips in your language! 
      Simply translate them or have them translated.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.30.0007, 10-sep-2007).
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v6.30.0007 - 2007-09-10 12:36
    + The distribution package now includes the file "tipoftheday.htm", 
      which contains the layout (HTML) and the tip data (proprietary 
      format) for the "Tip of the Day" dialog. This file will be 
      continuously updated. Do not change it manually. 
    * Tip of the Day: Slightly changed the tip syntax. There might be 
      more changes coming in the next days, so it's too early for you to 
      write your own tip collection (see below!). Later you can do so 
      and try to sell it on the web... :)
    + Menu Help | Tip of the Day...: You now can have another file 
      called "tipoftheday_user.htm" along side "tipoftheday.htm". The 
      idea is that you can collect and keep your own private custom tips 
      in that file, without having them overwritten when the official 
      file "tipoftheday.htm" is updated. When XYplorer finds and loads 
      your custom tip file, the custom tips will be simply appended to 
      the official tips (or, optionally, replace them... see below!).
      
      You may also design a custom layout for the tips using that file: 
      If a file "tipoftheday_user.htm" exists in the application path, 
      then it can (see below!) be used as HTML template for the Tips of 
      the Day. Note, that you have to know and understand the basic 
      format of "tipoftheday.htm" to create a working user tip file.
              
      Inside this user tip file you can make two decisions by placing 
      certain keywords into the header section (anything before ###):
      (1) write "user only" (without quotes) in a separate line to use 
          only the user tips in this file for the Tips of the Day
      (2) write "html" (without quotes) in a separate line to use this 
          file as HTML template for the Tips of the Day
      
      If you do not use the "html" option, the user tip file can be 
      stripped of all the HTML code and look very simple. Here's a mini-
      example of a working "tipoftheday_user.htm" which will *replace* 
      the official tips (remove "user only" and it will be *added* to 
      the official tips):
      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
      user only
      ###
      Stop a Search
      You can stop an ongoing search at any time by pressing ESC.
      #
      Show/Hide the Info Panel
      Left-click on the {:Statusbar}.
      #
      :Statusbar:The information bar right below the file list.
      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
      
    ! Menu File | Copy Here As: did not work in Tree inside Special 
      folders (eg "Desktop"). Also the Tree was not always refreshed. 
      Fixed.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.30.0008, 11-sep-2007).
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v6.30.0008 - 2007-09-11 09:47
    + Configuration | File Info Tips: made the showing of the two Extra 
      fields configurable, and renamed one of them:
        Len (Full Path)         (before named "Full Name Length")
        Path (Search Results)
      You find them at the bottom of the "File info tips fields" list.
      Also, the now called "Len (Full Path)" field now shows the length 
      of the filename and the length of the full path/file (in 
      parentheses).
    * Tip of the Day: now the window is non-modal, the startup-position 
      is better (aim: don't cover the most important interface areas), and 
      the headline (DID YOU KNOW...) is easier readable.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.30.0009, 13-sep-2007).
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v6.30.0009 - 2007-09-13 11:59
    + Dbl-click on empty space goes up (or down when holding Shift) one 
      level: now implemented for the tree's empty space, too.
    + CKS: added new command to "Miscellaneous":
      - Optimize Tree
        Only expand the current path, collapse all other paths.
        Default KS: Shift+Numpad Divide
    + Added "Optimize Tree" to the Tree folders' context menu, inside a 
      new submenu "Expansion".
    + Now holding Shift while selecting a menu item will open a location 
      in a new tab in Breadcrumb, Hotlist, Drives, Favorite Folders, and 
      Favorite Files menus.
    + Configuration | File Info Tips: added yet another (super-)field to 
      the bottom of the list: "Version Information". Shows the following 
      six fields (if they exist) from the so-called "String Version Info", 
      for example for XYplorer.exe:
        FileDescription: XYplorer
        CompanyName: www.xyplorer.com
        FileVersion: 6.30.0008
        OriginalFilename: XYplorer.exe
        LegalCopyright: Copyright © 2000-07 by Donald Lessau
        Comments: A portable multi-tabbed file manager... (etc.)        
    * Hot scrolling (auto-scrolling when drag-hovering the upper or 
      lower margins of a long list) now happens only when over the left 
      third of the list. Before, it was the left half, but that was 
      still too hot for me.
    ! Raw View: Incorrect line parsing with ASCII-Mac/DOS files. Fixed.
    * Rename Special: now, the default button is the "OK" button and it 
      is triggered by Enter, as expected. To open the Rename Preview press 
      Ctrl+Enter (Think: "Control"). In the Rename Preview, pressing 
      Ctrl+Enter will bring you back to the edit pattern interface. In 
      other words: while you hold Ctrl, no actual rename will happen via 
      keyboard, but you jump back and forth between preview and edit 
      interface.
    * Catalog's Context Menu|Import as New Category Here|Current List: 
      now this item is auto-renamed to "Selected List Item(s)" if there 
      are any selections. Only if there are no items selected the whole 
      list is imported and the item is aptly called "Current List".

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.30.0012, 15-sep-2007).
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v6.30.0012 - 2007-09-15 12:00
  *** Configuration: Redesigned the interface. Instead of tabs (that 
      typically run into out-of-space problems) the category selection now 
      is done via a (scrollable, if longer) list.
      Tip: You can nonstop-cycle the list by up/down arrows.
      As you see, I'm still not done/happy with creating some icons.
      And, more importantly, the mountain of configuration options has 
      still to be reorganized into subchapters. Which, sadly, will make 
      rewriting of some parts of the documenation necessary.
      I also plan to add a "find-the-setting"-tool in form of a find-as-
      you-type technology.
    * Configuration | Preview: renamed "Audio preview with panel down"
      to "Play with panel down" (just to save space).
    + Configuration | Tabs: The delay before a dragged over tab is 
      automatically selected is now configurable. You find this new option 
      on the new Tabs tab. It is called: "Delay before a dragged over 
      tab is auto-selected (in milliseconds)"
      Allowed values are from 0 to 9999.
      *** NOTE ***: I did not write backward-compatibility code, so this 
      Value will be initialized to 0 (zero) on a non-fresh installation. 
      If you want to have it as it was before then go to Configuration | 
      Tabs and set the value to 1000 (= 1 second)!
    + The main window's titlebar now displays the app version.
      The form is: {path} - {app} @ {ini} - {ver}
      But read on...
    + ... now you can tweak what's displayed in the titlebar.
      In the INI you'll find a new key:
        [General]
        TitlebarTemplate=...
      A full-blown example (and the new default!) would be:
        TitlebarTemplate={path} - {app} @ {ini} - {ver}
      There are two rules:
        - The presence of the field {app} is obligatory, AND it must
          be surrounded by spaces. This is necessary to correctly 
          identify previous instances of the app with a good chance.
        - This feature is only available in a licensed copy.
          Else the default is used and "### 30-day Trial Version ###"
          is inserted into {ver}.
    + From now on, fresh installations will come with some Default Color 
      Filters. Works as a visual appetizer and as a practical example for 
      how to do it. These are the pre-installed filters:
        [ColorFilter]
        Count=9
        1=+/s>FF0000
        2=+/d>5E738C
        3=+*.png;*.jpg;*.gif>933968
        4=+*.exe;*.bat>D24257
        5=+*.htm*;*.mht;*.php>4287D2
        6=+*.txt;*.ini>38A050
        7=+*.zip;*.rar>CC6600
        8=+*.dll;*.ocx>7800F0
        9=+*.mp3>FF8000
      They do not come activated though. I'm still unsure whether that 
      might be a shock for newbies... ;)
    + Highlight Focused Row now happens not only in Details view but in 
      all other views as well. It actually should be called "Highlight 
      Focused Item" because it's not only rows anymore. So:
      Renamed: "Highlight Focused Row" to "Highlight Focused Item"
      I recommend using this Highlighting because it tells you which item 
      is focused even if the List is not the focused control (and hence 
      has no focus rect).
    + Added "Fully Collapse Drive" (Ctrl+Numpad Divide) to the Tree 
      folders' context menu, inside the new submenu "Expansion".
      Also moved "Fully Expand" to the top position.
    ! The tip for file Info did not appear if one of the 9 first fields 
      (from "Name" to "Owner") was not checked. Fixed.
    + Enhanced compatibility with Kontrast#1 (etc.) color schemes for 
      visually impaired.
    * Subtle changes in focus rect coloring...
    ! Leading and trailing spaces were lost between sessions in Search & 
      Replace (and a lot of other lists) because they were not passed 
      quoted to INI file. Fixed.

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Download the latest XYplorer BETA version (v6.30.0018, 17-sep-2007).
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v6.30.0018 - 2007-09-17 14:12
    + Menu Edit | New Items: Now, date variables are supported.
      For example:
      1. Create a file named "Log {yyyy-mm-dd}.txt" in the 
         NewItems folder in app path.
      2. Go to some other folder.
      3. Open menu Edit | New Items and select the new item (which has 
         been auto-added here magically)
      4. A file called "Log 2007-09-17.txt" will be created!
         (If today is 2007-09-17.)
    + Configuration | General: added option "Show tips on startup" to 
      this interface as well.
    + Tip of the Day: some additional keyboard tricks. Overview:
        PageDown: next tip.
        PageUp: previous tip.
        Home: first tip.
        End: last tip.
        R: random tip.      
    + Configuration | Report: Now displays the current memory usage at 
      the bottom. To update the value close and re-open Configuration.
      The values are identical to those shown in Task Manager.
    + Configuration | Interface Colors: now you can control "Highlight 
      focused item" also from here.
    * TitlebarTemplate: in concordance with usage elsewhere in XY, I changed the brackets: 
      Old: {path} - {app} @ {ini} - {ver}
      New: <path> - <app> @ <ini> - <ver>
      Forgot to mention what they mean:
        <path>  current path
        <app>   application's exe name
        <ini>   current INI file
        <ver>   exe version
    ! RegExp Rename: RegExp inline comments containing the character ">" 
      would not work. Fixed.
    ! RegExp Rename: The preview button would disappear after a RegExp 
      error message. Fixed.
    ! Optimize Tree: did not refresh the tree display reliably. Fixed.