Servant Salamander 1.6 beta 1 Changelog

Release date: March 22, 1999

Changes

  • you can report bugs using Help/Bug Report, all information about your system, computer, and Salamander version are generated, moreover this window catches unhandled exceptions too, so you can send us more information about these fatal bugs
  • the Drive Information dialog was rebuilt, you can change drive label in this dialog
  • you can set the shortest time interval between press and release of mouse button in drag&drop (faster press& release are not considered to be drag&drop) - you can use this feature to avoid unwanted drag&drop operations with files and directories (see Configuration/Options)
  • Hot Paths can be displayed in the Change Drive window (Alt+F1/F2) (see configuration/Hot Paths)
  • inserting parameters to command line: left panel path (Ctrl+[), right panel path (Ctrl+]), focused file name (Ctrl+Enter), active panel path (Ctrl+Space); all four keys with Shift modifier work with DOS names
  • the Change Drive window (Alt+F1/F2) refreshes after removable medium insertion/removal (it doesn't work with floppies, but it should work with CD-ROMs, etc.)
  • you can use space key to calculate directory size (see Configuration/Options/Selecting with Space calculates occupied space)
  • added hotkey Shift+F9 for Go to Hot Path
  • quick search mode: added Home, End, PageUp, and PageDown keys
  • color schemes (Salamander, Explorer, Norton)
  • tooltips in directory line and information line
  • new symbols in directory line - 'changes monitoring is off' and 'filter is on'
  • any access to temporarily disabled network connection causes an attempt to restore this network connection
  • Salamander's command line parameters (left and right panels paths) changes paths in running Salamander if only-one-instance-at-one-time switch is on
  • added hotkeys: Change Drive/Network Neighborhood (Ctrl+`) and Change Drive/Another Panel Path (Ctrl+~)
  • Calculate Directories Sizes (Ctrl+Shift+F10) shows directories sizes in panel
  • displaying of directories sizes after Calculate Occupied Space and Estimate Space Needs
  • context menu for panel (right mouse button click in white space) contains submenu New
  • internal viewer: F3 - find next, Shift+F3 - find previous, Ctrl+F3 - set find dialog
  • internal viewer: use left mouse button double click to select word under cursor
  • you can choose time resolution (number of seconds) of Compare Directories (Ctrl+F10)
  • main window context menus (right mouse button click on toolbar, directory line, header line, etc.)
  • menu has the same behavior like toolbars (so you can for example move toolbar behind menu)
  • store selection (Ctrl+Shift+Num Plus), select/unselect stored selection (Ctrl+Num Plus/Minus)
  • you can terminate nearly all long lasting actions using the ESC key
  • the User menu was rebuilt (see Configuration/User Menu for details)
  • you can set files operations confirmations (confirm delete?, confirm file overwrite?, ...)
  • special way of getting disk information on FAT32 drives (it bypasses MS bug, cluster size on FAT32 is correct now).
  • you can choose if you want to use autorefresh and see system icons (stored in files) for each drive type (removable, fixed, CD-ROM, and remote)
  • new internal viewer - Embedded Internet Explorer - use for viewing HTML, GIF, JPG, and other common Internet file formats directly from Salamander
  • new configuration of viewers (F3), alternate viewers (Alt+F3), and editors (F4)
  • use Shift+ESC to minimize Salamander's main window
  • new look of configuration dialog
  • added sorting by file attributes
  • added header line in panels (left mouse button double click on divider sets optimal widths, in Automatic Column Widths mode are widths set to fit optimal widths)
  • you can sort files and directories lists in ascending or descending order (arrows in menu Left and Right display sort order)
  • there are two customizable fonts now, first for panels, second for environment
  • quicksearch mode supports new keys: Home, End, PgUp, PgDn (move in prefixed names)
  • progress bar has 3D-look now
  • better shortening of filenames and paths too long to be displayed full
  • history and masks group in the Select (Num Plus) and Unselect (Num Minus) dialog
  • button for access to command-line history
  • user menu supports hotkeys for commands (underscored characters - use '&' before character in user menu item title)
  • top, bottom, left, and right toolbars were added (except bottom toolbar are configurable)
  • you can use Status area of Taskbar (Tray) for Salamander's icon instead of Taskbar
  • files in panels work as drag&drop targets now (e.g. if you have installed WinZip, you can add files to .zip archive by drag&dropping them to .zip archive)
  • Confirm drag&drop option was removed; you need to move mouse more than 4 points to start drag&drop
  • menu New was added into submenu Files
  • better work with system icons (all icons are read in special thread - some waits were eliminated)
  • better execution of file types .exe, .com, .pif, and .bat (using new Windows shell)
  • line wrapping in the Internal Viewer (F2)
  • right click context menu in the Internal Viewer
  • you can use drag&drop to copy selected text from the Internal Viewer
  • the Internal Viewer displays file offset under mouse cursor in hex view mode
  • you can allow only one instance of Salamander at one time
  • you can disable command-line history (Ctrl+up, down) - you can safely enter passwords, etc.
  • strings are sorted with respect to the Regional Settings (optional)
  • the Change Directory dialog initializes path to current path in active panel
  • CD-ROM disk labels are displayed in the Change Drive dialog (Alt+F1)
  • you can use '1' key to select Network Neighborhood in the Change Drive dialog
  • problems with command-line parameters (left and right panels start directory)
  • the Change Drive dialog responds to disconnect of inaccessible network drive
  • command line: Ctrl+Alt+number collided with RAlt+number (language specific characters)
  • the Estimate Space Needs initializes cluster size to active drive cluster size
  • the Internal Viewer uses correct background color when it's opening
  • you can enable Check file sizes after Copy operation (solves bug on Lantastic 7.0) (this check was always enabled in previous versions, but copy to lpt1 didn't work well)
  • items in panel are displayed correctly even when their width is bigger than screen resolution

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