Servant Salamander 1.6 beta 4 Changelog

Release date: June 3, 2000

Changes

  • the Quick Rename (F2) can rename directory even if other panel shows subdirectory of this directory
  • after the first start, Salamander looks for installed plug-ins in "plugins" directory
  • the Retry button in Copy/Move operations handles even network errors (netw. disconnection)
  • internal text/hex viewer: text is cut/copied to clipboard in Unicode too (non-English characters are transported well into Notepad, MS Word, and other software supporting Unicode)
  • User Menu, Viewers, and Editors work even if you clear all files/directories from system TEMP directory
  • viewing from archives: unpacked files are cached (until archive is closed)
  • auto-refresh in panels should work better
  • Compare Directories (Ctrl+F10) - three bugs fixed (reasons: regional settings sort, reverse sort, incorrect name/ext detection)
  • paths to archives (e.g. "c:\dir\arc.zip\dir") accepted on many places (Change Directory (Shift+F7), hot-path, drag&drop in directory line, command line parameters, clipboard, etc.)
  • internal text/hex viewer: "Edit/Copy to" can overwrite even the viewed file (the same name can be used)
  • last used packer/unpacker (Alt+F5/F6) is stored/restored
  • new command line parameters: -L (left panel), -R (right panel), -C (use config)
  • plug-ins interface, see Options/Plug-ins
  • the problem on SNAP server: rename to equivalent name (only changed case) works correctly now (it doesn't delete renamed file)
  • internal text/hex viewer: menu Coding (it converts among defined charsets - see file codes/codes.cfg), use Ctrl+Space to interactive choose of coding
  • Back/Forward buttons (Alt+left/right arrow) - panel paths history
  • the Convert command converts selected files/directories among various charsets and end-of-lines (for defined charsets - see file codes/codes.cfg)
  • simplier configuration page Drives (Drive Specific Settings in beta 3)
  • you can choose simple icons in archives (config. page Panel Archivers)
  • Cut/Copy/Paste commands (clipboard operations) are handled by Salamander routines again (only files/directories Cut/Copied to clipboard by Salamander - it fixes problems with FTP applications using Explorer copy-hook feature to get "target" of FTP transfer)
  • drag&drop copy/move operation are handled by Salamander routines again (only if source is in Salamander - it fixes same problems with FTP applications)
  • floppy disk Format works even if floppy disk is shown in panel
  • internal text/hex viewer: Copy to (Ctrl+S) without selection works with the whole file
  • internal text/hex viewer: Refresh (Ctrl+R) - reread viewed file
  • internal text/hex viewer: searching can be stopped by the ESC key
  • internal text/hex viewer: autodetection of binary files (line longer than 10000 characters), it allows you to change view mode to hex (text mode with so long lines is very slow)
  • two Edit (F4) commands from archive works even under Win9x (it hung due to operating system limitations)
  • mouse wheel works better (on more operating systems - Win95/98/NT/2000)
  • Directory Line allows changing of panel path using simple left mouse click
  • non-standard size of windows captions (headers - Control Panel/Display/Appearance) caused blurred icons in panels
  • Directory Line supports drag&drop of path - you can drag&drop path to other panel or to text editor (path is dragged in text format); you can drag&drop path from viewer/editor to Directory Line too
  • you can configure Information Line on config. page Appearance
  • Command/Make File List: selected files and directories are written to file (in chosen format)
  • context menu (right mouse click) in Directory Line (hot-path definition)
  • toolbar tooltips contain also information about hot-keys
  • Change Drive menu (Alt+F1/F2) is displayed correctly even on systems with more monitors
  • User Menu: Command field can contain also environment variables in format "$[ENV_NAME]" (e.g. "$[SystemRoot]\regedit.exe")
  • IE Viewer works even with MS Internet Explorer 3.02
  • menu Files/Security contains Permissions, Auditing, and Owner commands known from old Windows File Manager, all three commands have hot-keys
  • you can use Edit/Paste command with path-text on clipboard to change path in panel
  • new Find dialog: modeless dialog (you can work in panels during searching); load/save find options; faster; resizable dialog; you can use group of masks on group of directories; Alternate View (Alt+F3) works; you can use more Find dialogs
  • MP3 Viewer plug-in shows info about MP3 files: works with MPEG 1 and 2, Layer I, II, and III; shows Bitrate (including VBR), Frequency, Frames, Length, Size, Mode, and TAG
  • PictView plug-in shows bitmap pictures (over 40 formats), based on PictView application by Jan Patera http://www.pictview.com/
  • internal text/hex viewer: scroll optimization - faster line up/down moves
  • View With (Ctrl+Shift+F3) and Edit With (Ctrl+Shift+F4) commands let you choose from all available viewers and editors
  • internal text/hex viewer: Ctrl+left/right arrows scroll left/right faster
  • IE Viewer displays actual URL in title
  • IE Viewer: Ctrl+R (refresh) works
  • Change Drive window (Alt+F1/F2) contains also free disk space information for fixed drives
  • Detailed view in panels is faster (especially when entering directory with many (over 1000) files)

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