Servant Salamander 1.6 beta 6 Changelog

Release date: November 10, 2000

Changes

  • external archivers has autoconfiguration (search for archivers on disks)
  • copy/move operations on removable disks uses larger buffer (256KB) - faster
  • text/hex viewer: mouse selecting works better at the end of files
  • detection of shared directories is optimized (no OLE anymore; much faster)
  • copy&paste in the same directory makes "Copy of XXX" targets instead of error message
  • you can terminate "trying to reconnect network drive..." window using ESC key
  • delete operation is carried out through Windows routine when using Recycle Bin for all files and dirs (so Recycle Bin contains whole deleted directories on Win98 and WinNT)
  • text/hex viewer: selecting with mouse connected through USB port was very slow
  • history of visited directories (Alt+F12)
  • Pack (Alt+F5): default extension is automatically added if no extension is specified
  • Change Case: executes only reasonable renames (only if the resulting name is different)
  • network drives refreshes after any operation (fixes problems with Samba pseudo-auto-refresh)
  • Make File List - added variables: Drive, Path, DOSPath
  • bugs in archivers (long names, national characters coding problems, etc.)
  • user-menu - added variables: NamePart, ExtPart, DOSNamePart, DOSExtPart
  • user-menu - problems with expanding variables on ".." (up-dir) symbol
  • copy/move operations: root target path on removable disks (like "A:\*.*") can report nonsensical error message "path not found"
  • Alt+F1/F2 - floppy drives are described (5.25, 3.5, 8)
  • panel column Type - standard text description of file type
  • text/hex viewer: Find dialog is set to selected text in viewer (if any)
  • text/hex viewer: larger visible context when scrolling to Find result (you will see at least 3 rows back and some columns left and right)
  • you can enter username+password for inaccessible UNC paths
  • you can enter username+password when reconnecting to remembered network drive
  • Cut to clipboard has visual effect on files and dirs in panels (ghosted effect on icons)
  • edit/open in archives - before archive closing, you'll get chance to save changes in edited/opened files from archive (changed files will be optionally updated in archive or exported from temporary directories to chosen directory)
  • after crash Salamander tries to write salamand.bug file to disk, so more bug-reports can be collected - more bugs fixed
  • MouseWheel should work on Win98
  • IEViewer: better version check (versions 3.0 and 3.01 are not supported)
  • more items in panel (1 pixel per line was saved)
  • hidden files and dirs are visualized in panels (ghosted effect on icons)
  • Configuration/Colors has been changed
  • single click mode (point to select, click to open), see Configuration/Appearance
  • directory-line and information-line: text drag&drop support + copy to clipboard support
  • Alt+F1/F2 shows "hand" icon-overlay when drive is shared
  • Make File List: variables with defined width (number of characters or "fit to longest")
  • panel listbox has been rebuilt(faster painting, new visual effects)
  • you can set colors for specific files/dirs types (if they agree to mask + have required attributes -> they are painted with chosen colors)
  • click on free space in directory-line opens Drive Info dialog
  • Alt+number for selecting of views in panels (Brief/Detailed/Types)
  • drag&drop operations in panels: added visual effect - ghosted image is dragged
  • Alt+Insert, Alt+Ctrl+Insert, Alt+Shift+Insert for copy names from panels to clipboard (see menu Edit)
  • Tip of the Day (temporarily disabled, no tips written now) :-)
  • own menus with icons (main menu and context menu)
  • own toolbars (we hope for fewer crashes) + 256 colors (allows elegant gray-scale inactive icons, colors on mouse activation)
  • Ctrl+letter was replaced by Shift+letter (change drive), so Ctrl+letter is free for standard hot-keys
  • Find Files: finds also directories now, supports operations on results (delete, copy/cut to clipboard, drag&drop, context menu, view, edit, user-menu, etc.), toolbar was added to found results (for fast operations from mouse), searches for substrings (only when name doesn't contain '?', '*', and '.'; if you want to search for exact name without extension, append '.' to name)
  • directory-line indicates active/inactive panel (colors are customizable)
  • history of opened/viewed/edited files (Alt+F11)
  • command line: if not still visible, you can enter it (it shows itself) and leave it (it hides itself)
  • better support for icon in tray (see Configuration/Appearance)
  • Go submenu in Left and Right menu popups
  • history for copy/move dialogs
  • each version of Salamander will have its own configuration key in Registry (else users can't use more versions concurrently), new versions will offer deleting of old keys (to save Registry space)
  • right-click context menu in archives

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