| [138] | 1 | New stuff's at the top.  This list is not necessarily complete.
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| [58] | 2 | 
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| [461] | 3 | 3.05beta01
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 | 4 |  o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
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 | 5 |  o More great bitmaps from David
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 | 6 |  o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
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 | 7 |  o Rework some error messages
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 | 8 |  o Add unlock.exe to commands template
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 | 9 | 
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| [431] | 10 | 3.04
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| [435] | 11 |  o Recover corrupted finger pointer
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| [427] | 12 |  o Allow quick abort of large archive open
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 | 13 |  o Open large archive containers at idle priority
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| [421] | 14 |  o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
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| [388] | 15 |  o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
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 | 16 |  o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
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 | 17 |  o More new icons (thanks David)
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| [412] | 18 |  o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
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| [388] | 19 | 
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| [324] | 20 | 3.04 pre11:
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 | 21 |  o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
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 | 22 |  o Add compare content to Compare Directories
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 | 23 | 
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| [307] | 24 | 3.04 pre10:
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 | 25 |  o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
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 | 26 |  o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
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 | 27 | 
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 | 28 | 3.04 pre9:
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 | 29 |  o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
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 | 30 | 
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 | 31 | 3.04 pre8:
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 | 32 |  o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
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 | 33 |  o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
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 | 34 | 
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 | 35 | 3.04 pre7:
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 | 36 |  o More archiver.bb2 template rework
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 | 37 |  o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
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 | 38 |  o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
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 | 39 |  o Minor makefile corrections
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 | 40 | 
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 | 41 | 3.04 pre6:
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 | 42 |  o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
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 | 43 | 
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 | 44 | 3.04 pre5:
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 | 45 |  o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
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 | 46 |  o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
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 | 47 |  o Disable menus for not ready volumes
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 | 48 |  o Correct missing collector view button window updates
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 | 49 |  o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
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 | 50 | 
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 | 51 | 3.04 pre4:
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 | 52 |  o Correct longnames display enable
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 | 53 |  o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
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 | 54 |  o Support archiver.tmp install
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 | 55 | 
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 | 56 | 3.04 pre3:
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 | 57 |  o Support jfsopt.cmd install
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 | 58 |  o Support tarlist.cmd install
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 | 59 |  o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
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 | 60 |  o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
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 | 61 | 
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 | 62 | 3.04 pre2:
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 | 63 |  o More icon updates (David's v18)
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 | 64 |  o Avoid user directory edit crash
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 | 65 |  o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
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 | 66 | 
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 | 67 | 3.04 pre1:
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 | 68 |  o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
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 | 69 |  o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
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 | 70 |  o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
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 | 71 |  o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
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 | 72 |  o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
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 | 73 |  o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
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 | 74 | 
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| [221] | 75 | 3.03:
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 | 76 |  o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
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| [225] | 77 |  o Correct directory sizes sort
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| [228] | 78 |  o Correct archive sort again
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| [221] | 79 | 
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| [138] | 80 | 3.02i:
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 | 81 |  o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
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| [168] | 82 |  o Lots of work on large file support
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 | 83 |  o Switch to VAC 3.65
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 | 84 |  o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
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| [221] | 85 |  o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
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 | 86 |  o Correct archive container initial sort setup
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 | 87 |  o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
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| [307] | 88 |  o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
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| [221] | 89 |  o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
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 | 90 |  o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
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 | 91 |  o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
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| [138] | 92 | 
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| [111] | 93 | 3.02h:
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| [128] | 94 |  o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
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| [111] | 95 |  o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
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 | 96 |  o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
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| [58] | 97 | 
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| [111] | 98 | 3.02g:
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 | 99 |  o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
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| [58] | 100 | 
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| [111] | 101 | 3.02f:
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| [225] | 102 |  o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
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| [111] | 103 |  o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
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 | 104 |    Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
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| [58] | 105 | 
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| [111] | 106 | 3.02e:
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 | 107 |  o More see all files fixes
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 | 108 |  o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
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| [58] | 109 | 
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| [111] | 110 | 3.02d:
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 | 111 |  o Clean up icon usage
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 | 112 |  o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
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 | 113 |  o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
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 | 114 |  o Rework directory sizes for large drives
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 | 115 |  o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
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 | 116 |  o Correct resource strings
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| [58] | 117 | 
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| [111] | 118 | 3.02c:
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 | 119 |  o Correct broken assignments
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 | 120 |  o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
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| [58] | 121 | 
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| [111] | 122 | 3.02b:
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 | 123 |  o Add JFS and FAT32 support
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| [58] | 124 | 
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| [111] | 125 | 3.02a:
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 | 126 |  o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
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 | 127 |  o Correct archive name display
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| [58] | 128 | 
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| [111] | 129 | 3.02:
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 | 130 |  o First open source release.
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| [58] | 131 | 
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| [111] | 132 | 3.01:
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 | 133 |  o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
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| [58] | 134 | 
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| [111] | 135 | 3.00d:
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 | 136 |  o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
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 | 137 |    closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
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| [58] | 138 | 
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| [111] | 139 | 3.00c:
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 | 140 |  o More minor bug fixes.
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| [58] | 141 | 
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| [111] | 142 | 3.00b:
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 | 143 |  o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
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| [58] | 144 | 
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| [111] | 145 | 3.00:
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 | 146 |  o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
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 | 147 |    code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
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 | 148 |    possible without much problem.  A resource translation kit is offered
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 | 149 |    free-of-charge to registered users.  This required some additional
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 | 150 |    files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
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 | 151 |    correspondingly smaller.
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 | 152 |  o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
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 | 153 |  o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
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 | 154 |    a user where archive members couldn't be dragged.  Then optimized
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 | 155 |    some more, thus tempting fate.
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 | 156 |  o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
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 | 157 |  o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
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 | 158 |    number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
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 | 159 |  o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
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 | 160 |    except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
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 | 161 |    marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog.  I also made the buttons
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 | 162 |    a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
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 | 163 |    width.
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 | 164 |  o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
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 | 165 |    this stuff built-in now.
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 | 166 |  o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
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 | 167 |  o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
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 | 168 |    (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
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 | 169 |    the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page.  Cool.
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 | 170 |  o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
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 | 171 |    key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
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 | 172 |    change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
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 | 173 |    confirmation.
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 | 174 |  o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
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 | 175 |    time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
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 | 176 |    and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
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 | 177 |  o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
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| [58] | 178 | 
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| [111] | 179 | 2.67:
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 | 180 |  o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
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 | 181 |  o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
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 | 182 |    saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
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 | 183 |    CMDMINI.DAT, same format).  You can save, or not, either type for
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 | 184 |    recall.
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| [58] | 185 | 
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| [111] | 186 | 2.66:
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 | 187 |  o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
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 | 188 |    make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
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 | 189 |    color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
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 | 190 |    more.  Also gave it a distinctive sound.  (This is the error window
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 | 191 |    you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
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 | 192 |    there's no diskette inserted.)
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 | 193 |  o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
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 | 194 |    exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
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 | 195 |  o Reworked Databar a bit.
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 | 196 |  o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
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 | 197 |    clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
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| [58] | 198 | 
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| [111] | 199 | 2.65:
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 | 200 |  o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
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 | 201 |    a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
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 | 202 |  o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
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 | 203 |  o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
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 | 204 |    "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
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 | 205 |  o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
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 | 206 |    best stuff was turned off by default!
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 | 207 |  o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
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 | 208 |    suggestion.  "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
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 | 209 |    target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
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 | 210 |    selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
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 | 211 |    an operation.  Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
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 | 212 |    choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
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 | 213 |    (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
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| [58] | 214 | 
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| [111] | 215 | 2.64:
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 | 216 |  o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
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 | 217 |    can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
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 | 218 |    horizontal) there.
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 | 219 |  o More help file work.
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 | 220 |  o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
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 | 221 |    as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
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 | 222 |  o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
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 | 223 |    "touching" files easier.
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| [58] | 224 | 
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| [111] | 225 | 2.63:
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 | 226 |  o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
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 | 227 |  o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help.  Did you know
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 | 228 |    that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
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 | 229 |    an object?  Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
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 | 230 |  o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
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 | 231 |    separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
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 | 232 |    is available.
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 | 233 |  o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
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 | 234 |    attractive (IMHO).
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 | 235 |  o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
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 | 236 |  o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
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 | 237 |    window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
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 | 238 |    marks.
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 | 239 |  o Related:  Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
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 | 240 |    versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
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 | 241 |    You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
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 | 242 |    systems:  "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
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| [58] | 243 | 
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| [111] | 244 | 2.62:
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 | 245 |  o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
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| [58] | 246 | 
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| [111] | 247 | 2.61:
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 | 248 |  o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
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 | 249 |    Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view.  Removed
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 | 250 |    filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed).  Revised
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 | 251 |    window layouts help to show modified layouts.
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 | 252 |  o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
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 | 253 |  o Added Find first/next to INI viewer.  Listbox command will work in
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 | 254 |    is bordered in red.
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 | 255 |  o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
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 | 256 |    in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
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 | 257 |    http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
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 | 258 |    I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
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 | 259 |    files.
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| [58] | 260 | 
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| [111] | 261 | 2.60:
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 | 262 |  o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
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 | 263 |    accelerator) per user request.  Remember, to edit files in an
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 | 264 |    archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
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 | 265 |    be refreshed in the archive.
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 | 266 |  o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
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 | 267 |    and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
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| [58] | 268 | 
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| [111] | 269 | 2.59:
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 | 270 |  o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
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 | 271 |    newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
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 | 272 |    if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
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| [58] | 273 | 
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| [111] | 274 | 2.58:
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 | 275 |  o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
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 | 276 |    common directories user list (select <New directory>).  Revised
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 | 277 |    help to reflect this.
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 | 278 |  o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
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 | 279 |    from closing windows already open now (per user request).  An
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 | 280 |    automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
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| [58] | 281 | 
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| [111] | 282 | 2.57:
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 | 283 |  o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
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 | 284 |    nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA?  Or
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 | 285 |    let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
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| [58] | 286 | 
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| [111] | 287 | 2.56:
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 | 288 |  o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
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 | 289 |    per Harry Travis' request.  Also added Append checkbox.
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| [58] | 290 | 
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| [111] | 291 | 2.55:
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 | 292 |  o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
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 | 293 |    in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
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| [58] | 294 | 
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| [111] | 295 | 2.54:
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 | 296 |  o Small tweaks.
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 | 297 |  o I don't do Compuserve anymore.  Reach me via the net, or just go to
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 | 298 |    FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
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| [58] | 299 | 
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| [111] | 300 | 2.53:
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 | 301 |  o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
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 | 302 |    selected files more quickly and easily.
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 | 303 |  o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
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 | 304 |    Netscape were choking on it (a).
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 | 305 |  o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
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 | 306 |    instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page).  (What's
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 | 307 |    MSE?  Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
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 | 308 |  o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
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| [58] | 309 | 
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| [111] | 310 | 2.52:
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 | 311 |  o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
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 | 312 |    maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
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 | 313 |  o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
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 | 314 |    listings can be read.  Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
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 | 315 |    get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
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 | 316 |    standard, then stick to it?  Please?
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 | 317 |  o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
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 | 318 |    like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
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| [58] | 319 | 
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| [111] | 320 | 2.51:
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 | 321 |  o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
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 | 322 |    small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
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 | 323 |  o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
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 | 324 |    user request.
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 | 325 |  o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
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 | 326 |    user request.
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 | 327 |  o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
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 | 328 |    OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
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 | 329 |    configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
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 | 330 |    nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
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 | 331 |    problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug").  Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
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 | 332 |    IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
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 | 333 |    on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet).  You'll probably want to
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 | 334 |    remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
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 | 335 |  o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
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 | 336 |    spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
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 | 337 |    particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
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 | 338 |    this way).  Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
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 | 339 |    the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
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 | 340 |    it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
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 | 341 |    still work correctly with this change.
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 | 342 |  o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
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 | 343 |    VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
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 | 344 |  o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
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 | 345 |  o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail.  Registrations are
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 | 346 |    available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
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 | 347 |    see REGISTER.TXT).  I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
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 | 348 |    up with all of it.
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| [58] | 349 | 
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| [111] | 350 | 2.50b:
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 | 351 |  o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
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 | 352 |    image viewer window.
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 | 353 |  o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
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 | 354 |    double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
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| [58] | 355 | 
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| [111] | 356 | 2.50a:
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 | 357 |  o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
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 | 358 |    viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
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 | 359 |  o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
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 | 360 |    directories listed in environment variables).
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 | 361 |  o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
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 | 362 |  o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
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 | 363 |    registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
 | 
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 | 364 |    registration information.
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 | 365 |  o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View.  See also
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 | 366 |    new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
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 | 367 |  o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
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 | 368 |    popup menu.
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 | 369 |  o Bugfix:  The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
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 | 370 |    object that didn't already have them (duh).
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 | 371 |  o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM.  To
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 | 372 |    activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
 | 
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 | 373 |    Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
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 | 374 |    PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
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| [58] | 375 | 
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| [111] | 376 | 2.50:
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 | 377 |  o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
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 | 378 |  o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
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 | 379 |    viewer.
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 | 380 |  o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
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 | 381 |    user request.  BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
 | 
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 | 382 |    deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
 | 
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 | 383 |    undocumented.  Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
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 | 384 |    to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
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 | 385 |    notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
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 | 386 |    results.
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 | 387 |  o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
 | 
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 | 388 |    default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
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 | 389 |  o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
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 | 390 |    too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-).  Also
 | 
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 | 391 |    added file system type to end of string on user request.
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 | 392 |  o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
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 | 393 |    you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
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 | 394 |    It could happen.
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 | 395 |  o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
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 | 396 |  o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
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 | 397 |    the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
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 | 398 |  o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
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 | 399 |  o Note new internet address.
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 | 400 |  o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
 | 
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 | 401 |  o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
 | 
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 | 402 |    an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
 | 
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 | 403 |    SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
 | 
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 | 404 |  o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
 | 
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 | 405 |    one :-).
 | 
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 | 406 |  o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
 | 
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 | 407 |    popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
 | 
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 | 408 |  o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
 | 
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 | 409 |    including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
 | 
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 | 410 |    listfile.  FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
 | 
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 | 411 |    multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
 | 
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 | 412 |    View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command.  OS/2 command lines are
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 | 413 |    limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
 | 
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 | 414 |  o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
 | 
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 | 415 |    even notice.
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| [58] | 416 | 
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| [111] | 417 | 2.49:
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 | 418 |  o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
 | 
|---|
 | 419 |    button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
 | 
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 | 420 |    font.  BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
 | 
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 | 421 |    back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
 | 
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 | 422 |    entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
 | 
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 | 423 |  o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
 | 
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 | 424 |  o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
 | 
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 | 425 |    LAN.  If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
 | 
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 | 426 |    code displayed.  If it works, let me know that, too.
 | 
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 | 427 |  o Fixed bug in Merge code.
 | 
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 | 428 |  o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
 | 
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 | 429 |    only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
 | 
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 | 430 |  o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
 | 
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| [58] | 431 | 
 | 
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| [111] | 432 | 2.48a:
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 | 433 |  o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
 | 
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 | 434 |  o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
 | 
|---|
 | 435 |  o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
 | 
|---|
 | 436 |  o More Merlin preparations.
 | 
|---|
 | 437 |  o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
 | 
|---|
 | 438 |  o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
 | 
|---|
 | 439 |  o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
 | 
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 | 440 |  o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
 | 
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 | 441 |    copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
 | 
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 | 442 |    the Joneses?  :-)
 | 
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| [58] | 443 | 
 | 
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| [111] | 444 | 2.48:
 | 
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 | 445 |  o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
 | 
|---|
 | 446 |    with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
 | 
|---|
 | 447 |  o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
 | 
|---|
 | 448 |    under Merlin.
 | 
|---|
 | 449 |  o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
 | 
|---|
 | 450 |    Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
 | 
|---|
 | 451 |    parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
 | 
|---|
 | 452 |  o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
 | 
|---|
 | 453 |    an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing.  Moving the
 | 
|---|
 | 454 |    focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA.  Note:  if
 | 
|---|
 | 455 |    a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
 | 
|---|
 | 456 |    for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way).  You can
 | 
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 | 457 |    fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
 | 
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 | 458 |    Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
 | 
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 | 459 |    MLE if you're keyboarding.  FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
 | 
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 | 460 |    characters in length.  Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
 | 
|---|
 | 461 |    creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
 | 
|---|
 | 462 |    the heck I'm talking about...  BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
 | 
|---|
 | 463 |    in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
 | 
|---|
 | 464 |    it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
 | 
|---|
 | 465 |    WPS) format -- but it's readable.
 | 
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 | 466 |  o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
 | 
|---|
 | 467 |    different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI").  This means
 | 
|---|
 | 468 |    that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
 | 
|---|
 | 469 |    FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
 | 
|---|
 | 470 |    machine.
 | 
|---|
 | 471 |  o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
 | 
|---|
 | 472 |    invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request.  :-)
 | 
|---|
 | 473 |  o Keys help added per user request.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 474 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 475 | 2.47:
 | 
|---|
 | 476 |  o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
 | 
|---|
 | 477 |  o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
 | 
|---|
 | 478 |  o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
 | 
|---|
 | 479 |  o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
 | 
|---|
 | 480 |  o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
 | 
|---|
 | 481 |    submenu selected.
 | 
|---|
 | 482 |  o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
 | 
|---|
 | 483 |  o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
 | 
|---|
 | 484 |  o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
 | 
|---|
 | 485 |    file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
 | 
|---|
 | 486 |  o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
 | 
|---|
 | 487 |    Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
 | 
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 | 488 |    Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
 | 
|---|
 | 489 |    Ctrl + Home is root directory.  Obviously, not all these keystrokes
 | 
|---|
 | 490 |    are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
 | 
|---|
 | 491 |    do anything in the Collector).  These new shortcut keys are in
 | 
|---|
 | 492 |    addition to existing accelerators.  Applicable windows (see previous
 | 
|---|
 | 493 |    caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
 | 
|---|
 | 494 |    Collector, Global files windows.  Per user request.  These are not
 | 
|---|
 | 495 |    "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
 | 
|---|
 | 496 |    normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
 | 
|---|
 | 497 |    it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
 | 
|---|
 | 498 |  o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
 | 
|---|
 | 499 |    Container to change directories.
 | 
|---|
 | 500 |  o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
 | 
|---|
 | 501 |    questions.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 502 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 503 | 2.46:
 | 
|---|
 | 504 |  o Fixed drive button bug.
 | 
|---|
 | 505 |  o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
 | 
|---|
 | 506 |    "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
 | 
|---|
 | 507 |    the real thing.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 508 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 509 | 2.45:
 | 
|---|
 | 510 |  o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
 | 
|---|
 | 511 |    to be used.  First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
 | 
|---|
 | 512 |    tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
 | 
|---|
 | 513 |  o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
 | 
|---|
 | 514 |    was closed.
 | 
|---|
 | 515 |  o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
 | 
|---|
 | 516 |  o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
 | 
|---|
 | 517 |    Scan.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 518 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 519 | 2.44:
 | 
|---|
 | 520 |  o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
 | 
|---|
 | 521 |  o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
 | 
|---|
 | 522 |    design.  Notes:  using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
 | 
|---|
 | 523 |    loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
 | 
|---|
 | 524 |    replace all of them.  Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
 | 
|---|
 | 525 |    pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
 | 
|---|
 | 526 |    user-defined bitmap.
 | 
|---|
 | 527 |  o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
 | 
|---|
 | 528 |    their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
 | 
|---|
 | 529 |    Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
 | 
|---|
 | 530 |  o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
 | 
|---|
 | 531 |    for possible later retrieval.
 | 
|---|
 | 532 |  o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable).  DIRSIZE.EXE
 | 
|---|
 | 533 |    program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
 | 
|---|
 | 534 |    in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 535 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 536 | 2.43:
 | 
|---|
 | 537 |  o Added optional drivebar per user request.
 | 
|---|
 | 538 |  o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
 | 
|---|
 | 539 |  o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
 | 
|---|
 | 540 |    connection, finally).
 | 
|---|
 | 541 |  o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
 | 
|---|
 | 542 |    or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
 | 
|---|
 | 543 |    the configured viewer with the file loaded.  This is just a quick
 | 
|---|
 | 544 |    view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
 | 
|---|
 | 545 |    an archive or check Associations.  You can double-click it in the
 | 
|---|
 | 546 |    Directory Container if you need to go that far.
 | 
|---|
 | 547 |  o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
 | 
|---|
 | 548 |    it should stay that way.  When a thread does something that takes
 | 
|---|
 | 549 |    awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
 | 
|---|
 | 550 |    it finishes.
 | 
|---|
 | 551 |  o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
 | 
|---|
 | 552 |    manner when asked to create objects.  There is no reliable method
 | 
|---|
 | 553 |    under older OS/2 versions.
 | 
|---|
 | 554 |  o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat.  Still not as good as
 | 
|---|
 | 555 |    printing from the appropriate application, of course.
 | 
|---|
 | 556 |  o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
 | 
|---|
 | 557 |    to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
 | 
|---|
 | 558 |    reminder.
 | 
|---|
 | 559 |  o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
 | 
|---|
 | 560 |    make the vacated directory's object the current object.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 561 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 562 | 2.42:
 | 
|---|
 | 563 |  o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
 | 
|---|
 | 564 |    really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier.  The drivers
 | 
|---|
 | 565 |    for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
 | 
|---|
 | 566 |    especially for things like providing the label and usage info.  When
 | 
|---|
 | 567 |    it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
 | 
|---|
 | 568 |  o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
 | 
|---|
 | 569 |    in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
 | 
|---|
 | 570 |    from the command line (and a couple of new ones).  You can still set
 | 
|---|
 | 571 |    flags from the command line as an override.
 | 
|---|
 | 572 |  o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
 | 
|---|
 | 573 |    if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
 | 
|---|
 | 574 |    asked).  If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
 | 
|---|
 | 575 |  o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
 | 
|---|
 | 576 |    (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
 | 
|---|
 | 577 |    Directory Container looks.
 | 
|---|
 | 578 |  o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
 | 
|---|
 | 579 |    and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
 | 
|---|
 | 580 |    preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
 | 
|---|
 | 581 |    examples).
 | 
|---|
 | 582 |  o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
 | 
|---|
 | 583 |    Make Directory command.  Double-clicking on an empty part of a
 | 
|---|
 | 584 |    Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
 | 
|---|
 | 585 |  o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
 | 
|---|
 | 586 |    drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
 | 
|---|
 | 587 |  o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
 | 
|---|
 | 588 |    and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
 | 
|---|
 | 589 |    instead of the internal).
 | 
|---|
 | 590 |  o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
 | 
|---|
 | 591 |  o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
 | 
|---|
 | 592 |    some archive types.  See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details.  You can also
 | 
|---|
 | 593 |    Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
 | 
|---|
 | 594 |    to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 595 | 
 | 
|---|
 | 596 | 2.41:
 | 
|---|
 | 597 |  o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
 | 
|---|
 | 598 |    which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
 | 
|---|
 | 599 |    as "super drives objects."  To take full advantage of this, the
 | 
|---|
 | 600 |    "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
 | 
|---|
 | 601 |  o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
 | 
|---|
 | 602 |    closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
 | 
|---|
 | 603 |  o Fixed bug:  last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
 | 
|---|
 | 604 |    attractively.
 | 
|---|
 | 605 |  o Fixed bug:  quick config page didn't work right anymore.
 | 
|---|
 | 606 |  o Fixed bug:  VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
 | 
|---|
 | 607 |    but not switch to them.
 | 
|---|
 | 608 |  o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
 | 
|---|
 | 609 |  o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
 | 
|---|
 | 610 |    under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
 | 
|---|
 | 611 |    is closed.  You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
 | 
|---|
 | 612 |    BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
 | 
|---|
 | 613 |    liking, is always a good idea.  Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
 | 
|---|
 | 614 |    since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
 | 
|---|
 | 615 |  o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
 | 
|---|
 | 616 |    than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
 | 
|---|
 | 617 |    (Why?  Who knows?  Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
 | 
|---|
 | 618 |    CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
 | 
|---|
 | 619 |    objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2.  However, since it's
 | 
|---|
 | 620 |    in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
 | 
|---|
 | 621 |    objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
 | 
|---|
 | 622 |    Shouldn't be a major problem.
 | 
|---|
 | 623 |  o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog.  Someone asked, I didn't even
 | 
|---|
 | 624 |    know the blamed thing was there.
 | 
|---|
 | 625 |  o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
 | 
|---|
 | 626 |    edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
 | 
|---|
 | 627 |  o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
 | 
|---|
 | 628 |    viewer (accelerators were there before).  In text where paragraphs
 | 
|---|
 | 629 |    are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
 | 
|---|
 | 630 |    paragraph.  Something I use.
 | 
|---|
 | 631 |  o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
 | 
|---|
 | 632 |    which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
 | 
|---|
 | 633 |    directories in that dialog.  Just wanted to.
 | 
|---|
 | 634 |  o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
 | 
|---|
 | 635 |    internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
 | 
|---|
 | 636 |  o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
 | 
|---|
 | 637 |  o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
 | 
|---|
 | 638 |    with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
 | 
|---|
 | 639 |  o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
 | 
|---|
 | 640 |    Containers.
 | 
|---|
 | 641 |  o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
 | 
|---|
 | 642 |  o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
 | 
|---|
 | 643 |    (some things grow with a life of their own).
 | 
|---|
 | 644 |  o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
 | 
|---|
 | 645 |    folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
 | 
|---|
 | 646 |    to give it a try -- tell me what you think.  If upgrading, delete the
 | 
|---|
 | 647 |    old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
 | 
|---|
 | 648 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 649 | 2.40:
 | 
|---|
 | 650 |  o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
 | 
|---|
 | 651 |  o Added more optional buttons to main window.
 | 
|---|
 | 652 |  o Added %u/%U metastrings.
 | 
|---|
 | 653 |  o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
 | 
|---|
 | 654 |    viewer.
 | 
|---|
 | 655 |  o Added %! metastring.
 | 
|---|
 | 656 |  o Added default archiver setting.
 | 
|---|
 | 657 |  o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
 | 
|---|
 | 658 |    However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
 | 
|---|
 | 659 |    within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically.  Add Ctrl to
 | 
|---|
 | 660 |    these accelerators to affect the main window in that case.  I don't
 | 
|---|
 | 661 |    change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
 | 
|---|
 | 662 |    language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
 | 
|---|
 | 663 |  o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
 | 
|---|
 | 664 |  o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
 | 
|---|
 | 665 |  o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
 | 
|---|
 | 666 |    on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
 | 
|---|
 | 667 |  o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
 | 
|---|
 | 668 |  o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
 | 
|---|
 | 669 |    directories.
 | 
|---|
 | 670 |  o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
 | 
|---|
 | 671 |    set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
 | 
|---|
 | 672 |  o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 673 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 674 | 2.39:
 | 
|---|
 | 675 |  o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
 | 
|---|
 | 676 |    MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp.  This change may only take effect
 | 
|---|
 | 677 |    at FP10+ levels.
 | 
|---|
 | 678 |  o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
 | 
|---|
 | 679 |    shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
 | 
|---|
 | 680 |  o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
 | 
|---|
 | 681 |    lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
 | 
|---|
 | 682 |    directories.  NOTE:  if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
 | 
|---|
 | 683 |    the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
 | 
|---|
 | 684 |    for new installations.  Use the internal Settings notebook to
 | 
|---|
 | 685 |    activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
 | 
|---|
 | 686 |    focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
 | 
|---|
 | 687 |    changed.
 | 
|---|
 | 688 |  o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 689 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 690 | 2.38:
 | 
|---|
 | 691 |  o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
 | 
|---|
 | 692 |    the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
 | 
|---|
 | 693 |    selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
 | 
|---|
 | 694 |    etc.).
 | 
|---|
 | 695 |  o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request.  NOTE:
 | 
|---|
 | 696 |    filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
 | 
|---|
 | 697 |    for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
 | 
|---|
 | 698 |    that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
 | 
|---|
 | 699 |    attempt to expand the branch.  If it's important for you to know what
 | 
|---|
 | 700 |    the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
 | 
|---|
 | 701 |    Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup.  You
 | 
|---|
 | 702 |    can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired.  Tricks can
 | 
|---|
 | 703 |    be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
 | 
|---|
 | 704 |    /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
 | 
|---|
 | 705 |    show everything else.
 | 
|---|
 | 706 |  o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
 | 
|---|
 | 707 |    "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
 | 
|---|
 | 708 |  o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
 | 
|---|
 | 709 |    toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked.  Of
 | 
|---|
 | 710 |    course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
 | 
|---|
 | 711 |  o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
 | 
|---|
 | 712 |    to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
 | 
|---|
 | 713 |    You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
 | 
|---|
 | 714 |    starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
 | 
|---|
 | 715 |  o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
 | 
|---|
 | 716 |    two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
 | 
|---|
 | 717 |    foreground.  This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
 | 
|---|
 | 718 |    you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
 | 
|---|
 | 719 |    resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
 | 
|---|
 | 720 |    foreground.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 721 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 722 | 2.37:
 | 
|---|
 | 723 |  o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
 | 
|---|
 | 724 |    items for same.  You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
 | 
|---|
 | 725 |    .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
 | 
|---|
 | 726 |    a package that puts the file description in that EA.  You can also
 | 
|---|
 | 727 |    get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
 | 
|---|
 | 728 |    FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
 | 
|---|
 | 729 |  o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
 | 
|---|
 | 730 |  o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
 | 
|---|
 | 731 |    For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
 | 
|---|
 | 732 |  o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
 | 
|---|
 | 733 |  o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
 | 
|---|
 | 734 |    the "Immediate Updates" toggle.  When you set a sort (or filter) in
 | 
|---|
 | 735 |    the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
 | 
|---|
 | 736 |    subsequently created Directory Containers.  When you set a sort (or
 | 
|---|
 | 737 |    filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
 | 
|---|
 | 738 |    changing only that container.  States will now also save the type of
 | 
|---|
 | 739 |    view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
 | 
|---|
 | 740 |    Directory Container.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 741 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 742 | 2.36:
 | 
|---|
 | 743 |  o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
 | 
|---|
 | 744 |    rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
 | 
|---|
 | 745 |    before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
 | 
|---|
 | 746 |  o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
 | 
|---|
 | 747 |    enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
 | 
|---|
 | 748 |    bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
 | 
|---|
 | 749 |  o Tutorial section added to online help.
 | 
|---|
 | 750 |  o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
 | 
|---|
 | 751 |    on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
 | 
|---|
 | 752 |    Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning.  You can
 | 
|---|
 | 753 |    stretch the size of the window.  The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
 | 
|---|
 | 754 |    of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
 | 
|---|
 | 755 |  o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
 | 
|---|
 | 756 |  o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
 | 
|---|
 | 757 |    Settings notebook.
 | 
|---|
 | 758 |  o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
 | 
|---|
 | 759 |  o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
 | 
|---|
 | 760 |    thousandth).
 | 
|---|
 | 761 |  o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
 | 
|---|
 | 762 |  o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD.  Can you say "duh?"  Apparently I can.
 | 
|---|
 | 763 |  o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 764 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 765 | 2.35:
 | 
|---|
 | 766 |  o Performance tuning.
 | 
|---|
 | 767 |  o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
 | 
|---|
 | 768 |  o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
 | 
|---|
 | 769 |    directories to UserList as you change directories.  You can make them
 | 
|---|
 | 770 |    permanent by Adding them as usual.
 | 
|---|
 | 771 |  o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
 | 
|---|
 | 772 |    ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
 | 
|---|
 | 773 |    support them.  Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
 | 
|---|
 | 774 |    AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
 | 
|---|
 | 775 |  o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
 | 
|---|
 | 776 |    will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
 | 
|---|
 | 777 |    double-clicked.  GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
 | 
|---|
 | 778 |    bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
 | 
|---|
 | 779 |    .SPR, and .PSE files.  And it's free.
 | 
|---|
 | 780 |  o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
 | 
|---|
 | 781 |    when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
 | 
|---|
 | 782 |  o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 783 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 784 | 2.34:
 | 
|---|
 | 785 |  o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
 | 
|---|
 | 786 |    knee-jerk thing to do).
 | 
|---|
 | 787 |  o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
 | 
|---|
 | 788 |    the container is maximized.
 | 
|---|
 | 789 |  o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
 | 
|---|
 | 790 |  o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
 | 
|---|
 | 791 |  o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
 | 
|---|
 | 792 |  o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
 | 
|---|
 | 793 |    interested).
 | 
|---|
 | 794 |  o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
 | 
|---|
 | 795 |    enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
 | 
|---|
 | 796 |  o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
 | 
|---|
 | 797 |    human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
 | 
|---|
 | 798 |    "preconfigure" some things (for new users).  If you're upgrading from
 | 
|---|
 | 799 |    previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
 | 
|---|
 | 800 |    settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
 | 
|---|
 | 801 |  o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
 | 
|---|
 | 802 |  o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
 | 
|---|
 | 803 |  o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
 | 
|---|
 | 804 |  o Height of autoview window can be changed.
 | 
|---|
 | 805 |  o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
 | 
|---|
 | 806 |  o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
 | 
|---|
 | 807 |  o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
 | 
|---|
 | 808 |    whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 809 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 810 | 2.33:
 | 
|---|
 | 811 |  o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
 | 
|---|
 | 812 |    than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
 | 
|---|
 | 813 |    internal Settings notebook).
 | 
|---|
 | 814 |  o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
 | 
|---|
 | 815 |  o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
 | 
|---|
 | 816 |  o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off.  Weird.
 | 
|---|
 | 817 |  o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
 | 
|---|
 | 818 |    hasn't been prepared.  This should be ignored as in previous versions
 | 
|---|
 | 819 |    of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
 | 
|---|
 | 820 |  o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
 | 
|---|
 | 821 |    While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
 | 
|---|
 | 822 |    one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
 | 
|---|
 | 823 |    itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
 | 
|---|
 | 824 |  o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
 | 
|---|
 | 825 |  o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
 | 
|---|
 | 826 |  o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
 | 
|---|
 | 827 |    the keys are entered within one second of each other.
 | 
|---|
 | 828 |  o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 829 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 830 | 2.32:
 | 
|---|
 | 831 |  o See all files window fleshed out.
 | 
|---|
 | 832 |  o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
 | 
|---|
 | 833 |    "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
 | 
|---|
 | 834 |    notebook.
 | 
|---|
 | 835 |  o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
 | 
|---|
 | 836 |  o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
 | 
|---|
 | 837 |    clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
 | 
|---|
 | 838 |    turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
 | 
|---|
 | 839 |    of course).
 | 
|---|
 | 840 |  o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
 | 
|---|
 | 841 |  o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
 | 
|---|
 | 842 |  o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
 | 
|---|
 | 843 |  o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
 | 
|---|
 | 844 |    objects instead of popping up for each selected object.  EAS.EXE
 | 
|---|
 | 845 |    mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
 | 
|---|
 | 846 |  o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
 | 
|---|
 | 847 |    the list.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 848 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 849 | 2.31:
 | 
|---|
 | 850 |  o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
 | 
|---|
 | 851 |    miniapp.
 | 
|---|
 | 852 |  o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
 | 
|---|
 | 853 |  o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
 | 
|---|
 | 854 |    to the above).
 | 
|---|
 | 855 |  o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
 | 
|---|
 | 856 |  o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
 | 
|---|
 | 857 |    now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
 | 
|---|
 | 858 |  o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
 | 
|---|
 | 859 |  o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
 | 
|---|
 | 860 |    the archive resides."
 | 
|---|
 | 861 |  o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
 | 
|---|
 | 862 |  o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
 | 
|---|
 | 863 |    much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
 | 
|---|
 | 864 |    limitation of 32767 maximum items).  Loads, sorts and displays
 | 
|---|
 | 865 |    15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
 | 
|---|
 | 866 |    486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
 | 
|---|
 | 867 |  o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
 | 
|---|
 | 868 |  o More user suggestions implemented.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 869 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 870 | 2.30:
 | 
|---|
 | 871 |  o I forget.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 872 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 873 | 2.29:
 | 
|---|
 | 874 |  o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
 | 
|---|
 | 875 |  o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
 | 
|---|
 | 876 |    drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
 | 
|---|
 | 877 |  o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
 | 
|---|
 | 878 |  o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
 | 
|---|
 | 879 |    list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
 | 
|---|
 | 880 |  o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh).  Smartened up drag and
 | 
|---|
 | 881 |    drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
 | 
|---|
 | 882 |    available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
 | 
|---|
 | 883 |  o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
 | 
|---|
 | 884 |  o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
 | 
|---|
 | 885 |  o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
 | 
|---|
 | 886 |    Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
 | 
|---|
 | 887 |    list).
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 888 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 889 | 2.28:
 | 
|---|
 | 890 |  o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
 | 
|---|
 | 891 |    (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
 | 
|---|
 | 892 |    dialog).
 | 
|---|
 | 893 |  o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
 | 
|---|
 | 894 |    drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
 | 
|---|
 | 895 |    current object.
 | 
|---|
 | 896 |  o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
 | 
|---|
 | 897 |    -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames.  We
 | 
|---|
 | 898 |    absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
 | 
|---|
 | 899 |  o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
 | 
|---|
 | 900 |    existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
 | 
|---|
 | 901 |    exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
 | 
|---|
 | 902 |    the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
 | 
|---|
 | 903 |    userlist dropdown.
 | 
|---|
 | 904 |  o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe.  Sheesh, I'd
 | 
|---|
 | 905 |    use a DOS app first...
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 906 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 907 | 2.27:
 | 
|---|
 | 908 |  o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
 | 
|---|
 | 909 |    This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
 | 
|---|
 | 910 |    default, BTW).
 | 
|---|
 | 911 |  o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
 | 
|---|
 | 912 |    filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
 | 
|---|
 | 913 |    weren't before).
 | 
|---|
 | 914 |  o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
 | 
|---|
 | 915 |    manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2.  This allows
 | 
|---|
 | 916 |    Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
 | 
|---|
 | 917 |    lines.
 | 
|---|
 | 918 |  o Made notification window look more homogenous.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 919 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 920 | 2.26:
 | 
|---|
 | 921 |  o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
 | 
|---|
 | 922 |    filenames.
 | 
|---|
 | 923 |  o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
 | 
|---|
 | 924 |    remote FSD bugs.  I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
 | 
|---|
 | 925 |    bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
 | 
|---|
 | 926 |    now on...
 | 
|---|
 | 927 |  o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
 | 
|---|
 | 928 |    menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
 | 
|---|
 | 929 |  o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
 | 
|---|
 | 930 |    thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
 | 
|---|
 | 931 |  o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
 | 
|---|
 | 932 |    client window whitespace.
 | 
|---|
 | 933 |  o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
 | 
|---|
 | 934 |    Edit menu.
 | 
|---|
 | 935 |  o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
 | 
|---|
 | 936 |    viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
 | 
|---|
 | 937 |    accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
 | 
|---|
 | 938 |  o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
 | 
|---|
 | 939 |    command.
 | 
|---|
 | 940 |  o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
 | 
|---|
 | 941 |  o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
 | 
|---|
 | 942 |    default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 943 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 944 | 2.25:
 | 
|---|
 | 945 |  o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
 | 
|---|
 | 946 |  o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 947 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 948 | 2.24:
 | 
|---|
 | 949 |  o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
 | 
|---|
 | 950 |    consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
 | 
|---|
 | 951 |    lives.
 | 
|---|
 | 952 |  o Undelete enhancements.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 953 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 954 | 2.23:
 | 
|---|
 | 955 |  o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
 | 
|---|
 | 956 |    stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
 | 
|---|
 | 957 |  o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown.  All it does is
 | 
|---|
 | 958 |    start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
 | 
|---|
 | 959 |    clicked Seek and scan on its context menu.  Maybe even folks who
 | 
|---|
 | 960 |    don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 961 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 962 | 2.22:
 | 
|---|
 | 963 |  o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
 | 
|---|
 | 964 |    out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
 | 
|---|
 | 965 |    misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog.  This should make
 | 
|---|
 | 966 |    determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
 | 
|---|
 | 967 |    inevitable problem arises.
 | 
|---|
 | 968 |  o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog.  Finds files
 | 
|---|
 | 969 |    with same name and/or size and filedate.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 970 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 971 | 2.21:
 | 
|---|
 | 972 |  o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
 | 
|---|
 | 973 |    Directory Containers and Collector implemented.  Shift causes new
 | 
|---|
 | 974 |    FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
 | 
|---|
 | 975 |    causes default WPS open.
 | 
|---|
 | 976 |  o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop).  The
 | 
|---|
 | 977 |    online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
 | 
|---|
 | 978 |    together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
 | 
|---|
 | 979 |  o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
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|---|
 | 980 |    viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
 | 
|---|
 | 981 |  o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
 | 
|---|
 | 982 |  o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
 | 
|---|
 | 983 |    toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
 | 
|---|
 | 984 |  o Other stuff I forget.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 985 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 986 | 2.20:
 | 
|---|
 | 987 |  o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
 | 
|---|
 | 988 |    toolbar off and left it off (duh).
 | 
|---|
 | 989 |  o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
 | 
|---|
 | 990 |    archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
 | 
|---|
 | 991 |  o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
 | 
|---|
 | 992 |  o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
 | 
|---|
 | 993 |    D&D.
 | 
|---|
 | 994 |  o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
 | 
|---|
 | 995 |    masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
 | 
|---|
 | 996 |    Containers.
 | 
|---|
 | 997 |  o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
 | 
|---|
 | 998 |  o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
 | 
|---|
 | 999 |    selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
 | 
|---|
 | 1000 |    Containers.  Powerful stuff.
 | 
|---|
 | 1001 |  o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
 | 
|---|
 | 1002 |  o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
 | 
|---|
 | 1003 |  o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
 | 
|---|
 | 1004 |    to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
 | 
|---|
 | 1005 |  o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
 | 
|---|
 | 1006 |    generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
 | 
|---|
 | 1007 |    it (again).
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 1008 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1009 | 2.19:
 | 
|---|
 | 1010 |  o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
 | 
|---|
 | 1011 |    alternative to maximizing.
 | 
|---|
 | 1012 |  o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
 | 
|---|
 | 1013 |    registered user.  Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
 | 
|---|
 | 1014 |    windows.
 | 
|---|
 | 1015 |  o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
 | 
|---|
 | 1016 |    shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
 | 
|---|
 | 1017 |  o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
 | 
|---|
 | 1018 |    along.
 | 
|---|
 | 1019 |  o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
 | 
|---|
 | 1020 |    executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
 | 
|---|
 | 1021 |    for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
 | 
|---|
 | 1022 |  o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
 | 
|---|
 | 1023 |    page of the Settings notebook.  FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
 | 
|---|
 | 1024 |    (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
 | 
|---|
 | 1025 |    to return to from the maximized state).
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 1026 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1027 | 2.18:
 | 
|---|
 | 1028 |  o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
 | 
|---|
 | 1029 |    Killer.  While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
 | 
|---|
 | 1030 |    English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
 | 
|---|
 | 1031 |    subject to change by IBM, so beware.
 | 
|---|
 | 1032 |  o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives.  THIS IS A BETA
 | 
|---|
 | 1033 |    PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
 | 
|---|
 | 1034 |  o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 1035 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1036 | 2.17:
 | 
|---|
 | 1037 |  o Optimized for speed:  Quick trees, tree sizes.
 | 
|---|
 | 1038 |  o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
 | 
|---|
 | 1039 |    Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
 | 
|---|
 | 1040 |    Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
 | 
|---|
 | 1041 |  o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
 | 
|---|
 | 1042 |  o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 1043 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1044 | 2.16:
 | 
|---|
 | 1045 |  o Added "Update objects" command.
 | 
|---|
 | 1046 |  o Added "Optimize" command.  Be sure to read the online help on this
 | 
|---|
 | 1047 |    one (under "Context Menus").
 | 
|---|
 | 1048 |  o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
 | 
|---|
 | 1049 |    new toolbox into the toolbar).  See comments in online help under
 | 
|---|
 | 1050 |    "Toolbar->Add Tool."
 | 
|---|
 | 1051 |  o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
 | 
|---|
 | 1052 |    -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
 | 
|---|
 | 1053 |    deallocated).  An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
 | 
|---|
 | 1054 |    the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
 | 
|---|
 | 1055 |    start working again.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 1056 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1057 | 2.15:
 | 
|---|
 | 1058 |  o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
 | 
|---|
 | 1059 |  o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
 | 
|---|
 | 1060 |  o Added "Select List" command.
 | 
|---|
 | 1061 |  o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
 | 
|---|
 | 1062 |    "System VIO", a couple of times now.  To top it off, when the name
 | 
|---|
 | 1063 |    changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
 | 
|---|
 | 1064 |    less).  Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
 | 
|---|
 | 1065 |    it back to that.  If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
 | 
|---|
 | 1066 |    I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target.  Don't shoot me,
 | 
|---|
 | 1067 |    I'm just the piano player.
 | 
|---|
 | 1068 |  o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
 | 
|---|
 | 1069 |    forgotten what it was.  Old age is hell.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 1070 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1071 | 2.14:
 | 
|---|
 | 1072 |  o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
 | 
|---|
 | 1073 |    it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
 | 
|---|
 | 1074 |    when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
 | 
|---|
 | 1075 |    accordingly.  This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
 | 
|---|
 | 1076 |    FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
 | 
|---|
 | 1077 |    removable media drives.
 | 
|---|
 | 1078 |  o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
 | 
|---|
 | 1079 |    clicking on an empty diskette drive).
 | 
|---|
 | 1080 |  o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
 | 
|---|
 | 1081 |    creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed.  It will still
 | 
|---|
 | 1082 |    update the paths.
 | 
|---|
 | 1083 |  o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
 | 
|---|
 | 1084 |  o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
 | 
|---|
 | 1085 |  o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
 | 
|---|
 | 1086 |  o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
 | 
|---|
 | 1087 |  o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
 | 
|---|
 | 1088 |    file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
 | 
|---|
 | 1089 |    change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
 | 
|---|
 | 1090 |  o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
 | 
|---|
 | 1091 |    figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
 | 
|---|
 | 1092 |    to my satisfaction).
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 1093 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1094 | 2.13:
 | 
|---|
 | 1095 |  o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
 | 
|---|
 | 1096 |    the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
 | 
|---|
 | 1097 |  o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
 | 
|---|
 | 1098 |    from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
 | 
|---|
 | 1099 |    notebook.
 | 
|---|
 | 1100 |  o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
 | 
|---|
 | 1101 |    to use HPFS...).
 | 
|---|
 | 1102 |  o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
 | 
|---|
 | 1103 |  o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
 | 
|---|
 | 1104 |    maybe a bit more functional.
 | 
|---|
 | 1105 |  o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 1106 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1107 | 2.12:
 | 
|---|
 | 1108 |  o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
 | 
|---|
 | 1109 |    "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
 | 
|---|
 | 1110 |  o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
 | 
|---|
 | 1111 |  o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
 | 
|---|
 | 1112 |    accelerator keys.
 | 
|---|
 | 1113 |  o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 1114 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1115 | 2.11:
 | 
|---|
 | 1116 |  o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
 | 
|---|
 | 1117 |  o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
 | 
|---|
 | 1118 |    give funny default drive.
 | 
|---|
 | 1119 |  o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
 | 
|---|
 | 1120 |    data between different INI files.
 | 
|---|
 | 1121 |  o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
 | 
|---|
 | 1122 |    from FM/2 easily.  Usage:  FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
 | 
|---|
 | 1123 |    There's a menu item for it.
 | 
|---|
 | 1124 |  o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
 | 
|---|
 | 1125 |    with FM/2.  Please send your ideas for this list.
 | 
|---|
 | 1126 |  o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 1127 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1128 | 2.10:
 | 
|---|
 | 1129 |  o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
 | 
|---|
 | 1130 |  o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
 | 
|---|
 | 1131 |  o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
 | 
|---|
 | 1132 |  o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
 | 
|---|
 | 1133 |  o Added a couple more Settings pages.
 | 
|---|
 | 1134 |  o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
 | 
|---|
 | 1135 |  o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 1136 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1137 | 2.09:
 | 
|---|
 | 1138 |  o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
 | 
|---|
 | 1139 |    focus when it comes up.  Duh.
 | 
|---|
 | 1140 |  o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
 | 
|---|
 | 1141 |    Profiles" to the INI viewer.
 | 
|---|
 | 1142 |  o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
 | 
|---|
 | 1143 |  o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
 | 
|---|
 | 1144 |    to trap.
 | 
|---|
 | 1145 |  o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
 | 
|---|
 | 1146 |    Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
 | 
|---|
 | 1147 |    what Ron says...
 | 
|---|
 | 1148 |  o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
 | 
|---|
 | 1149 |  o Added optional split status line.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 1150 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1151 | 2.08:
 | 
|---|
 | 1152 |  o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
 | 
|---|
 | 1153 |  o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
 | 
|---|
 | 1154 |    causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
 | 
|---|
 | 1155 |    DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
 | 
|---|
 | 1156 |    dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
 | 
|---|
 | 1157 |    you can pick a different drive).
 | 
|---|
 | 1158 |  o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
 | 
|---|
 | 1159 |    operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
 | 
|---|
 | 1160 |  o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
 | 
|---|
 | 1161 |  o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
 | 
|---|
 | 1162 |    line argument.
 | 
|---|
| [58] | 1163 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1164 | 2.07:
 | 
|---|
 | 1165 |  o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
 | 
|---|
 | 1166 |  o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
 | 
|---|
 | 1167 |  o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
 | 
|---|
 | 1168 |    that).  VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
 | 
|---|
 | 1169 |    and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
 | 
|---|
 | 1170 |    other.
 | 
|---|
| [81] | 1171 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1172 | 2.06:
 | 
|---|
 | 1173 |  o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
 | 
|---|
 | 1174 |    removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
 | 
|---|
 | 1175 |  o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
 | 
|---|
 | 1176 |    root drives from being found.
 | 
|---|
 | 1177 |  o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
 | 
|---|
 | 1178 |    of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
 | 
|---|
 | 1179 |    appearance (grouping of buttons).
 | 
|---|
 | 1180 |  o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
 | 
|---|
 | 1181 |    have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
 | 
|---|
 | 1182 |    Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
 | 
|---|
| [81] | 1183 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1184 | [lazy bum skipped a few...]
 | 
|---|
| [81] | 1185 | 
 | 
|---|
| [111] | 1186 | 2.00:
 | 
|---|
 | 1187 |  o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so.  Some
 | 
|---|
 | 1188 |    things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
 | 
|---|
 | 1189 |    Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
 | 
|---|
| [81] | 1190 | 
 | 
|---|
 | 1191 | $Id: HISTORY 461 2006-08-24 05:15:20Z root $
 | 
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