[138] | 1 | New stuff's at the top. This list is not necessarily complete.
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[564] | 2 |
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[786] | 3 | 3.07 (pending)
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| 4 | o Tweak build process (Steven)
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| 5 | o Rework internals to increase file and directory limits (Steven, Gregg)
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| 6 | o Rework internal sleep durations to increase performance (Gregg)
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| 7 | o Rework file scanning buffer handling to increase performance (Gregg)
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[788] | 8 | o Speed up Config->Tree->Collapse before switching speed (Steven)
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[786] | 9 | o Update configuration notebook scanning page (Steven)
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| 10 | o Rework states logic to allow longer state names, tickets #109, #31 (Steven)
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[788] | 11 | o Report delta time in debug messages (Steven)
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[786] | 12 |
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| 13 | 3.06
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[715] | 14 | o First release built with OpenWatcom associated documentation updates (Steven,Gregg,John)
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| 15 | o Fixed ramdisk not shown in quicklist drives dropdown and drive bar drive lists (Gregg)
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| 16 | o Fixed WORKPLACE_PROCESS environment variable check (Gregg)
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[708] | 17 | o Add CheckPmDrgLimit including IsFm2Window as part of work around PM drag limit (Steven,Gregg)
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[715] | 18 | o Change mouse button 3 white space click to fail silently (Gregg)
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[708] | 19 | o Document behavior of global.exe when attempt is made to run it from 4os2 (Gregg)
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[688] | 20 |
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| 21 | 3.05.09
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| 22 | o Update readme to reflect warpin install and other code changes (David, John, Gregg)
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[621] | 23 | o Avoid spurious add_udir error reports (Steven)
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| 24 | o Harden drag/drop error recovery (Steven, Gregg)
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| 25 | o Add DbgMsg (Steven)
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| 26 | o Rework selective error logging logic
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| 27 | o Rework state save/restore user interface to report problems better (Steven)
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[575] | 28 | o Correct FileInfoProc binary file detect (Steven)
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[621] | 29 | o Correct FileInfoProc/IconProc race crash - ticket#77 (Steven)
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| 30 | o Convert to WarpIN installer - ticket #10 (David, John)
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[687] | 31 | o Work around for drag/drop limit in PM ticket 50 (Gregg, Steven)
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[668] | 32 | o Add RunFM2Utils function find utils in path or \utils (Gregg)
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[604] | 33 | o Fix MMPM file scan to not try to play nonmedia files (Gregg)
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| 34 | o "Replace" in commands dialog now leave list order intact (Gregg)
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| 35 | o Code cleanup (ROT13 compiler warning, removed win class pstrings QWL_USER) (Gregg)
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[688] | 36 | o Removed original Readme from distribution package
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[575] | 37 |
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[564] | 38 | 3.05 beta08
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[556] | 39 | o Add SelectDriveIcon function (Gregg)
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| 40 | o New drive flags - ramdisk, virtual drive & no drive stats (Gregg)
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| 41 | o New icons for ramdisk, virtual drives & directories (David)
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[564] | 42 | o Avoid saving directory settings for no prescan drives on close (Steven)
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[556] | 43 | o Restore Make directory menu item to drive container context menu (Gregg)
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| 44 | o Add read only NTFS file support (requires NTFS.ifs) (Gregg)
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| 45 | o Removed most hard coded fonts from dialogs updated Helv font to Helvetica (Gregg)
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| 46 | o Moved fonts to string file (Gregg)
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| 47 | o Expanded FM2's recognition of image & archive file types (Gregg)
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| 48 | o Help file updates (Gregg)
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| 49 | o Source code cleanup (Gregg)
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| 50 | o Icons update appropriately with drive flag changes (Steven)
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[564] | 51 | o Avoid restoring directory windows for no prescan drives (Steven)
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| 52 | o Avoid hangs when viewing zip content and running viewer as child
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| 53 | o Honor NOPRESCAN flags for drives left open on exit
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| 54 | o Refresh tree container drive icon after prescan enable
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| 55 |
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[549] | 56 | 3.05beta07
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| 57 | o Support additional file systems types (Gregg)
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| 58 | o Reorganize menus (Gregg)
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| 59 | o Enhance unzip option controls (Gregg)
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| 60 | o Remember search options in Seek and Scan (Gregg)
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| 61 | o Allow drive flag editing for not ready drives (Gregg)
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| 62 | o Correct bitmap loading defects (Steven)
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| 63 | o Update documentation (Gregg)
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| 64 | o Add newer, better bitmaps (David)
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| 65 | o Update Readme to discuss move to Netlabs (Steve)
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| 66 |
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[546] | 67 | 3.05beta06
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| 68 | o Put .. back in walk list - oops
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| 69 | o Correct walk directory list build regression - oops
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| 70 |
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[541] | 71 | 3.05beta05
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| 72 | o Rework session termination logic - avoids hanging zip windows and others
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| 73 | o NDFS support by Gregg
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| 74 | o Default seek and scan to show files
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| 75 | o Rework menus
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| 76 | o Correct . and .. compare logic to not skip .dir and ..dir
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| 77 | o Correct compare directories . and .. skip logic to not skip .dir
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| 78 | o Association editor fixes by Gregg
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| 79 |
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[513] | 80 | 3.05beta04
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| 81 | o Change to standard F1 Help hotkey by Gregg
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| 82 | o Association editor enhancements by Gregg
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| 83 | o Commands editor enhancements by Gregg
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| 84 | o Avoid spurious error popups
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| 85 |
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[480] | 86 | 3.05beta03
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[492] | 87 | o Help file updated by David
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| 88 | o Avoid toolbar bitmap edit exception
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| 89 | o Toolbars reworked by David
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[480] | 90 | o Add more missing fm3.hlp dependents to makefile
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| 91 | o More great bitmaps from David
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| 92 |
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[473] | 93 | 3.05beta02
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| 94 | o Disable conflicting menu options while collector busy
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[492] | 95 | o Integrate Gregg Young's partition format enhancements
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[473] | 96 | o Integrate John Small's switch list title logic
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| 97 |
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[461] | 98 | 3.05beta01
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| 99 | o More great bitmaps from David
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| 100 | o Avoid cascading messages when collector file list is a binary file
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| 101 | o Rework some error messages
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| 102 | o Add unlock.exe to commands template
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| 103 |
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[431] | 104 | 3.04
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[435] | 105 | o Recover corrupted finger pointer
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[427] | 106 | o Allow quick abort of large archive open
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| 107 | o Open large archive containers at idle priority
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[421] | 108 | o Update archiver usage help (thanks Gregg)
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[388] | 109 | o Expose internal errors to user rather than just beeping
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| 110 | o Check and report more "should not occur" errors
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| 111 | o More new icons (thanks David)
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[412] | 112 | o Allow vcollect applet to die on window close
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[388] | 113 |
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[324] | 114 | 3.04 pre11:
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| 115 | o Add hide not selected to Compare Directories
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| 116 | o Add compare content to Compare Directories
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| 117 |
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[307] | 118 | 3.04 pre10:
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| 119 | o Allow non-null terminated archive signatures
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| 120 | o Preserve archiver.bbs comments
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| 121 |
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| 122 | 3.04 pre9:
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| 123 | o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
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| 124 |
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| 125 | 3.04 pre8:
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| 126 | o Avoid toolbar window list trap (action 9010)
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| 127 | o Avoid internal editor file corruption when wrap on
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| 128 |
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| 129 | 3.04 pre7:
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| 130 | o More archiver.bb2 template rework
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| 131 | o Correct archiver window date/time suppress logic
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| 132 | o Clean up archiver.bb2 loader
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| 133 | o Minor makefile corrections
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| 134 |
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| 135 | 3.04 pre6:
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| 136 | o Correct typo in MakeValidDir() - avoid drive button RMB trap
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| 137 |
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| 138 | 3.04 pre5:
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| 139 | o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
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| 140 | o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
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| 141 | o Disable menus for not ready volumes
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| 142 | o Correct missing collector view button window updates
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| 143 | o Correct fallback logic in MakeValidDir()
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| 144 |
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| 145 | 3.04 pre4:
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| 146 | o Correct longnames display enable
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| 147 | o archiver.tmp (archiver.bb2) updated and optimized
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| 148 | o Support archiver.tmp install
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| 149 |
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| 150 | 3.04 pre3:
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| 151 | o Support jfsopt.cmd install
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| 152 | o Support tarlist.cmd install
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| 153 | o Ensure install.cmd updates fm/2 Desktop folder icons
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| 154 | o Support empty signatures in archiver.bb2
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| 155 |
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| 156 | 3.04 pre2:
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| 157 | o More icon updates (David's v18)
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| 158 | o Avoid user directory edit crash
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| 159 | o Avoid crashing if archiver.bb2 entry has no signature
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| 160 |
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| 161 | 3.04 pre1:
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| 162 | o Avoid commands menu do it yourself trap
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| 163 | o Correct filesystem type details view column selections
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| 164 | o Rework resource kit into standard makefiles
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| 165 | o Replace bitmaps and icons (thanks to David Graser and others)
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| 166 | o Add JFS optimize support (thanks to Gregg Young)
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| 167 | o Avoid Directory Sizes hangs
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| 168 |
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[221] | 169 | 3.03:
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| 170 | o Rework resource kit and reskit readme
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[225] | 171 | o Correct directory sizes sort
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[228] | 172 | o Correct archive sort again
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[221] | 173 |
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[138] | 174 | 3.02i:
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| 175 | o Rework Databar to avoid delays for inaccessible volumes
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[168] | 176 | o Lots of work on large file support
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| 177 | o Switch to VAC 3.65
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| 178 | o Correct name parsing in collector and archive containers
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[221] | 179 | o Output popup error messages to stderr and to screen
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| 180 | o Correct archive container initial sort setup
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| 181 | o Avoid startup trap in FindSwapperDat (VAC3.65 compat)
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[307] | 182 | o Correct reversed wrap menu in new viewer
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[221] | 183 | o Misc VAC3.65 compat rework
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| 184 | o Avoid referencing garbage in collector
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| 185 | o Resolve some icon selection inconsistencies
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[138] | 186 |
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[111] | 187 | 3.02h:
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[128] | 188 | o Show full target path in Drag/Drop dialogs
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[111] | 189 | o Add debug support to troubleshoot invisible FAT32 drive
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| 190 | o Correct archiver.bb2 editing
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[58] | 191 |
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[111] | 192 | 3.02g:
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| 193 | o Update removable drive support to work for USB MSD
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[58] | 194 |
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[111] | 195 | 3.02f:
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[225] | 196 | o Add large drive support to the dirsize applet startup screen
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[111] | 197 | o Avoid spurious filldir errors for large drives
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| 198 | Will still get get math errors for >4GB directories
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[58] | 199 |
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[111] | 200 | 3.02e:
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| 201 | o More see all files fixes
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| 202 | o Correct internal viewer WM_VSCROLL logic (amouse)
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[58] | 203 |
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[111] | 204 | 3.02d:
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| 205 | o Clean up icon usage
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| 206 | o Add missing refresh after compare subdir toggle
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| 207 | o Try to avoid playing non-MM files when use MMOS2 enabled
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| 208 | o Rework directory sizes for large drives
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| 209 | o Correct Show All Files requests from Tree View context menu
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| 210 | o Correct resource strings
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[58] | 211 |
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[111] | 212 | 3.02c:
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| 213 | o Correct broken assignments
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| 214 | o Force Compare Directories window refresh on subdir toggle
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[58] | 215 |
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[111] | 216 | 3.02b:
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| 217 | o Add JFS and FAT32 support
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[58] | 218 |
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[111] | 219 | 3.02a:
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| 220 | o Replace corrupted remote.ico.
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| 221 | o Correct archive name display
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[58] | 222 |
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[111] | 223 | 3.02:
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| 224 | o First open source release.
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[58] | 225 |
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[111] | 226 | 3.01:
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| 227 | o Added another archiver date type for user Jans-Peter Otto.
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[58] | 228 |
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[111] | 229 | 3.00d:
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| 230 | o FM/2 Lite remembers if a directory pane was maximized when it
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| 231 | closed now (duh -- should have all along, I just forgot).
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[58] | 232 |
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[111] | 233 | 3.00c:
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| 234 | o More minor bug fixes.
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[58] | 235 |
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[111] | 236 | 3.00b:
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| 237 | o Fix two minor bugs reported by users.
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[58] | 238 |
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[111] | 239 | 3.00:
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| 240 | o Most of the text in FM/2 is now accessible from outside the source
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| 241 | code files, meaning translations to other languages should now be
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| 242 | possible without much problem. A resource translation kit is offered
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| 243 | free-of-charge to registered users. This required some additional
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| 244 | files (FM3RES.DLL and FM3RES.STR), but FM3DLL.DLL becomes (at least)
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| 245 | correspondingly smaller.
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| 246 | o Jazzed up Autoview a bit.
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| 247 | o Removed a bug that sneaked in during code optimization detected by
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| 248 | a user where archive members couldn't be dragged. Then optimized
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| 249 | some more, thus tempting fate.
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| 250 | o Improved FM/2's internal window selection from menus.
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| 251 | o The status button in Directory Containers that shows the selected
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| 252 | number of files and bytes now displays a select menu when clicked.
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| 253 | o Drive buttons will now show free space on drives as bubble help
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| 254 | except for CD-ROM drives, diskette drives A: and B:, and drives
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| 255 | marked as "slow" in the drive flags dialog. I also made the buttons
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| 256 | a little bigger, and they'll "stack" if required due to insufficient
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| 257 | width.
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| 258 | o Removed System Information applet from FM/2 -- OS/2 seems to have
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| 259 | this stuff built-in now.
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| 260 | o Moved MakeArc into the FM/2 Utilities package.
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| 261 | o You can now add selected environment variables that list directories
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| 262 | (like PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH) to the Drive Tree with a toggle in
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| 263 | the internal Settings notebook on the Tree page. Cool.
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| 264 | o You can now set a default Target directory for menu and accelerator
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| 265 | key copy and move operations, and choose to confirm (and perhaps
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| 266 | change) that directory on each operation, or accept it without
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| 267 | confirmation.
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| 268 | o FM/2 will now make program object Parameters suggestions the first
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| 269 | time it's run (no FM3.INI exists) if you should exclude any drives,
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| 270 | and will even set the Parameters for you if you like.
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| 271 | o Yet more tweaking that no one will ever notice...
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[58] | 272 |
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[111] | 273 | 2.67:
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| 274 | o Jazzed up the mini-command line a bit.
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| 275 | o Command lines for the Execute dialog and mini-command line are now
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| 276 | saved separately (the former in CMDLINES.DAT, the latter in
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| 277 | CMDMINI.DAT, same format). You can save, or not, either type for
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| 278 | recall.
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[58] | 279 |
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[111] | 280 | 2.66:
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| 281 | o Increased duration of error window to 5 seconds from 3 (click it to
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| 282 | make it vanish early), changed background color to white and text
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| 283 | color to dark red, surrounded with red rectangle to make it stand out
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| 284 | more. Also gave it a distinctive sound. (This is the error window
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| 285 | you get if you do something like try to open the diskette drive when
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| 286 | there's no diskette inserted.)
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| 287 | o Killed bug reported by Paulo Mario where FM/2 could crash (suddenly
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| 288 | exit) after moving a file and overwriting an existing file.
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| 289 | o Reworked Databar a bit.
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| 290 | o For the adventurous among you, try holding Shift or Ctrl while
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| 291 | clicking that second status window in a Directory Container...
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[58] | 292 |
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[111] | 293 | 2.65:
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| 294 | o You can drag an object onto the Drive tree's Open button now, and
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| 295 | a Directory Container for that object will be opened.
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| 296 | o Long-overdue code cleanup begins...
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| 297 | o Fixed bug in FM/2 Lite where it was sorta paying attention to the
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| 298 | "bottom buttons" setting in FM/2 when it should ignore it.
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| 299 | o Played with FM/2's default settings for new users -- some of the
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| 300 | best stuff was turned off by default!
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| 301 | o Changed the behavior of the Rename dialog somewhat per user
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| 302 | suggestion. "Overwrite if target older or same," "Overwrite if
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| 303 | target newer" and "Don't ask again" checkboxes now allow you to
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| 304 | selectively skip being asked about naming conflicts for the rest of
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| 305 | an operation. Note that clicking the "Okay" button honors these
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| 306 | choices, but the "Overwrite" button overrides them for that one file
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| 307 | (an overwrite _will_ be performed).
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[58] | 308 |
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[111] | 309 | 2.64:
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| 310 | o Made Window->Tile a cascade menu with Tile as the default, but you
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| 311 | can also set Autotile and Tile backwards toggles (renamed Tile
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| 312 | horizontal) there.
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| 313 | o More help file work.
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| 314 | o Tweaking of a few things no one will ever notice, except perhaps
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| 315 | as a feeling of more smoothness in a few places.
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| 316 | o Added "Leave all attrs" button to Attributes dialog to make
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| 317 | "touching" files easier.
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[58] | 318 |
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[111] | 319 | 2.63:
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| 320 | o Fixed bug in UNDEL.EXE pointed out by a user.
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| 321 | o Added "Double-click" topic to Tutorial section of help. Did you know
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| 322 | that you can make FM/2 do something different when you double-click
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| 323 | an object? Other miscellaneous work on the help file.
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| 324 | o Moved "Create shadows" command under "Copy" cascade in menus where no
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| 325 | separate "Create objects" cascade is available and a "Copy" cascade
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| 326 | is available.
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| 327 | o Made the way menus appear on new View and Sort buttons more
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| 328 | attractive (IMHO).
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| 329 | o Bubble help won't appear if the window isn't active now (oversight).
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| 330 | o To make it easier to parse the saved output from a Directory sizes
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| 331 | window, directory names containing spaces are now surrounded by quote
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| 332 | marks.
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| 333 | o Related: Put SEEHELP.EXE into FM2UTILS.ZIP for those who have
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| 334 | versions of OS/2 with VIEW.EXEs that won't read .HLP files directly.
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| 335 | You can read the FM/2 help file directly using this program on such
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| 336 | systems: "SEEHELP FM3.HLP".
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[58] | 337 |
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[111] | 338 | 2.62:
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| 339 | o Added /SAVE and /NOSAVE to mini-command line options for a user.
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[58] | 340 |
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[111] | 341 | 2.61:
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| 342 | o Added new buttons to Directory Container, Archive Containers and the
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| 343 | Collector that allow you to set sort, filter and view. Removed
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| 344 | filter button from bottom of screen (no longer needed). Revised
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| 345 | window layouts help to show modified layouts.
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| 346 | o More newuser-friendly junk (more bubble help, etc.).
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| 347 | o Added Find first/next to INI viewer. Listbox command will work in
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| 348 | is bordered in red.
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| 349 | o Just a BTW -- there's a new IMAGE.EXE (the FM/2 image viewer utility)
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| 350 | in FM2UTILS.ZIP, available free-of-charge at
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| 351 | http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
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| 352 | I put some stuff in it that I needed for making pictures for the help
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| 353 | files.
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[58] | 354 |
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[111] | 355 | 2.60:
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| 356 | o Fast internal viewer can start configured editor from menu (Ctrl + e
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| 357 | accelerator) per user request. Remember, to edit files in an
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| 358 | archive, you must still use Files->Refresh to cause selected files to
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| 359 | be refreshed in the archive.
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| 360 | o Added a bit more bubble help (remember, you can turn bubble help on
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| 361 | and off (somewhat selectively) in the internal Settings notebook).
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[58] | 362 |
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[111] | 363 | 2.59:
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| 364 | o Rename dialog will now specifically tell you if the source file is
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| 365 | newer, older or same date as target and smaller, larger or same size
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| 366 | if there's a conflict with an existing target file, per user request.
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[58] | 367 |
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[111] | 368 | 2.58:
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| 369 | o Added ability to create a new directory and switch to it in the
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| 370 | common directories user list (select <New directory>). Revised
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| 371 | help to reflect this.
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| 372 | o Holding down Shift while selecting a state name will prevent FM/2
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| 373 | from closing windows already open now (per user request). An
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| 374 | automatic retile of all windows is then performed.
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[58] | 375 |
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[111] | 376 | 2.57:
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| 377 | o Added ability to sort by subject per user request (wouldn't it be
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| 378 | nice if Netscape put where we got downloaded files from in an EA? Or
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| 379 | let you drag a file over it without locking up the system?).
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[58] | 380 |
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[111] | 381 | 2.56:
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| 382 | o Added ability to use exclusion masks in the Seek and Scan dialog
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| 383 | per Harry Travis' request. Also added Append checkbox.
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[58] | 384 |
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[111] | 385 | 2.55:
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| 386 | o Fixed bug reported by Ralph Alvy -- "Append" checkbox being ignored
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| 387 | in Save to listfile dialog, FM/2 always appended to listfile.
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[58] | 388 |
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[111] | 389 | 2.54:
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| 390 | o Small tweaks.
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| 391 | o I don't do Compuserve anymore. Reach me via the net, or just go to
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| 392 | FM/2's web page at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/fm2
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[58] | 393 |
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[111] | 394 | 2.53:
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| 395 | o Added Commands user dropdown list for picking commands to run on
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| 396 | selected files more quickly and easily.
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| 397 | o Removed "#" character from AV/2 temporary directory -- WebEx and
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| 398 | Netscape were choking on it (a).
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| 399 | o Allow disabling FM/2's custom file dialog so you can use MSE's
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| 400 | instead, if you like (the toggle's on the General page). (What's
|
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| 401 | MSE? Look at http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/mse) (a).
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| 402 | o Added support for PKZIP 2.50 (b).
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[58] | 403 |
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[111] | 404 | 2.52:
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| 405 | o When the FM/2 main window is resized and a Directory Container is
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| 406 | maximized within it, it will remain maximized.
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| 407 | o Modified AV/2 and ARCHIVER.BB2 so that RAR v2's woefully NIH
|
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| 408 | listings can be read. Would it just _kill_ you archiver authors to
|
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| 409 | get together and come up with some sort of easily parsed listing
|
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| 410 | standard, then stick to it? Please?
|
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| 411 | o FM/2 will now show the current decryption keyword for extra programs
|
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| 412 | like DBFVIEW and FMT from the About box.
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[58] | 413 |
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[111] | 414 | 2.51:
|
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| 415 | o Tweaked image viewer initial sizing algorithm to better handle very
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| 416 | small bitmaps at more nearly correct perspectives.
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| 417 | o Added "No folder menu" toggle to internal Settings notebook by
|
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| 418 | user request.
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| 419 | o Put floppy letters back into drives userlist dropdown due to
|
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| 420 | user request.
|
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| 421 | o Made image viewer a separate executable due to a memory leak in
|
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| 422 | OS/2's MMPM/2 (mmio) under Merlin beta and some Warp 3 fixpack
|
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| 423 | configurations -- closing the application frees the memory, but
|
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| 424 | nothing else will, so a small, fast, separate application "fixes" the
|
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| 425 | problem (or, if you prefer, "OS/2 bug"). Like FM2PLAY.EXE, this
|
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| 426 | IMAGE.EXE file will now be in the FM/2 Utilities package (FM2UTL.ZIP
|
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| 427 | on CI$ or FM2UTILS.ZIP on the internet). You'll probably want to
|
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| 428 | remove any old IMAGE.CMD file built by previous FM/2 installs.
|
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| 429 | o Added ability to view and manipulate files in archives containing
|
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| 430 | spaces in the filename for archivers that provide information in a
|
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| 431 | particular way (see ARCHIVER.BB2 -- ZIP and LZH archives are set up
|
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| 432 | this way). Other folks who use ARCHIVER.BB2 should take a look at
|
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| 433 | the updated documentation to see how to take advantage of this, but
|
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| 434 | it's backward-compatible, so old versions of those programs will
|
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| 435 | still work correctly with this change.
|
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| 436 | o Removed SEEHELP.EXE -- Warp has the ability to view help files using
|
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| 437 | VIEW.EXE which comes with the OS.
|
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| 438 | o Added "WPS Move" and "WPS Copy" commands.
|
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| 439 | o I no longer accept registrations via direct mail. Registrations are
|
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| 440 | available through BMT Micro or CIS' SWREG only (BMT recommended --
|
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| 441 | see REGISTER.TXT). I just got too much snail mail and couldn't keep
|
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| 442 | up with all of it.
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[58] | 443 |
|
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[111] | 444 | 2.50b:
|
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| 445 | o Added ability to convert an image file to another format from the
|
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| 446 | image viewer window.
|
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| 447 | o All supported multimedia types are now "played" automatically on
|
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| 448 | double-click unless you have an FM/2 Association set for them.
|
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[58] | 449 |
|
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[111] | 450 | 2.50a:
|
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| 451 | o Added "Run Viewer as child session" toggle -- if used, any open
|
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| 452 | viewers will close when FM/2 closes.
|
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| 453 | o Added "Env" button to Seek and scan dialog (for searching through
|
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| 454 | directories listed in environment variables).
|
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| 455 | o Added "No sort" option to Collector sorting.
|
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| 456 | o FM/2 will now offer to remove old registration when started after
|
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| 457 | registration has expired, making it easy to enter updated
|
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| 458 | registration information.
|
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| 459 | o Directory Containers can now be switched into Tree View. See also
|
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| 460 | new "Stay in Tree View" toggle.
|
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| 461 | o B2 on Directory Container Folder buttons pulls up an abbreviated
|
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| 462 | popup menu.
|
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| 463 | o Bugfix: The Autoview window wouldn't let you enter Comments on an
|
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| 464 | object that didn't already have them (duh).
|
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| 465 | o FM/2 now taps into MMPM/2 to display image files, instead of GBM. To
|
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| 466 | activate FM/2's "internal" image file viewing, be sure to remove any
|
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| 467 | Associations for MMPM/2-supported image file types (JPG, TIF, BMP,
|
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| 468 | PCX, GIF, etc.) using FM/2's Config->Edit Associations command.
|
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[58] | 469 |
|
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[111] | 470 | 2.50:
|
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| 471 | o Added a horizontal scrollbar to Global files viewer.
|
---|
| 472 | o Added line wrap (and thus horizontal scrollbar) to fast internal
|
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| 473 | viewer.
|
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| 474 | o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
|
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| 475 | user request. BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
|
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| 476 | deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
|
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| 477 | undocumented. Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
|
---|
| 478 | to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
|
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| 479 | notebook, then open the FTP object's program and compare the
|
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| 480 | results.
|
---|
| 481 | o Added optional blue/yellow LEDs which can be used in place of the
|
---|
| 482 | default red/green thread LED bitmaps.
|
---|
| 483 | o Added a toggle to make the databar boring for those who can't stand
|
---|
| 484 | too much excitement (I have users who are easily worn out :-). Also
|
---|
| 485 | added file system type to end of string on user request.
|
---|
| 486 | o Execute dialog will try to remind you why you called it up in case
|
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| 487 | you fall asleep after double-clicking the mouse and awake confused.
|
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| 488 | It could happen.
|
---|
| 489 | o Couple of more small workarounds for Merlin beta bugs.
|
---|
| 490 | o Changed the way the toolbar displays help to eliminate capturing
|
---|
| 491 | the mouse (kludge, OS/2 should have a WM_MOUSELEAVING message).
|
---|
| 492 | o Added mini-toolbar to fast internal viewer.
|
---|
| 493 | o Note new internet address.
|
---|
| 494 | o Price reduction for commercial registrations.
|
---|
| 495 | o SET environment variable DOS_SHELL in CONFIG.SYS if you want to use
|
---|
| 496 | an alternate command processor in DOS sessions (for example,
|
---|
| 497 | SET DOS_SHELL=C:\4DOS\4DOS.EXE).
|
---|
| 498 | o Remap command now uses NET USE, enhancements (like it works, for
|
---|
| 499 | one :-).
|
---|
| 500 | o Added Miscellaneous->Detach (Ctrl + H) command to Drive Tree drive
|
---|
| 501 | popup to detach local drives from remote resources.
|
---|
| 502 | o Updated FM2PLAY.EXE (in FM2UTL.ZIP on CIS, FM2UTILS.ZIP elsewhere),
|
---|
| 503 | including more controls and ability to load list of files from a
|
---|
| 504 | listfile. FM/2 will use this listfile method when playing more
|
---|
| 505 | multimedia files than will fit on a command line using the
|
---|
| 506 | View->Multimedia (Ctrl + l) command. OS/2 command lines are
|
---|
| 507 | limited to about 1000 characters, if you're interested.
|
---|
| 508 | o Lots of other little tweaks and improvements -- some you might
|
---|
| 509 | even notice.
|
---|
[58] | 510 |
|
---|
[111] | 511 | 2.49:
|
---|
| 512 | o More cosmetic tweaking -- for example, changing status line or bottom
|
---|
| 513 | button text font will now result in resizing of control to match new
|
---|
| 514 | font. BTW, if you set ugly fonts or colors and want the defaults
|
---|
| 515 | back, one way to do it completely is to delete the window position
|
---|
| 516 | entry in OS2.INI and start from scratch...
|
---|
| 517 | o Work around for nasty bug in Merlin beta Voice Manager.
|
---|
| 518 | o Remap drives command added -- untested at this time, as I have no
|
---|
| 519 | LAN. If you try it and it doesn't work, please report the error
|
---|
| 520 | code displayed. If it works, let me know that, too.
|
---|
| 521 | o Fixed bug in Merge code.
|
---|
| 522 | o Added mini-toolbars to Archive Containers and the Collector (visible
|
---|
| 523 | only if you have the toolbar in FM/2 turned on, of course).
|
---|
| 524 | o A couple of other little things folks asked for -- I forget.
|
---|
[58] | 525 |
|
---|
[111] | 526 | 2.48a:
|
---|
| 527 | o Lots of cosmetic stuff (for example, check out the Databar).
|
---|
| 528 | o Additional help, partitioned Context menu help into smaller "chunks."
|
---|
| 529 | o Added Find button to Archive dialog.
|
---|
| 530 | o More Merlin preparations.
|
---|
| 531 | o Added UserDirs dropdown to standard OS/2 file dialogs used by FM/2.
|
---|
| 532 | o Added Duplicates command to Global file viewer.
|
---|
| 533 | o More (subtle) tweaking of Seek and Scan dialog.
|
---|
| 534 | o Anybody else notice how the competition is trying (in vain) to
|
---|
| 535 | copy FM/2, but having a great deal of trouble keeping up with
|
---|
| 536 | the Joneses? :-)
|
---|
[58] | 537 |
|
---|
[111] | 538 | 2.48:
|
---|
| 539 | o Ideal size button logic adjusted so it will work as might be expected
|
---|
| 540 | with Merlin's new Warpcenter.
|
---|
| 541 | o Logic for sizing of titlebar buttons adjusted so they look better
|
---|
| 542 | under Merlin.
|
---|
| 543 | o Fixed bug in EA editor's MLE control -- an apparent change in the way
|
---|
| 544 | Warp handles the MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH with an overlong length
|
---|
| 545 | parameter has changed, resulting in the MLE not being cleared properly.
|
---|
| 546 | o Autoviewing file comments (.COMMENTS EA) now displays the comments in
|
---|
| 547 | an MLE rather than static text control, allowing editing. Moving the
|
---|
| 548 | focus from the MLE after making a change saves the new EA. Note: if
|
---|
| 549 | a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
|
---|
| 550 | for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way). You can
|
---|
| 551 | fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
|
---|
| 552 | Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
|
---|
| 553 | MLE if you're keyboarding. FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
|
---|
| 554 | characters in length. Each line of the MLE (newline, not wrap)
|
---|
| 555 | creates a separate EAT_ASCII value, in case you care and know what
|
---|
| 556 | the heck I'm talking about... BTW, GCP downloads automatically fill
|
---|
| 557 | in the .COMMENTS and .SUBJECT EAs for you if so configured, though
|
---|
| 558 | it seems to save the .COMMENTS EA in a weird (different from the
|
---|
| 559 | WPS) format -- but it's readable.
|
---|
| 560 | o You can use command line switch -<ininame> to start FM/2 with a
|
---|
| 561 | different INI file (i.e. "FM3.EXE -C:\MYINI.INI"). This means
|
---|
| 562 | that different users can set up FM/2 to taste and use separate
|
---|
| 563 | FM/2 objects to start their "version" of the program on the same
|
---|
| 564 | machine.
|
---|
| 565 | o FM/2 will try to remind you why the Walk directories dialog was
|
---|
| 566 | invoked, per forgetful, worn-out user request. :-)
|
---|
| 567 | o Keys help added per user request.
|
---|
[58] | 568 |
|
---|
[111] | 569 | 2.47:
|
---|
| 570 | o Added "View->As archive" context menu option per user request.
|
---|
| 571 | o Added maximize/restore button to "FM/2 Lite" Directory Containers.
|
---|
| 572 | o Added Autoview window to "FM/2 Lite."
|
---|
| 573 | o Added "View archive" button to Archive List Error window.
|
---|
| 574 | o Fixed bug -- Ctrl + F7 not bringing up context menu with Sort
|
---|
| 575 | submenu selected.
|
---|
| 576 | o Jazzed up direct renaming of files and directories.
|
---|
| 577 | o Jazzed up Seek and Scan dialog per user request.
|
---|
| 578 | o AV/2 will now accept wildcarded filenames and view the first matching
|
---|
| 579 | file in whatever manner seems most appropriate.
|
---|
| 580 | o Delete key deletes files, Ctrl + Delete is permanent delete, Shift +
|
---|
| 581 | Delete is save to clipboard, Ctrl + Insert is make directory, Ctrl +
|
---|
| 582 | Pageup is parent directory, Ctrl + Pagedown is previous directory,
|
---|
| 583 | Ctrl + Home is root directory. Obviously, not all these keystrokes
|
---|
| 584 | are meaningful in all windows (for instance, parent directory doesn't
|
---|
| 585 | do anything in the Collector). These new shortcut keys are in
|
---|
| 586 | addition to existing accelerators. Applicable windows (see previous
|
---|
| 587 | caveat): Directory Containers, Drive Tree, Archive Containers,
|
---|
| 588 | Collector, Global files windows. Per user request. These are not
|
---|
| 589 | "real" accelerator keys as they tend to bleed through and mess with
|
---|
| 590 | normal interactions (even these bleed through here and there, but
|
---|
| 591 | it's benign), but hopefully you'll never notice the difference.
|
---|
| 592 | o In "FM/2 Lite," you can direct-edit the title of a Directory
|
---|
| 593 | Container to change directories.
|
---|
| 594 | o Install now accepts /UNATTENDED argument to run without asking any
|
---|
| 595 | questions.
|
---|
[58] | 596 |
|
---|
[111] | 597 | 2.46:
|
---|
| 598 | o Fixed drive button bug.
|
---|
| 599 | o Added "FM/2 Lite" (or whatever you want to call it), a new
|
---|
| 600 | "personality" for FM/2 intended for those who can't deal with
|
---|
| 601 | the real thing.
|
---|
[58] | 602 |
|
---|
[111] | 603 | 2.45:
|
---|
| 604 | o When selecting or deselecting by mask, you can specify a text string
|
---|
| 605 | to be used. First the file is tested against the mask(s), then
|
---|
| 606 | tested to see if it contains the text (if any is specified).
|
---|
| 607 | o Fixed bug -- context menus quit working after a Directory Container
|
---|
| 608 | was closed.
|
---|
| 609 | o Added Makearc module, mainly for access from NTree.
|
---|
| 610 | o Fixed bug -- "case sensitive" flag was being reversed for Seek and
|
---|
| 611 | Scan.
|
---|
[58] | 612 |
|
---|
[111] | 613 | 2.44:
|
---|
| 614 | o "Thread busy" LED added per user request.
|
---|
| 615 | o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
|
---|
| 616 | design. Notes: using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
|
---|
| 617 | loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
|
---|
| 618 | replace all of them. Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
|
---|
| 619 | pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
|
---|
| 620 | user-defined bitmap.
|
---|
| 621 | o External Archive Containers, Collector, VTree and VDirs now have
|
---|
| 622 | their own pulldown menu for Files and Views (the shadow menus) and
|
---|
| 623 | Help for easy keyboard access and/or novice users.
|
---|
| 624 | o Command lines executed through the command line dialog are remembered
|
---|
| 625 | for possible later retrieval.
|
---|
| 626 | o Directory sizes dialog reworked (prettier, sizeable). DIRSIZE.EXE
|
---|
| 627 | program provided for accessing this function directly (object placed
|
---|
| 628 | in FM/2 Tools subfolder by INSTALL.CMD).
|
---|
[58] | 629 |
|
---|
[111] | 630 | 2.43:
|
---|
| 631 | o Added optional drivebar per user request.
|
---|
| 632 | o Added Lock and Unlock commands for removable drives.
|
---|
| 633 | o Added UUDecode command and Merge command (yep, got another internet
|
---|
| 634 | connection, finally).
|
---|
| 635 | o When presented with a list of objects in a dialog (as in the Edit EAs
|
---|
| 636 | or Attributes dialogs), double-clicking a file object will bring up
|
---|
| 637 | the configured viewer with the file loaded. This is just a quick
|
---|
| 638 | view purely for convenience; no attempt is made to view the file as
|
---|
| 639 | an archive or check Associations. You can double-click it in the
|
---|
| 640 | Directory Container if you need to go that far.
|
---|
| 641 | o Added "Thread notes" window -- if you don't like it, minimize it and
|
---|
| 642 | it should stay that way. When a thread does something that takes
|
---|
| 643 | awhile, like copying a file, it tells you when it starts and when
|
---|
| 644 | it finishes.
|
---|
| 645 | o Under Warp, FM/2 will now query the active desktop in a documented
|
---|
| 646 | manner when asked to create objects. There is no reliable method
|
---|
| 647 | under older OS/2 versions.
|
---|
| 648 | o Improved FM/2's built-in printing somewhat. Still not as good as
|
---|
| 649 | printing from the appropriate application, of course.
|
---|
| 650 | o Confirmation lists will now display a bitmap representing the command
|
---|
| 651 | to be executed on the dialog, where applicable, as a quick visual
|
---|
| 652 | reminder.
|
---|
| 653 | o When switching a Directory Container to the parent, FM/2 will
|
---|
| 654 | make the vacated directory's object the current object.
|
---|
[58] | 655 |
|
---|
[111] | 656 | 2.42:
|
---|
| 657 | o More threading in strategic spots to make response when moving around
|
---|
| 658 | really slow drives (like ZIP and EZ drives) snappier. The drivers
|
---|
| 659 | for these drives need a bit more work, developers -- think "cache,"
|
---|
| 660 | especially for things like providing the label and usage info. When
|
---|
| 661 | it's slower than the floppy drives, some work needs to be done, eh?
|
---|
| 662 | o Edit->Drive flags dialog now available from a drive (root dir) object
|
---|
| 663 | in the Drive Tree -- lets you set flags you used to _have_ to set
|
---|
| 664 | from the command line (and a couple of new ones). You can still set
|
---|
| 665 | flags from the command line as an override.
|
---|
| 666 | o Files can be included in the Drive Tree display on a per-drive basis
|
---|
| 667 | if you can actually think of a reason to do it (I can't, but someone
|
---|
| 668 | asked). If you do find a use for it, tell me what the heck it is.
|
---|
| 669 | o See all files can be invoked on directory (folder) objects
|
---|
| 670 | (Miscellaneous->Show all files) or the directory into which a
|
---|
| 671 | Directory Container looks.
|
---|
| 672 | o See all files window and Collector now have new "Move and preserve"
|
---|
| 673 | and "Copy and preserve" commands to move or copy objects while
|
---|
| 674 | preserving their directory relationship (see online help for
|
---|
| 675 | examples).
|
---|
| 676 | o Double-clicking on an empty part of the Drive Tree now invokes the
|
---|
| 677 | Make Directory command. Double-clicking on an empty part of a
|
---|
| 678 | Directory Container opens its WPS folder.
|
---|
| 679 | o Target of a drag and drop operation can be changed from the FM/2
|
---|
| 680 | drag and drop dialog (if you're using the dialog, of course).
|
---|
| 681 | o Improved directory comparison dialog (no, it's still no PMDirMatch
|
---|
| 682 | and never will be, and yes, you can still tell FM/2 to use PMDirMatch
|
---|
| 683 | instead of the internal).
|
---|
| 684 | o Added Utilities->Compare directories command.
|
---|
| 685 | o Sorting an Archive Container by date is now possible, at least for
|
---|
| 686 | some archive types. See ARCHIVER.BB2 for details. You can also
|
---|
| 687 | Alt-B1 click the titles of sortable fields in Archive Containers now
|
---|
| 688 | to change the sort type (just like you can in a Directory Container).
|
---|
[58] | 689 |
|
---|
| 690 | 2.41:
|
---|
| 691 | o VTree now runs Directory Containers (VDirs) as part of its process,
|
---|
| 692 | which should save on a little memory for those of you using FM/2 as
|
---|
| 693 | as "super drives objects." To take full advantage of this, the
|
---|
| 694 | "Separate parameters" toggle should be checked.
|
---|
| 695 | o External FM/2 windows can be closed from the PM Window List without
|
---|
| 696 | closing the entire program (excepting the main window, of course).
|
---|
| 697 | o Fixed bug: last line of a hex view wasn't formatted very
|
---|
| 698 | attractively.
|
---|
| 699 | o Fixed bug: quick config page didn't work right anymore.
|
---|
| 700 | o Fixed bug: VDir and AV/2 windows would show external FM/2 windows
|
---|
| 701 | but not switch to them.
|
---|
| 702 | o Window dialog now shows and acts on external FM/2 windows.
|
---|
| 703 | o Checking "Separate parameters" toggle now saves all parameters
|
---|
| 704 | under the new appname immediately when the Settings notebook
|
---|
| 705 | is closed. You'll want to be careful here -- think before choosing.
|
---|
| 706 | BTW, a backup of your FM3.INI file, once you get it set up to your
|
---|
| 707 | liking, is always a good idea. Don't use FM3INI.BAK as the filename,
|
---|
| 708 | since FM/2 automatically does a one-generation backup to that name.
|
---|
| 709 | o Warp no longer allows a container item to be hidden by a thread other
|
---|
| 710 | than the thread that controls the container if the item is selected
|
---|
| 711 | (Why? Who knows? Why don't DrgQueryDraginfoPtrFromDragitem() and
|
---|
| 712 | CN_DROPHELP work?). Since this forces single threaded hiding of
|
---|
| 713 | objects, I must conclude this is a bug in OS/2. However, since it's
|
---|
| 714 | in "GA" OS/2 code, I reluctantly worked around it by making Hide
|
---|
| 715 | objects single-threaded -- you'll have to wait for it to get done.
|
---|
| 716 | Shouldn't be a major problem.
|
---|
| 717 | o Added codepage 1004 to codepage dialog. Someone asked, I didn't even
|
---|
| 718 | know the blamed thing was there.
|
---|
| 719 | o Added Ctrl + F10 and Ctrl + F11 accelerators to start/end a direct
|
---|
| 720 | edit of a filename for the rodently challenged.
|
---|
| 721 | o Added Next/Prev blank line menu items and buttons to new internal
|
---|
| 722 | viewer (accelerators were there before). In text where paragraphs
|
---|
| 723 | are separated by blank lines, these go down or up to the next
|
---|
| 724 | paragraph. Something I use.
|
---|
| 725 | o Added Recent Directories dropdown list to Walk Directories dialog,
|
---|
| 726 | which separates the recently used directories from the user-defined
|
---|
| 727 | directories in that dialog. Just wanted to.
|
---|
| 728 | o Added "DOS-think" and "Windoze-think" quick-config options to
|
---|
| 729 | internal Settings notebook. If you use 'em they'll stunt your growth.
|
---|
| 730 | o Fixed an obscure tile bug no one else seems to have noticed.
|
---|
| 731 | o Changed Shift + F? accelerators to Ctrl + F? to avoid conflicting
|
---|
| 732 | with a couple of OS/2-used keys.
|
---|
| 733 | o Further tightened integration between VTree and its Directory
|
---|
| 734 | Containers.
|
---|
| 735 | o Made Tree (optionally) smart.
|
---|
| 736 | o Reorganized internal Settings notebook for more "logical" grouping
|
---|
| 737 | (some things grow with a life of their own).
|
---|
| 738 | o Changed Install so that it puts many objects in a separate Toolbox
|
---|
| 739 | folder (someone who's not even registered suggested it, and I decided
|
---|
| 740 | to give it a try -- tell me what you think. If upgrading, delete the
|
---|
| 741 | old FM/2 folder before running Install again.).
|
---|
| 742 |
|
---|
[111] | 743 | 2.40:
|
---|
| 744 | o Added "All" button to Filter dialog.
|
---|
| 745 | o Added more optional buttons to main window.
|
---|
| 746 | o Added %u/%U metastrings.
|
---|
| 747 | o Added hex/ASCII + drag-me window to bottom of new internal text
|
---|
| 748 | viewer.
|
---|
| 749 | o Added %! metastring.
|
---|
| 750 | o Added default archiver setting.
|
---|
| 751 | o PM uses several ALT + F? accelerators to control frame windows.
|
---|
| 752 | However, this applies to the current frame window, which can be
|
---|
| 753 | within the main FM/2 window when run monolithically. Add Ctrl to
|
---|
| 754 | these accelerators to affect the main window in that case. I don't
|
---|
| 755 | change the system menu text to reflect this as it may be in a foreign
|
---|
| 756 | language, and I'm an ignorant, ugly one-language American.
|
---|
| 757 | o Added "Separate parameters" toggle.
|
---|
| 758 | o Added "Treetop on expand" toggle.
|
---|
| 759 | o Windows pulldown now lists external FM/2 windows, as does a submenu
|
---|
| 760 | on the container popup in VTree, VDir and AV/2 windows.
|
---|
| 761 | o Fixed some minor bugs in Commands menu generation.
|
---|
| 762 | o Fixed bug in Collector -- unshifted double-click didn't work on
|
---|
| 763 | directories.
|
---|
| 764 | o VDirs, external Archive Containers and Viewers now retain their last
|
---|
| 765 | set window size -- position is still determined by the Shell (PM).
|
---|
| 766 | o Lots of little tweaks no one but me will ever notice.
|
---|
[58] | 767 |
|
---|
[111] | 768 | 2.39:
|
---|
| 769 | o Fixed weird bug -- apparently IBM changed the behavior of
|
---|
| 770 | MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH in Warp. This change may only take effect
|
---|
| 771 | at FP10+ levels.
|
---|
| 772 | o Added Open Directory Container button to Drive Tree titlebar -- only
|
---|
| 773 | shows up when FM/2 is run as a monolithic app.
|
---|
| 774 | o Added "Directory" attributes to Filter dialog per user request --
|
---|
| 775 | lets you exclude directories from Directory Containers, or show only
|
---|
| 776 | directories. NOTE: if you are upgrading, you may need to go into
|
---|
| 777 | the Filter and turn on the Directory attribute -- it's on by default
|
---|
| 778 | for new installations. Use the internal Settings notebook to
|
---|
| 779 | activate the Filter dialog (DirView and ColView pages) by setting the
|
---|
| 780 | focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
|
---|
| 781 | changed.
|
---|
| 782 | o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
|
---|
[58] | 783 |
|
---|
[111] | 784 | 2.38:
|
---|
| 785 | o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
|
---|
| 786 | the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
|
---|
| 787 | selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
|
---|
| 788 | etc.).
|
---|
| 789 | o Filtering in Drive Tree now available, per user request. NOTE:
|
---|
| 790 | filtering is performed _after_ expansion; therefore, it is possible
|
---|
| 791 | for the Tree to "lie" to you until you expand a branch (i.e. indicate
|
---|
| 792 | that other directories are available, but remove the "+/-" when you
|
---|
| 793 | attempt to expand the branch. If it's important for you to know what
|
---|
| 794 | the entire tree of a drive looks like with filtering applied, use the
|
---|
| 795 | Expand/Collapse->Expand command from the Files menu or a popup. You
|
---|
| 796 | can thereafter collapse and expand the tree as desired. Tricks can
|
---|
| 797 | be played with the filter mask; for instance, "/C:\OS2*;/C:\MMOS2*;
|
---|
| 798 | /C:\TCPIP*;*" will exclude some system directories on drive C: and
|
---|
| 799 | show everything else.
|
---|
| 800 | o Got rid of the annoying (to me, anyway) extra refresh when the
|
---|
| 801 | "Immediate Updates" toggle is not used (more cheating).
|
---|
| 802 | o Windows will now be created with the WS_ANIMATE style if "Animate"
|
---|
| 803 | toggle on internal Settings notebook's Windows page is checked. Of
|
---|
| 804 | course, system animation must still be turned on to see any effect.
|
---|
| 805 | o Keyboard input of "standard" characters now performs a text search
|
---|
| 806 | to find the closest matching file system object in the container.
|
---|
| 807 | You can get the old (OS/2 default) behavior (move to nearest object
|
---|
| 808 | starting with the pressed letter) by holding down the shift key.
|
---|
| 809 | o When a background task that FM/2 is waiting on takes more than about
|
---|
| 810 | two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
|
---|
| 811 | foreground. This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
|
---|
| 812 | you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
|
---|
| 813 | resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
|
---|
| 814 | foreground.
|
---|
[58] | 815 |
|
---|
[111] | 816 | 2.37:
|
---|
| 817 | o Added "Autoview comments" notebook toggle (page 2) and Config menu
|
---|
| 818 | items for same. You can have FM/2 autoview file contents _or_
|
---|
| 819 | .COMMENTS EAs -- handy for looking at files that were downloaded by
|
---|
| 820 | a package that puts the file description in that EA. You can also
|
---|
| 821 | get to that EA on the third page of a WPS object's File page or via
|
---|
| 822 | FM/2's Edit EAs dialog, BTW.
|
---|
| 823 | o CTRL + Shift + B1 doubleclick opens an object's WPS Settings notebook.
|
---|
| 824 | o You can now link-drag a root directory (drive) from the Drive Tree.
|
---|
| 825 | For cryin' out loud, BE CAREFUL!
|
---|
| 826 | o Credit card registrations via BMT Micro are now available.
|
---|
| 827 | o Directory Containers can now have independent sorts if you DON'T use
|
---|
| 828 | the "Immediate Updates" toggle. When you set a sort (or filter) in
|
---|
| 829 | the internal Settings notebook, you're setting a default for
|
---|
| 830 | subsequently created Directory Containers. When you set a sort (or
|
---|
| 831 | filter) using the popup menu of a Directory Container, you're
|
---|
| 832 | changing only that container. States will now also save the type of
|
---|
| 833 | view (Icon, Details, etc.), sort and filter settings for each open
|
---|
| 834 | Directory Container.
|
---|
[58] | 835 |
|
---|
[111] | 836 | 2.36:
|
---|
| 837 | o Added "Rename existing" button to Rename dialog -- allows you to
|
---|
| 838 | rename (move) an existing target file system object out of the way
|
---|
| 839 | before moving or copying another file system object to that name.
|
---|
| 840 | o Fixed "obscure" bug (reporting user's words :-) causing FM/2 to
|
---|
| 841 | enter a loop when "Views" cascade was selected from the action
|
---|
| 842 | bar menu when an internal Archive Container was the current window.
|
---|
| 843 | o Tutorial section added to online help.
|
---|
| 844 | o When a bitmapped graphic file is viewed, the window is sized to fit
|
---|
| 845 | on the screen even when the image is larger than the screen.
|
---|
| 846 | Proportion is maintained for the initial window positioning. You can
|
---|
| 847 | stretch the size of the window. The bitmap is scaled to fit. GBM is,
|
---|
| 848 | of course, still required to directly view images in FM/2.
|
---|
| 849 | o Changed toolbar button help to "bubble" style, added toggle to disable.
|
---|
| 850 | o Added Directory Compare (DirCmp:) field to Files/Dirs page of internal
|
---|
| 851 | Settings notebook.
|
---|
| 852 | o Added %d and %D metastrings for Commands.
|
---|
| 853 | o Percentages in Directory Sizes dialog more accurate (to nearest
|
---|
| 854 | thousandth).
|
---|
| 855 | o "Include subdirectories" toggle in Directory Compare dialog.
|
---|
| 856 | o Fixed bug in 2.35a's INSTALL.CMD. Can you say "duh?" Apparently I can.
|
---|
| 857 | o As usual, many little things no one will notice.
|
---|
[58] | 858 |
|
---|
[111] | 859 | 2.35:
|
---|
| 860 | o Performance tuning.
|
---|
| 861 | o Implemented "minor" user suggestions.
|
---|
| 862 | o Added "Recent Dirs" toggle -- automatically adds temporary
|
---|
| 863 | directories to UserList as you change directories. You can make them
|
---|
| 864 | permanent by Adding them as usual.
|
---|
| 865 | o FM/2 may handle DOS archivers now (actually, it does -- I tested with
|
---|
| 866 | ARJ); however, you'll have to set them up for yourself and I won't
|
---|
| 867 | support them. Don't forget that DOS archivers don't support EAs.
|
---|
| 868 | AVOID WHENEVER POSSIBLE OR YOU'LL GET BURNED.
|
---|
| 869 | o If you have GBM.DLL on your LIBPATH or in the FM/2 directory, FM/2
|
---|
| 870 | will use it to display GBM-supported raster file types when they're
|
---|
| 871 | double-clicked. GBM currently supports most OS/2 and Windows
|
---|
| 872 | bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .TIF, .TGA, .IFF, .VID, .PGM, .KPS, .IAX, .XBM,
|
---|
| 873 | .SPR, and .PSE files. And it's free.
|
---|
| 874 | o Changed some icons around for a fresher look, added some for display
|
---|
| 875 | when you aren't loading icons from disk (for scanning speed).
|
---|
| 876 | o Added "Settings" button to Info dialog.
|
---|
[58] | 877 |
|
---|
[111] | 878 | 2.34:
|
---|
| 879 | o Added "Tile backwards" toggle, but don't use it (it's a DOS-think
|
---|
| 880 | knee-jerk thing to do).
|
---|
| 881 | o Viewer won't "restore" the container that called it when it closes if
|
---|
| 882 | the container is maximized.
|
---|
| 883 | o Filtering speeded up when Autoview window is open.
|
---|
| 884 | o Show a little patch of color beside color names in Colors dialogs.
|
---|
| 885 | o Added "Folder after extract" toggle.
|
---|
| 886 | o Added ^F3 close monolithic app toggle (command id 1111 if anyone's
|
---|
| 887 | interested).
|
---|
| 888 | o More commands in INI viewer (rename, copy appname/keyname) and
|
---|
| 889 | enhanced existing Add/Edit INI record commands.
|
---|
| 890 | o Changed method of storing a few things so that they're both easily
|
---|
| 891 | human editable (for power users) and so they allow me to
|
---|
| 892 | "preconfigure" some things (for new users). If you're upgrading from
|
---|
| 893 | previous versions, there's a CONVERT.EXE that'll copy your old
|
---|
| 894 | settings to the appropriate format and get rid of old baggage.
|
---|
| 895 | o Added "Userlist switches" toggle to internal Settings notebook.
|
---|
| 896 | o Added "%r/%R" to metastrings.
|
---|
| 897 | o Added "Extract" to drag and drop dialog.
|
---|
| 898 | o Height of autoview window can be changed.
|
---|
| 899 | o More info displayed in drive info dialog.
|
---|
| 900 | o INSTALL is a bit smarter.
|
---|
| 901 | o Added two new buttons on status line -- different behaviors depending on
|
---|
| 902 | whether you click with B1 or B2 and the shift state.
|
---|
[58] | 903 |
|
---|
[111] | 904 | 2.33:
|
---|
| 905 | o Added new internal viewer -- loads files at least five times faster
|
---|
| 906 | than the old viewer (which is still available via a toggle in the
|
---|
| 907 | internal Settings notebook).
|
---|
| 908 | o See all files window retains settings, is a bit slicker.
|
---|
| 909 | o Fixed bug -- rename box came up for each file moved/copied.
|
---|
| 910 | o Fixed bug -- FM/2 didn't start right with toolbar turned off. Weird.
|
---|
| 911 | o Worked around Warp bug -- PM locks up if you select a codepage that
|
---|
| 912 | hasn't been prepared. This should be ignored as in previous versions
|
---|
| 913 | of OS/2, but crashes the system instead (sheesh).
|
---|
| 914 | o Warp apparently still has a 64k limit to what the clipboard can hold.
|
---|
| 915 | While I could limit what you send to the clipboard, this is (hopefully)
|
---|
| 916 | one of those limits which will vanish with further updates to OS/2
|
---|
| 917 | itself, so I'll just caution you about it.
|
---|
| 918 | o Colors are adjustable in See all files windows.
|
---|
| 919 | o Several fonts are available in See all files windows (all fixed width).
|
---|
| 920 | o See all files window allows entering multiple keys to find a file if
|
---|
| 921 | the keys are entered within one second of each other.
|
---|
| 922 | o System info command made somewhat more human-readable.
|
---|
[58] | 923 |
|
---|
[111] | 924 | 2.32:
|
---|
| 925 | o See all files window fleshed out.
|
---|
| 926 | o Added "Viewer outside," "Arcboxes outside," "INI viewer outside" and
|
---|
| 927 | "Collector outside" toggles to Toggles2 page of internal Settings
|
---|
| 928 | notebook.
|
---|
| 929 | o Added "Save" button to Directory Sizes dialog
|
---|
| 930 | o Sort type can now be changed in Details view by holding ALT and
|
---|
| 931 | clicking the title of the field to sort on (assuming titles are
|
---|
| 932 | turned on and the field is one for which sorting is available,
|
---|
| 933 | of course).
|
---|
| 934 | o Added toggle to allow user to select default delete type.
|
---|
| 935 | o Added "toolbox" dropdown to user lists.
|
---|
| 936 | o Added sample toolboxes to archive.
|
---|
| 937 | o Info and EA dialogs now include listbox, lets you scroll through all
|
---|
| 938 | objects instead of popping up for each selected object. EAS.EXE
|
---|
| 939 | mini-app inherits this; now accepts multiple filenames.
|
---|
| 940 | o Check list dialogs now allow calling up the Info dialog for files in
|
---|
| 941 | the list.
|
---|
[58] | 942 |
|
---|
[111] | 943 | 2.31:
|
---|
| 944 | o Added "Minimize to databar" toggle, also accessible as a standalone
|
---|
| 945 | miniapp.
|
---|
| 946 | o Tree remembers directories, once expanded.
|
---|
| 947 | o An individual drive may now be rescanned in the Drive Tree (related
|
---|
| 948 | to the above).
|
---|
| 949 | o More keyboard shortcuts for the rodently challenged.
|
---|
| 950 | o Drag from recessed text fields in Directory and Archive Containers
|
---|
| 951 | now possible (drags the directory or archive, respectively).
|
---|
| 952 | o Default Commands command (Do it yourself) added.
|
---|
| 953 | o Extract path can now be assigned "*" meaning "use directory in which
|
---|
| 954 | the archive resides."
|
---|
| 955 | o More menu compaction (well, you think of a term for it).
|
---|
| 956 | o New "See all files" window (still under construction, but already
|
---|
| 957 | much faster and very functional, without the standard listbox
|
---|
| 958 | limitation of 32767 maximum items). Loads, sorts and displays
|
---|
| 959 | 15,792 files from two local fixed drives in 18 seconds on my
|
---|
| 960 | 486/66DX2 with normal (for me, of course) background load.
|
---|
| 961 | o Fixed buglet in Archive Container status display.
|
---|
| 962 | o More user suggestions implemented.
|
---|
[58] | 963 |
|
---|
[111] | 964 | 2.30:
|
---|
| 965 | o I forget.
|
---|
[58] | 966 |
|
---|
[111] | 967 | 2.29:
|
---|
| 968 | o Added "Topic" entry field in Bookshelf Viewer dialog.
|
---|
| 969 | o Added "Quick arc find" toggle in Settings notebook; can speed up
|
---|
| 970 | drag and drop operations on floppy/network drives.
|
---|
| 971 | o Worked around PM bug in custom frame controls.
|
---|
| 972 | o Added "Directory Container state" saving and restoring in a dropdown
|
---|
| 973 | list (turned on with "Toggle quicklists" under Config menu).
|
---|
| 974 | o Fixed drag and drop bug (couldn't move, duh). Smartened up drag and
|
---|
| 975 | drop while I was at it; no sense offering options not really
|
---|
| 976 | available due to media type (i.e. can't copy to a CD-ROM).
|
---|
| 977 | o Added "Launch" button to drag and drop dialog.
|
---|
| 978 | o Added quick-help for dropdown lists (in status box 2).
|
---|
| 979 | o Added ability to drop onto userlist dropdown to add a directory.
|
---|
| 980 | Also added popup maintenance menu (add and delete directories to/from
|
---|
| 981 | list).
|
---|
[58] | 982 |
|
---|
[111] | 983 | 2.28:
|
---|
| 984 | o Added optional user directory list dropdown box on main window
|
---|
| 985 | (maintenance of the list is still performed in the Walk Directories
|
---|
| 986 | dialog).
|
---|
| 987 | o Added Drives submenu on Drive Tree's views context menu -- select a
|
---|
| 988 | drive from it and the tree scrolls to show it and makes it the
|
---|
| 989 | current object.
|
---|
| 990 | o Restricted filename quoting in command lines to absolute essentials
|
---|
| 991 | -- some programs are broken and choke on quoted filenames. We
|
---|
| 992 | absolutely cannot have LIST choking if it can be avoided.
|
---|
| 993 | o Double-clicking a directory in the Drive Tree container will cause an
|
---|
| 994 | existing Directory Container looking into that directory, if one
|
---|
| 995 | exists, to come to the foreground rather than opening a new one; if
|
---|
| 996 | the existing window is minimized, it'll be restored. Ditto for new
|
---|
| 997 | userlist dropdown.
|
---|
| 998 | o FM/2 can now launch Windows apps seamless -- maybe. Sheesh, I'd
|
---|
| 999 | use a DOS app first...
|
---|
[58] | 1000 |
|
---|
[111] | 1001 | 2.27:
|
---|
| 1002 | o Added "Move & rename" and "Copy & rename" commands per user request.
|
---|
| 1003 | This extends into the drag and drop dialog (said dialog is now on by
|
---|
| 1004 | default, BTW).
|
---|
| 1005 | o Many tiny tweaks that no one will ever notice (for instance,
|
---|
| 1006 | filenames containing "&" are now quoted on command lines where they
|
---|
| 1007 | weren't before).
|
---|
| 1008 | o Added EXAMPLE.CMD to archive as an example of how REXX scripts can
|
---|
| 1009 | manipulate files listed in listfiles created by FM/2. This allows
|
---|
| 1010 | Commands to circumvent the apx. 1000 character limit of OS/2 command
|
---|
| 1011 | lines.
|
---|
| 1012 | o Made notification window look more homogenous.
|
---|
[58] | 1013 |
|
---|
[111] | 1014 | 2.26:
|
---|
| 1015 | o Fixed stupid new bug in moving files from HPFS->FAT with long
|
---|
| 1016 | filenames.
|
---|
| 1017 | o Fixed bug in RemoteBug fix that conflicted with another fix for
|
---|
| 1018 | remote FSD bugs. I'm getting sick of working around remote FSD
|
---|
| 1019 | bugs -- think I'll just let the LAN folks fix _their_ stuff from
|
---|
| 1020 | now on...
|
---|
| 1021 | o Made titlebar of Drive Tree containers respond to request for context
|
---|
| 1022 | menu as if it were container whitespace per user request.
|
---|
| 1023 | o Added "Min on dir open" toggle -- a more elegant solution to a taste
|
---|
| 1024 | thing (IMHO) than a user requested feature.
|
---|
| 1025 | o Chord on status windows brings up window dialog like it does on
|
---|
| 1026 | client window whitespace.
|
---|
| 1027 | o Added "Append to clipboard" command to internal viewer/editor's
|
---|
| 1028 | Edit menu.
|
---|
| 1029 | o Moved "Write block" command out of Edit->Blocks submenu of internal
|
---|
| 1030 | viewer/editor to the main Edit submenu as "Copy to file" so it's
|
---|
| 1031 | accessible in readonly (viewing) mode while I was at it.
|
---|
| 1032 | o Added informational tweaking to viewer/editor's Edit->Undo menu
|
---|
| 1033 | command.
|
---|
| 1034 | o Added "Walk" button to Seek and scan dialog.
|
---|
| 1035 | o Added special FM/2 Association command line "<>" to indicate that the
|
---|
| 1036 | default WPS view should be opened for matching files.
|
---|
[58] | 1037 |
|
---|
[111] | 1038 | 2.25:
|
---|
| 1039 | o Added "Edit" and "Refresh" to Archive Containers per user request.
|
---|
| 1040 | o Added Drag and drop dialog and corresponding toggle per user request.
|
---|
[58] | 1041 |
|
---|
[111] | 1042 | 2.24:
|
---|
| 1043 | o Added "Remote bug" toggle since network FSD developers can't seem to
|
---|
| 1044 | consistently produce working DosFindFirst/Next code to save their
|
---|
| 1045 | lives.
|
---|
| 1046 | o Undelete enhancements.
|
---|
[58] | 1047 |
|
---|
[111] | 1048 | 2.23:
|
---|
| 1049 | o Enhancements to potential dupe finder per user requests and other
|
---|
| 1050 | stuff I thunk up all by my lonesome.
|
---|
| 1051 | o Placed "Seek and scan" on the Utility pulldown. All it does is
|
---|
| 1052 | start the Collector and post it a WM_COMMAND message as though you'd
|
---|
| 1053 | clicked Seek and scan on its context menu. Maybe even folks who
|
---|
| 1054 | don't read the help can find it now (who knows?).
|
---|
[58] | 1055 |
|
---|
[111] | 1056 | 2.22:
|
---|
| 1057 | o Additional detail and options are presented when FM/2 can't figure
|
---|
| 1058 | out how to list the contents of an archive (ARCHIVER.BB2
|
---|
| 1059 | misconfigured or archive bad) via new dialog. This should make
|
---|
| 1060 | determining what the archive problem is much easier when the
|
---|
| 1061 | inevitable problem arises.
|
---|
| 1062 | o Added duplicate file finder to Seek-and-Scan dialog. Finds files
|
---|
| 1063 | with same name and/or size and filedate.
|
---|
[58] | 1064 |
|
---|
[111] | 1065 | 2.21:
|
---|
| 1066 | o Shift and CTRL modifiers for double-clicking objects in Drive Tree,
|
---|
| 1067 | Directory Containers and Collector implemented. Shift causes new
|
---|
| 1068 | FM/2 window to open (directories; direct to View for files), CTRL
|
---|
| 1069 | causes default WPS open.
|
---|
| 1070 | o More stuff in the help file (sheesh -- this has gotta stop). The
|
---|
| 1071 | online help should now make a rather complete manual when printed
|
---|
| 1072 | together with the READ.ME file (see READ.ME for suggestions).
|
---|
| 1073 | o INSTALL now makes an object for the online help so that it can be
|
---|
| 1074 | viewed without starting FM/2 (using SEEHELP.EXE, included).
|
---|
| 1075 | o Added Filter "Always show directories" toggle.
|
---|
| 1076 | o Ideal size button supports a psuedo-restore operation, allowing
|
---|
| 1077 | toggling between two sizes (mine and yours).
|
---|
| 1078 | o Other stuff I forget.
|
---|
[58] | 1079 |
|
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[111] | 1080 | 2.20:
|
---|
| 1081 | o Fixed stupid bug that made FM/2 freak out on restart if you turned the
|
---|
| 1082 | toolbar off and left it off (duh).
|
---|
| 1083 | o Move-drag onto archives allowed now (if you have the archiver for that
|
---|
| 1084 | archive type configured to allow moving files, of course).
|
---|
| 1085 | o Fixed bug in longname<->shortname conversion (FAT<->HPFS).
|
---|
| 1086 | o Found a nasty way to get Warp's printer objects to recognize FM/2's
|
---|
| 1087 | D&D.
|
---|
| 1088 | o Extract dialog can be told to remember its settings (extract directory,
|
---|
| 1089 | masks, "with directories") distinctly from those set in Archive
|
---|
| 1090 | Containers.
|
---|
| 1091 | o Added a few pictures to the online help for extreme novices.
|
---|
| 1092 | o Added new "Compare Select" submenu with commands that can make
|
---|
| 1093 | selections based on comparing unfiltered files in all open Directory
|
---|
| 1094 | Containers. Powerful stuff.
|
---|
| 1095 | o Added "Hide objects" command (selective individual object filtering).
|
---|
| 1096 | o Fixed bug -- drag to toolbar quit working when toolbar code rewritten.
|
---|
| 1097 | o Slight modification to ARCHIVER.BB2 -- -1 for filename position means
|
---|
| 1098 | to use the last "field" of an archive listing for the filename.
|
---|
| 1099 | o FM/2 is compiled with optimization turned off now -- caught it
|
---|
| 1100 | generating bad code in the new Compare Select module and don't trust
|
---|
| 1101 | it (again).
|
---|
[58] | 1102 |
|
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[111] | 1103 | 2.19:
|
---|
| 1104 | o Added "Ideal size" System Menu command and titlebar button -- an
|
---|
| 1105 | alternative to maximizing.
|
---|
| 1106 | o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
|
---|
| 1107 | registered user. Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
|
---|
| 1108 | windows.
|
---|
| 1109 | o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
|
---|
| 1110 | shouldn't be bugs but nonetheless cause problems on some machines.
|
---|
| 1111 | o Added some one-line help fields to some dialogs to guide the user
|
---|
| 1112 | along.
|
---|
| 1113 | o Added the "Close" checkbox to the Edit Associations dialog, to allow
|
---|
| 1114 | executing an association to shut down FM/2 (or a VDir window, mainly
|
---|
| 1115 | for use by folks using FM/2 to replace the Drives objects).
|
---|
| 1116 | o Added "Start Minimized" and "Start Maximized" buttons to the Windows
|
---|
| 1117 | page of the Settings notebook. FM/2 starts normal size then adjusts
|
---|
| 1118 | (that lets it size all its windows right first, and gives you something
|
---|
| 1119 | to return to from the maximized state).
|
---|
[58] | 1120 |
|
---|
[111] | 1121 | 2.18:
|
---|
| 1122 | o Added ability to use the undocumented DosQProcStat API in the Process
|
---|
| 1123 | Killer. While this will enable the Process Killer to work without an
|
---|
| 1124 | English version of PSTAT.EXE being present, DosQProcStat is an API
|
---|
| 1125 | subject to change by IBM, so beware.
|
---|
| 1126 | o Added FATOPT.EXE program to optimize FAT drives. THIS IS A BETA
|
---|
| 1127 | PROGRAM AND USES LOW-LEVEL DRIVE ACCESS -- BACK UP BEFORE USING!
|
---|
| 1128 | o Tweaked the online help, adding more hypertext links and detail.
|
---|
[58] | 1129 |
|
---|
[111] | 1130 | 2.17:
|
---|
| 1131 | o Optimized for speed: Quick trees, tree sizes.
|
---|
| 1132 | o Dug the names of the new color palettes out of Warp's INI files.
|
---|
| 1133 | Under 2.x both color palette commands (one new) load the same object.
|
---|
| 1134 | Under Warp they load the two different palette objects available.
|
---|
| 1135 | o Added swapfile/memory watch when Drive Tree is active window in FM/2.
|
---|
| 1136 | o Added HPFSOPT.EXE program to optimize HPFS drives.
|
---|
[58] | 1137 |
|
---|
[111] | 1138 | 2.16:
|
---|
| 1139 | o Added "Update objects" command.
|
---|
| 1140 | o Added "Optimize" command. Be sure to read the online help on this
|
---|
| 1141 | one (under "Context Menus").
|
---|
| 1142 | o Added toolbar changing buttons (buttons that automatically load a
|
---|
| 1143 | new toolbox into the toolbar). See comments in online help under
|
---|
| 1144 | "Toolbar->Add Tool."
|
---|
| 1145 | o Hmmm...Warp has broken the DM_DROPHELP message within an application
|
---|
| 1146 | -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
|
---|
| 1147 | deallocated). An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
|
---|
| 1148 | the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
|
---|
| 1149 | start working again.
|
---|
[58] | 1150 |
|
---|
[111] | 1151 | 2.15:
|
---|
| 1152 | o Added "Collect list in file(s)" command.
|
---|
| 1153 | o Added "Collect from a list file" command.
|
---|
| 1154 | o Added "Select List" command.
|
---|
| 1155 | o System VIO fonts have been renamed, jumping between "System" and
|
---|
| 1156 | "System VIO", a couple of times now. To top it off, when the name
|
---|
| 1157 | changes, the sizes do, too (i.e. 7.System == 5.System VIO, more or
|
---|
| 1158 | less). Warp is now GA and uses "System VIO" again, so I've changed
|
---|
| 1159 | it back to that. If some fonts don't look right on your 2.11 system,
|
---|
| 1160 | I'm sorry, but I'm trying to hit a moving target. Don't shoot me,
|
---|
| 1161 | I'm just the piano player.
|
---|
| 1162 | o Did some other stuff, but forgot to write it down and have now
|
---|
| 1163 | forgotten what it was. Old age is hell.
|
---|
[58] | 1164 |
|
---|
[111] | 1165 | 2.14:
|
---|
| 1166 | o FM/2 will now detect that a CD-ROM drive which didn't have a disk in
|
---|
| 1167 | it or had a music disk in it when FM/2 was started is a CD-ROM drive
|
---|
| 1168 | when accessed later with a data disk in it, and change the icon
|
---|
| 1169 | accordingly. This also applies to hard drives that were locked when
|
---|
| 1170 | FM/2 started, by happy coincidence, and should work on other
|
---|
| 1171 | removable media drives.
|
---|
| 1172 | o Hints given in error popup for some access errors (for example, when
|
---|
| 1173 | clicking on an empty diskette drive).
|
---|
| 1174 | o Install.cmd will not change the parameters field of objects that it
|
---|
| 1175 | creates if the File Manager/2 folder already existed. It will still
|
---|
| 1176 | update the paths.
|
---|
| 1177 | o VTree honors drive exclusions like it should have in the first place.
|
---|
| 1178 | o VTree will delete a directory if the Shredder refuses for some reason.
|
---|
| 1179 | o Added VTree->WPS folder toggle.
|
---|
| 1180 | o Shortened VTree tasklist title for registered users.
|
---|
| 1181 | o FM/2 will attempt to fit smaller files onto diskettes when a larger
|
---|
| 1182 | file in the list to be moved/copied won't fit before prompting you to
|
---|
| 1183 | change diskettes due to a disk full condition.
|
---|
| 1184 | o Help for toolbar buttons shows up when mouse passes over them --
|
---|
| 1185 | figured out how to implement without excessive message passing (IOW,
|
---|
| 1186 | to my satisfaction).
|
---|
[58] | 1187 |
|
---|
[111] | 1188 | 2.13:
|
---|
| 1189 | o Added ability to set type of selection used in some containers (in
|
---|
| 1190 | the Settings Notebook on the "Windows" page).
|
---|
| 1191 | o Selecting "Settings Notebook" in the FM3.EXE monolithic app, even
|
---|
| 1192 | from container context menus, will always bring up a full settings
|
---|
| 1193 | notebook.
|
---|
| 1194 | o Slightly reduced memory usage for HPFS drives (ah, another reason
|
---|
| 1195 | to use HPFS...).
|
---|
| 1196 | o Fixed bug in SetIcon.
|
---|
| 1197 | o Did some more work on FM2PLAY.EXE to make it more eye-appealing and
|
---|
| 1198 | maybe a bit more functional.
|
---|
| 1199 | o Shortened tasklist title for registered users.
|
---|
[58] | 1200 |
|
---|
[111] | 1201 | 2.12:
|
---|
| 1202 | o AV/2 will now ignore an association if it contains the string
|
---|
| 1203 | "AV2.EXE" in the command line (meaning it might call itself).
|
---|
| 1204 | o Fixed "Lowercase name" bug.
|
---|
| 1205 | o Worked over the context menus again, added a couple more
|
---|
| 1206 | accelerator keys.
|
---|
| 1207 | o Hooked Help button in Child Window dialog to some help.
|
---|
[58] | 1208 |
|
---|
[111] | 1209 | 2.11:
|
---|
| 1210 | o Fixed odd bug in second status line in Directory Containers.
|
---|
| 1211 | o Fixed rename buglet that caused rename from menu/button to
|
---|
| 1212 | give funny default drive.
|
---|
| 1213 | o Added drag and drop to INI Viewer to allow moving and copying
|
---|
| 1214 | data between different INI files.
|
---|
| 1215 | o Added FM2PLAY.EXE to allow playing multimedia files (via MMPM/2)
|
---|
| 1216 | from FM/2 easily. Usage: FM2PLAY.EXE <file> [<file> <file...>].
|
---|
| 1217 | There's a menu item for it.
|
---|
| 1218 | o Added "associat.txt" containing recommended associations for use
|
---|
| 1219 | with FM/2. Please send your ideas for this list.
|
---|
| 1220 | o Enhanced the Bookshelf Viewer.
|
---|
[58] | 1221 |
|
---|
[111] | 1222 | 2.10:
|
---|
| 1223 | o Added Undo buttons to Settings notebook pages.
|
---|
| 1224 | o Fixed bug wherein Save state of dir windows toggle was ignored.
|
---|
| 1225 | o Put in some comma formatting to prevent an untimely death.
|
---|
| 1226 | o Fixed bug wherein Doubleclick Opens toggle was ignored.
|
---|
| 1227 | o Added a couple more Settings pages.
|
---|
| 1228 | o Made appropriate Settings pages available to standalone modules.
|
---|
| 1229 | o Tweaked a few menus for a more consistent appearance.
|
---|
[58] | 1230 |
|
---|
[111] | 1231 | 2.09:
|
---|
| 1232 | o Changed things so the little notification box doesn't steal the
|
---|
| 1233 | focus when it comes up. Duh.
|
---|
| 1234 | o Added "Backup Profile", "Change System Profiles" and "Replace System
|
---|
| 1235 | Profiles" to the INI viewer.
|
---|
| 1236 | o Fixed some glitches in new mask "must have" attribute processing.
|
---|
| 1237 | o Found and fixed bug in Collector's Seek & Scan that could cause FM/2
|
---|
| 1238 | to trap.
|
---|
| 1239 | o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
|
---|
| 1240 | Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
|
---|
| 1241 | what Ron says...
|
---|
| 1242 | o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.
|
---|
| 1243 | o Added optional split status line.
|
---|
[58] | 1244 |
|
---|
[111] | 1245 | 2.08:
|
---|
| 1246 | o Added "must have" attributes to Filter.
|
---|
| 1247 | o Fixed Undelete dialog so selecting a new drive from the combobox
|
---|
| 1248 | causes the listbox to be refreshed for that drive, and so a missing
|
---|
| 1249 | DELETE environment variable for the selected drive doesn't cause the
|
---|
| 1250 | dialog to abort unless you select Cancel in the information box (so
|
---|
| 1251 | you can pick a different drive).
|
---|
| 1252 | o Added limited optional logging for some simple but critical
|
---|
| 1253 | operations (copy, move, rename, delete).
|
---|
| 1254 | o Documented "start minimized" command line argument.
|
---|
| 1255 | o Added "don't save/restore state of dir windows this time" command
|
---|
| 1256 | line argument.
|
---|
[58] | 1257 |
|
---|
[111] | 1258 | 2.07:
|
---|
| 1259 | o Added "View Bookshelf" and "View Helpfiles" utilities.
|
---|
| 1260 | o Fixed bug in Quick Tree added while fixing the last one...
|
---|
| 1261 | o VTree now saves its size and position on desktop (Ron Gawer wanted
|
---|
| 1262 | that). VDir doesn't, as you can have several of them open at once
|
---|
| 1263 | and it would be somewhat irritating to have them all on top of each
|
---|
| 1264 | other.
|
---|
[81] | 1265 |
|
---|
[111] | 1266 | 2.06:
|
---|
| 1267 | o In the Collector's Seek-and-scan dialog, the All HDs button now skips
|
---|
| 1268 | removable drives (like CD-ROMs) for convenience.
|
---|
| 1269 | o Quick tree works around the OS/2 DosFindFirst bug that prevents FAT
|
---|
| 1270 | root drives from being found.
|
---|
| 1271 | o Added "separator" attribute for tool buttons -- causes a small amount
|
---|
| 1272 | of space to be added after the button with the attribute, for
|
---|
| 1273 | appearance (grouping of buttons).
|
---|
| 1274 | o Added ability to turn on titles below bitmap buttons in toolbar (it'll
|
---|
| 1275 | have to be short and sweet) and grouped all toolbar toggles under a
|
---|
| 1276 | Toolbar conditional cascade submenu.
|
---|
[81] | 1277 |
|
---|
[111] | 1278 | [lazy bum skipped a few...]
|
---|
[81] | 1279 |
|
---|
[111] | 1280 | 2.00:
|
---|
| 1281 | o A whole new look for FM/2 -- the same thing, only more so. Some
|
---|
| 1282 | things were enhanced, some dropped, some replaced or superceded.
|
---|
| 1283 | Still, if you used 1.x you should feel at home.
|
---|
[81] | 1284 |
|
---|
| 1285 | $Id: HISTORY 788 2007-08-19 21:23:05Z stevenhl $
|
---|