Changeset 1420

Timestamp:

May 10, 2009, 8:38:27 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

Gregg Young

Message:

Updated for 3.16 release; Also updated support info in readme to reflect full move to netlabs; spell checked both files.

Location:

trunk

Files:

• HISTORY (modified) (20 diffs)
• README (modified) (9 diffs)

trunk/HISTORY

@@ -1 @@
-New stuff's at the top.  This list is not necessarily complete.
+New stuffs at the top.  This list is not necessarily complete.
 
 3.16
- o Correct walk, compare and dirsizes dialog setups to ignore saved dialog size
- o Move translatable strings to fm3dll.rc STRINGTABLE to support NLS translations
- o Support backspace in directory container type to search
+ o Correct walk, compare and dirsizes dialog setups to ignore saved dialog size 
+ Ticket 342 (Steven)
+ o Move translatable strings to fm3dll.rc STRINGTABLE to support NLS translations 
+ Tickets 6, 81, 340 (Steven, Gregg)
+ o Support backspace in directory container type to search allow longer time between
+ key strokes in type to search Ticket 348 (Steven)
+ o Filtering and select/deselect mask now work in archive containers that have 
+ pathnames Tickets 358, 359 (Gregg)
+ o Date formatting and "thousand separator" should now reflect the system locale settings
+ Tickets 28, 82 (Gregg)
+ o Resolved a rare hang during startup drive scanning Ticket 361 (Gregg)
+ o Fixed failure of some system based toolbar buttons in FM/2 lite Ticket 352 (Gregg)
+ o Compare directories now remembers changes to details settings Ticket 346 (Gregg)
+ o EA checkbox on directory container notebook page now works Ticket 344 (Gregg)
+ o Error/Alert beeps can now be turned off in the settings notebook Ticket 341 (Gregg)
+ o Improve identification of text verses binary files when opening viewers Tickets 326, 338
+ (Gregg)
+ o Removed VAC 3.65 specific code Ticket 350 (Gregg)
+ o Reworked detail switches handling for saved states Tickets 343, 345, 347 (Gregg, John)
 
 3.15
@@ -22 +38 @@
  Ticket 48 (Gregg)
  o Added Refresh removable media item to tree container menus Ticket 54 (Gregg)
- o Grayed out partition tool menu item where the tool is not avalable in the path; removed partition
+ o Grayed out partition tool menu item where the tool is not available in the path; removed partition
  submenu default selection. Ticket 36 (Gregg)
  o Added option to recursively scan selected drives at startup Ticket 322 (Gregg)
@@ -30 +46 @@
  o Added drop help to the tree container; fixed drop help to show the correct action on DO_DEFAULT
  Ticket 320, 324
- o Fixed seek and scan drive selection code so nonexistant drives aren't selected Ticket 301, 303
+ o Fixed seek and scan drive selection code so nonexistent drives aren't selected Ticket 301, 303
  (Gregg)
- o Several interface appearence/behavior issues were addressed Ticket 283, 305, 306, 311, 312
+ o Several interface appearance/behavior issues were addressed Ticket 283, 305, 306, 311, 312
  313, 316, 321, 328, 329, 330, 332 (Gregg)
  o Fixed traps associated with deleting directories; closing a container after its
@@ -107 +123 @@
    (Gregg)
  o FM/2 reopens directory containers in the position they were closed in, ticket 103 (John)
- o Add warnall suport (Steven)
+ o Add warnall support (Steven)
 
 3.10
- o Removed the close buttton and menu item from the tree container which closed FM/2 (Gregg)
+ o Removed the close button and menu item from the tree container which closed FM/2 (Gregg)
  o Implement bubble help for bitmap menu items in collector and arc container (Gregg)
  o Correct/enhance settings notebook navigation, ticket #188 (Steven)
@@ -126 +142 @@
  o More Compare Directories rework.  Filters now honored by actions.  Tickets #191, #198 (Steven)
  o Fix failure of direct edit of Subjects and LongNames (Gregg)
- o Walk directories and walk directories2 now remeber size and position. (Gregg)
+ o Walk directories and walk directories2 now remember size and position. (Gregg)
  o Compare directories dialog remembers size and position. (Gregg)
  o Individual directory containers can have different fonts & colors which are saved
@@ -132 +148 @@
  o Moved command line, system and bookshelf to submenus on the utilities menu (Gregg)
  o Restore no-prescan drives if restoring named state
-   This reverts to orginal behavior for named states
+   This reverts to original behavior for named states
  o Rework collector progress reporting and improve performance (ticket #79)
  o Compile OpenWatcom version into binary (Steven)
@@ -147 +163 @@
  o Add unhide menu option (Gregg)
  o Enable user settable command line length (Gregg)
- o Add presparams & update appearence of "Sizes" dialog (Gregg)
+ o Add presparams & update appearance of "Sizes" dialog (Gregg)
  o Fix save and restore of non-default details view settings (John)
  o The state at shutdown is now available (read-only) in the States combo box (John)
@@ -164 +180 @@
  file extension, space before args and existence on entry. (Gregg)
  o Add TestFDate and TestCDate for date compare and sort functions (Gregg)
- o Use commaFMTULL for formating additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
+ o Use commaFMTULL for formatting additional file, EA etc size information(Gregg)
  o Give LIBPATHSTRICT option for mailto & run FTP/HTTP (Gregg)
  o Add "mailto" option in new viewer (Gregg)
@@ -187 +203 @@
    directory path text has changed (Gregg)
  o Fixed seek and scan crash caused by file names that exceed maxpath(Gregg)
- o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundry (Steven)
+ o Fixed INVALID_NAME error caused by FILEFIND buffer crossing a 64k boundary (Steven)
  o Added 32 bit DosQuerySysState API (Gregg)
  o Warpin build will not attempt to use wrong wic.exe (John)
@@ -226 +242 @@
  o Fix a fast viewer text file load failure. (Gregg)
  o Reversed behavior of horizontal scroll bar in fast viewer bar present with unwrapped text
-   absent with wrapped tex and hex
+   absent with wrapped text and hex
  o Add accelerator support to quicklist windows (Steven)
 
@@ -339 +355 @@
 
 3.04 pre9:
- o Add archiver defintion add/delete/move support
+ o Add archiver definition add/delete/move support
 
 3.04 pre8:
@@ -356 +372 @@
 3.04 pre5:
  o Support archivers with no list headers (tar)
- o Support archivers that onl extract with directories (tar)
+ o Support archivers that only extract with directories (tar)
  o Disable menus for not ready volumes
  o Correct missing collector view button window updates
@@ -692 +708 @@
  o Added WWW and FTP component launching to internal viewers per
    user request.  BTW, testpm.exe from the FM/2 Utilities is handy for
-   deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizaare and
+   deciphering the arguments to FTPPM.EXE, which are a bit bizarre and
    undocumented.  Just rename FTPPM.EXE to FTPPM.BAK, copy TESTPM.EXE
    to FTPPM.EXE in the same directory, open the FTP object's Settings
@@ -767 +783 @@
    a .COMMENTS EA is damaged, FM/2 won't let you edit it in this window
    for safety (maybe some strange program wanted it that way).  You can
-   fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomoly.
+   fix it in the EA viewer (Ctrl + Shift + E) if you know it's an anomaly.
    Use the Ctrl + Tab accelerator key to switch focus to the Autoview
    MLE if you're keyboarding.  FM/2 supports .COMMENTS EAs up to 32767
@@ -833 +849 @@
  o Toolbar buttons now allow you to use different bitmaps of your own
    design.  Notes:  using user-defined bitmaps in the toolbar can slow
-   loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticably unless you
+   loading of FM/2 slightly, but probably not noticeably unless you
    replace all of them.  Request a context menu on a toolbar button and
    pick "Edit button" to get the dialog where you tell FM/2 to use a
@@ -998 +1014 @@
    focus to the Filter: entryfield, so that the "general" filter is
    changed.
- o Help file improvements (a neverending saga).
+ o Help file improvements (a never ending saga).
 
 2.38:
- o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writeable drives unless
+ o Walk Directories dialog will now display non-writable drives unless
    the directory selection is for an action that requires writing to the
    selected directory (for example, copy or move, set extract directory,
@@ -1028 +1044 @@
    two seconds to complete its job, FM/2 will switch it to the
    foreground.  This means that if an archive is encrypted (passworded),
-   you'll get the oportunity to enter a password without having to
+   you'll get the opportunity to enter a password without having to
    resort to the Window List to manually bring the window to the
    foreground.
@@ -1323 +1339 @@
    alternative to maximizing.
  o More work on help file hypertext links using suggestions from a
-   registered user.  Added a labelled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
+   registered user.  Added a labeled bitmap showing the layout of FM/2
    windows.
  o Worked around weird bugs in Sizes and deleting toolbar buttons that
@@ -1364 +1380 @@
    -- the passed DRAGINFO structure is inaccessible (apparently already
    deallocated).  An appropriate error message will be displayed, and
-   the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automagically
+   the code's still there so that when IBM fixes it it'll automatically
    start working again.
 
@@ -1456 +1472 @@
    to trap.
  o Added a Settings notebook containing global toggles and such.
-   Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I allus do
+   Slower than the menus, but Ron Hester asked for it, and I always do
    what Ron says...
  o Return of the weirding ... but that'd be telling.

trunk/README

@@ -2 +2 @@
  ³  F(ile) M(anager)/2 is free software from Mark Kimes ³
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- ³      READ.ME file -- read before installing          ³
  ³       See end of document for contact info           ³
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+
+FM/2 3.16: This release makes changes that should allow FM/2 to be 
+translated into different languages. It also adds date and number 
+formatting based on the system locale settings. We now need to find 
+some individuals who are interested in doing the translations. 
+Currently, double bit character sets are not supported in FM/2.
+
+We have also fixed multiple minor annoyances such as improving
+detection of text verses binary files when opening viewers and
+filtering/(de)select mask now works for archives with pathnames.
+We added the ability to turn error/alert beeps on and off in the 
+settings notebook (General page) and changes to the details switches
+in compare directories are now saved. See the history for more details.
 
 FM/2 3.15: This release turns on some new features by default
@@ -26 +38 @@
 subdirectory based on the archive file name for the extraction target.
 Seek and Scan has been added to the drives and directories context
-menu and when select from there will add the drive or directory as
+menu and when selected from there will add the drive or directory as
 the root for the search. We also added refresh removable media so
 you can scan for newly inserted drives from the tree container
 We did some additional work on the main menus like adding Databar
-to the utilities menu and we now grayed out items that are unavailable
+to the utilities menu and we now gray out items that are unavailable
 or inappropriate and un-grayed some items that were inappropriately
 turned off. We reorganized the internal editor menus as well.
@@ -153 +165 @@
 We now provide both the SYM & MAP files in a separate warpin
 package. This will allow interested individuals the tools needed
-to assist with analysing any problem that may occur. This
+to assist with analyzing any problem that may occur. This
 package is not needed to run FM/2. As always this update
 provides some performance enhancements and defect fixes.
@@ -168 +180 @@
 is used. This change was made to over come the problem with
 associations failing on files with multiple ".". You can
-also seach for a complete string within the file names by
+also search for a complete string within the file names by
 using the pattern *stuff* (stuff can't contain an * or ?).
 If "stuff" contains an * or ? the old method of searching
@@ -375 +387 @@
 you start FM/2 for the first time: "How to use FM/2's Help,"
 "Terminology" and "General Help," then "Hints." A peek at
-the labelled "Window Layouts" pictures would probably be a
+the labeled "Window Layouts" pictures would probably be a
 good idea, too. The rest you can browse as you get time/feel
 the need; for instance, if you want to know what a toggle
@@ -440 +452 @@
 KILLPROC.EXE.
 
-UNDELETER: Lets you undelete files (via interface with
+UNDELETE: Lets you undelete files (via interface with
 UNDELETE.COM). Drag a file system object onto it and it'll
 let you undelete files for that drive. Filename UNDEL.EXE.
@@ -601 +613 @@
 
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fm2user/
+  
+  This group is now closed but it still contains some useful information
+  
+There is a new mailing list at:
+  
+  fm2-user@netlabs.org
+  
+  To subscribe send an email to:
+  
+  fm2-user-subscribe@netlabs.org
+  
+  The subject and body can be empty.
+  
+  This group is mirrored on Gmane at:
+  
+  http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.fm2.user
 
 You will find lots of friendly folks ready to help.
 
-FM/2 is moving to Netlabs (thanks Adrian).
+FM/2 has moved to Netlabs (thanks Adrian).
 
 Check it out at
@@ -610 +638 @@
   http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2
 
-Not everything is in place yet, but this is the place to
-enter defect tickets and enhancement requests (username netlabs,
-password guest; please include a valid email so we can contact you
-if we need more information). Eventually, the mailing list and the
-file archives will all move to the Netlabs server where you can
-find the source code.
+To create a ticket reporting a defect or requesting an enhancement.
+You must be logged into TRAC. Please login with your Netlabs login id. 
+If you do not have a login id, you can request one at 
+http://www.netlabs.org/en/site/member/member.xml. 
+If you have troubles acquiring a Netlabs login id send an e-mail to 
+Netlabs Community Mailing List <community@netlabs.org>.
+
+You can also browse the source at this site.
+
+To obtain the source from the SVN use something like the following to check out the trunk
+
+  mkdir fm2_workspace
+  cd fm2_workspace
+  svn checkout http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/fm2/trunk trunk
+  
+If you wish commit access please contact us directly.  
 
 You can reach us directly at:
@@ -627 +665 @@
   ygk@qwest.net
 
-We also monitor the comp.os.os2.apps newsgroup and several
-others in the comp.os.os2.* hierarchy.
+We also monitor the comp.os.os2.apps newsgroup, several
+others in the comp.os.os2.* hierarchy and other groups where 
+release announcements are made. 
 
 Thanks and enjoy.