Welcome to Servant Salamander 1.6 beta 3 - Released 5/21/1999 Servant Salamander is Copyright (C) 1997-1999 Petr Solin. Table of Contents: Installation Requirements List Of Files Updates Freeware Bug reporting Installation: To obtain a copy of Servant Salamander, download the self-extracting executable file into a temporary directory. To start the installation process, execute the self-extracting file. Requirements: This version of Servant Salamander requires Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 or later. Some optional features (some archivers) require external programs. List Of Files: README.TXT this file BETA.TXT list of changes FAQ.TXT frequently asked questions KEYBOARD.TXT hot keys description QUAKEPAK.TXT description of the Quake PAK plugin LICENSE.TXT license agreement/warranty disclaimer SALAMAND.EXE main program (required) PACKERS\SALSPAWN.EXE used for external archivers support (not required) PACKERS\ZIP32.DLL internal ZIP support (not required) PACKERS\UNZIP32.DLL internal ZIP support (not required) PACKERS\PAK.DLL internal Quake PAK support (not required) PACKERS\TARDLL.DLL internal TAR,TGZ support (not required) REMOVE\REMOVE.EXE uninstall program (not required) REMOVE\REMOVE.LOG uninstall script Updates: You can go to http://vorvan.sh.cvut.cz/salamander or http://members.home.com/servantsalamander for updates. Freeware: Servant Salamander is freeware. See the program About box for more information. Bug reporting: Submit bugs and other feedback using command Help/Bug Report. We want to thank very much to all beta testers, we have got about 2000 bug report messages since version 1.6 beta 1. Please understand that we are not able to answer these messages, you'll sure agree that fixing another bug is better than answering bug reports. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- What's new: This file contains a report about bug fixes and new features in Servant Salamander. Plus sign means new feature addition, minus sign means a bug fix. version 1.6 beta 3: (5/21/1999) -crash connected with system menu New, it has occured only on some machines -Hot Paths assignment (Ctrl+Shift+number) didn't open dialog Configuration/Hot Paths -radio buttons on page Configuration/Apearance/Panels/Show Filenames didn't work version 1.6 beta 2: (5/18/1999) +support for Quake PAK files and Quake III PK3 files, see quakepak.txt for details +optional Windows Explorer look, see Options/Configuration/Appearance/Windows Explorer look, you can select to box (use Ctrl modifier to inverse selection or Shift modifier to additive selection), we recommend you to choose Windows Explorer color scheme, see Options/Configuration/Appearance/Colors +drag&drop: content of panels scrolls if you point near to border of panel +mouse wheel support in panels and internal text/hex viewer, you can scroll even if you only move mouse cursor above panel or viewer window +Ctrl+Up Arrow and Ctrl+Down Arrow move focus in panels only within selected files and directories, works in quick search mode too +Quick Search mode can be entered one of three ways - letter (default), Alt+letter (Norton Commander default), or Alt+Ctrl+letter, last two ways allow direct writing to command line, first way uses Ctrl+Tab to switch to command line +key Ctrl+G (key Shift+F7) opens the Change Directory dialog (DOS command "cd") -caret position in command line changed (to end of line) after switching to panel and back -icon in tray: Salamander icon is in Alt+Tab application list, please note nonstandard behaviour - Salamander icon is focused on first Alt+Tab key (not next application), we don't know how to fix this problem (window is not in taskbar, should be in Alt+Tab list) +Statistics feature was added, see Configuration/Statistics for details +you can use Enter key or left mouse double click to unpack focused file from archive and execute association, you can also edit (F4) files from archive; both these ways of unpacking (to temporary directory) check file time and size before you leave archive and if file change is detected, file update in archive is offered +pack & unpack & minimalization decrease thread priority, so your other programs should run better (system gives them more processor time) +archivers support is year 2000 compliant (at least for dates 1/1/1980 to 1/19/2038) other parts of Salamander are Win32 code, so they are Y2K compliant too +internal zip shows seconds +"only-one-instance is on": if first instance of Salamander doesn't respond in 5 seconds, second instance of Salamander ignores "only-one-instance is on", please don't use versions 1.6 beta 1 and 1.6 beta 2 at one time +you can break hung (not-responding) Salamander from another instance of Salamander see command Help/Task List, please use this feature to report such kinds of bugs (after break, Bug Report dialog is displayed and you can report state of hung Salamander) -internal text/hex viewer did disable horizontal scrollbar after roll from long lines to short lines (possible only in text mode with wrap off) +unpack can offer target path named by archive (see Configuration/Custom Archivers) +toolbar enablers was optimized - faster cursor reactions, etc. -refresh in archive placed on inaccessible network path - ESC key didn't work +system icons (not icons extracted from files) are displayed in archives (if system icon are on) -floppy disk drives - after "retry" button Salamander didn't change drive to floppy disk +"useless" refresh after close of internal (text/hex or IE) viewer has been removed -minimalization has switched active panel -drag&drop behaviour corresponds to Explorer -fixed crash with Internet Explorer version earlier than 4.0 -text variable $(FullPath) is expanded to "C:\" instead of "C:" (fixes problems with editing of files in root directories) -installation program doesn't require shlwapi.dll -Drive Info dialog: graph is displayed correctly and marks are plastic (only Win9X) -command line uses system colors (color configuration is not possible because text selection color can't be set) -internal viewer and IE viewer are displayed not under other windows in Win95 +"only-one-instance is on": minimized first instance of Salamander is restored when second instance is trying to start +icon in tray: left mouse button double click minimizes Salamander -only first start bug: somewhere you could see texts "$(Path)", "$(DOSPath)", etc. -maximized Salamander isn't above taskbar now -panel mode Detailed: header line scrolls with the rest of panel in Win9X +key Ctrl+N switches Automatic Column Widths on/off, if it turns off A.C.W., it tries to set column widths to show all used columns (useful when filename is long) +key Ctrl+H switches "hide-system-and-hidden-files on/off" -remove.exe clears also values in registry (save configuration to file if you want to keep these values) +remove.exe supports Quiet Uninstall - feature for administrators -directory line (panel) toolbar has reset to default buttons after dir. line on/off -under Win9X Alt+F6 key is used by system, so we had to add Alt+F9 for unpack -bottom toolbar: redraw after font change -sometimes Salamander could not find files in packers directory +hidden and system files not displayed in panel are reported by symbol in directory line (only if "hide-system-and-hidden-files is on") +confirmation on NTFS Compress and Uncompress (see Configuration/Confirmations) -"show icon in tray" + "run minimized" in shortcut -> Salamander starts minimized +confirmation on drag&drop operations (see Configuration/Confirmations) +option Separated File Extension in Detailed view in panels (extensions have their own column in listing) +you can save configuration into the file, see Options/Export Configuration, file config.reg placed in directory with salamand.exe is loaded to registry on Salamander start (default configuration), edit configuration files to protect choosen registry values (current user values) +when starting Salamander with "only-one-instance is on", you can press Shift key to start new instance (force start, ignore "only-one-instance is on") version 1.6 beta 1: (3/22/1999) +you can report bugs using Help/Bug Report, all information about your system, computer, and Salamander version are generated, moreover this window catches unhandled exceptions too, so you can send us more information about these fatal bugs +the Drive Information dialog was rebuilt, you can change drive label in this dialog +you can set the shortest time interval between press and release of mouse button in drag&drop (faster press & release are not considered to be drag&drop) - you can use this feature to avoid unwanted drag&drop operations with files and directories (see Configuration/Options) +Hot Paths can be displayed in the Change Drive window (Alt+F1/F2) (see configuration/Hot Paths) +inserting parameters to command line: left panel path (Ctrl+[), right panel path (Ctrl+]), focused file name (Ctrl+Enter), active panel path (Ctrl+Space); all four keys with Shift modifier work with DOS names +the Change Drive window (Alt+F1/F2) refreshes after removable medium insertion/removal (it doesn't work with floppies, but it should work with CD-ROMs, etc.) +you can use space key to calculate directory size (see Configuration/Options/Selecting with Space calculates occupied space) +added hotkey Shift+F9 for Go to Hot Path +quick search mode: added Home, End, PageUp, and PageDown keys +color schemes (Salamander, Explorer, Norton) +tooltips in directory line and information line +new symbols in directory line - 'changes monitoring is off' and 'filter is on' +any access to temporarily disabled network connection causes an attempt to restore this network connection +Salamander's command line parameters (left and right panels paths) changes paths in running Salamander if only-one-instance-at-one-time switch is on +added hotkeys: Change Drive/Network Neighborhood (Ctrl+`) and Change Drive/Another Panel Path (Ctrl+~) +Calculate Directories Sizes (Ctrl+Shift+F10) shows directories sizes in panel +displaying of directories sizes after Calculate Occupied Space and Estimate Space Needs +context menu for panel (right mouse button click in white space) contains submenu New +internal viewer: F3 - find next, Shift+F3 - find previous, Ctrl+F3 - set find dialog +internal viewer: use left mouse button double click to select word under cursor +you can choose time resolution (number of seconds) of Compare Directories (Ctrl+F10) +main window context menus (right mouse button click on toolbar, directory line, header line, etc.) +menu has the same behaviour like toolbars (so you can for example move toolbar behind menu) +store selection (Ctrl+Shift+Num Plus), select/unselect stored selection (Ctrl+Num Plus/Minus) +you can terminate nearly all long lasting actions using the ESC key +the User menu was rebuilt (see Configuration/User Mneu for details) +you can set files operations confirmations (confirm delete?, confirm file overwrite?, ...) +special way of getting disk information on FAT32 drives (it bypasses MS bug, cluster size on FAT32 is correct now). +you can choose if you want to use autorefresh and see system icons (stored in files) for each drive type (removable, fixed, CD-ROM, and remote) +new internal viewer - Embedded Internet Explorer - use for vieweing HTML, GIF, JPG, and other common Internet file formats directly from Salamander +new configuration of viewers (F3), alternate viewers (Alt+F3), and editors (F4) +use Shift+ESC to minimize Salamander's main window +new look of configuration dialog +added sorting by file attributes +added header line in panels (left mouse button double click on divider sets optimal widths, in Automatic Column Widths mode are widths set to fit optimal widths) +you can sort files and directories lists in ascending or descending order (arrows in menu Left and Right display sort order) +there are two customizable fonts now, first for panels, second for environment +quicksearch mode supports new keys: Home, End, PgUp, PgDn (move in prefixed names) +progress bar has 3D-look now +better shortening of filenames and pathes too long to be displayed full +history and masks group in the Select (Num Plus) and Unselect (Num Minus) dialog +button for access to command-line history +user menu supports hotkeys for commands (underscored characters - use '&' before character in user menu item title) +top, bottom, left, and right toolbars were added (except bottom toolbar are configurable) +you can use Status area of Taskbar (Tray) for Salamander's icon instead of Taskbar +files in panels work as drag&drop targets now (e.g. if you have installed WinZip, you can add files to .zip archive by drag&dropping them to .zip archive) +Confirm drag&drop option was removed; you need to move mouse more than 4 points to start drag&drop +menu New was added into submenu Files +better work with system icons (all icons are read in special thread - some waits were eliminated) +better execution of file types .exe, .com, .pif, and .bat (using new Windows shell) +line wrapping in the Internal Viewer (F2) +right click context menu in the Internal Viewer +you can use drag&drop to copy selected text from the Internal Viewer +the Internal Viewer displays file offset under mouse cursor in hex view mode +you can allow only one instance of Salamander at one time +you can disable command-line history (Ctrl+up,down) - you can safely enter passwords, etc. +strings are sorted with respect to the Regional Settings (optional) +the Change Directory dialog initializes path to current path in active panel +CD-ROM disk labels are displayed in the Change Drive dialog (Alt+F1) +you can use '1' key to select Network Neighborhood in the Change Drive dialog -problems with command-line parameters (left and right panels start directory) -the Change Drive dialog responds to disconnect of inaccessible network drive -command line: Ctrl+Alt+number collided with RAlt+number (language specific characters) -the Estimate Space Needs initializes cluster size to active drive cluster size -the Internal Viewer uses correct backgroung color when it's opening -you can enable Check file sizes after Copy operation (solves bug on Lantastic 7.0) (this check was always enabled in previous versions, but copy to lpt1 didn't work well) -items in panel are displayed correctly even when their width is bigger then screen resolution