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- RV-RView, Version 2.30, 03/06/90, rtk
-
- Changes from Version 2.23
- =========================
- 1) RV has been rewritten in C from scratch, with little reference to
- previous source code. (Versions 2.23 and below were written in
- Modula-2.) In rewriting the program, the emphasis was on how the
- program should perform, given what I know now, instead of it simply
- being a line-for-line translation of my previous work.
-
- 2) Filenames in the default display now appear on the extreme left
- instead of the right.
-
- 3) An in-memory sort is performed before listing archives. You may
- override this sort by using the /N (Natural-order) option.
-
- [With this in-memory sort feature in place, one might well wonder why
- I still include the /D option to sort a ZIP file on disk. I've
- wrestled with this question myself. One of the better answers came
- from one of my users: that he uses RV for sorting ZIP files on disk
- (among other features), but uses other listers for actually viewing
- an archive's contents.]
-
- 4) Redirection to printer or file results in more legible output.
-
- 5) When the /P switch is used, pressing any key other than <Esc> will
- cause another page to be displayed. Previously, pressing <Ret>
- caused another line to be displayed.
-
- 6) To pause the display, press Ctrl-S. Previously pressing almost any
- single key caused the display to pause. For simplicity, I've decided
- to let the operating system handle this task.
-
- 7) The /T option has been expanded to show header offsets and field
- values as they are laid out on disk.
-
- 8) The /C option has been extended to /C[pathname]. If no option follows
- /C then ZIP comments are stripped. If a valid pathname is specified
- immediately after "/C" (no intervening spaces allowed), then comments
- contained in that file will be attached to any ZIP files specified on
- the command line.
-
- --
-
- If you have used previous versions of RView, you may find other small
- changes that I haven't detailed here.