PC World 2001 January/PCWorld_2001-01_cd.bin/Software/TemaCD/far/far165.exe/WhatsNew.txt

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      The FAR File and Archive Manager
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      What's new in the latest version
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   FAR 1.65

     1. Fixed a bug with displaying of network printers in Alt-F5 "Print"
        command under Windows NT and 2000.


   FAR 1.64

     1. Information for Windows 2000 users:

        Windows 2000 uses value 300 as the default console height.
        It is too large to be used with FAR, so you need to change
        this value. Run FAR, press Alt-Space and select "Properties"
        item to open properties of FAR console window, select "Layout",
        set the screen buffer height to 25 or other reasonable value,
        press Enter and select "Save properties for future windows
        with same title".

     2. Year format is changed to 4-digits in "File attributes" command.

     3. Windows 2000 reparse points (new NTFS feature similar to Unix
        symbolic links) are now deleted correctly. Only a link is removed
        instead of deleting of a link target.

     4. Keyboard macros created in FAR help window are moved to
        the separate macros group.

     5. FAR displays 'R' character in the upper left screen corner
        while recording a macro command.

     6. Changes in plugins API:

        a) ECTL_SAVEFILE command allows to plugin to save an editing file;

        b) ECTL_QUIT command closes an editing file.

     7. Corrected bugs:

        a) the panel title was displayed wrong inside of archives
           with a too long name (more than 100 characters);

        b) the previous version did not display file owners under
           Windows 2000;

        c) files slack percentage in the quick view panel calculated
           wrong for disks larger than 4GB;

        d) high ASCII file names in CAB archives are now displayed
           using correct character table;

        e) FTP plugin accepts port number above 32767.


   FAR 1.63

     1. New command line option: -u <username>
        It allows to have separate settings for different users.

        For example:

        far -u guest

        Settings for non-default users are stored under registry key
        HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Far\Users

     2. Shift-Enter key can be used in edit controls to insert
        a file name under cursor from the active panel.

     3. When indenting in the internal editor FAR copies
        space characters from the previous line, if any,
        instead of inserting spaces as before.

     4. New %%S variable in archive support plugin allows
        to specify place in the command line to insert
        optional switches.

     5. Corrections in memory management in editor color API.
        This version should release all memory allocated for
        editor highlighting immediately after closing editor.

     6. FAR hung after execution of "Align block" plugin in
        the read-only editor mode (Ctrl-L). Fixed now.

     7. RAR.FMT now understands RAR 2.60 extension of the archive format,
        which allows to store huge files (larger than 2Gb).

     8. Ukrainian GOST character table is added to Addons\Tables\Ukrainian.

     9. RightCtrl+<N> pressed in edit line inserts shortcut path to the line.

    10. It is possible to set 4-digits year displaying mode in panel
        increasing width of date column by 2.

    11. Changes in plugins API:

        - two new flags of Viewer function: VF_NONMODAL and VF_DELETEONCLOSE.


   FAR 1.62

     1. FAR price is decreased. Please read register.frm for details.

     2. By default FAR does not try more to set small (16x16) icon
        of its console window. Though in most cases it is reliable,
        in some configurations it may lead to unstable work.
        Use -I command line switch to force FAR to set the small icon.

     3. Text after 0x04 character in file descriptions is not displayed.
        Some programs store additional data in descriptions after this
        character.

     4. Changes in plugins API:

        a) ECTL_ADDCOLOR and ECTL_GETCOLOR editor control functions
           allow to set color of strings in the internal editor;

        b) FAR sends EE_REDRAW editor event to plugins before
           redrawing editor screen;

        c) FAR sends EE_CLOSE editor event to plugins before
           closing editor;

        d) FAR sends FE_COMMAND event to plugins before executing
           a command in the FAR command line;

        e) FCTL_GETCMDLINEPOS and FCTL_SETCMDLINEPOS allow to get and
           set position of the cursor in the command line.

     5. A few bugs are corrected:

        a) bug in file mask processing when renaming files using
           masks like file.???

        b) erroneous "Cannot find file" message, when dragging
           a file to a folder on the another panel;

        c) editor "Case conversion" plugin incorrectly handled
           non-OEM text.

     6. License for users from xUSSR countries (License.xUSSR.txt)
        is changed. Now it is valid only for non-commercial users.