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The FAR File and Archive Manager ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What's new in the latest version ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [!] Important [+] New [-] Fixed error [*] Changes ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── FAR 1.70 beta 3 (build 591) (19.04.2001) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── General ~~~~~~~ [!] For more details read the documentation on PlugDoc.rar::WhatsNew.txt [+] New section in help files "Overview of plugin capabilities" (the same as in Plugins\Review.txt) [+] "FAR.EXE /?" shows the list of available command line parameters. [!] Changed the mechanism for handling keys with modifiers Alt-, Ctrl-, Alt-Shift-, Ctrl-Shift-, Ctrl-Alt- in non-English keyboard layouts. (See TechInfo#24 for details). System ~~~~~~ [+] It is possible to eject CD-ROM and removable drives by pressing the Del key in the disk selection menu. Under Windows NT/2000 this operation requires administrator privileges. [+] Shift-F1 in the list of plugin commands (F11) and in the disks menu (Alt-F1/Alt-F2) shows the help for the current plugin (the standard topic "Contents"). [+] Pressing Shift-F1 in the plugin configuration menu shows the help topic "Config" for the current plugin. If there is no such topic, the standard topic "Contents" is shown instead. [-] The rule "CmdHistoryRule=1" (see TechInfo#9) did not work correctly. [+] Handling of commands: "IF [NOT] EXIST filename command" and "IF [NOT] DEFINED variable command". Regarding "smart" associations: If several associations are specified for a single extension, and if some associations have the "IF EXIST" condition, the action selection menu shows only the items for which the condition is true. [-] Entering certain text in dialogs: - create new file (Shift-F4) - create directory (F7) - specify description for selected files (Ctrl-Z) - apply command to selected files (Ctrl-G) crashed FAR. [+] If the size of the console cursor in insert mode doesn't suit you, see the rule 25 (TechInfo#25). [+] Ctrl-Alt-F puts the UNC filename of the current file into the command line. [*] Now the task list (Ctrl-W) is more user-friendly - attempts to move the cursor up from the first item or down from the last item cause the cursor to move to the last or the first item, respectively. [-] An error in the "Screen grabber" function (Alt-Ins): "...If you carry out the selection using the mouse and move the mouse outside the border of the window, each line in the clipboard will have a "tail" of the beginning characters of the following line. There will be as many characters as the characters by which the mouse has been moved outside the window..." [-] The "Show selected first" state (Shift-F12) was not saved when exiting FAR. [+] A new option for confirmation of pressing the Esc key (Options|Confirmations|Pressing the Esc), disabled by default. [+] An option to confirm disconnecting network drives by pressing Del in the Disks menu (Options|Confirmations|Disconnect network drive). By default the option is enabled. [!] Increased sizes: - for entering file descriptions (Ctrl-Z) - 1024 characters. - for "File highlighting" masks - 2048 characters. - for "Sort group" masks - 2048 characters. - for "File panel filter" masks (Ctrl-I) - 2048 characters. [+] Detachment of the FAR console from a non-interactive process running in it (see TechInfo#27 for details). [+] Ctrl-: (Ctrl-colon) and Ctrl-Alt-: (Ctrl-Alt-colon) put the filename/UNC filename of the current file on the passive panel into the command line. [-] Crash when the width of one panel (mode 7, Ctrl-7) was more than 150 characters. [-] Enter and Shift-Enter didn't cancel the selection in the command line. [-] The panels in the mode 8 (Ctrl-8) didn't show file owners under Windows 2000. [-] If the registry branch [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers] is empty, it may cause FAR to crash when deleting directories to the recycle bin. Now FAR checks this registry section on startup and, if CopyHookHandlers is empty, deletes [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers]. [+] It is possible to set the filler character for the "Wipe file" operation (Alt-Del) (see TechInfo #29). [+] Alt-Shift-Left, Alt-Shift-Right, Alt-Shift-Home and Alt-Shift-End select the block in the command line also when the panels are on. [-] When trying to delete a file that was used (for example, a program that was running), the error message said that the operation was completed successfully. [*] When updating the tree, the file attributes for an existing file Tree.Far are preserved. [+] For any UNC paths ".." is added to the root directory - Windows doesn't do that when the UNC path is mapped to the root directory of a drive. [+] New rule TechInfo#30, taking into account the system policy "Hide Drives in My Computer". [-] Incorrect results for Ctrl-N Ctrl-F (the short names mode) for long file names in plugins like TempPanel (that contain the names of real files with full paths). [-] Duplicate filenames in the editor/viewer history and positions cache (see TechInfo#31 for details). [*] Directories are deleted correctly when F8 or Shift-F8 is pressed in the tree panel. [+] Ctrl-C/Ctrl-Ins - copies the current line from a history menu (Alt-F8, Alt-F11, Alt-F12) to the clipboard. [-] If a file name embedded in quotes was pasted from the clipboard into the quick search line, the file was not located correctly. [+] Support for the mouse wheel in Windows 2000 (see TechInfo#33 for details). Info panel ~~~~~~~~~~ [*] The information panel (Ctrl-L) under Windows 200 shows correct information for symbolic links (directory junctions and volume mount points) when entering such a directory. [!] The internal viewer is used for viewing descriptions. It allows to: - use word wrap in the description file; - scroll the description file; - switch code pages; - search in the description file (F7). File associations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Special characters "!&" (list of selected files) and "!&~" (list of selected files with short names). Unlike "!@!" and "!$!", the file names are substituted, not the name of the file containing the list. It is not recommended to use "!&" and "!&~" together with "IF [NOT] EXIST" as the filename to check - the effect will be completely unpredictable. [+] Modifier "!^" meaning a reference to the active panel. For example, !^!.! denotes the name of the current file on the active panel, while !#!\!^!.! denotes the file on the passive panel with the same name as the name of the current file on the active panel. [+] The following modifiers are allowed for associations !@! and !$!: 'Q' - put filenames containing spaces in quotes; 'S' - use '/' instead of '\' in file paths; 'F' - use full filenames; 'A' - use the ANSI codepage. For example, the association !@AFQ! - name of the file containing the names of selected files with full paths in ANSI codepage; names of the files containing spaces will be put in quotes. Copy/Move ~~~~~~~~~ [!] The link creation function (Alt-F6) now works only under Windows NT/2000. FAR shows an error message if the user tries to use it under Windows 95/98/Me. [*] It is possible to specify the size of the copy buffer (see TechInfo#23). [-] Cosmetic: filenames in the copy/move dialog were truncated incorrectly [+] Display of information about copying speed and time (see TechInfo#26) [!] Under Windows 2000, Move operations to directories represented as reparse points are performed correctly. [*] Copying or moving objects on the disk is done with a little more intelligence. If the destination path is not terminated with a backslash '\', for example, "..\foo", then: 1. If only files are copied - all files will be copied to the file "..\foo" (unless "..\foo" is a directory) 2. If only directories are copied - all directories will be copied to the directory "..\foo" with the directory structure preserved. 3. If files and directories are copied - all files and directories will be copied to the directory "..\foo" with the directory structure preserved. Command Line ~~~~~~~~~~~~ [-] Pressing Ctrl-D deleted the block instead of moving the cursor one character to the right. [-] The highlighting did not turn off after processing a macro. Editor ~~~~~~ [-] The Ctrl-S key did not cancel the selection when persistent blocks were turned off. [+] Alt-Shift-F9 invokes the editor settings dialog. [-] The search rule "EditorF7Rules" did not work (TechInfo#18) [-] The Ctrl-Shift-Left and Ctrl-Alt-Left commands were executed slowly on very long words. [-] Sometimes the check when opening files exceeding the defined size did not work, and as a result, such files were opened anyway (see TechInfo#20) [-] Garbage was shown when invoking the editor from a plugin. [*] Changed the rule 19 (TechInfo#19) - now FAR by default prompts the user when opening a ReadOnly file. [-] "...when editing or viewing, the topmost line shows the complete file name (with a path). After switching from the editor to the viewer (F6) it is replaced with the filename only (with no path). After pressing F6 again, the complete file name is shown. Pressing F6 more times doesn't change anything..." [+] If no block is selected, Alt-U and Alt-I indent the current line. [-] It was not taken into account whether the file was really closed when pressing Ctrl-F10. [-] If you press Enter at the end of file in the editor (add a line) and then undo the changes (Alt-BS), the file is marked as not modified, but the empty line remains. [-] It was impossible to save a locked (Ctrl-L) unmodified file under a different name (Shift-F2). [!] The "Save as" dialog (Shift-F2) has been modified, and a help topic has been added for it. [-] Pressing Ctrl-M in the editor, when the cursor was immediately after the marked block, caused the block to be moved after the cursor. Now this operation doesn't change the text. [-] Entering a character code (Ctrl-Q) did not delete the marked block when persistent blocks were not enabled. Viewer ~~~~~~ [+] Alt-Shift-F9 invokes the viewer settings dialog. [*] Again to F9 in LNG-files. Now it works. [-] Error when searching in long lines without wrapping. [+] When the "[x] Save file position" is turned on, the file viewing mode (normal or hex) is stored separately for each file. [-] FAR crashed when using Ctrl-Q in panels, navigating with + and - keys and trying to view a file that couldn't be opened (for example, pagefile.sys or win386.swp). [-] Bug in saving the wrap mode. [-] In the internal viewer, search in *.EXE, *.DLL or similar files in Wrap mode was an order of magnitude slower than in Unwrap mode. [-] Alt-F8: the goto function worked only if the cursor was in the edit box when the dialog was closed. QuickView ~~~~~~~~~ [+] Under Windows 2000, when viewing symbolic links, the path to the source directory is shown. [*] Selected text is shown as "Highlighted info" and not as "Selected text". [+] The wrap mode in QuickView doesn't depend on the wrap mode in the viewer. Help ~~~~ [-] The environment variables were not expanded when calling the activator commands. [+] KeyBar in the help system. [+] New section "Operating system commands". [*] Clarification in the "Customizing file panel view modes" section - designations for file attributes are described. [*] If a topic is not found, an error message is shown and the help window is not closed. File attributes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [!] One dialog for any actions. [!] If multiple file system objects are selected, or if the attributes of a directory are changed with "Process subfolders" enabled, the check boxes will have three states: "[x]" - the attribute is set (or set the attribute) "[ ]" - the attribute is not set (or clear the attribute) "[?]" - the attribute is undefined (or do not touch the attribute) [+] For selected objects: "[x]" - the attribute is set for all objects "[ ]" - the attribute is not set for all objects "[?]" - the attribute is set for some of the objects [+] If there are no folders among the selected objects, the option "Process subfolders" will be disabled. [-] Error when displaying or entering a date with the format different from "dd.MM.yyyy". [!] In the file attributes dialog, if the explored object is a directory, then setting "Process subfolders" option on does not clear attributes area. [-] It was possible to invoke the file attributes dialog (F4 key) in plugin panels. [-] When copying or moving files, the Encrypted attribute was not set for directories having that attribute. [+] For symbolic links, the attribute setting dialog shows additional information about the source directory (NTFS/Win2K). [*] In the panel mode 5 (Ctrl-5), if a directory is a symbolic link (Reparse point) (NTFS/Win2K), the letter 'L' will be shown additionally. [+] It is possible to configure distinct colors for symbolic links (NTFS/Win2K) in the "Files highlighting" dialog. [!] "...If you do not want to change the file time, leave the respective field empty. You can push the "Blank" button to clear all the date and time fields and then change an individual component of the date or time, for example, only month or only minutes. All the other date and time components will remain unchanged..." Macros ~~~~~~ [!] The look of the key assignment dialog has been changed. [+] An overwrite warning is shown if a macro already exists, and a warning is shown when trying to delete a macro. [+] Three new macro areas: "Info", "QView", "Tree",. [+] 4 new modes for panel macro commands: "NoFilePanels" - cannot be executed in file panels. "NoPluginPanels" - cannot be executed in plugin panels. "NoFolders" - cannot be executed if the current element is a folder. "NoFile" - cannot be executed if the current element is a file. By default all the modes are set to off. (The modes are also shown in the macro parameters dialog - Ctrl-Shift-.) See TechInfo#22 for details. [+] As a small experiment, 7 new macro commands have been added: "$Day", "$Month", "$Year", "$Hour", "$Min", "$Sec" For example "$Year . $Day . $Month . t x t" macro will generate a string "2000.21.12.txt" for 21 december 2000. "$MMode" - change macro mode See TechInfo#22 for details. [-] Macros were played incorrectly in the screen grabber mode. The Home key moved the cursor to the coordinates (0,0) in the console window. User menu ~~~~~~~~~ [-] If, while editing command in the user menu, the label is not entered and the "OK" button is pressed, then the dialog is not closed, because it is possible to lose the commands that may have been entered. To exit the menu one can use the "Esc" key or the "Cancel" button. Addons ~~~~~~ [+] Additional macros in Addons\Macros: CtrlS.reg - save file in editor. CtrlW.reg - save file in editor and quit. [+] Command lines for ARJ32.EXE archiver (console/Win32 >= 3.08a): Addons\Archivers\Arj32.reg [-] Changed the "Recover" setting in ó Addons\Archivers\pkzip25.reg: "FAR hangs when trying to recover a broken archive" [*] The following macros changed in Addons\Macros: F3.reg - is used only for files. AltScreens.reg - switch between screens. [+] Addons\Shell\FARHere.inf "Far Here" PowerToy - This is a small Windows add-on. After installing this .inf, you will be able to right-click any directory in the Windows Explorer and choose the command "Far Here" from the popup menu. [+] Addons\Archivers\MsCab.reg Settings for MsCab.exe - a program that can create, modify and unpack Microsoft CAB archives. The archive containing MsCab.exe can be downloaded here: http://www.uic.nnov.ru/~ruiv/plugring/cgi-bin/downld.cgi?Draw=List&Select=PlugIn&SelectPlugIn=310 or from the author's homepage: http://www.mateuszb.hg.pl/ [*] Addons\Macros\Esc.reg Modified to take into account the additionally introduced macro areas. [*] Addons\Macros\Del.reg Modified to take into account the additionally introduced macro areas. Plugins ~~~~~~~ [!] Changes and additions to standard plugins (for more information see Plugins\WhatsNew.Rus.txt). ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── FAR 1.70 beta 2 (build 321) (16.12.2000) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── General ~~~~~~~ [!] This version of FAR is compiled with Borland C/C++ 5.02. MSVC 6 SP 4 (used for FAR 1.70 beta 1) has not justified expectations (it slows down memory allocation for small objects). [!] The format of this document was changed. [!] When starting Far.exe writes version number in the following way: "1.70 Beta 2 (build NNN)" When reporting bugs, please specify the version in this format. [-] FAR crashed if it was impossible to find LNG-files. [!] The group for developing MultiArc plugin has been created. E-mail all bugs and suggestions to fararcbugs@newmail.ru. [!] For changes and corrections about Plugin API see PlugDoc.rar::WhatsNew.txt [*] In the `SaveSettings.bat' the regedit's "/e" was replaced with "/ea" for saving FarSave?.reg files in ANSI format under Win2K. System ~~~~~~ [!] Correct work with "Directory Junctions" elements in Win2k - Such directories are shown in the Tree without subdirectories (this prevents infinite recursion) - Directory junctions are deleted correctly if they reside in subdirectories. [-] It was impossible to delete the last line in the multiline editor control by pressing the Backspace key. [*] The color COL_DIALOGMENUSCROLLBAR (scrollbar color in the lists) was not used (this fixes "the color of the scrollbar in the File Find dialog cannot be configured") [+] 6 colors for DISABLED items (in dialogs and warning messages). Attention: for correct displaying of such items it is needed to setup the colors in "Options|Colors" (for those who use standard colors, it is enough to select "Set default colors" or "Black and white mode"). [-] The autocomplete function didn't work correctly when persistent blocks were enabled. [!] Now autocomplete is disabled when playing back macros. [*] The hotkey for the "Whole words" checkbox in the editor search dialog was changed: in "Find files" and the viewer - "W" in the editor it was "o" - not consistent [+] New rule for handling exceptions - show the "Debugger" button and invoke the debugger. (See TechInfo.txt). [*] The menu is not wrapped when scrolling with the mouse. [-] Now the "Find file" function checks for the maximum length of the file mask and search text lines, shows a warning if the lines are too long and continues the search with truncated lines. [-] Under Win9x it was not possible to copy directories or files with UNC paths to NUL. [*] The dialog windows movement mechanism is changed. Editor ~~~~~~ [+] The status line shows the attributes of the file being edited (R - Read-only, S - System, H - Hidden). [+] It is possible to configure the behavior of the editor when opening a file with the Read-only attribute (see TechInfo.txt). [+] Warning message when opening too large files (see TechInfo.txt). [-] Cursor beyond end of line: Ctrl-Del worked as Del. [!] New behavior of search (F7) has caused a "storm of applause" from those who think that "first search begins from first position and the following from the next" is the intrigues of DOS Navigator. Now the old behavior can be restored. See TechInfo.txt. [!] Shift-BS is changed to Ctrl-Shift-BS. [-] Shift-Tab did not work correctly when the "Expand tabs" option was not set. [-] Tab did not work correctly in overtype mode when the "Expand tabs" option was not set. [-] Pressing Ctrl-Y on the last line when a vertical block was selected did not remove the selection. Viewer ~~~~~~ [!] Word wrap mode can be used only by registered users. [*] We've forgotten to add a place to F9 key in LNG-file. [-] The option "Autodetect character table" in the viewer settings dialog did not work. [+] Clicking the mouse on the status line: - on the code page indicator - shows the code page selection menu - on the position indicator - shows the "Go to position" dialog Help ~~~~ [!] Cosmetic changes in HLF files. [-] Active links did not work with Microsoft mailers. See TechInfo.txt for more information. Xlat-translation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [-] Problem with Alt* in translation. [*] The number of rules for special cases has been increased from 10 to 30. [+] When the translation is invoked with no block selected, the current word is translated. The cursor must be within the word or at the next position after the word. [+] The whole command line is translated if there is no selected block. File attributes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [-] Include/Exclude for the Encrypted attribute in the "Files highlighting" dialog box did not work correctly. [*] If the directory for which the "File attributes" dialog is invoked has no subdirectories, the "Process subfolders" option is deselected. [+] Pressing F4 and Ctrl-Shift-F4 on directories invokes the "File attributes" dialog. [-] Ctrl-A Alt-N Enter - the focus was not set to the "Date" field. [*] The "File attributes" dialog shows all available attributes. If the file system doesn't support some of the attributes, the respective options will be disabled. User menu ~~~~~~~~~ [-] FAR sometimes crashed when executing too long user menu commands. Addons ~~~~~~ [*] Addons\Macros\CtrlShiftPg*.reg are combined into CtrlShiftPgUpDn.reg. Plugins ~~~~~~~ [!] Changes and additions to standard plugins (for more information see Plugins\WhatsNew.txt). Plugin API ~~~~~~~~~~ [!] For more details read the documentation in PlugDoc.rar::WhatsNew.txt ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── FAR 1.70 beta 1 build 272 (21.11.2000) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── General ~~~~~~~ [!] Since this version the developing of FAR is making by the "FAR group" group. Eugene Roshal is still the FAR author and looks after project. New e-mail address for the bugs and suggestions: farbugs@newmail.ru [!] The "quarta" phrase in Contacts.txt is replaced with "PlugRinG". System ~~~~~~ [*] Now "{xx%} Copying - FAR" shows in the console window title instead of "Copying {xx%} - FAR". [!] In the far*.lng files there are spaces reserved for all Fn keys. [!] Hotkeys now works in menus and dialogs independently of keyboard layout. [!] The character table auto detection is off when frequency distribution character table is absent and appropriate message is displayed. [+] Ctrl-Alt-Shift key combination in dialogs, panels, help window, editor and viewer shows user screen while these keys are held down. [+] New option "Show scrollbar in Menus" in the "Interface settings" dialog. If set and menu items count is more than menu size, then scrollbar is displayed. Also two color parameters added for that in the color settings menu. [+] In the "Files highlighting" dialog Ctrl-R key restores default colors. [+] Some dialog windows allow to enter text with the use of environment variables. These are dialogs: "System settings", copy files, move files, create directory and also user menu edit dialogs. [+] New option "Path for personal plugins" in the "System settings" dialog. It allow to enter path where FAR will look for additional plugins and can be used to delimit user access to different ones. [+] Pressing Ctrl-L in the dialog input line will set it in the Read-Only mode. [-] Fixed a bug of FAR crash on Win2k, when console size is greater than 140 rows. [-] Fixed a bug when creating a group of directories and an error is occurred, in that case panel was not refreshed. [+] New option "AutoComplete in input lines" in the "Interface settings" dialog. When input line in the dialog has a history and user types the symbols, there is a search for matching string occurs and found one is set into input line. [+] New command line parameter - /p[<path>] Search for "common" plugins in the directory, specified by <path>. If <path> is not specified then "common" plugins will not be loaded. There are environment variables can be used in the <path>. [+] New search mode "Whole words". It works in editor search, viewer search and in find file. [+] When moving cursor while searching for the files (Alt-F7 in the panels), the current search directory is quickly redrawn. [-] Fixed a bug when searching in archive with password. When pressing an up or down cursor keys in the password dialog or move the mouse over, it is disappeared. [+] Screens list - now it shows full file name and changed files are marked with "*". [+] Dialogs can be moved with mouse, when holding them at empty place, or with Ctrl-F5 key. [+] Pressing the '/','\' in Quick Search will go to directory. Attention: those who used Alt-\ as a macro to pop a Quick Search window up now can use a Alt-< key. [+] Functional key bar is extended. There added three new conditions - CtrlShift, AltShift, CtrlAlt. Including for plugins. [+] Ctrl-U removes block in the dialog input lines. [+] There is a possibility to specify a color for command line prompt, that allows to distinguish prompt from the entered command. Default color is the same as command line one. [!] "[x] Copy files opened for writing" - is enabled by default. [+] Ctrl-Shift-X "translates" the selected text in the editor, dialogs and command line on the QWERTY<->ëûôèàì principle. The tables are tuned up, Key combination is redefinable (in addition see TechInfo.txt, examples of key combination assignment - %FAR%\Addons\XLat\Russian\ Apps.reg, AltR.reg, CtrlShiftX.reg). [*] Ctrl-F copies the full file name as it is shown on the panel. [*] Screen Grabber (Alt-Ins): when adding block to clipboard contents (CtrlGray+), <CR> is not inserted to the block end, that is why some fragments do "stick together". Probably it is meaningful to insert <CR> at the beginning of such block. [+] Remembers the current files and cursor position in the panels. It works when "[x] autosave setup" is on. [!] Repeated pressing Ctrl-L|Q|T always turns file panel on. [!] Switching off autodetecting character table, if the table of frequency character distribution is absent and displaying the appropriate message. [+] In viewer/editor/panels the Alt-F5 key will invoke PrintMan plugin (if it is installed), allowing you to print from: - Panel - Current (selected) files; - Editor - Whole file/block; - Viewer - Whole file (if in a Hex mode - prints a dump). If plugin is not installed, then printing works only in panels. [!] If "[ ] Add plugins' prefixes into path" option is on, FAR will add plugin prefix into inserted path in the command line. Viewer ~~~~~~ [*] a full path to the file in the title is displayed. [+] there is a possibility to show/hide functional key bar titles on the Ctrl-B key. [+] New options in the "Viewer settings" dialog: "[ ] Show scrollbar". "[ ] Show scrolling arrows". [+] the scrollbar can be shown/hidden on the Ctrl-S key. [-] fixed a bug in the hex mode, that had led to an appearance of an empty line. [*] the dialog, invoked by Alt-F8 key is extended. Now it allows to enter the values as a percent, hexadecimal, decimal or relative offset: <Number>% - go to percent; 0x<Number>, <Number>h - go to hexadecimal offset; <Number>d - go to decimal offset; specifying of "+" or "-" at the beginning, means to go to relative offset. [+] Unicode files autodetecting (files with two first bytes FF FE or FE FF) [*] there is no error message displayed in the "Quick view" mode, if the file cannot be opened. [-] the maximal string length is increased up to 2048 bytes. [+] new mode is added - Word Wrap - wrap on words. F2: "Unwrap" - "Wrap" Shift-F2 specifies wrap type: "WWrap" - "Wrap" [+] Ctrl-F10 key closes a Viewer, setting cursor on the file that was closed. [-] fixed a bug in the "Quick view" mode when directory description was taken depending on its extension. [*] file names are shown in status bar as " C:\.... my\filename.txt" instead of "...\filename.txt". [!] "Save bookmarks" allows to keep/restore bookmarks of current positions (Ctrl-0.. Ctrl-9). QuickView ~~~~~~~~~ [-] fixed a bug in the "Quick view" panel when invoking a Viewer, after closing of which the console title had disappeared. [-] pressing Gray+, Gray- in the "Quick view" panel will jump to the next or the previous file. Editor ~~~~~~ [*] the dialog, invoked by Alt-F8 key is extended. Format: [+/-]Row[%][,[+/-]Column] Example: 50% - go to the middle of the file; 10,40 - go to the 10 row and 40 column; -15,-20 - go 15 rows back and 20 columns to the left; ,+30 - go 30 columns forth, not changing row number. [+] Ctrl-Alt-Left, Ctrl-Alt-Right now used to select vertical block on the words boundary. [*] status bar is drawn depending on console width. [+] Ctrl-F10 key closes an Editor, setting cursor on the file that was closed. [-] fixed a bug with vertical blocks in files with tabulation characters. [-] fixed a bug with auto indent when indent is filled with a spaces instead of characters from the previous line. [-] fixed a bug in the vertical block selection on more than 1000 columns, that was led to FAR crash. [-] fixed a bug on pressing ^[, ^] that did not remove block selection when persistent blocks is off. [-] fixed a bug when a selection has remained after macro execution in the input line. [!] the replacement speed is significantly increased. [*] file names are shown in status bar as " C:\.... my\filename.txt" instead of "...\filename.txt". [!] "Save current positions" allows to keep/restore bookmarks of current positions (Ctrl-0.. Ctrl-9). [*] after editing and locking file all changes was lost when exiting file. Now the save confirmation dialog will be shown before exit. [!] replace in the editor: - Remembers the previous value for replacement; - If "All" was selected in the replacement dialog, then when Shift-F7 will be pressed, confirmation dialog will be displayed. UserMenu ~~~~~~~~ [*] Shift-F10 key closes user menu at any depth of enclosure. [+] environment variables can be used in the menu items. [-] fixed a bug of unaligned arrows ">". [*] Shift-F2 switches between Local and Main menu: Local - Main menu (FAR directory) - Main menu (registry). [-] the string "executable.exe !.!?ext:?!" now works correctly. [*] the BkSpace key shows user menu from the "root" directory. [+] you may add command separator to user menu. To do this, you must add new menu command, define "-" as "hot key" and leave field "Label" empty. To remove menu separator, you must switch to file mode with ALT+F4 key. Help ~~~~ [-] fixed a bug of cursor positioning in the help system using an End key. [+] color attributes and active links. Copy/Move ~~~~~~~~~ [+] New option in the copy /move dialog: "[ ] Only newer file(s)". If it is set, the files with the same name are copied only if their date and time is greater than the destination has. [+] if the recipient panel is not a plugin panel, the "[ ] Only newer... " is shown. [!] the dynamic buffer of copying of files is beginning with 1è, then grows up. File Attributes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] the Encrypted attribute (NTFS/Win2K) is added. [+] if the volume does not support Compression/Encryption, the appropriate options are not shown. [+] to view/edit directory attributes set "[ ] Process subfolders" option off. [!] the mutually exclusive logic of attributes is added. [*] If the file has attribute Encrypted (NTFS/Win2K), then in 5-th panels mode (Ctrl-5), there will be an 'E' letter instead of 'C' (since Win2K considers Compressed and Encrypted attributes mutually exclusive). [+] For files and directories with Encrypted attribute (NTFS/Win2K) it is possible to specify its own color ("Files highlighting" dialog). Addons ~~~~~~ [+] Additional macros in Addons\Macros. [+] Ukrainian language frequency distribution character table: Addons\Tables\Ukrainian\Dist.Ukr.reg Plugins ~~~~~~~ [+] Processing an F3 key in plugins on "..". [!] Additional/changed plugins (see Plugins\WhatsNew.Rus.txt). Plugin API ~~~~~~~~~~ [!] for more details read the documentation on PlugDoc.rar::WhatsNew.txt [FAR manager development group]