MacWorld 1999 August/Macworld (1999-08).dmg/Shareware World/Utilities/Disk & File/Odd Jobs 1.3/Odd Jobs/Odd Jobs.rsrc/STR#_1020.txt

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It should have been numbered 0.5.  :-)

The first beta version was 0.8 (released 11th May 1998).



• Lots of other minor changes, plus a few bug fixes.

• Split General prefs into Dropped Files/Folders and Global Settings.

• Fixed bugs when processing file/folder names containing nulls.

   Use the new Color item in the Edit menu to change colors.

• File/folder/alias names are displayed using different colors.

• Added Remove Fat Code job (used by Delete 68K Code joblet).

• Changes to file types/creators/line endings are now Undoable.

   See the Pattern Matching item in the Help menu.

   just extensions.  You can also use patterns for type/creator codes.

• Jobs can now match file names using grep-like patterns rather than

   This should not be necessary in future versions!

   so version 0.9 will reset all prefs to their default values.

   Joblets required major changes to the structure of the prefs file,

   The Joblets folder contains a number of useful examples.

   of predetermined tasks.  This makes Odd Jobs much easier to use.

• Files/folders can now be dropped onto joblets to carry out a variety



@BChanges in version 0.9 (released 11th June 1998)



• Minor cosmetic changes.

• Elapsed time is shown at end of jobs.

• Jobs are faster when processing disks, especially Find Duplicates.

• Odd Jobs window supports double clicking.

   problems like infinite recursion which were difficult to prevent.

• Removed "Process aliases" option.  Too dangerous; could cause nasty

   such as open it, select it, undo a change, delete it, etc.

   pop-up menu that lets you perform various tasks on the selected item

• You can now click on a displayed file/folder/alias name and get a



@BChanges in version 1.0 (released 22nd June 1998)



• Lots of cosmetic changes, plus a few trivial bug fixes.

• Alias names are italicized.

• Deleted files/folders are indicated by a red line through their name.

   nothing will be deleted if the folder contains a locked or open file).

• A clicked folder can be deleted, along with everything inside it (but

   shows a lot more information, and it lets you change attributes.

• The pop-up menu that appears after clicking on a file/folder name

   to view/change the joblet's description.

• When editing a joblet's preferences you can click on the joblet icon

   supplied; all help text is now stored in the application.

   be accessed from the Preferences dialog.  The Help folder is no longer

   results in the Odd Jobs window won't be lost.  The Help menu can also

• Help menu information is displayed in a separate dialog box so that

• Added Trial Undo to the Edit menu; it shows what Undo would do.

   processed as if it was dropped onto Odd Jobs.

• Added Drop File/Folder to the File menu.  The selected file/folder is

   appears in the output.

   showing original items for aliases; instead "DISK NOT MOUNTED"

• Display Info no longer brings up a "Please insert disk" dialog when

   by a single digit (0 to 7) instead of three binary digits (how dumb!).

   when entering attribute patterns).  And labels are now represented

• Attribute characters now appear in alphabetical order (convenient

   allows folder attributes and dates to be shown.

   The new Show Essential joblet uses this feature.  Display Info also

• Display Info can select files/folders based on matching attributes.

   You can also use the new Sort Names item in the Edit menu.

   Most of the supplied joblets now use this very handy feature.

• A new option in Global Settings can automatically sort file/folder names.

• A new option in Dropped Files/Folders can save the output in a log file.

   If you paid for Odd Jobs 1.0 you're also registered for Googolator.

   a new app called Googolator; see <http://www.kagi.com/akt/googol.html>.

• Removed the Calculator job (it was too odd for Odd Jobs!).  It's become

   It can also move files/folders to the Trash.

• Added the Change Location job to relocate selected files/folders.

   See the new joblets Delete Res Fork and Delete 4bit Icons.

• Added the Delete Resources job to delete selected resources from files.

   The new Unlock Files joblet provides a simple example.

• Added the Change Attributes job to change file/folder attributes.

• Jobs that use simple patterns now process dropped disks much faster.

   to match file names that end in .ps or .eps or .epsf.

   For example, the Send PS joblet now uses the pattern *.(ps|eps(|f))

• Pattern matching has been extended to allow grouping and alternatives.

   Jobs menu and make many other simplifications.

• System 7 or later is now required.  This allowed me to remove the



@BChanges in version 1.1 (released 18th August 1998)



• More info is displayed at the start of each job.

   you can now double click on a joblet while the Help window is open.

• The Help and Prefs windows are much more modeless.  For example,



@BChanges in version 1.2 (released 26th August 1998)



• Added the OzTeX DVI joblet (contributed by Bill Lampe).

• Fixed a nasty bug caused by file names starting with ".".



@BChanges in version 1.3 (released 19th May 1999)