2 A RISC OS-like filer for X
7 Updated Dutch translation (Jasper Huijsmans).
8 Send To menu lists contents of all Send To directories in Choices, not just
13 Added Customise to `Send To' menu.
17 Detached Send To menu from main menu structure. Allows key-binding to open
18 the menu, at least. Main menu now opens quicker (no scanning of Send To dir).
19 Shift+Menu brings up the menu directly.
23 Fixed compiling problem with some versions of libxml (Stephen Watson).
24 Changed a text message in the Options box (about binding keys to menus) into
25 a button which shows the message in an alert box. Maybe people will read the
30 Only use Gtk+ 2.0 if version 1.3.6 or later is installed.
31 Scrolling using a wheel mouse now always goes at the same speed, whatever the
32 display style (requested by aardvark joe).
36 Added 'Send To' menu (Stephen Watson).
38 Bugfix: Renaming a panel icon didn't update the display (reported by Andrew
43 Fixed some minor compilation issues (reported by Jasper Huijsmans and Daniel
48 Added French translation of the manual (Arnaud Calvo).
52 Filer wouldn't compile or run if it was in a directory with spaces in the
53 name (reported by Benjamin Munoz).
57 Added options for default action window settings for Brief, Force and Recurse
59 New default for sort type is Sort By Name (requested by Andreas Dehmel).
60 Bugfix: Clicking on a file with no run action set gave two error boxes.
64 Make Enter in the minibuffer work like Return (requested by Arnaud Calvo).
68 Added some more hints to pinboard and panel windows to comply with the new
69 freedesktop.org window manger spec.
73 New option to set the maximum size the auto-resizer will resize a window to
74 (requested by Andreas Dehmel).
78 When using the Set Run Action box, make the command default to the currently
79 set command (suggested by Arnaud Calvo).
81 12-Jul-2001 (Release 1.1.6)
83 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
87 Renamed 'New File' submenu to 'New' and moved 'New Directory' into it.
91 Use the user's preferred font for item filenames, not the Gtk default
92 (requested by Jim Knoble).
96 Redid text handling on the panel. Now uses nice fonts under Gtk+ 2.0.
100 Don't show tooltips for applets as it causes problems (reported by Stephen
105 Gtk+-2.0: Support for anti-aliased fonts on the pinboard (also word-wraps
106 long names too). Fixed a crash-on-click problem on the root window.
110 More work on Gtk+-2.0 -- seems to be usable now :-)
114 Started work to support Gtk+-2.0.
118 Moved 'relative link' option above the buttons in the Link box (Stephen
120 Bugfix: Rescanning could sometimes make the cursor reappear, causing the
121 display to scroll (reported by Andreas Dehmel).
125 Replaced 'New File...' menu item with a submenu generated from the contents
126 of '<Choices>/Templates' (Stephen Watson).
130 `Xterm here' command can contain arguments (Andras Mohari).
131 Made the menu appear in a sensible place, so it's easy to get to the File
132 submenu (suggested by André Wyrwa).
136 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
137 Added a German translation (André Wyrwa).
141 Added an extra option to control the resizing behaviour. Can be set to resize
142 never, always, or only when the display style changes (requested by Andreas).
144 07-Jun-2001 (Release 1.1.5)
146 Updated Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
150 Unless compiling with mc's libvfs for virtual filesystem support, change the
151 menu structure for use with the newer AVFS system.
152 (http://www.inf.bme.hu/~mszeredi/avfs/) (José Romildo Malaquias).
154 Bug fix: Running the filer with a translation set would make it crash
155 (reported by Dmitry Elfimov).
157 04-Jun-2001 (Release 1.1.4)
159 Added 'Details' toolbar icon. Toggles display between Small Icons with Summary
160 and the default size with no details.
164 Replaced Large/Small toolbar buttons with a single Size button which
165 cycles through Small/Large/Huge (other button to reverse).
169 Added Shift Open, Set Run Action and Set Icon to the pinboard and panel
174 Long leafnames wrap onto multiple lines in Huge mode, like they do for
179 Display tooltips for pinboard and panel icons, where needed.
183 New option to show number of files / size of selected files in the toolbar
188 New options section 'panel' allows icon text to be hidden for all icons, no
189 icons, or just applications (suggested by José Romildo Malaquias).
193 Converted the options window to a tabbed notebook (Denis Manente).
197 Pressing the mouse button down on an icon no longer winks it; only releasing
198 the button to run it does.
199 Added 'Show Info' to panel/pinboard menu.
200 The File Info box grabs the primary selection when a row is selected
201 (allows you to paste email addresses, URLs, etc).
205 Opening a pinboard or panel menu over an icon no longer selects it -- this
206 allows the selection to be passed to an application run using its AppMenu
207 (requested by Christopher Arndt).
211 In Large Icons display style, a file's name may wrap onto a second line.
215 Merged code for handling selections and menus that was common to pinboards
216 and panels into icon.c.
220 When using 'From LANG', extract the language code from the string to get
221 the filename, instead of using the whole string (Andras Mohari).
222 Added support for very old versions of libxml (reported by Lukasz Stelmach
223 and Vincent Lefèvre).
227 Updated French (Vincent Lefevre) and Hungarian (Andras Mohari) translations.
229 07-May-2001 (Release 1.1.3)
231 Updated the documentation.
235 Added 'Huge, With...' display styles. In huge mode, normal icons are scaled
236 up if they're too small.
240 Gtk styles can be overridden in <Choices>/ROX-Filer/Styles (suggested by
242 Pinboards and panels should now work with IceWM without needing -o
244 Allow text messages in the toolbar to go off the side (instead of resizing the
249 Opening the shell minibuffer with a selection adds ' "$@' after the cursor.
250 Without a selection, the name of the file under the cursor is added.
254 Pressing the `\' key opens the menu (suggested by Christopher Arndt). Hold
255 down Ctrl for the File submenu.
259 Added a new 'About' section to AppInfo. Any elements in here are added
260 into the info box. Added a 'Refresh' button to the info box.
261 Added a ROX-Filer/Styles file for default colours (default filer background
266 Rewrote the file info box. Looks a bit nicer, and it's easier to add extra
271 Updated Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
275 AppInfo file may contain a <Summary> element - the text inside will be
276 displayed in a tooltip if the mouse is held over the item in a filer
281 Filer now looks for AppInfo.xml before AppMenu. This is for future
286 Automatic resizing of windows when changing directory is now optional
287 (requested by Paul E. Johnson and Andreas Thorn).
291 The symlink box allows you to choose to create relative or absolute links
292 (suggested by Stephen Watson).
296 Fix some typos and untranslated strings (Andras Mohari).
300 Added a Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
304 Fixed a couple of errors in the man-page (spotted by Damien Couderc).
308 Winking an item in a directory makes it flash twice instead of once (easier
309 to see). Also, creating a new file or directory from the menu winks the new
312 Bugfix: When a directory was rescanned because of a move operation,
313 the `Set Icon...' settings didn't work (reported by Damien
318 New display style 'Huge Icons' to make viewing thumbnails easier.
319 Added a Hungarian translation (Andras Mohari).
320 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
321 Double clicking on a filer window's background resizes the window (Denis
326 If an item's name is truncated, show it in a tooltip when the pointer is
327 held over the item (Denis Manente).
329 30-Mar-2001 (Release 1.1.2)
331 Asking for help on a directory always tries to open <dir>/Help first, even
332 for non-applications.
336 If run without -n, the filer will put itself in the background. Thus,
337 the 'rox' command behaves the same whether or not the filer is already
342 Support for the new version of libxml (reported by Andreas Dehmel).
346 Rewrote parser for options. Smaller and neater (hopefully this will fix
347 the bugs reported by Andreas Dehmel and Ewan Mac Mahon).
349 Bugfix: While scanning, the resizer could make the window too large.
353 Moving the cursor down in the next-to-last row will move to the last
354 item if there is nothing under the cursor (suggested by Graham Borland).
358 When changing directory, only make the window larger (if needed), never
359 smaller (suggested by Diego Zamboni).
363 Changing directory autosizes the window automatically (Denis Manente).
364 Internal changes to the way different layouts are handled.
368 Pressing space (to select/unselect an item) now also moves the cursor to
369 the next item (suggested by Anders Lundmark).
371 Copying directories tries to preserve the timestamps, like it does for
372 files (suggested by José Romildo Malaquias).
376 Added '--mime-type FILE' option, which simply writes the type of FILE to
377 standard output (Stephen Watson).
379 Added 'Home Directory' to Window menu (requested by Graham Borland).
383 Copying a directory which doesn't have user write permission will give it
384 user write during the copy to avoid permission denied errors (suggested by
387 New sort option - 'Directories always come first' (requested by Liav Asseraf).
391 Dragging a lasso box with the middle button toggles the selected state
392 of the items enclosed (Denis Manente).
396 Changing the display style now resizes the window (Denis Manente).
400 New pinboards get a 'Home' icon in the top left corner as new users often
401 think the pinboard isn't working because it starts empty (suggested by
404 Converted AppMenu file format to XML.
405 Added AppMenu file with options to control the pinboard.
409 Highlight invalid Find expressions in red (Anders Lundmark).
413 When resizing windows, try to keep the window fully inside the screen area
418 Updated the Dutch translation (Jan Wagemakers).
422 When mounting a device, the new window appears after mounting, not before.
423 This means that it's more likely to get sized correctly (requested by
428 Added two new options to control when minibuffer completion beeps (requested
433 Added 'New File...' feature (James Kermode).
437 Dropping icons on the pinboard positions them sensibly (Diego Zamboni).
439 09-Feb-2001 (Release 1.1.1)
441 Moving pinboard icons is nicer - it no longer assumes you dragged the middle
442 of the text... (Diego Zamboni).
444 Added a Polish translation (Andrzej Borsuk).
446 Bugfix: Sometimes it wasn't possible to delete something that was on a
447 pinboard or panel, even after confirming (reported by Diego Zamboni).
451 Sliders in the options box can have a numerical value display (Diego Zamboni).
452 Fixed a stray warning message displayed when non-default pinboard options
453 were used (Diego Zamboni).
455 New menu item 'Set Icon...' allows you to choose any icon for any file or
456 directory. Also allow .DirIcon.png to set a directory's icon (Diego Zamboni).
460 Many internal changes to the Options system.
464 Bugfix: On filesystems which aren't case sensitive (eg DOS) it was possible
465 to copy 'tmp' as 'Tmp' and lose it! (reported by Denis Manente)
469 Added Diego Zamboni's patch to make configuring VFS easier.
473 Improved compiling - now correctly reports an error if the file doesn't
474 compile. If configure is missing then autoconf is run automatically.
476 After a Find completes, you are given the option of doing the search again
479 Applications can define a list of menu items to display on their menus
480 (Diego Zamboni). The file should be called 'AppMenu' and contains a list of
481 lines in the form 'option Text'.
485 Added two new pinboard options - one to allow setting the grid step size
486 and one to allow icons to go slightly off the side of the screen (Diego
491 Bugfix: Textured window backgrounds could cause a crash (reported by Diego
496 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
498 Bugfix: The pixbuf stuff didn't work on some displays (reported by Stephen
501 20-Jan-2001 (Release 1.1.0)
503 Removed the 'Initial window height' option. The filer tries to pick a
504 sensible shape itself now.
506 Bugfix: If an image was moved to a directory which didn't generate thumbs
507 then it would display, but never be updated. Even if it wasn't that
508 file at all, just a reused inode!
509 Bugfix: Changing the display style didn't always redraw the display.
510 Bugfix: In 'Small, With...' display mode, clicking beyond the far right
511 column acted like clicking on the far-right column.
515 Changed background colour to be more compatible with the Gtk themes system.
519 Removed all the message window stuff. ROX-Filer no longer grabs standard
520 error from its child processes. Changed because ROX-Session now does a much
525 Filer is more generous in what hostnames it considers local.
526 Patch to include pixbuf headers correctly (Diego Zamboni).
530 Bug fix: Didn't always use the fully qualified host name for DnD.
534 If a file has a known extension then it is given the appropriate type even
535 if the file is executable (Simon Britnell).
539 Added a menu entry 'Resize Window' to set the window to a sensible size
544 Try to open new windows at a sensible size for their contents (Denis Manente).
548 Bugfix: When mounting or unmounting subdirectories of '/', the mount symbol
549 wasn't updated (reported by Wilbert Berendsen).
553 Fixed a couple of memory leaks in the choices system (Diego Zamboni).
554 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
555 Added new 'Create Thumbs' entry on the Display menu which tries to load
556 every file in the directory as an image and use that image for the file
557 (suggested by Sprague and Simon Britnell).
561 Converted to use gdk-pixbuf instead of ImLib.
562 Fixed a few compiler warnings and improved the error message displayed
563 if you try to invoke rox on a missing file (reported by Vincent Lefèvre).
564 Changed the -w, -W and -i flags to the simpler -x=FILE, which reexamines the
565 given file, updating directory views and icons as needed.
569 AppIcon.xpm must be a regular file (stops people trying to crash the
570 filer by symlinking to /dev/...).
571 Fixed a missing translation in the pinboard options (Denis Manente).
575 Attempting to run the filer before compiling will now ask if you want
577 Removed lots of platform-specific mount point code and replaced it with
578 python's portable system.
579 New options section allows you to choose a translation without having to
580 set the LANG variable.
584 Added '-w', '-i' and '-W' command line options for forcing icons or
585 directories to be rescanned (Diego Zamboni).
587 13-Dec-2000 (Release 1.0.0)
589 Made a few updates to the manual.
593 Fixes to make compiling easier on Solaris (Diego Zamboni). Also, after showing
594 a pinboard icon, tries to send it to the back (might help with some WMs).
596 04-Dec-2000 (Release 0.1.30)
598 When a panel is used for the first time, put the user's home directory and
599 the directory containing ROX-Filer on it instead of leaving it blank.
603 Patch to make compiling easier under FreeBSD (Jimmy Olgeni).
604 Added a #include for OSF1 (Vincent Lefevre).
608 Bugfix: On many systems, the filer would fail to remove zombie processes
609 due to a typo (spotted by Philip Hazel and tracked down by Stephen
614 Bugfix: Removing an item from the panel now resizes the panel (reported
615 by Wilbert Berendsen).
616 Bugfix: Editing an icon's path failed to update its hash entry.
620 If a case-sensitve match for an extension can't be found then try a
621 case-insensitive match - so .BMP and similar work (Denis Manente).
625 A few changes to remove some compiler warnings (reported by Vincent Lefevre).
626 Added a VFS menu entry for .deb files (Vincent Ledda).
630 Mounting or unmounting a directory forces mtab to be reread, even if the
631 timestamp hasn't changed (problem reported by Wilbert Berendsen).
633 When the 'Unique windows' option is on, remove the old window AFTER creating
634 the new one, so that the filer doesn't quit because there are zero windows
635 open... (Denis Manente).
639 Updated the Dutch translation (Jan Wagemakers).
643 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
645 Using --version and --help options no longer requires an X server connection,
646 the man-pages are more standard, and 'man ROX-Filer' is allowed as well as
647 'man rox' (Bernard Jungen).
649 Bugfix: A corrupted AppIcon.xpm could crash the filer.
651 24-Oct-2000 (Release 0.1.29)
653 Code tidying: Replaced an XLib call with a gdk one (Denis Manente) and amended
654 the makedist script to remove the .cvsignore files (spotted by Andy
659 Improved the install script so that it installs the man-page. Also made it
660 easier to use. Updated the French translation and fixed a couple of
661 typos (Vincent Lefèvre).
665 Gtk+ doesn't always scroll entry widgets to show the selection - apply a
666 workaround (Denis Manente) - this improves the Copy/Rename/etc boxes.
670 Added a Dutch translation (Jan Wagemakers).
674 Added an Italian translation (Denis Manente).
678 Bugfix: If AppRun was a symlink, then the owner of the file was checked, not
679 the owner of the symlink. Slight security risk, and also prevented
680 users symlinking AppRun to their binaries...
684 Bugfix: Deleting a pinboard icon while it was highlighted caused a crash.
685 This means it is now possible to click on a pinboard icon to change
688 Bugfix: Textured window backgrounds didn't redraw correctly when scrolled
689 or resized. Now flickers when resizing if there's a textured
690 background - seems to be necessary :-(
694 Running as root now simply turns on the -u flag, rather than displaying
697 The toolbar height is now correctly taken into account when sizing a new filer
698 window (Denis Manente).
700 When guessing file types from extensions, the filer now tries to find the
701 longest extension that matches (eg .ps.gz, then .gz).
705 The lasso box is now drawn so that the box will be in the foreground colour
706 over the background, rather than by just inverting the pixel value and hoping
707 it's visible (spotted by Philip Hazel).
711 If the home directory is '/' then don't show it as '~' (suggested by
714 Added '--show=FILE' option - this will be needed by other ROX
715 applications, so it needs to be in version 1.0.0.
717 Bugfix: -d option didn't use realpath before sending to an already-running
722 The 'install.sh' script now uses 'printf' instead of 'echo -e' to suppress
723 newlines (suggested by Bernard Jungen).
725 Bugfix: Close tool was always disabled on startup (reported by Martin Ward).
729 Added a man-page (Andy Piper).
730 Changed `install.sh' from bash to sh (Bernard Jungen).
732 18-Sep-2000 (Release 0.1.28)
734 Bugfix: menu entries on the pinboard menu weren't being shaded and
739 Changed 'Rename Item' to 'Edit Icon' and allowed changing the path that
740 the icon points to as well as its name.
742 All i?86 platforms are treated as being equivalent (so, if you compile
743 on a 386 then it'll still run on a 486).
747 Pinboard icons can also be renamed.
748 Pinboard and panel icons can have '~' or '~/' at the start of their
749 pathnames - this should make it easier to create a system-wide default
750 panel or pinboard with icons relative to the user's home directory.
754 Panel icons can now be renamed (suggested by Ewan Mac Mahon).
758 Changing the toolbar options affects existing windows, not just new ones.
759 Removed the 'Size Bars' display style and replaced it with 'Permissions',
760 'Type' and 'Times' styles.
764 With items that spread over their normal width because they're on the
765 edge of the window, clicking on the extra bit now works.
767 Added a size limit of 400K on application icons. This is to prevent
768 someone trying to crash the filer by linking /tmp/MyApp/AppIcon.xpm
771 Dragging an item with the middle button when none are selected unselects
772 the item after the drag.
774 Added 'Show Location' feature for pinboard and panels - opens a directory
775 showing where the file really is.
779 Allowed items in the far right column to spread right to the edge of the
780 window. Fixed a bug which prevented Delete from working if there was
785 Deleting items first checks if it will affect the pinboard or panel. A
786 warning is displayed if so.
788 Upgraded the query dialog (from ROX-Session) - looks nicer.
792 'Unique filer windows' option now has no effect while the spring open
793 feature is active (spotted by Andrew Booker). Also, when opening a new
794 window, the old window is destroyed and a new one created (rather than
795 reusing the old one). This ensures that the new window appears in the
798 When a drag from the pinboard or a filer window ends, the selection is
799 only cleared if the icon was selected by starting the drag. Thus, it now
800 works like the panels.
804 New Close toolbar button (requested by Martin Ward).
805 Toolbar icons can be turned on and off from the Options box.
806 Removed the 'Mount' menu entry, since 'Shift Open' does it too.
807 Made the Shift Open menu text change depending on what is selected.
808 Bugfix: dragging icons around no longer saved the new pinboard state!
812 Running a second copy of the filer as another user will start a new copy
813 instead of reusing the existing one. Added the '-u' option to display the
814 name of the user running the filer in each window (also suppresses the
815 normal don't-run-as-root warning).
817 Added '-d', which opens a directory as a directory, even if it looks like
822 Added Large and Small toolbar buttons. Right-clicking brings up a menu.
826 Moved 'Set Run Action' to the file menu (suggested by Ewan Mac Mahon), and
827 made using it bring up a dialog rather than a minibuffer. Hopefully it is now
830 Added much improved icons for executables and for applications without icons
831 of their own (Victor Liu See-le).
833 Allow '/' on the pinboard and panel (text wasn't displayed - spotted by
836 Bugfix: auto-scrolling didn't always stop when a drag ended.
837 Bugfix: creating a panel with the same name as a file in the current
838 directory caused an error due to a throwback from when panels were
839 directories (spotted by Ewan Mac Mahon).
841 30-Aug-2000 (Release 0.1.27)
843 Increased the distance you have to move the pointer to start a drag
844 slightly. Updated the manual.
846 Panel icons can now be moved from one side to the other by simply moving
847 over the gap in the middle. Previously, you had to jump over an icon on
850 Left and right panels look better now. Also, they shrink if you add a top
851 or bottom panel to make room.
855 Dragging on the panel background allows you to slide the bar back and
860 Fixed a slight bug with lasso boxes, which could cause them to be drawn in
861 the wrong place. Install script no longer overwrites the default run
862 actions; if the user has changed them leave them alone!
863 (Martin Ward noted that symlinking to an executable would cause the
864 executable to be destroyed on upgrade!)
868 More improvements to the event handling. Seems to be working again at
870 Made the toolbar buttons slightly larger, and added a textual display
871 for 'Next Click' mode (eg 'Delete ... ?' when it's waiting for you to
873 Moved the pinboard over to the new mouse binding code too.
877 Started rewriting the event handling for filer windows to go through
878 the new code in bind.c, like the panel handling does.
882 You can now drag icons from the panel to other applications.
886 Dragging panel icons with the middle button allows you to move them around.
888 New option to set the default height for new filer windows (patch from
893 Selecting panel icons now grabs the primary selection. Pasting pastes all
894 selected file path names. Icons can now be added to either side of the panel.
896 Bug fix: Moving a file didn't always update the source directory.
900 Many improvements to the panel - drag and drop to icons, adding new icons,
901 selections (doesn't grab the primary selection yet though), removing icons
902 and automatically saving the panel when it's changed.
906 Improved reference counting on images (hopefully!). Lots of work on
907 rewriting the panel system.
911 Made the timeout for the spring-open feature configurable (requested by
914 Use short form of --version in install.sh and don't use unsetenv() if it
915 isn't available (Mattias Engdegård).
919 New options to set the pinboard text foreground and background colours
920 (suggested by James Kermode).
924 Your home directory is now displayed as '~' in the title bar, rather
927 01-Aug-2000 (Release 0.1.26)
929 Added a popup menu of commonly used chmod strings to the Permissions
930 box. Bracketed text and spaces are now ignored in the commands.
931 Bug fix: Only menu keys changed since the last load were saved!
935 Bug fix: Mount points on the pinboard didn't always redraw when the
936 mounted/unmounted state changed.
940 Renaming now uses the action windows. This means that you can now
941 rename something onto another filesystem.
945 The menu key bindings are now only saved if they actually changed.
947 Code tidying: Moved some typedefs to the new `global.h' file and
948 thus removed the dependencies between header files :-)
952 Tab and Shift-Tab move to next and previous selected item.
956 The new display styles can now be saved as the defaults (bug spotted by
959 When autoscrolling is used, prevent the last-highlighted directory
960 from springing open. 'spring open' now defaults to off.
962 The toolbar Up and Home buttons can act as drop targets (and spring open
965 Options to set the pinboard text background style (suggested by James
970 Added an option to control the spring-loading feature. Added tooltips
971 to some of the options. Improved the rule for deciding whether to open
972 a new window when you click on the toolbar buttons.
974 Stopped the spring-open window moving while it's open (prevents a bug
975 in GTK+ from causing problems). Please use GTK+ 1.2.8 or later now!
977 Dragging near the edge of a window scrolls. Improved the lasso box drag
978 to use the same system (so it scrolls without you having to move the
983 Added 'spring-loaded' directories. If you drag a file over a directory and
984 hold it there, the directory will spring open! (suggested by Barney
989 In the path entry minibuffer, an exact match is favoured over any other
990 match. So, if you enter '.xsession' and press Return you'll get it, not
991 '.xsession-errors' or whatever!
993 The filer now clears APP_DIR from the environment so that child processes
994 don't get it. Fixed a bug which caused problems when using a small version
995 of the 'missing image' image.
999 Creating a new directory now makes sure the display is updated.
1001 18-Jul-2000 (Release 0.1.25)
1003 Prevent dragging from a pinboard selection to itself, or onto the desktop
1008 Clicking on the root window works (button-1 clears the selection,
1009 button-3 opens the pinboard menu). The pinboard can own the primary
1010 selection, which means that you can select something and then paste
1011 its name into another program.
1013 Keys bound to menu entries are automatically saved when the filer quits.
1017 Changed the install script so that the CVS directories don't get installed.
1019 The 'rox' script now just calls AppRun directly.
1020 Panels can be created without starting a new copy of the filer.
1021 The pinboard can be changed or removed by using --pinboard a second time.
1023 Files can be given as arguments - they are opened as if they were clicked
1024 on in a filer window (suggested by Alex Holden). If no arguments are
1025 given then the default is now the current directory (not your home
1028 If you start the leafname in the path minibuffer with '.' then the Show
1029 Hidden feature is temporarily turned on.
1033 Ctrl-clicking selects and unselects pinboard icons. Menu clicking
1034 selects the icon clicked on while the menu is open. Pinned icons are
1035 now updated when the pointer moves over them, if necessary.
1039 Menu-clicking on a pinboard icon now brings up a menu.
1040 Clicks on the root window are still ignored though; need to support
1041 the GNOME-compliant window manager system for passing root clicks on...
1045 Files can now be dragged to pinboard icons, and they highlight nicely too!
1046 If the --override option is used, the filer will bypass the window manager
1047 and position the icons directly.
1051 Pinboard icons can now be dragged to filer windows or applications, just
1056 Changed the DnD code to make it easier for the pinboard code to use it.
1057 Up and Home buttons on the toolbar now use the 'New window on button 1'
1058 option setting (suggested by Vincent Lefèvre).
1062 Pinboard can have mount points and symlinks on it.
1066 Dragging with the Menu button moves icons around. Clicking with the
1067 other button removes icons from the pinboard.
1071 Dragging files to the pinboard adds them to it and automatically saves
1076 Pinboard is now loaded from a file specified on the command line.
1080 'Home' now appears on the background if you run it with --pinboard.
1081 Clicking opens your home directory. Doesn't do much else.
1082 Fixed a bug which prevented the minibuffer label from appearing on
1083 some versions of GTK+.
1087 First steps towards pinboard support (requested by P.S.S.Camp and
1092 Changed the Display menu layout - now there are four basic types (Large or
1093 Small, with or without details) and the type of detail desired is chosen
1094 from a sub-sub-menu.
1096 Added a new display style - bars showing the sizes of the files. The bars are
1097 drawn on a log scale.
1101 Changed the display menu - you can now choose large or small icons, with or
1102 without details. The details displayed can also be changed. I'm not quite
1103 happy with the UI yet though...
1105 Split the filer.c source file into two (filer.c and display.c) since it was
1106 becoming rather unwieldy. This means that some of the option names have
1107 changed because they've moved to a new section in the options window...
1111 Fixed a problem where ImLib support failed on multi-depth displays (reported
1112 by Stephen Harrison).
1114 06-Jun-2000 (Release 0.1.24)
1116 Added the install.sh script for easier installation.
1117 Removed 'MIME-info' file from ROX-Filer - now we always assume that the
1118 standard types are in Choices.
1119 Fixed a bug which could cause 'top' panels to appear in the wrong place
1121 Changed the sort order for Sort By Type so that directories come before
1122 files (suggested by Chris Garrett).
1123 `Single-click navigation' and 'Ignore case when sorting' now both default
1128 Improved the theme support to allow tiled background images.
1129 Fixed a bug which prevented tilde expansion from working in the
1130 shell command minibuffer.
1134 Made the help button look a bit nicer and changed the Find and Permissions
1135 action windows to use the icon instead of a text button.
1136 Removed the 3D borders from the help and toolbar buttons when not selected
1137 (looks much better!). Setting a run action by dragging to a symlink now
1138 dereferences the link (suggested by Ewan Mac Mahon).
1140 Default search path for Choices is now:
1141 ~/Choices:/usr/local/share/Choices:/usr/share/Choices
1143 Fixed (possibly) a bug which sometimes causes the redraw to miss bits. This
1144 probably slows everything down, but the next Gtk+ release should do double
1145 buffering so all this will get changed then...
1149 Added a Help icon to the toolbar, which does the same as choosing `Show
1150 ROX-Filer Help' from the menu.
1154 Started adding some code to truncate long filenames (not finished yet).
1155 Fixed a bug which could cause directories to appear empty when using VFS.
1156 Added the 'Select If' minibuffer, which selects all files matching the
1161 Moved most of the icons from pixmaps to MIME-icons (outside ROX-Filer).
1162 Updated several of the remaining icons by copying them from the GNOME
1163 desktop (suggested by Volker Braun).
1166 16-May-2000 (Release 0.1.23)
1168 Added the `Window->Set Run Action' menu item. This allows you to specify the
1169 default run action for a file by simply dragging the file into a program.
1170 You can also enter a shell command in the minibuffer to make that command
1172 The cursor is a bit nicer and usually appears where you want it to now. You
1173 can also get rid of it by pressing Escape.
1177 Applied Bernard's patch (a couple of cosmetic changes to the action windows).
1178 Applied Vincent's patch (minor updates to the Frech translation).
1179 Fixed a problem with the pixmap caching - the filer would detect that the
1180 file had changed and try to reload it, but ImLib would simply return its
1185 Removed a debugging message that had somehow got into the release version :-(
1186 Fixed a bug in the minibuffer code - pressing Return when the cursor was in
1187 an empty directory caused odd effects.
1189 24-Apr-2000 (Release 0.1.22)
1191 When starting, the filer will check to see if it is already running.
1192 If it is then the arguments are passed to that copy.
1196 Bug fix: Attempting to open a Find preview window could cause a crash
1197 if the directory containing the item could not be opened.
1198 Button-3 clicking on the toolbar icons opens a new window.
1203 Added Vincent Lefevre's French translation. Changed to using my own
1204 gettext function because some platforms don't have it or implement
1207 18-Apr-2000 (Release 0.1.21)
1209 Completed marking translatable strings. Dragging with the middle button
1214 Made lots of changes to the way menus are stored; this makes i18n of the
1219 Added GNU gettext support.
1220 Shell meta-characters in shell commands are escaped.
1224 Tab in the shell commands minibuffer does shell-style completion.
1226 14-Apr-2000 (Release 0.1.20)
1228 ImLib is used for rendering if possible. Small Icons super-samples the
1233 Copying from inside a VFS directory now works.
1237 Added the Shell Command feature to the minibuffer.
1238 Fixed a bug which causes unnecessary flickering when a hidden file was
1240 Removed 'Touch' from the menu; easy enough from the minibuffer now.
1241 Changed the type guessing system - scans all files in MIME-info directories
1246 Added a nice list displaying the found files. Clicking opens a preview window
1247 onto the directory and winks the file.
1251 Merged the MIME-Type and Special fields in the info window into a single
1252 Type field (since only one could be used at a time anyway).
1253 Made lots of changes to the panel menu. You can now remove things much more
1255 Unstat()able files now display the error message in the Full Info display,
1256 instead of random values.
1257 Check for copying a directory onto itself, as well as into itself.
1259 Applied Bernard's patch:
1260 - Copy (menu entry) now works with action window.
1261 - Deleted/moved directory displays are automatically hidden.
1262 - Added option not to allow run/copy when object
1263 dragged to filer (not panels) icons. Some people like
1264 it the RISC OS way...
1265 - Full info alignment of App objects and owner/group
1266 alignment corrected.
1267 - Info window: added special info for symlinks, apps
1272 Added support for mc's Virtual File System.
1276 New Window appears greyed out if Unique Windows is selected.
1277 Added 'Permissions' (chmod) feature.
1281 Added Bernard Jungen's patch:
1282 - Dates are displayed in a more RISC OS like format.
1283 - (Scanning) is shown in the titlebar during scans.
1284 - Option to only display one window per directory.
1285 - User and group names displayed in the Full Info view.
1286 - Open Parent in the root does nothing.
1287 - Errors in options are only reported once.
1288 - File does chdir() if -b isn't possible (prevents getting the full path
1289 in the file(1) says... box).
1292 Before the Changes file
1293 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1294 The following people added code before I started keeping this log:
1296 Jens Askengren GNOME-style toolbar
1297 Bernard Jungen lots of patches all over the place!
1298 Christiansen Merel initial support for ImLib
1299 Chris Sawer leafname field in the Info box
1300 Simon Truss support for mount points on NetBSD