2 A RISC OS-like filer for X
7 Internal changes to the options system. See text at start of options.c.
11 Changed 'Ignore case' option to 'Intelligent sorting'. A non-ASCII sort now
12 handles numbers in a sensible way, so that 'file10' comes after 'file9', etc
14 Fix possible type conversion problem in charset conversion code
15 (reported by Serban Udrea).
16 Allow xml:lang attribute in AppInfo files so give translations; see
17 ROX-Filer/AppInfo.xml for an example (suggested by Wilbert Berendsen).
21 Try to compile against Gtk+-2.0 first, and only fallback to 1.2 if it's not
23 In an Infobox, strip trailing newlines from file's output as Gtk+-2.0
25 Scroll in whole items with Gtk+-1.2, plus better cursor alignment (Bernard
28 17-Feb-2002 (Release 1.2.0)
32 13-Feb-2002 (Release 1.1.14)
34 Pressing Escape in a dialog box now closes the box.
38 Fix compile problem if iconv.h is missing and allow CPPFLAGS settings to
39 be used in Makefile (Jim Knoble).
40 Undo 'double clicking unselects' change (requested by Andreas).
44 Updated Spanish translation (Marcelo Ramos).
45 Updated French manual translation (Arnaud Calvo).
47 08-Feb-2002 (Release 1.1.13)
49 Use fixed font in minibuffer.
53 Updated French manual translation (Arnaud Calvo).
54 Updated Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
58 When dragging a lasso box around items, limit the allowed overlap (the
59 space you can drag over the edge of the next item without selecting it)
60 so that very wide items (eg, those with details) are easier to select
61 (requested by Andras Mohari).
65 Updated Italian translation (Denis Manente).
69 Updated German translation (André Wyrwa).
70 Updated Spanish translation (Marcelo Ramos).
74 Updated to version 0.5 of the thumbnails standard. You should rename
75 '~/.thumbnails/96x96' to '~/.thumbnails/normal' to avoid having to recreate
80 Do UTF-8 conversions for globicons and file groups, as we now do for pinboards
81 and panels (reported by Arnaud Calvo).
85 Updated Hungarian translation (Andras Mohari).
86 Double-clicking an item always clears the selection, removed extra newline
87 from man-page and fixed a misplaced #endif (Bernard Jungen).
91 Updated Dutch translation (Wilbert Berendsen).
92 Updated to Gtk+-1.3.13 (action window scrolling now works).
96 OK and Cancel buttons in savebox can no longer be focussed. Fixes problem
97 where opening a savebox put the focus on the last used button instead of
98 the entry (reported by Karol Krenski).
99 Added instructions for Window Maker pinboard icons to the manual
101 Resizer now allows space for the 'Running as ...' message (reported by
106 If conversion to 'ISO8859-1' doesn't work, try 'iso-8859-1' and 'UTF-8' instead
107 of giving a warning (reported by Gregory Spath).
109 24-Jan-2002 (Release 1.1.12)
111 Updated Hungarian translation (Andras Mohari).
115 Only check for thumbnails in the thumbnail scanning code, not when loading
116 any image (saves time).
117 Assume pathnames and labels for pinboards and panels are in the local charset
118 for Gtk+-1.2, and in UTF-8 for Gtk+-2.0.
119 When using 'Shell Command...' from the menu with an item selected by opening
120 the menu, the item now remains selected when you enter the command.
122 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
123 Updated Dutch translation (Wilbert Berendsen).
127 _ROX_PANEL_MENU_POS property is now set on each GtkSocket window, rather than
128 the panel, so that applets can find it more easiliy (requested by Stephen
130 Only use Gtk+-2.0 if '--compile --with-gtk2' is used.
131 Loading a thumbnail now stores the details when loading started, not
133 Bugfix: Under Gtk+-2.0, the savebox focussed the OK button rather than the
138 Changing the permission on a file failed to update the display (reported by
139 Karol Krenski). Also made other updates more efficient.
140 Allow COMPOUND_TEXT selection type (same as STRING for now), as gnome-terminal
141 has stopped accepting STRING.
145 Added a configure check for iconv.h.
146 Use double instead of long for file sizes in find.c (Bernard Jungen).
150 Thumbnails code failed to update images when they changed (reported by
155 Use 'ISO8859-1' instead of 'iso-8859-1' and fallback to strdup if charset
156 conversion fails (Stephen Watson).
158 Deleting a symlink to a pinboard or panel icon showed a warning, even though
159 there was no danger, because it followed the symlink. Trying to copy a symlink
160 inside the directory it pointed to failed for the same reason.
164 Big changes to internationalisation for pinboards and panels to fix problems
165 with incompatible character sets (reported by Arnaud Calvo).
166 When creating thumbnails, create to a temporary file and rename in case another
167 program tries to write the save thumbnail at the same time.
168 As a special case, running with just '-v' doesn't call gtk_init, allowing
169 installing without an X server (requested by Michael Duelli).
173 Converter for old-format config files now stops if the file looks like
174 XML (probably from a failed conversion).
175 Allow '~' in globicons file.
176 Bugfix: When using spring-opening or following symlinks, trying to open
177 a non-existant directory could cause a crash.
178 Bugfix: The pinboard would highlight to accept any type of drop (not just
183 Fixed some compile problems on Solaris (Andreas Dehmel).
184 Clicking an unscanned item now scans it (instead of reporting an error).
185 Dialog boxes in Gtk+-2.0 now set a default button.
186 Number keys on the keypad couldn't be used for groups (reported by Arnaud
191 Updated Spanish translation (Marcelo Ramos).
192 Updated the French manual translation (Arnaud Calvo and Vincent Lefèvre).
196 Converted French manual to DocBook (Arnaud Calvo).
197 Fixed some compiler warnings (Vincent Lefèvre).
199 09-Jan-2002 (Release-1.1.11)
201 Mark action windows as dialogs (requested by Daniel Pittman).
202 Reset the background colour when drawing, as the Xenophilia keeps changing
203 it (reported by Wilbert Berendsen).
207 Changed == to = in make-mo script (Vincent Lefèvre).
208 Added -lm to libpng linker flags (reported by Stephen Watson).
209 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
213 Bugfix: Closing a filer window with a tooltip removes the tip now (before, the
214 tooltip could get stuck on the screen).
218 Bugfix: Options box didn't work unless options had already been saved
219 (reported by Iain Stevenson).
223 Stopped unnecessary redrawing of the display (when sorting an already-sorted
225 Thumbnails can now also be saved using Gtk+-1.2, if libpng is available
230 Fixed compile problem (reported by Vincent Lefèvre).
231 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
235 Added _ROX_PANEL_MENU_POS property on panel windows to help applets position
236 their menus correctly.
237 Bugfix: 'From LANG' translation setting had stopped working (reported by
242 Saved pinboards and panels are now stored in an XML format. Old files should
243 be converted automatically. Icon names may now contain the < and > characters
244 (requested by Bernard Jungen).
248 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
249 Updated Polish translation (Krzysztof Krzy¿aniak).
253 Updated Spanish translation (Marcelo Ramos).
257 When changing directory, make more effort to wink or select the appropriate
260 29-Dec-2001 (Release 1.1.10)
262 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
263 Bugfix: Using Shift to open the Send To menu without a selected file stopped
264 the toggle menu items from working!
268 With Gtk+-2.0, the effective permissions are now underlined (like they are
270 Put all the flags in the options box on one line, along with the Quiet button
276 Reorganised the Options box somewhat.
277 Bugfix: Closing a window while creating thumbnails caused a crash.
281 Icons are dragged from their corners again (requested by Liav Asseraf).
282 Unknown SOAP methods now get a SOAP Fault response. Updated SOAP namespaces.
283 Renamed '.DirIcon.png' to just '.DirIcon'.
284 In action windows, standard error from moving, copying and mounting operations
285 is captured and displayed, giving a more useful message (Stephen Watson).
286 Support for Gtk+-1.3.12.
290 Updated Polish translation (Krzysztof Krzy¿aniak).
294 File groups are now saved (automatically).
295 The old 'AppMenu' file is no longer checked for (use AppInfo.xml instead).
299 Added Version SOAP RPC.
300 With Gtk+-2.0 UTF-8 converstion, the filer now converts from the charset
301 specified in the translation (was always using iso-8859-1).
305 If thumbnailing is cancelled, it can be resumed later. Hiding thumbnails
306 stops any scan in progress automatically. Added 'All' and 'Thumbs' status
311 New 'Show image thumnails' option to set this as the default (requested by
313 Got details working again with Gtk+-1.2 (spotted by Kristian Rink).
317 New thumbnail system. 'Create Thumbs' is now 'Show Thumbnails' and can
318 be turned on and off. Thumbnails are loaded in the background, and a progress
319 bar is displayed in the filer window.
320 Replaced old Gtk+-1.2.x text widget in action windows with new one.
324 Improved error reporting.
325 Improved sizing code when details are on.
329 Updated to new version 0.4 of the thumbnails standard.
330 Added 'Quiet' check box to action windows. Quiet button now turns on
331 check box and does 'Yes'.
335 Gtk+-2.0 uses UTF-8 for strings. Translation files are now converted to
336 UTF-8 as they are loaded.
337 Added a missing #ifdef for the regex code (Couderc Damien).
338 All file leafnames now use AA fonts with Gtk+-2.0 (details are still
343 Closing a window with a keypress caused warnings to appear (reported by
345 Updated Spanish translation (Marcelo Ramos).
346 New 'Single click nagivation on the pinboard' option (requested by
348 Fix for compiling problem on NetBSD (Eric Gillespie, Jr.).
350 Internal changes to options system:
351 - Options can be used as soon as they are registered (not just once the
352 filer is fully initialised).
353 - New widget types can be registered in a modular fashion.
355 13-Dec-2001 (Release 1.1.9)
357 More fixes for panel resizing (reported by Stephen Watson).
358 Target mode, dragging an unselected item, and auto-selecting an item when
359 opening the menu now all work without grabbing the primary selection.
360 Finished new scanning code (image == NULL is now OK everywhere).
364 Clicking on an item which is selected, but not part of the primary selection,
365 now reclaims the selection.
366 Removed default minibuffer option for now.
367 The dash forms in Find tests can be combined, eg '-rwx'.
372 Additional window hints - pinboard and panels refuse focus and pinboard
373 icons are marked as desktop features (requested by Laurent Moussault).
374 Thumbnails are now stored using an md5 hash of their names.
375 Pinboard icons can be repositioned by dragging with the left mouse button
376 (middle button drag stopped working with sawfish, and this is easier anyway).
380 New scanning system: blank items are added to the window first and then the
381 icons and types get filled in later. Looks better and simplifies the sizing
383 Code tidying in various places.
387 Bugfix: Filer would quit if only Info boxes were open.
388 Bugfix: Pinboard and panel windows didn't get the correct hints set under
393 Many internal changes to Collection widget for Gtk+-2.0. Should be more
394 efficient now, and easier to get aa fonts working...
398 Fixed Gtk+-2.0 wheel mouse support.
399 In the Info box, 'File says...' was reporting on the program used to
400 edit the file, not the file itself!
401 For glib-2.0, use the new spawn function and report errors nicely.
405 Updated Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
406 Thumbnail information in the PNG image is now namespaced to 'Thumb'
407 (recommended by Jens Finke).
408 FileType SOAP RPC return format has been updated to the latest version
409 of the SOAP working draft.
410 Added Large File Support: files over 4Gb now have their sizes detected
411 correctly (Stephen Watson). Note: this disables libvfs support.
412 New option to have the minibuffer open by default on new windows
417 When resizing the collection, only ensure the cursor is still visible if
418 it was in the displayed area before.
420 When closing the Enter Path minibuffer, keep Show Hidden on if the cursor is
423 When using --show with a hidden file, turn on Show Hidden. Also, delay the
424 winking effect until the window actually appears.
428 Support for new thumbnails spec; thumbnails are saved inside ~/.thumbnails
429 so they redisplay quickly next time the filer is loaded (requested by
430 Kristian A. Rink and others).
432 Bugfix: Toggling the section with a middle button drag could lose the primary
433 selection (Andras Mohari).
437 Use gtk_set_locale instead of setlocale (Andras Mohari).
441 Added 'Invert Selection' (Stephen Watson; suggested by Andras Mohari).
445 Added a new root window property (_ROX_FILER_EUID_HOST) which points to
446 the SOAP IPC window for a particular hostname and user ID. This makes it
447 easier for other programs to talk to the filer.
451 Added new SOAP methods Copy, Move, Link, Mount and FileType (Stephen Watson).
455 Moved 'Select All', 'Clear Selection' and 'Select If...' to a new 'Select'
457 The filer now closes stdin when it starts. This is to prevent child
458 processes, such as auto-mounters, from trying to read a password from
459 the console (Olivier Fourdan).
463 Manpage is now generated automatically from DocBook source.
464 Short forms for many find expressions, such as -d for IsDir (suggested by
469 More Gtk+-1.3.11 support, including use of the new message dialog.
470 When the filer loses the primary selection, display the selected items
471 shaded, but don't unselect them (Andras Mohari).
475 Updated to Gtk+-1.3.11.
479 Show the current run action for a file in the Info box (Stephen Watson).
483 If a panel applet quits then it is removed from the panel, instead of being
484 replaced by a Restart button.
488 With Gtk+-2.0 and the 'Unique windows' option on, reshow the existing window
489 instead of destroying it and creating a new one (suggested by Greg Spath).
493 Changes to the French translation (Thierry Godefroy and Vincent Lefevre).
497 Code tidying in menu.c (Bernard Jungen).
501 Opening a filer window from the Set Icon dialog turns thumbnails display
502 on (suggested by Francesco Bochicchio).
503 Right-clicking the Help toolbar button reuses the same window.
507 Made some strings easier to translate, fixed a problem with translating a blank
508 string, and changed the details toolbar button to leave the size alone (Andras
510 Improved key handling (key presses were sometimes ignored).
511 Bugfix: A very long and narrow icon could make the filer try to scale to a
512 width or height of zero (Andras Mohari).
516 Allow current directory and selection to be stored with Ctrl+[0-9] and
517 retrieved by pressing [0-9] (suggested by Jakub Turski). The groups are not
522 Don't use re_set_syntax() on systems that don't have it (reported by
524 In action windows, the a long filename no longer makes the window get wider
525 (requested by Graham Borland).
526 Added 'Types' section to the Options window, allowing easy(ish) access
527 to the MIME-info files, plus a reload button, and icons for MIME-types can
528 be set from the 'Set Icon...' box (Stephen Watson).
532 Added a menu to the 'Set Icon...' box which shows all directories currently
533 used for icons (Francesco Bochicchio).
534 Fix small error in German translation (Christopher Arndt).
535 Bugfix: 'New Directory' didn't correctly select the leafname with Gtk+-2.0.
539 Added Spanish translation (Marcelo Ramos).
540 Applied Bernard Jungen's latest patch:
541 - Disk usage forgot to count special files like pipes, etc.
542 - Page up/down scrolls a window full at a time instead of 10 items.
543 - Don't get icons from the cache if thumbnail mode is off anymore.
544 - modechange.c: deleted useless stuff and fixed octal parsing to detect
545 *all* illegal values (eg 010000000000000).
546 - Added 'Show/hide hidden files' toolbar button.
547 - Lots of code tidying.
552 Holding the pointer over a symlink shows the target in a tooltip
553 (Stephen Watson; suggested by Arnaud Calvo).
557 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
559 30-Oct-2001 (Release 1.1.8)
561 Updated to support Gtk+-1.3.10.
565 Slightly better positioning of filenames and details (Bernard Jungen).
566 When resizing, only add space for an extra row in Small Icons mode.
570 Make the Set Run Action box command box have the "$1" already filled in
571 (suggested by Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson).
575 Set the WM_CLASS for saveboxes, so that window managers can treat them
576 specially, if required (Andrew Flegg).
580 Changed internal format used to send to requests to SOAP, and added --RPC
581 option to access it directly.
585 Open new windows at the mouse position (suggested by Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson).
586 Bugfix: If file doesn't accept the '-b' option then examining a file in
587 the root directory didn't work (Stephen Watson).
591 Use --version instead of 'which' to test for programs as not everyone has
592 which (suggested by Vincent Lefevre).
593 Bugfix: When setting an icon for a file with a space in the name, the
594 setting wasn't saved correctly (spotted by Arnaud Calvo and Jakub
595 Turski). The 'globicons' file should be converted automatically
596 when the filer is run.
600 Added support for the regex field in MIME-info. This allows files to be
601 matched with patterns, not just on their extensions. For example, '.gtkrc'
602 is now typed 'x-gtkrc' despite having no extension (Stephen Watson and
607 Allow AppIcon.xpm and .DirIcon.png to be symlinks (Bernard Jungen).
611 When running on a remote machine, display the remote host's name in the
612 title bar (Stephen Watson).
616 New option to control whether a middle button drag moves the files or
618 Allow submenus in AppInfo.xml file (Stephen Watson).
622 Now supports Gtk+-1.3.9, but not earlier developer releases.
626 Disk Usage can cope with larger sizes, and reports the number of files and
627 directories counted; new Show Hidden and Inherit Options options; new -D
628 option to close directories; and changes to formatting of file sizes
633 Updated Hungarian translation (Andras Mohari).
634 Improved the filename colouring code so that colours are only allocated
635 if needed (Andras Mohari) and fixed a colourmap problem (Stephen Watson).
636 Bugfix: When sorting while winking an item, the filer would sometimes scroll
637 to the wrong place (Andras Mohari).
638 Bugfix: If all the selected files were deleted, then trying to paste the
639 selection caused a crash (Fabien Coutant).
643 Colour files by type (Andras Mohari).
647 Added -p to mkdir in install scripts to create any missing parent
648 directories (Michel Alexandre Salim).
652 Dragging files with the middle button (or Button1+Alt) brings up a menu
653 of possible actions (Taras).
654 New option to control size of icons in `New' and `Send To' menus (Stephen
656 Bugfix: Pinboard icons didn't draw correctly if their windows got resized
657 (reported by Michel Alexandre Salim).
661 Window positions can be saved and restored by a session manager (Anders
666 Fixed an untranslated string (Andras Mohari).
670 The style for pinboard and panel icon text can be set (requested by Greg
673 widget "*.pinboard-icon" style "..."
674 widget "*.panel-icon.*" style "..."
678 Bugfix: Entering a blank expression in the 'Select If' minibuffer displayed
679 a (harmless) warning message (reported by Vincent Lefèvre).
681 03-Sep-2001 (Release 1.1.7)
683 Added an option to control whether extensions take precedence over the
684 executable bit of a file (requested by MJ Ray).
685 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre and Arnaud Calvo).
686 Disabled the UTF-8 conversion (doesn't work on older versions of Gtk).
690 The options controlling when windows resize work again.
694 Better guessing of window size for display styles with details.
698 The 'src/po/dist' script now converts all text to UTF-8.
702 Fixed some problems with the configure.in script and autoconf 2.50 (Richard
707 Updated Dutch translation (Jasper Huijsmans).
708 Send To menu lists contents of all Send To directories in Choices, not just
710 Fixed another XML compiling problem (Stephen Watson).
714 Added Customise to `Send To' menu.
718 Detached Send To menu from main menu structure. Allows key-binding to open
719 the menu, at least. Main menu now opens quicker (no scanning of Send To dir).
720 Shift+Menu brings up the menu directly.
724 Fixed compiling problem with some versions of libxml (Stephen Watson).
725 Changed a text message in the Options box (about binding keys to menus) into
726 a button which shows the message in an alert box. Maybe people will read the
731 Only use Gtk+ 2.0 if version 1.3.6 or later is installed.
732 Scrolling using a wheel mouse now always goes at the same speed, whatever the
733 display style (requested by aardvark joe).
737 Added 'Send To' menu (Stephen Watson).
739 Bugfix: Renaming a panel icon didn't update the display (reported by Andrew
744 Fixed some minor compilation issues (reported by Jasper Huijsmans and Daniel
749 Added French translation of the manual (Arnaud Calvo).
753 Filer wouldn't compile or run if it was in a directory with spaces in the
754 name (reported by Benjamin Munoz).
758 Added options for default action window settings for Brief, Force and Recurse
760 New default for sort type is Sort By Name (requested by Andreas Dehmel).
761 Bugfix: Clicking on a file with no run action set gave two error boxes.
765 Make Enter in the minibuffer work like Return (requested by Arnaud Calvo).
769 Added some more hints to pinboard and panel windows to comply with the new
770 freedesktop.org window manger spec.
774 New option to set the maximum size the auto-resizer will resize a window to
775 (requested by Andreas Dehmel).
779 When using the Set Run Action box, make the command default to the currently
780 set command (suggested by Arnaud Calvo).
782 12-Jul-2001 (Release 1.1.6)
784 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
788 Renamed 'New File' submenu to 'New' and moved 'New Directory' into it.
792 Use the user's preferred font for item filenames, not the Gtk default
793 (requested by Jim Knoble).
797 Redid text handling on the panel. Now uses nice fonts under Gtk+ 2.0.
801 Don't show tooltips for applets as it causes problems (reported by Stephen
806 Gtk+-2.0: Support for anti-aliased fonts on the pinboard (also word-wraps
807 long names too). Fixed a crash-on-click problem on the root window.
811 More work on Gtk+-2.0 -- seems to be usable now :-)
815 Started work to support Gtk+-2.0.
819 Moved 'relative link' option above the buttons in the Link box (Stephen
821 Bugfix: Rescanning could sometimes make the cursor reappear, causing the
822 display to scroll (reported by Andreas Dehmel).
826 Replaced 'New File...' menu item with a submenu generated from the contents
827 of '<Choices>/Templates' (Stephen Watson).
831 `Xterm here' command can contain arguments (Andras Mohari).
832 Made the menu appear in a sensible place, so it's easy to get to the File
833 submenu (suggested by André Wyrwa).
837 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
838 Added a German translation (André Wyrwa).
842 Added an extra option to control the resizing behaviour. Can be set to resize
843 never, always, or only when the display style changes (requested by Andreas).
845 07-Jun-2001 (Release 1.1.5)
847 Updated Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
851 Unless compiling with mc's libvfs for virtual filesystem support, change the
852 menu structure for use with the newer AVFS system.
853 (http://www.inf.bme.hu/~mszeredi/avfs/) (José Romildo Malaquias).
855 Bug fix: Running the filer with a translation set would make it crash
856 (reported by Dmitry Elfimov).
858 04-Jun-2001 (Release 1.1.4)
860 Added 'Details' toolbar icon. Toggles display between Small Icons with Summary
861 and the default size with no details.
865 Replaced Large/Small toolbar buttons with a single Size button which
866 cycles through Small/Large/Huge (other button to reverse).
870 Added Shift Open, Set Run Action and Set Icon to the pinboard and panel
875 Long leafnames wrap onto multiple lines in Huge mode, like they do for
880 Display tooltips for pinboard and panel icons, where needed.
884 New option to show number of files / size of selected files in the toolbar
889 New options section 'panel' allows icon text to be hidden for all icons, no
890 icons, or just applications (suggested by José Romildo Malaquias).
894 Converted the options window to a tabbed notebook (Denis Manente).
898 Pressing the mouse button down on an icon no longer winks it; only releasing
899 the button to run it does.
900 Added 'Show Info' to panel/pinboard menu.
901 The File Info box grabs the primary selection when a row is selected
902 (allows you to paste email addresses, URLs, etc).
906 Opening a pinboard or panel menu over an icon no longer selects it -- this
907 allows the selection to be passed to an application run using its AppMenu
908 (requested by Christopher Arndt).
912 In Large Icons display style, a file's name may wrap onto a second line.
916 Merged code for handling selections and menus that was common to pinboards
917 and panels into icon.c.
921 When using 'From LANG', extract the language code from the string to get
922 the filename, instead of using the whole string (Andras Mohari).
923 Added support for very old versions of libxml (reported by Lukasz Stelmach
924 and Vincent Lefèvre).
928 Updated French (Vincent Lefevre) and Hungarian (Andras Mohari) translations.
930 07-May-2001 (Release 1.1.3)
932 Updated the documentation.
936 Added 'Huge, With...' display styles. In huge mode, normal icons are scaled
937 up if they're too small.
941 Gtk styles can be overridden in <Choices>/ROX-Filer/Styles (suggested by
943 Pinboards and panels should now work with IceWM without needing -o
945 Allow text messages in the toolbar to go off the side (instead of resizing the
950 Opening the shell minibuffer with a selection adds ' "$@' after the cursor.
951 Without a selection, the name of the file under the cursor is added.
955 Pressing the `\' key opens the menu (suggested by Christopher Arndt). Hold
956 down Ctrl for the File submenu.
960 Added a new 'About' section to AppInfo. Any elements in here are added
961 into the info box. Added a 'Refresh' button to the info box.
962 Added a ROX-Filer/Styles file for default colours (default filer background
967 Rewrote the file info box. Looks a bit nicer, and it's easier to add extra
972 Updated Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
976 AppInfo file may contain a <Summary> element - the text inside will be
977 displayed in a tooltip if the mouse is held over the item in a filer
982 Filer now looks for AppInfo.xml before AppMenu. This is for future
987 Automatic resizing of windows when changing directory is now optional
988 (requested by Paul E. Johnson and Andreas Thorn).
992 The symlink box allows you to choose to create relative or absolute links
993 (suggested by Stephen Watson).
997 Fix some typos and untranslated strings (Andras Mohari).
1001 Added a Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
1005 Fixed a couple of errors in the man-page (spotted by Damien Couderc).
1009 Winking an item in a directory makes it flash twice instead of once (easier
1010 to see). Also, creating a new file or directory from the menu winks the new
1013 Bugfix: When a directory was rescanned because of a move operation,
1014 the `Set Icon...' settings didn't work (reported by Damien
1019 New display style 'Huge Icons' to make viewing thumbnails easier.
1020 Added a Hungarian translation (Andras Mohari).
1021 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
1022 Double clicking on a filer window's background resizes the window (Denis
1027 If an item's name is truncated, show it in a tooltip when the pointer is
1028 held over the item (Denis Manente).
1030 30-Mar-2001 (Release 1.1.2)
1032 Asking for help on a directory always tries to open <dir>/Help first, even
1033 for non-applications.
1037 If run without -n, the filer will put itself in the background. Thus,
1038 the 'rox' command behaves the same whether or not the filer is already
1043 Support for the new version of libxml (reported by Andreas Dehmel).
1047 Rewrote parser for options. Smaller and neater (hopefully this will fix
1048 the bugs reported by Andreas Dehmel and Ewan Mac Mahon).
1050 Bugfix: While scanning, the resizer could make the window too large.
1054 Moving the cursor down in the next-to-last row will move to the last
1055 item if there is nothing under the cursor (suggested by Graham Borland).
1059 When changing directory, only make the window larger (if needed), never
1060 smaller (suggested by Diego Zamboni).
1064 Changing directory autosizes the window automatically (Denis Manente).
1065 Internal changes to the way different layouts are handled.
1069 Pressing space (to select/unselect an item) now also moves the cursor to
1070 the next item (suggested by Anders Lundmark).
1072 Copying directories tries to preserve the timestamps, like it does for
1073 files (suggested by José Romildo Malaquias).
1077 Added '--mime-type FILE' option, which simply writes the type of FILE to
1078 standard output (Stephen Watson).
1080 Added 'Home Directory' to Window menu (requested by Graham Borland).
1084 Copying a directory which doesn't have user write permission will give it
1085 user write during the copy to avoid permission denied errors (suggested by
1088 New sort option - 'Directories always come first' (requested by Liav Asseraf).
1092 Dragging a lasso box with the middle button toggles the selected state
1093 of the items enclosed (Denis Manente).
1097 Changing the display style now resizes the window (Denis Manente).
1101 New pinboards get a 'Home' icon in the top left corner as new users often
1102 think the pinboard isn't working because it starts empty (suggested by
1105 Converted AppMenu file format to XML.
1106 Added AppMenu file with options to control the pinboard.
1110 Highlight invalid Find expressions in red (Anders Lundmark).
1114 When resizing windows, try to keep the window fully inside the screen area
1119 Updated the Dutch translation (Jan Wagemakers).
1123 When mounting a device, the new window appears after mounting, not before.
1124 This means that it's more likely to get sized correctly (requested by
1129 Added two new options to control when minibuffer completion beeps (requested
1134 Added 'New File...' feature (James Kermode).
1138 Dropping icons on the pinboard positions them sensibly (Diego Zamboni).
1140 09-Feb-2001 (Release 1.1.1)
1142 Moving pinboard icons is nicer - it no longer assumes you dragged the middle
1143 of the text... (Diego Zamboni).
1145 Added a Polish translation (Andrzej Borsuk).
1147 Bugfix: Sometimes it wasn't possible to delete something that was on a
1148 pinboard or panel, even after confirming (reported by Diego Zamboni).
1152 Sliders in the options box can have a numerical value display (Diego Zamboni).
1153 Fixed a stray warning message displayed when non-default pinboard options
1154 were used (Diego Zamboni).
1156 New menu item 'Set Icon...' allows you to choose any icon for any file or
1157 directory. Also allow .DirIcon.png to set a directory's icon (Diego Zamboni).
1161 Many internal changes to the Options system.
1165 Bugfix: On filesystems which aren't case sensitive (eg DOS) it was possible
1166 to copy 'tmp' as 'Tmp' and lose it! (reported by Denis Manente)
1170 Added Diego Zamboni's patch to make configuring VFS easier.
1174 Improved compiling - now correctly reports an error if the file doesn't
1175 compile. If configure is missing then autoconf is run automatically.
1177 After a Find completes, you are given the option of doing the search again
1180 Applications can define a list of menu items to display on their menus
1181 (Diego Zamboni). The file should be called 'AppMenu' and contains a list of
1182 lines in the form 'option Text'.
1186 Added two new pinboard options - one to allow setting the grid step size
1187 and one to allow icons to go slightly off the side of the screen (Diego
1192 Bugfix: Textured window backgrounds could cause a crash (reported by Diego
1197 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
1199 Bugfix: The pixbuf stuff didn't work on some displays (reported by Stephen
1202 20-Jan-2001 (Release 1.1.0)
1204 Removed the 'Initial window height' option. The filer tries to pick a
1205 sensible shape itself now.
1207 Bugfix: If an image was moved to a directory which didn't generate thumbs
1208 then it would display, but never be updated. Even if it wasn't that
1209 file at all, just a reused inode!
1210 Bugfix: Changing the display style didn't always redraw the display.
1211 Bugfix: In 'Small, With...' display mode, clicking beyond the far right
1212 column acted like clicking on the far-right column.
1216 Changed background colour to be more compatible with the Gtk themes system.
1220 Removed all the message window stuff. ROX-Filer no longer grabs standard
1221 error from its child processes. Changed because ROX-Session now does a much
1226 Filer is more generous in what hostnames it considers local.
1227 Patch to include pixbuf headers correctly (Diego Zamboni).
1231 Bug fix: Didn't always use the fully qualified host name for DnD.
1235 If a file has a known extension then it is given the appropriate type even
1236 if the file is executable (Simon Britnell).
1240 Added a menu entry 'Resize Window' to set the window to a sensible size
1245 Try to open new windows at a sensible size for their contents (Denis Manente).
1249 Bugfix: When mounting or unmounting subdirectories of '/', the mount symbol
1250 wasn't updated (reported by Wilbert Berendsen).
1254 Fixed a couple of memory leaks in the choices system (Diego Zamboni).
1255 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
1256 Added new 'Create Thumbs' entry on the Display menu which tries to load
1257 every file in the directory as an image and use that image for the file
1258 (suggested by Sprague and Simon Britnell).
1262 Converted to use gdk-pixbuf instead of ImLib.
1263 Fixed a few compiler warnings and improved the error message displayed
1264 if you try to invoke rox on a missing file (reported by Vincent Lefèvre).
1265 Changed the -w, -W and -i flags to the simpler -x=FILE, which reexamines the
1266 given file, updating directory views and icons as needed.
1270 AppIcon.xpm must be a regular file (stops people trying to crash the
1271 filer by symlinking to /dev/...).
1272 Fixed a missing translation in the pinboard options (Denis Manente).
1276 Attempting to run the filer before compiling will now ask if you want
1278 Removed lots of platform-specific mount point code and replaced it with
1279 python's portable system.
1280 New options section allows you to choose a translation without having to
1281 set the LANG variable.
1285 Added '-w', '-i' and '-W' command line options for forcing icons or
1286 directories to be rescanned (Diego Zamboni).
1288 13-Dec-2000 (Release 1.0.0)
1290 Made a few updates to the manual.
1294 Fixes to make compiling easier on Solaris (Diego Zamboni). Also, after showing
1295 a pinboard icon, tries to send it to the back (might help with some WMs).
1297 04-Dec-2000 (Release 0.1.30)
1299 When a panel is used for the first time, put the user's home directory and
1300 the directory containing ROX-Filer on it instead of leaving it blank.
1304 Patch to make compiling easier under FreeBSD (Jimmy Olgeni).
1305 Added a #include for OSF1 (Vincent Lefevre).
1309 Bugfix: On many systems, the filer would fail to remove zombie processes
1310 due to a typo (spotted by Philip Hazel and tracked down by Stephen
1315 Bugfix: Removing an item from the panel now resizes the panel (reported
1316 by Wilbert Berendsen).
1317 Bugfix: Editing an icon's path failed to update its hash entry.
1321 If a case-sensitve match for an extension can't be found then try a
1322 case-insensitive match - so .BMP and similar work (Denis Manente).
1326 A few changes to remove some compiler warnings (reported by Vincent Lefevre).
1327 Added a VFS menu entry for .deb files (Vincent Ledda).
1331 Mounting or unmounting a directory forces mtab to be reread, even if the
1332 timestamp hasn't changed (problem reported by Wilbert Berendsen).
1334 When the 'Unique windows' option is on, remove the old window AFTER creating
1335 the new one, so that the filer doesn't quit because there are zero windows
1336 open... (Denis Manente).
1340 Updated the Dutch translation (Jan Wagemakers).
1344 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
1346 Using --version and --help options no longer requires an X server connection,
1347 the man-pages are more standard, and 'man ROX-Filer' is allowed as well as
1348 'man rox' (Bernard Jungen).
1350 Bugfix: A corrupted AppIcon.xpm could crash the filer.
1352 24-Oct-2000 (Release 0.1.29)
1354 Code tidying: Replaced an XLib call with a gdk one (Denis Manente) and amended
1355 the makedist script to remove the .cvsignore files (spotted by Andy
1360 Improved the install script so that it installs the man-page. Also made it
1361 easier to use. Updated the French translation and fixed a couple of
1362 typos (Vincent Lefèvre).
1366 Gtk+ doesn't always scroll entry widgets to show the selection - apply a
1367 workaround (Denis Manente) - this improves the Copy/Rename/etc boxes.
1371 Added a Dutch translation (Jan Wagemakers).
1375 Added an Italian translation (Denis Manente).
1379 Bugfix: If AppRun was a symlink, then the owner of the file was checked, not
1380 the owner of the symlink. Slight security risk, and also prevented
1381 users symlinking AppRun to their binaries...
1385 Bugfix: Deleting a pinboard icon while it was highlighted caused a crash.
1386 This means it is now possible to click on a pinboard icon to change
1387 between pinboards...
1389 Bugfix: Textured window backgrounds didn't redraw correctly when scrolled
1390 or resized. Now flickers when resizing if there's a textured
1391 background - seems to be necessary :-(
1395 Running as root now simply turns on the -u flag, rather than displaying
1398 The toolbar height is now correctly taken into account when sizing a new filer
1399 window (Denis Manente).
1401 When guessing file types from extensions, the filer now tries to find the
1402 longest extension that matches (eg .ps.gz, then .gz).
1406 The lasso box is now drawn so that the box will be in the foreground colour
1407 over the background, rather than by just inverting the pixel value and hoping
1408 it's visible (spotted by Philip Hazel).
1412 If the home directory is '/' then don't show it as '~' (suggested by
1415 Added '--show=FILE' option - this will be needed by other ROX
1416 applications, so it needs to be in version 1.0.0.
1418 Bugfix: -d option didn't use realpath before sending to an already-running
1423 The 'install.sh' script now uses 'printf' instead of 'echo -e' to suppress
1424 newlines (suggested by Bernard Jungen).
1426 Bugfix: Close tool was always disabled on startup (reported by Martin Ward).
1430 Added a man-page (Andy Piper).
1431 Changed `install.sh' from bash to sh (Bernard Jungen).
1433 18-Sep-2000 (Release 0.1.28)
1435 Bugfix: menu entries on the pinboard menu weren't being shaded and
1440 Changed 'Rename Item' to 'Edit Icon' and allowed changing the path that
1441 the icon points to as well as its name.
1443 All i?86 platforms are treated as being equivalent (so, if you compile
1444 on a 386 then it'll still run on a 486).
1448 Pinboard icons can also be renamed.
1449 Pinboard and panel icons can have '~' or '~/' at the start of their
1450 pathnames - this should make it easier to create a system-wide default
1451 panel or pinboard with icons relative to the user's home directory.
1455 Panel icons can now be renamed (suggested by Ewan Mac Mahon).
1459 Changing the toolbar options affects existing windows, not just new ones.
1460 Removed the 'Size Bars' display style and replaced it with 'Permissions',
1461 'Type' and 'Times' styles.
1465 With items that spread over their normal width because they're on the
1466 edge of the window, clicking on the extra bit now works.
1468 Added a size limit of 400K on application icons. This is to prevent
1469 someone trying to crash the filer by linking /tmp/MyApp/AppIcon.xpm
1472 Dragging an item with the middle button when none are selected unselects
1473 the item after the drag.
1475 Added 'Show Location' feature for pinboard and panels - opens a directory
1476 showing where the file really is.
1480 Allowed items in the far right column to spread right to the edge of the
1481 window. Fixed a bug which prevented Delete from working if there was
1486 Deleting items first checks if it will affect the pinboard or panel. A
1487 warning is displayed if so.
1489 Upgraded the query dialog (from ROX-Session) - looks nicer.
1493 'Unique filer windows' option now has no effect while the spring open
1494 feature is active (spotted by Andrew Booker). Also, when opening a new
1495 window, the old window is destroyed and a new one created (rather than
1496 reusing the old one). This ensures that the new window appears in the
1499 When a drag from the pinboard or a filer window ends, the selection is
1500 only cleared if the icon was selected by starting the drag. Thus, it now
1501 works like the panels.
1505 New Close toolbar button (requested by Martin Ward).
1506 Toolbar icons can be turned on and off from the Options box.
1507 Removed the 'Mount' menu entry, since 'Shift Open' does it too.
1508 Made the Shift Open menu text change depending on what is selected.
1509 Bugfix: dragging icons around no longer saved the new pinboard state!
1513 Running a second copy of the filer as another user will start a new copy
1514 instead of reusing the existing one. Added the '-u' option to display the
1515 name of the user running the filer in each window (also suppresses the
1516 normal don't-run-as-root warning).
1518 Added '-d', which opens a directory as a directory, even if it looks like
1523 Added Large and Small toolbar buttons. Right-clicking brings up a menu.
1527 Moved 'Set Run Action' to the file menu (suggested by Ewan Mac Mahon), and
1528 made using it bring up a dialog rather than a minibuffer. Hopefully it is now
1531 Added much improved icons for executables and for applications without icons
1532 of their own (Victor Liu See-le).
1534 Allow '/' on the pinboard and panel (text wasn't displayed - spotted by
1537 Bugfix: auto-scrolling didn't always stop when a drag ended.
1538 Bugfix: creating a panel with the same name as a file in the current
1539 directory caused an error due to a throwback from when panels were
1540 directories (spotted by Ewan Mac Mahon).
1542 30-Aug-2000 (Release 0.1.27)
1544 Increased the distance you have to move the pointer to start a drag
1545 slightly. Updated the manual.
1547 Panel icons can now be moved from one side to the other by simply moving
1548 over the gap in the middle. Previously, you had to jump over an icon on
1551 Left and right panels look better now. Also, they shrink if you add a top
1552 or bottom panel to make room.
1556 Dragging on the panel background allows you to slide the bar back and
1561 Fixed a slight bug with lasso boxes, which could cause them to be drawn in
1562 the wrong place. Install script no longer overwrites the default run
1563 actions; if the user has changed them leave them alone!
1564 (Martin Ward noted that symlinking to an executable would cause the
1565 executable to be destroyed on upgrade!)
1569 More improvements to the event handling. Seems to be working again at
1571 Made the toolbar buttons slightly larger, and added a textual display
1572 for 'Next Click' mode (eg 'Delete ... ?' when it's waiting for you to
1574 Moved the pinboard over to the new mouse binding code too.
1578 Started rewriting the event handling for filer windows to go through
1579 the new code in bind.c, like the panel handling does.
1583 You can now drag icons from the panel to other applications.
1587 Dragging panel icons with the middle button allows you to move them around.
1589 New option to set the default height for new filer windows (patch from
1594 Selecting panel icons now grabs the primary selection. Pasting pastes all
1595 selected file path names. Icons can now be added to either side of the panel.
1597 Bug fix: Moving a file didn't always update the source directory.
1601 Many improvements to the panel - drag and drop to icons, adding new icons,
1602 selections (doesn't grab the primary selection yet though), removing icons
1603 and automatically saving the panel when it's changed.
1607 Improved reference counting on images (hopefully!). Lots of work on
1608 rewriting the panel system.
1612 Made the timeout for the spring-open feature configurable (requested by
1615 Use short form of --version in install.sh and don't use unsetenv() if it
1616 isn't available (Mattias Engdegård).
1620 New options to set the pinboard text foreground and background colours
1621 (suggested by James Kermode).
1625 Your home directory is now displayed as '~' in the title bar, rather
1626 than as a full path.
1628 01-Aug-2000 (Release 0.1.26)
1630 Added a popup menu of commonly used chmod strings to the Permissions
1631 box. Bracketed text and spaces are now ignored in the commands.
1632 Bug fix: Only menu keys changed since the last load were saved!
1636 Bug fix: Mount points on the pinboard didn't always redraw when the
1637 mounted/unmounted state changed.
1641 Renaming now uses the action windows. This means that you can now
1642 rename something onto another filesystem.
1646 The menu key bindings are now only saved if they actually changed.
1648 Code tidying: Moved some typedefs to the new `global.h' file and
1649 thus removed the dependencies between header files :-)
1653 Tab and Shift-Tab move to next and previous selected item.
1657 The new display styles can now be saved as the defaults (bug spotted by
1660 When autoscrolling is used, prevent the last-highlighted directory
1661 from springing open. 'spring open' now defaults to off.
1663 The toolbar Up and Home buttons can act as drop targets (and spring open
1666 Options to set the pinboard text background style (suggested by James
1671 Added an option to control the spring-loading feature. Added tooltips
1672 to some of the options. Improved the rule for deciding whether to open
1673 a new window when you click on the toolbar buttons.
1675 Stopped the spring-open window moving while it's open (prevents a bug
1676 in GTK+ from causing problems). Please use GTK+ 1.2.8 or later now!
1678 Dragging near the edge of a window scrolls. Improved the lasso box drag
1679 to use the same system (so it scrolls without you having to move the
1684 Added 'spring-loaded' directories. If you drag a file over a directory and
1685 hold it there, the directory will spring open! (suggested by Barney
1690 In the path entry minibuffer, an exact match is favoured over any other
1691 match. So, if you enter '.xsession' and press Return you'll get it, not
1692 '.xsession-errors' or whatever!
1694 The filer now clears APP_DIR from the environment so that child processes
1695 don't get it. Fixed a bug which caused problems when using a small version
1696 of the 'missing image' image.
1700 Creating a new directory now makes sure the display is updated.
1702 18-Jul-2000 (Release 0.1.25)
1704 Prevent dragging from a pinboard selection to itself, or onto the desktop
1709 Clicking on the root window works (button-1 clears the selection,
1710 button-3 opens the pinboard menu). The pinboard can own the primary
1711 selection, which means that you can select something and then paste
1712 its name into another program.
1714 Keys bound to menu entries are automatically saved when the filer quits.
1718 Changed the install script so that the CVS directories don't get installed.
1720 The 'rox' script now just calls AppRun directly.
1721 Panels can be created without starting a new copy of the filer.
1722 The pinboard can be changed or removed by using --pinboard a second time.
1724 Files can be given as arguments - they are opened as if they were clicked
1725 on in a filer window (suggested by Alex Holden). If no arguments are
1726 given then the default is now the current directory (not your home
1729 If you start the leafname in the path minibuffer with '.' then the Show
1730 Hidden feature is temporarily turned on.
1734 Ctrl-clicking selects and unselects pinboard icons. Menu clicking
1735 selects the icon clicked on while the menu is open. Pinned icons are
1736 now updated when the pointer moves over them, if necessary.
1740 Menu-clicking on a pinboard icon now brings up a menu.
1741 Clicks on the root window are still ignored though; need to support
1742 the GNOME-compliant window manager system for passing root clicks on...
1746 Files can now be dragged to pinboard icons, and they highlight nicely too!
1747 If the --override option is used, the filer will bypass the window manager
1748 and position the icons directly.
1752 Pinboard icons can now be dragged to filer windows or applications, just
1757 Changed the DnD code to make it easier for the pinboard code to use it.
1758 Up and Home buttons on the toolbar now use the 'New window on button 1'
1759 option setting (suggested by Vincent Lefèvre).
1763 Pinboard can have mount points and symlinks on it.
1767 Dragging with the Menu button moves icons around. Clicking with the
1768 other button removes icons from the pinboard.
1772 Dragging files to the pinboard adds them to it and automatically saves
1777 Pinboard is now loaded from a file specified on the command line.
1781 'Home' now appears on the background if you run it with --pinboard.
1782 Clicking opens your home directory. Doesn't do much else.
1783 Fixed a bug which prevented the minibuffer label from appearing on
1784 some versions of GTK+.
1788 First steps towards pinboard support (requested by P.S.S.Camp and
1793 Changed the Display menu layout - now there are four basic types (Large or
1794 Small, with or without details) and the type of detail desired is chosen
1795 from a sub-sub-menu.
1797 Added a new display style - bars showing the sizes of the files. The bars are
1798 drawn on a log scale.
1802 Changed the display menu - you can now choose large or small icons, with or
1803 without details. The details displayed can also be changed. I'm not quite
1804 happy with the UI yet though...
1806 Split the filer.c source file into two (filer.c and display.c) since it was
1807 becoming rather unwieldy. This means that some of the option names have
1808 changed because they've moved to a new section in the options window...
1812 Fixed a problem where ImLib support failed on multi-depth displays (reported
1813 by Stephen Harrison).
1815 06-Jun-2000 (Release 0.1.24)
1817 Added the install.sh script for easier installation.
1818 Removed 'MIME-info' file from ROX-Filer - now we always assume that the
1819 standard types are in Choices.
1820 Fixed a bug which could cause 'top' panels to appear in the wrong place
1822 Changed the sort order for Sort By Type so that directories come before
1823 files (suggested by Chris Garrett).
1824 `Single-click navigation' and 'Ignore case when sorting' now both default
1829 Improved the theme support to allow tiled background images.
1830 Fixed a bug which prevented tilde expansion from working in the
1831 shell command minibuffer.
1835 Made the help button look a bit nicer and changed the Find and Permissions
1836 action windows to use the icon instead of a text button.
1837 Removed the 3D borders from the help and toolbar buttons when not selected
1838 (looks much better!). Setting a run action by dragging to a symlink now
1839 dereferences the link (suggested by Ewan Mac Mahon).
1841 Default search path for Choices is now:
1842 ~/Choices:/usr/local/share/Choices:/usr/share/Choices
1844 Fixed (possibly) a bug which sometimes causes the redraw to miss bits. This
1845 probably slows everything down, but the next Gtk+ release should do double
1846 buffering so all this will get changed then...
1850 Added a Help icon to the toolbar, which does the same as choosing `Show
1851 ROX-Filer Help' from the menu.
1855 Started adding some code to truncate long filenames (not finished yet).
1856 Fixed a bug which could cause directories to appear empty when using VFS.
1857 Added the 'Select If' minibuffer, which selects all files matching the
1862 Moved most of the icons from pixmaps to MIME-icons (outside ROX-Filer).
1863 Updated several of the remaining icons by copying them from the GNOME
1864 desktop (suggested by Volker Braun).
1867 16-May-2000 (Release 0.1.23)
1869 Added the `Window->Set Run Action' menu item. This allows you to specify the
1870 default run action for a file by simply dragging the file into a program.
1871 You can also enter a shell command in the minibuffer to make that command
1873 The cursor is a bit nicer and usually appears where you want it to now. You
1874 can also get rid of it by pressing Escape.
1878 Applied Bernard's patch (a couple of cosmetic changes to the action windows).
1879 Applied Vincent's patch (minor updates to the Frech translation).
1880 Fixed a problem with the pixmap caching - the filer would detect that the
1881 file had changed and try to reload it, but ImLib would simply return its
1886 Removed a debugging message that had somehow got into the release version :-(
1887 Fixed a bug in the minibuffer code - pressing Return when the cursor was in
1888 an empty directory caused odd effects.
1890 24-Apr-2000 (Release 0.1.22)
1892 When starting, the filer will check to see if it is already running.
1893 If it is then the arguments are passed to that copy.
1897 Bug fix: Attempting to open a Find preview window could cause a crash
1898 if the directory containing the item could not be opened.
1899 Button-3 clicking on the toolbar icons opens a new window.
1904 Added Vincent Lefevre's French translation. Changed to using my own
1905 gettext function because some platforms don't have it or implement
1908 18-Apr-2000 (Release 0.1.21)
1910 Completed marking translatable strings. Dragging with the middle button
1915 Made lots of changes to the way menus are stored; this makes i18n of the
1920 Added GNU gettext support.
1921 Shell meta-characters in shell commands are escaped.
1925 Tab in the shell commands minibuffer does shell-style completion.
1927 14-Apr-2000 (Release 0.1.20)
1929 ImLib is used for rendering if possible. Small Icons super-samples the
1934 Copying from inside a VFS directory now works.
1938 Added the Shell Command feature to the minibuffer.
1939 Fixed a bug which causes unnecessary flickering when a hidden file was
1941 Removed 'Touch' from the menu; easy enough from the minibuffer now.
1942 Changed the type guessing system - scans all files in MIME-info directories
1947 Added a nice list displaying the found files. Clicking opens a preview window
1948 onto the directory and winks the file.
1952 Merged the MIME-Type and Special fields in the info window into a single
1953 Type field (since only one could be used at a time anyway).
1954 Made lots of changes to the panel menu. You can now remove things much more
1956 Unstat()able files now display the error message in the Full Info display,
1957 instead of random values.
1958 Check for copying a directory onto itself, as well as into itself.
1960 Applied Bernard's patch:
1961 - Copy (menu entry) now works with action window.
1962 - Deleted/moved directory displays are automatically hidden.
1963 - Added option not to allow run/copy when object
1964 dragged to filer (not panels) icons. Some people like
1965 it the RISC OS way...
1966 - Full info alignment of App objects and owner/group
1967 alignment corrected.
1968 - Info window: added special info for symlinks, apps
1973 Added support for mc's Virtual File System.
1977 New Window appears greyed out if Unique Windows is selected.
1978 Added 'Permissions' (chmod) feature.
1982 Added Bernard Jungen's patch:
1983 - Dates are displayed in a more RISC OS like format.
1984 - (Scanning) is shown in the titlebar during scans.
1985 - Option to only display one window per directory.
1986 - User and group names displayed in the Full Info view.
1987 - Open Parent in the root does nothing.
1988 - Errors in options are only reported once.
1989 - File does chdir() if -b isn't possible (prevents getting the full path
1990 in the file(1) says... box).
1993 Before the Changes file
1994 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1995 The following people added code before I started keeping this log:
1997 Jens Askengren GNOME-style toolbar
1998 Bernard Jungen lots of patches all over the place!
1999 Christiansen Merel initial support for ImLib
2000 Chris Sawer leafname field in the Info box
2001 Simon Truss support for mount points on NetBSD