5 -------------------------
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7 - 7-Zip now uses progress indicator displayed on a taskbar button under Windows 7.
\r
8 - The BUG in 7-Zip 9.21 beta was fixed:
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9 7-Zip could ignore some options when you created ZIP archives.
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10 For example, it could use ZipCrypto cipher instead of AES-256.
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13 9.21 beta 2011-04-11
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14 -------------------------
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15 - 7-Zip now can unpack UEFI BIOS files.
\r
16 - 64-bit version of 7-Zip now includes additional 32-bit shell extension DLL.
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17 So other 32-bit programs can call 64-bit 7-Zip via context menu.
\r
18 - Now it's possible to associate 7-Zip with file types without Administrator rights.
\r
19 - New -mf=FilterID switch to specify compression filter. Examples:
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20 7z a -mf=bcj2 a.7z a.tar
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21 7z a -mf=delta:4 a.7z a.wav
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22 7z a -mf=bcj a.tar.xz a.tar
\r
23 - 32-bit 7-Zip running under 64-bit Windows now can use up to 4 GB of RAM.
\r
24 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
25 - New localizations: Corsican, Kyrgyz, Ligurian.
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29 -------------------------
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30 - Some bugs were fixed.
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33 9.19 beta 2010-11-11
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34 -------------------------
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35 - The console version now doesn't show entered password.
\r
36 - Some bugs were fixed.
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39 9.18 beta 2010-11-02
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40 -------------------------
\r
41 - 7-Zip now can unpack SquashFS and CramFS filesystem images.
\r
42 - 7-Zip now can unpack some TAR and ISO archives with incorrect headers.
\r
43 - New small SFX module for installers (in Extra package).
\r
44 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
47 9.17 beta 2010-10-04
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48 -------------------------
\r
49 - Disk fragmentation problem for ZIP archives created by 7-Zip was fixed.
\r
52 9.16 beta 2010-09-08
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53 -------------------------
\r
54 - 7-Zip now supports files that are larger than 8 GB in TAR archives.
\r
55 - NSIS support was improved.
\r
56 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
57 - New localizations: Hindi, Gujarati, Sanskrit.
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60 9.15 beta 2010-06-20
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61 -------------------------
\r
62 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
63 - New localization: Tatar.
\r
66 9.14 beta 2010-06-04
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67 -------------------------
\r
68 - WIM support was improved.
\r
71 9.13 beta 2010-04-15
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72 -------------------------
\r
73 - 7-Zip now stores NTFS file timestamps to ZIP archives.
\r
74 - New additional "Open archive >" item in context menu allows to select
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75 archive type for some files.
\r
76 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
77 - New localization: Uyghur.
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80 9.12 beta 2010-03-24
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81 -------------------------
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82 - ZIP / PPMd compression ratio was improved in Maximum and Ultra modes.
\r
83 - The BUG in 7-Zip 9.* beta was fixed: LZMA2 codec didn't work,
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84 if more than 10 threads were used (or more than 20 threads in some modes).
\r
87 9.11 beta 2010-03-15
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88 -------------------------
\r
89 - 7-Zip now supports PPMd compression in ZIP archives.
\r
90 - Speed optimizations in PPMd codec.
\r
91 - The support for archives in installers was improved.
\r
92 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
93 - New localization: Kazakh.
\r
96 9.10 beta 2009-12-22
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97 -------------------------
\r
98 - The BUG in 7-Zip 9.09 beta was fixed:
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99 7-Zip created incorrect ZIP archives, if ZipCrypto encryption was used.
\r
102 9.09 beta 2009-12-12
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103 -------------------------
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104 - 7-Zip now can unpack Apple Partition Map (APM) disk images.
\r
105 - Speed optimizations in AES code for Intel's 32nm CPUs.
\r
106 - Speed optimizations in CRC calculation code for Intel's Atom CPUs.
\r
107 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
110 9.07 beta 2009-08-27
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111 -------------------------
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112 - It's possible to specify Diff program in options (7-Zip File Manager).
\r
113 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
116 9.06 beta 2009-08-17
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117 -------------------------
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118 - 7-Zip now can unpack MSLZ archives.
\r
119 - Partial parsing for EXE resources, SWF and FLV.
\r
120 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
123 9.04 beta 2009-05-30
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124 -------------------------
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125 - 7-Zip now can update solid .7z archives.
\r
126 - 7-Zip now supports LZMA2 compression method.
\r
127 - 7-Zip now supports XZ archives.
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128 - 7-Zip now can unpack NTFS, FAT, VHD and MBR archives.
\r
129 - 7-Zip now can unpack GZip, BZip2, LZMA, XZ and TAR archives from stdin.
\r
130 - 7-Zip now can open/copy/compress disk images (like \\.\c:) from \\.\ folder.
\r
131 - 7-Zip File Manager now doesn't use temp files to open nested archives
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132 stored without compression.
\r
133 - New -scrc switch to calculate total CRC-32 during extracting / testing.
\r
134 - New -scc{WIN|DOS|UTF-8} switch to specify charset for console input/output (default = DOS).
\r
135 - Some bugs were fixed.
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139 -------------------------
\r
140 - 7-Zip File Manager now can calculate SHA-256 checksum.
\r
141 - Some bugs were fixed.
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145 -------------------------
\r
146 - The bug in 7-Zip 4.63 was fixed: 7-Zip could not decrypt .ZIP archives
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147 encrypted with WinZip-AES method.
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151 -------------------------
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152 - 7-Zip now can unpack ZIP archives encrypted with PKWARE-AES.
\r
153 - Some bugs were fixed.
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157 -------------------------
\r
158 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
161 4.61 beta 2008-11-23
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162 -------------------------
\r
163 - 7-Zip now supports LZMA compression for .ZIP archives.
\r
164 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
165 - New localization: Sinhala.
\r
168 4.60 beta 2008-08-19
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169 -------------------------
\r
170 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
173 4.59 beta 2008-08-13
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174 -------------------------
\r
175 - 7-Zip now can unpack UDF, XAR and DMG/HFS archives.
\r
176 - 7-Zip File Manager now keeps encryption when you edit encrypted file inside archive.
\r
177 - 7-Zip File Manager now allows to change current folder from the address bar drop-down list.
\r
178 - It's allowed to use -t switch for "list" and "extract" commands.
\r
179 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
180 - New localizations: Icelandic, Kurdish Sorani.
\r
183 4.58 beta 2008-05-05
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184 -------------------------
\r
185 - Some speed optimizations.
\r
186 - 7-Zip now can unpack .lzma archives.
\r
187 - Unicode (UTF-8) support for filenames in .ZIP archives. Now there are 3 modes:
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188 1) Default mode: 7-Zip uses UTF-8, if the local code page doesn't contain required symbols.
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189 2) -mcu switch: 7-Zip uses UTF-8, if there are non-ASCII symbols.
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190 3) -mcl switch: 7-Zip uses local code page.
\r
191 - Now it's possible to store file creation time in 7z and ZIP archives (-mtc switch).
\r
192 - 7-Zip now can unpack multivolume RAR archives created with
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193 "old style volume names" scheme and names *.001, *.002, ...
\r
194 - Now it's possible to use -mSW- and -mSW+ switches instead of -mSW=off and -mSW=on
\r
195 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
196 - New localizations: Punjabi (Indian), Pashto.
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200 -------------------------
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201 - The BUG in command line version was fixed: -up3 switch
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202 could work incorrectly.
\r
205 4.56 beta 2007-10-24
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206 -------------------------
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207 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
210 4.55 beta 2007-09-05
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211 -------------------------
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212 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
215 4.54 beta 2007-09-04
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216 -------------------------
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217 - Decompression speed was increased.
\r
220 4.53 beta 2007-08-27
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221 -------------------------
\r
222 - "Test" and "Info" buttons now work for open archives.
\r
223 - The bug in 7-Zip 4.48 - 4.52 beta was fixed:
\r
224 7-Zip could create .ZIP archives with broken files.
\r
225 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
228 4.52 beta 2007-08-03
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229 -------------------------
\r
230 - 7-Zip now can unpack Compound files (msi, doc, ...).
\r
231 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
234 4.51 beta 2007-07-25
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235 -------------------------
\r
236 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.50 beta could not open some .7z archives.
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239 4.50 beta 2007-07-24
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240 -------------------------
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241 - New switch for command line version:
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242 -ssc[-] enables/disables case-sensitive mode for file names.
\r
243 - Speed optimizations for AES encryption.
\r
244 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
247 4.49 beta 2007-07-11
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248 -------------------------
\r
249 - 7-Zip now can unpack WIM archives.
\r
250 - 7-Zip now replaces incorrect characters in filenames during extracting.
\r
253 4.48 beta 2007-06-26
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254 -------------------------
\r
255 - Encryption strength for .7z format was increased.
\r
256 Now it uses random initialization vectors.
\r
257 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
260 4.47 beta 2007-05-27
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261 -------------------------
\r
262 - Bugs of 7-Zip 4.46 beta were fixed: BZip2 could work incorrectly.
\r
265 4.46 beta 2007-05-25
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266 -------------------------
\r
267 - New fast compression mode for Deflate method in Zip and GZip.
\r
268 - New "Compress shared files" option in GUI and -ssw switch.
\r
269 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
270 - New localization: Norwegian Nynorsk.
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273 4.45 beta 2007-04-17
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274 -------------------------
\r
275 - Now it's possible to specify the size of solid block and the number
\r
276 of CPU threads in "Add to archive" dialog box.
\r
277 - Default dictionary size was increased: Normal: 16 MB, Max: 32 MB.
\r
278 - Speed optimizations.
\r
279 - Benchmark was improved (new "b" command in command line version).
\r
280 - The number of DLL files was reduced.
\r
281 - Now it's possible to associate 7-zip with combined types like .tbz2
\r
282 - switch -mhcf=off is not supported now.
\r
283 - If -t{Type} switch is not specified, 7-Zip now uses extension of archive to
\r
284 detect the type of archive.
\r
285 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
286 - New localization: Welsh.
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289 4.44 beta 2007-01-20
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290 -------------------------
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291 - Speed optimizations for LZMA, Deflate, BZip2 and unRAR.
\r
292 - 7-Zip now supports file pathnames longer than 260 characters.
\r
293 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
294 - New localizations: Bangla, Bashkir, Nepali.
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297 4.43 beta 2006-09-15
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298 -------------------------
\r
299 - 7-Zip now can use multi-threading mode for compressing to .ZIP archives.
\r
300 - ZIP format supporting was improved.
\r
301 - 7-Zip now supports WinZip-compatible AES-256 encryption for .ZIP archives.
\r
302 - New context menu items for .ZIP archives creating.
\r
303 - 7-Zip now uses order list (list of extensions) for files sorting for compressing
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304 to .7z archives. It can slightly increase compression ratio in some cases.
\r
305 - 7-Zip now restores modification time of folders during .7z archives extracting.
\r
306 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
307 - New localizations: Armenian, Marathi.
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312 -------------------------
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313 - Compressing speed and Memory requirements were increased.
\r
314 Default dictionary size was increased: Fastest: 64 KB, Fast: 1 MB,
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315 Normal: 4 MB, Max: 16 MB, Ultra: 64 MB.
\r
316 - BZip2 compressing / decompressing now can work in multi-threading mode
\r
317 - Multi-threading mode now is default for multi-processor systems
\r
318 - 64-bit version now supports 1 GB dictionary
\r
319 - 7z/LZMA now can use only these match finders: HC4, BT2, BT3, BT4
\r
320 - Compression ratio in Zip/GZip/Deflate in Ultra mode was increased
\r
321 - 7-Zip now can unpack ISO archives and some installers created by NSIS
\r
322 - Optional "Flat View" mode in 7-Zip File Manager
\r
323 - 7-Zip File Manager now can calculate CRC checksums for files
\r
324 - -x switch with relative paths now affects files specified with absolute paths
\r
325 - New switch for 7za.exe (console version): -slt.
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326 "l" (list) command with -slt shows technical information for archive.
\r
327 - New switch: -scs{WIN|DOS|UTF-8} specifies charset for list files.
\r
328 Default charset for list files is UTF-8 now.
\r
329 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
330 - New localizations: Albanian, Kurdish
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334 -------------------------
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335 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.31 didn't work in Windows 95
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339 -------------------------
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341 - New localization: Basque
\r
344 4.30 beta 2005-11-18
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345 -------------------------
\r
346 - Files 7zFMn.exe, 7zGn.exe, 7-zipn, 7za.exe, 7zC.sfx were removed from 7-zip package
\r
347 - 7-Zip now uses uncompressed SFX: 7z.sfx
\r
348 - Sfx modules 7z.sfx and 7zCon.sfx now use msvcrt.dll
\r
349 - Speed optimizations in LZMA maximum/ultra compressing.
\r
350 - LZMA now supports word size up to 273
\r
351 - 7-Zip now reduces dictionary size for LZMA, if you compress files
\r
352 smaller than specified dictionary size.
\r
353 - 7-Zip now can use large memory pages:
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354 GUI: 7-Zip File Manager / Options / Settings / Use large memory pages.
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355 Command line version: -slp switch.
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356 This feature allows to increase speed of compressing.
\r
357 But 7-Zip can make some pause at starting of compressing for allocating large pages.
\r
358 Also Task Manager doesn't show real memory usage of program, if 7-Zip uses large pages.
\r
359 This feature works only on Windows 2003 / XP x64 / Vista.
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360 Also you must have administrator's rights for your system.
\r
361 Recommended size of RAM: 1 GB or more.
\r
362 To install this feature you must run 7-Zip File Manager at least once,
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363 close it and reboot system.
\r
364 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
367 4.29 beta 2005-09-28
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368 -------------------------
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369 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.28 beta worked incorrectly in Windows 95/98/Me
\r
372 4.28 beta 2005-09-27
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373 -------------------------
\r
374 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.27 beta created incorrect multivolume archives.
\r
375 - "Duplicate filename" collision problem between names with ligatures was fixed.
\r
378 4.27 beta 2005-09-21
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379 -------------------------
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380 - 7-Zip can unpack CHM/HXS (MS HTML HELP) archives
\r
381 - 7-Zip can unpack multivolume CAB archives
\r
382 - Now 7-Zip deletes files to the Recycle Bin by default.
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383 Shift+Delete deletes files permanently.
\r
384 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
385 - New localization: Tatarish
\r
388 4.26 beta 2005-08-05
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389 -------------------------
\r
390 - LZH format support (extracting only)
\r
391 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
392 - New localization: Ido
\r
395 4.25 beta 2005-07-31
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396 -------------------------
\r
397 - 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when it can not
\r
398 find specified file as in version 4.24 beta. It just shows warning.
\r
399 - 7-Zip now supports standard selection mode in the file list
\r
400 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
403 4.24 beta 2005-07-06
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404 -------------------------
\r
405 - 7-Zip now supports right-click Drag and Drop in Explorer
\r
406 - Command line version now supports short file names (like FILENA~1.TXT)
\r
407 - If there are no wildcard names and there is no -r switch in command line,
\r
408 7-Zip now checks that specified files exist on disk before compressing.
\r
409 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
413 -------------------------
\r
414 - Drag and Drop support
\r
415 - 7-Zip File Manager now can copy files from one archive to another
\r
416 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
417 - New localizations: Extremaduran, Malay
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421 -------------------------
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425 4.19 beta 2005-05-21
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426 -------------------------
\r
427 - BZip2 code was rewritten. Now it supports 3 modes: Normal, Maximum and
\r
428 Ultra. In Normal mode it compresses almost as original BZip2 compressor.
\r
429 Compression ratio in Maximum and Ultra modes is 1-3% better for some files,
\r
430 but Maximum Mode is about 3 times slower and Ultra Mode is about 8 times
\r
431 slower than Normal mode.
\r
432 - Console version now prints all messages to stdout by default,
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433 and if -so switch is specified, 7-Zip prints messages to stderr.
\r
434 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
435 - New localizations: Azeri, Georgian
\r
438 4.18 beta 2005-04-19
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439 -------------------------
\r
440 - Bug in v4.17 beta was fixed: 7-Zip File Manager could crash
\r
441 after some operations with archives
\r
444 4.17 beta 2005-04-18
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445 -------------------------
\r
446 - To increase protection from viruses, 7-Zip now does not open
\r
447 files with more than 4 continuous spaces in the name.
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448 And 7-Zip changes such long spaces in name to " ... " in the file list.
\r
449 - Code size optimization
\r
450 - Some files were moved from main package to extra package:
\r
451 - Plugin for FAR Manager
\r
452 - SFX modules for installers (7zS.sfx and 7zSD.sfx)
\r
453 - New localizations: Asturian, Indonesian
\r
456 4.16 beta 2005-03-29
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457 -------------------------
\r
458 - Speed optimization (5%) for 7z / LZMA
\r
459 - 7za.exe now supports .Z archives
\r
460 - -r- switch in command line now is default for all commands
\r
461 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
462 - New localization: Uzbek
\r
465 4.15 beta 2005-01-25
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466 -------------------------
\r
467 - Z format supporting (extracting only)
\r
468 - 7-Zip now can extract ZIP archives compressed with "Shrink" method
\r
469 - 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when it can not open file.
\r
470 7-Zip just skips that file and shows warning.
\r
471 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
472 - New localization: Frisian
\r
475 4.14 beta 2005-01-11
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476 -------------------------
\r
477 - 7-Zip installer was created with NSIS.
\r
478 Now it installs 7-Zip for all users (under Windows 2000/XP).
\r
479 - Now 7-Zip can create multivolume archives
\r
480 (switch -v for command line)
\r
481 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
482 - New localizations: Breton, Farsi
\r
485 4.13 beta 2004-12-14
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486 -------------------------
\r
487 - Switch "--" stops switches parsing
\r
488 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
491 4.12 beta 2004-11-18
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492 -------------------------
\r
493 - Bug in v4.11 beta was fixed:
\r
494 7-Zip created incorrect ZIP archives if file size was
\r
495 from 3.75 GB to 4 GB.
\r
498 4.11 beta 2004-11-16
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499 -------------------------
\r
500 - 7-Zip now shows file names during compressing/decompressing
\r
501 - 7-Zip now supports Zip64 extension of ZIP format. So now it's
\r
502 possible to compress files bigger than 4 GB to ZIP archives.
\r
503 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
504 - New localization: Galician
\r
507 4.10 beta 2004-10-21
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508 -------------------------
\r
509 - Bugs in v4.0* were fixed:
\r
510 - Some commands in command line with "-r" switch worked incorrectly,
\r
511 so 7-zip could skip some files during compressing
\r
512 - Some other bugs were fixed
\r
513 - Small internal changes
\r
516 4.09 beta 2004-10-05
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517 -------------------------
\r
518 - Bugs in v4.0* were fixed:
\r
519 - Renaming inside archives didn't work or worked incorrectly
\r
520 - GUI SFX didn't show extracting dialog at start
\r
521 - Small fixes in 7-Zip GUI (7zG.exe)
\r
524 4.08 beta 2004-10-04
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525 -------------------------
\r
526 - Bug in installer for v4.07 was fixed: when rebooting
\r
527 is required, it rebooted without asking user
\r
528 - Small fixes in 7-Zip GUI (7zG.exe)
\r
531 4.07 beta 2004-10-03
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532 -------------------------
\r
533 - Big amount of code was changed in this beta version.
\r
534 So don't use it for important data compressing.
\r
535 And test archive after compressing.
\r
537 - Unified command line interface to GUI and console versions
\r
538 - 7-Zip now can extract or test several archives in one command
\r
539 - 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when file is locked by
\r
540 other application. 7-Zip just skips that file and shows warning.
\r
541 Note: previous versions of 7-Zip had bug, so they can not unpack
\r
542 non-solid and some solid 7z archives with such skipped files.
\r
543 - Command line interface was changed:
\r
544 - now it's possible to use absolute pathnames
\r
545 - syntax simplification:
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546 was: 7z a a Folder1\* Folder2\* -r
\r
547 now: 7z a a Folder1 Folder2
\r
548 - now it's possible to use complex wildcard commands, like *\*111*\*
\r
549 - More smart detection of archive type for files with unusual
\r
550 file name extensions
\r
551 - Supporting for RAR archives with encrypted headers
\r
552 - CPIO format supporting was improved
\r
553 - For GZip and BZip2 formats you can:
\r
554 - Compress from stdin (-si switch)
\r
555 - Compress to stdout (-so switch)
\r
556 - Extract to stdout (-so switch)
\r
557 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
558 - Split and Combine commands
\r
559 - new list view options: Full row select, Show grid lines
\r
560 - Internal reconstruction
\r
561 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
562 - New localizations: Friulian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Tamil, Thai
\r
566 -------------------------
\r
567 - Some small bugs were fixed
\r
571 -------------------------
\r
572 - Now you can select compression method, dictionary size
\r
573 and word size in "Add to archive" dialog box. Also it
\r
574 shows memory usage.
\r
575 - 7-Zip File Manager now contains toolbars.
\r
576 - New "Benchmark" command in 7-Zip File Manager.
\r
577 It measures compressing and decompressing speeds and
\r
578 shows rating values.
\r
579 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
583 -------------------------
\r
584 - 7-zip now use limitations for solid block size
\r
585 for increasing the speed of random file decompressing:
\r
586 - in Store mode: 0 B
\r
587 - in Fast mode: 16 MB
\r
588 - in Normal mode: 256 MB
\r
589 - in Maximum mode: 1 GB
\r
590 - in Ultra mode: 4 GB
\r
591 - 7z.exe, 7za.exe and SFX modules now support Unicode
\r
592 file names under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003.
\r
593 7zn.exe and 7zan.exe were removed from package.
\r
594 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
595 - New localization: Afrikaans
\r
599 -------------------------
\r
600 - Drag-and-Drop from external application
\r
601 - GUI version (7zG.exe) can compress files with absolute paths
\r
602 - Compression dialog doesn't suggest bzip2 and gzip2 types when
\r
603 there are more than one selected file
\r
604 - Optional auto renaming for existing files during extraction
\r
605 in command line version (-aot switch).
\r
606 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
610 -------------------------
\r
611 - Optional limitation for solid block size for increasing
\r
612 the speed of random file decompressing (-ms switch)
\r
615 3.09.01 beta 2003-09-06
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616 -------------------------
\r
617 - Automatic compression filter for executable files:
\r
618 dll, exe, ocx, sfx, sys, (-mf switch)
\r
619 - Compression levels in 7z now are:
\r
620 - Fast: 32 KB dictionary, BCJ filter
\r
621 - Normal: 2 MB dictionary, BCJ filter
\r
622 - Maximum: 8 MB dictionary, BCJ filter, max settings
\r
623 - Ultra: 32 MB dictionary, BCJ2 filter, max settings
\r
624 - Updating solid 7z archives now is supported, if it doesn't
\r
625 require repacking solid blocks
\r
626 - -mhcf switch for 7z format now is default
\r
627 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
630 3.08.04 beta 2003-08-24
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631 -------------------------
\r
632 - Favorites menu in 7-Zip File Manager
\r
633 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
636 3.08.03 beta 2003-08-21
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637 -------------------------
\r
638 - Automatic adding of extension to archive name in Compress Dialog
\r
639 - Some bugs in previous 3.08.* versions were fixed:
\r
640 - Storing columns width inside archives in File Manager
\r
641 - Opening archive inside archive
\r
642 - Quotes in list files in console version
\r
645 3.08.02 beta 2003-08-20
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646 -------------------------
\r
647 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
650 3.08 beta 2003-08-19
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651 -------------------------
\r
653 - Supporting fast compressing mode (-mx=1 switch)
\r
654 - Multi-threading option for Multi-Processor systems
\r
655 or Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading
\r
656 - Encrypt file names option
\r
657 - New context menu items:
\r
659 - Extract to <Folder>
\r
660 - Compress and email
\r
661 - Internal reconstruction, registry using was reduced
\r
662 - New localization: Esperanto
\r
665 2.30 Beta 32 2003-05-15
\r
666 -------------------------
\r
667 - New features in compressing / decompressing window.
\r
668 - "Show password" option.
\r
669 - Some other small changes.
\r
670 - New localization: Valencian.
\r
673 2.30 Beta 31 2003-04-29
\r
674 -------------------------
\r
675 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
678 2.30 Beta 30 2003-04-19
\r
679 -------------------------
\r
680 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
682 - 1/2 Panels mode switching (F9).
\r
683 - Supporting Bzip2 compression in ZIP archives.
\r
684 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
685 - Some optimization recompiling for reducing code size.
\r
688 2.30 Beta 29 2003-04-07
\r
689 -------------------------
\r
690 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
691 - "7-Zip" and "System" submenus in "Files" menu.
\r
692 - Path history and "Browse" button in "Copy" dialog.
\r
693 - RAR supporting was improved.
\r
694 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
695 - Small changes in LZMA code.
\r
696 - New localizations: Hebrew, Vietnamese.
\r
699 2.30 Beta 28 2003-02-16
\r
700 -------------------------
\r
701 - Some bugs were fixed:
\r
702 - Updating 7z archives that are larger than 4 GB.
\r
703 - Using anti-items in 7z format.
\r
704 - Compressing empty files with password to zip format.
\r
705 - In max mode 7z now uses 8 MB dictionary instead of 4 MB.
\r
706 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
707 - Supporting file comments: Ctrl-Z.
\r
708 - New key alias for folder bookmarks: [Shift]+Alt+Number.
\r
711 2.30 Beta 27 2003-01-24
\r
712 -------------------------
\r
713 - Two BUGs in two previous beta versions (Beta 25 and Beta 26)
\r
715 1. Incorrect compressing to non-solid 7z archive
\r
716 when files have some very big sizes:
\r
717 4 GB, 8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB, ...
\r
718 2. Incorrect percent showing in 7z compressing
\r
719 when files are bigger than 4 GB.
\r
720 - Supporting multivolume RAR and SPLIT archives.
\r
721 - Supporting DEB archives.
\r
722 - Supporting old version of CPIO format.
\r
723 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
724 - New localizations: Korean, Swedish.
\r
727 2.30 Beta 26 2003-01-12
\r
728 -------------------------
\r
729 - Supporting Deflate64 method in Zip archives.
\r
730 - Supporting Rar 1.50 archives.
\r
731 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
734 2.30 Beta 25 2003-01-02
\r
735 -------------------------
\r
736 - Encryption feature for 7z format (AES-256).
\r
737 - New optional archive header compressing mode (-mhcf).
\r
738 - Archive headers now always are compressed with LZMA method.
\r
739 - Updating non-solid 7z archives without -ms=off now is allowed.
\r
740 - Folder creating and item renaming inside archive now is supported.
\r
741 - Supporting encrypted Rar3 archives.
\r
742 - Supporting Unicode names in Rar3 archives.
\r
743 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
744 - New localizations: Lithuanian, Voro.
\r
747 2.30 Beta 24 2002-11-01
\r
748 -------------------------
\r
749 - Some internal reconstructions.
\r
750 - -m switch syntax was slightly changed.
\r
751 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
752 - New localizations: Catalan, Norwegian, Romanian.
\r
755 2.30 Beta 23 2002-09-07
\r
756 -------------------------
\r
757 - Encryption feature for zip format.
\r
758 - Percent indicating for some operations.
\r
759 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
762 2.30 Beta 22 2002-08-31
\r
763 -------------------------
\r
764 - New program: 7-Zip File Manager.
\r
765 - Command line version now doesn't allow absolute paths
\r
766 for compressing files.
\r
767 - New localizations: Belarusian, Greek.
\r
768 - Bug in FAR plugin was fixed:
\r
769 Incorrect updating when archive has no explicit
\r
770 directory items for file items.
\r
771 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
774 2.30 Beta 21 2002-07-08
\r
775 -------------------------
\r
776 - RAM requirements for LZMA (7z) compression were reduced.
\r
777 - Small bug in FAR plugin was fixed.
\r
780 2.30 Beta 20 2002-07-01
\r
781 -------------------------
\r
782 - RAM requirements for LZMA (7z) decompression were reduced.
\r
783 - New localization: Turkish.
\r
784 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
787 2.30 Beta 19 2002-04-11
\r
788 -------------------------
\r
789 - Supporting RAR 3.0 archives.
\r
790 - New localizations: Danish, Ukrainian.
\r
793 2.30 Beta 18 2002-03-25
\r
794 -------------------------
\r
795 - Compressing speed in 7z format was slightly increased.
\r
796 - New localizations: Estonian, Finnish.
\r
797 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
800 2.30 Beta 17 2002-03-03
\r
801 -------------------------
\r
802 - Supporting ARJ archives.
\r
803 - New localization: Chinese Simplified.
\r
806 2.30 Beta 16 2002-02-24
\r
807 -------------------------
\r
808 - Supporting RPM and CPIO archives.
\r
809 - New fast compression mode for LZMA: -m0a=0.
\r
810 - New match finders for LZMA: bt4b, hc3, hc4.
\r
811 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
814 2.30 Beta 15 2002-02-17
\r
815 -------------------------
\r
816 - Compression ratio in 7z was slightly improved.
\r
817 - New localization: Dutch.
\r
820 2.30 Beta 14 2002-02-10
\r
821 -------------------------
\r
822 - Speed optimization for multiprocessor computers (-mmt switch).
\r
823 - New localizations: Czech, Japanese, Polish.
\r
824 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
827 2.30 Beta 13 2002-01-31
\r
828 -------------------------
\r
829 - New SFX module for installers.
\r
830 - New match finder for LZMA: bt3.
\r
831 - New localizations: Portuguese, Portuguese Brazil, Serbo-Croatian.
\r
832 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
835 2.30 Beta 12 2002-01-16
\r
836 -------------------------
\r
837 - Bug was fixed: memory leak in Beta 11.
\r
838 - New localization: Hungarian.
\r
841 2.30 Beta 11 2002-01-15
\r
842 -------------------------
\r
843 - Archive testing feature for GUI version.
\r
844 - Now 7-Zip can use more than 256 MB of RAM in all Windows versions.
\r
845 - New localizations: Bulgarian, Chinese Traditional, Latvian, Slovak.
\r
846 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
849 2.30 Beta 10 2002-01-11
\r
850 -------------------------
\r
852 - Updating 7z archives in Beta 8 and 9 didn't work.
\r
853 - Unicode version in Beta 9 didn't work in Windows NT4.
\r
854 - Some other bugs were fixed.
\r
855 - New localizations: Arabic, French, Italian, Slovenian, Spanish.
\r
858 2.30 Beta 9 2002-01-08
\r
859 -------------------------
\r
860 - Program localization: English, German, Russian.
\r
861 - Additional optimized versions of programs
\r
862 for Windows NT4/2000/XP.
\r
863 - Two new match finders for LZMA: pat3h and pat4h.
\r
864 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
867 2.30 Beta 8 2001-12-21
\r
868 -------------------------
\r
869 - 7-Zip now supports some zip archives that were not
\r
870 supported by previous versions.
\r
871 - 7-Zip now supports new state (-uw switch) for cases
\r
872 when 7-Zip can not detect whether file is newer or the same.
\r
873 - Supporting anti-items in 7z format for incremental
\r
874 update (-u with action #3).
\r
875 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
878 2.30 Beta 7 2001-11-04
\r
879 -------------------------
\r
880 - BCJ2: new converter for x86 code.
\r
881 - Supporting tar archives with very long file names
\r
882 (GNU extension to 'tar' format).
\r
883 - Supporting multistream coders in 7z (-mb switch).
\r
884 - More compressing parameters for zip and gzip
\r
885 in console version (-m switch).
\r
886 - Solid compressing option in Windows version.
\r
887 - Compressing parameters option in Windows version.
\r
888 - Auto renaming existing files feature for
\r
890 - Overwrite mode switch for extracting (-ao).
\r
891 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
894 2.30 Beta 6 2001-10-13
\r
895 -------------------------
\r
896 - Supporting 7z format in MultiArc plugin for FAR Manager.
\r
897 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
900 2.30 Beta 5 2001-10-02
\r
901 -------------------------
\r
902 - Creating SFX archives from explorer.
\r
903 - 7zWin.sfx: Windows version of SFX module.
\r
904 - Auto adding .exe extension to SFX archive name.
\r
905 - 7za.exe now supports 7z, bzip2, gzip, tar, zip.
\r
906 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
909 2.30 Beta 4 2001-09-15
\r
910 -------------------------
\r
911 - Self extract capability for 7z format.
\r
912 - 7z archive format is default for 7z.exe and 7za.exe.
\r
913 - 7z in default mode now uses bt234 match finder
\r
914 and solid compression.
\r
915 - 7z in maximum mode (-mx) now uses 4MB dictionary.
\r
918 2.30 Beta 3 2001-09-10
\r
919 -------------------------
\r
920 - Bug was fixed: decompressing .7z solid archives
\r
921 containing empty files.
\r
922 - new 7za.exe: standalone command line version
\r
923 (only for 7z format).
\r
924 - Speed of compressing to Deflate format (zip, gzip)
\r
925 was slightly increased.
\r
928 2.30 Beta 2 2001-08-30
\r
929 -------------------------
\r
930 - Supporting the new 7z format with high compression ratio.
\r
931 - -bd (Disable percentage indicator) switch in
\r
933 - Bug in console version was fixed:
\r
934 previous versions incorrectly execute compression
\r
935 commands with non-recursive wildcards in combination
\r
937 - Some other bugs were fixed.
\r
940 2.30 Beta 1 2001-05-07
\r
941 -------------------------
\r
942 - Speed of reading of archive contents was increased.
\r
943 - Bug was fixed: incorrect showing file names with
\r
944 national charsets in some zip archives.
\r
945 - Now it is possible to compress files larger than 4GB
\r
950 -------------------------
\r
951 - Bugs in GZip and Cab decoders were fixed.
\r
955 -------------------------
\r
956 - Opening archive items in Explorer.
\r
957 - Context menu for archive items in Explorer.
\r
958 - Automatic adding extension to archive name in console version.
\r
959 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
963 -------------------------
\r
964 - Supporting Zip archives containing more than 65535 files.
\r
965 - Speed of Plugin for Explorer was increased.
\r
966 - Searching start position of archive now is limited by
\r
967 first 1MB part of file.
\r
968 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
969 - Packet now doesn't contain 7zip.exe, far7zip.reg and
\r
970 far7zip2.reg files. There is new far7z.reg file.
\r
974 -------------------------
\r
975 - FAR Plugin was improved:
\r
977 - Showing process box during opening archives.
\r
978 - Viewing properties of file by Ctrl-A.
\r
979 - Alt-F6 in archive now immediately extracts selected files
\r
980 to current directory.
\r
982 - Some bugs were fixed:
\r
984 - Entering to archive's subfolders in Explorer by clicking
\r
985 items in main window didn't work under Windows ME/2000.
\r
986 - Decompressing solid Rar archives sometimes gave error.
\r
987 - Console version 7z.exe during list operation incorrectly
\r
988 showed file names with national (non-english) charsets.
\r
989 - FAR Plugin didn't execute some operations.
\r
990 - Showing percents during extracting ZIP archives sometimes
\r
995 -------------------------
\r
996 - Supporting BZip2 and Cab.
\r
997 - New program architecture with external
\r
998 compression and cryptographic modules.
\r
999 - Decryption support (Rar and Zip).
\r
1000 - New console client.
\r
1001 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
1005 -------------------------
\r
1006 - Bugs were fixed:
\r
1008 - FAR Plugin incorrectly processed
\r
1009 names of subdirectories that use national
\r
1010 (non-english) charsets.
\r
1011 - gzip plugin could not compress empty files.
\r
1015 -------------------------
\r
1016 - First level 7-Zip Plugin for FAR Manager.
\r
1017 - GUI version with integration to Windows Shell.
\r
1018 - Compression and decompressing GZip and TAR formats.
\r
1019 - Decompression RAR.
\r
1020 - Install & Uninstall support.
\r
1021 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
1025 -------------------------
\r
1026 - Small bug was fixed.
\r
1027 - Compression ratio was improved for some files.
\r
1031 -------------------------
\r
1033 - Big bug was fixed: previous versions incorrectly worked
\r
1034 during compressing with files that were referred by
\r
1035 direct(without wildcards) paths, containing subdirs parts.
\r
1036 - Compression and decompression speed were improved.
\r
1037 - -mx switch (maXimize compression) was added.
\r
1038 - Small bugs were fixed.
\r
1041 2.00 Beta 1 1999-01-02
\r
1042 -------------------------
\r
1043 - Original beta version.
\r