2 A RISC OS-like filer for X
7 _ROX_PANEL_MENU_POS property is now set on each GtkSocket window, rather than
8 the panel, so that applets can find it more easiliy (requested by Stephen
10 Bugfix: Under Gtk+-2.0, the savebox focussed the OK button rather than the
15 Changing the permission on a file failed to update the display (reported by
16 Karol Krenski). Also made other updates more efficient.
17 Allow COMPOUND_TEXT selection type (same as STRING for now), as gnome-terminal
18 has stopped accepting STRING.
22 Added a configure check for iconv.h.
23 Use double instead of long for file sizes in find.c (Bernard Jungen).
27 Thumbnails code failed to update images when they changed (reported by
32 Use 'ISO8859-1' instead of 'iso-8859-1' and fallback to strdup if charset
33 conversion fails (Stephen Watson).
35 Deleting a symlink to a pinboard or panel icon showed a warning, even though
36 there was no danger, because it followed the symlink. Trying to copy a symlink
37 inside the directory it pointed to failed for the same reason.
41 Big changes to internationalisation for pinboards and panels to fix problems
42 with incompatible character sets (reported by Arnaud Calvo).
43 When creating thumbnails, create to a temporary file and rename in case another
44 program tries to write the save thumbnail at the same time.
45 As a special case, running with just '-v' doesn't call gtk_init, allowing
46 installing without an X server (requested by Michael Duelli).
50 Converter for old-format config files now stops if the file looks like
51 XML (probably from a failed conversion).
52 Allow '~' in globicons file.
53 Bugfix: When using spring-opening or following symlinks, trying to open
54 a non-existant directory could cause a crash.
55 Bugfix: The pinboard would highlight to accept any type of drop (not just
60 Fixed some compile problems on Solaris (Andreas Dehmel).
61 Clicking an unscanned item now scans it (instead of reporting an error).
62 Dialog boxes in Gtk+-2.0 now set a default button.
63 Number keys on the keypad couldn't be used for groups (reported by Arnaud
68 Updated Spanish translation (Marcelo Ramos).
69 Updated the French manual translation (Arnaud Calvo and Vincent Lefèvre).
73 Converted French manual to DocBook (Arnaud Calvo).
74 Fixed some compiler warnings (Vincent Lefèvre).
76 09-Jan-2001 (Release-1.1.11)
78 Mark action windows as dialogs (requested by Daniel Pittman).
79 Reset the background colour when drawing, as the Xenophilia keeps changing
80 it (reported by Wilbert Berendsen).
84 Changed == to = in make-mo script (Vincent Lefèvre).
85 Added -lm to libpng linker flags (reported by Stephen Watson).
86 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
90 Bugfix: Closing a filer window with a tooltip removes the tip now (before, the
91 tooltip could get stuck on the screen).
95 Bugfix: Options box didn't work unless options had already been saved
96 (reported by Iain Stevenson).
100 Stopped unnecessary redrawing of the display (when sorting an already-sorted
102 Thumbnails can now also be saved using Gtk+-1.2, if libpng is available
107 Fixed compile problem (reported by Vincent Lefèvre).
108 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
112 Added _ROX_PANEL_MENU_POS property on panel windows to help applets position
113 their menus correctly.
114 Bugfix: 'From LANG' translation setting had stopped working (reported by
119 Saved pinboards and panels are now stored in an XML format. Old files should
120 be converted automatically. Icon names may now contain the < and > characters
121 (requested by Bernard Jungen).
125 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
126 Updated Polish translation (Krzysztof Krzy¿aniak).
130 Updated Spanish translation (Marcelo Ramos).
134 When changing directory, make more effort to wink or select the appropriate
137 29-Dec-2001 (Release 1.1.10)
139 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
140 Bugfix: Using Shift to open the Send To menu without a selected file stopped
141 the toggle menu items from working!
145 With Gtk+-2.0, the effective permissions are now underlined (like they are
147 Put all the flags in the options box on one line, along with the Quiet button
153 Reorganised the Options box somewhat.
154 Bugfix: Closing a window while creating thumbnails caused a crash.
158 Icons are dragged from their corners again (requested by Liav Asseraf).
159 Unknown SOAP methods now get a SOAP Fault response. Updated SOAP namespaces.
160 Renamed '.DirIcon.png' to just '.DirIcon'.
161 In action windows, standard error from moving, copying and mounting operations
162 is captured and displayed, giving a more useful message (Stephen Watson).
163 Support for Gtk+-1.3.12.
167 Updated Polish translation (Krzysztof Krzy¿aniak).
171 File groups are now saved (automatically).
172 The old 'AppMenu' file is no longer checked for (use AppInfo.xml instead).
176 Added Version SOAP RPC.
177 With Gtk+-2.0 UTF-8 converstion, the filer now converts from the charset
178 specified in the translation (was always using iso-8859-1).
182 If thumbnailing is cancelled, it can be resumed later. Hiding thumbnails
183 stops any scan in progress automatically. Added 'All' and 'Thumbs' status
188 New 'Show image thumnails' option to set this as the default (requested by
190 Got details working again with Gtk+-1.2 (spotted by Kristian Rink).
194 New thumbnail system. 'Create Thumbs' is now 'Show Thumbnails' and can
195 be turned on and off. Thumbnails are loaded in the background, and a progress
196 bar is displayed in the filer window.
197 Replaced old Gtk+-1.2.x text widget in action windows with new one.
201 Improved error reporting.
202 Improved sizing code when details are on.
206 Updated to new version 0.4 of the thumbnails standard.
207 Added 'Quiet' check box to action windows. Quiet button now turns on
208 check box and does 'Yes'.
212 Gtk+-2.0 uses UTF-8 for strings. Translation files are now converted to
213 UTF-8 as they are loaded.
214 Added a missing #ifdef for the regex code (Couderc Damien).
215 All file leafnames now use AA fonts with Gtk+-2.0 (details are still
220 Closing a window with a keypress caused warnings to appear (reported by
222 Updated Spanish translation (Marcelo Ramos).
223 New 'Single click nagivation on the pinboard' option (requested by
225 Fix for compiling problem on NetBSD (Eric Gillespie, Jr.).
227 Internal changes to options system:
228 - Options can be used as soon as they are registered (not just once the
229 filer is fully initialised).
230 - New widget types can be registered in a modular fashion.
232 13-Dec-2001 (Release 1.1.9)
234 More fixes for panel resizing (reported by Stephen Watson).
235 Target mode, dragging an unselected item, and auto-selecting an item when
236 opening the menu now all work without grabbing the primary selection.
237 Finished new scanning code (image == NULL is now OK everywhere).
241 Clicking on an item which is selected, but not part of the primary selection,
242 now reclaims the selection.
243 Removed default minibuffer option for now.
244 The dash forms in Find tests can be combined, eg '-rwx'.
249 Additional window hints - pinboard and panels refuse focus and pinboard
250 icons are marked as desktop features (requested by Laurent Moussault).
251 Thumbnails are now stored using an md5 hash of their names.
252 Pinboard icons can be repositioned by dragging with the left mouse button
253 (middle button drag stopped working with sawfish, and this is easier anyway).
257 New scanning system: blank items are added to the window first and then the
258 icons and types get filled in later. Looks better and simplifies the sizing
260 Code tidying in various places.
264 Bugfix: Filer would quit if only Info boxes were open.
265 Bugfix: Pinboard and panel windows didn't get the correct hints set under
270 Many internal changes to Collection widget for Gtk+-2.0. Should be more
271 efficient now, and easier to get aa fonts working...
275 Fixed Gtk+-2.0 wheel mouse support.
276 In the Info box, 'File says...' was reporting on the program used to
277 edit the file, not the file itself!
278 For glib-2.0, use the new spawn function and report errors nicely.
282 Updated Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
283 Thumbnail information in the PNG image is now namespaced to 'Thumb'
284 (recommended by Jens Finke).
285 FileType SOAP RPC return format has been updated to the latest version
286 of the SOAP working draft.
287 Added Large File Support: files over 4Gb now have their sizes detected
288 correctly (Stephen Watson). Note: this disables libvfs support.
289 New option to have the minibuffer open by default on new windows
294 When resizing the collection, only ensure the cursor is still visible if
295 it was in the displayed area before.
297 When closing the Enter Path minibuffer, keep Show Hidden on if the cursor is
300 When using --show with a hidden file, turn on Show Hidden. Also, delay the
301 winking effect until the window actually appears.
305 Support for new thumbnails spec; thumbnails are saved inside ~/.thumbnails
306 so they redisplay quickly next time the filer is loaded (requested by
307 Kristian A. Rink and others).
309 Bugfix: Toggling the section with a middle button drag could lose the primary
310 selection (Andras Mohari).
314 Use gtk_set_locale instead of setlocale (Andras Mohari).
318 Added 'Invert Selection' (Stephen Watson; suggested by Andras Mohari).
322 Added a new root window property (_ROX_FILER_EUID_HOST) which points to
323 the SOAP IPC window for a particular hostname and user ID. This makes it
324 easier for other programs to talk to the filer.
328 Added new SOAP methods Copy, Move, Link, Mount and FileType (Stephen Watson).
332 Moved 'Select All', 'Clear Selection' and 'Select If...' to a new 'Select'
334 The filer now closes stdin when it starts. This is to prevent child
335 processes, such as auto-mounters, from trying to read a password from
336 the console (Olivier Fourdan).
340 Manpage is now generated automatically from DocBook source.
341 Short forms for many find expressions, such as -d for IsDir (suggested by
346 More Gtk+-1.3.11 support, including use of the new message dialog.
347 When the filer loses the primary selection, display the selected items
348 shaded, but don't unselect them (Andras Mohari).
352 Updated to Gtk+-1.3.11.
356 Show the current run action for a file in the Info box (Stephen Watson).
360 If a panel applet quits then it is removed from the panel, instead of being
361 replaced by a Restart button.
365 With Gtk+-2.0 and the 'Unique windows' option on, reshow the existing window
366 instead of destroying it and creating a new one (suggested by Greg Spath).
370 Changes to the French translation (Thierry Godefroy and Vincent Lefevre).
374 Code tidying in menu.c (Bernard Jungen).
378 Opening a filer window from the Set Icon dialog turns thumbnails display
379 on (suggested by Francesco Bochicchio).
380 Right-clicking the Help toolbar button reuses the same window.
384 Made some strings easier to translate, fixed a problem with translating a blank
385 string, and changed the details toolbar button to leave the size alone (Andras
387 Improved key handling (key presses were sometimes ignored).
388 Bugfix: A very long and narrow icon could make the filer try to scale to a
389 width or height of zero (Andras Mohari).
393 Allow current directory and selection to be stored with Ctrl+[0-9] and
394 retrieved by pressing [0-9] (suggested by Jakub Turski). The groups are not
399 Don't use re_set_syntax() on systems that don't have it (reported by
401 In action windows, the a long filename no longer makes the window get wider
402 (requested by Graham Borland).
403 Added 'Types' section to the Options window, allowing easy(ish) access
404 to the MIME-info files, plus a reload button, and icons for MIME-types can
405 be set from the 'Set Icon...' box (Stephen Watson).
409 Added a menu to the 'Set Icon...' box which shows all directories currently
410 used for icons (Francesco Bochicchio).
411 Fix small error in German translation (Christopher Arndt).
412 Bugfix: 'New Directory' didn't correctly select the leafname with Gtk+-2.0.
416 Added Spanish translation (Marcelo Ramos).
417 Applied Bernard Jungen's latest patch:
418 - Disk usage forgot to count special files like pipes, etc.
419 - Page up/down scrolls a window full at a time instead of 10 items.
420 - Don't get icons from the cache if thumbnail mode is off anymore.
421 - modechange.c: deleted useless stuff and fixed octal parsing to detect
422 *all* illegal values (eg 010000000000000).
423 - Added 'Show/hide hidden files' toolbar button.
424 - Lots of code tidying.
429 Holding the pointer over a symlink shows the target in a tooltip
430 (Stephen Watson; suggested by Arnaud Calvo).
434 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
436 30-Oct-2001 (Release 1.1.8)
438 Updated to support Gtk+-1.3.10.
442 Slightly better positioning of filenames and details (Bernard Jungen).
443 When resizing, only add space for an extra row in Small Icons mode.
447 Make the Set Run Action box command box have the "$1" already filled in
448 (suggested by Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson).
452 Set the WM_CLASS for saveboxes, so that window managers can treat them
453 specially, if required (Andrew Flegg).
457 Changed internal format used to send to requests to SOAP, and added --RPC
458 option to access it directly.
462 Open new windows at the mouse position (suggested by Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson).
463 Bugfix: If file doesn't accept the '-b' option then examining a file in
464 the root directory didn't work (Stephen Watson).
468 Use --version instead of 'which' to test for programs as not everyone has
469 which (suggested by Vincent Lefevre).
470 Bugfix: When setting an icon for a file with a space in the name, the
471 setting wasn't saved correctly (spotted by Arnaud Calvo and Jakub
472 Turski). The 'globicons' file should be converted automatically
473 when the filer is run.
477 Added support for the regex field in MIME-info. This allows files to be
478 matched with patterns, not just on their extensions. For example, '.gtkrc'
479 is now typed 'x-gtkrc' despite having no extension (Stephen Watson and
484 Allow AppIcon.xpm and .DirIcon.png to be symlinks (Bernard Jungen).
488 When running on a remote machine, display the remote host's name in the
489 title bar (Stephen Watson).
493 New option to control whether a middle button drag moves the files or
495 Allow submenus in AppInfo.xml file (Stephen Watson).
499 Now supports Gtk+-1.3.9, but not earlier developer releases.
503 Disk Usage can cope with larger sizes, and reports the number of files and
504 directories counted; new Show Hidden and Inherit Options options; new -D
505 option to close directories; and changes to formatting of file sizes
510 Updated Hungarian translation (Andras Mohari).
511 Improved the filename colouring code so that colours are only allocated
512 if needed (Andras Mohari) and fixed a colourmap problem (Stephen Watson).
513 Bugfix: When sorting while winking an item, the filer would sometimes scroll
514 to the wrong place (Andras Mohari).
515 Bugfix: If all the selected files were deleted, then trying to paste the
516 selection caused a crash (Fabien Coutant).
520 Colour files by type (Andras Mohari).
524 Added -p to mkdir in install scripts to create any missing parent
525 directories (Michel Alexandre Salim).
529 Dragging files with the middle button (or Button1+Alt) brings up a menu
530 of possible actions (Taras).
531 New option to control size of icons in `New' and `Send To' menus (Stephen
533 Bugfix: Pinboard icons didn't draw correctly if their windows got resized
534 (reported by Michel Alexandre Salim).
538 Window positions can be saved and restored by a session manager (Anders
543 Fixed an untranslated string (Andras Mohari).
547 The style for pinboard and panel icon text can be set (requested by Greg
550 widget "*.pinboard-icon" style "..."
551 widget "*.panel-icon.*" style "..."
555 Bugfix: Entering a blank expression in the 'Select If' minibuffer displayed
556 a (harmless) warning message (reported by Vincent Lefèvre).
558 03-Sep-2001 (Release 1.1.7)
560 Added an option to control whether extensions take precedence over the
561 executable bit of a file (requested by MJ Ray).
562 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre and Arnaud Calvo).
563 Disabled the UTF-8 conversion (doesn't work on older versions of Gtk).
567 The options controlling when windows resize work again.
571 Better guessing of window size for display styles with details.
575 The 'src/po/dist' script now converts all text to UTF-8.
579 Fixed some problems with the configure.in script and autoconf 2.50 (Richard
584 Updated Dutch translation (Jasper Huijsmans).
585 Send To menu lists contents of all Send To directories in Choices, not just
587 Fixed another XML compiling problem (Stephen Watson).
591 Added Customise to `Send To' menu.
595 Detached Send To menu from main menu structure. Allows key-binding to open
596 the menu, at least. Main menu now opens quicker (no scanning of Send To dir).
597 Shift+Menu brings up the menu directly.
601 Fixed compiling problem with some versions of libxml (Stephen Watson).
602 Changed a text message in the Options box (about binding keys to menus) into
603 a button which shows the message in an alert box. Maybe people will read the
608 Only use Gtk+ 2.0 if version 1.3.6 or later is installed.
609 Scrolling using a wheel mouse now always goes at the same speed, whatever the
610 display style (requested by aardvark joe).
614 Added 'Send To' menu (Stephen Watson).
616 Bugfix: Renaming a panel icon didn't update the display (reported by Andrew
621 Fixed some minor compilation issues (reported by Jasper Huijsmans and Daniel
626 Added French translation of the manual (Arnaud Calvo).
630 Filer wouldn't compile or run if it was in a directory with spaces in the
631 name (reported by Benjamin Munoz).
635 Added options for default action window settings for Brief, Force and Recurse
637 New default for sort type is Sort By Name (requested by Andreas Dehmel).
638 Bugfix: Clicking on a file with no run action set gave two error boxes.
642 Make Enter in the minibuffer work like Return (requested by Arnaud Calvo).
646 Added some more hints to pinboard and panel windows to comply with the new
647 freedesktop.org window manger spec.
651 New option to set the maximum size the auto-resizer will resize a window to
652 (requested by Andreas Dehmel).
656 When using the Set Run Action box, make the command default to the currently
657 set command (suggested by Arnaud Calvo).
659 12-Jul-2001 (Release 1.1.6)
661 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
665 Renamed 'New File' submenu to 'New' and moved 'New Directory' into it.
669 Use the user's preferred font for item filenames, not the Gtk default
670 (requested by Jim Knoble).
674 Redid text handling on the panel. Now uses nice fonts under Gtk+ 2.0.
678 Don't show tooltips for applets as it causes problems (reported by Stephen
683 Gtk+-2.0: Support for anti-aliased fonts on the pinboard (also word-wraps
684 long names too). Fixed a crash-on-click problem on the root window.
688 More work on Gtk+-2.0 -- seems to be usable now :-)
692 Started work to support Gtk+-2.0.
696 Moved 'relative link' option above the buttons in the Link box (Stephen
698 Bugfix: Rescanning could sometimes make the cursor reappear, causing the
699 display to scroll (reported by Andreas Dehmel).
703 Replaced 'New File...' menu item with a submenu generated from the contents
704 of '<Choices>/Templates' (Stephen Watson).
708 `Xterm here' command can contain arguments (Andras Mohari).
709 Made the menu appear in a sensible place, so it's easy to get to the File
710 submenu (suggested by André Wyrwa).
714 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
715 Added a German translation (André Wyrwa).
719 Added an extra option to control the resizing behaviour. Can be set to resize
720 never, always, or only when the display style changes (requested by Andreas).
722 07-Jun-2001 (Release 1.1.5)
724 Updated Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
728 Unless compiling with mc's libvfs for virtual filesystem support, change the
729 menu structure for use with the newer AVFS system.
730 (http://www.inf.bme.hu/~mszeredi/avfs/) (José Romildo Malaquias).
732 Bug fix: Running the filer with a translation set would make it crash
733 (reported by Dmitry Elfimov).
735 04-Jun-2001 (Release 1.1.4)
737 Added 'Details' toolbar icon. Toggles display between Small Icons with Summary
738 and the default size with no details.
742 Replaced Large/Small toolbar buttons with a single Size button which
743 cycles through Small/Large/Huge (other button to reverse).
747 Added Shift Open, Set Run Action and Set Icon to the pinboard and panel
752 Long leafnames wrap onto multiple lines in Huge mode, like they do for
757 Display tooltips for pinboard and panel icons, where needed.
761 New option to show number of files / size of selected files in the toolbar
766 New options section 'panel' allows icon text to be hidden for all icons, no
767 icons, or just applications (suggested by José Romildo Malaquias).
771 Converted the options window to a tabbed notebook (Denis Manente).
775 Pressing the mouse button down on an icon no longer winks it; only releasing
776 the button to run it does.
777 Added 'Show Info' to panel/pinboard menu.
778 The File Info box grabs the primary selection when a row is selected
779 (allows you to paste email addresses, URLs, etc).
783 Opening a pinboard or panel menu over an icon no longer selects it -- this
784 allows the selection to be passed to an application run using its AppMenu
785 (requested by Christopher Arndt).
789 In Large Icons display style, a file's name may wrap onto a second line.
793 Merged code for handling selections and menus that was common to pinboards
794 and panels into icon.c.
798 When using 'From LANG', extract the language code from the string to get
799 the filename, instead of using the whole string (Andras Mohari).
800 Added support for very old versions of libxml (reported by Lukasz Stelmach
801 and Vincent Lefèvre).
805 Updated French (Vincent Lefevre) and Hungarian (Andras Mohari) translations.
807 07-May-2001 (Release 1.1.3)
809 Updated the documentation.
813 Added 'Huge, With...' display styles. In huge mode, normal icons are scaled
814 up if they're too small.
818 Gtk styles can be overridden in <Choices>/ROX-Filer/Styles (suggested by
820 Pinboards and panels should now work with IceWM without needing -o
822 Allow text messages in the toolbar to go off the side (instead of resizing the
827 Opening the shell minibuffer with a selection adds ' "$@' after the cursor.
828 Without a selection, the name of the file under the cursor is added.
832 Pressing the `\' key opens the menu (suggested by Christopher Arndt). Hold
833 down Ctrl for the File submenu.
837 Added a new 'About' section to AppInfo. Any elements in here are added
838 into the info box. Added a 'Refresh' button to the info box.
839 Added a ROX-Filer/Styles file for default colours (default filer background
844 Rewrote the file info box. Looks a bit nicer, and it's easier to add extra
849 Updated Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
853 AppInfo file may contain a <Summary> element - the text inside will be
854 displayed in a tooltip if the mouse is held over the item in a filer
859 Filer now looks for AppInfo.xml before AppMenu. This is for future
864 Automatic resizing of windows when changing directory is now optional
865 (requested by Paul E. Johnson and Andreas Thorn).
869 The symlink box allows you to choose to create relative or absolute links
870 (suggested by Stephen Watson).
874 Fix some typos and untranslated strings (Andras Mohari).
878 Added a Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
882 Fixed a couple of errors in the man-page (spotted by Damien Couderc).
886 Winking an item in a directory makes it flash twice instead of once (easier
887 to see). Also, creating a new file or directory from the menu winks the new
890 Bugfix: When a directory was rescanned because of a move operation,
891 the `Set Icon...' settings didn't work (reported by Damien
896 New display style 'Huge Icons' to make viewing thumbnails easier.
897 Added a Hungarian translation (Andras Mohari).
898 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
899 Double clicking on a filer window's background resizes the window (Denis
904 If an item's name is truncated, show it in a tooltip when the pointer is
905 held over the item (Denis Manente).
907 30-Mar-2001 (Release 1.1.2)
909 Asking for help on a directory always tries to open <dir>/Help first, even
910 for non-applications.
914 If run without -n, the filer will put itself in the background. Thus,
915 the 'rox' command behaves the same whether or not the filer is already
920 Support for the new version of libxml (reported by Andreas Dehmel).
924 Rewrote parser for options. Smaller and neater (hopefully this will fix
925 the bugs reported by Andreas Dehmel and Ewan Mac Mahon).
927 Bugfix: While scanning, the resizer could make the window too large.
931 Moving the cursor down in the next-to-last row will move to the last
932 item if there is nothing under the cursor (suggested by Graham Borland).
936 When changing directory, only make the window larger (if needed), never
937 smaller (suggested by Diego Zamboni).
941 Changing directory autosizes the window automatically (Denis Manente).
942 Internal changes to the way different layouts are handled.
946 Pressing space (to select/unselect an item) now also moves the cursor to
947 the next item (suggested by Anders Lundmark).
949 Copying directories tries to preserve the timestamps, like it does for
950 files (suggested by José Romildo Malaquias).
954 Added '--mime-type FILE' option, which simply writes the type of FILE to
955 standard output (Stephen Watson).
957 Added 'Home Directory' to Window menu (requested by Graham Borland).
961 Copying a directory which doesn't have user write permission will give it
962 user write during the copy to avoid permission denied errors (suggested by
965 New sort option - 'Directories always come first' (requested by Liav Asseraf).
969 Dragging a lasso box with the middle button toggles the selected state
970 of the items enclosed (Denis Manente).
974 Changing the display style now resizes the window (Denis Manente).
978 New pinboards get a 'Home' icon in the top left corner as new users often
979 think the pinboard isn't working because it starts empty (suggested by
982 Converted AppMenu file format to XML.
983 Added AppMenu file with options to control the pinboard.
987 Highlight invalid Find expressions in red (Anders Lundmark).
991 When resizing windows, try to keep the window fully inside the screen area
996 Updated the Dutch translation (Jan Wagemakers).
1000 When mounting a device, the new window appears after mounting, not before.
1001 This means that it's more likely to get sized correctly (requested by
1006 Added two new options to control when minibuffer completion beeps (requested
1011 Added 'New File...' feature (James Kermode).
1015 Dropping icons on the pinboard positions them sensibly (Diego Zamboni).
1017 09-Feb-2001 (Release 1.1.1)
1019 Moving pinboard icons is nicer - it no longer assumes you dragged the middle
1020 of the text... (Diego Zamboni).
1022 Added a Polish translation (Andrzej Borsuk).
1024 Bugfix: Sometimes it wasn't possible to delete something that was on a
1025 pinboard or panel, even after confirming (reported by Diego Zamboni).
1029 Sliders in the options box can have a numerical value display (Diego Zamboni).
1030 Fixed a stray warning message displayed when non-default pinboard options
1031 were used (Diego Zamboni).
1033 New menu item 'Set Icon...' allows you to choose any icon for any file or
1034 directory. Also allow .DirIcon.png to set a directory's icon (Diego Zamboni).
1038 Many internal changes to the Options system.
1042 Bugfix: On filesystems which aren't case sensitive (eg DOS) it was possible
1043 to copy 'tmp' as 'Tmp' and lose it! (reported by Denis Manente)
1047 Added Diego Zamboni's patch to make configuring VFS easier.
1051 Improved compiling - now correctly reports an error if the file doesn't
1052 compile. If configure is missing then autoconf is run automatically.
1054 After a Find completes, you are given the option of doing the search again
1057 Applications can define a list of menu items to display on their menus
1058 (Diego Zamboni). The file should be called 'AppMenu' and contains a list of
1059 lines in the form 'option Text'.
1063 Added two new pinboard options - one to allow setting the grid step size
1064 and one to allow icons to go slightly off the side of the screen (Diego
1069 Bugfix: Textured window backgrounds could cause a crash (reported by Diego
1074 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
1076 Bugfix: The pixbuf stuff didn't work on some displays (reported by Stephen
1079 20-Jan-2001 (Release 1.1.0)
1081 Removed the 'Initial window height' option. The filer tries to pick a
1082 sensible shape itself now.
1084 Bugfix: If an image was moved to a directory which didn't generate thumbs
1085 then it would display, but never be updated. Even if it wasn't that
1086 file at all, just a reused inode!
1087 Bugfix: Changing the display style didn't always redraw the display.
1088 Bugfix: In 'Small, With...' display mode, clicking beyond the far right
1089 column acted like clicking on the far-right column.
1093 Changed background colour to be more compatible with the Gtk themes system.
1097 Removed all the message window stuff. ROX-Filer no longer grabs standard
1098 error from its child processes. Changed because ROX-Session now does a much
1103 Filer is more generous in what hostnames it considers local.
1104 Patch to include pixbuf headers correctly (Diego Zamboni).
1108 Bug fix: Didn't always use the fully qualified host name for DnD.
1112 If a file has a known extension then it is given the appropriate type even
1113 if the file is executable (Simon Britnell).
1117 Added a menu entry 'Resize Window' to set the window to a sensible size
1122 Try to open new windows at a sensible size for their contents (Denis Manente).
1126 Bugfix: When mounting or unmounting subdirectories of '/', the mount symbol
1127 wasn't updated (reported by Wilbert Berendsen).
1131 Fixed a couple of memory leaks in the choices system (Diego Zamboni).
1132 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
1133 Added new 'Create Thumbs' entry on the Display menu which tries to load
1134 every file in the directory as an image and use that image for the file
1135 (suggested by Sprague and Simon Britnell).
1139 Converted to use gdk-pixbuf instead of ImLib.
1140 Fixed a few compiler warnings and improved the error message displayed
1141 if you try to invoke rox on a missing file (reported by Vincent Lefèvre).
1142 Changed the -w, -W and -i flags to the simpler -x=FILE, which reexamines the
1143 given file, updating directory views and icons as needed.
1147 AppIcon.xpm must be a regular file (stops people trying to crash the
1148 filer by symlinking to /dev/...).
1149 Fixed a missing translation in the pinboard options (Denis Manente).
1153 Attempting to run the filer before compiling will now ask if you want
1155 Removed lots of platform-specific mount point code and replaced it with
1156 python's portable system.
1157 New options section allows you to choose a translation without having to
1158 set the LANG variable.
1162 Added '-w', '-i' and '-W' command line options for forcing icons or
1163 directories to be rescanned (Diego Zamboni).
1165 13-Dec-2000 (Release 1.0.0)
1167 Made a few updates to the manual.
1171 Fixes to make compiling easier on Solaris (Diego Zamboni). Also, after showing
1172 a pinboard icon, tries to send it to the back (might help with some WMs).
1174 04-Dec-2000 (Release 0.1.30)
1176 When a panel is used for the first time, put the user's home directory and
1177 the directory containing ROX-Filer on it instead of leaving it blank.
1181 Patch to make compiling easier under FreeBSD (Jimmy Olgeni).
1182 Added a #include for OSF1 (Vincent Lefevre).
1186 Bugfix: On many systems, the filer would fail to remove zombie processes
1187 due to a typo (spotted by Philip Hazel and tracked down by Stephen
1192 Bugfix: Removing an item from the panel now resizes the panel (reported
1193 by Wilbert Berendsen).
1194 Bugfix: Editing an icon's path failed to update its hash entry.
1198 If a case-sensitve match for an extension can't be found then try a
1199 case-insensitive match - so .BMP and similar work (Denis Manente).
1203 A few changes to remove some compiler warnings (reported by Vincent Lefevre).
1204 Added a VFS menu entry for .deb files (Vincent Ledda).
1208 Mounting or unmounting a directory forces mtab to be reread, even if the
1209 timestamp hasn't changed (problem reported by Wilbert Berendsen).
1211 When the 'Unique windows' option is on, remove the old window AFTER creating
1212 the new one, so that the filer doesn't quit because there are zero windows
1213 open... (Denis Manente).
1217 Updated the Dutch translation (Jan Wagemakers).
1221 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
1223 Using --version and --help options no longer requires an X server connection,
1224 the man-pages are more standard, and 'man ROX-Filer' is allowed as well as
1225 'man rox' (Bernard Jungen).
1227 Bugfix: A corrupted AppIcon.xpm could crash the filer.
1229 24-Oct-2000 (Release 0.1.29)
1231 Code tidying: Replaced an XLib call with a gdk one (Denis Manente) and amended
1232 the makedist script to remove the .cvsignore files (spotted by Andy
1237 Improved the install script so that it installs the man-page. Also made it
1238 easier to use. Updated the French translation and fixed a couple of
1239 typos (Vincent Lefèvre).
1243 Gtk+ doesn't always scroll entry widgets to show the selection - apply a
1244 workaround (Denis Manente) - this improves the Copy/Rename/etc boxes.
1248 Added a Dutch translation (Jan Wagemakers).
1252 Added an Italian translation (Denis Manente).
1256 Bugfix: If AppRun was a symlink, then the owner of the file was checked, not
1257 the owner of the symlink. Slight security risk, and also prevented
1258 users symlinking AppRun to their binaries...
1262 Bugfix: Deleting a pinboard icon while it was highlighted caused a crash.
1263 This means it is now possible to click on a pinboard icon to change
1264 between pinboards...
1266 Bugfix: Textured window backgrounds didn't redraw correctly when scrolled
1267 or resized. Now flickers when resizing if there's a textured
1268 background - seems to be necessary :-(
1272 Running as root now simply turns on the -u flag, rather than displaying
1275 The toolbar height is now correctly taken into account when sizing a new filer
1276 window (Denis Manente).
1278 When guessing file types from extensions, the filer now tries to find the
1279 longest extension that matches (eg .ps.gz, then .gz).
1283 The lasso box is now drawn so that the box will be in the foreground colour
1284 over the background, rather than by just inverting the pixel value and hoping
1285 it's visible (spotted by Philip Hazel).
1289 If the home directory is '/' then don't show it as '~' (suggested by
1292 Added '--show=FILE' option - this will be needed by other ROX
1293 applications, so it needs to be in version 1.0.0.
1295 Bugfix: -d option didn't use realpath before sending to an already-running
1300 The 'install.sh' script now uses 'printf' instead of 'echo -e' to suppress
1301 newlines (suggested by Bernard Jungen).
1303 Bugfix: Close tool was always disabled on startup (reported by Martin Ward).
1307 Added a man-page (Andy Piper).
1308 Changed `install.sh' from bash to sh (Bernard Jungen).
1310 18-Sep-2000 (Release 0.1.28)
1312 Bugfix: menu entries on the pinboard menu weren't being shaded and
1317 Changed 'Rename Item' to 'Edit Icon' and allowed changing the path that
1318 the icon points to as well as its name.
1320 All i?86 platforms are treated as being equivalent (so, if you compile
1321 on a 386 then it'll still run on a 486).
1325 Pinboard icons can also be renamed.
1326 Pinboard and panel icons can have '~' or '~/' at the start of their
1327 pathnames - this should make it easier to create a system-wide default
1328 panel or pinboard with icons relative to the user's home directory.
1332 Panel icons can now be renamed (suggested by Ewan Mac Mahon).
1336 Changing the toolbar options affects existing windows, not just new ones.
1337 Removed the 'Size Bars' display style and replaced it with 'Permissions',
1338 'Type' and 'Times' styles.
1342 With items that spread over their normal width because they're on the
1343 edge of the window, clicking on the extra bit now works.
1345 Added a size limit of 400K on application icons. This is to prevent
1346 someone trying to crash the filer by linking /tmp/MyApp/AppIcon.xpm
1349 Dragging an item with the middle button when none are selected unselects
1350 the item after the drag.
1352 Added 'Show Location' feature for pinboard and panels - opens a directory
1353 showing where the file really is.
1357 Allowed items in the far right column to spread right to the edge of the
1358 window. Fixed a bug which prevented Delete from working if there was
1363 Deleting items first checks if it will affect the pinboard or panel. A
1364 warning is displayed if so.
1366 Upgraded the query dialog (from ROX-Session) - looks nicer.
1370 'Unique filer windows' option now has no effect while the spring open
1371 feature is active (spotted by Andrew Booker). Also, when opening a new
1372 window, the old window is destroyed and a new one created (rather than
1373 reusing the old one). This ensures that the new window appears in the
1376 When a drag from the pinboard or a filer window ends, the selection is
1377 only cleared if the icon was selected by starting the drag. Thus, it now
1378 works like the panels.
1382 New Close toolbar button (requested by Martin Ward).
1383 Toolbar icons can be turned on and off from the Options box.
1384 Removed the 'Mount' menu entry, since 'Shift Open' does it too.
1385 Made the Shift Open menu text change depending on what is selected.
1386 Bugfix: dragging icons around no longer saved the new pinboard state!
1390 Running a second copy of the filer as another user will start a new copy
1391 instead of reusing the existing one. Added the '-u' option to display the
1392 name of the user running the filer in each window (also suppresses the
1393 normal don't-run-as-root warning).
1395 Added '-d', which opens a directory as a directory, even if it looks like
1400 Added Large and Small toolbar buttons. Right-clicking brings up a menu.
1404 Moved 'Set Run Action' to the file menu (suggested by Ewan Mac Mahon), and
1405 made using it bring up a dialog rather than a minibuffer. Hopefully it is now
1408 Added much improved icons for executables and for applications without icons
1409 of their own (Victor Liu See-le).
1411 Allow '/' on the pinboard and panel (text wasn't displayed - spotted by
1414 Bugfix: auto-scrolling didn't always stop when a drag ended.
1415 Bugfix: creating a panel with the same name as a file in the current
1416 directory caused an error due to a throwback from when panels were
1417 directories (spotted by Ewan Mac Mahon).
1419 30-Aug-2000 (Release 0.1.27)
1421 Increased the distance you have to move the pointer to start a drag
1422 slightly. Updated the manual.
1424 Panel icons can now be moved from one side to the other by simply moving
1425 over the gap in the middle. Previously, you had to jump over an icon on
1428 Left and right panels look better now. Also, they shrink if you add a top
1429 or bottom panel to make room.
1433 Dragging on the panel background allows you to slide the bar back and
1438 Fixed a slight bug with lasso boxes, which could cause them to be drawn in
1439 the wrong place. Install script no longer overwrites the default run
1440 actions; if the user has changed them leave them alone!
1441 (Martin Ward noted that symlinking to an executable would cause the
1442 executable to be destroyed on upgrade!)
1446 More improvements to the event handling. Seems to be working again at
1448 Made the toolbar buttons slightly larger, and added a textual display
1449 for 'Next Click' mode (eg 'Delete ... ?' when it's waiting for you to
1451 Moved the pinboard over to the new mouse binding code too.
1455 Started rewriting the event handling for filer windows to go through
1456 the new code in bind.c, like the panel handling does.
1460 You can now drag icons from the panel to other applications.
1464 Dragging panel icons with the middle button allows you to move them around.
1466 New option to set the default height for new filer windows (patch from
1471 Selecting panel icons now grabs the primary selection. Pasting pastes all
1472 selected file path names. Icons can now be added to either side of the panel.
1474 Bug fix: Moving a file didn't always update the source directory.
1478 Many improvements to the panel - drag and drop to icons, adding new icons,
1479 selections (doesn't grab the primary selection yet though), removing icons
1480 and automatically saving the panel when it's changed.
1484 Improved reference counting on images (hopefully!). Lots of work on
1485 rewriting the panel system.
1489 Made the timeout for the spring-open feature configurable (requested by
1492 Use short form of --version in install.sh and don't use unsetenv() if it
1493 isn't available (Mattias Engdegård).
1497 New options to set the pinboard text foreground and background colours
1498 (suggested by James Kermode).
1502 Your home directory is now displayed as '~' in the title bar, rather
1503 than as a full path.
1505 01-Aug-2000 (Release 0.1.26)
1507 Added a popup menu of commonly used chmod strings to the Permissions
1508 box. Bracketed text and spaces are now ignored in the commands.
1509 Bug fix: Only menu keys changed since the last load were saved!
1513 Bug fix: Mount points on the pinboard didn't always redraw when the
1514 mounted/unmounted state changed.
1518 Renaming now uses the action windows. This means that you can now
1519 rename something onto another filesystem.
1523 The menu key bindings are now only saved if they actually changed.
1525 Code tidying: Moved some typedefs to the new `global.h' file and
1526 thus removed the dependencies between header files :-)
1530 Tab and Shift-Tab move to next and previous selected item.
1534 The new display styles can now be saved as the defaults (bug spotted by
1537 When autoscrolling is used, prevent the last-highlighted directory
1538 from springing open. 'spring open' now defaults to off.
1540 The toolbar Up and Home buttons can act as drop targets (and spring open
1543 Options to set the pinboard text background style (suggested by James
1548 Added an option to control the spring-loading feature. Added tooltips
1549 to some of the options. Improved the rule for deciding whether to open
1550 a new window when you click on the toolbar buttons.
1552 Stopped the spring-open window moving while it's open (prevents a bug
1553 in GTK+ from causing problems). Please use GTK+ 1.2.8 or later now!
1555 Dragging near the edge of a window scrolls. Improved the lasso box drag
1556 to use the same system (so it scrolls without you having to move the
1561 Added 'spring-loaded' directories. If you drag a file over a directory and
1562 hold it there, the directory will spring open! (suggested by Barney
1567 In the path entry minibuffer, an exact match is favoured over any other
1568 match. So, if you enter '.xsession' and press Return you'll get it, not
1569 '.xsession-errors' or whatever!
1571 The filer now clears APP_DIR from the environment so that child processes
1572 don't get it. Fixed a bug which caused problems when using a small version
1573 of the 'missing image' image.
1577 Creating a new directory now makes sure the display is updated.
1579 18-Jul-2000 (Release 0.1.25)
1581 Prevent dragging from a pinboard selection to itself, or onto the desktop
1586 Clicking on the root window works (button-1 clears the selection,
1587 button-3 opens the pinboard menu). The pinboard can own the primary
1588 selection, which means that you can select something and then paste
1589 its name into another program.
1591 Keys bound to menu entries are automatically saved when the filer quits.
1595 Changed the install script so that the CVS directories don't get installed.
1597 The 'rox' script now just calls AppRun directly.
1598 Panels can be created without starting a new copy of the filer.
1599 The pinboard can be changed or removed by using --pinboard a second time.
1601 Files can be given as arguments - they are opened as if they were clicked
1602 on in a filer window (suggested by Alex Holden). If no arguments are
1603 given then the default is now the current directory (not your home
1606 If you start the leafname in the path minibuffer with '.' then the Show
1607 Hidden feature is temporarily turned on.
1611 Ctrl-clicking selects and unselects pinboard icons. Menu clicking
1612 selects the icon clicked on while the menu is open. Pinned icons are
1613 now updated when the pointer moves over them, if necessary.
1617 Menu-clicking on a pinboard icon now brings up a menu.
1618 Clicks on the root window are still ignored though; need to support
1619 the GNOME-compliant window manager system for passing root clicks on...
1623 Files can now be dragged to pinboard icons, and they highlight nicely too!
1624 If the --override option is used, the filer will bypass the window manager
1625 and position the icons directly.
1629 Pinboard icons can now be dragged to filer windows or applications, just
1634 Changed the DnD code to make it easier for the pinboard code to use it.
1635 Up and Home buttons on the toolbar now use the 'New window on button 1'
1636 option setting (suggested by Vincent Lefèvre).
1640 Pinboard can have mount points and symlinks on it.
1644 Dragging with the Menu button moves icons around. Clicking with the
1645 other button removes icons from the pinboard.
1649 Dragging files to the pinboard adds them to it and automatically saves
1654 Pinboard is now loaded from a file specified on the command line.
1658 'Home' now appears on the background if you run it with --pinboard.
1659 Clicking opens your home directory. Doesn't do much else.
1660 Fixed a bug which prevented the minibuffer label from appearing on
1661 some versions of GTK+.
1665 First steps towards pinboard support (requested by P.S.S.Camp and
1670 Changed the Display menu layout - now there are four basic types (Large or
1671 Small, with or without details) and the type of detail desired is chosen
1672 from a sub-sub-menu.
1674 Added a new display style - bars showing the sizes of the files. The bars are
1675 drawn on a log scale.
1679 Changed the display menu - you can now choose large or small icons, with or
1680 without details. The details displayed can also be changed. I'm not quite
1681 happy with the UI yet though...
1683 Split the filer.c source file into two (filer.c and display.c) since it was
1684 becoming rather unwieldy. This means that some of the option names have
1685 changed because they've moved to a new section in the options window...
1689 Fixed a problem where ImLib support failed on multi-depth displays (reported
1690 by Stephen Harrison).
1692 06-Jun-2000 (Release 0.1.24)
1694 Added the install.sh script for easier installation.
1695 Removed 'MIME-info' file from ROX-Filer - now we always assume that the
1696 standard types are in Choices.
1697 Fixed a bug which could cause 'top' panels to appear in the wrong place
1699 Changed the sort order for Sort By Type so that directories come before
1700 files (suggested by Chris Garrett).
1701 `Single-click navigation' and 'Ignore case when sorting' now both default
1706 Improved the theme support to allow tiled background images.
1707 Fixed a bug which prevented tilde expansion from working in the
1708 shell command minibuffer.
1712 Made the help button look a bit nicer and changed the Find and Permissions
1713 action windows to use the icon instead of a text button.
1714 Removed the 3D borders from the help and toolbar buttons when not selected
1715 (looks much better!). Setting a run action by dragging to a symlink now
1716 dereferences the link (suggested by Ewan Mac Mahon).
1718 Default search path for Choices is now:
1719 ~/Choices:/usr/local/share/Choices:/usr/share/Choices
1721 Fixed (possibly) a bug which sometimes causes the redraw to miss bits. This
1722 probably slows everything down, but the next Gtk+ release should do double
1723 buffering so all this will get changed then...
1727 Added a Help icon to the toolbar, which does the same as choosing `Show
1728 ROX-Filer Help' from the menu.
1732 Started adding some code to truncate long filenames (not finished yet).
1733 Fixed a bug which could cause directories to appear empty when using VFS.
1734 Added the 'Select If' minibuffer, which selects all files matching the
1739 Moved most of the icons from pixmaps to MIME-icons (outside ROX-Filer).
1740 Updated several of the remaining icons by copying them from the GNOME
1741 desktop (suggested by Volker Braun).
1744 16-May-2000 (Release 0.1.23)
1746 Added the `Window->Set Run Action' menu item. This allows you to specify the
1747 default run action for a file by simply dragging the file into a program.
1748 You can also enter a shell command in the minibuffer to make that command
1750 The cursor is a bit nicer and usually appears where you want it to now. You
1751 can also get rid of it by pressing Escape.
1755 Applied Bernard's patch (a couple of cosmetic changes to the action windows).
1756 Applied Vincent's patch (minor updates to the Frech translation).
1757 Fixed a problem with the pixmap caching - the filer would detect that the
1758 file had changed and try to reload it, but ImLib would simply return its
1763 Removed a debugging message that had somehow got into the release version :-(
1764 Fixed a bug in the minibuffer code - pressing Return when the cursor was in
1765 an empty directory caused odd effects.
1767 24-Apr-2000 (Release 0.1.22)
1769 When starting, the filer will check to see if it is already running.
1770 If it is then the arguments are passed to that copy.
1774 Bug fix: Attempting to open a Find preview window could cause a crash
1775 if the directory containing the item could not be opened.
1776 Button-3 clicking on the toolbar icons opens a new window.
1781 Added Vincent Lefevre's French translation. Changed to using my own
1782 gettext function because some platforms don't have it or implement
1785 18-Apr-2000 (Release 0.1.21)
1787 Completed marking translatable strings. Dragging with the middle button
1792 Made lots of changes to the way menus are stored; this makes i18n of the
1797 Added GNU gettext support.
1798 Shell meta-characters in shell commands are escaped.
1802 Tab in the shell commands minibuffer does shell-style completion.
1804 14-Apr-2000 (Release 0.1.20)
1806 ImLib is used for rendering if possible. Small Icons super-samples the
1811 Copying from inside a VFS directory now works.
1815 Added the Shell Command feature to the minibuffer.
1816 Fixed a bug which causes unnecessary flickering when a hidden file was
1818 Removed 'Touch' from the menu; easy enough from the minibuffer now.
1819 Changed the type guessing system - scans all files in MIME-info directories
1824 Added a nice list displaying the found files. Clicking opens a preview window
1825 onto the directory and winks the file.
1829 Merged the MIME-Type and Special fields in the info window into a single
1830 Type field (since only one could be used at a time anyway).
1831 Made lots of changes to the panel menu. You can now remove things much more
1833 Unstat()able files now display the error message in the Full Info display,
1834 instead of random values.
1835 Check for copying a directory onto itself, as well as into itself.
1837 Applied Bernard's patch:
1838 - Copy (menu entry) now works with action window.
1839 - Deleted/moved directory displays are automatically hidden.
1840 - Added option not to allow run/copy when object
1841 dragged to filer (not panels) icons. Some people like
1842 it the RISC OS way...
1843 - Full info alignment of App objects and owner/group
1844 alignment corrected.
1845 - Info window: added special info for symlinks, apps
1850 Added support for mc's Virtual File System.
1854 New Window appears greyed out if Unique Windows is selected.
1855 Added 'Permissions' (chmod) feature.
1859 Added Bernard Jungen's patch:
1860 - Dates are displayed in a more RISC OS like format.
1861 - (Scanning) is shown in the titlebar during scans.
1862 - Option to only display one window per directory.
1863 - User and group names displayed in the Full Info view.
1864 - Open Parent in the root does nothing.
1865 - Errors in options are only reported once.
1866 - File does chdir() if -b isn't possible (prevents getting the full path
1867 in the file(1) says... box).
1870 Before the Changes file
1871 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1872 The following people added code before I started keeping this log:
1874 Jens Askengren GNOME-style toolbar
1875 Bernard Jungen lots of patches all over the place!
1876 Christiansen Merel initial support for ImLib
1877 Chris Sawer leafname field in the Info box
1878 Simon Truss support for mount points on NetBSD