2 A RISC OS-like filer for X
7 Changes to the French translation (Thierry Godefroy and Vincent Lefevre).
11 Code tidying in menu.c (Bernard Jungen).
15 Opening a filer window from the Set Icon dialog turns thumbnails display
16 on (suggested by Francesco Bochicchio).
17 Right-clicking the Help toolbar button reuses the same window.
21 Made some strings easier to translate, fixed a problem with translating a blank
22 string, and changed the details toolbar button to leave the size alone (Andras
24 Improved key handling (key presses were sometimes ignored).
25 Bugfix: A very long and narrow icon could make the filer try to scale to a
26 width or height of zero (Andras Mohari).
30 Allow current directory and selection to be stored with Ctrl+[0-9] and
31 retrieved by pressing [0-9] (suggested by Jakub Turski). The groups are not
36 Don't use re_set_syntax() on systems that don't have it (reported by
38 In action windows, the a long filename no longer makes the window get wider
39 (requested by Graham Borland).
40 Added 'Types' section to the Options window, allowing easy(ish) access
41 to the MIME-info files, plus a reload button, and icons for MIME-types can
42 be set from the 'Set Icon...' box (Stephen Watson).
46 Added a menu to the 'Set Icon...' box which shows all directories currently
47 used for icons (Francesco Bochicchio).
48 Fix small error in German translation (Christopher Arndt).
49 Bugfix: 'New Directory' didn't correctly select the leafname with Gtk+-2.0.
53 Added Spanish translation (Marcelo Ramos).
54 Applied Bernard Jungen's latest patch:
55 - Disk usage forgot to count special files like pipes, etc.
56 - Page up/down scrolls a window full at a time instead of 10 items.
57 - Don't get icons from the cache if thumbnail mode is off anymore.
58 - modechange.c: deleted useless stuff and fixed octal parsing to detect
59 *all* illegal values (eg 010000000000000).
60 - Added 'Show/hide hidden files' toolbar button.
61 - Lots of code tidying.
66 Holding the pointer over a symlink shows the target in a tooltip
67 (Stephen Watson; suggested by Arnaud Calvo).
71 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
73 30-Oct-2001 (Release 1.1.8)
75 Updated to support Gtk+-1.3.10.
79 Slightly better positioning of filenames and details (Bernard Jungen).
80 When resizing, only add space for an extra row in Small Icons mode.
84 Make the Set Run Action box command box have the "$1" already filled in
85 (suggested by Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson).
89 Set the WM_CLASS for saveboxes, so that window managers can treat them
90 specially, if required (Andrew Flegg).
94 Changed internal format used to send to requests to SOAP, and added --RPC
95 option to access it directly.
99 Open new windows at the mouse position (suggested by Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson).
100 Bugfix: If file doesn't accept the '-b' option then examining a file in
101 the root directory didn't work (Stephen Watson).
105 Use --version instead of 'which' to test for programs as not everyone has
106 which (suggested by Vincent Lefevre).
107 Bugfix: When setting an icon for a file with a space in the name, the
108 setting wasn't saved correctly (spotted by Arnaud Calvo and Jakub
109 Turski). The 'globicons' file should be converted automatically
110 when the filer is run.
114 Added support for the regex field in MIME-info. This allows files to be
115 matched with patterns, not just on their extensions. For example, '.gtkrc'
116 is now typed 'x-gtkrc' despite having no extension (Stephen Watson and
121 Allow AppIcon.xpm and .DirIcon.png to be symlinks (Bernard Jungen).
125 When running on a remote machine, display the remote host's name in the
126 title bar (Stephen Watson).
130 New option to control whether a middle button drag moves the files or
132 Allow submenus in AppInfo.xml file (Stephen Watson).
136 Now supports Gtk+-1.3.9, but not earlier developer releases.
140 Disk Usage can cope with larger sizes, and reports the number of files and
141 directories counted; new Show Hidden and Inherit Options options; new -D
142 option to close directories; and changes to formatting of file sizes
147 Updated Hungarian translation (Andras Mohari).
148 Improved the filename colouring code so that colours are only allocated
149 if needed (Andras Mohari) and fixed a colourmap problem (Stephen Watson).
150 Bugfix: When sorting while winking an item, the filer would sometimes scroll
151 to the wrong place (Andras Mohari).
152 Bugfix: If all the selected files were deleted, then trying to paste the
153 selection caused a crash (Fabien Coutant).
157 Colour files by type (Andras Mohari).
161 Added -p to mkdir in install scripts to create any missing parent
162 directories (Michel Alexandre Salim).
166 Dragging files with the middle button (or Button1+Alt) brings up a menu
167 of possible actions (Taras).
168 New option to control size of icons in `New' and `Send To' menus (Stephen
170 Bugfix: Pinboard icons didn't draw correctly if their windows got resized
171 (reported by Michel Alexandre Salim).
175 Window positions can be saved and restored by a session manager (Anders
180 Fixed an untranslated string (Andras Mohari).
184 The style for pinboard and panel icon text can be set (requested by Greg
187 widget "*.pinboard-icon" style "..."
188 widget "*.panel-icon.*" style "..."
192 Bugfix: Entering a blank expression in the 'Select If' minibuffer displayed
193 a (harmless) warning message (reported by Vincent Lefèvre).
195 03-Sep-2001 (Release 1.1.7)
197 Added an option to control whether extensions take precedence over the
198 executable bit of a file (requested by MJ Ray).
199 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre and Arnaud Calvo).
200 Disabled the UTF-8 conversion (doesn't work on older versions of Gtk).
204 The options controlling when windows resize work again.
208 Better guessing of window size for display styles with details.
212 The 'src/po/dist' script now converts all text to UTF-8.
216 Fixed some problems with the configure.in script and autoconf 2.50 (Richard
221 Updated Dutch translation (Jasper Huijsmans).
222 Send To menu lists contents of all Send To directories in Choices, not just
224 Fixed another XML compiling problem (Stephen Watson).
228 Added Customise to `Send To' menu.
232 Detached Send To menu from main menu structure. Allows key-binding to open
233 the menu, at least. Main menu now opens quicker (no scanning of Send To dir).
234 Shift+Menu brings up the menu directly.
238 Fixed compiling problem with some versions of libxml (Stephen Watson).
239 Changed a text message in the Options box (about binding keys to menus) into
240 a button which shows the message in an alert box. Maybe people will read the
245 Only use Gtk+ 2.0 if version 1.3.6 or later is installed.
246 Scrolling using a wheel mouse now always goes at the same speed, whatever the
247 display style (requested by aardvark joe).
251 Added 'Send To' menu (Stephen Watson).
253 Bugfix: Renaming a panel icon didn't update the display (reported by Andrew
258 Fixed some minor compilation issues (reported by Jasper Huijsmans and Daniel
263 Added French translation of the manual (Arnaud Calvo).
267 Filer wouldn't compile or run if it was in a directory with spaces in the
268 name (reported by Benjamin Munoz).
272 Added options for default action window settings for Brief, Force and Recurse
274 New default for sort type is Sort By Name (requested by Andreas Dehmel).
275 Bugfix: Clicking on a file with no run action set gave two error boxes.
279 Make Enter in the minibuffer work like Return (requested by Arnaud Calvo).
283 Added some more hints to pinboard and panel windows to comply with the new
284 freedesktop.org window manger spec.
288 New option to set the maximum size the auto-resizer will resize a window to
289 (requested by Andreas Dehmel).
293 When using the Set Run Action box, make the command default to the currently
294 set command (suggested by Arnaud Calvo).
296 12-Jul-2001 (Release 1.1.6)
298 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
302 Renamed 'New File' submenu to 'New' and moved 'New Directory' into it.
306 Use the user's preferred font for item filenames, not the Gtk default
307 (requested by Jim Knoble).
311 Redid text handling on the panel. Now uses nice fonts under Gtk+ 2.0.
315 Don't show tooltips for applets as it causes problems (reported by Stephen
320 Gtk+-2.0: Support for anti-aliased fonts on the pinboard (also word-wraps
321 long names too). Fixed a crash-on-click problem on the root window.
325 More work on Gtk+-2.0 -- seems to be usable now :-)
329 Started work to support Gtk+-2.0.
333 Moved 'relative link' option above the buttons in the Link box (Stephen
335 Bugfix: Rescanning could sometimes make the cursor reappear, causing the
336 display to scroll (reported by Andreas Dehmel).
340 Replaced 'New File...' menu item with a submenu generated from the contents
341 of '<Choices>/Templates' (Stephen Watson).
345 `Xterm here' command can contain arguments (Andras Mohari).
346 Made the menu appear in a sensible place, so it's easy to get to the File
347 submenu (suggested by André Wyrwa).
351 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
352 Added a German translation (André Wyrwa).
356 Added an extra option to control the resizing behaviour. Can be set to resize
357 never, always, or only when the display style changes (requested by Andreas).
359 07-Jun-2001 (Release 1.1.5)
361 Updated Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
365 Unless compiling with mc's libvfs for virtual filesystem support, change the
366 menu structure for use with the newer AVFS system.
367 (http://www.inf.bme.hu/~mszeredi/avfs/) (José Romildo Malaquias).
369 Bug fix: Running the filer with a translation set would make it crash
370 (reported by Dmitry Elfimov).
372 04-Jun-2001 (Release 1.1.4)
374 Added 'Details' toolbar icon. Toggles display between Small Icons with Summary
375 and the default size with no details.
379 Replaced Large/Small toolbar buttons with a single Size button which
380 cycles through Small/Large/Huge (other button to reverse).
384 Added Shift Open, Set Run Action and Set Icon to the pinboard and panel
389 Long leafnames wrap onto multiple lines in Huge mode, like they do for
394 Display tooltips for pinboard and panel icons, where needed.
398 New option to show number of files / size of selected files in the toolbar
403 New options section 'panel' allows icon text to be hidden for all icons, no
404 icons, or just applications (suggested by José Romildo Malaquias).
408 Converted the options window to a tabbed notebook (Denis Manente).
412 Pressing the mouse button down on an icon no longer winks it; only releasing
413 the button to run it does.
414 Added 'Show Info' to panel/pinboard menu.
415 The File Info box grabs the primary selection when a row is selected
416 (allows you to paste email addresses, URLs, etc).
420 Opening a pinboard or panel menu over an icon no longer selects it -- this
421 allows the selection to be passed to an application run using its AppMenu
422 (requested by Christopher Arndt).
426 In Large Icons display style, a file's name may wrap onto a second line.
430 Merged code for handling selections and menus that was common to pinboards
431 and panels into icon.c.
435 When using 'From LANG', extract the language code from the string to get
436 the filename, instead of using the whole string (Andras Mohari).
437 Added support for very old versions of libxml (reported by Lukasz Stelmach
438 and Vincent Lefèvre).
442 Updated French (Vincent Lefevre) and Hungarian (Andras Mohari) translations.
444 07-May-2001 (Release 1.1.3)
446 Updated the documentation.
450 Added 'Huge, With...' display styles. In huge mode, normal icons are scaled
451 up if they're too small.
455 Gtk styles can be overridden in <Choices>/ROX-Filer/Styles (suggested by
457 Pinboards and panels should now work with IceWM without needing -o
459 Allow text messages in the toolbar to go off the side (instead of resizing the
464 Opening the shell minibuffer with a selection adds ' "$@' after the cursor.
465 Without a selection, the name of the file under the cursor is added.
469 Pressing the `\' key opens the menu (suggested by Christopher Arndt). Hold
470 down Ctrl for the File submenu.
474 Added a new 'About' section to AppInfo. Any elements in here are added
475 into the info box. Added a 'Refresh' button to the info box.
476 Added a ROX-Filer/Styles file for default colours (default filer background
481 Rewrote the file info box. Looks a bit nicer, and it's easier to add extra
486 Updated Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
490 AppInfo file may contain a <Summary> element - the text inside will be
491 displayed in a tooltip if the mouse is held over the item in a filer
496 Filer now looks for AppInfo.xml before AppMenu. This is for future
501 Automatic resizing of windows when changing directory is now optional
502 (requested by Paul E. Johnson and Andreas Thorn).
506 The symlink box allows you to choose to create relative or absolute links
507 (suggested by Stephen Watson).
511 Fix some typos and untranslated strings (Andras Mohari).
515 Added a Russian translation (Dmitry Elfimov).
519 Fixed a couple of errors in the man-page (spotted by Damien Couderc).
523 Winking an item in a directory makes it flash twice instead of once (easier
524 to see). Also, creating a new file or directory from the menu winks the new
527 Bugfix: When a directory was rescanned because of a move operation,
528 the `Set Icon...' settings didn't work (reported by Damien
533 New display style 'Huge Icons' to make viewing thumbnails easier.
534 Added a Hungarian translation (Andras Mohari).
535 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
536 Double clicking on a filer window's background resizes the window (Denis
541 If an item's name is truncated, show it in a tooltip when the pointer is
542 held over the item (Denis Manente).
544 30-Mar-2001 (Release 1.1.2)
546 Asking for help on a directory always tries to open <dir>/Help first, even
547 for non-applications.
551 If run without -n, the filer will put itself in the background. Thus,
552 the 'rox' command behaves the same whether or not the filer is already
557 Support for the new version of libxml (reported by Andreas Dehmel).
561 Rewrote parser for options. Smaller and neater (hopefully this will fix
562 the bugs reported by Andreas Dehmel and Ewan Mac Mahon).
564 Bugfix: While scanning, the resizer could make the window too large.
568 Moving the cursor down in the next-to-last row will move to the last
569 item if there is nothing under the cursor (suggested by Graham Borland).
573 When changing directory, only make the window larger (if needed), never
574 smaller (suggested by Diego Zamboni).
578 Changing directory autosizes the window automatically (Denis Manente).
579 Internal changes to the way different layouts are handled.
583 Pressing space (to select/unselect an item) now also moves the cursor to
584 the next item (suggested by Anders Lundmark).
586 Copying directories tries to preserve the timestamps, like it does for
587 files (suggested by José Romildo Malaquias).
591 Added '--mime-type FILE' option, which simply writes the type of FILE to
592 standard output (Stephen Watson).
594 Added 'Home Directory' to Window menu (requested by Graham Borland).
598 Copying a directory which doesn't have user write permission will give it
599 user write during the copy to avoid permission denied errors (suggested by
602 New sort option - 'Directories always come first' (requested by Liav Asseraf).
606 Dragging a lasso box with the middle button toggles the selected state
607 of the items enclosed (Denis Manente).
611 Changing the display style now resizes the window (Denis Manente).
615 New pinboards get a 'Home' icon in the top left corner as new users often
616 think the pinboard isn't working because it starts empty (suggested by
619 Converted AppMenu file format to XML.
620 Added AppMenu file with options to control the pinboard.
624 Highlight invalid Find expressions in red (Anders Lundmark).
628 When resizing windows, try to keep the window fully inside the screen area
633 Updated the Dutch translation (Jan Wagemakers).
637 When mounting a device, the new window appears after mounting, not before.
638 This means that it's more likely to get sized correctly (requested by
643 Added two new options to control when minibuffer completion beeps (requested
648 Added 'New File...' feature (James Kermode).
652 Dropping icons on the pinboard positions them sensibly (Diego Zamboni).
654 09-Feb-2001 (Release 1.1.1)
656 Moving pinboard icons is nicer - it no longer assumes you dragged the middle
657 of the text... (Diego Zamboni).
659 Added a Polish translation (Andrzej Borsuk).
661 Bugfix: Sometimes it wasn't possible to delete something that was on a
662 pinboard or panel, even after confirming (reported by Diego Zamboni).
666 Sliders in the options box can have a numerical value display (Diego Zamboni).
667 Fixed a stray warning message displayed when non-default pinboard options
668 were used (Diego Zamboni).
670 New menu item 'Set Icon...' allows you to choose any icon for any file or
671 directory. Also allow .DirIcon.png to set a directory's icon (Diego Zamboni).
675 Many internal changes to the Options system.
679 Bugfix: On filesystems which aren't case sensitive (eg DOS) it was possible
680 to copy 'tmp' as 'Tmp' and lose it! (reported by Denis Manente)
684 Added Diego Zamboni's patch to make configuring VFS easier.
688 Improved compiling - now correctly reports an error if the file doesn't
689 compile. If configure is missing then autoconf is run automatically.
691 After a Find completes, you are given the option of doing the search again
694 Applications can define a list of menu items to display on their menus
695 (Diego Zamboni). The file should be called 'AppMenu' and contains a list of
696 lines in the form 'option Text'.
700 Added two new pinboard options - one to allow setting the grid step size
701 and one to allow icons to go slightly off the side of the screen (Diego
706 Bugfix: Textured window backgrounds could cause a crash (reported by Diego
711 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
713 Bugfix: The pixbuf stuff didn't work on some displays (reported by Stephen
716 20-Jan-2001 (Release 1.1.0)
718 Removed the 'Initial window height' option. The filer tries to pick a
719 sensible shape itself now.
721 Bugfix: If an image was moved to a directory which didn't generate thumbs
722 then it would display, but never be updated. Even if it wasn't that
723 file at all, just a reused inode!
724 Bugfix: Changing the display style didn't always redraw the display.
725 Bugfix: In 'Small, With...' display mode, clicking beyond the far right
726 column acted like clicking on the far-right column.
730 Changed background colour to be more compatible with the Gtk themes system.
734 Removed all the message window stuff. ROX-Filer no longer grabs standard
735 error from its child processes. Changed because ROX-Session now does a much
740 Filer is more generous in what hostnames it considers local.
741 Patch to include pixbuf headers correctly (Diego Zamboni).
745 Bug fix: Didn't always use the fully qualified host name for DnD.
749 If a file has a known extension then it is given the appropriate type even
750 if the file is executable (Simon Britnell).
754 Added a menu entry 'Resize Window' to set the window to a sensible size
759 Try to open new windows at a sensible size for their contents (Denis Manente).
763 Bugfix: When mounting or unmounting subdirectories of '/', the mount symbol
764 wasn't updated (reported by Wilbert Berendsen).
768 Fixed a couple of memory leaks in the choices system (Diego Zamboni).
769 Updated French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
770 Added new 'Create Thumbs' entry on the Display menu which tries to load
771 every file in the directory as an image and use that image for the file
772 (suggested by Sprague and Simon Britnell).
776 Converted to use gdk-pixbuf instead of ImLib.
777 Fixed a few compiler warnings and improved the error message displayed
778 if you try to invoke rox on a missing file (reported by Vincent Lefèvre).
779 Changed the -w, -W and -i flags to the simpler -x=FILE, which reexamines the
780 given file, updating directory views and icons as needed.
784 AppIcon.xpm must be a regular file (stops people trying to crash the
785 filer by symlinking to /dev/...).
786 Fixed a missing translation in the pinboard options (Denis Manente).
790 Attempting to run the filer before compiling will now ask if you want
792 Removed lots of platform-specific mount point code and replaced it with
793 python's portable system.
794 New options section allows you to choose a translation without having to
795 set the LANG variable.
799 Added '-w', '-i' and '-W' command line options for forcing icons or
800 directories to be rescanned (Diego Zamboni).
802 13-Dec-2000 (Release 1.0.0)
804 Made a few updates to the manual.
808 Fixes to make compiling easier on Solaris (Diego Zamboni). Also, after showing
809 a pinboard icon, tries to send it to the back (might help with some WMs).
811 04-Dec-2000 (Release 0.1.30)
813 When a panel is used for the first time, put the user's home directory and
814 the directory containing ROX-Filer on it instead of leaving it blank.
818 Patch to make compiling easier under FreeBSD (Jimmy Olgeni).
819 Added a #include for OSF1 (Vincent Lefevre).
823 Bugfix: On many systems, the filer would fail to remove zombie processes
824 due to a typo (spotted by Philip Hazel and tracked down by Stephen
829 Bugfix: Removing an item from the panel now resizes the panel (reported
830 by Wilbert Berendsen).
831 Bugfix: Editing an icon's path failed to update its hash entry.
835 If a case-sensitve match for an extension can't be found then try a
836 case-insensitive match - so .BMP and similar work (Denis Manente).
840 A few changes to remove some compiler warnings (reported by Vincent Lefevre).
841 Added a VFS menu entry for .deb files (Vincent Ledda).
845 Mounting or unmounting a directory forces mtab to be reread, even if the
846 timestamp hasn't changed (problem reported by Wilbert Berendsen).
848 When the 'Unique windows' option is on, remove the old window AFTER creating
849 the new one, so that the filer doesn't quit because there are zero windows
850 open... (Denis Manente).
854 Updated the Dutch translation (Jan Wagemakers).
858 Updated the French translation (Vincent Lefèvre).
860 Using --version and --help options no longer requires an X server connection,
861 the man-pages are more standard, and 'man ROX-Filer' is allowed as well as
862 'man rox' (Bernard Jungen).
864 Bugfix: A corrupted AppIcon.xpm could crash the filer.
866 24-Oct-2000 (Release 0.1.29)
868 Code tidying: Replaced an XLib call with a gdk one (Denis Manente) and amended
869 the makedist script to remove the .cvsignore files (spotted by Andy
874 Improved the install script so that it installs the man-page. Also made it
875 easier to use. Updated the French translation and fixed a couple of
876 typos (Vincent Lefèvre).
880 Gtk+ doesn't always scroll entry widgets to show the selection - apply a
881 workaround (Denis Manente) - this improves the Copy/Rename/etc boxes.
885 Added a Dutch translation (Jan Wagemakers).
889 Added an Italian translation (Denis Manente).
893 Bugfix: If AppRun was a symlink, then the owner of the file was checked, not
894 the owner of the symlink. Slight security risk, and also prevented
895 users symlinking AppRun to their binaries...
899 Bugfix: Deleting a pinboard icon while it was highlighted caused a crash.
900 This means it is now possible to click on a pinboard icon to change
903 Bugfix: Textured window backgrounds didn't redraw correctly when scrolled
904 or resized. Now flickers when resizing if there's a textured
905 background - seems to be necessary :-(
909 Running as root now simply turns on the -u flag, rather than displaying
912 The toolbar height is now correctly taken into account when sizing a new filer
913 window (Denis Manente).
915 When guessing file types from extensions, the filer now tries to find the
916 longest extension that matches (eg .ps.gz, then .gz).
920 The lasso box is now drawn so that the box will be in the foreground colour
921 over the background, rather than by just inverting the pixel value and hoping
922 it's visible (spotted by Philip Hazel).
926 If the home directory is '/' then don't show it as '~' (suggested by
929 Added '--show=FILE' option - this will be needed by other ROX
930 applications, so it needs to be in version 1.0.0.
932 Bugfix: -d option didn't use realpath before sending to an already-running
937 The 'install.sh' script now uses 'printf' instead of 'echo -e' to suppress
938 newlines (suggested by Bernard Jungen).
940 Bugfix: Close tool was always disabled on startup (reported by Martin Ward).
944 Added a man-page (Andy Piper).
945 Changed `install.sh' from bash to sh (Bernard Jungen).
947 18-Sep-2000 (Release 0.1.28)
949 Bugfix: menu entries on the pinboard menu weren't being shaded and
954 Changed 'Rename Item' to 'Edit Icon' and allowed changing the path that
955 the icon points to as well as its name.
957 All i?86 platforms are treated as being equivalent (so, if you compile
958 on a 386 then it'll still run on a 486).
962 Pinboard icons can also be renamed.
963 Pinboard and panel icons can have '~' or '~/' at the start of their
964 pathnames - this should make it easier to create a system-wide default
965 panel or pinboard with icons relative to the user's home directory.
969 Panel icons can now be renamed (suggested by Ewan Mac Mahon).
973 Changing the toolbar options affects existing windows, not just new ones.
974 Removed the 'Size Bars' display style and replaced it with 'Permissions',
975 'Type' and 'Times' styles.
979 With items that spread over their normal width because they're on the
980 edge of the window, clicking on the extra bit now works.
982 Added a size limit of 400K on application icons. This is to prevent
983 someone trying to crash the filer by linking /tmp/MyApp/AppIcon.xpm
986 Dragging an item with the middle button when none are selected unselects
987 the item after the drag.
989 Added 'Show Location' feature for pinboard and panels - opens a directory
990 showing where the file really is.
994 Allowed items in the far right column to spread right to the edge of the
995 window. Fixed a bug which prevented Delete from working if there was
1000 Deleting items first checks if it will affect the pinboard or panel. A
1001 warning is displayed if so.
1003 Upgraded the query dialog (from ROX-Session) - looks nicer.
1007 'Unique filer windows' option now has no effect while the spring open
1008 feature is active (spotted by Andrew Booker). Also, when opening a new
1009 window, the old window is destroyed and a new one created (rather than
1010 reusing the old one). This ensures that the new window appears in the
1013 When a drag from the pinboard or a filer window ends, the selection is
1014 only cleared if the icon was selected by starting the drag. Thus, it now
1015 works like the panels.
1019 New Close toolbar button (requested by Martin Ward).
1020 Toolbar icons can be turned on and off from the Options box.
1021 Removed the 'Mount' menu entry, since 'Shift Open' does it too.
1022 Made the Shift Open menu text change depending on what is selected.
1023 Bugfix: dragging icons around no longer saved the new pinboard state!
1027 Running a second copy of the filer as another user will start a new copy
1028 instead of reusing the existing one. Added the '-u' option to display the
1029 name of the user running the filer in each window (also suppresses the
1030 normal don't-run-as-root warning).
1032 Added '-d', which opens a directory as a directory, even if it looks like
1037 Added Large and Small toolbar buttons. Right-clicking brings up a menu.
1041 Moved 'Set Run Action' to the file menu (suggested by Ewan Mac Mahon), and
1042 made using it bring up a dialog rather than a minibuffer. Hopefully it is now
1045 Added much improved icons for executables and for applications without icons
1046 of their own (Victor Liu See-le).
1048 Allow '/' on the pinboard and panel (text wasn't displayed - spotted by
1051 Bugfix: auto-scrolling didn't always stop when a drag ended.
1052 Bugfix: creating a panel with the same name as a file in the current
1053 directory caused an error due to a throwback from when panels were
1054 directories (spotted by Ewan Mac Mahon).
1056 30-Aug-2000 (Release 0.1.27)
1058 Increased the distance you have to move the pointer to start a drag
1059 slightly. Updated the manual.
1061 Panel icons can now be moved from one side to the other by simply moving
1062 over the gap in the middle. Previously, you had to jump over an icon on
1065 Left and right panels look better now. Also, they shrink if you add a top
1066 or bottom panel to make room.
1070 Dragging on the panel background allows you to slide the bar back and
1075 Fixed a slight bug with lasso boxes, which could cause them to be drawn in
1076 the wrong place. Install script no longer overwrites the default run
1077 actions; if the user has changed them leave them alone!
1078 (Martin Ward noted that symlinking to an executable would cause the
1079 executable to be destroyed on upgrade!)
1083 More improvements to the event handling. Seems to be working again at
1085 Made the toolbar buttons slightly larger, and added a textual display
1086 for 'Next Click' mode (eg 'Delete ... ?' when it's waiting for you to
1088 Moved the pinboard over to the new mouse binding code too.
1092 Started rewriting the event handling for filer windows to go through
1093 the new code in bind.c, like the panel handling does.
1097 You can now drag icons from the panel to other applications.
1101 Dragging panel icons with the middle button allows you to move them around.
1103 New option to set the default height for new filer windows (patch from
1108 Selecting panel icons now grabs the primary selection. Pasting pastes all
1109 selected file path names. Icons can now be added to either side of the panel.
1111 Bug fix: Moving a file didn't always update the source directory.
1115 Many improvements to the panel - drag and drop to icons, adding new icons,
1116 selections (doesn't grab the primary selection yet though), removing icons
1117 and automatically saving the panel when it's changed.
1121 Improved reference counting on images (hopefully!). Lots of work on
1122 rewriting the panel system.
1126 Made the timeout for the spring-open feature configurable (requested by
1129 Use short form of --version in install.sh and don't use unsetenv() if it
1130 isn't available (Mattias Engdegård).
1134 New options to set the pinboard text foreground and background colours
1135 (suggested by James Kermode).
1139 Your home directory is now displayed as '~' in the title bar, rather
1140 than as a full path.
1142 01-Aug-2000 (Release 0.1.26)
1144 Added a popup menu of commonly used chmod strings to the Permissions
1145 box. Bracketed text and spaces are now ignored in the commands.
1146 Bug fix: Only menu keys changed since the last load were saved!
1150 Bug fix: Mount points on the pinboard didn't always redraw when the
1151 mounted/unmounted state changed.
1155 Renaming now uses the action windows. This means that you can now
1156 rename something onto another filesystem.
1160 The menu key bindings are now only saved if they actually changed.
1162 Code tidying: Moved some typedefs to the new `global.h' file and
1163 thus removed the dependencies between header files :-)
1167 Tab and Shift-Tab move to next and previous selected item.
1171 The new display styles can now be saved as the defaults (bug spotted by
1174 When autoscrolling is used, prevent the last-highlighted directory
1175 from springing open. 'spring open' now defaults to off.
1177 The toolbar Up and Home buttons can act as drop targets (and spring open
1180 Options to set the pinboard text background style (suggested by James
1185 Added an option to control the spring-loading feature. Added tooltips
1186 to some of the options. Improved the rule for deciding whether to open
1187 a new window when you click on the toolbar buttons.
1189 Stopped the spring-open window moving while it's open (prevents a bug
1190 in GTK+ from causing problems). Please use GTK+ 1.2.8 or later now!
1192 Dragging near the edge of a window scrolls. Improved the lasso box drag
1193 to use the same system (so it scrolls without you having to move the
1198 Added 'spring-loaded' directories. If you drag a file over a directory and
1199 hold it there, the directory will spring open! (suggested by Barney
1204 In the path entry minibuffer, an exact match is favoured over any other
1205 match. So, if you enter '.xsession' and press Return you'll get it, not
1206 '.xsession-errors' or whatever!
1208 The filer now clears APP_DIR from the environment so that child processes
1209 don't get it. Fixed a bug which caused problems when using a small version
1210 of the 'missing image' image.
1214 Creating a new directory now makes sure the display is updated.
1216 18-Jul-2000 (Release 0.1.25)
1218 Prevent dragging from a pinboard selection to itself, or onto the desktop
1223 Clicking on the root window works (button-1 clears the selection,
1224 button-3 opens the pinboard menu). The pinboard can own the primary
1225 selection, which means that you can select something and then paste
1226 its name into another program.
1228 Keys bound to menu entries are automatically saved when the filer quits.
1232 Changed the install script so that the CVS directories don't get installed.
1234 The 'rox' script now just calls AppRun directly.
1235 Panels can be created without starting a new copy of the filer.
1236 The pinboard can be changed or removed by using --pinboard a second time.
1238 Files can be given as arguments - they are opened as if they were clicked
1239 on in a filer window (suggested by Alex Holden). If no arguments are
1240 given then the default is now the current directory (not your home
1243 If you start the leafname in the path minibuffer with '.' then the Show
1244 Hidden feature is temporarily turned on.
1248 Ctrl-clicking selects and unselects pinboard icons. Menu clicking
1249 selects the icon clicked on while the menu is open. Pinned icons are
1250 now updated when the pointer moves over them, if necessary.
1254 Menu-clicking on a pinboard icon now brings up a menu.
1255 Clicks on the root window are still ignored though; need to support
1256 the GNOME-compliant window manager system for passing root clicks on...
1260 Files can now be dragged to pinboard icons, and they highlight nicely too!
1261 If the --override option is used, the filer will bypass the window manager
1262 and position the icons directly.
1266 Pinboard icons can now be dragged to filer windows or applications, just
1271 Changed the DnD code to make it easier for the pinboard code to use it.
1272 Up and Home buttons on the toolbar now use the 'New window on button 1'
1273 option setting (suggested by Vincent Lefèvre).
1277 Pinboard can have mount points and symlinks on it.
1281 Dragging with the Menu button moves icons around. Clicking with the
1282 other button removes icons from the pinboard.
1286 Dragging files to the pinboard adds them to it and automatically saves
1291 Pinboard is now loaded from a file specified on the command line.
1295 'Home' now appears on the background if you run it with --pinboard.
1296 Clicking opens your home directory. Doesn't do much else.
1297 Fixed a bug which prevented the minibuffer label from appearing on
1298 some versions of GTK+.
1302 First steps towards pinboard support (requested by P.S.S.Camp and
1307 Changed the Display menu layout - now there are four basic types (Large or
1308 Small, with or without details) and the type of detail desired is chosen
1309 from a sub-sub-menu.
1311 Added a new display style - bars showing the sizes of the files. The bars are
1312 drawn on a log scale.
1316 Changed the display menu - you can now choose large or small icons, with or
1317 without details. The details displayed can also be changed. I'm not quite
1318 happy with the UI yet though...
1320 Split the filer.c source file into two (filer.c and display.c) since it was
1321 becoming rather unwieldy. This means that some of the option names have
1322 changed because they've moved to a new section in the options window...
1326 Fixed a problem where ImLib support failed on multi-depth displays (reported
1327 by Stephen Harrison).
1329 06-Jun-2000 (Release 0.1.24)
1331 Added the install.sh script for easier installation.
1332 Removed 'MIME-info' file from ROX-Filer - now we always assume that the
1333 standard types are in Choices.
1334 Fixed a bug which could cause 'top' panels to appear in the wrong place
1336 Changed the sort order for Sort By Type so that directories come before
1337 files (suggested by Chris Garrett).
1338 `Single-click navigation' and 'Ignore case when sorting' now both default
1343 Improved the theme support to allow tiled background images.
1344 Fixed a bug which prevented tilde expansion from working in the
1345 shell command minibuffer.
1349 Made the help button look a bit nicer and changed the Find and Permissions
1350 action windows to use the icon instead of a text button.
1351 Removed the 3D borders from the help and toolbar buttons when not selected
1352 (looks much better!). Setting a run action by dragging to a symlink now
1353 dereferences the link (suggested by Ewan Mac Mahon).
1355 Default search path for Choices is now:
1356 ~/Choices:/usr/local/share/Choices:/usr/share/Choices
1358 Fixed (possibly) a bug which sometimes causes the redraw to miss bits. This
1359 probably slows everything down, but the next Gtk+ release should do double
1360 buffering so all this will get changed then...
1364 Added a Help icon to the toolbar, which does the same as choosing `Show
1365 ROX-Filer Help' from the menu.
1369 Started adding some code to truncate long filenames (not finished yet).
1370 Fixed a bug which could cause directories to appear empty when using VFS.
1371 Added the 'Select If' minibuffer, which selects all files matching the
1376 Moved most of the icons from pixmaps to MIME-icons (outside ROX-Filer).
1377 Updated several of the remaining icons by copying them from the GNOME
1378 desktop (suggested by Volker Braun).
1381 16-May-2000 (Release 0.1.23)
1383 Added the `Window->Set Run Action' menu item. This allows you to specify the
1384 default run action for a file by simply dragging the file into a program.
1385 You can also enter a shell command in the minibuffer to make that command
1387 The cursor is a bit nicer and usually appears where you want it to now. You
1388 can also get rid of it by pressing Escape.
1392 Applied Bernard's patch (a couple of cosmetic changes to the action windows).
1393 Applied Vincent's patch (minor updates to the Frech translation).
1394 Fixed a problem with the pixmap caching - the filer would detect that the
1395 file had changed and try to reload it, but ImLib would simply return its
1400 Removed a debugging message that had somehow got into the release version :-(
1401 Fixed a bug in the minibuffer code - pressing Return when the cursor was in
1402 an empty directory caused odd effects.
1404 24-Apr-2000 (Release 0.1.22)
1406 When starting, the filer will check to see if it is already running.
1407 If it is then the arguments are passed to that copy.
1411 Bug fix: Attempting to open a Find preview window could cause a crash
1412 if the directory containing the item could not be opened.
1413 Button-3 clicking on the toolbar icons opens a new window.
1418 Added Vincent Lefevre's French translation. Changed to using my own
1419 gettext function because some platforms don't have it or implement
1422 18-Apr-2000 (Release 0.1.21)
1424 Completed marking translatable strings. Dragging with the middle button
1429 Made lots of changes to the way menus are stored; this makes i18n of the
1434 Added GNU gettext support.
1435 Shell meta-characters in shell commands are escaped.
1439 Tab in the shell commands minibuffer does shell-style completion.
1441 14-Apr-2000 (Release 0.1.20)
1443 ImLib is used for rendering if possible. Small Icons super-samples the
1448 Copying from inside a VFS directory now works.
1452 Added the Shell Command feature to the minibuffer.
1453 Fixed a bug which causes unnecessary flickering when a hidden file was
1455 Removed 'Touch' from the menu; easy enough from the minibuffer now.
1456 Changed the type guessing system - scans all files in MIME-info directories
1461 Added a nice list displaying the found files. Clicking opens a preview window
1462 onto the directory and winks the file.
1466 Merged the MIME-Type and Special fields in the info window into a single
1467 Type field (since only one could be used at a time anyway).
1468 Made lots of changes to the panel menu. You can now remove things much more
1470 Unstat()able files now display the error message in the Full Info display,
1471 instead of random values.
1472 Check for copying a directory onto itself, as well as into itself.
1474 Applied Bernard's patch:
1475 - Copy (menu entry) now works with action window.
1476 - Deleted/moved directory displays are automatically hidden.
1477 - Added option not to allow run/copy when object
1478 dragged to filer (not panels) icons. Some people like
1479 it the RISC OS way...
1480 - Full info alignment of App objects and owner/group
1481 alignment corrected.
1482 - Info window: added special info for symlinks, apps
1487 Added support for mc's Virtual File System.
1491 New Window appears greyed out if Unique Windows is selected.
1492 Added 'Permissions' (chmod) feature.
1496 Added Bernard Jungen's patch:
1497 - Dates are displayed in a more RISC OS like format.
1498 - (Scanning) is shown in the titlebar during scans.
1499 - Option to only display one window per directory.
1500 - User and group names displayed in the Full Info view.
1501 - Open Parent in the root does nothing.
1502 - Errors in options are only reported once.
1503 - File does chdir() if -b isn't possible (prevents getting the full path
1504 in the file(1) says... box).
1507 Before the Changes file
1508 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1509 The following people added code before I started keeping this log:
1511 Jens Askengren GNOME-style toolbar
1512 Bernard Jungen lots of patches all over the place!
1513 Christiansen Merel initial support for ImLib
1514 Chris Sawer leafname field in the Info box
1515 Simon Truss support for mount points on NetBSD