v8.90.0001 - 2010-03-11 21:38

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• + Rename Special: Added command
    Remove Diacritics (ä > a ...)
  Strips any diacritical marks from the letters in the selected item names.
• * Scripting: Experimentally it is now disallowed to minimize the application while a script is running. Reason: Any modal forms popped by a script while the application is minimized would block the application.
• ! SC load: Did not support special path syntax like in
    ::load "Desktop\copy.xys";
  Fixed.
• * Shell Integration: Rewrote some code concerning removing XYplorer as Default File Manager.
  

v8.90.0000 - 2010-03-09 12:00

= NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE.
Main changes since last release:

• +++ Fast Tag Search. New algorithm gets tag and comment search up to warp speed, even if you search large areas like e.g. your whole computer.
• +++ Toolbar. New button "Find by Tag" gives you one-click access to global tag-wise searches. For example, to search all local drives for items tagged "Blue" simply click "Blue" from the button's arrow menu. Should take a split second...
• +++ Toolbar. New buttons "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out" let you control the font size of Tree, List, Catalog, and Address Bar.
• +++ Toolbar. Now it can be scrolled. Drag it with left or right mouse button. Or wheel it. Drag fast and you get a bit of animation when you release the mouse button.
• +++ Toolbar. Now it has an overflow dropdown. You can freely combine it with the toolbar scrolling feature.
• +++ The Nuke button is now fully configurable giving you a one-click delete the way you like it.
• +++ New command "Paste Folder Structure" allows you to paste the folder structure (without any contained files) from folder(s) in the clipboard into the current path.
• +++ Now you can hide the main menu by pressing Alt+Up (configurable).
• +++ Preview. Added MTS (High-definition MPEG) and M2TS (Blu-ray) video files to preview.
• +++ Create new folders right through the Address Bar. When you attempt to go to a non-existing location you are prompted to create it on the fly.
• +++ Rename Files. Now you can specify replacement lists like this one:
    Ä|Ö|Ü|ä|ö|ü>>Ae|Oe|Ue|ae|oe|ue
  and do any number of string-to-string replacements in all selected filenames in one go.
• +++ Find Files by Contents. Now supports Unicode text.
• +++ Shell Integration. Make XYplorer the Default File Manager by simply ticking a checkbox.

v8.80.0338 - 2010-03-07 12:53

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• + Scripting got a new command.
    Name:   beep
    Action: Generates a simple tone on the motherboard speaker.
    Syntax: beep [frequency=800], [duration=200]
      frequency: The frequency of the sound, in hertz. This parameter
                 must be in the range 37 through 32,767.
                 Defaults to 800.
      duration:  The duration of the sound, in milliseconds.
                 Defaults to 200.
    Example:
      ::beep 800,100; beep 400,100; beep 600,100;
    Note:
      The function is synchronous; it does not return control to its
      caller until the sound finishes.
      Win7 will send the tone through the soundcard.
  

v8.80.0337 - 2010-03-06 09:23

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• + SC resolvepath enhanced: Added parameter abs2rel.
  Syntax: resolvepath([path], [base=<xypath>\], [abs2rel])
    path:   relative or portable path
            if empty or missing the function returns base
    base:   base path; defaults to <xypath>\
    abs2rel: 0 = normal function
             1 = reversed function: path is absolute,
                 return path is relative to base
    return: absolute or relative path (dep. on abs2rel)
• + Titlebar: Now the TitlebarTemplate tweak supports all XY native variables. So when you feel like it you can add lots of info to your titlebar now, like <date>, <xydrive>, <get pane> etc.
  Remember that the <app> variable is mandatory, else your tweak is reset to the internal default: "<path> - <app> @ <ini> - <ver>"

v8.80.0336 - 2010-03-05 10:50

• + Scripting got a new function.
    Name:   resolvepath
    Action: Converts a relative or portable path to an absolute path.
    Syntax: resolvepath([path], [base=<xypath>\])
      path:   relative or portable path
              if empty or missing the function returns base
      base:   base path; defaults to \
      return: absolute path
  
    Examples:
    Assuming <xypath> = C:\Program Files\XYplorer:
    ::echo resolvepath();       //C:\Program Files\XYplorer\
    ::echo resolvepath("foo");  //C:\Program Files\XYplorer\foo
    ::echo resolvepath("foo\"); //C:\Program Files\XYplorer\foo\
    ::echo resolvepath("\foo"); //C:\foo
    ::echo resolvepath("\foo\");//C:\foo\
    ::echo resolvepath("\");    //C:\
    ::echo resolvepath("..");   //C:\Program Files
    ::echo resolvepath("?:");   //C:
    ::echo resolvepath("?:\");  //C:\
    ::echo resolvepath("?:\foo\bar\"); //C:\foo\bar\
  
    ::echo resolvepath("?:", "D:\foo\bar\");  //D:
    ::echo resolvepath("foo", "D:\foo\bar\"); //D:\foo\bar\foo
    ::echo resolvepath("", "D:\foo\bar\");    //D:\foo\bar\
  
• + New variable: <xydrive> = XYplorer's drive (unslashed).
  Examples:
  - C:\Program Files\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe
    <xydrive> returns C:
  - \\Server\Share\Program Files\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe
    <xydrive> returns \\Server\Share
• * Info Panel: Orange button menus now pop at a position so that a second click at the same coordinates will close them. Also added a "Cancel" item to the bottom.

v8.80.0331 - 2010-03-04 15:19

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• + Scripting got a new command.
    Name:   Sound
    Action: Plays a sound.
    Syntax: sound [sound], [loop], [event]
      sound: file or label
             leave empty to stop any sound
      loop:  0 = don't loop
             1 = loop
      event: 0 = sound is a *.wav file
             1 = sound is an event label
    Examples:
      ::sound "F:\Fun\sounds\ted_stranglehold.wav";
      ::sound <curitem>, 1; //loop the current WAV file
      ::sound; // stop any playing sound
      ::sound "SystemHand", , 1; //system error sound
    Notes:
      Event labels can be found in your registry here:
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels\<EVENTLABEL>
• + Rename Special | Search and Replace: Now you can specify lists with units larger than one character. Also different lengths of old a new string are now allowed in such lists. To enable this functionality simply separate the individual units with | (pipe).
  Examples:
    Ä|Ö|Ü|ä|ö|ü>>Ae|Oe|Ue|ae|oe|ue
    &| |->>and|space|hyphen
    Copy|of>>Kopie|von
  Any excess units on either side are ignored.
• ! Configuration | Shell Integration: Disabling "XYplorer is default file manager" did not work correctly. Fixed #2.
• + Find Files | Contents: Now you can search for Unicode text.
• ! Find Files | Contents: Would not handle files with wide (Unicode) characters in the name or path. Fixed.

v8.80.0328 - 2010-03-03 12:33

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• ! Configuration | Shell Integration: Disabling "XYplorer is default file manager" did not work correctly. Fixed.
  

v8.80.0327 - 2010-03-03 11:49

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• * Configuration | Shell Integration: Now shell special folders like "Control Panel" are still opened in Explorer whereas normal file system directories and drives are opened in XYplorer.
• ! Pane-to-pane drop onto folders, executables, and other drop targets did not reset the target selection afterwards. Fixed.
• ! Toolbar: Fixed more glitches with the new overflow dropdown.
• ! POM: Would not reliably retrieve the OS-associated application for items with extensions longer than 3 characters. Fixed.
  

v8.80.0326 - 2010-03-02 20:06

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• * Address Bar and other controls that might share a row with the Toolbar: Now their minimal width defaults to 400 pixels -- we have the space now because we have the overflow dropdown! You can tweak this number in the INI file under this key:
    ToolbarKeepOff=400
• ! Toolbar: Fixed some glitches with the new overflow dropdown.

v8.80.0325 - 2010-03-02 15:44

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• + Toolbar: Now it has an overflow dropdown. The nice thing is that you can freely combine it with the toolbar scrolling feature.
• * List: The vertical Hot Scroll Zone (the zone where dragging-over scrolls the list up or down) is now at most 8 pixels high on top and bottom of the list. Further, in a list with a smaller number of visible rows the scrolling is now slowed down somewhat.
  BTW, remember that Hot Scrolling in XY only happens in the left third of the list.
• % Faster startup!
• ! Info Panel: Pause and Stop buttons were missing. Back.