°°±²ŗ The DOS Navigator: history since v1.30 ŗ²²²±±±±±±±°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° [ž] Important note [+] New feature [-] Bug fix [*] Bug fix and/or improvement Version 1.42: changes since 1.41 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Interface ~~~~~~~~~ [+] Ctrl arrows are now working in InputLines [+] Editor and viewer histories tracking ( and respectively [+] It's possible to move beetwen marked items by or in all history lists except InputLines histories [*] ASCII table by () in InputLines came back Editor ~~~~~~ [-] Search by whole bug words in editor File Manager ~~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Ctrl-Shift-Arrows work for Drive Lines, it doesn't matter that Command Line contains a string or not [+] A## and R## are now treated as archives (# = 0,1,2,...,9) [+] (AltF1/2) if you hold Shift key when select a drive, the panel will be selected [+] Directory history (manageable by same way as other histories) by Alt-Backspace from a file panel [+] Go to upper directory with BS option [*] Tag Character selection came back [*] Descriptions are now copied to the file with descriptions already presented in the destination directory [*] Filenames in description files are now stored in the upper case [-] Space is no longer added before first file name when store file names in the Clipboard from a file panel [-] Shift-Enter wasn't going to correct place if there was an archive opened in the inacitve panel File Viewer ~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] XLat tables usage in Viewer by . *.XLT files (placed in XLT subdirectory) have following structure: .. eg: with XLT file containing A!B!C! i.e. (hex dump): 41 21 42 21 43 21 you will see letters A,B,C replaced by symbol "!" Terminal ~~~~~~~~ [+] Possibility to set Data Flow Control for a communication port [-] Some bugs in the terminal (ANSI emulation, video mode changing) [-] Bug in the terminal scrollback buffer which was causing scrolling stops, lines duplicating and sometimes even system crashes CD Player ~~~~~~~~~ [-] Mixer came back Spreadsheet ~~~~~~~~~~~ [-] Bug with formulas ajustment after a deleting/inserting operation Version 1.41: changes since 1.40 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ [ž] Bugfix release, there are no major improvements, but a lot of wierd bugs were fixed Some details: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [-] Palette/blinking bugs: after video mode change, screen savers etc. palette and blinking settings weren't affect [-] System hung after connect when a number was dialled from thew phonebook [-] Random color pallete for typeless files when Sort Mode was by type [-] It wasn't possible to install Help file [-] Uppercase of vertical blocks wasn't working properly [-] Multiply operations bug with archivers which aren't supporting filelist (there weren't spaces beetwen file names) [*] Autohide command line feature is improved: if the command line is empty, it's now shown after switching back to File Manager [+] "In-place" rename possibity by [Alt-F6] in File Panel [+] "Store viewer position" option Build 002: [-] [Alt-Enter] wasn't functional in File Panel Build 003: [-] Bugs with cutting desktop windows caused by auto hide Command Line [-] Bug in Editor when loading files with CR at the end [+] ForceCR, ForceLF and ForceCRLF for specified files in DN.HGL for forcing Line dividing style Version 1.40: changes since 1.39 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ [ž] Perfomance is very improved [ž] A couple of big and small bugs squashed Miscellaneous (interface) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Advanced history maintenance - now the history doesn't depends from Desktop file and it's possible to keep only strings you need after restart of DN [+] Use system Clipboard option in System setup for sharing Navigator's Clipboard with Windows. [+] options added: [Command line autohide] for hiding command line when Editor, Viewer etc. are active [Block Insert cursor] for big cursor in Insert mode (Editor, Input lines) [Store editor position] to store last Editor window position and use it when new Editor window is opened [+] Time-meter command prompt - {C:\} for counting a command execution time [+] Command prompt switcher: Shift-Alt-/ changes command prompt to previous mode [+] '/P' command line parameter to force load palette from file. [-] Bug with floating Trashcan [-] VESA SVGA modes wasn't functional [*] Corrected time-slicing under Windows [+] All Point-And-Shoot (extensions) operations, external viewers/editors and Quick Run programs are searching their data in appropriate local directory files first (and only in case of a failure they are using DN directory files). [+] If Shift is pressed when click on Options|Extention file edit, Options|Quick Run file edit, Options|Editors, Options|Viewers menu items local will be got as file to edit. File Manager ~~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Sorting speed improved [+] Counting directory length in ARVID archives [+] Possibility for FTN nodes with Bink Style outbound to put tagged files for particular FTN address: 1. Add "/FIDO=," string as a mask to Files with descriptions filter, eg: "files.bbs;descript.ion;/fido=2:469/38,R:\FL\OUT" 2. Tag files to be sent and then choose Panel|Make list file 3. Input
in File Name and clear Action (or put #!\!.! if you want to kill the files after send). Send Flag is one character meaning type of attachment: '/' for hold '+' for crash '%' for normal [+] Copying speed improved [-] Bug with skip command in file copying Text Editor ~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Line Draw mode - [F4] [+] Reversed search command [Alt-F7] [-] Block uppercase wasn't managing first and last words properly [-] Some bugs in Search/Replace [*] "Wizards" submenu changed to "Misc" File Viewer ~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Search back option [+] Reversed search command [Alt-F7] [-] Search always begun from the begin of a file. Terminal ~~~~~~~~ [+] FOSSIL and INT 14h support [+] Scrollback buffer on [Alt-B] or [Shift-] [+] Connect Sound option in Terminal Setup for making terrible sounds for wake you up after getting a connection from autodialler [+] Controls in capture option for preventing (if desired) showing control ANSI/Avatar escape sequences in caputre [+] Beep after more than 30 sec file transfer in Beep after copy is set [-] Bug in reading modem status procedure which caused loosing bytes [-] Some bugs in ANSI emulation [-] Bug with CD detection while transfers [-] Auto Zmodem download wasn't work sometimes [-] Only ANSI+Avatar and TTY emulation wasn't functional Reanimator ~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Copy command when view file to be reanimated. It's possible to save the data to another location Version 1.39 (4 October '95 ) - difference between version 1.38 Beta ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ [ž] Registration procedure was optimized. Copy ~~~~ [*] Copy procedure was significantly optimized to speed up copying a lot of files. Text Editor ~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Added ability to exchange with Windows Clipboard Ctrl-Q C - Copy block to Windows Clipboard Ctrl-Q V - Paste block from Windows Clipboard [-] Fixed problem with empty lines inserting [-] Fixed problem with Replace All when New Text was the same as Text to find File Panel ~~~~~~~~~~ [-] Tag Character now can be transparent. ( to reflect tagging of Hidden and System files ) Archives Setup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [*] Compression setup for RAR was optimized General ~~~~~~~ [-] Fixed bug with Direct Disk Access setup for floppy drives Version 1.38 Beta (1 August '95 ) - difference between version 1.37 Beta ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ [ž] New Cool CD-player [ž] Fixed major bug with Copy/Move in Append/Overwrite mode from v1.37 Beta. File Copy ~~~~~~~~~ [*] All files being copied from CD-ROM will not have Read Only attribute if 'Clear Read-Only from CD' is set in 'Drives Access' [*] Settings in file copy dialog will not be stored in configuration file. [*] Added ability to use File Split on any drive. [*] Now Combine mode will check for files created with use 'Binary splitting' and will perform normal Copy operation on such file(s). [-] Now Copy/Move will report message 'Access Denied' if target file is blocked ( opened by another process in multitasking system ). In cases mentioned above user will be asked to continue or abort Copy process. Utilities ~~~~~~~~~ [+] New cool look'n'feel CD-player. Fully mouseable. Play tracks by order option is now available. User can store play track order and CD-player will load and use it later. Now it's become possible to describe each CD and track for later display by CD-player. [+] UUdecode/UUencode supports *NIX-style ASCII text format. [-] There is no requirement to press [ESC] after Screen Grabber. [-] Format: Information window was not removed after format has been terminated with some errors. [-] DBFView will not trash desktop file. Text Editor ~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Added compatibility with *NIX-style ASCII text files. Now any text file will be saved in the source format. There is a new option 'New editor' in Options|Configuration|Editor\Viewers to define new text file format. [+] Alt-[ selected block upper case Alt-] selected block lower case Alt-\ capitalize words in selected block [+] New Submenus: Block and Wizards [-] In Editor AutoBrackets now function correctly at the end of line. [-] Text was not updated after last Search/Replace operation in All mode with Prompt on replace [-] Ctrl-Del work if size of marked block is more than 64k Internal viewer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] button in Find [-] Fixed a bug caused an Exception in Hex-mode Input line [-] Fixed a bug caused an Exception when ScrollBar Indicator is dragging by a mouse. [-] if a .DBF file has non-DBF(Database) structure then it view by Internal viewer. General ~~~~~~~ [+] Command separator "||" will not be used when 4DOS.COM has been detected. ( 4DOS.COM users can use "^" instead, because "||" is reserved in 4DOS.COM ) [+] Ability to choose different help file language in DN Install [+] There is a new option in System Setup to clear keyboard buffer upon program start. [+] There is a option to disable global VGA palette usage in System Setup. [*] Configuration menu was changed. System Setup was changed. Startup setup was removed. Added Drives access... and Directories... [*] 'Test Direct Disk Access' will not change Disk Access options in configuration file [-] Commands history was not functioning when Command line was off. [-] Problem with changing Mouse cursor has been fixed. [-] Comment lines will not be copied from DN.XRN into *.bat [-] Bug in VGA-Palette ( problem with TSENG video BIOS ) Version 1.37 Shareware (13 July 1995) - changes since 1.35 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ [ž] Demo keys are not supported any more [ž] Support for .TDR files - directories of Arvid streamer [ž] UU Encode\Decode files opportunity is added [ž] New option for Compare directories command 'Compare contents' [ž] Setup VGA-palette [ž] EMS/XMS usage in text editor [ž] Compatibility with MS Windows (Win 3.x, Win'95, NT) [ž] Significant improvements in user interface [ž] PowerPack for Dos Navigator File Panel ~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Select files by [Spacebar] (Options|File Manager|Setup|[X] SPACE toggles selection) [+] Delete selected files by [DEL] and file under cursor with [Shift-DEL] (Options|File Manager|Setup|[X] DEL erases file(s)) [+] Mark selected files not only with color but also with user selected char like 'ū' (Options|File Manager|Setup|Tag character) [+] New command: Panel|Directory Branch... [Ctrl-H] [+] Directory tree dialog full path of directory, number of files in it and total size of files are shown [+] Insert key autorepeat under plain DOS. Will not work under OS/2 [+] New command Manager|Show\hide inactive panel [Ctrl-P] [+] New command File|Edit|Edit file description [Alt-Ins] [+] Directories are shown in Capital letters, files are shown in small letters according to Configuration|Country support. Info Panel shows "real" filenames [+] It is possible to set information fields, shown on Manager|Info [Ctrl-L] Options|File Manager|Information panel... [+] Option to define the type of left panel of new file manager (Options|File Manager|New Manager defaults) [+] It is possible to establish the filter of names of the files in the file panel (Panel|Advanced filter... [(Shift)Alt-Del]) [+] Checking for media type: Hard Drive, Floppy, CD-ROM, SUBSTed drive, Network drive, etc. [+] New file selection options: <+> - select files with extension different from current (only for files) <-> - unselect files with extension different from current (only for files) <+> - select files with same name as file under cursor <-> - unselect files with same name as file under cursor <+> - select files with name different from current one <-> - unselect files with name different from current one [+] Directory Tree supports QuickDirs and DriveLine for drive changing [+] New option for Compare directories command 'Compare contents' [+] Command 'Compare directories' can be invoked by [Ctrl-C] [+] Settings in file copy dialog will be stored in configuration file [-] CapsLock status was not restored after using [CapsLock+Character] for incremental search [-] Dragging a name of the file using Drag-and-drop to the self is ignored [-] The situation of divider of the right and left panel of the manager was not saved at change of a video mode [-] The incremental search in file panel does not corresponded with a horizontal scroller in description column if it is present [-] Clock and CD-Player does not draw on User Screen Utilities ~~~~~~~~~ [+] Internal UUencoder/UUdecoder. 'Filetime' instruction and advanced checksum. Ability to manage the different files hashed to section. [+] Double click of the mouse on Trashcan will popup Reanimator. [+] Clock will display current date if [Shift] or [Ctrl] key are holden down. [+] Format system disk: If command processor is not 'command.com' then actual command processor will be copied and stored in newly created config.sys on floppy disk. [+] Phone book - new functions: [*] In the Phone book the items in the groups are now organized by a principle of directories and files. Pressing [Enter] on item results in automatic start of a Call-back (The format of a database DN.PHN was not changed). [*] Improvements in Reanimator interface. More correct prognosis is made for directories reanimation. This procedure with 'average' prognosis may lead to errors in old versions of DN. Now only directories with 'good' prognosis can recovered. [-] Number of bugs in calculator corrected; New logical functions and functions of the relations introduced. [-] TrashCan will not hide under File Managers. [-] Trashcan was not saved in .DSK [-] Phone field in the Phone Book had maximal length of 20, so one could not fit some long international numbers. Now phone field has length of 100 characters. Text Editor ~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Size of editable file now only limited by free EMS/XMS memory and total number of strings (<30,000) (Options|Configuration|Editor/Viewer...|Use XMS/EMS memory.) [+] It is possible to set a direction of search Forward/Backward and the origin of search Entire scope/From cursor [+] 'Save All' command [+] New editor mode Options|Configuration|Editor/Viewer...|[ ] Cursor through tabs. Accordingly it is possible to specify TabSize (Step of tabulation). [*] Option Internal Editor [X] in Options|Configuration|Editor/Viewer... will assign Internal Editor on [F4] and External on [Alt-F4]. Otherwise Internal Editor on [Alt-F4] and External on [F4]. [*] New Ruler will popup when second mouse button is holden down. [*] AutoBrackets worked only if next character was not letter/digit [*] Attributes of the file before editing are saved at editing of the texts and descriptions (Date and time vary). [-] Sometimes editor did not saved its options upon exit. [-] 'Replace all' process indicator Internal Viewer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] New search option - 'Whole words only' [+] Vertical slider can be dragged by mouse [*] File attributes are not changed after editing it (Date and time are changed) [-] Sharing Violation error under Quick View was fixed File Copy ~~~~~~~~~ [+] It is now possible to forbid the request of a destination directory during Drag-and-drop files, and the copying within the limits of one directory is ignored. Options|Configuration|Confirmations...[X] Drag-and-drop destination. [+] All files being copied from CD-ROM will not have Read Only attribute [-] If the DOS command APPEND was started, occurred routing of the copied files from appointed directories in a directory, indicated in Append, if the files with similar names already existed in these directories. Accordingly, anything it was impossible to copy FROM these directories. It is especially disastrous had an effect for the OS/2 users. [-] Read-Only files does not removed under local network (Novell Netware). Colors setup ~~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Ability to change VGA-palette and to save it into .PAL file. You can use this palette in DN and in all programs called from DN (Options|Configuration|Startup...|[X] Restore VGA palette...) [+] There was the opportunity conveniently to set up colors for Black-and-White and Monochrome monitors and to save them in config [+] There was the opportunity to use "factory" Color\BW\Mono palettes, which are stored not in .PAL (external palettes), but in the program. Options|Colors...|Default color scheme [+] Mixing of RGB colors is forbidden for VGA-palette setup on Black-and-White and Monochrome monitors [+] In PowerPack is included a program DNPAL.EXE to additional manipulations with VGA palettes [*] There were corrected many of color setup. Now the colors of many interface elements can being set up in Options|Colors... [*] Option 'Enable blinking' added to colors setup [*] All external palettes are stored in directory called COLORS\ [-] Now 'black on black' selection in Colors setup works correctly Archives ~~~~~~~~ [*] ARCHIVE ONE FILE - default archive name will be the same as a current file name ARCHIVE SELECTED FILES - default archive name will be the same as a current directory name [-] Fixed bug in .LHA, .ICE, .LZH archives handling [-] Fixed bug in .ARJ archive creation General ~~~~~~~ [+] Support of fast start of external applications is entered. The structure, describing appropriate .BAT or .CMD files, is stored in the file DN.XRN, which owes is in a user directory of DOS Navigator Options|Quick run file edit... [+] Option for fast executing external programs. Information describing corresponding .BAT and .CMD files is stored in DN.XRN in DN directory. [+] It is possible to establish the overlay buffer size for optimization of conventional memory: Options|Configuration|Startup...|Overlay buffer size [+] 'Fast command execution' will be turned off under Windows 3.x ( Under Windows 3.x this option will not work ) [+] Under OS/2 [Alt-/] will change command prompt (DOS, OS/2-FullScreen, OS/2-Windowed sessions). System prompts is defined in DNL-resource (PowerPack) [+] New option Options|Configuration|Startup|Exit on inactivity hour [+] New command: File|Execute DOS command... [Alt-F6] [+] Ability to enter characters from range #10..#13 in all input lines. Also [Ctrl-B] and [Ctrl-P] call ASCII table for more comfortable input [+] Compatibility with MS Windows is improved. Now SysInfo detects type of Windows((Win 3.x, Win'95, NT)) and DN gives back TimeSlice to it. [+] It is made automatic switching-off Direct Disk Access under OS/2 and Windows, but also on Network, Subst, CD-ROM, DoubleSpace, Stacker and other drives: Options|Configuration|System Setup...|[X] Test Direct Disk Access. [+] [Shift+Ctrl+Ins] - copy command string to Clipboard [+] In all filename lists (Input FileName, Reanimator) mouse support and incremental file search implemented. [+] New option for Drives Access config - verify writes. When destination panel is on drive and 'verify writes' is on for this drive then in Copy dialog option 'verify writes' will be turned on too. [*] New Install utility [*] 'Disable XMS usage' and 'Disable EMS usage' in System setup [*] Many options, dialog boxes and menu are ordered... [*] DOS Command separator in Command line was changed. Now in side of ";" is used "||" [*] All external ScreenSavers should be stored in directory called SSAVERS\ [-] After changing video mode, clock moved to upper right corner. [-] Screen cursor is not hide in external editor. [-] Problems with a registering DN on Network or HPFS386 drives [-] Not all memory was released under DN, leading to Exception after some hours of work. [-] Sometimes desktop file was trashed. [-] When creating temporary batch files for executing programs from user menu, filename could reach 9 characters ($$dn100$$.bat) [-] Corrected bug which let only 3 character extensions to be proceeded in 'Extension file'. 2,1 and 0 character length extensions are also supported now. Version 1.35 Shareware (1 February 1995) - changes since 1.33 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ A lot of bugs have been fixed it is just wasting of time to describe all of them, only major changes here: General ~~~~~~~ [+] Install utility [+] Possibility to load overlays into XMS/EMS memory (optionally) [+] CD-ROM player. [+] DOS environment viewer/editor. [+] DOS NAVIGATOR checks on loading if it is already loaded and then shows warning message. [*] Now DN.COM creates flag file in startup directory ( or in DNSWP directory ) to prevent overwriting swap file by DN from different sessions under multitasking. [+] FILES value automatically expands if FILES < 20 [+] Clearing keyboard buffer upon startup and exiting from externals. [+] -Mask in Filter excludes specified files e.g. : *.*;-*.bak N.B. If you want to use -FileSpec in filter, you have to specify filter from which FileSpec will be excluded (for example, *.*) [+] Possibility to hide Command Line (for XTree-like interface). [+] Batch-file launching from the Command Line has been improved: you can use %1 parameter for name of the current file from the currently active File Panel. [+] Added 'Preserve directory' option in Startup for forced changing directory to last active directory in active File Panel. File Copy ~~~~~~~~~ [*] We hope all terrible bugs have been removed here. [+] 'Beep after complete operation' for Copy if the operation time was longer than 30 sec (set in Options|Configuration|Interface) [*] Directory attributes are preserved. Editor ~~~~~~ [+] Persistent blocks. [+] AutoBrackets function [+] Overwrite Blocks mode (for non-persistent blocks only) [+] Extra highlight options on specific extensions (See HighLit.DOC) [+] Editor macros for different filespec. (See HighLit.DOC) [+] Mark single word - Ctrl+K T Copy block - Ctrl+K C Move block - Ctrl+K V Delete block - Ctrl+K Y Hide/display block - Ctrl+K H Print block - Ctrl+K P Move to begin of block - Ctrl+Q B Move to end of block - Ctrl+Q K Exit to menu bar - Ctrl+K Q Mark line - Ctrl+K L Internal Viewer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Dump mode (like in XTree) [+] Zero, ASCII and Extended ASCII Filters (Switching by F6) [+] Grid for HEX mode [+] Go to address command [-] Bugs with cursor positioning in search (HEX mode) File Manager ~~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] Create several directories from Make Directory dialog using ';' e.g. 1;2;3;4;5 creates five subdirectories with appropriate names in current directory [+] Shift-Enter in Find Panel seeks this file in inactive panel of FM [+] F3 on directory = [ALT][G] [+] F4 on directory = [ALT][E] [+] Full path for current directory in the Directory dialog box. [+] Ctrl keys difference (see Options|Configuration|Interface): when Left Ctrl is held down, left Panel Drive Line will be activated if Ctrl-Arrow pressed and Right Ctrl - for Right Panel. [+] Alt keys difference for Quick Dirs: if you press Left Alt - number then Left File Panel of File Manager will change current directory accordingly number and same for Right Alt and Right File Panel. [+] If "Display selected files info" is not set in the Panel Setup, current file information will be replaced with information about selected files if some files are selected (in other words, it will work like in The Norton Commander). [+] Make List File command has been improved: added macros '!:' for drive, '!/' for file path without backslash . Also it is possible to use ';' for multiply commands (e.g. print !.!;del !.!;pause). Use ';;' for ';'. [+] DirInfo (Directory Information) file handling in the Information Panel. Point-and-shoot (run on extension) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [+] It is possible to specify several extensions for one command block now. e.g. pcx,bmp,tif{win !.!} [+] Use ]] for specifying ] symbol in DOS command (inside command block), }} for }, )) for ) Version 1.33 Shareware (31 october 1994) - changes since 1.32 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1. Copy/Move algorithm has been totally changed. 2. Added possibility to Rename files with matching names when File Copy. 3. Added Recurse directories options in the Copy Dialog Box to store or remove recursively directory structure. 4. Statistics for Read and Write in the File Copy window have been separated. 5. Fixed Terminal Grab procedure (Ctrl-Ins, Shift-Ins). 6. Fixed some bugs in Autodialer. 7. Fixed cursor positioning in Disk Editor. 8. Fixed bug with Quick Directory changing from an archive. 9. It is possible to re-read archives by Alt-R. 10. Some bugs in Country support have been fixed. 11. Added Duplicate command in the Text Editor - F4. 12. Some bugs in the User Menu have been fixed. 13. ^V in the Command Line is switching Insert/Overstrike mode. 14. ^Del in the File Panel removes selected files from the current list (files aren't physically removed from disk). 15. Entering in directories from TEMP: or FIND: drives in "Enter opens directory" mode is possible by ^PgDn keystroke. 16. It is possible to calculate power in the Calculator. 17. FOSSIL support has been removed from the Communication Dialog, but it has been replaced by IRQ and Port(hex) values. 18. ZModem has been corrected - file recovery is functioning now. 19. Fixed bug with '$' sign in the command line. 20. File Search by file contents has been fixed. Version 1.32 Shareware (4 August 1994) - changes since 1.31 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1. HPFS conflicts with Direct Disk Access bug - fixed 2. Added internal Screen Grabber to place grabbed images into Clipboard of SmartPad(TM). Instead of having all those loose bits of paper cluttering your desk, just pop up SmartPad(TM) anywhere in Dos Navigator with ALT-Q, make a few notes and then carry on with what you were doing. 3. Fixed bug with deleting directory from Tree Panel. 4. Removed separate Tree Window - Select Directory Dialog is called instead. After selecting File manager with Tree panel will be opened. 5. Terminal recompiled with new libraries - I hope that some bugs in the protocols were fixed, also Compuserve B+ protocol added. 6. History strings in Terminal added. 7. Terminal Screen Grabber added - (by Ctrl-Ins pressing) - you can place screen into String History or into SmartPad(TM) Clipboard. 8. Added FOSSIL support in terminal - see Communications Dialog. Version 1.31 Shareware (June 22, 1994) - changes since 1.30 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1. Added "Quick directory change" function. It is possible to change directory to another (which is used frequently) by pressing Alt-n, where n is digit (1-9). Use Alt+Shift+0 to get "Quick change" list. To store current directory into "Quick change" list use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+n (n from 1 to 9). 2. It is possible to change directory while quick search: just type directory name with backslash. 3. Editor: Ctrl-[ word upper case (Use Ctrl-Shift-[ to upcase whole line) Ctrl-] word lower case (Use Ctrl-Shift-] to lowcase whole line) Ctrl-\ capitalize word (Use Ctrl-Shift-\ to capitalize all words in line) 4. Added File Panel Hotkeys explanations in Help. 5. Many bugs fixed (I don't remember all): - if drive A: is not ready and A: is active, DN freezes session at start. - if DoubleSpace is loaded, DN turn floppy drives on at every start - DN couldn't set attributes for read-only file - Directories in RAR 1.50 archives was displayed as files too. - working with empty Phone Book directories hangs system up. - Memo fields messes up when changing cursor position in Phone Book. - Disk Format: format terminated if bad sector was detected. - disk drive wasn't accessible after non-standard (for example, 800k) formatting if external diskette extender was loaded. 6. It is possible to use environment variables DNCFG and DNDSK to set specific names for configuration (DNxxxxxx.CFG) and desktop (DNxxxxxx.DSK) files. For example: SET DNCFG = _OS2 means that DN will be using file DN_OS2.CFG as configuration file. This feature provides to make user and OS specific configurations for DN. Version 1.30 Shareware (June 1, 1994) - changes since 1.25 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1. Calculator was changed. Copy button allows to copy result of evaluation in Clipboard according to 'Copy as'. For hexadecimal, octal, and binary numbers you can use all possible combinations which existing in different programming languages e.g. 0x23AF=$23AF=23AFh, 01234=1234o, 0b100101=100101b 2. It is possible to put selected files from file panel into Clipboard by pressing Ctrl+Ins. Also you may use Shift+Ins in Command line to get string from Clipboard. 3. Copy algorithm was changed. Now DN can use all available EMS/XMS memory. 4. Now it is possible to copy in non-existing subdirectories - these directories will be automatically created. Also you can create a new subdirectory using this method. E.g. - you want to copy files in directory C:\MYDIR\MYSUBDIR1\MYSUBDIR2. But directory C:\MYDIR doesn't exist (and its subdirectories too). Don't worry - just type C:\MYDIR\MYSUBDIR1\MYSUBDIR2\ in "Copy to" dialog box. 5. OS/2 support: ž Alt+'/' - switch to OS/2 command prompt mode. All files (except archivers and viewers used internally) and commands will be executed by OS/2 command processor. ž if NumLock was highlighted when OS/2 session has been started, session will be paused after its execution by system command "pause" 6. QuickView and Autochange Directory in file panel was corrected. 7. User menu interface was changed: ž User menu is shown with all inheritances like as PullDown menu ž If User menu not found in current directory, DN will find out User menu in upper directories. ž It is possible to switch between Local/Global User Menu while User Menu is executed. ž It is possible to start edit User Menu after call to it. ž Empty line after Menu Item header means Menu separator in Menu box. ž Macros changed: ! - Name of file in active file panel $ - Name of file in passive file panel .! - Extension of file in active File Panel .$ - Extension of file in passive File Panel !\ - Directory of file in active File Panel $\ - Directory of file in passive File Panel !/ - Directory of file in active File Panel (without backslash) $/ - Directory of file in passive File Panel (without backslash) !: - Drive of file in active File Panel $: - Drive of file in passive File Panel You can use these macros in Menu item names. %1 - Name of list of selected files in active File Panel %2 - Name of list of selected files in passive File Panel %3... - User parameters 8. Added Windows-style File Open dialog. 9. Added TAR support 10. "Refresh old files" radio button added in File Copy/Move dialog. 11. Working with archives: ž "Copy to archive" function. ž Extract archive without entering in it. 12. Working with descriptions: editing (by pressing Alt-INS), copying, moving NOTE: For registered users only ! 13. Added RAR 1.50 support 14. Text editor: ž sorting lines by selected vertical block containing (Alt-T) ž it is possible to calculate sum of numbers in vertical block and put it into Clipboard (Alt-Ins) 15. File Find: ž Search for a single file mask speeded up. ž Added "Advanced search" function to set time, size intervals and required attributes for files to find. 16. Pressing Right mouse button while dialog box is executed = pressed default dialog boxes push button. 17. It is possible to read file lists such as files with descriptions and *.?lo (Alt-V in file panel). 18. Added "View DN Team" command in About dialog box 19. Added new Diskette Format. (Advanced options are available for registered users only)