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The following enhancements are new since FileMan v1.10:
- The program is no longer stack size dependent.
- Smaller code size.
- Somewhat faster sorting times.
- Fixed a bug that caused the program to think that a hard drive had
become unmounted when a floppy was inserted/removed. This was never
reported and I hope it was rare. I found it when I bought a new hard
drive.
- A couple small bugs have been fixed in "Create/Add Archive":
1) When a wildcard pattern was in use, with all visible files
tagged, all files in the current directory (including unseen ones)
were inserted into the archive not just the tagged files.
2) The program will now update the display correctly if an archive
name is given with a full path.
- Fixed a bug in the disk size information routine that confused
disks with the same volume name.
- There was a bug which would sometimes untag files after a "Copy
with paths"
- Moving a file to a directory that already had a file of the same
name would leave two copies of the name displayed in the program
until the directory was rescanned.
- The documentation and the FileMan.def file contained an error:
To specify the printer device use "PrinterDevice =" not "PrinterDev
="
- Fixed some minor display problems under WB 2.0.
- Changed the spelling of PrinterSufix to PrinterSuffix.
- The FileMan.def file will be found first in the current directory
then in s:
- The "File" Menu has been divided into "File" and "File Special".
- A default archive extension can be specified for archive add/create
in FileMan.def. For example the addition of the following line will
cause the program to assume a .ZOO extension if no other recognized
extension is given:
DefaultArcExt = .ZOO
- The program now prompts for an archive pattern to use when
extracting files from an archive. Specify this pattern the same way
the corresponding archive utility documentation says to. All the ones
I know take standard * and ? wildcard characters. A '*' is used as
the default. Say you only wanted to extract two of the archived
files. Using a pattern of 'name1 name2' would accomplish this.
- The same wildcard and Logall subdirs features found in the
interpretation of the command line input can now be used within the
Add Device/Dir prompts.
In other words typing in df0:* will catalog df0: and all subdirs
regardless of the state of the catalog mode and df0:*.c will catalog
df0: in the current catalog mode but will change the wildcard filter
to *.c
- Can now print tagged files.
- Can now print a list of all tagged files according to path and the
current sorting order.
- Printer associated strings (PrinterDevice, PrinterPrefix, and
PrinterSuffix) can now be changed while in the program.
- Utility names that are run on files can now be changed while in the
program.
- All AmigaDOS commands executed from FileMan will echo to the CLI
window in inverse video.
- When executing a file as a command from within FileMan, the
argument requester now also includes the filename to be executed not
just the list of arguments.
- Partial interlace support was added. The program can open in
interlace but does not make use of the additional space. This was a
request for which most people probably have no use. Future versions
will fully support interlace.
To use, place the statement "Interlace = TRUE" in the fileman.def
file.
- Added support of requester backfill color.
- The Printer Device can now be a file rather than a device. Each
output is appended to the previous.
- Fileman now prompts for a new Dir/Path if the last one is freed.
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The following is a list of questions and enhancement requests I
received that have not been addressed as of release 1.2. If I've
missed any please remind me.
1) Can Move/Create directory also move/create the appropriate icons?
Not yet.
2) Allow the user to select the destination directory without having
to type it in.
This is planned but in the mean time F10 can be used to select the
destination before hand.
3) The ability to refresh a directory without having to free it and
select it again.
If I understand this one correctly using the Dir/Expand (X)
command should work. It is not nessessary to free the directory
first.
4) The ability to back up above the top most directory (when
possible).
I intend to add this.
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There are many planned enchancements for FileMan 2.0. Here are just a
few:
- Support for interlace and overscan
- Support for other fonts
- Optional workbench screen window
- Split directory and/or split file windows if desired
- Point and click destination selection
- A show all files mode that works across disks