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lxLite revision history
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[;] Comment
[*] Modified
[+] Added feature
[-] Removed feature
[!] Bug fix
1.1.3
───── 28-May-96 fixes & changes
[*] Modified lxLite to redraw its progress bar only when it really changes.
This may improve its execution speed when running it in windowed
sessions (however I don`t use them :-)
[+] The /S switch now displays the status of the /I switch also.
This is done for those who don`t believe that it always works
(you know who you are :-)
[-] Removed the /O{#} option which has proven to be useless.
[-] Removed the old /D{+|-} switch (debug info remove on/off). Now lxLite
prompts the user if the debug info is encountered; however the default
behavior is to discard debug info (/YDD) as before. Now /D switch have
other meaning (see below).
[+] Added (other) /D switch to set exclusion filemasks. Filemasks uses the
same rule as OS/2 does (in fact, lxLite uses OS/2 API to do that).
For example, /Dex*re.??e:*.zip:*.pas:*.obj will exclude these files
from lxLite`s field of view. The default configuration now includes
the [exclude] configuration which excludes all known executables
on which packing cannot be performed (such as PMJPEG, Watcom C etc).
Masks should be separated by ':'; the ',' and ';' symbols can be
present in HPFS long filenames, so they aren`t taken into account.
[+] The /Y switch is modified (expanded). Now you can specify answers
for each type of possible questions separately. The /Y switch must
be followed by a letter - ID of answered question, then a letter -
what do you want answer to be to that question. The possible IDs
for now are:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Module is in [U]se (answers: [R]eplace, [S]kip or [A]bort);
File contains [D]ebug info ([D]iscard, [L]eave, [S]kip or [A]bort);
File contains e[X]tra data ([D]iscard, [L]eave, [S]kip or [A]bort);
.[B]AK file already exists ([O]verwrite, [N]o backup, [S]kip or [A]bort);
Confirmation (/P+) ([P]rocess, [S]kip or [A]bort);
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
For example, the /YUR switch will instruct lxLite always to replace
modules which are in use. The defaults are: /YBN /YDD and /YXD.
[+] Added /L{#} switch to specify an [L]og file name. If no filename is
specified, the log file will be created as lxLite.log in the same
directory as lxLite.exe. The log file contains a list of processed
files, their initial and final sizes, and also all problems (if any)
which have been encountered when processing the file.
1.1.2
───── 22-May-96 minor additions and changes
[;] The BOXER for OS/2 APAR is closed now :-) At last I downloaded it
from hobbes and it works packed absolutely without any problems.
This is due to the effect of `overlayed data` for which support
has been added in version 1.1.1.
[+] Added an alternative [D]iscard choice when prompting for an action
when data out of LX structure is detected. Some DLL`s (even from
\OS2\DLL) seems to contain some garbage after end of LX file.
[*] Changed memory allocation strategy - now memory manager allocate
memory in 64K chunks which can fix the problem of slow performance
on low-memory machines (8mb and less) when processing large files
(i.e. TUTORMRI.DLL). I can`t check this - please mail me if it works.
[*] Changed backup strategy - now lxLite always make .BAK file even if
backups are disabled (/B-). If operation succeeds and backups are
disabled it is then removed. No more `$lxlite$.tmp` file.
[*] Now lxLite says '(very!)' in phrase
'It is (very!) possible that resulting file will be non-functional'
only if the size of data out of LX structure is bigger than 256 bytes
(this can be changed by /O{#} option /see below/). If overlay size is
bigger and /Y+ switch is specified file is skipped otherwise overlayed
data is [D]iscarded.
[+] Added /O{#} option which allows to specify threshold size for overlay
data. All overlays less than this value are discarded with /Y+ switch.
For more information please refer to english documentation.
[*] Modified defaults - now lxLite by default doesn`t pack using
run-length method AT ALL (i.e. as if you specified /MRN switch).
That is because I hadn`t found even a case when using this method
lxLite produced packed files by at least A BYTE less in size.
Instead it compresses now A LOT faster.
1.1.1
───── 07-May-96 bugfix
[!] noEA and chCase v1.0.0 does not work on directories - they says that
the module is in use. Version 1.0.1 is fixed.
[!] lxLite, noEA, unLock and chCase leaves sometimes garbage on screen
especially when processing long subdirectories. Fixed.
1.1.0
───── 06-May-96 some additions + minor bugfix
[*] Change in version numeration: Now version numbers conforms to GNU
standards. The first is major release number; second is minor release
ordinal and third is incremented only on bug-fixes.
[!] Now lxLite checks for a valid MZ header in DOS executable stub.
[!] Fixed: lxLite stops sometimes after trying to `pack` locked files
(i.e. swapper.dat) with a runtime error. The cause was a bug (sic!)
in DosEnumAttribute - when you issue it on a locked file it trashes
memory AFTER buffer passed to it (in my cause this trashed the stack).
[+] Now lxLite understands quoted long complex filenames on the command
line like most OS/2 commands do. I.e. you can write
lxLite "my own subdirectory\my executable file.exe" /cmax
[+] Added option /Q - query list of configurations.
[+] Added option /I{+|-} - Run/don`t run at idle priority
[+] Added detection of `overlayed` executables (usually from Watcom) -
for more information see English documentation.
[+] Added `lxLite utility pack` which now consists of:
- unLock which allow to unlock `locked` executables
- chCase which allow to automatically change case of individual
filenames as well as of groups of filenames
- colMng is a simple utility to manage your WPS color palettes
- noEA which allow to remove extended attributes from files
and directories
1.01
──── 23-Feb-96 minor bugfix
[!] Bugfix :-) in v1.00 docs I erroneously stated that Alice was born
at 13-Feb-96; however the real date is 12-Feb-1996 :-)
[!] Now lxLite preserves not only timestamp but also file attributes.
The version 1.00 erroneously stated that file is used by another
process in the case lxLite failed to access it because of read-only
or system attribute.
[!] Fixed: lxLite preserves now extended attributes of the file. Sometimes
EAs are useful, although mostly occupies disk space :-)
[!] Fixed: lxLite now COPIES file into/from backup copies instead of
renaming them: this caused the WorkPlace Shell to track such operations
and to change the `program filename` field in program object.
[*] Now /R{#} option can be used to re-align pages even on 1 (byte)
boundary. This will get some extra bytes, however LINK386 does not
allow this value to be less than 4 (but OS/2 eats it) - use at your
own risk.
[-] Removed `Switch-to-foreground-when-asking` feature. This was
implemented rather as a lab work than a useful feature :-)
On the other hand, the version with this feature must use
PMSHAPI.DLL which is not always available (in particular when
booting from OS/2 repair/installation diskettes).
1.00
──── 15-Feb-96 first release version
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