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The future ...
The next release of LhA will be version 2.00. It will feature a host of
new commands, options and will be a considerably more capable program.
Released at the end of October 1992.
Some of the features new to LhA 2.00 are :
- New compression modes (-lh6-, -lh7- and -lh8-) offering substantially
better and faster compression than -lh5-.
- Faster decompression. The -lh5- and -lh1- decompression routines have
been speeded up. Especially on 68020/030/040 machines. The entire
decompression loop now fits in the cache by using special optimization
techniques. The new compression modes also decompress faster than the
old -lh1- => -lh5- modes.
- UNIX and MS-DOS versions handling the new compression modes will be
available.
- Repacking of old archives to the new methods can be done automatically.
- The ability to archive directly onto removable media (floppies for
example) without using any filesystem. By using this feature you can
use LhA as a powerful and fast backup program - saving many disks
through its unrivalled compression performance.
- Disk-Image archiving. Now you can compress entire disks into an
archive a la DMS, but faster and more efficient.
- Handles all new filesystems (DOS\2, DOS\3, DOS\4, MSD and DOS\5) in
OS3.0
- Pipe support.
- Vastly improved multivolume archive facility.
- Archive locking. A locked archive cannot be added to unless the creator
unlocks it. Prevents BBS-Ads.
- Authenticity Verification. Warns user if archive has been altered by any
other than the original creator. Ensures the user the program contains
no virus and hasn't been hacked.
- User-configurable commands.
- Intuition-driven GUI setup program.
- KS2.x link support.
- Archive comments.
- Extensive logging and catalog features mainly to help maintaining multi-
volume archives/backups.
- Much faster and memory-efficient file collection. Extremely fast when
used in conjunction with the new DirCache filesystems.
- Localization. Run LhA in any language you want.
- Workbench Icon/Tooltypes support. (No more LhAX-like extras necessary)
- Improved SFX capability.
- GUI LhBackup harddisk-backup program.
- GUI LhA. Powerful intuition-driven archiver.
... And much more ...
Special cut-down versions without the fancy features will be available for
those with small memory systems.
If you have any (wild) ideas, let me know... I'll implement them if I have
time and consider it useful.
Thank you for registering.