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Version 0.72 (Released 09-24-2004)
- Root directory is now expanded by default when launching Xfe on it.
- Fixed a bug in displaying the file size of very large files (> to 4.3 GB) and in
  sorting the file sizes.
- The maximum bookmarks number is set to 20 instead of 10. A warning message
  is displayed when the limit is reached.
- removed the path in the archive creation dialog, for the same reasons.
- removed the path in the "New file" and "New directory" dialogs because it was not very
  practical with long path names (thanks to Millar Barrie for the suggestion).
- fixed a bug with xfq : set the filename to "untitled" instead of NULL when no filename
  is specified
- fixed a crash bug when extracting archives (delete problem with DirListBox object)
- added an "Open" command to open a single or multiple selected files. This is useful
  to play mp3 files with xmms for example
- added optional thumbnails preview for BMP, XPM, GIF, TIF, PNG and JPEG image formats.
Version 0.71 (not released)
- fixed a crash when a file name extension is only a dot.
- added Italian translation (thanks to Giorgio Moscardi <enjoy.the.silence@iol.it> and
  Valerio Alliod <valerio.alliod@ieio.vda.it>)
- allow xfe to save the window position on exit and restore the window
  position on start (thanks to R. Boucher <rboucher@users.sourceforge.net>)
- replaced SEL_RIGHTBUTTONPRESS with SEL_RIGHTBUTTONRELEASE in FilePanel.cc
  and in DirPanel.cc to fix a bug in the refresh process (this one was hard
  to find!)
- locale adjustment in the spec file (thanks to Andrzej Stypula)
- fixed a problem when unmounting a device and Xfe was not releasing the device 
- fixed a bug with .gz archives extraction. Now the extraction of tar, gz, bz2, Z, zip
  archives should be correct.
- add of a <signal.h> include to CommandWindow.cc and File.cc (thanks to Andrzej Stypula)
- file permissions adjustment in the spec file (thanks to Andrzej Stypula)
Version 0.70 (Released 07-29-2004)
- fixed a bug in DirListBox with the expand/collapse tree commands 
- fixed a bug when hiding the status bar : now, the entire bar can be hidden
- fixed the date format in the Properties dialog
- Tab key now allows to cycle through the DirPanel and FilePanels
- improved the refresh in DirList that was consuming too much resources
- fixed a bug with the file dates in FileList that were no more in local format 
- added a shortcut to Shift-F10 for the right popup menu in FilePanel
Version 0.69 (not released)
- fixed a crash bug with Xfq, when the file to open doesn't exist
- fixed a bug in FileList when selecting a file and moving the horizontal scroll bar 
- fixed a bug with large filesystems size
- more better handle (I hope...) of NFS and SMB breakdowns
- new icons for floppy, cdrom, zip and nfs drives
- fixed a bug when deleting read-only files in read-only sub-directories and 
  a parent directory with write access 
Version 0.68 (not released)
- port to FOX 1.2!
- adaptation of the code to the new APIs
- some bug fixes
- some cosmetic changes
- added mnemonics to all menus
- now Xfe is more responsive whith broken NFS or SMB mounts!
Version 0.67 (not released)
- add of the directory path to the window title (thanks to Drayke Naiobrin
  for the initial patch)
- changed the way the file names are sorted. Now, upper cases are no more sorted first.
  This is more consistent with other file managers.
Version 0.66 (Released)
- updated french translation
- updated help window
Version 0.65 (not released)
- when control + right click is pressed in the FilePanel, all items are deselected
- fixed a small regression that occured when pasting a directory in FilePanel and
  no item was selected
- fixed a small regression in DirPanel that prevent to unmount a file system
- replaced everywhere the word 'directory' with 'folder' for consistency 
- when a filter patter is used, this pattern is now shown in the FilePanel label
- fixed a small bug in filter command : the filter pattern was not correctly updated
- changed the way panel views are handled. Now, there are four views and four icons in the
  toolbar to switch between these views. This should be more intuitive to use and one needs
  only one click to switch from any view to any new one (this was not the case before).
Version 0.64 (not released)
- fixed problems with panels widths to avoid too small panels
- toolbar and menus cleanup and reorganization
- add of buttons to status bars (in DirPanel and FilePanel) to show/hide files or directories.
  Remove of the corresponding toolbar button.
  Remove of the directory path in DirPanel (it is redundant with the active panel's path)
- changed the way the context menu is handled in DirPanel : now, right clicking on DirPanel
  also changes the current directory to the selected one (contrary to Windows Explorer)
- fixed a small problem in Properties where the 'du' command displayed error messages on the
  console when permission on the directory or file was denied
- fixed a bug in DirPanel : the status and directory name were not correctly updated after 
  a file operation on the directory list when using the method FilePanel::onCmdFileMan
- fixed bug in DirPanel : after a file operation, the modified item was no more visible if
  it was scrolled down (need to add a call to recompute() in method getitem() in DirList)
- fixed bugs in DirPanel : deleting a folder in the directory list caused an error message
  to appear ('shell-init: could not get current directory...') in some cases
- fixed a crash bug in DirList that occured when successively displaying and hiding
  hidden folders with subfolders 
- the cursor in the 'Add to archive' dialog was not set to the end of the text
- symbolic links (files or folders) now have a specific icon in file and directory lists
- dotdot (..) folders now have a specific icon in file and directory lists
- mount points now have a specific icon in file and directory lists
- removed the DirBox from the toolbar : it was not really useful!
- changed CreateData method in FileDict class according to FOX 1.0.48. This should fix a bug
  with association icons in the file list (Thanks to Michael Baron).
- added a Text font, to be used in Terminal window (e.g. as a fixed font), and in XFileView
  and XFileQuery
- font menu moved under Preferences menu and OptionsBox class renamed as PreferencesBox
Version 0.63 (not released)
- remember sorted column in detailed panel view
- in detailed panel view, prevent name size to be too small
- file sizes are now given everywhere in human readable form 
- hacked FXIconList to right justify the file size in the file list
- inverted file size and file type in the file list
- renamed AttributesBox class to PropertiesBox
- revisited general design to be more consistent with other KDE or GNOME or X programs
Version 0.62 (not released)
- changed default wheel scrolling interval : default is now 5 lines and can be changed in the
  registry file by modifying the 'wheellines=5' line under the [SETTINGS] section
- clarified confirmation messages for file and folder delete operations
- fixed a bug in archive creation : it is no more possible to include the '..' directory in
  an archive!
- fixed a bug where it was impossible to create new files and new directories
  with spaces in their name (thanks to Bastian Kleineidam for having detected this bug) 
- add a command window object to manage executed commands, archives, rpm, etc.
  The command window executes commands as child processes and get their output
  asynchronously within the dialog box. 
- upgrade to gettext 0.12.1
Version 0.61 (not released)
- the time format used in the file list is now based on the locale platform
- added Argentinian Spanish translation (Bruno Gilberto Luciani <soporte@linuxtech.com.ar>)
- added Spanish translation (Lucas 'Basurero' Vieites <lucas@asixinformatica.com>)
Version 0.60 (Released)
- added Catalan translation (muzzol <muzzol@mail.ru>)
- updated french translation
- usage message added
- help menu added, with a help window (content of this window needs to be completed)
- modified the execute command to display the command log in a separate window (if necessary)
- modified the rpm upgrade/uninstall commands to display a log window instead of a progress dialog
- modified the extract/archive commands to display a log window instead of a progress dialog
- add error messages for file operations when the file system is full
Version 0.59 (not released)
- modified the "Confirm Delete" box used when deleting write-protected files. This should be
  more usable now
- add of support for large files (> 2 GB) operations 
- fixed a crash bug when linking or renaming a file and the target already exists
Version 0.58 (not released)
- fixed a crash bug when right clicking in the directory panel in a place where there is no item 
Version 0.57 (not released)
- add support of PNG icons for file icons
- fixed transparency problems with most of PNG file icons
- fixed a bug in DirPanel that prevent a correct display of the directory size when the directory name
  had spaces in it
Version 0.56 (not released)
- fixed a bug when pasting a file with ask_before_copy=0. In some cases, the input dialog was
  still used.
- when trying to copy or paste a file in the same directory as the source , the target name used 
  in the input dialog is now the name of the source (and not the directory name as previously).
  This is to make it easier to modify the file name directly in the input dialog.
- fixed i18n of some message boxes by adding a specific MessageBox class
Version 0.55 (not released)
- fixed a bug in the file delete progress dialog : the directory path was omitted
- fixed a bug in the extract archive progress dialog : the destination directory was omitted
- improvement of the file delete operation. Now, it is allowed to delete a write-protected file
  if the user is owner of it. In addition, a dialog asks the user what he wants to do. 
Version 0.54.5 (not released)
- fixed a bug where the right panel size was not correct when clicking on the "show two panels"
  toolbar icon 
- some changes in Desktop file associations
- fixed a bug with file operations when the file names have a space in it
- fixed a bug with the move command between separate hard disks
- fixed a bug where the progress dialogs didn't display the source and target file names when the
  overwrite box was open
Version 0.54.4 (not released)
- changed the way the panel sizes are handled. Now, the left panel size is retained and fixed when
  resizing the Xfe window. This is a more usual way to do.
- fixed the icon in the overwrite box widget
- added an overwrite box to the "Add to archive" operation
- fixed a bug where the "Show hidden folders" option was not retained after leaving Xfe
- the file names in the progress dialogs were slightly truncated. This is fixed now.
- add Turkish translation (erkaN <erkaN@linux-sevenler.de>)
- add a wait cursor to a number of file operations (attributes,copy, delete, mount/unmount...)  
Version 0.54.3 (not released)
- french translation update
- keyboard accelerators in dialog boxes now work as expected
- in two panels mode, pressing the tab key cycles through the panels. No effect in one panel mode
- fixed a small regression that prevent the unmount command to work
- fixed a bug with the Edit/View command : when an Edit or View association is not defined, the 
  correct mechanism is to call the default viewer or editor  
- fixed a bug in the Attributes menu where the size of a directory was not correctly displayed
  if its name had escape characters 
- fixed the permissions in the attributes tab when multiple files are selected
Version 0.54.2 (released)
- fixed a small bug in DirPanel.cc that prevent compilation of Xfe on a non Linux system
- fixed the text alignment problem in the properties window
- replaced builtin GIF icons with PNG icons
- added Polish translation (Jacek Dziura <stary@cad.pl>)
- when renaming a file in two panels mode, the destination directory was not selected from the
  current panel  
Version 0.54.1 (released)
- added Brazilian Portuguese translation (Eduardo R.B.S. <edurbs@varginha.com.br>)
- added German translation (Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@users.sf.net>)
- fixed a bug with files names like '~test' that were not correctly handled. Rename of the helper
  function getPath() to filePath() to avoid confusions with some other helper functions in FOX
- fixed a bug in DirPanel.cc that prevent compilation of Xfe with gcc 3.2.3
Version 0.54 (released)
- fixed a bug with the rename command in the directory panel : the target name was not correct in
  some situations
- fixed a bug in the new file and new directory operations : it was not possible to create
  file names with escape characters
- fixed a bug in the directory panel : the directory size was not correctly shown when
  the path name had escape characters
- fixed a bug in the progress bar with long path names
- fixed a bug in the file delete operation : sometimes, the current directory was not
  the correct one
- add a lot of mini-icons to the general and context menus in Xfe, Xfv and Xfq
- add shortcuts (Del, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-N, Ctrl-S) to file operations for the tree panel
- add a button to the toolbar for the show tree operation
- change the way icons are displayed for the hide hidden, hide tree and two panels button icons
Version 0.53 (not released)
- new function getNumSelectedItems() in FileList class, that returns the number of selected
  items in the file list (used to replace recurrent code in FilePanel.cc and XFileExplorer.cc)
- new keyboard shortcuts : this should help users familiar with both Windows Explorer and
  Midnight Commander. Some operations have two shortcuts (e.g. Delete has Del and F8).
- new FileDialog class, used to get full consistency with the application look and feel.
  It is derived from the standard Fox FXFileDialog, but with some simplifications.
- fixed a bug in archive creation : escape characters were not preserved in the archive name
- fixed a segfault when dragging a directory in the directory panel
- fixed a small regression where the zip files were no more seen as archives!
- the file operations menu items and buttons are now grayed out when no file are selected
Version 0.52 (not released)
- in X File View, the last opened file name is not saved anymore
- changed the file delete shortcut from Ctrl-Del to Del because the bug in the Fox Library
  was at last fixed! This is more consistent with other file managers... Thus Xfe now
  requires Fox version 1.0.36 or higher.
- add of French translation (by me, of course)
- fixed the Xfe icon destination in Makefile.am 
Version 0.51 (not released)
- upgrade of the configure scripts to automake-1.5 and autoconf-2.53
- add of i18n support
Version 0.50 (not released)
- remove of the 'Hidden folder' check box in the directory panel and add
  of the name of the directory path instead
- add of some icons
- add of a 'Console File Manager' button and menu item to allow to call Midnight Commander
 (or another console file manager) with a simple click
- add of the 'Rpm query' menu item in the file panels. This gives the name of
  the RPM package that the selected file is belonging to.
- fixed a bug in the rename function of the Attributes window
- code cleanup of the 'DirPanel' class
- in two panels mode, each panel now can be resized individually and their size
  is retained for the next session
- the size of the files in a directory is indicated in the directory
  tree status bar (but not recursively)
- rename of class 'Panel' to 'FilePanel' for consistency
- rename of class 'XFileExp' to 'XFileExplorer' for consistency
Version 0.49 (not released)
- add a location bar with an history of visited directories
- add a 'New file' item to the menu, panel context menu and toolbar
- add a 'Terminal here' item to the context menus
- fixed a memory leak in Attributes.cc
Version 0.48 (not released)
- add of more icons to the context menus
- add of copy/paste/rename/delete/extract menus to the directory list
- don't allow anymore multiple selection in the directory list
- fixed a bug in the Attributes window : the rename function was not the correct one
- add of an attribute menu to the directory list
Version 0.47 (not released)
- add of a context menu with expand tree / collapse tree functions to the directory list
- add of the 'DirPanel' class for the directory tree list 
Version 0.46 (not released)
- hovering over a folder in the directory list now expands the directory in the tree
- hovering over a folder in the file list now expands the directory in the list
- panel focus now can be obtain when clicking anywhere in the window
- shift or control key + right mouse button doesn't select any file. This allows a direct access to
  the global popup menu instead of the selection related popup menu (useful when items fill
  the file list)
Version 0.45 (not released)
- fixed a small bug when giving a starting directory name
- completely rewrite the file management routines to be more consistent with the file 
  move/copy/symlink/rename routines  
- add some error messages to the file operations routines
Version 0.44 (not released)
- add progress dialog and progress bar for drag and drop file operations
- add of keyboard shortcuts for rename, move, symlink operations
- add of an option '--with-static=yes/no' to the configure script,
  to be able to link a static version of Xfe. This is useful for
  computers that don't have the required libraries.
- modification of the spec file to deal with the '--with-static' option.
Version 0.43 (not released)
- symlink command with multiple files selection cannot be used anymore
- add of a progress bar for lengthy file move/rename operations
- fixed a number of bugs in the rename and move functions. Add of error messages for some
  error conditions
- reorganisation of the code : now, each custom widget has its own class
- remove of the xincs.h include (to be more portable)
Version 0.42 (released)
- the hard disk icon was not displayed in the tree list. This caused some crashes.
- fixed a bug that caused Xfe to crash when extracting an archive
- fixed bugs where the show_hidden_files, show_hidden_dir and auto_save_layout commands were not saved
  when leaving Xfe
- add of errors messages when trying to copy/paste/move/rename to an inexisting directory or when the
  target directory is not writable
- add of error messages when creating a new directory and the parent directory doesn't exist or is not
  writable
Version 0.41 (not released)
- use switch/case instead of if/else if in File.cc
- use the installation prefix to define the global icons path. Thus, if prefix=/usr/local,
  then iconpath=/usr/local/lib/foxicons, and if prefix=/usr, iconpath=/urs/lib/foxicons.
- fixed a little bug with the browse icon path button
Version 0.40 (released)
- new icons for locked folders
- use reswrap to construct the files icons.h and icons.cc at compile time, for Xfe, Xfv and Xfq
- fixed a bug to let Xfq work with rpm version 3.x
Version 0.39 (released)
- fixed a bug where the locked folder icons where not displayed in file list
- fixed a bug with copy/paste in two panels mode 
Version 0.38 (not released)
- add of X File Query (Xfq), a simple RPM package viewer and installer, with the same look and feel
as Xfe.
Version 0.37 (not released)
- the color theme of Xfv is now the same as Xfe. Removed the color option box.
Version 0.36 (not released)
- fixed some bugs relative to the move, rename and copy operations when the destination is a directory. Seems
to work correctly now!
Version 0.35 (released)
- add of X File View (Xfv), a simple text viewer with the same look and feel as Xfe.
Version 0.34 (not released)
- add of a progress dialog for mount / unmount file system operations.
Version 0.33 (not released)
- add of a progress dialog for archive (extraction and creation) operations.
Version 0.32 (not released)
- add of a progress dialog for chmod and chown operations.
- now dead links are seen! (was not the case even in Xwc!)
- fixed a number of bugs related to the chown and chmod operations.
Version 0.31 (not released)
- add of a GNOME color theme.
Version 0.30 (not released)
- add of a progress dialog for file move operations.
Version 0.29 (not released)
- add of a progress dialog for file delete operations.
Version 0.28 (not released)
- add of a progress bar for file copy operations.
Version 0.27.1 (released)
- Correct a bug introduced in the previous release. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Version 0.27 (released)
- Add Overwrite Box for file copy / move /symlink operations.
Version 0.26 (released)
- correct a compilation problem with gcc 3.2.
- add a toolbar button for switching between one / two panels.
Version 0.25 (released)
- correct an important bug in the file deletion process.
- add a toolbar button for showing / hiding hidden files. 
Version 0.24 (released)
- initial release of X File Explorer
- fully functional with a lot of bugs, I suppose.