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1.E0E:
- Added viewer for Quattro, 1-2-3 spreadsheets
- Added macro symbols {Dir}, {Dname} and {Dext}
- Documented all known macro symbols.
1.E10:
- Added /M switch for monochrome colors at startup.
1.E11:
- Added support for ProFinder note files.
1.E12:
- Fixed problem with renaming network directories.
1.E13:
- Added menu switch to control directory tree validation.
1.E14:
- Added support for format parameters to be a menu filename.
- Changed editing of text in a box so that no changes are kept if the user
taps the [Esc] key to exit editing.
1.E20:
- Added separate color setting for highlighted menu and directory items.
- Fixed bug with deleting directories/files on a network drive.
- Enhanced directory deletion to include removal of an entire subtree or
just the currently highlighted directory (or just the files in either),
including any read-only, hidden or system files.
- Added setup string at completion of a print job.
- After a Find, F8 will now return you to the last directory you were in.
- Added a way to copy/move newer files only.
- Added SaveTag, NoSaveTag macro commands.
- Fixed bug with Alt-V incorrectly calling up external viewer program.
1.E21:
- Used Borland C++ v3.1 compiler.
- Increased number of selections per user menu to 100.
- Changed automatic scrolling speeds in the viewer.
- Fixed bug in worksheet viewing program.
- Fixed bug with updating tree after a graft operation.
- Fixed bug with moving files using [L] option for files with identical time
and date stamps to their corresponding targets.
1.E22:
- Added incremental name search for files and directories (attached to [=]).
- Current directory is now reset after shelling to DOS if tags are saved.
- Worksheet viewer now accepts /T switch to start at top of file.
1.E23:
- Worked around compiler bug that prevented appending to a file.
- Fixed problem with copying file that conflicts with a directory/label.
- Fixed problem with editing text in a box that sometimes did not accept
a blank value, but should have.
1.E30:
- Non-DOS wildcards (such as *A*J) are now accepted for file search specs!
- Tag Group was enhanced to allow multiple specs and non-DOS wildcards.
- Incremental search was enhanced to allow non-DOS wildcards.
1.E31:
- To view a file on startup, just type the name after ET.
- When user taps [S] to grow a directory tree, permission is requested.
- Fixed problem with internal DOS commands not being instantly recognized
on the DOS Gateway command line.
- Added support for [ < ] and [ > ] to view the previous and next tagged
file from the viewers, respectively.
1.E32:
- Added support for [Up] and [Down] keys to move to previous or next match
when using incremental search for files and directories.
- Added support for copying only those files in a particular ETL file when
copying, moving or grafting directories.
1.E33:
- Added support for storing CD-ROM tree maps to save rescanning time!
(See AUTOEXEC.DOC for information)
- Eliminated some duplicate information from help file.
1.E34:
- A note attached to a tree map file is shown when the tree is displayed,
and one is requested when no tree map file exists already.
- Fixed problem with tagging directories just after using [=] command.
- File tags are now kept when editing files, running most commands or
rereading a directory with the [\] key.
- Directory tree building can now be interrupted.
1.E40:
- Improved support for CDROM drives. Recognizes them and automatically
stores tree maps unless overridden by ETMAPCDR variable.
- Changed Space command to show type of drive displayed.
- User-defined menus are now centered on the screen.
- Changed default # of files to 5000, # of dirs to 1000.
1.E41:
- When moving entire directories to another disk, ELFTREE will automatically
move read-only files without asking for permission to erase each one.
- In small menus, labels without commands are no longer highlighted.
- Added ASKET.EXE program, {Repeatall} macro command, and made both it and
{Repeat} work when shrinking to 0K RAM.
1.E42:
- Added a way to quickly copy/move files to same directory on target disk.
- Fixed bug in Saw feature when subdirectory to be deleted had empty leaves.
1.E43:
- Fixed a small bug with appending files introduced in 1.E42, fixed another
with using a long menu.
- Added customize option to set the archive bit on copied/moved files.
- File list is now refreshed after most file viewing situations.
- {Up} and {Down} no longer wrap for next match when used with [=].
- Added a way to quickly copy/move files to current directory on target disk.
1.E44:
- Added a way to change to drive X by tapping [Shift+X].
- Enhanced print tree to include size and # of files in tagged directories.
- Fixed bug with using redirection and piping symbols in commands.
- Added support for creating, deleting or renaming volume labels.
1.E45:
- Changed print dialog box so [Tab], [Shift+Tab] move through the settings.
- Fixed bug with note not displaying for a tree map in a root directory.
- Fixed problem with [L] option copying/moving first file regardless.
1.E46:
- Added [F10] to make [=] load the last name looked for.
1.E50:
- Turned cursor on in viewer and added ability to replace text at cursor.
(tap [R] to enter text, and [Alt+R] to apply it).
- Can now print to COM1 or COM2 (use A in Port for COM1, B for COM2)
- Can now save commands between sessions (under Switches menu).
- Fixed bug with deleting a block of text at end of file in viewer.
1.E51:
- Added code to detect CPU to avoid crash when using Space command on 8088.
- Fixed problem with changing disks when High Speed is off.
- Made Global the default selection on Find submenu.
- Changed Screen Saver so it would cycle through colors selected by user
and cycle through messages every 3 seconds instead of one minute.
- Fixed Elvish Touch bug with [Alt+Fn] somtimes acting as a [Shift+Tab].
1.E52:
- When starting up in View mode, exiting View now exits ET as well. Also,
if the file requested is not found, the file display is shown.
- Added switch in Customize, Switches submenu to control whether confirmation
is requested when user taps [S] to rescan tree.
- Moved Note Type and Program Shrink options to Miscellaneous Settings menu.
1.E55:
- When disk errors occur during copying, moving, etc. ET now offers to retry
the operation.
- Improved speed of ETSORT.EXE program (comes with registered version).
- Tree maps for CDROM drives are no longer (erroneously) updated on the
fly when a disk media change is detected.
1.E56:
- Added {ETFind}, {Editor}, {Menu}, {UMenu} and {XMenu} symbols.
1.E60:
- Fixed problem with format parameters getting lost when automatic disk
formatting is invoked.
- Added a switch to optionally display first letter of notes instead of
the paragraph symbol.
- Expanded EBCDIC and ASCII viewer conversions to limit them to digits.
- Introduced ETVALTREE environment variable for tree validation by drive.
3.01S: (shareware versions are renumbered)
- Added mouse support! (See Customize to toggle and MOUSE.DOC for info).
- Changed almost all boxes that ask for a reply so that the choices appear
in a list that can be selected via the Mouse or [Enter]. The [Tab],
[Shift+Tab], [Left] and [Right] keys cycle through the choices.
- When automatic scrolling is turned on in the viewer, any keys that are
tapped during a scroll delay are now acted upon instantly. The scroll
speeds have also been increased approximately 20 percent.
- Find and Replace text is saved unless Save Commands is set to No.
- Fixed 3 longstanding bugs in viewer:
Tapping [U] to undo a replace could erase the file if no corresponding
Find was first specified.
When going right or left in a wide file, sometimes no text would show.
When searching for text in a wide file, sometimes no text would show
and the bottom half of the file data area would be highlighted.
3.02S:
- Changed borders for two-column file display.
- In one-file-per-row mode, notes now appear on the last screen line.
- Files can now be sorted by note content.
- Fixed dialog box for duplicating files.
3.03S:
- When renaming files, ELFTREE will now detect when the only change made
is to delete the period separating the name & extension, and offer to
repeat the change for the rest of the files.
- Fixed a bug that caused ^ to not always work in low-memory conditions
when executing multiple commands.
- Fixed a bug with memory not getting released correctly (in mouse-active
mode only) after running a program or saving the screen (the latter was
introduced in v3.02).
- Added switch to show file filter (above file status line).
3.04S:
- Added switch to show file name as NAME.EXT instead of NAME .EXT.
- Fixed problem with large help-enabled user menus not displaying correctly.
3.05S:
- Added switch to delete target file before copying over it.
- Rewrote editor's customize menus (regist. version), added some options.
- Prevented sawing of directories from file screen.
3.10S:
- Added scroll bars to file, tree, & view screens and user menus.
- Added more options to editor's customize menus.
3.12S:
- Added support for tagging files with Shift+Up or Shift+Down keys.
- Added support for current DATE and TIME in SNOOZE messages.
3.13S:
- Speeded up sorting of files and directories.
3.14S:
- Added a way to interrupt processing of tagged files and to skip the
current file.
- Increased speed when working with remote drives.
- Menus can now be used from inside VIEWERS.ELF.
- Created macro symbol {IgErr} to ignore errors from external viewer.
3.20S:
- When wiping a file, it is now truncated to 0 bytes before erasing.
- Changed CDROM key to include file time as well.
- [Space] will now pause automatic scrolling of a viewed file.
3.21S:
- When grafting, you will now be asked for permission to overwrite before
any copying or moving is done.
- [Ctrl+F10] from the directory tree will now update the total size of all
tagged directories.
3.22S:
- When grafting or moving directories from/to the same disk, a check is made
to ensure that the source/target directories are different.
3.23S:
- Fixed problem with adding notes to a directory if no files present.
- Fixed problem with 4DOS notes not being copied when grafting, moving or
copying directories from the tree.
- Fixed problem with {Menu} selections disappearing after first use when
operating on a selection of tagged files.
3.25S:
- Fixed bugs:
Screen corrupted when tapping [F1] twice from DOS Gateway, then [Esc] out.
Duping a file, renaming the target put wrong file name in ET (ok in DOS).
Tapping [Alt+/] on startup caused problems.
The key sequence =? in a {Macro} hung the program.
- A directory with one or more hidden children is marked with a '+'.
3.27S:
- Fixed bug in viewer - when searching backward for text, sometimes the text
would not be found when it should have been. Also speeded up the search
about 300% and put in a progress gauge.
- Fixed bug with grafting directories via copying using the Later option -
when recopying previously grafted directories, the last file would not
get copied.
- Read-only files are now properly copied on network drives.
3.28S:
- Added support for Unfiltered view of files (default for binary files).
- Added progress meter for processing blocks or searching in the viewer.
- Editor now picks up text to search for from ELFTREE.
3.30S:
- Unfiltered view now shows all characters, including CR/LF.
3.31S:
- Added ability to display true names in path area.
- Added ability to detect Pentium processors.
- ET can now shrink when editor is called from viewer, if allowed to do so.
- Fixed bug with path sometimes disappearing when cancelling a search.
3.32S:
- Fixed bug with ETMAP.RMV file not getting updated on removable media
following a graft from one disk to another.
- When a DOS critical error occurs when running a macro, both the macro
buffer and the DOS keyboard buffer are flushed.
- As files are being collected, the totals area is now updated.
3.35S:
- 4DOS style notes can now be up to 255 characters long.
- Fixed problem with highlighted directory sometimes not reflecting true
position after deleting a directory from the tree.