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- Short: LhA / LhX v2.1 archiver, German docs (!)
- Author: jamie_c@bellsouth.net (Jim Cooper)
- Uploader: solar@baud.de (Martin Baute)
- Version: 2.1
- Type: util/arc
- Replaces: util/arc/LhA.lha
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- NOTE: The binaries in this archive are unchanged from the previous
- version. I did put it together for two reasons:
-
- - since May 17th, a German translation of LhA.guide has been available.
- Jim did not put together a new release since then, so I made one on
- my own.
-
- - the distribution is now self-extracting; although most Amiga users
- already have a working copy of LhA available, it is nevertheless
- somewhat stupid do distribute an archiver utility archived in it's
- own format...
-
- Have fun.
- Martin Baute
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- LhA v2 finally hits the streets. And with it, a new Web site.
-
- http://lha.warped.com
-
- Most frequent updates will always be posted to this new site first, with
- only occasional (major) updates sent to Aminet.
-
-
- History:
-
- 2.1 Jim Cooper & David Tritscher
-
- Fix probs with -Qm & too narrow windows. (Jim)
-
- Final cleanups, etc. before new Aminet release. (Jim)
-
- Set up Web site - lha.warped.com - plain, but functional. (Jim)
-
- AMINET RELEASE
-
- 2.0 Jim Cooper & David Tritscher
-
- Got filename 'munging' working for all progress types. (Jim)
-
- Use Amiga private escape sequences (aWSR, aWBR) to get console
- size, instead of ACTION_DISK_INFO packet. Doesn't block /AUTO
- windows any more. (Jim)
-
- Cleaned up docs, documented new features, etc. (Jim)
-
- NEW RELEASE
-
- 1.110 Jim Cooper & David Tritscher
-
- A bit more gain on compression. (David)
-
- Added '-D4' progress display. (Jim)
-
- Disabled '-1' (-lh4-) for compression, since the format is old,
- slow, and pretty much worthless. Still support -lh4- on extract,
- for support of older archives. (Jim & David)
-
- Changed the Default status of a few of the options, to bring the
- operation more in line with the way other versions of LhA (on
- UNIX & PC) operate. (Jim)
-
- Changed the way 'inverse video' is turned off - instead of just
- resetting the console to 'normal', it uses the specific 'inverse
- off' code. Should help those who normally run their console in
- non-default modes (eg, different colors, etc.). (Jim)
-
- BETA RELEASE
-
- 1.100 Jim Cooper & David Tritscher
-
- Changed algorithms for compression - now compresses smaller than
- old LhA, and does it faster! (David)
-
- Added '-lh6-' compression format, to catch up with LhA for UNIX.
- (David)
-
- Added command line support for '-lh6-' usage. (Jim & David)
-
- Fixed _ancient_ bug (crashed LhA 1.3x, 1.5x, etc.) with corrupt
- partial archives. (Jim)
-
- Plugged multiple holes in old code that could have resulted in
- crashes. (Jim & David)
-
- Updated docs, usage, etc. (Jim)
-
- BETA RELEASE
-
- 1.99 Jim Cooper & David Tritscher
-
- Remaining ASM code converted up to C. Start working on changes
- to speed up code, fix old (& new :-) bugs, and add new features.
-
- INTERNAL ONLY
-
- 1.98 Jim Cooper
-
- Squashed the "doesn't work with spaces in names" bug a few
- people noticed.
-
- Sent directly to folks who reported bugs mentioned as 'fixed' in
- earlier entries, since I couldn't get this one uploaded to
- Aminet.
-
- 1.97 Jim Cooper
-
- INTERNAL
-
- 1.96 Jim Cooper
- <sigh> Too soon, not enough checking, etc... last "fix" broke ^C
- handling. Fixed.
-
- 1.95 Jim Cooper
- Oops. Wasn't flushing the output buffer for "Overwrite..."
- message.
-
- 1.94 Jim Cooper
- First Aminet release after taking over from Stefan.
-
- <1.94 Stefan Boberg
- With many thanks from the Amiga community.
-
-
- TODO:
-
- (In no particular order.)
-
- - Show progress for 'stored' files. Stefan's code never did.
-
- - Change from current buffered I/O to ASyncIO.
- - Add "-Q" option to disable ASync, for whatever reason. :-)
-
- - Support changing compression format for 'y' command.
-
- - Support hard/soft links.
-
- - Document multivolume archiving better.
- - Volume swap prompt change.
-
- - -e should cause '-lhd-' entries for ALL dirs, to preserve datestamp/attributes.
-
- - Improve compression even more
-
- - Ports to various other 'platforms', including Windoze, PowerUp, WarpOS, ...
-
- - Localize LhA output. Lots of folks either don't speak English, or would
- just be more comfortable seeing messages in their own language.
-
- - More translated versions of these docs.
-
- - Cancel button for gfx progress... maybe. ^C still works fine on main task,
- but that isn't obvious to GUI users.
-
- - Speedups, tweaks, rest of code cleaned up, etc., etc., etc.
-
-
- Enjoy.
-