FileRunner Changelog

What's new in FileRunner 14.01.16.16

• Added code to make the top directory in windows . In it you will find all the volumes on the system.
• Changed version to use two digits for each field, even when the leading digit is 0.
• Change the "open" routine to use the *.lnk file if we are in windows. The *.lnk file has a lot of nice things to make the open more useful.
• Found and fixed a problem with the Cntl-P in the command line. Old code was mostly useless.
• Added a function to control scrolling of the buttons to prevent moving them down below the top (which left an empty space above).
• It seems that windows, at least in some cases, does not provide bindings for the mouse wheel as buttons 4 & 5, but rather as MouseWheel. Added code to pick this up for windows.
• Changed smart_dialog to not use 'grab' in an attempt to make it easy to move windows, particularly in MS-windows.
• Wrote the generation code for 'packageLinks.tcl' and made the changes to incorporate it in the release. This code is needed only be the 'wrap' version of fr (*.exe) to overcome shortcomings of the wrap system.
• In the testing of the *.lnk stuff found and fixed errors caused by $ and [ characters in file names.
• Added code to attempt to decode the windows *.lnk files.
• sftp sometimes capitalizes "Password". Fix it so we still recognize it.
• Changed the ftp login error to more reliably ask for name and password. Moved that dialog window over to the smartDialog code.
• Minor fix to smartDialog to expand the entry subwindows to expand to the window width.
• Changed spellcheck on "fix all" to fix entries prior to the current one that match rather than just the following ones (only happens if the user cancels and then comes back to continue spellcheck).
• For reasons unknown the UpdateStat_ code was coming up with "" instead of a number when trying to sum the sizes of selected files. Changed the code to verify that it has a numeric size before using the number.
• Moved most all of the inotify code to a seperate file, mostly so it is not
• part of the MS Windows wrap package.
• Added an update in place routine to update the dir listings without loosing selections. It is used only on updates by inode or time.
• Added code to inotify update to reposition the dir list after an update. If the old position was with the last entry at the bottom of the window the update was pushing it off the bottom.
• Created "trim-inotify.tcl" to clean up the install by removing unneeded inotify files and putting the required one (if available) in the proper location. Changed INSTALL to move this file and execute it at the right time.
• Fixed a race condition when reading a new configuration from the browser. While the listboxes were down, an inotify happeded.
• Made the button column scrollable.
• Changed the key position code so you just need focus in the dir window, i.e. you no longer have to select something to position the directory window by pressing a key.
• Removed most of the widgets from the accept focus list. Now limited mostly to the directory windows and the buttons.
• Changes the inotify code search to only look for a package if it it not found in the shipped area or the ~/.fr/. This should make start up faster.
• Added code to activate the last selected item in a directory when returning to a directory. If the opposite window does not have a selection, the last item is also selected.
• The default code for button-2 motion was not propogating the selection, fixed this.
• Added the "Toggle" function to the list of bind objects. Its job is to toggle binary config settings.
• Added an optional parameter to "ViewDirOpposite" to allow it to work with the current selection rather than what the mouse is pointing at.
• Changed Tab in a list box to only move to the file name column, i.e. always takes you to the other file list.
• Changed the DoProtCmd family to use a stack to keep track of the update status and cursor. This should make them re-entrant/ recursive.
• Fixed inotify code to keep the select or highlighting colors on update.
• Added a binary for i386 to the list of libraries for inotify.
• Added 'Back' and 'UpDirTree' to the bind list to allow binding then to arrow keys.
• Found and fixed a keyboard support problem where a Right arrow command lost the position in the directory listing causing the next Up/Down arrow to jump to line 1.
• Moved the inotify set up to after "first light" (i.e. deiconification of the main window). This way it will not delay start up. Also push the reading and set up of the first dir lists into the background.
• Found and fixed a bug in the inotify code that prevented notify from running if the file name is 'formatted' by the listboxscrip.
• Modified time stamp code to print the execution times for each segment.
• Added time stamp code to track start-up times. Turn on by starting with -db or, to dump later, turn on "Expand Error Messages" and enter, in a command window:
• dumpStartTimes
• This dumps the start times on std out.
• Added spell checking to the view and quick edit windows. Also allow spell check filters that should make it rather easy to spell check program files.
• H.S. also found a bug in the balloon help code when on the extreme edge of the parent window. In this case the code to offset the message put the resulting pointer outside of the window causing the attempt to find the windows boarder fails. Changed the code to use the position before the offset.
• H.S. found a bug in the Fonts change code's balloon help for the "Here too?" button. The font reference needs to be coded as global so it works in the balloon context.
• More fixes for the config.tcl file. In the move to using config-rev config files I forgot to include the old 'config' (no rev) in the list of possible choices. The net result is NO config file is found. Fixed this.
• Added "Autoreq: 0" to the rpm spec file to prevent dependencies being generated by the inotify binary files. This caused dependencies for both 32 and 64 bit libc, neither of which is needed.
• Fixed the RPM script to put the required "#" in front of the config file it builds.
• How embarrassing, if env(EDITOR) is not defined we fail to load. Changed to default to "vi".
• A user wanted to eliminate one of the "ship" bindings, but it came back on restart. Changed to destroy any we have in memory when we read the config file. This is now done by a function call in the config file itself (so we don't have premature destruction). The function name is "ClearTheDecksHereComeANewConfig".
• Added a 'weight' calculation to the color distance list generation in the color chooser. This corrects for the perceptual differences of colors. The 'distance' list is the list of near colors in the color choosers window.
• The async middle button code had an error in it causing a button 3 press to fail.
• Found (and fixed) another ftp problem. Misshandeling directories with spaces in the name. Looks like in two places, the fr parse code and in ftp_control.