Version history PeaZip (64-bit)

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Changes from v2.7.1 -> v2.8

• 2.8 line is focused on providing a more user-friendly archive/file browser: easier file selection (optional row selection), custom icons for most commons file types, display as detailed view or list view, remember sorting column and sorting order, remember columns widths etc...
• Multiple jobs launched at once (form program's GUI) are now executed sequentially to improve disk performances, parallel execution is available as option.
• Navigation menus in browser and archiving/extraction intrfaces now shows History submenu, to quickly jump to paths visited in the current session.
• In archive and extraction interfaces it is possible to set a default extraction path.
• Extract to new folder is now remembered as option of Extract action, rather than being a separate action.
• Extract button, within an archive, extracts selected object; if nothing is selected extracts all displayed objects (like WinRar/7-Zip). However in context menu it is possible to directly select to extract all, displayed or selected objects.
• In archiving interface it was added "Convert existing archives" option, to extract existing archives before compression stage.
• This option, used with "Add each object to a separate archive" option enabled, performs a mass conversion of listed archives to the desired format.
• Otherwise, with "Add each object to a separate archive" option disabled, archive conversion is meant to consolidate input data in a single archive, improving compression efficency because it allows recompression of the original data from its uncompressed form.
• A total of 98 file extensions are supported.

Changes from v2.7 Beta -> v2.7.1

• 2.7.1 update introduces new and updated translations, many improvements and fixes, and new keyboard shortcuts for archiving and extraction stages.

Changes from v2.6.3 -> v2.7 Beta

• GUI
• (PeaLauncher) added option to open output directory after operation
• File browser
• it is now possible to force refresh inside archives
• the password / keyfile can now be set once, for being used in file browser, archive creation (setting password triggers use of encryption) and archive extraction, like in WinRar; the locker icon reports if the password is set
• the advanced inclusion and exclusion filters (7z backend) can now be set once (in a separate form) for archive browsing, extraction and creation
• clipboard is now displayed in a panel at the bottom of file browser, like history and bookmarks
• Archive creation interface: new task oriented GUI for compression, adding / dropping files and folders to archive uses the archive creation interface (like in WinRar, where adding to archive raises the archive creation dialog)
• can optionally archive each input item to separate archives
• can chose output path with a powerful navigator (like in former "extract to" popup menu): system's paths, bookmarked folders, recent folders
• supports use of the advanced inclusion and exclusion filters (7z and FreeArc backend)
• Archive extraction interface: new task oriented GUI for extraction
• the advanced inclusion and exclusion filters (7z and FreeArc backend) are supported also for multiple archives at once
• BACKEND
• updated FreeArc to 0.51
• can now create FreeArc's self extracting archives (sfx creation not jet working on Linux packages)
• updated 7z to 9.06 (Windows)
• open mslz, flv, swf, gnm
• added backend for ZPAQ (Windows), currently supports only extraction to original absolute path
• 95 file extensions supported

Changes from v2.6.2 -> v2.6.3

• 2.6.3 is a maintenance update: extends support to a total of 90 file extensions, and fixes some bugs of PeaLauncher and Pea components

Changes from v2.6 -> v2.6.1

• 2.6 release was focused on a majour UI update (toolbar, navigation menu, bookmarks, ...); 2.6.1 update introduces various fixes and user-suggested usability improvements.
• Under the hood, 7z backend was updated to 9.04 (on Windows) allowing to use the powerful LZMA2 compression algorithm, and adding support to .XZ and .VHD files; 87 file extensions are now supported for extraction.

Changes from v2.6 Beta -> v2.6

• 85 file extensions supported
• new themes
• new icon for .lnk (Windows links)
• (Linux) fixed nontransparent icons
• fixed:
• "extract all" and "ext all to" buttons for some formats
• drag and drop extraction for Pea format
• cp_open fixed for Windows 9x systems
• it is possible to add computer's root to bookmarks
• fixed sorting bookmarks grids and menus
• various minor fixes and updates
• UI
• (Windows) it is now possible to drag items from system to bookmarks, dragging on bookmarks or history area
• it is now possible to add currently browsed path to bookmarks
• bookmarks menus and grid now have icons
• history menus (recent) and grid now have icons
• built with Lazarus 0.9.26.2
• (Linux) data previously installed in /usr is now installed in /usr/local
• All translations updated

Changes from v2.5.1 -> v2.6 Beta

• major GUI update
• multi-functional bar to quickly accessto bookmarks and history, enter password, create keyfiles etc
• navigation menu for quickly browse (or extract to) filesystem, bookmarks and history
• new icon theme
• 84 file extensions supported

Changes from v2.5 -> v2.5.1

• 7z/p7zip 4.65
• auto refresh
• solid 7z archives with grouping for file extension
• support for compressed themes
• updated localizations

Changes from v2.4.1 -> v2.5

• Updated Wolfgang Ehrhardt's libraries
• Updated to 7z 4.64 and p7zip 4.61 (Linux)
• can now extract PKWARE-AES
• can now create LZMA compressed .zip archives
• Text encoding
• Job's definition can now be saved as utf-8 text or plain text
• Extended characters in archived object's names can now be displayed (on Windows this is limited to characters included in system's console codepage; single character encodings are supported at the moment)
• optionally (Tools > Settings > General (2) > Encoding) extended characters can be replaced by jolly "?" character to avoid possible issues between archive's and system's character encodings
• File/archive browser:
• now selects last visited path/archive (like WinRAR/7-Zip)
• improved archive browser speed
• recognizes .r01 and .z01 extensions as multipart archives
• Reorganized browser and layout context menus
• "Open"/"Extract and open"/"Preview" submenus now features 16 customisable applications (editors, players, antivirus etc) to be used as default editors overriding system's file associations
• 8 are in form of simple to edit application list
• 8 can be more complex command lines
• various applications and antivirus are recognized by default
• Program can now be minimized to tray icon
• (Linux) program's functions can be invoked from Nautilus scripts; the scripts are provided in Freedesktop_integration folder and have to be manually copyed to Nautilus script's directory
• Various fixes and improvements
• Help is now available offline
• PeaLauncher can now act autonomously from PeaZip for extraction functions (may help porting since it is not needed to build the more complex UI of PeaZip to access to basic extraction functions which are provided by PeaLauncher itself)
• Quick extraction functions now uses PeaZip defaults rather than backend application's defaults
• Reorganized "Settings" panel
• New translations: Hungarian, Sinhala, Swedish

Changes from v2.4 -> v2.4.1

• Various fixes
• 7z frontend updated to 4.61 (Windows)
• Quick archiving functions (add to single or multiple 7z, zip, sfx) now uses application defaults rather than backend program's defaults
• Secure deletion can now erase both files and folders
• Added Dutch, French, Galitian and Ukraininan translations; various translations updated

Changes from v2.3a -> v2.4

• New localizations and new icons are featured, drag and drop on Windows benefits of an information panel which follows the mouse, and clipboard was made more powerful and flexible, optionally allowing multiple cut/copy operations to be stored in the clipboard.
• UI items, like comboboxes, were redesigned to be customizable in height to better fit different font sizes and resolutions, that will make the application more readable expecially on Debian/Ubuntu systems and on Windows with screen set at 120 DPI.
• Linux installable packages are now built to place files in a more ortodox way, in /usr/share/, consequently if handling ACE archives is desired it needs new PeaZip UNACE plugin package to be downloaded and installed (update not needed for Windows users and for portable versions).

Changes from v2.2 -> v2.3a

• Archiving:
• Added support for UDF, XAR, and DMG/HFS file types, improved support for OpenOffice file types - total 79 file extensions supported
• Content and filenames encryption status is now fully inherited by new objects when adding files/folders to 7z archives
• Custom file types can now be opened directly from "extract" menu entries
• Fixed issues showing with ACE 1.x archives under Linux
• Improved input file recognition for UPX compression (11 extensions)
• Updated 7z frontend to 4.60 (Windows)
• Updated Pea frontend to 0.21
• Updated W.E. crypto library with package aes_2008-08-04
• Usage:
• Added third area to status bar showing current filesystem, or archive type plus encryption status
• "Extract to new folder" flag is no longer limited to current session
• Open executables/files/folders (in Windows) are now lauched in a separate processes rather than through shellexecute method (unless necessary) in order to increase parallelism and avoid possible stalls while waiting slow resources
• Fixed configuration/bookmarks/rnd issues related to lack of write access for unprivileged users (Windows and Linux installable packages)
• Improved file/archive browser's keyboard shorcuts:
• Backspace mapped to browse previous path
• More functional keys are now supported
• F2 browse desktop / Ctrl+F2 home / Shift+F2 root
• F3 search (recoursive) / Shift+F3 search here (non recoursive)
• F4 up one level
• F6 toggle browse/flat view
• F7 browse most recently visited item / Ctrl+F7 second / Shift+F7 third
• F8 browse first item in bookmarks list / Ctrl+F8 second / Shift+F8 third
• F9 toggle extract in new folder status / Shift+F9 reset extraction path to default
• F11 extract selected to
• F12 extract selected here
• "Quick delete" and "Secure delete" bounded to del and shift+del respectively; shift+backspace remains for "Remove from layout" event in layout composer interface and is no longer used in file/archive manager
• System integration:
• New "Extract..." system's menu entry to allow specify path, extraction in new folder, password and other options
• On Extract here (and list/test functions) from system's menus, now PeaZip test if password is needed and if archive is not corrupted (for performance reasons only for archives smaller than 100MB)
• New localizations:
• Czech, German, Portuguese, Russian
• Toolbar buttons' width extended to 110px to better fit text
• Misc:
• Added "revision" letter in program's numbering; revisions contains the same text and uses the same localization files with no need of out of order loading as different version does
• New function to display environment variables
• Fixed possible cases of "Access violation" message on exit occourring on some configurations

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