New features in TC 6.0 / 6.01

[LarsSandberg]

Hi, i'm still using TC 5.51 which i'm very happy about, i'm thinking of downloading/ installing TC when it's on it's 6.02 release.

My quistion, what is the new features in TC 6.0 / 6.01 in comparison to TC 5.51. I couldn't find that on ghisler.com

[Leif]

03.12.03 Release Total Commander 6.01
03.12.03 Fixed: Wrong font color in synchronize dirs dialog when using white on black system colors
02.12.03 Fixed: Error sound played when closing TC on WinXP while quick search dialog was open
02.12.03 Fixed: Errors trying to create ZIP from drive in "My Computer" (wrong name, invalid subdir)
02.12.03 Fixed: Increased maximum number of simultaneously paused threads from 8 to 20
02.12.03 Fixed: Wrong font color in multi-rename tool dialog when using white on black system colors
02.12.03 Fixed: Wrong font color in change comment dialog when using white on black system colors
02.12.03 Fixed: Removed function to skip certain ftp ports because it was causing problems with some third party software

30.11.03 Release Total Commander 6.01 RC1
30.11.03 Fixed: Move file window separator to 0% or 100% -> error in tab control when all tabs have same width
30.11.03 Fixed: Junctions: Show the windows icon if the junction has read only/hidden or system attribute
30.11.03 Fixed: Regex in rename: (a|b) replace by _$1 gave wrong name, e.g. ab.txt -> _a_a.txt instead of _a_b.txt
30.11.03 Fixed: More problems with Chinese text search (upper/lowercase conversion problem)
30.11.03 Fixed: No sound when unpacking from packer plugin
30.11.03 Fixed: Synchronize dirs: FTP compare couldn't be canceled (now user has to press cancel twice)
30.11.03 Fixed: Only start dragging folder tabs when mouse moved by at least 5 pixels
30.11.03 Fixed: Wrong font color in directory hotlist - configure when using white on black system colors
30.11.03 Fixed: Show tab popup window in right to left languages right aligned
30.11.03 Fixed: 16-bit: Some dialogs still not opening on Win9x
28.11.03 Fixed: Copying of directory time on Win2k/XP not stable (lost when entering dir)

26.11.03 Release Total Commander 6.01 Beta 2
26.11.03 Fixed: Could not start programs or open files in a path called %temp% (was translated to env var TEMP)
26.11.03 Fixed: When re-packing encrypted archive with new password, by mistake the old password was re-used
26.11.03 Fixed: Don't open new tab when invoking start menu entry via user-defined hotkey (cm_usermenu1...) with Ctrl
26.11.03 Fixed: No refresh of file lists after unzipping from encrypted zip (using encryption replacement dll)
25.11.03 Fixed: Open ZIP self-extractors with comments up to 16k at end (until now: 8k)
25.11.03 Fixed: Lister: Search for DBCS (Chinese etc.) could find wrong character, starting in the middle of a 2 byte char
25.11.03 Fixed: In Show - Custom, if user enters empty string, convert it to *.* so something is shown in the menu
25.11.03 Fixed: Feed in listbox of duplicate file search, switch to different tab+back -> separator lines were lost
25.11.03 Fixed: No drive icons shown when using white for the font in normal windows
25.11.03 Fixed: possible access violation opening partial zip
25.11.03 Fixed: Deflate64(TM) not working correctly with all ZIP archives (giving CRC error)
24.11.03 Fixed: Error in detect string of flashview plugin was causing access violation. Show error instead.
24.11.03 Fixed: Color of font in new config dialog list not as configured in control panel
24.11.03 Fixed: Also translate hints for history+hotlist buttons when changing the program language
24.11.03 Fixed: Search for RegEx in lister not working for accents in Ascii mode
24.11.03 Fixed: No sound played after unpacking single archive with Alt+F9
24.11.03 Fixed: Support env vars also in keypath variable
24.11.03 Fixed: Wrong sound played when unpacking via external unpacker in background
23.11.03 Fixed: Search: Don't allow to check both regex+unicode (not supported)
23.11.03 Fixed: When opening a new tab with Ctrl+Up and locking it without activating it first, clicking on it always opened a new tab
23.11.03 Fixed: Crash when opening ZIP file with certain extra field data
23.11.03 Fixed: Resize problem when switching between modes "tabs on multiple lines" and "all have same width" when more than 1 line
23.11.03 Fixed: Changed maximum possible tab width so they always match on screen (when all have same width)
23.11.03 Fixed: Couldn't load drive replacement icons on Win9x. Reason: LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE not understood
23.11.03 Fixed: 16-bit version: Some dialogs couldn't be opened (not enough local heap)

19.11.03 Release Total Commander 6.01 beta 1
19.11.03 Fixed: No environment variables supported in path to main menu and language file
19.11.03 Fixed: Don't show tree button in background transfer manager - overwrite - rename dialog (caused hang)
19.11.03 Fixed: Background transfer manager: remove item from list if "-" button is used to skip current transfer
19.11.03 Fixed: Don't show two errors when aborting background transfer manager
19.11.03 Fixed: Couldn't create multipart ACE SFX archives
19.11.03 Fixed: 16-bit version: Ctrl+Q no longer working
19.11.03 Fixed: Hourglass cursor shown after checking single archive with Alt+Shift+F9
19.11.03 Fixed: The Pause button didn't work for FTP uploads via a HTTP proxy
19.11.03 Fixed: Apply button not enabled in configuration-copy/delete in field "drives on same disk"
19.11.03 Fixed: "Show admin shares" no longer working on Windows NT
19.11.03 Fixed: Check for absence of "Microsoft Sans Serif" font failed, resulting in the wrong font (e.g. on WinNT4)
19.11.03 Fixed: Ctrl+Q with IEView plugin no longer working on dirs
19.11.03 Fixed: "Duplicate this tab" wasn't working for search results, now it works at least for the current tab
19.11.03 Fixed: cm_editpath not working in brief view when other than first column was active
19.11.03 Fixed: invalid floating point operation in lister when pressing F2 on very short file if this file was changed

New in Total Commander 6.0 final (17.11.03):
[Tabs]
- File panel Tab support
- Drop dirs/archives on empty space in tab header adds new tabs with them
- Drop dirs/files on tab header copies files to the directory represented by this tab
- Tab right click menu added
- Ctrl+Click on tab closes this tab
- Internal command cm_visDirTabs to turn folder tabs on and off
- Remember the Desktop, Network Neighborhood and other virtual folders when closing, both the current dir and other tabs!
- Drop tab on target path adds this tab in the target window even if no tab header is shown yet
- cm_ToggleLockCurrentTab: Turn on/off tab locking (e.g. for button bar, hotkey)
- Ctrl+Cursor up opens dir under cursor in new tab
- Ctrl+Shift+Cursor up opens dir under cursor in new tab in OTHER window
- Ctrl+Shift+T opens new tab without activating it
- Ctrl+Shift+W closes all open tabs
- Ctrl+T opens new tab, Ctrl+M starts multi-rename tool, Ctrl+Shift+M changes FTP transfer mode
- cm_OpenDirInNewTab internal message to open dir under cursor in new tab
- Shift+Enter or Ctrl+Enter in History opens this dir in a new tab
- Ctrl+Shift+U Swaps not only the active panels, but all tabs
- appendtabs tabfile.tab in button bar appends tabs from tabfile.tab to current tabs
- opentabs tabfile.tab in button bar replaces current tabs with tabs from tabfile.tab

[FTP]
- FTP resume all for uploads and downloads
- When an FTP server or file system plugin reports illegal chars in a name, TC converts them to underscores on download
- Synchronize dirs now uses inofficial MDTM command to set remote file date. This command isn't supported by all servers.
- FTP: Parameter %p in Buttonbar now pastes full FTP URL uncluding user name. %P still pastes just the path on the server without the server name
- Ctrl+D menu now supports changing paths on ftp servers: the path must contain a forward slash as a distinction. Only in source dir possible.
- Punycode accented domain encoding for http and ftp
- FTP client: skip known troyan ports in ftp client to avoid problems with firewalls

[Regular expressions]
- Regular expression searches in lister, search function (Alt+F7), file contents (match one line at a time only, max 4k/line)
- Support for regular expressions in select/unselect files: string must be preceded by a '<', e.g. <^[A-Za-z \.]*
- Regular expressions support in multi-rename tool, using RegExpr.pas, Copyright (c) 1999-00 by Andrey V. Sorokin <anso@mail.ru> - http://anso.da.ru
- Support for regular expressions and stored searches in copy and move operations

[Plugins]
- Changed the way how multimedia plugins are detected: To override the internal handling (or Irfanview), it's now sufficient that MULTIMEDIA appears as ANY node in the detect string
- Alt+Enter on file system plugins now opens the plugin's properties (if the plugin supports it)
- Lister plugin interface version 1.3: Allow to replace internal Multimedia viewers

[Unicode]
- Show Unicode file names in file lists
- Copying and moving of files with Unicode names on Windows NT/2000/XP, also with subdirs!
- Rename Unicode file names in place
- Show tip windows with Unicode names
- Show warning message the first time the user enters a dir with file names from a different codepage (can be disabled)
- If the user hasn't chosen a default font, use "Microsoft Sans Serif" instead of "MS Sans Serif" on Win2k/XP, because it supports Unicode
- Support for Unicode UTF16 in "Compare by contents". If Unicode marker present, this also supports big endian format

[Synchronize dirs]
- Show file sizes >4GB in synchronize dirs (correct sizes were used for calculation, but not displayed)
- Also show compare by contents progress within a file (e.g. when comparing few very big files)
- Synchronize dirs, asymmetric mode: Option to delete all empty dirs in right window (not available in zip or ftp)
- Sync now also works with archives other than ZIP! Everything except for compare by contents is supported
- Compare by content now also works with two ZIP files
- Dialog can now be closed with ESCAPE as long as the user doesn't change the copy direction of any files!

[Multi-rename tool]
- When clicking on [N#-#], user can select letters interactively in currently selected file name
- [G] placeholder inserts grandparent directory name

[New ini options]
- wincmd.ini, [Configuration] ShowInstanceNr=0 turns off numbered commander title bar
- Search in archives recognized by content: Needs to set SearchInFiles= in Wincmd.ini to extensions of this packer
- wincmd.ini, [Configuration] SortUpper=2 uses mixed lexical and numerical sorting, e.g. file10.txt comes AFTER file1.txt
- wincmd.ini, [Configuration] CompareIgnoreRepSpace=0 turns off ignoring of repeated spaces in compare tool

[Packers]
- It's now possible to add files to a subdir of a RAR archive
- Option to pack with ACE now also works with WinACE packer
- Unpacking of files >4GB from ZIP archives up to 4GB in size using the pkware 64bit extra field
- Unpacking of ZIP files created with the Deflate64(TM) method (Deflate64 is a trademark of Pkware Inc.)
- Preserve ZIP archive main comment when adding or removing files
- Wait for external packers in the background (no wait window will be shown)

[User interface]
- Buttons for directory hotlist and directory history
- Show parent dir also in root of drive
- Show free and total disk space in "My Computer" for fixed disks (may not work on all operating systems)
- Shift+Mouse wheel activates history (go back/forward)
- New internal command cm_ShowQuickSearch shows window for searching a file name in the current dir
- Changed page selection in configuration dialog from tabbed notebook to fixed tree+notebook (Mozilla style)
- cm_ShowHint shows tooltip for current file in active file list (and places mouse cursor on it)
- CMF_EXTENDEDVERBS added to context menu call when shift is pressed -> adds "open with" menu item!
- Possibility to change drive icons
- Button bar: Support for 48x48 and 64x64 icons for very high resolution displays, better scaling of sizes between 16 and 32
- Show in title when there is more than one instance of TC, e.g. [2] Total Commander
- Configure colors of compare by contents and lister via the main config dialog
- Show NTFS junctions with a link icon
- Option "Show old 8.3 names lowercase" no longer the default on NT/2000/XP systems
- Lister: Show %done when searching

[File operations]
- Speed limit when copying files (only in background transfer manager)
- F2 Background button in F5 Copy dialog, will add the selected files to the last opened background transfer manager
- In F5 copy dialog, "Options" button: New option to rename copied file or target file when target exists. Names are filename(2).ext, filename(3).ext etc.
- 3 new internal commands: cm_copySamepanel, cm_copyOtherpanel, cm_createShortcuts: Same as cm_copy, but not reacting to Shift and Alt keys!
- More detailed statistics in SFV/MD5 check function
- Drop files on F8-Delete button while right mouse button pressed has same effect as Shift+Drop (bypass recycle bin if it is activated)

[Other additions]
- TC 6.0 now also accepts tcmdkey.zip containing wincmd.key instead of wincmd.key. The key must be stored (no compression) in the file.
- cm_SaveSelection saves current selection internally (automatically done before each file operation)
- Internal command cm_LoadSelectionFromClip to load selection from clipboard (counterpart to cm_CopyNamesToClip)
- Internal commands cm_SaveSelectionToFile, cm_LoadSelectionFromFile to save/load current selection (names of all selected files)
- In Right click menu - new document, look in CSIDL_COMMON_TEMPLATES folder if not found in CSIDL_TEMPLATES folder
- Set environment variable COMMANDER_PATH to location of Total Commander's EXE file (e.g. for loading plugins)

[Hacker]

LarsSandberg,

i'm thinking of downloading/ installing TC when it's on it's 6.02 release.

There might not be a 6.02 release.

Roman

[Lefteous]

2Hacker

here might not be a 6.02 release.

Are your sure? How is the next version called? 6.02, 6.10 or 6.50?

[Hacker]

I am not sure. But as .0x are mainly bugfix releases, and there were no critical bugs reported, my assumption is something like 6.1 or 6.5.

Roman