Isshou

critical bug fixed in 0.0.1.3 rev 589

Isshou — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:47:42 +0000

Yesterday was released another version because of reported critical bug. There was very big chance that on directory content refresh File Commander crashes. This was fixed here so please download this release. Thank you…

command line history (again…)
configure packer settings in options

crash when reloading directory content without content plugins fixed (bug 1828808)

lister has big problems with handling larger files (whole file is in memory…, task entry 151667 in Trolltech's task tracker)
for some lister plugins (editors and other witch grab keyboard) main menu is not activated by alt key
and many other things to do…

next release 0.0.1.2 rev 578 done

Isshou — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:04:23 +0000

Hello… next release is out. Major update is based on support of deleting files in archives. This feature must be supported by packer plugin of course. Then there are few features implemented which were required in task tracker as well as bug fixes. Next release will have support of creating archives and updating existing ones. Again with bug fixes and new features in task tracker. Only if there is some critical bug I will release next version earlier.

Changelog:

support of deleting files from archive
show current file name in Rename dialog (feature 1817976)
set target as source menu item (feature 1817980)

filename with only extesion is shown in file name column only
file operation dialog for deleting files is centered
attributes checking fix
Delete non empty directories dialog centered
Permission dialog centered
open empty archives correctly
fixed double slash when copy/move into root directory
clear drive combo box before filling with newly detected drives
change drive on startup if drive in panel doesn't exist (bug 1816980)
native separators in file path when passing selected file path to command line (bug 1819442)
drag and drop operation fixed (bug 1817829)
set favourite directory for nonactive panel fix

lister has big problems with handling larger files (whole file is in memory…, task entry 151667 in Trolltech's task tracker)
for some lister plugins (editors and other witch grab keyboard) main menu is not activated by alt key
and many other things to do…

some fixes in 0.0.1.1 rev 553

Isshou — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:21:17 +0000

So early next version… and that all because of (for now only) two bugs which cause crashing when search is feeded to panel and when you leave archive. This should be fixed in this release.

0.0.1.0 rev 550 finally out :-)

Isshou — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:16:07 +0000

It took a long time to release next version. It's because I decided to write again file access part of application. I have unified the interface of accessing files and inclusion of other file systems like FTP should be easier. This also means that it works another way than before so it can contain some new bugs that was not in previous release.

There are also little optimizations, memory leak fixes and so on… One significant improvement is that extracting of archives is now supported on the background. But… it can crash very easy . I won't explain here why because it's about implementation of file extracting process but please if you will have some difficulties with some packer plugin make a bug report with at least description of the plugin (name and version, link to download is usefull too). Another thing that can hapen when extracting files is that the extracting process is shown incorrectly or not at all. This is related to the previously mentioned „problem“ but doesn't influence the extracting process at all. Data will be extracted correctly, only process is shown incorrectly. You can again make a bug report about this. This all is because I'm unable to test so many packer plugins if all are working correctly. That's all for now… I hope it will work for you at least so good as the previous version .

Changelog:

file search in separate thread
search results in new tab after feeding to panel
can go directly to archive on application startup
packer plugin unload
experimental background extracting from archives
count archive directory size
case sensitive file searching
start terminal in „last“ local path when in archive
stay on the marked file if possible on refresh directory content

completely rewritten file handling
browsing in archive optimized
optimized removing items from tree view before sort
other little optimizations
memory leak of Lister's window fixed
other memory leaks fixed
don't actualize drive information when unaccessible
Shift modifier for quick search removed
put file name for external viewer or editor in ‚"‘ to be passed as one parameter if long file name presented
QLineEdit instead of QLabel to show path to be able to select it and copy to clipboard
show directory name with extension only in file name column

lister has big problems with handling larger files (whole file is in memory…, task entry 151667 in Trolltech's task tracker)
for some lister plugins (editors and other witch grab keyboard) main menu is not activated by alt key
and many other things to do…

Web site online again

Isshou — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:35:25 +0000

As somebody could notice web site was not available for a few days. It was because I was changing web hosting provider. But I would like to say thanks to previous provider for really great services. I was completely satisfied. I decided to make a change because new provider gives me more options (which I will not use yet ) and it's also a little cheaper.

Little delay in development

Isshou — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:44:57 +0000

Hello everybody. I would like to inform you that I decided to rewrote most part of handling filesystem in File Commander to make it more usable in future, especially for access by FTP. This will take some time, I expect about one or two weeks. After this I will make a release to let you test it again and then I will start development of the FTP part. Thank you for you attention .

version 0.0.0.4 rev 395 out

Isshou — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:44:04 +0000

In this version there are „only“ some „unimportant“ improvements and more or less important fixes. Improvements include completers (file path suggestion) for all controls where path is filled, history for almost all controls, sorting by other columns than name and extension, terminal button and directory history list. There are also some fixes and I hope I have reduced delay of showing directory content.

Now I will probably focus on FTP client and then I will finish packer plugin's support. So next release is planned in several weeks if there is no critical bug found.

Changelog:

completers in path combo boxes/line edits in Find files dialog, command line, Options dialog, Unpack files dialog, Copy/Move dialog
history for command line and Unpack files dialog
history for filter in Select files dialog
history for Find files dialog
history for File operation dialog
set current directory to plugin's directory when loading the plugin
sort by native columns size, date/time and attributes
show error string in continue dialog when extracting
(Windows) show error string when executing file
preselected destination in File operation dialog
Terminal main button
history directory list
show/hide directory view header option

use modified destination from dialog when extracting
Select files dialog tab order changed to have OK as default button
File operation dialog layout modified
close all other tabs fix
memory leak
move to root directory fixed
significant optimization of directory view filling

lister has big problems with handling larger files (whole file is in memory…, task entry 151667 in Trolltech's task tracker)
for some lister plugins (editors and other witch grab keyboard) main menu is not activated by alt key
and many other things to do…

0.0.0.3 revision 367 put in public

Isshou — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:18:47 +0000

So… there are not much changes and improvements in this version. Just some fixes I found and from task tracker and improvements like drag and drop files from archives, archive file information and few minor.

Another thing I found that on „slower“ computer takes a really long time to show directory with a lot of files. I first thought that it's because of loading icons of all these files but the delay is in method filling tree view. So… I have to optimize it but I will do it later. But if it's really annoying to you you can create a bug for this and I will take a look earlier on this.

And second thing… I bought inline skates and I would like to learn how to ride on them so development will be little slower now .

Changelog as usual:

date/time format for content plugin
include directory sizes in selected items size
native name with extension column
drag and drop files from archives
show archive file information
context menu for archive files

archive file name with native separators
show empty root directories in archives
(Windows) another way to handle Lister plugin's window
compare archive „..“ directory fix
file name for content plugin with native separators
visibility of plugin's window fixed
binary mode enabled, hex mode disabled
(Windows) crash when showing properties of „..“ directory fixed
marked size overflow fixed
native size column available in Options dialog
right count of shown directories in archives
source and destination swapped in conflict dialog
skipping files fixed when extracting
right information about source file in conflict dialog when extracting

lister has big problems with handling larger files (whole file is in memory…, task entry 151667 in Trolltech's task tracker)
for some lister plugins (editors and other witch grab keyboard) main menu is not activated by alt key
directories get little more time to show content because are file icons are detected before showing any file (with Qt 4.3.0 or later)
and many other things to do…

File Commander 0.0.0.2 rev 345 available

Isshou — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:30:45 +0000

I had enough time last days so I was able to finish (somehow) support of packer plugins, fix some bugs, create new ones and release this way new version of File Commander. One of improvements that should be in previous release is switching column sets. I don't know why I forgot that, it's now possible from main menu. Two another most significant improvements are user definable favourite directories and (limited) support of packer plugins. By limited I mean it „should“ support browsing through archive and unpack files. This version is also using Qt 4.3.0 which means there are right file icons by the files. And it seems like QFileSystemWatcher class (for monitoring file systems) is working much better so automatic refreshes works almost how it should work (if it's not enough I can add automatical refresh of directory view after every made operation).

I tested only two packer plugins – ISO and 7-Zip. I tested ISO as first and when it seems like it's finally working I tested it with 7-Zip plugin and it wasn't working very well… . Now it is but I would like to tell you that other plugins might not work correctly so just (kindly ) let me know and I will (try to) fix it. The same is still for content plugins – there are some types not handled so if there should be some value in column and it's not tell me. It's because I had not content plugin with these type of values to test it.

Another thing I'm thinking about is… what next? I have some ideas like

extend packer plugin support by packing, testing and maybe some other methods there (deleting, multiple volumes support, configuration and so on)
implement FTP client (and Qt 4.3.0 has as a new feature support of SSL) but this could take some time…
something else (bug fixes at most and work on some „details“)

So… if you would like to use this application and want to have something there in „near future“ you can make a choice.

Changelog:

counting with directory size when selecting directories
Favourite directories (accessible via button, main menu and shortcut)
case insensitive sorting
switching column set by Panel menu item
set column set to default (Full) if selected is empty or not exits (or recreate Full if it's selected and empty)
set focus to text edit in Lister to be able to use cursor keys after show
automatically expand all favourite directories in Options
(Windows) set current panel path when executing file
support of packer plugins (browsing archive and extracting files for now)
cCopyMoveConflict class extended for use in single thread
cDiskSpace class extended for use in single thread
cPermission class extended for use in single thread
cRename class extended for use in single thread
set focus to new directory created by main button
extracting selected archive files by menu item Unpack selected files…

main window layout changed to better resizing
Lister window modified
filter apply fix
fixed crash when closing Lister
write plugins in settings file another way to store more data in future by each of them
another way of reading plugins from settings file
another way of creating column set in settings file
don't count directory size if already counted
invalidate right tab when directory in it is modified
remove directories from QFileSystemWatcher only if they are not in another tab
branch view fix
delete operation can be canceled (again?)
disabling Lister plugins
crashing when switching drive fixed
quick search fixed
disabling content plugins

lister has big problems with handling larger files (whole file is in memory…, task entry 151667 in Trolltech's task tracker)
for some lister plugins (editors and other witch grab keyboard) main menu is not activated by alt key
directories get more time to show content because are file icons are detected before showing any file (with Qt 4.3.0 or later)
and many other things to do…

Packer plugins support on the way

Isshou — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:07:29 +0000

Last several days I spent on working on packer plugins support and few things finally work. Now it's possible to browse through archive as by local directory and extract files by copying them into local directory. I tested it only on one plugin (… ) for now (iso files) and it seems that it's working well. Because I had to modify several other methods many things can be more unstable than before so I have to test it a little. Another things I would like to do till next release are add some options about this kind of plugins, menu commands and integrity test of archive files. And another thing not important for you is that copy, move and extract methods code is how to say… little messy and I need to go through of it to make it more transparent.

And… if somebody of you have a lot of time you can make plugin for RAR and ZIP archives because (not only) for this are not plugins – they have native support in Total Commander. I have not in plan to make any native support for them so if not somebody of you I will make at some time plugin for them. It should be only some kind of wrapper to their unpack library file.