================================================================================ Inkutils What's New ================================================================================ A full revision history is included in the Inkutils user guide. New in 1.51 ----------- Additions and Changes: ALL: New lower Inkutil registration fees! œ10 (UK), œ12 (outside the UK). CC: Added /Flush, which flushes the disk cache and exits. CD-ROM drives are indicated by a pling at the side of the drive letter. LE: Now shows files that have a 4DOS executable extension for them. This feature can be disabled with the new /NOExec switch. DD: The number of files and directories deleted is reported in the released drive space information. The /Empty switch has been replaced with /AUTOEmpty, so it now automatically empties the specified directory(s). Added a /AUTOMove switch, which automatically moves the specified directory(s). See DD /HELP for information on DD's Move option. EE: F6 (Paste decimal box) now pastes decimals without commas. DEDIT: Added a /IMPSettings= switch to set the default settings for DEDITs import feature. Type DEDIT /IMPSettings=? for information for the required parameters. Added a /BATCHImport= switch to automatically import the specified file. This can be used in conjunction with the /IMPSettings= switch to control how a file is imported in a batch file. Added a /BATCHGrablfn switch to automatically grab Windows 95 long filenames from the current or specified directory. The current file mask is shown in a different colour to the path, to make it easier to distinguish the two. At the request of a user, I have made "Continue" the default button on the description length warning box. Bug Fixes: ALL: Fixed a problem when refering to directories whose names begin with a period. New in 1.50a (Maintenance release) ---------------------------------- DEDIT: Logging on to an empty drive under Windows 95 would display an error, rather than indicating no files. Grab 1 Long File Name (but not Grab All LFNs) would sometimes incorrectly determine that Long Filenames were available when they were not. Sort by description is now case insensitive. Disk full errors are now reported correctly. Fixed a minor problem with Speed Search. EE: Fixed minor priority problem with the NOT operator (~), the algebra style products (8)(4) and squaring negative numbers. CE: CE now reports the DOS Error and Extended Error number if they're unknown. MISC: Updated the user guide and added the Inkutils WEB site address: http://www.Dynamic-Web.com/Software/Inkutils The latest version of the Inkutils can always be found here. Note that the Inkutils e-mail address has changed to: inkutils@inkland.demon.co.uk New in 1.50 ----------- Additions and Changes: Windows 95 support - Long and UNC filenames are now supported by the Inkutils. The Inkutils now support extended parent directories where file names are used. i.e. "..." = parent of parent directory, "...." = parent of parent of parent directory, etc. DEDIT and LE now support 4DOS's ColorDir settings for files without extensions. The match-all extension of "*" is now also supported. DEDIT is now Windows 95 Close Aware. When run directly from Windows 95 (e.g. from a shortcut) it can be closed with the "X" button without any fuss. This is great if you drag DEDIT.PIF onto the Win95 desktop, where you can drag folders or files from the explorer onto the DEDIT icon to describe them. DEDIT has a new feature called "Grab Long Filenames" which describes one (Alt-1) or all (Alt-0) of the files in the current directory with the long filename equivalents, so that they are visible, even under plain DOS, where long filenames are not available. DEDIT can now display long filenames, when they are available, by using the new /Long switch. By default DEDIT works with short filenames because they still benefit more from the descriptions. Pressing F5 when in DEDIT's browse mode will display a menu of the main functions, which may be selected with the mouse or keyboard. DEDIT will now automatically re-sort the display after the descriptions are modified if they are one of the sort keys. This new feature can be disabled, if required, with the /NODESCSORT switch. DEDIT can be made to have the cursor placed at a specific file or directory when it starts up by using the new /STartfile=name switch. New key commands in DEDIT: Alt-O now imports the currently selected file, BACKSPACE moves to the parent directory when in browse mode. DD can now handle directories upto 128 levels deep (very deep!). DD now has the ability to move all files (rather than deleting them) to the parent directory of the one being deleted, by using the /Move switch. Protected directories can now be deleted with DD without unprotecting them first, by using the new /FORCE switch. DD's /Empty switch now only works in conjunction with the /Auto switch. MCD now has its own critical error handler (though, as with all the other Inkutils, CE is used in preference if it's installed). CE now recognizes Windows 95 DOS functions. Added a /Bare switch to LE, which displays only the filenames - no totals or anything else. Many minor miscellaneous improvements (try saying that after a few). Bug Fixes: The cursor shape in DEDIT would revert to its previous state after a description had been edited in a window. Ctrl-Del (DeleteToEndOfLine) in DEDIT would keep the change only if the description was already modified. Deleting the file mask in DEDIT's change file mask dialog box would sometimes not default back to *.* correctly after using an exclusion file mask, e.g. after using -d*.* After using the F5-F8 function keys in CC, the cache settings would be unpredictable on some machines. If CC was started when drive A: was current, its settings would not be displayed until it was re-selected.