File Roller 2.18.4
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Released on July 2, 2007
Changes since previous version:
- Updated Hungarian translation.
File Roller 2.18.3
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Released on May 28, 2007
Changes since previous version:
- Added Occitan (oc) translation.
- Updated Estonian translation.
File Roller 2.18.2
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Released on April 16, 2007
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed error when removing folders from tar archives.
File Roller 2.18.1
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Released on April 9, 2007
Changes since previous version:
- Updated translations: Spanish (es), Basque (eu), Galician (gl), Dzongkha (dz), Macedonian (mk).
File Roller 2.18.0
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Released on March 12, 2007
Changes since previous version:
- Use standard password blank character instead of stars (#407461)
- Removed Application from the .desktop categories.
- Updated translations: zh_CN, lt, gu, mg, sl, ku, sr, bn_IN, ca, nl, hu, ru, ro.
File Roller 2.17.92
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Released on February 26, 2007
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #409433 – Feisty Herd4: File-Roller shows directory name twice.
File Roller 2.17.90
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Released on January 22, 2007
Changes since previous version:
- Updated translations: th, de, sv.
File Roller 2.17.5
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Released on January 8, 2007
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #387602 – Cannot open self-extracting files (*.exe)
- Fixed bug #384499 – File-roller does not handle filenames starting with a dash (-) correctly.
- Fixed bug #384504 – File-roller does not handle filenames containing a backquote (`) correctly.
- Fixed bug #374478 – crash in Archive Manager: using archive manager to...
File Roller 2.17.2
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Released on November 7, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Make stock icons themable. (#362922)
- Do not add temp archives to the recent files list
- View as Java Archive (jar) (#43975)
- Do not display a 100% progress bar when the last file is processed.
- Rename the extraction folder if a folder with the same name already exists.
- Fixed bug #349824 – does not work with 7zr.
- Fixed bug #350192 – [PATCH] Make the Ok button to be default in delete dialog.
- Fixed bug #160991 – Crash while trying to extract from a .sit
- Fixed bug #355307 – If uncompressed name not specified in compressed file, cannot view, bad extracted filename.
- Fixed bug #348211 – Please distinguish View menus/buttons for translation.
- Fixed bug #347019 – incorrect error message shown when trying to open incomplete archive
- Fixed bug #338210 – Context menu option open files not available for folders.
- Fixed bug #348524 – rar archives give ERROR: Unknown option: idp
- Fixed bug #370754 – Manual menu item should be 'Contents' not 'Help'
File Roller 2.17.1
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Released on October 16, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Added ace and cpio support.
- Allow to store, view and extract empty folders (#162792).
- Use the file-chooser dialog to extract files.
- Fixed bug #303213 - default to extract in home instead of tmp
- Fixed bug #304362 - crash extratcting .sit stuffit files
- Fixed bug #359629 - rpm support on solaris failing
File Roller 2.16.1
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Released on October 3, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Updated translations: ar, en_GB, et, ka, nn.
File Roller 2.16.0
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Released on September 4, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Updated translations: ja, sv, or, zh_CN, ml, ca, mr, lv, de, mk, pt_BR, lt, pt, hu, mk, el, ta, bg, bn_IN, ro.
File Roller 2.15.93
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Released on August 21, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Prompt for the password when an archive is encrypted instead of simply displaying a warning on how to spicify a password
- Do not use the encrypted emblem for folders.
- Added X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version field to the .desktop file.
- Fixed bug #349095: Filetypes seriously screwed up in .zip files
- Fixes bug #153642: Temporary files are created on the current directory
File Roller 2.15.92
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Released on August 8, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed tar archives creation.
File Roller 2.15.91
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Released on August 7, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #343739 – Seems to not escape file names correctly.
- Fixes bug #340050 – tar permissions are not preserved.
- Fixed bug #339913 – create archive option does not work on some filenames.
- Fixed bug #347624 – fix build with gcc 2.95
- Fixed bug #347416 – RecentFilesMenu - OpenRecentMenu converting
- Update translations: eu, zh_HK, zh_TW, nb, et, fr.
File Roller 2.15.90
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Released on July 24, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Update translations: cs, dz, fi, gu, ko, sk, sv.
- Update manual translations: sv.
File Roller 2.15.1
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Released on July 11, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Migrated from EggRecent to GtkRecent.
- Fixed bug #345052 – file roller should remember the size of the window when it closes.
- Fixed bug #345278 – File operations on the Edit menu should be moved to the Archive menu.
- Fixed bug #342251 – backspace does not go up a directory (ala Nautilus)
- Fixed bug #336078 - [PATCH] Convert from popt to GOption
- Fixed bug #317782 - file-roller Cygwin build fixes
- Fixed bug #152039 - Password Protected Files must be displayed differently.
File Roller 2.14.3
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Released on May 29, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #338944 - Open Files..., can't delete programs
- Updated translations: et.
- Updated manual Spanish translation.
File Roller 2.14.2
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Released on April 18, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed filename escaping in tar archives.
File Roller 2.14.1
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Released on April 10, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Ask for the password when trying to open a password protected rar or arj archive.
- Updated the user's guide.
- Added help button to all the dialogs.
- Install theme-friendly icon.
- Fixed bug #335035 - mistake in file-roller's License.
- Fixed bug #336908 - backshalshes not supported in paths.
- Fixed bug #336632 - Help for Extract Dialog pointing to incorrect location.
- Fixed bug #336854 - crash on twice unpacking to the same location.
- Fixed bug #335659 - File Roller should move not copy files.
- Fixed bug #335368 - Crash when opening large 7z-archive.
- Fixed buf #326193 - file-roller creates empty 7zip archives.
- Fixed bug #337754 - Drag and Drop extraction only works when source already has focus.
- Fixed bug #337331 - Cut/Paste same file results in loss of file.
File Roller 2.14.0
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Released on March 13, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Added license button to the about dialog.
- New translations: Georgian (ka) and Breton (br).
- Updated translations: Ukrainian (uk), Welsh (cy), Hindi (hi), Swedish (sv), et, Czech (cs), Italian (it), Romanian (ro).
File Roller 2.13.92
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Released on February 27, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #331601 – Nautilus doesn't display the Extract here menu option for files which have a .ps.gz
File Roller 2.13.3
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Released on January 2, 2006
Changes since previous version:
- Updated translations: ca, zh_HK, zh_TW, vi, fi, ja, be, hy.
File Roller 2.13.2
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Released on December 12, 2005
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #323713: Save as should default to current archive filename
- Fixed bug #315069: file-roller: drag 'n drop doesn't work for more than 1 file.
- Fixed bug #323534: Passwords improperly escaped for zip files
- Do not open a progress dialog when dragging files, use a progressbar in the statusbar instead.
- Fixed bug #316364: Nautilus dependency should be optional
- Fixed bug #311821: ascending and descending indicators are opposite from expected.
- Fixed bug #317423: Conflicting mnemonic in Extract dialog.
- Fixed bug #323068: file-roller fails in chosing extract-to directory
- Fixed bug #322197: Improve Naming Filename when create new Archive file
- Fixed bug #316564: needs unzip AND zip.
- Simplified the add dialog populating the file type combobox with the extensions instead of the descriptions.
- Set progress dialog display delay to 1 second.
- More HIG compliant progress dialog.
- Use a single command execution to add many files and folders to an archive to speed up the operation.
- Allow to stop creation of a new archive.
- Correctly associate fr to 7zip files.
File Roller 2.12.1
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Released on October 3, 2005
Changes since previous version:
- Updated translations: it, bn, sv, ku, vi, eu.
File Roller 2.12.0
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Released on September 5, 2005
Changes since previous version:
- New and updated translations.
File Roller 2.11.92
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Released on August 22, 2005
Changes since previous version:
- Do not allow Drag and Drop on the same window.
File Roller 2.11.91
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Released on August 8, 2005
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #311437: [breezy] can't extract a filename from a directory with a space in it from ISO.
- Ported the help documents to gnome-doc-utils.
- Fixed bug #312243: wrong zoo and 7-zip extensions.
- Fixed bug #312240: escape sequences in rar output.
- Fixed bug #312246: FR does not read all pending output.
File Roller 2.11.2
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Released on July 1, 2005
Changes since previous version:
- Removed copy/move/rename/delete archive commands.
- The recent files items are in the Archive menu instead of a submenu.
- Changes in the properties dialog: align labels to left, allow window resizing, ellipsize filename and path labels.
- Fixed bug #142860: File-roller displays files larger than 2GB as 2GB.
File Roller 2.11.1
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Released on May 17, 2005
Changes since previous version:
- Do not create a _FILES folder anymore (#167261).
- Allow to extract more archives at once. Added an --extract-here command line option.
- Use g_filename_display_name and g_filename_display_basename when appropriate.
- Prevent renaming of files to silently overwrite other existing files (#168287).
- Header cleanup (#171618).
- Allow stock labels to show through, be nice to translators (#172867).
File Roller 2.10.2
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Released on April 11, 2005
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #300238: Unable to gunzip gzip'd ubuntu mail archives.
- Plugged a little memory leak related tooltips.
File Roller 2.10.1
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Released on March 31, 2005
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #171195: File-Roller will not tar up any subdirectories directly under /
- Fixed bug #170842: Toolbar buttons too wide.
- Fixed bug #170329: Aborting File Add can sometimes crash the application.
- Fixed bug #170258: file-roller can't open for preview files with a white space in filename.
- Fixed bug #169818: Archive menu item to be disabled if no files are selected.
- Fixed bug #172219: Select All and Deselect all doesnt work properly.
- Added ellipsize property to the list view.
- Do not activate the first row after reordering the list in single click mode.
- Fixed bug in recent files view.
File Roller 2.10.0
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Released on March 7, 2005
Changes since previous version:
- Updated translations: it, sr, sr@Latn, lt, hu.
File Roller 2.9.92
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Released on February 28, 2005
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #157698: Default new archive name as the first-added object.
- Fixed bug #168477: Create Archive should leave status window in the background while creating multiple folder archives.
- Fixed bug #159952: file-roller compilation error.
- Fixed bug #166658: Archives should only be processed if command-line utility is present.
- Fixed bug #144953: ISO reading assumes Joliet and Rock Ridge extensions.
File Roller 2.9.91
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Released on February 7, 2005
Changes since previous version:
- Updated recent-files from libegg.
File Roller 2.9.4
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Released on January 24, 2005
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #100927: should use GNOME mouse click settings.
File Roller 2.9.2
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Released on December 20, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #152129: Unnecessary call to _window_update_sensitivity()
- Fixed bug #154821: file-roller can't open archives with extension .lha
- Fixed bug #154398: Remove some useless code.
- Fixed bug #154233: load_icon_file optimization.
- Fixed bug #161141: Time of modifcation incorrect
- Fixed bug #161147: View->Toolbars inconsistent across multiple instance.
- Fixed bug #160617: Create archive context menu item does not support single-file bz2 or gz
- Fixed bug #160401: create archive doesn't work on read-only CD-ROM
- Fixed bug #159906: the configure.in should update its gnome-vfs requirement.
- Fixed bug #160221: No more extract here entry in Nautilus context menu.
- Use 'extract to...' if the archive location is write only.
- Fixed loading of rar archives with directories.
File Roller 2.9.1
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Released on November 29, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Added a 'Open Recent' menu item on the toolbar.
- Added password support and testing to RAR archives.
- Fixed bug #145162] .omf.out and omf_timestamp files should not be in cvs.
- Fixed bug #159172: tooltips leaked.
- Fixed bug #159464: Should not use deprecate mime API
- Make logo icon to use the theme icon.
File Roller 2.9.0
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Released on November 1, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Added AR, Debian and 7-zip archives support.
- Open the open with dialog if the file type does not have a registered application; get rid of the internal viewer.
- Make the text invisible for the password entries.
- Removed Select All/Deselect All from the context menu.
File Roller 2.8.0
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Released on September 13, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Updated translations.
File Roller 2.7.5
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Released on August 30, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #151427: Compilation error.
- Fixed bug #150672: Back button is broken
- Fixed bug #150329: File roller creates predictable /tmp directories
- Fixed bug #150327: Adding a directory to archive hangs file roller
- Fixed BUG #150328: avoid crashing while DND of 'Home' icon into file-roller.
- Updated the recent-files sources from libegg.
File Roller 2.7.4
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Released on August 16, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Updated the recent-files sources from libegg.
- Added more mime types to the desktop file.
File Roller 2.7.3
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Released on August 2, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Added the supported mime types to file-roller.desktop
File Roller 2.7.0
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Released on May 31, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Added read/extract support for ISO files. (bug #142316)
- Split the add dialog into two dialogs, one used to add files and the other one used to add folders.
- Ask the distination folder after pasting a selection, this allows the user to create new folders in the archive.
- Added content size and compression ratio in the properties dialog.
- Extract selection without creating the whole path. (bug #140971)
File Roller 2.6.1
Changes since previous version:
- Fixes reading of filenames with spaces in tar archives.
- Fixes bug #138154 (File-Roller Crash when dropping a file dragged from archive).
- Remove a file from the recent file list if the file could not be loaded.
- Add RPM and Stuffit to the recent file list mime types.
File Roller 2.6.0
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Released on March 22, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Updated translations.
File Roller 2.5.7
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Released on March 15, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug #137183 (Crash when opening tar-file when using 24 hour time format).
- Updated manual.
- Added localized manuals for de, es, fr, it, ja, ko, sv, zh_TW, zh_HK, zh_CN.
File Roller 2.5.6
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Released on March 8, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Use a better logic to parse the tar output.
- Updated to work with the new filechooser api.
File Roller 2.5.5
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Released on February 24, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Use gtar if present, otherwise use tar.
- Fix the Zip Objects command.
- Remove C++ style comments.
- Fix bug #133998 (schemas file must not be removed during distclean).
- Updated manual.
- Fix the password protected detection code.
- Handle the delete_event event for the progress dialog.
- Add a filter for the save archive and new archive dialogs, simplify the filter for the open archive dialog.
File Roller 2.5.4
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Released on February 16, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Fix bug #105739 (Can't open tar.gz files on Solaris).
- Fix bug #133358 (Small HIG fix for column header).
- Allow to extract more archives at once with the Extract Here command.
- Use GType instead of guint. Fixes segfaults on 64-bit architectures.
- Do not show the new window until we are sure that the archive has been opened with success.
File Roller 2.5.3
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Released on January 31, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Simplify the Load Options and Save Options commands in the Add dialog.
- Make the path column visible only if the list mode is set to flat.
- Fix the Save as dialog.
- Updated the recent-files stuff from libegg.
- Changed Nautilus context menu item to Zip Objects and simplied the dialog.
- Always use a close button in the error dialogs.
File Roller 2.5.2
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Released on January 14, 2004
Changes since previous version:
- Replace GtkFileSelection with GtkFileChooser everywhere.
- Use gnome_url_show instead of calling nautilus explicitly.
- Do not use mkdtemp which does not exist on Solaris9.
- Do not destroy the file selector if the archive was not created successfully.
- Do not add the password argument if the password is an empty string.
- Use the stock system for the commands Add, Extract and View.
- Updated the egg_recent stuff.
- Changed name to Zip Creator and category to System Utility.
- The preferences dialog has been removed.
- The add dialog has been simplyfied.
- The extract dialog is a GtkFileChooser in folder mode now.
File Roller 2.5.1
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Released on December 28, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Fix crash upon LZH file opening (#129794).
File Roller 2.5.0
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Released on November 24, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Added unstuff and RPM support.
- Added ability to rename files and folders.
- Added Cut/Copy/Paste operations.
- Add files and folders to the current directory.
- Added ability to go back and forward in location history.
- Open the archive in a new window if the current window already has an archive opened.
- Exit closes only the current window instead of closing all the windows.
- Zip archives: ask to enter a password if the archive is password protected.
- Remember extraction dialog options.
- Substitute Extract To.. with Extract Here in the Nautilus context menu.
File Roller 2.4.2
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Released on November 10, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Do not compile with the DISABLE_DEPRECATED macros defined.
- Handle filenames with ambiguous chars (like []*) in zip archives.
- Handle passwords with spaces in zip archives.
File Roller 2.4.1
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Released on October 13, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed bug that prevented the user to view the content of a compressed file.
File Roller 2.4.0
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Released on September 10, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Updated recent files stuff from libegg.
File Roller 2.3.6
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Released on September 1, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Use unrar if rar is not available.
File Roller 2.3.5
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Released on August 25, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Minor bugfixes.
File Roller 2.3.4
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Released on August 11, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Updated manual.
- Minor bugfixes.
File Roller 2.3.3
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Released on June 29, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Updated manual.
- Make dialogs more HIG compliant.
- Removed Extract Here and Extract in a Folder from the Nautilus context menu.
- Minor bugfixes.
File Roller 2.3.2
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Released on May 19, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Added ARJ archives support.
- The delete operation move the archive to the trash instead of deleting it from the disk.
File Roller 2.3.1
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Released on April 7, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Added ability to convert archives.
- Popup a progress dialog when a long operation is underway, instead of using a progress bar in the status bar.
- Give more detailed information about the current operation (only for tar archives at the moment).
- When creating new archives, if the user does not specify the extension, use 'tgz' as default instead of giving an 'archive type not supported' error.
- Associate File Roller to the zoo archive format.
- Use a text entry instead of the option menu for the location.
- Do not allow dangerous operations, that is operations that if stopped can cause the lost of the archive, such as adding and removing files, to be stopped.
- Allow to stop folders reading.
- Added ability to test zoo archives.
- New toolbar icons.
- Bugfixes.
File Roller 2.3.0
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Released on March 25, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Added ZOO archives support.
- Read folders asynchronously.
- Display a better error message when the user forgets to specify the archive name in the add to archive dialog.
- Handle tar archives with a ':' in the path.
File Roller 2.2.0
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Released on January 20, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Updated the manual.
File Roller 2.1.5
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Released on January 4, 2003
Changes since previous version:
- Handle LHA archives created on Windows.
- Bugfixes.
File Roller 2.1.4
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Released on December 10, 2002
Changes since previous version:
- Bugfixes.
File Roller 2.1.3
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Released on December 9, 2002
Changes since previous version:
- Multi Drag & Drop support.
- Session management support.
- HIG compliant dialogs.
- Added archive operations in the nautilus context menu.
- Scripts removed.
- Bugfixes.
File Roller 2.1.2
Changes since previous version:
- Archive loading is 3 times faster.
- Recognize zip archives regardless of the file extension.
File Roller 2.1.1
Changes since previous version:
- Use egg-recent for handling recent files.
- Use gnome-icon-lookup to get icons.
File Roller 2.1.0
Changes since previous version:
- Do not read the archive in non-interative mode, this speeds up extraction with Nautilus scripts.
- Fixed russian manual.
File Roller 2.0.2
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Released on September 1, 2002
Changes since previous version:
- Bugfixes.
File Roller 2.0.1
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Released on August 29, 2002
Changes since previous version:
- Added a compression level option.
- Added ability to extract multiple archives from command line.
- Removed the install Nautilus scripts option, now simply install scripts the first time you start File Roller.
- Added ability to hide toolbar and statusbar.
- Re-arranged menus.
- Recent archives are shown in a submenu.
- Uses gconf instead of gnome-config.
- Builds on systems that do not have the FNM_CASEFOLD constant defined (e.g. Solaris).
File Roller 2.0.0
Changes since previous version:
- New option to install and remove the nautilus scripts automatically.
File Roller 1.109
Changes since previous version:
- Added option to view the destination folder after extraction.
- Updated documentation.
- bugfixes.
File Roller 1.108
Changes since previous version:
- re-arranged menus.
- bugfixes.
File Roller 1.107
Changes since previous version:
- added support for encrypted zip archives.
- added test operation for zip archives.
- added mnemonics to all dialogs.
- use Nautilus as document viewer.
- user manual.
- handle archives with a ';' in the name.
- use g_spawn to create processes.
File Roller 1.106
Changes since previous version:
- the user can specify files to exclude when adding files with the wildcard.
- the user can save and load add dialog options.
- ask whether to overwrite the file when copying, moving or renaming an archive.
- added ability to rename compressed files.
File Roller 1.105
Changes since previous version:
- The document viewer shows the components list in a submenu.
- bugfixes.
File Roller 1.104
Changes since previous version:
- bugfixes.
File Roller 1.103
Changes since previous version:
- bugfixes.
File Roller 1.102
Changes since previous version:
- bugfixes.
File Roller 1.101
Changes since previous version:
- ported to GNOME 2.
File Roller 0.8
Changes since previous version:
- added support for single files compressed with gzip, bzip, bzip2, compress, lzop.
- non-interactive mode to automatically add files to archives.
- added two Nautilus scripts to extract archives and add files to archives.
- use the MIME database to decide whether to use the viewer or the associated application when double-clicking on a file, or ask the user what to do if no entry is available in the database.
- bugfixes.
File Roller 0.7
Changes since previous version:
- the user can choose the columns to show in the file list.
- when extracting to a non existing directory ask the user whether to create it.
- bugfixes.
File Roller 0.6
Changes since previous version:
- non-interactive mode to automatically extract archives.
- can open multiple files at command line.
- works faster when adding and removing a lot of files from compressed tar archives.
- works better when files in archives have strange characters.
- fixed a bug when adding files with wildcard.
- fixed a bug when 'view all files' mode is used.
- fixed a bug when using tbz and tbz2 extensions.
- minor bugfixes.
File Roller 0.5
Changes since previous version:
- added support for ear, war, tbz and tbz2 archives (me, Claudio Bley).
- better rar archives support (Claudio Bley).
- new icon (Jakub Steiner).
- the document viewer uses the locale language.
File Roller 0.4
Changes since previous version:
- added support for multiple windows.
- fixed some bugs concerning old versions of tar.
File Roller 0.3
Changes since previous version:
- added rar and lha support.
- the user can add, remove, extract files with wildcard.
- fixed drag and drop of directories.
File Roller 0.2
Changes since previous version:
- added jar archives support.
- works even with big archives.
- full drag & drop support.
- double clicking on an file views its content.
- added a file context menu.
- the user can specify the file type when creating a new archive.
- the user can specify the max length of the history list.
- the user can interrupt a long operation.
- toolbar buttons show the insensitive state correctly.
File Roller 0.1
Changes since previous version:
- first public version.