 The Dos Navigator: history since v1.30  

  [] Important note
  [+] New feature
  [-] Bug fix
  [*] Bug fix and/or improvement


   Version 1.51
  

[] Dos Navigator is now FREEWARE.



   Version 1.50 Build 002: changes since Build 000
  


[-] Fixed a bug with UUEncode, that could corrupt the configuration file.

[-] Fixed a bug with adding dummy empty lines to the end of descripytion files.




   Version 1.50: changes since 1.42
  


   Global
    

[!] DN is now using extended (AT) keyboard so this version is not possible
      to run on old machines...

[!] Code is optimized for 286+ CPU, so now works slightly faster, but is not
      able to run on 8086-based computers.



   New HotKeys
    

[+] 'Hotkey Overview' topic added to 'Help on Help'

[*] Ctrl-K toggles descriptions in file panel.

[*] Ctrl-Y toggles full display mode in file panel.

[*] Alt-F11 runs Navigator Link.

[*] Shift-F11 opens Spreadsheet.

[*] Ctrl-F11 runs CD Player.

[*] Alt-G in editor - 'goto line number'.

[*] Quick Dirs came back in Tree Panel.



   UU Decode / Encode
    

[+] "Recover Broken Files" option.

[+] Can process LowNoizeUUE.

[-] Fixed bug with decoding binary files and single-line sections.

[-] Prefix 'table' is now processing without troubles.

[-] Fixed bug with encoding on large sections (>700 lines)



   Viewer
    

[+] Possible to edit fields while viewing DBF-files (by pressing F4 on field).

[*] Date in DBF Viewer is shown accordingly to Country setup.

[*] Shift+F2 hotkey for saving changes in Hex mode in Viewer and Disk Editor.

[-] Some bugs in DBF Viewer causing Share Violation and 'forgetting'
    temporary files in the TEMP directory.

[-] Structure of empty database files is displayed without dropping to
      hex-view mode.

[-] Fixed bug, caused crashes while viewing files with more than 128 tab
      characters in a row.

[-] While Tracking Viewing History, file could be truncated (by another
      process), and DN tried to achieve unexisted data beyong end-of-file,
      displaying "dirty memory dump".

[-] Fixed crash when trying to scroll down emty file by mouse.

[-] Fixed bug with loosing last character on line while scrolling up
      UNIX-style text files (0A as a new-line character).

[-] Bug in when wrapping lines with Tabs.

[-] Fixed percent calculation while searching substrings.



   Editor
    

[!] Confirmation about modifing files with Read-Only attribute is now asked.

[+] "Optimal Fill" in local editor options.

[+] Tab size in Editor Setup.

[*] Alt-G hotkey came back - 'goto line number'.

[*] Improved speed of Vertical Block Sorting.

[*] It is now possible to save large blocks in editor

[*] Autobrackets facility is working only if the cursor character is space
    or the cursor is beyond the end of the current line.

[-] Bug with moving block in "freshly" edited line.

[-] Heap memory blocks have not been allocated correctly - it caused
      memory losses.

[-] The first line of text file might have been lost while loading within
      invalid XMS/EMS environment.

[-] Fixed autowrap - DeltaX allways corresponds to Left Side.

[-] AutoWrap/AutoIndent local and global setting might have been ignored.

[-] Fixed bug with calling 'Undo' by clicking the menu item.

[-] The following block commands came back:
       Mode     Ctrl-B V
       Justify  Ctrl-B J
       Rigth    Ctrl-B R
       Left     Ctrl-B L
       Center   Ctrl-B 
    (Ctrl-B called ASCII table before)


   Archives
    

[+] Size of '..' entry indicates the total amount of bytes of all files in
      current archive directory.

[*] Speed of reading archives improved.

[*] "Archiver Setup" dialog box (Options|Archives) now have displayed on its
      title the name of archiver currently being setting up.

[-] Fixed multiple-volumed ARJ archives reading.

[-] Fixed bug, which caused to determine wrongfully some files as ZOO or ARC
      archives.

[-] TDRs being extracted from archive for viewing no more stay in temp dir
      unerased.

[-] Options|Archives|Current archiver setup did not work properly - it
      was always tuning ARJ's settings, instead of "Archive Type" checkbox
      value of "Archive Files" dialog.

[-] RAR archives with dot-ended directory names (e.g. 'DN.\*.*', created
      using 'rar a -r dn dn.' command) are now viewing OK.

[-] Fixed "Swap when unpack/del/test" option in archiver setup. Now an
      archiver can be safely called without swapping DN (but in shorter
      memory space), and it significally improves the speed of archives
      processing.

[-] Turning on QuickView on open archive, and extracting a file, caused
      system crash, until desktop file was not erased from elsewhere.

[-] After extracting files from an open archive, or executing DOS commands,
      archive date ('..' entry) became undefined.

[-] Fixed percent calculation of large files in archive viewer.




   File Manager / Panels & Drives
    

[+] File|Unpack diskette images (Ctrl-I).

[+] "Do not kill descriptions" option added to Options|File Manager|Setup
      dialog box. It's now possible to control whenever the descritions
      should be preserved or removed from "descript.ion"-like files, when
      the descripted panel elements (files/directories) are removed by
      Erase/Move operation.

[+] Shift-Enter works on TEMP/List panels as well as on Find one.

[+] Seconds are now used in time comparing, also DN would not be confused
      with dates in 21'th sectury.

[+] Added Ctrl+R hotkey for re-reading tree.

[+] Del key for removing directories from Tree Panel (if appropriate option
    is set).

[*] It is now possible to call Directory Tree dialogue from Archive/Find/
    Branch/Temp file panel.

[*] File Manager: it's not possible to drop a directory to itself
    (if confirmation of mouse operations is switched off).

[*] Full-new 'Advanced Filter' (Alt-Del) logic.

[*] 'All drives' option of FileFind doesn't scan CD-Drives when not
      necessary as well as floppies.

[*] The dot does not appear after directory name when dropping it to cmdline
      by pressing Ctrl+[Shift]+Enter.

[*] Directories history can be obtained also from archive/find/temp drive
      panel.

[-] "Long Descriptons" in info panel disappeared after rereading (Ctrl-L) or
      changing "Columns Setup" (Alt-K) or "Description Mode" (Ctrl-K).

[-] Long descriptions are taken considerably to contens of Options|
      File Manager|Setup field, unlike 'files.bbs', hardcoded into previous
      versions.

[-] File manager did not operate huge numbers (>2^31) - now fixed due to
      large drives and archives/TDRs.

[-] Confirmation about launching AUTOEXEC.BAT no more asked from FileFind
      panel.

[-] DN could not operate with files, which has percent characters
      in its names - bug in earlier versions took these characters as
      string format specifiers.

[-] Fixed bug with reading empty root directories (e.g. formatted diskettes).
      In some cases it could corrupt the heap.

[-] Fixed bugs, caused system crashes and memory losses of 'Change Directory'
      Tree Dialog (Alt-T).

[-] Bug with dragging files with tilda characters in the name.

[-] Quick file rename with Alt-F6 doesn't lose file descriptions anymore
    (if the description was visible during renaming).

[-] Weird bug with cursor appearing in both panels after a disk error.

[-] Directories descriptions are no longer forgotten in the source directory
    during copy/rename operation.

[-] Fixed bug with Copy / "Refresh old files".

[-] Was unable to call Copy/Move and some other dialogs just after making list
    file.


   Miscellaneous
    

[+] Long time operations (loading files for edit, scanning drive trees,
      directory branching and sizing) can be cancelled by pressing ESC key.

[+] 'Multilanguage' critical errors.

[+] Options|Configuration|Startup|TimeSlicing Options
      [ ] DOS Idle (Int28)       periodically returns to DOS remainings of
           time intervals by calling Int28. This option alone is compatible
           with timeslicing mechanism of previous versions of DN.
      [ ] Sleep when inactive    when it is nothing to do, and no key
           pressed during several seconds, DN falls asleep.

[+] Options|Configuration|System Setup|Options|Flush disk buffers - if set on,
      DN forces File System Manager to flush immediately all write-back
      buffers after copying/erasing files

[+] Options|Configuration|System Setup|Options|Advanced copy
      [ ] When this options is set off, DN doesn't use EMS/XMS memory
            for filecopy buffering (the only conventional - all amount).
            It always copies only one file at a time - doesnt open
            a next file for reading before finished writing the current one.

[+] "Autodetermine" checkbox in Make List File dialog. If this option is set
      "on", every call to this dialog will make to determine the necessaty
      of paths (and set "Store path names in list files" automatically).
      Considered path names are useful only on Branch/Find/Temp-Drives,
      instead of a similar diskdrive panel. If "Autodetermine" option is set
      "off", the value of "Store path names" checkbox is not set
      automatically when calling dialog, but is preserving since last call.

[+] Screen Grabber now handles PgUp/PgDn and Home/End keys. Movement /
      resizement scale is also affected by Ctrl key.

[*] Semicolon is used as comment character in .MNU file.

[*] Improved speed of copying files.

[*] Empty field of "Temporary Directory" (Options|Configuration|System Setup)
      is treated as a value of %TEMP% (or %TMP%) environment variable.

[*] DN doesn't allocate more than 8 MB RAM for copy buffer to avoid
      unnecessary virtual memory swapping under multitasking envoronment.

[*] Branch, FileFind and Archive Viewers are now able to use
      EMS/XMS/SwapFiles, so their file storage possibities are expanded.

[*] Workaround for a bug of OS2 Warp 4 (Merlin) gammas - turn off
      Options|Configuration|System Setup|Options|Advanced copy - it will slow
      down copying and erasing, but will prevent system traps while erasing
      subdirectories.

[*] Windows 95 doesn't try to switch windowed session to full screen
      every time when DN examines VESA-BIOS presence on startup.

[*] Validating file creation date in 'Change File Attributes' dialog.

[*] When Screen Mode is changed, the clock is now properly positioned.

[*] Disk Formatter: Volume Label length is now correct (11 characters).

[*] Formatter and File Search windows are now shown in Window Manager.

[-] Fixed bugs with displaying copy gauges on large files (>~30Mb).

[-] Improved speed of erasing files. Earlier were doing it not so fast
      because of always trying to clear ReadOnly attribute before erasing
      file, even if this flag was absent.

[-] Value of "Options|Configuration|System Setup|Disable XMS/EMS usage"
      checkbox have been ignored in earlier versions - now fixed.

[-] Fixed calculator's "power" operation.

[-] Bugs with numbers beginning with '.' in Calculator and Spreadsheet.

[-] Fixed traps, appeared in calculator when character data was passed to
      function's argument, e.g. "EXP(A)".

[-] After modifying spreadsheets (WKZ) panel still left unrefreshed until
      pressing Ctrl-R.

[-] Now now DN asks to overwrite before copying (F5/F6) read-only files
      too - bug in earlier versions overwrote them without any confirmation,
      unlike normal files.

[-] Button width in message boxes now corresponds to caption width to prevent
      wrapping in international builds.

[-] Reanimator and Environment editor windows did not answered on Ctrl-F5
      keyboard combination (Size/Move Window command).

[-] "!\" and "!/" extension specifiers are now parsed normally, without
      a last character loss.

[-] Answering 'Cancel' on confirmation to save modified file before
      running external program or archive swapping, caused crash. Now fixed.

[-] When the amount of available extended/expanded memory was not
      enough to allocate overlays completly, DN halted with fatal error. Now
      in this case it leaves overlays on disk, but uses extended/expanded
      memory for other needs.

[-] Fixed problems with Advanced Format Dialog Box disposing.

[-] Terminal window resizing painted background with an invalid color.

[-] Redial timeout in autodialer is now working.

[-] Scrollback buffer overflow did not handled correctly and could
      hang the system.

[-] Printer Setup | Ending string value was ignored, it was always taken from
      Initial string.

[-] DN could not change the descriptions of TDR's with ReadOnly attribute,
      which is default for this type of files.

[-] Fixed problems, caused memory losses on TDR processing.

[-] Fixed displaying of tilda character in file name of copy dialog boxes.



   Navigator Link
    

[!] Navigator Link allows to access remote computer by a common file panel.
    The following features are implemented: Create/Remove directories,
    Copy, View and Erase files.

    Navigator Link uses its own communication protocol, a kind of Niagara(tm)
    block transfer protocol, developed by RIT.

    Advantages:

    - block streaming mode:
        Navigator Link works seamlessly in server/slave mode and doesn't take
        full CPU time during link session. Using of FOSSIL interface allows
        you to work via packet transport protocols (ipx/spx, tcp/ip) and other 
        hardware (parallel port), if you have an appropriate FOSSIL driver.
        We left FOSSIL-driver writing for third-parties yet...
    - bi-directional mode and true full duplex:
        Both machines linked by DN have equal rights on each other's drives,
        and both can work with remote simultaneously.
    - advanced errror correction:
        Navigator Link uses double-level selective reject method, so it works
        even on high-noise lines.
    - real-time data compression:
        Link allows to transfer text files and directory data twice faster
        on the same line. The compression works more efficient than modems'
        internal compression methods.



   Version 1.42: changes since 1.41
  

  Interface
  ~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Ctrl arrows are now working in InputLines
  [+] Editor and viewer histories tracking (<Alt-PgUp> and <Alt-PgDn>
      respectively
  [+] It's possible to move beetwen marked items by <Arrow Left> or
      <Arrow Right> in all history lists except InputLines histories
  [*] ASCII table by <Ctrl-P> (<Ctrl-B>) in InputLines came back

  Editor
  ~~~~~~
  [-] Search by whole bug words in editor

  File Manager
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Ctrl-Shift-Arrows work for Drive Lines, it doesn't matter that
      Command Line contains a string or not
  [+] A## and R## are now treated as archives (# = 0,1,2,...,9)
  [+] (AltF1/2) if you hold Shift key when select a drive, the panel will be
      selected
  [+] Directory history (manageable by same way as other histories) by
      Alt-Backspace from a file panel
  [+] Go to upper directory with BS option
  [*] Tag Character selection came back
  [*] Descriptions are now copied to the file with descriptions already
      presented in the destination directory
  [*] Filenames in description files are now stored in the upper case
  [-] Space is no longer added before first file name when store file
      names in the Clipboard from a file panel
  [-] Shift-Enter wasn't going to correct place if there was an archive opened
      in the inacitve panel

  File Viewer
  ~~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] XLat tables usage in Viewer by <Shift-F6>. *.XLT files
      (placed in XLT subdirectory) have following structure:
        <byte1><xlated byte1>..<byteN><xlated byteN>
       eg:
       with XLT file containing
           A!B!C! i.e. (hex dump): 41 21 42 21 43 21
        you will see letters A,B,C replaced by symbol "!"

  Terminal
  ~~~~~~~~
  [+] Possibility to set Data Flow Control for a communication port
  [-] Some bugs in the terminal (ANSI emulation, video mode changing)
  [-] Bug in the terminal scrollback buffer which was causing scrolling
      stops, lines duplicating and sometimes even system crashes

  CD Player
  ~~~~~~~~~
  [-] Mixer came back

  Spreadsheet
  ~~~~~~~~~~~
  [-] Bug with formulas ajustment after a deleting/inserting operation

   Version 1.41: changes since 1.40
  

  [] Bugfix release, there are no major improvements, but a lot of wierd bugs
      were fixed

  Some details:
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  [-] Palette/blinking bugs: after video mode change, screen savers etc.
      palette and blinking settings weren't affect
  [-] System hung after connect when a number was dialled from thew phonebook
  [-] Random color pallete for typeless files when Sort Mode was by type
  [-] It wasn't possible to install Help file
  [-] Uppercase of vertical blocks wasn't working properly
  [-] Multiply operations bug with archivers which aren't supporting
      filelist (there weren't spaces beetwen file names)
  [*] Autohide command line feature is improved: if the command line
      is empty, it's now shown after switching back to File Manager
  [+] "In-place" rename possibity by [Alt-F6] in File Panel
  [+] "Store viewer position" option

  Build 002:

  [-] [Alt-Enter] wasn't functional in File Panel

  Build 003:

  [-] Bugs with cutting desktop windows caused by auto hide Command Line
  [-] Bug in Editor when loading files with CR at the end
  [+] ForceCR, ForceLF and ForceCRLF for specified files in DN.HGL for
      forcing Line dividing style


   Version 1.40: changes since 1.39
  

  [] Perfomance is very improved
  [] A couple of big and small bugs squashed

  Miscellaneous (interface)
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Advanced history maintenance - now the history doesn't depends
      from Desktop file and it's possible to keep only strings you need
      after restart of DN
  [+] Use system Clipboard option in System setup for sharing Navigator's
      Clipboard with Windows.
  [+] <Interface Setup> options added:
         [Command line autohide] for hiding command line when Editor, Viewer
                                 etc. are active
         [Block Insert cursor]   for big cursor in Insert mode (Editor,
                                 Input lines)
         [Store editor position] to store last Editor window position and
                                 use it when new Editor window is opened
  [+] Time-meter command prompt - {C:\} for counting a command execution time
  [+] Command prompt switcher: Shift-Alt-/ changes command prompt to previous
      mode
  [+] '/P<filename>' command line parameter to force load palette from file.
  [-] Bug with floating Trashcan
  [-] VESA SVGA modes wasn't functional
  [*] Corrected time-slicing under Windows
  [+] All Point-And-Shoot (extensions) operations, external viewers/editors
      and Quick Run programs are searching their data in appropriate
      local directory files first (and only in case of a failure they are
      using DN directory files).
  [+] If Shift is pressed when click on Options|Extention file edit,
        Options|Quick Run file edit, Options|Editors, Options|Viewers
        menu items local will be got as file to edit.

  File Manager
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Sorting speed improved
  [+] Counting directory length in ARVID archives
  [+] Possibility for FTN nodes with Bink Style outbound to put
      tagged files for particular FTN address:
          1. Add "/FIDO=<addr>,<outdir>" string as a mask to
             Files with descriptions filter,
             eg: "files.bbs;descript.ion;/fido=2:469/38,R:\FL\OUT"
          2. Tag files to be sent and then choose Panel|Make list file
          3. Input <send flag><address> in File Name and clear Action
             (or put #!\!.! if you want to kill the files after send).
             Send Flag is one character meaning type of attachment:
                 '/' for hold
                 '+' for crash
                 '%' for normal
  [+] Copying speed improved
  [-] Bug with skip command in file copying

  Text Editor
  ~~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Line Draw mode - [F4]
  [+] Reversed search command [Alt-F7]
  [-] Block uppercase wasn't managing first and last words properly
  [-] Some bugs in Search/Replace
  [*] "Wizards" submenu changed to "Misc"

  File Viewer
  ~~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Search back option
  [+] Reversed search command [Alt-F7]
  [-] Search always begun from the begin of a file.

  Terminal
  ~~~~~~~~
  [+] FOSSIL and INT 14h support
  [+] Scrollback buffer on [Alt-B] or [Shift-]
  [+] Connect Sound option in Terminal Setup for making terrible sounds
      for wake you up after getting a connection from autodialler
  [+] Controls in capture option for preventing (if desired) showing
      control ANSI/Avatar escape sequences in caputre
  [+] Beep after more than 30 sec file transfer in Beep after copy is set
  [-] Bug in reading modem status procedure which caused loosing bytes
  [-] Some bugs in ANSI emulation
  [-] Bug with CD detection while transfers
  [-] Auto Zmodem download wasn't work sometimes
  [-] Only ANSI+Avatar and TTY emulation wasn't functional

  Reanimator
  ~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Copy command when view file to be reanimated. It's possible to save
      the data to another location



  Version 1.39 (4 October '95 ) - difference between version 1.38 Beta
 
  [] Registration procedure was optimized.

 Copy
 ~~~~
  [*] Copy procedure was significantly optimized to speed up copying
      a lot of files.

 Text Editor
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Added ability to exchange with Windows Clipboard
      Ctrl-Q C - Copy block to Windows Clipboard
      Ctrl-Q V - Paste block from Windows Clipboard
  [-] Fixed problem with empty lines inserting
  [-] Fixed problem with Replace All when New Text was the same
      as Text to find

 File Panel
 ~~~~~~~~~~
  [-] Tag Character now can be transparent.
      ( to reflect tagging of Hidden and System files )

 Archives Setup
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  [*] Compression setup for RAR was optimized

 General
 ~~~~~~~
  [-] Fixed bug with Direct Disk Access setup for floppy drives


  Version 1.38 Beta (1 August '95 ) - difference between version 1.37 Beta
 

  [] New Cool CD-player
  [] Fixed major bug with  Copy/Move in Append/Overwrite mode from
      v1.37 Beta.

 File Copy
 ~~~~~~~~~
  [*] All files being copied from CD-ROM will not have Read Only
      attribute if 'Clear Read-Only from CD' is set in 'Drives Access'
  [*] Settings in file copy dialog will not be stored in configuration file.
  [*] Added ability to use File Split on any drive.
  [*] Now Combine mode will check for files created with use
      'Binary splitting' and will perform normal Copy operation
      on such file(s).

  [-] Now Copy/Move will report message 'Access Denied' if target file
      is blocked ( opened by another process in multitasking system ).
      In cases mentioned above user will be asked to continue or abort
      Copy process.

 Utilities
 ~~~~~~~~~
  [+] New cool look'n'feel CD-player. Fully mouseable. Play tracks by
      order option is now available. User can store play track order
      and CD-player will load and use it later. Now it's become possible
      to describe each CD and track for later display by CD-player.
  [+] UUdecode/UUencode supports *NIX-style ASCII text format.

  [-] There is no requirement to press [ESC] after Screen Grabber.
  [-] Format: Information window was not removed after format
      has been terminated with some errors.
  [-] DBFView will not trash desktop file.

 Text Editor
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Added compatibility with *NIX-style ASCII text files.
      Now any text file will be saved in the source format.
      There is a new option 'New editor' in
      Options|Configuration|Editor\Viewers to define new text file format.
  [+] Alt-[ selected block upper case
      Alt-] selected block lower case
      Alt-\ capitalize words in selected block
  [+] New Submenus: Block and Wizards

  [-] In Editor AutoBrackets now function correctly at the end of line.
  [-] Text was not updated after last Search/Replace operation in
      All mode with Prompt on replace
  [-] Ctrl-Del work if size of marked block is more than 64k

 Internal viewer
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 [+] <ASCII> button in Find

 [-] Fixed a bug caused an Exception in Hex-mode Input line
 [-] Fixed a bug caused an Exception when ScrollBar Indicator is
     dragging by a mouse.
 [-] if a .DBF file has non-DBF(Database) structure then it view by
     Internal viewer.

 General
 ~~~~~~~
  [+] Command separator "||" will not be used when 4DOS.COM has been
      detected. ( 4DOS.COM users can use "^" instead, because "||" is
      reserved in 4DOS.COM )
  [+] Ability to choose different help file language in DN Install
  [+] There is a new option in System Setup to clear keyboard buffer upon
      program start.

  [+] There is a option to disable global VGA palette usage in System Setup.

  [*] Configuration menu was changed.
      System Setup was changed.
      Startup setup was removed.
      Added Drives access...  and  Directories...
  [*] 'Test Direct Disk Access' will not change Disk Access options in
      configuration file

  [-] Commands history was not functioning when Command line was off.
  [-] Problem with changing Mouse cursor  has been fixed.
  [-] Comment lines will not be copied from DN.XRN into  *.bat
  [-] Bug in VGA-Palette ( problem with TSENG video BIOS )

  Version 1.37 Shareware (13 July 1995) - changes since 1.35
 
  [] Demo keys are not supported any more
  [] Support for .TDR files - directories of Arvid streamer
  [] UU Encode\Decode files opportunity is added
  [] New option for Compare directories command 'Compare contents'
  [] Setup VGA-palette
  [] EMS/XMS usage in text editor
  [] Compatibility with MS Windows (Win 3.x, Win'95, NT)
  [] Significant improvements in user interface
  [] PowerPack for Dos Navigator

 File Panel
 ~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Select files by [Spacebar]
      (Options|File Manager|Setup|[X] SPACE toggles selection)
  [+] Delete selected files by [DEL] and file under cursor with [Shift-DEL]
      (Options|File Manager|Setup|[X] DEL erases file(s))
  [+] Mark selected files not only with color but also with user selected
      char like '' (Options|File Manager|Setup|Tag character)
  [+] New command: Panel|Directory Branch... [Ctrl-H]
  [+] Directory tree dialog full path of directory, number of files in it and
      total size of files are shown
  [+] Insert key autorepeat under plain DOS. Will not work under OS/2
  [+] New command Manager|Show\hide inactive panel [Ctrl-P]
  [+] New command File|Edit|Edit file description  [Alt-Ins]
  [+] Directories are shown in Capital letters, files are shown in small letters
      according to Configuration|Country support. Info Panel shows "real"
      filenames
  [+] It is possible to set information fields, shown on Manager|Info [Ctrl-L]
      Options|File Manager|Information panel...
  [+] Option to define the type of left panel of new file manager
      (Options|File Manager|New Manager defaults)
  [+] It is possible to establish the filter of names of the files in the
      file panel
      (Panel|Advanced filter...  [(Shift)Alt-Del])
  [+] Checking for media type: Hard Drive, Floppy, CD-ROM, SUBSTed drive,
      Network drive, etc.
  [+] New file selection options:
      <Shift> <+>       - select files with extension different from current
                        (only for files)
      <Shift> <->       - unselect files with extension different from current
                        (only for files)
      <ALT> <+>         - select files with same name as file under cursor
      <ALT> <->         - unselect files with same name as file under cursor
      <ALT><Shift> <+>  - select files with name different from current one
      <ALT><Shift> <->  - unselect files with name different from current one
  [+] Directory Tree supports QuickDirs and DriveLine for drive changing
  [+] New option for Compare directories command 'Compare contents'
  [+] Command 'Compare directories' can be invoked by [Ctrl-C]
  [+] Settings in file copy dialog will be stored in configuration file

  [-] CapsLock status was not restored after using [CapsLock+Character] for
      incremental search
  [-] Dragging a name of the file using Drag-and-drop to the self is ignored

  [-] The situation of divider of the right and left panel of the manager
      was not saved at change of a video mode
  [-] The incremental search in file panel does not corresponded with a
      horizontal scroller in description column if it is present
  [-] Clock and CD-Player does not draw on User Screen

 Utilities
 ~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Internal UUencoder/UUdecoder.
        'Filetime' instruction and advanced checksum.
         Ability to manage the different files hashed to section.
  [+] Double click of the mouse on Trashcan will popup Reanimator.
  [+] Clock will display current date if [Shift] or [Ctrl] key
      are holden down.
  [+] Format system disk: If command processor is not 'command.com'
      then actual command processor will be copied and stored
      in newly created  config.sys on floppy disk.
  [+] Phone book - new functions: <Sort> <Search> <Import> <Dupe>


  [*] In the Phone book the items in the groups are now organized
      by a principle of directories and files. Pressing [Enter] on item
      results in automatic start of a Call-back
      (The format of a database DN.PHN was not changed).
  [*] Improvements in Reanimator interface. More correct prognosis is made for
      directories reanimation. This procedure with 'average' prognosis
      may lead to errors in old versions of DN. Now only directories with
      'good' prognosis can recovered.

  [-] Number of bugs in calculator corrected; New logical functions and
      functions of the relations introduced.

  [-] TrashCan will not hide under File Managers.
  [-] Trashcan was not saved in .DSK
  [-] Phone field in the Phone Book had maximal length of 20, so one could not
      fit some long international numbers. Now phone field has length of 100
      characters.


 Text Editor
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Size of editable file now only limited by free EMS/XMS memory and
      total number of strings (<30,000)
      (Options|Configuration|Editor/Viewer...|Use XMS/EMS memory.)
  [+] It is possible to set a direction of search
      Forward/Backward and the origin of search Entire scope/From cursor
  [+] 'Save All' command
  [+] New editor mode
      Options|Configuration|Editor/Viewer...|[ ] Cursor through tabs.
      Accordingly it is possible to specify TabSize (Step of tabulation).

  [*] Option Internal Editor [X] in Options|Configuration|Editor/Viewer...
      will assign Internal Editor on [F4] and External on [Alt-F4].
      Otherwise   Internal Editor on [Alt-F4] and External on [F4].
  [*] New Ruler will popup when second mouse button is holden down.
  [*] AutoBrackets worked only if next character was not letter/digit
  [*] Attributes of the file before editing are saved at editing of the
      texts and descriptions (Date and time vary).

  [-] Sometimes editor did not saved its options upon exit.
  [-] 'Replace all' process indicator

 Internal Viewer
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] New search option - 'Whole words only'
  [+] Vertical slider can be dragged by mouse

  [*] File attributes are not changed after editing it
      (Date and time are changed)

  [-] Sharing Violation error under Quick View was fixed

 File Copy
 ~~~~~~~~~
  [+] It is now possible to forbid the request of a destination directory
      during Drag-and-drop files, and the copying within the limits
      of one directory is ignored.
      Options|Configuration|Confirmations...[X] Drag-and-drop destination.
  [+] All files being copied from CD-ROM will not have Read Only attribute

  [-] If the DOS command APPEND was started, occurred routing of the copied
      files from appointed directories in a directory, indicated in
      Append, if the files with similar names already existed in these
      directories. Accordingly, anything it was impossible to copy FROM
      these directories. It is especially disastrous had an effect for
      the OS/2 users.

  [-] Read-Only files does not removed under local network (Novell Netware).

 Colors setup
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Ability to change VGA-palette and to save it into .PAL file.
      You can use this palette in DN and in all programs called
      from DN (Options|Configuration|Startup...|[X] Restore VGA palette...)
  [+] There was the opportunity conveniently to set up colors for
      Black-and-White and Monochrome monitors and to save them in config
  [+] There was the opportunity to use "factory" Color\BW\Mono palettes,
      which are stored not in .PAL (external palettes), but in the program.
      Options|Colors...|Default color scheme
  [+] Mixing of RGB colors is forbidden for VGA-palette setup on
      Black-and-White and Monochrome monitors
  [+] In PowerPack is included a program DNPAL.EXE to additional
      manipulations with VGA palettes

  [*] There were corrected many of color setup. Now the colors of many
       interface elements can being set up in Options|Colors...

  [*] Option 'Enable blinking' added to colors setup
  [*] All external palettes are stored in directory called COLORS\

  [-] Now 'black on black' selection in Colors setup works correctly

 Archives
 ~~~~~~~~
  [*] ARCHIVE ONE FILE - default archive name will be the same as a current
      file name
      ARCHIVE SELECTED FILES - default archive name will be the same as a
      current directory name

  [-] Fixed bug in .LHA, .ICE, .LZH archives handling
  [-] Fixed bug in .ARJ archive creation

 General
 ~~~~~~~
  [+] Support of fast start of external applications is entered. The
      structure, describing appropriate .BAT or .CMD files, is stored in
      the file DN.XRN, which owes is in a user directory of DOS Navigator
      Options|Quick run file edit...
  [+] Option for fast executing external programs. Information describing
      corresponding .BAT and .CMD files is stored in DN.XRN  in DN directory.
  [+] It is possible to establish the overlay buffer size for optimization of
      conventional memory:
      Options|Configuration|Startup...|Overlay buffer size
  [+] 'Fast command execution' will be turned off under Windows 3.x
      ( Under Windows 3.x this option will not work )
  [+] Under OS/2 [Alt-/] will change command prompt
      (DOS, OS/2-FullScreen, OS/2-Windowed sessions).
      System prompts is defined in DNL-resource (PowerPack)
  [+] New option Options|Configuration|Startup|Exit on inactivity hour
  [+] New command: File|Execute DOS command...  [Alt-F6]
  [+] Ability to enter characters from range #10..#13 in all input lines.
      Also [Ctrl-B] and [Ctrl-P] call ASCII table for more comfortable input
  [+] Compatibility with MS Windows is improved. Now SysInfo detects type
      of Windows((Win 3.x, Win'95, NT)) and DN gives back TimeSlice to it.
  [+] It is made automatic switching-off Direct Disk Access under OS/2 and
      Windows, but also on Network, Subst, CD-ROM, DoubleSpace, Stacker and
      other drives:
      Options|Configuration|System Setup...|[X] Test Direct Disk Access.
  [+] [Shift+Ctrl+Ins]  -  copy command string to Clipboard
  [+] In all filename lists (Input FileName, Reanimator) mouse support and
      incremental file search implemented.
  [+] New option for Drives Access config - verify writes.
      When destination panel is on drive and 'verify writes' is on for this
      drive then in Copy dialog option 'verify writes' will be turned on too.

  [*] New Install utility
  [*] 'Disable XMS usage' and 'Disable EMS usage' in System setup
  [*] Many options, dialog boxes and menu are ordered...

  [*] DOS Command separator in Command line was changed. Now in side of
       ";" is used "||"
  [*] All external ScreenSavers should be stored in directory called  SSAVERS\

  [-] After changing video mode, clock moved to upper right corner.
  [-] Screen cursor is not hide in external editor.
  [-] Problems with a registering DN on Network or HPFS386 drives
  [-] Not all memory was released under DN, leading to Exception after some
      hours of work.
  [-] Sometimes desktop file was trashed.
  [-] When creating temporary batch files for executing programs from user
      menu, filename could reach 9 characters ($$dn100$$.bat)
  [-] Corrected bug which let only 3 character extensions to be proceeded
      in 'Extension file'. 2,1 and 0 character length extensions are also
      supported now.


  Version 1.35 Shareware (1 February 1995) - changes since 1.33
 
A lot of bugs have been fixed it is just wasting of time to describe all of
them, only major changes here:

 General
 ~~~~~~~
 [+] Install utility
 [+] Possibility to load overlays into XMS/EMS memory (optionally)
 [+] CD-ROM player.
 [+] DOS environment viewer/editor.
 [+] DOS NAVIGATOR checks on loading if it is already loaded and
     then shows warning message.
 [*] Now DN.COM creates flag file in startup directory ( or in DNSWP
     directory ) to prevent overwriting swap file by DN from different
     sessions under multitasking.
 [+] FILES value automatically expands if FILES < 20
 [+] Clearing keyboard buffer upon startup and exiting from externals.
 [+] -Mask in Filter excludes specified files e.g. : *.*;-*.bak
     N.B. If you want to use -FileSpec in filter, you have to specify
     filter from which FileSpec will be excluded (for example, *.*)
 [+] Possibility to hide Command Line (for XTree-like interface).
 [+] Batch-file launching from the Command Line has been improved:

     you can use %1 parameter for name of the current file from the
     currently active File Panel.
 [+] Added 'Preserve directory' option in Startup for forced changing
     directory to last active directory in active File Panel.

 File Copy

 ~~~~~~~~~
  [*] We hope all terrible bugs have been removed here.
  [+] 'Beep after complete operation' for Copy if the operation time was
      longer than 30 sec (set in Options|Configuration|Interface)
  [*] Directory attributes are preserved.

 Editor
 ~~~~~~
 [+] Persistent blocks.
 [+] AutoBrackets function
 [+] Overwrite Blocks mode (for non-persistent blocks only)
 [+] Extra highlight options on specific extensions (See HighLit.DOC)
 [+] Editor macros for different filespec. (See HighLit.DOC)
 [+] Mark single word           - Ctrl+K T
         Copy block             - Ctrl+K C
         Move block             - Ctrl+K V
         Delete block           - Ctrl+K Y
         Hide/display block     - Ctrl+K H
         Print block            - Ctrl+K P
         Move to begin of block - Ctrl+Q B
         Move to end of block   - Ctrl+Q K
         Exit to menu bar       - Ctrl+K Q
         Mark line              - Ctrl+K L

 Internal Viewer
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 [+]  Dump mode (like in XTree)
 [+]  Zero, ASCII and Extended ASCII Filters (Switching by F6)
 [+]  Grid for HEX mode
 [+]  Go to address command
 [-]  Bugs with cursor positioning in search (HEX mode)

 File Manager
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] Create several directories from Make Directory dialog using ';'
      e.g. 1;2;3;4;5 creates five subdirectories with appropriate
      names in current directory
  [+] Shift-Enter in Find Panel seeks this file in inactive panel of FM
  [+] F3 on directory = [ALT][G]
  [+] F4 on directory = [ALT][E]
  [+] Full path for current directory in the Directory dialog box.
  [+] Ctrl keys difference (see Options|Configuration|Interface):
      when Left Ctrl is held down, left Panel Drive Line will be
      activated if Ctrl-Arrow pressed and Right Ctrl - for Right Panel.
  [+] Alt keys difference for Quick Dirs: if you press Left Alt - number
      then Left File Panel of File Manager will change current directory
      accordingly number and same for Right Alt and Right File Panel.
  [+] If "Display selected files info" is not set in the Panel Setup,
      current file information will be replaced with information about
      selected files if some files are selected (in other words, it will
      work like in The Norton Commander).
  [+] Make List File command has been improved: added macros '!:' for
      drive, '!/' for file path without backslash . Also it is possible
      to use ';' for multiply commands (e.g. print !.!;del !.!;pause).
      Use ';;' for ';'.
  [+] DirInfo (Directory Information) file handling in the Information Panel.

 Point-and-shoot (run on extension)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  [+] It is possible to specify several extensions for one command block now.
      e.g. pcx,bmp,tif{win !.!}
  [+] Use ]] for specifying ] symbol in DOS command (inside command block),
      }} for }, )) for )

  Version 1.33 Shareware (31 october 1994) - changes since 1.32
 
1. Copy/Move algorithm has been totally changed.
2. Added possibility to Rename files with matching names when File Copy.
3. Added Recurse directories options in the Copy Dialog Box to store
   or remove recursively directory structure.
4. Statistics for Read and Write in the File Copy window have been separated.
5. Fixed Terminal Grab procedure (Ctrl-Ins, Shift-Ins).
6. Fixed some bugs in Autodialer.
7. Fixed cursor positioning in Disk Editor.
8. Fixed bug with Quick Directory changing from an archive.
9. It is possible to re-read archives by Alt-R.
10. Some bugs in Country support have been fixed.
11. Added Duplicate command in the Text Editor - F4.
12. Some bugs in the User Menu have been fixed.
13. ^V in the Command Line is switching Insert/Overstrike mode.
14. ^Del in the File Panel removes selected files from the current list
    (files aren't physically removed from disk).
15. Entering in directories from TEMP: or FIND: drives in
    "Enter opens directory" mode is possible by ^PgDn keystroke.
16. It is possible to calculate power in the Calculator.
17. FOSSIL support has been removed from the Communication Dialog,
    but it has been replaced by IRQ and Port(hex) values.
18. ZModem has been corrected - file recovery is functioning now.
19. Fixed bug with '$' sign in the command line.
20. File Search by file contents has been fixed.

  Version 1.32 Shareware (4 August 1994) - changes since 1.31
 
1. HPFS conflicts with Direct Disk Access bug - fixed
2. Added internal Screen Grabber to place grabbed images into Clipboard
   of SmartPad(TM). Instead of having all those loose bits of paper
   cluttering your desk, just pop up SmartPad(TM) anywhere in Dos Navigator
   with ALT-Q, make a few notes and then carry on with what you were doing.
3. Fixed bug with deleting directory from Tree Panel.
4. Removed separate Tree Window - Select Directory Dialog is called instead.
   After selecting File manager with Tree panel will be opened.
5. Terminal recompiled with new libraries - I hope that some bugs in the
   protocols were fixed, also Compuserve B+ protocol added.
6. History strings in Terminal added.
7. Terminal Screen Grabber added - (by Ctrl-Ins pressing) - you can place
   screen into String History or into SmartPad(TM) Clipboard.
8. Added FOSSIL support in terminal - see Communications Dialog.

  Version 1.31 Shareware (June 22, 1994) - changes since 1.30
 
1. Added "Quick directory change" function. It is possible to change
   directory to another (which is used frequently) by pressing Alt-n,
   where n is digit (1-9). Use Alt+Shift+0 to get "Quick change" list.
   To store current  directory into "Quick change" list use
   Ctrl+Alt+Shift+n (n from 1 to 9).
2. It is possible to change directory while quick search:
   just type directory name with backslash.
3. Editor:
    Ctrl-[ word upper case (Use Ctrl-Shift-[ to upcase whole line)
    Ctrl-] word lower case (Use Ctrl-Shift-] to lowcase whole line)
    Ctrl-\ capitalize word (Use Ctrl-Shift-\ to capitalize all words in line)
4. Added File Panel Hotkeys explanations in Help.
5. Many bugs fixed (I don't remember all):
   - if drive A: is not ready and A: is active, DN freezes session at start.
   - if DoubleSpace is loaded, DN turn floppy drives on at every start
   - DN couldn't set attributes for read-only file
   - Directories in RAR 1.50 archives was displayed as files too.
   - working with empty Phone Book directories hangs system up.
   - Memo fields messes up when changing cursor position in Phone Book.
   - Disk Format: format terminated if bad sector was detected.
   - disk drive wasn't accessible after non-standard (for example, 800k)
     formatting if external diskette extender was loaded.
6. It is possible to use environment variables DNCFG and DNDSK to set
   specific names for configuration (DNxxxxxx.CFG) and desktop (DNxxxxxx.DSK)
   files. For example:
   SET DNCFG = _OS2
   means that DN will be using file DN_OS2.CFG as configuration file.
   This feature provides to make user and OS specific configurations
   for DN.


  Version 1.30 Shareware (June 1, 1994) - changes since 1.25
 
1. Calculator was changed. Copy button allows to copy result of evaluation in Clipboard according to
  'Copy as'.
   For hexadecimal, octal, and binary numbers you can use all possible
   combinations which existing in different programming languages
   e.g.  0x23AF=$23AF=23AFh, 01234=1234o, 0b100101=100101b
2. It is possible to put selected files from file panel into
   Clipboard by pressing Ctrl+Ins.
   Also you may use Shift+Ins in Command line to get string from Clipboard.
3. Copy algorithm was changed. Now DN can use all available EMS/XMS memory.
4. Now it is possible to copy in non-existing subdirectories - these
   directories will be automatically created. Also you can create
   a new subdirectory using this method.
   E.g. - you want to copy files in directory C:\MYDIR\MYSUBDIR1\MYSUBDIR2.
   But directory C:\MYDIR doesn't exist (and its subdirectories too).
   Don't worry - just type C:\MYDIR\MYSUBDIR1\MYSUBDIR2\ in "Copy to"
   dialog box.
5. OS/2 support:
    Alt+'/' - switch to OS/2 command prompt mode. All files (except
     archivers and viewers used internally) and commands will be
     executed by OS/2 command processor.
    if NumLock was highlighted when OS/2 session has been started,
     session will be paused after its execution by system command "pause"
6. QuickView and Autochange Directory in file panel was corrected.
7. User menu interface was changed:
    User menu is shown with all inheritances like as PullDown menu
    If User menu not found in current directory, DN will find out
     User menu in upper directories.
    It is possible to switch between Local/Global User Menu while
     User Menu is executed.
    It is possible to start edit User Menu after call to it.
    Empty line after Menu Item header means Menu separator
     in Menu box.
    Macros changed:
          !  - Name of file in active file panel
          $  - Name of file in passive file panel
          .! - Extension of file in active File Panel
          .$ - Extension of file in passive File Panel
          !\ - Directory of file in active File Panel
          $\ - Directory of file in passive File Panel
          !/ - Directory of file in active File Panel (without backslash)
          $/ - Directory of file in passive File Panel (without backslash)
          !: - Drive of file in active File Panel
          $: - Drive of file in passive File Panel


          You can use these macros in Menu item names.

          %1 - Name of list of selected files in active File Panel
          %2 - Name of list of selected files in passive File Panel
          %3... - User parameters
8. Added Windows-style File Open dialog.
9. Added TAR support
10. "Refresh old files" radio button added in File Copy/Move dialog.
11. Working with archives:
      "Copy to archive" function.
      Extract archive without entering in it.
12. Working with descriptions: editing (by pressing Alt-INS),
    copying, moving
   NOTE: For registered users only !
13. Added RAR 1.50 support
14. Text editor:
      sorting lines by selected vertical block containing (Alt-T)
      it is possible to calculate sum of numbers in vertical block and
       put it into Clipboard (Alt-Ins)
15. File Find:
      Search for a single file mask speeded up.
      Added "Advanced search" function to set time, size intervals and
       required attributes for files to find.
16. Pressing Right mouse button while dialog box is executed = pressed
    default dialog boxes push button.
17. It is possible to read file lists such as files with descriptions
    and *.?lo (Alt-V in file panel).
18. Added "View DN Team" command in About dialog box
19. Added new Diskette Format.
    (Advanced options are available for registered users only)