5 -------------------------
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6 - WIM support was improved.
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10 -------------------------
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11 - 7-Zip now stores NTFS file timestamps to ZIP archives.
\r
12 - New additional "Open archive >" item in context menu allows to select
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13 archive type for some files.
\r
14 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
15 - New localization: Uyghur.
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18 9.12 beta 2010-03-24
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19 -------------------------
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20 - ZIP / PPMd compression ratio was improved in Maximum and Ultra modes.
\r
21 - The BUG in 7-Zip 9.* beta was fixed: LZMA2 codec didn't work,
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22 if more than 10 threads were used (or more than 20 threads in some modes).
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25 9.11 beta 2010-03-15
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26 -------------------------
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27 - 7-Zip now supports PPMd compression in ZIP archives.
\r
28 - Speed optimizations in PPMd codec.
\r
29 - The support for archives in installers was improved.
\r
30 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
31 - New localization: Kazakh.
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34 9.10 beta 2009-12-22
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35 -------------------------
\r
36 - The BUG in 7-Zip 9.09 beta was fixed:
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37 7-Zip created incorrect ZIP archives, if ZipCrypto encryption was used.
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40 9.09 beta 2009-12-12
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41 -------------------------
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42 - 7-Zip now can unpack Apple Partition Map (APM) disk images.
\r
43 - Speed optimizations in AES code for Intel's 32nm CPUs.
\r
44 - Speed optimizations in CRC calculation code for Intel's Atom CPUs.
\r
45 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
48 9.07 beta 2009-08-27
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49 -------------------------
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50 - It's possible to specify Diff program in options (7-Zip File Manager).
\r
51 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
54 9.06 beta 2009-08-17
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55 -------------------------
\r
56 - 7-Zip now can unpack MSLZ archives.
\r
57 - Partial parsing for EXE resources, SWF and FLV.
\r
58 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
61 9.04 beta 2009-05-30
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62 -------------------------
\r
63 - 7-Zip now can update solid .7z archives.
\r
64 - 7-Zip now supports LZMA2 compression method.
\r
65 - 7-Zip now supports XZ archives.
\r
66 - 7-Zip now can unpack NTFS, FAT, VHD and MBR archives.
\r
67 - 7-Zip now can unpack GZip, BZip2, LZMA, XZ and TAR archives from stdin.
\r
68 - 7-Zip now can open/copy/compress disk images (like \\.\c:) from \\.\ folder.
\r
69 - 7-Zip File Manager now doesn't use temp files to open nested archives
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70 stored without compression.
\r
71 - New -scrc switch to calculate total CRC-32 during extracting / testing.
\r
72 - New -scc{WIN|DOS|UTF-8} switch to specify charset for console input/output (default = DOS).
\r
73 - Some bugs were fixed.
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77 -------------------------
\r
78 - 7-Zip File Manager now can calculate SHA-256 checksum.
\r
79 - Some bugs were fixed.
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83 -------------------------
\r
84 - The bug in 7-Zip 4.63 was fixed: 7-Zip could not decrypt .ZIP archives
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85 encrypted with WinZip-AES method.
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89 -------------------------
\r
90 - 7-Zip now can unpack ZIP archives encrypted with PKWARE-AES.
\r
91 - Some bugs were fixed.
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95 -------------------------
\r
96 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
99 4.61 beta 2008-11-23
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100 -------------------------
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101 - 7-Zip now supports LZMA compression for .ZIP archives.
\r
102 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
103 - New localization: Sinhala.
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106 4.60 beta 2008-08-19
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107 -------------------------
\r
108 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
111 4.59 beta 2008-08-13
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112 -------------------------
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113 - 7-Zip now can unpack UDF, XAR and DMG/HFS archives.
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114 - 7-Zip File Manager now keeps encryption when you edit encrypted file inside archive.
\r
115 - 7-Zip File Manager now allows to change current folder from the address bar drop-down list.
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116 - It's allowed to use -t switch for "list" and "extract" commands.
\r
117 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
118 - New localizations: Icelandic, Kurdish Sorani.
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121 4.58 beta 2008-05-05
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122 -------------------------
\r
123 - Some speed optimizations.
\r
124 - 7-Zip now can unpack .lzma archives.
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125 - Unicode (UTF-8) support for filenames in .ZIP archives. Now there are 3 modes:
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126 1) Default mode: 7-Zip uses UTF-8, if the local code page doesn't contain required symbols.
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127 2) -mcu switch: 7-Zip uses UTF-8, if there are non-ASCII symbols.
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128 3) -mcl switch: 7-Zip uses local code page.
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129 - Now it's possible to store file creation time in 7z and ZIP archives (-mtc switch).
\r
130 - 7-Zip now can unpack multivolume RAR archives created with
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131 "old style volume names" scheme and names *.001, *.002, ...
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132 - Now it's possible to use -mSW- and -mSW+ switches instead of -mSW=off and -mSW=on
\r
133 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
134 - New localizations: Punjabi (Indian), Pashto.
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138 -------------------------
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139 - The BUG in command line version was fixed: -up3 switch
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140 could work incorrectly.
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143 4.56 beta 2007-10-24
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144 -------------------------
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145 - Some bugs were fixed.
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148 4.55 beta 2007-09-05
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149 -------------------------
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150 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
153 4.54 beta 2007-09-04
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154 -------------------------
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155 - Decompression speed was increased.
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158 4.53 beta 2007-08-27
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159 -------------------------
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160 - "Test" and "Info" buttons now work for open archives.
\r
161 - The bug in 7-Zip 4.48 - 4.52 beta was fixed:
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162 7-Zip could create .ZIP archives with broken files.
\r
163 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
166 4.52 beta 2007-08-03
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167 -------------------------
\r
168 - 7-Zip now can unpack Compound files (msi, doc, ...).
\r
169 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
172 4.51 beta 2007-07-25
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173 -------------------------
\r
174 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.50 beta could not open some .7z archives.
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177 4.50 beta 2007-07-24
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178 -------------------------
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179 - New switch for command line version:
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180 -ssc[-] enables/disables case-sensitive mode for file names.
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181 - Speed optimizations for AES encryption.
\r
182 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
185 4.49 beta 2007-07-11
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186 -------------------------
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187 - 7-Zip now can unpack WIM archives.
\r
188 - 7-Zip now replaces incorrect characters in filenames during extracting.
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191 4.48 beta 2007-06-26
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192 -------------------------
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193 - Encryption strength for .7z format was increased.
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194 Now it uses random initialization vectors.
\r
195 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
198 4.47 beta 2007-05-27
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199 -------------------------
\r
200 - Bugs of 7-Zip 4.46 beta were fixed: BZip2 could work incorrectly.
\r
203 4.46 beta 2007-05-25
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204 -------------------------
\r
205 - New fast compression mode for Deflate method in Zip and GZip.
\r
206 - New "Compress shared files" option in GUI and -ssw switch.
\r
207 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
208 - New localization: Norwegian Nynorsk.
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211 4.45 beta 2007-04-17
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212 -------------------------
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213 - Now it's possible to specify the size of solid block and the number
\r
214 of CPU threads in "Add to archive" dialog box.
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215 - Default dictionary size was increased: Normal: 16 MB, Max: 32 MB.
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216 - Speed optimizations.
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217 - Benchmark was improved (new "b" command in command line version).
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218 - The number of DLL files was reduced.
\r
219 - Now it's possible to associate 7-zip with combined types like .tbz2
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220 - switch -mhcf=off is not supported now.
\r
221 - If -t{Type} switch is not specified, 7-Zip now uses extension of archive to
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222 detect the type of archive.
\r
223 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
224 - New localization: Welsh.
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227 4.44 beta 2007-01-20
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228 -------------------------
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229 - Speed optimizations for LZMA, Deflate, BZip2 and unRAR.
\r
230 - 7-Zip now supports file pathnames longer than 260 characters.
\r
231 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
232 - New localizations: Bangla, Bashkir, Nepali.
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235 4.43 beta 2006-09-15
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236 -------------------------
\r
237 - 7-Zip now can use multi-threading mode for compressing to .ZIP archives.
\r
238 - ZIP format supporting was improved.
\r
239 - 7-Zip now supports WinZip-compatible AES-256 encryption for .ZIP archives.
\r
240 - New context menu items for .ZIP archives creating.
\r
241 - 7-Zip now uses order list (list of extensions) for files sorting for compressing
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242 to .7z archives. It can slightly increase compression ratio in some cases.
\r
243 - 7-Zip now restores modification time of folders during .7z archives extracting.
\r
244 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
245 - New localizations: Armenian, Marathi.
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250 -------------------------
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251 - Compressing speed and Memory requirements were increased.
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252 Default dictionary size was increased: Fastest: 64 KB, Fast: 1 MB,
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253 Normal: 4 MB, Max: 16 MB, Ultra: 64 MB.
\r
254 - BZip2 compressing / decompressing now can work in multi-threading mode
\r
255 - Multi-threading mode now is default for multi-processor systems
\r
256 - 64-bit version now supports 1 GB dictionary
\r
257 - 7z/LZMA now can use only these match finders: HC4, BT2, BT3, BT4
\r
258 - Compression ratio in Zip/GZip/Deflate in Ultra mode was increased
\r
259 - 7-Zip now can unpack ISO archives and some installers created by NSIS
\r
260 - Optional "Flat View" mode in 7-Zip File Manager
\r
261 - 7-Zip File Manager now can calculate CRC checksums for files
\r
262 - -x switch with relative paths now affects files specified with absolute paths
\r
263 - New switch for 7za.exe (console version): -slt.
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264 "l" (list) command with -slt shows technical information for archive.
\r
265 - New switch: -scs{WIN|DOS|UTF-8} specifies charset for list files.
\r
266 Default charset for list files is UTF-8 now.
\r
267 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
268 - New localizations: Albanian, Kurdish
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272 -------------------------
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273 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.31 didn't work in Windows 95
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277 -------------------------
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279 - New localization: Basque
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282 4.30 beta 2005-11-18
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283 -------------------------
\r
284 - Files 7zFMn.exe, 7zGn.exe, 7-zipn, 7za.exe, 7zC.sfx were removed from 7-zip package
\r
285 - 7-Zip now uses uncompressed SFX: 7z.sfx
\r
286 - Sfx modules 7z.sfx and 7zCon.sfx now use msvcrt.dll
\r
287 - Speed optimizations in LZMA maximum/ultra compressing.
\r
288 - LZMA now supports word size up to 273
\r
289 - 7-Zip now reduces dictionary size for LZMA, if you compress files
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290 smaller than specified dictionary size.
\r
291 - 7-Zip now can use large memory pages:
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292 GUI: 7-Zip File Manager / Options / Settings / Use large memory pages.
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293 Command line version: -slp switch.
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294 This feature allows to increase speed of compressing.
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295 But 7-Zip can make some pause at starting of compressing for allocating large pages.
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296 Also Task Manager doesn't show real memory usage of program, if 7-Zip uses large pages.
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297 This feature works only on Windows 2003 / XP x64 / Vista.
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298 Also you must have administrator's rights for your system.
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299 Recommended size of RAM: 1 GB or more.
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300 To install this feature you must run 7-Zip File Manager at least once,
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301 close it and reboot system.
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302 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
305 4.29 beta 2005-09-28
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306 -------------------------
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307 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.28 beta worked incorrectly in Windows 95/98/Me
\r
310 4.28 beta 2005-09-27
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311 -------------------------
\r
312 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.27 beta created incorrect multivolume archives.
\r
313 - "Duplicate filename" collision problem between names with ligatures was fixed.
\r
316 4.27 beta 2005-09-21
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317 -------------------------
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318 - 7-Zip can unpack CHM/HXS (MS HTML HELP) archives
\r
319 - 7-Zip can unpack multivolume CAB archives
\r
320 - Now 7-Zip deletes files to the Recycle Bin by default.
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321 Shift+Delete deletes files permanently.
\r
322 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
323 - New localization: Tatarish
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326 4.26 beta 2005-08-05
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327 -------------------------
\r
328 - LZH format support (extracting only)
\r
329 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
330 - New localization: Ido
\r
333 4.25 beta 2005-07-31
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334 -------------------------
\r
335 - 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when it can not
\r
336 find specified file as in version 4.24 beta. It just shows warning.
\r
337 - 7-Zip now supports standard selection mode in the file list
\r
338 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
341 4.24 beta 2005-07-06
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342 -------------------------
\r
343 - 7-Zip now supports right-click Drag and Drop in Explorer
\r
344 - Command line version now supports short file names (like FILENA~1.TXT)
\r
345 - If there are no wildcard names and there is no -r switch in command line,
\r
346 7-Zip now checks that specified files exist on disk before compressing.
\r
347 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
351 -------------------------
\r
352 - Drag and Drop support
\r
353 - 7-Zip File Manager now can copy files from one archive to another
\r
354 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
355 - New localizations: Extremaduran, Malay
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359 -------------------------
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363 4.19 beta 2005-05-21
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364 -------------------------
\r
365 - BZip2 code was rewritten. Now it supports 3 modes: Normal, Maximum and
\r
366 Ultra. In Normal mode it compresses almost as original BZip2 compressor.
\r
367 Compression ratio in Maximum and Ultra modes is 1-3% better for some files,
\r
368 but Maximum Mode is about 3 times slower and Ultra Mode is about 8 times
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369 slower than Normal mode.
\r
370 - Console version now prints all messages to stdout by default,
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371 and if -so switch is specified, 7-Zip prints messages to stderr.
\r
372 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
373 - New localizations: Azeri, Georgian
\r
376 4.18 beta 2005-04-19
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377 -------------------------
\r
378 - Bug in v4.17 beta was fixed: 7-Zip File Manager could crash
\r
379 after some operations with archives
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382 4.17 beta 2005-04-18
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383 -------------------------
\r
384 - To increase protection from viruses, 7-Zip now does not open
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385 files with more than 4 continuous spaces in the name.
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386 And 7-Zip changes such long spaces in name to " ... " in the file list.
\r
387 - Code size optimization
\r
388 - Some files were moved from main package to extra package:
\r
389 - Plugin for FAR Manager
\r
390 - SFX modules for installers (7zS.sfx and 7zSD.sfx)
\r
391 - New localizations: Asturian, Indonesian
\r
394 4.16 beta 2005-03-29
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395 -------------------------
\r
396 - Speed optimization (5%) for 7z / LZMA
\r
397 - 7za.exe now supports .Z archives
\r
398 - -r- switch in command line now is default for all commands
\r
399 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
400 - New localization: Uzbek
\r
403 4.15 beta 2005-01-25
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404 -------------------------
\r
405 - Z format supporting (extracting only)
\r
406 - 7-Zip now can extract ZIP archives compressed with "Shrink" method
\r
407 - 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when it can not open file.
\r
408 7-Zip just skips that file and shows warning.
\r
409 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
410 - New localization: Frisian
\r
413 4.14 beta 2005-01-11
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414 -------------------------
\r
415 - 7-Zip installer was created with NSIS.
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416 Now it installs 7-Zip for all users (under Windows 2000/XP).
\r
417 - Now 7-Zip can create multivolume archives
\r
418 (switch -v for command line)
\r
419 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
420 - New localizations: Breton, Farsi
\r
423 4.13 beta 2004-12-14
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424 -------------------------
\r
425 - Switch "--" stops switches parsing
\r
426 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
429 4.12 beta 2004-11-18
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430 -------------------------
\r
431 - Bug in v4.11 beta was fixed:
\r
432 7-Zip created incorrect ZIP archives if file size was
\r
433 from 3.75 GB to 4 GB.
\r
436 4.11 beta 2004-11-16
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437 -------------------------
\r
438 - 7-Zip now shows file names during compressing/decompressing
\r
439 - 7-Zip now supports Zip64 extension of ZIP format. So now it's
\r
440 possible to compress files bigger than 4 GB to ZIP archives.
\r
441 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
442 - New localization: Galician
\r
445 4.10 beta 2004-10-21
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446 -------------------------
\r
447 - Bugs in v4.0* were fixed:
\r
448 - Some commands in command line with "-r" switch worked incorrectly,
\r
449 so 7-zip could skip some files during compressing
\r
450 - Some other bugs were fixed
\r
451 - Small internal changes
\r
454 4.09 beta 2004-10-05
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455 -------------------------
\r
456 - Bugs in v4.0* were fixed:
\r
457 - Renaming inside archives didn't work or worked incorrectly
\r
458 - GUI SFX didn't show extracting dialog at start
\r
459 - Small fixes in 7-Zip GUI (7zG.exe)
\r
462 4.08 beta 2004-10-04
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463 -------------------------
\r
464 - Bug in installer for v4.07 was fixed: when rebooting
\r
465 is required, it rebooted without asking user
\r
466 - Small fixes in 7-Zip GUI (7zG.exe)
\r
469 4.07 beta 2004-10-03
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470 -------------------------
\r
471 - Big amount of code was changed in this beta version.
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472 So don't use it for important data compressing.
\r
473 And test archive after compressing.
\r
475 - Unified command line interface to GUI and console versions
\r
476 - 7-Zip now can extract or test several archives in one command
\r
477 - 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when file is locked by
\r
478 other application. 7-Zip just skips that file and shows warning.
\r
479 Note: previous versions of 7-Zip had bug, so they can not unpack
\r
480 non-solid and some solid 7z archives with such skipped files.
\r
481 - Command line interface was changed:
\r
482 - now it's possible to use absolute pathnames
\r
483 - syntax simplification:
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484 was: 7z a a Folder1\* Folder2\* -r
\r
485 now: 7z a a Folder1 Folder2
\r
486 - now it's possible to use complex wildcard commands, like *\*111*\*
\r
487 - More smart detection of archive type for files with unusual
\r
488 file name extensions
\r
489 - Supporting for RAR archives with encrypted headers
\r
490 - CPIO format supporting was improved
\r
491 - For GZip and BZip2 formats you can:
\r
492 - Compress from stdin (-si switch)
\r
493 - Compress to stdout (-so switch)
\r
494 - Extract to stdout (-so switch)
\r
495 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
496 - Split and Combine commands
\r
497 - new list view options: Full row select, Show grid lines
\r
498 - Internal reconstruction
\r
499 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
500 - New localizations: Friulian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Tamil, Thai
\r
504 -------------------------
\r
505 - Some small bugs were fixed
\r
509 -------------------------
\r
510 - Now you can select compression method, dictionary size
\r
511 and word size in "Add to archive" dialog box. Also it
\r
512 shows memory usage.
\r
513 - 7-Zip File Manager now contains toolbars.
\r
514 - New "Benchmark" command in 7-Zip File Manager.
\r
515 It measures compressing and decompressing speeds and
\r
516 shows rating values.
\r
517 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
521 -------------------------
\r
522 - 7-zip now use limitations for solid block size
\r
523 for increasing the speed of random file decompressing:
\r
524 - in Store mode: 0 B
\r
525 - in Fast mode: 16 MB
\r
526 - in Normal mode: 256 MB
\r
527 - in Maximum mode: 1 GB
\r
528 - in Ultra mode: 4 GB
\r
529 - 7z.exe, 7za.exe and SFX modules now support Unicode
\r
530 file names under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003.
\r
531 7zn.exe and 7zan.exe were removed from package.
\r
532 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
533 - New localization: Afrikaans
\r
537 -------------------------
\r
538 - Drag-and-Drop from external application
\r
539 - GUI version (7zG.exe) can compress files with absolute paths
\r
540 - Compression dialog doesn't suggest bzip2 and gzip2 types when
\r
541 there are more than one selected file
\r
542 - Optional auto renaming for existing files during extraction
\r
543 in command line version (-aot switch).
\r
544 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
548 -------------------------
\r
549 - Optional limitation for solid block size for increasing
\r
550 the speed of random file decompressing (-ms switch)
\r
553 3.09.01 beta 2003-09-06
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554 -------------------------
\r
555 - Automatic compression filter for executable files:
\r
556 dll, exe, ocx, sfx, sys, (-mf switch)
\r
557 - Compression levels in 7z now are:
\r
558 - Fast: 32 KB dictionary, BCJ filter
\r
559 - Normal: 2 MB dictionary, BCJ filter
\r
560 - Maximum: 8 MB dictionary, BCJ filter, max settings
\r
561 - Ultra: 32 MB dictionary, BCJ2 filter, max settings
\r
562 - Updating solid 7z archives now is supported, if it doesn't
\r
563 require repacking solid blocks
\r
564 - -mhcf switch for 7z format now is default
\r
565 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
568 3.08.04 beta 2003-08-24
\r
569 -------------------------
\r
570 - Favorites menu in 7-Zip File Manager
\r
571 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
574 3.08.03 beta 2003-08-21
\r
575 -------------------------
\r
576 - Automatic adding of extension to archive name in Compress Dialog
\r
577 - Some bugs in previous 3.08.* versions were fixed:
\r
578 - Storing columns width inside archives in File Manager
\r
579 - Opening archive inside archive
\r
580 - Quotes in list files in console version
\r
583 3.08.02 beta 2003-08-20
\r
584 -------------------------
\r
585 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
588 3.08 beta 2003-08-19
\r
589 -------------------------
\r
591 - Supporting fast compressing mode (-mx=1 switch)
\r
592 - Multi-threading option for Multi-Processor systems
\r
593 or Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading
\r
594 - Encrypt file names option
\r
595 - New context menu items:
\r
597 - Extract to <Folder>
\r
598 - Compress and email
\r
599 - Internal reconstruction, registry using was reduced
\r
600 - New localization: Esperanto
\r
603 2.30 Beta 32 2003-05-15
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604 -------------------------
\r
605 - New features in compressing / decompressing window.
\r
606 - "Show password" option.
\r
607 - Some other small changes.
\r
608 - New localization: Valencian.
\r
611 2.30 Beta 31 2003-04-29
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612 -------------------------
\r
613 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
616 2.30 Beta 30 2003-04-19
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617 -------------------------
\r
618 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
620 - 1/2 Panels mode switching (F9).
\r
621 - Supporting Bzip2 compression in ZIP archives.
\r
622 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
623 - Some optimization recompiling for reducing code size.
\r
626 2.30 Beta 29 2003-04-07
\r
627 -------------------------
\r
628 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
629 - "7-Zip" and "System" submenus in "Files" menu.
\r
630 - Path history and "Browse" button in "Copy" dialog.
\r
631 - RAR supporting was improved.
\r
632 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
633 - Small changes in LZMA code.
\r
634 - New localizations: Hebrew, Vietnamese.
\r
637 2.30 Beta 28 2003-02-16
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638 -------------------------
\r
639 - Some bugs were fixed:
\r
640 - Updating 7z archives that are larger than 4 GB.
\r
641 - Using anti-items in 7z format.
\r
642 - Compressing empty files with password to zip format.
\r
643 - In max mode 7z now uses 8 MB dictionary instead of 4 MB.
\r
644 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
645 - Supporting file comments: Ctrl-Z.
\r
646 - New key alias for folder bookmarks: [Shift]+Alt+Number.
\r
649 2.30 Beta 27 2003-01-24
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650 -------------------------
\r
651 - Two BUGs in two previous beta versions (Beta 25 and Beta 26)
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653 1. Incorrect compressing to non-solid 7z archive
\r
654 when files have some very big sizes:
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655 4 GB, 8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB, ...
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656 2. Incorrect percent showing in 7z compressing
\r
657 when files are bigger than 4 GB.
\r
658 - Supporting multivolume RAR and SPLIT archives.
\r
659 - Supporting DEB archives.
\r
660 - Supporting old version of CPIO format.
\r
661 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
662 - New localizations: Korean, Swedish.
\r
665 2.30 Beta 26 2003-01-12
\r
666 -------------------------
\r
667 - Supporting Deflate64 method in Zip archives.
\r
668 - Supporting Rar 1.50 archives.
\r
669 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
672 2.30 Beta 25 2003-01-02
\r
673 -------------------------
\r
674 - Encryption feature for 7z format (AES-256).
\r
675 - New optional archive header compressing mode (-mhcf).
\r
676 - Archive headers now always are compressed with LZMA method.
\r
677 - Updating non-solid 7z archives without -ms=off now is allowed.
\r
678 - Folder creating and item renaming inside archive now is supported.
\r
679 - Supporting encrypted Rar3 archives.
\r
680 - Supporting Unicode names in Rar3 archives.
\r
681 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
682 - New localizations: Lithuanian, Voro.
\r
685 2.30 Beta 24 2002-11-01
\r
686 -------------------------
\r
687 - Some internal reconstructions.
\r
688 - -m switch syntax was slightly changed.
\r
689 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
690 - New localizations: Catalan, Norwegian, Romanian.
\r
693 2.30 Beta 23 2002-09-07
\r
694 -------------------------
\r
695 - Encryption feature for zip format.
\r
696 - Percent indicating for some operations.
\r
697 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
700 2.30 Beta 22 2002-08-31
\r
701 -------------------------
\r
702 - New program: 7-Zip File Manager.
\r
703 - Command line version now doesn't allow absolute paths
\r
704 for compressing files.
\r
705 - New localizations: Belarusian, Greek.
\r
706 - Bug in FAR plugin was fixed:
\r
707 Incorrect updating when archive has no explicit
\r
708 directory items for file items.
\r
709 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
712 2.30 Beta 21 2002-07-08
\r
713 -------------------------
\r
714 - RAM requirements for LZMA (7z) compression were reduced.
\r
715 - Small bug in FAR plugin was fixed.
\r
718 2.30 Beta 20 2002-07-01
\r
719 -------------------------
\r
720 - RAM requirements for LZMA (7z) decompression were reduced.
\r
721 - New localization: Turkish.
\r
722 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
725 2.30 Beta 19 2002-04-11
\r
726 -------------------------
\r
727 - Supporting RAR 3.0 archives.
\r
728 - New localizations: Danish, Ukrainian.
\r
731 2.30 Beta 18 2002-03-25
\r
732 -------------------------
\r
733 - Compressing speed in 7z format was slightly increased.
\r
734 - New localizations: Estonian, Finnish.
\r
735 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
738 2.30 Beta 17 2002-03-03
\r
739 -------------------------
\r
740 - Supporting ARJ archives.
\r
741 - New localization: Chinese Simplified.
\r
744 2.30 Beta 16 2002-02-24
\r
745 -------------------------
\r
746 - Supporting RPM and CPIO archives.
\r
747 - New fast compression mode for LZMA: -m0a=0.
\r
748 - New match finders for LZMA: bt4b, hc3, hc4.
\r
749 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
752 2.30 Beta 15 2002-02-17
\r
753 -------------------------
\r
754 - Compression ratio in 7z was slightly improved.
\r
755 - New localization: Dutch.
\r
758 2.30 Beta 14 2002-02-10
\r
759 -------------------------
\r
760 - Speed optimization for multiprocessor computers (-mmt switch).
\r
761 - New localizations: Czech, Japanese, Polish.
\r
762 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
765 2.30 Beta 13 2002-01-31
\r
766 -------------------------
\r
767 - New SFX module for installers.
\r
768 - New match finder for LZMA: bt3.
\r
769 - New localizations: Portuguese, Portuguese Brazil, Serbo-Croatian.
\r
770 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
773 2.30 Beta 12 2002-01-16
\r
774 -------------------------
\r
775 - Bug was fixed: memory leak in Beta 11.
\r
776 - New localization: Hungarian.
\r
779 2.30 Beta 11 2002-01-15
\r
780 -------------------------
\r
781 - Archive testing feature for GUI version.
\r
782 - Now 7-Zip can use more than 256 MB of RAM in all Windows versions.
\r
783 - New localizations: Bulgarian, Chinese Traditional, Latvian, Slovak.
\r
784 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
787 2.30 Beta 10 2002-01-11
\r
788 -------------------------
\r
790 - Updating 7z archives in Beta 8 and 9 didn't work.
\r
791 - Unicode version in Beta 9 didn't work in Windows NT4.
\r
792 - Some other bugs were fixed.
\r
793 - New localizations: Arabic, French, Italian, Slovenian, Spanish.
\r
796 2.30 Beta 9 2002-01-08
\r
797 -------------------------
\r
798 - Program localization: English, German, Russian.
\r
799 - Additional optimized versions of programs
\r
800 for Windows NT4/2000/XP.
\r
801 - Two new match finders for LZMA: pat3h and pat4h.
\r
802 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
805 2.30 Beta 8 2001-12-21
\r
806 -------------------------
\r
807 - 7-Zip now supports some zip archives that were not
\r
808 supported by previous versions.
\r
809 - 7-Zip now supports new state (-uw switch) for cases
\r
810 when 7-Zip can not detect whether file is newer or the same.
\r
811 - Supporting anti-items in 7z format for incremental
\r
812 update (-u with action #3).
\r
813 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
816 2.30 Beta 7 2001-11-04
\r
817 -------------------------
\r
818 - BCJ2: new converter for x86 code.
\r
819 - Supporting tar archives with very long file names
\r
820 (GNU extension to 'tar' format).
\r
821 - Supporting multistream coders in 7z (-mb switch).
\r
822 - More compressing parameters for zip and gzip
\r
823 in console version (-m switch).
\r
824 - Solid compressing option in Windows version.
\r
825 - Compressing parameters option in Windows version.
\r
826 - Auto renaming existing files feature for
\r
828 - Overwrite mode switch for extracting (-ao).
\r
829 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
832 2.30 Beta 6 2001-10-13
\r
833 -------------------------
\r
834 - Supporting 7z format in MultiArc plugin for FAR Manager.
\r
835 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
838 2.30 Beta 5 2001-10-02
\r
839 -------------------------
\r
840 - Creating SFX archives from explorer.
\r
841 - 7zWin.sfx: Windows version of SFX module.
\r
842 - Auto adding .exe extension to SFX archive name.
\r
843 - 7za.exe now supports 7z, bzip2, gzip, tar, zip.
\r
844 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
847 2.30 Beta 4 2001-09-15
\r
848 -------------------------
\r
849 - Self extract capability for 7z format.
\r
850 - 7z archive format is default for 7z.exe and 7za.exe.
\r
851 - 7z in default mode now uses bt234 match finder
\r
852 and solid compression.
\r
853 - 7z in maximum mode (-mx) now uses 4MB dictionary.
\r
856 2.30 Beta 3 2001-09-10
\r
857 -------------------------
\r
858 - Bug was fixed: decompressing .7z solid archives
\r
859 containing empty files.
\r
860 - new 7za.exe: standalone command line version
\r
861 (only for 7z format).
\r
862 - Speed of compressing to Deflate format (zip, gzip)
\r
863 was slightly increased.
\r
866 2.30 Beta 2 2001-08-30
\r
867 -------------------------
\r
868 - Supporting the new 7z format with high compression ratio.
\r
869 - -bd (Disable percentage indicator) switch in
\r
871 - Bug in console version was fixed:
\r
872 previous versions incorrectly execute compression
\r
873 commands with non-recursive wildcards in combination
\r
875 - Some other bugs were fixed.
\r
878 2.30 Beta 1 2001-05-07
\r
879 -------------------------
\r
880 - Speed of reading of archive contents was increased.
\r
881 - Bug was fixed: incorrect showing file names with
\r
882 national charsets in some zip archives.
\r
883 - Now it is possible to compress files larger than 4GB
\r
888 -------------------------
\r
889 - Bugs in GZip and Cab decoders were fixed.
\r
893 -------------------------
\r
894 - Opening archive items in Explorer.
\r
895 - Context menu for archive items in Explorer.
\r
896 - Automatic adding extension to archive name in console version.
\r
897 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
901 -------------------------
\r
902 - Supporting Zip archives containing more than 65535 files.
\r
903 - Speed of Plugin for Explorer was increased.
\r
904 - Searching start position of archive now is limited by
\r
905 first 1MB part of file.
\r
906 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
907 - Packet now doesn't contain 7zip.exe, far7zip.reg and
\r
908 far7zip2.reg files. There is new far7z.reg file.
\r
912 -------------------------
\r
913 - FAR Plugin was improved:
\r
915 - Showing process box during opening archives.
\r
916 - Viewing properties of file by Ctrl-A.
\r
917 - Alt-F6 in archive now immediately extracts selected files
\r
918 to current directory.
\r
920 - Some bugs were fixed:
\r
922 - Entering to archive's subfolders in Explorer by clicking
\r
923 items in main window didn't work under Windows ME/2000.
\r
924 - Decompressing solid Rar archives sometimes gave error.
\r
925 - Console version 7z.exe during list operation incorrectly
\r
926 showed file names with national (non-english) charsets.
\r
927 - FAR Plugin didn't execute some operations.
\r
928 - Showing percents during extracting ZIP archives sometimes
\r
933 -------------------------
\r
934 - Supporting BZip2 and Cab.
\r
935 - New program architecture with external
\r
936 compression and cryptographic modules.
\r
937 - Decryption support (Rar and Zip).
\r
938 - New console client.
\r
939 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
943 -------------------------
\r
946 - FAR Plugin incorrectly processed
\r
947 names of subdirectories that use national
\r
948 (non-english) charsets.
\r
949 - gzip plugin could not compress empty files.
\r
953 -------------------------
\r
954 - First level 7-Zip Plugin for FAR Manager.
\r
955 - GUI version with integration to Windows Shell.
\r
956 - Compression and decompressing GZip and TAR formats.
\r
957 - Decompression RAR.
\r
958 - Install & Uninstall support.
\r
959 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
963 -------------------------
\r
964 - Small bug was fixed.
\r
965 - Compression ratio was improved for some files.
\r
969 -------------------------
\r
971 - Big bug was fixed: previous versions incorrectly worked
\r
972 during compressing with files that were referred by
\r
973 direct(without wildcards) paths, containing subdirs parts.
\r
974 - Compression and decompression speed were improved.
\r
975 - -mx switch (maXimize compression) was added.
\r
976 - Small bugs were fixed.
\r
979 2.00 Beta 1 1999-01-02
\r
980 -------------------------
\r
981 - Original beta version.
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