5 -------------------------
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6 - The bug in 7-Zip 4.63 was fixed: 7-Zip could not decrypt .ZIP archives
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7 encrypted with WinZip-AES method.
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11 -------------------------
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12 - 7-Zip now can unpack ZIP archives encrypted with PKWARE-AES.
\r
13 - Some bugs were fixed.
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17 -------------------------
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18 - Some bugs were fixed.
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21 4.61 beta 2008-11-23
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22 -------------------------
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23 - 7-Zip now supports LZMA compression for .ZIP archives.
\r
24 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
25 - New localization: Sinhala.
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28 4.60 beta 2008-08-19
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29 -------------------------
\r
30 - Some bugs were fixed.
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33 4.59 beta 2008-08-13
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34 -------------------------
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35 - 7-Zip now can unpack UDF, XAR and DMG/HFS archives.
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36 - 7-Zip File Manager now keeps encryption when you edit encrypted file inside archive.
\r
37 - 7-Zip File Manager now allows to change current folder from the address bar drop-down list.
\r
38 - It's allowed to use -t switch for "list" and "extract" commands.
\r
39 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
40 - New localizations: Icelandic, Kurdish Sorani.
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43 4.58 beta 2008-05-05
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44 -------------------------
\r
45 - Some speed optimizations.
\r
46 - 7-Zip now can unpack .lzma archives.
\r
47 - Unicode (UTF-8) support for filenames in .ZIP archives. Now there are 3 modes:
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48 1) Default mode: 7-Zip uses UTF-8, if the local code page doesn't contain required symbols.
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49 2) -mcu switch: 7-Zip uses UTF-8, if there are non-ASCII symbols.
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50 3) -mcl switch: 7-Zip uses local code page.
\r
51 - Now it's possible to store file creation time in 7z and ZIP archives (-mtc switch).
\r
52 - 7-Zip now can unpack multivolume RAR archives created with
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53 "old style volume names" scheme and names *.001, *.002, ...
\r
54 - Now it's possible to use -mSW- and -mSW+ switches instead of -mSW=off and -mSW=on
\r
55 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
56 - New localizations: Punjabi (Indian), Pashto.
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60 -------------------------
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61 - The BUG in command line version was fixed: -up3 switch
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62 could work incorrectly.
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65 4.56 beta 2007-10-24
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66 -------------------------
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67 - Some bugs were fixed.
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70 4.55 beta 2007-09-05
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71 -------------------------
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72 - Some bugs were fixed.
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75 4.54 beta 2007-09-04
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76 -------------------------
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77 - Decompression speed was increased.
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80 4.53 beta 2007-08-27
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81 -------------------------
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82 - "Test" and "Info" buttons now work for open archives.
\r
83 - The bug in 7-Zip 4.48 - 4.52 beta was fixed:
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84 7-Zip could create .ZIP archives with broken files.
\r
85 - Some bugs were fixed.
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88 4.52 beta 2007-08-03
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89 -------------------------
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90 - 7-Zip now can unpack Compound files (msi, doc, ...).
\r
91 - Some bugs were fixed.
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94 4.51 beta 2007-07-25
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95 -------------------------
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96 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.50 beta could not open some .7z archives.
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99 4.50 beta 2007-07-24
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100 -------------------------
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101 - New switch for command line version:
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102 -ssc[-] enables/disables case-sensitive mode for file names.
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103 - Speed optimizations for AES encryption.
\r
104 - Some bugs were fixed.
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107 4.49 beta 2007-07-11
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108 -------------------------
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109 - 7-Zip now can unpack WIM archives.
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110 - 7-Zip now replaces incorrect characters in filenames during extracting.
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113 4.48 beta 2007-06-26
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114 -------------------------
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115 - Encryption strength for .7z format was increased.
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116 Now it uses random initialization vectors.
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117 - Some bugs were fixed.
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120 4.47 beta 2007-05-27
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121 -------------------------
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122 - Bugs of 7-Zip 4.46 beta were fixed: BZip2 could work incorrectly.
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125 4.46 beta 2007-05-25
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126 -------------------------
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127 - New fast compression mode for Deflate method in Zip and GZip.
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128 - New "Compress shared files" option in GUI and -ssw switch.
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129 - Some bugs were fixed.
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130 - New localization: Norwegian Nynorsk.
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133 4.45 beta 2007-04-17
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134 -------------------------
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135 - Now it's possible to specify the size of solid block and the number
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136 of CPU threads in "Add to archive" dialog box.
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137 - Default dictionary size was increased: Normal: 16 MB, Max: 32 MB.
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138 - Speed optimizations.
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139 - Benchmark was improved (new "b" command in command line version).
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140 - The number of DLL files was reduced.
\r
141 - Now it's possible to associate 7-zip with combined types like .tbz2
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142 - switch -mhcf=off is not supported now.
\r
143 - If -t{Type} switch is not specified, 7-Zip now uses extension of archive to
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144 detect the type of archive.
\r
145 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
146 - New localization: Welsh.
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149 4.44 beta 2007-01-20
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150 -------------------------
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151 - Speed optimizations for LZMA, Deflate, BZip2 and unRAR.
\r
152 - 7-Zip now supports file pathnames longer than 260 characters.
\r
153 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
154 - New localizations: Bangla, Bashkir, Nepali.
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157 4.43 beta 2006-09-15
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158 -------------------------
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159 - 7-Zip now can use multi-threading mode for compressing to .ZIP archives.
\r
160 - ZIP format supporting was improved.
\r
161 - 7-Zip now supports WinZip-compatible AES-256 encryption for .ZIP archives.
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162 - New context menu items for .ZIP archives creating.
\r
163 - 7-Zip now uses order list (list of extensions) for files sorting for compressing
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164 to .7z archives. It can slightly increase compression ratio in some cases.
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165 - 7-Zip now restores modification time of folders during .7z archives extracting.
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166 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
167 - New localizations: Armenian, Marathi.
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172 -------------------------
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173 - Compressing speed and Memory requirements were increased.
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174 Default dictionary size was increased: Fastest: 64 KB, Fast: 1 MB,
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175 Normal: 4 MB, Max: 16 MB, Ultra: 64 MB.
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176 - BZip2 compressing / decompressing now can work in multi-threading mode
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177 - Multi-threading mode now is default for multi-processor systems
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178 - 64-bit version now supports 1 GB dictionary
\r
179 - 7z/LZMA now can use only these match finders: HC4, BT2, BT3, BT4
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180 - Compression ratio in Zip/GZip/Deflate in Ultra mode was increased
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181 - 7-Zip now can unpack ISO archives and some installers created by NSIS
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182 - Optional "Flat View" mode in 7-Zip File Manager
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183 - 7-Zip File Manager now can calculate CRC checksums for files
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184 - -x switch with relative paths now affects files specified with absolute paths
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185 - New switch for 7za.exe (console version): -slt.
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186 "l" (list) command with -slt shows technical information for archive.
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187 - New switch: -scs{WIN|DOS|UTF-8} specifies charset for list files.
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188 Default charset for list files is UTF-8 now.
\r
189 - Some bugs were fixed
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190 - New localizations: Albanian, Kurdish
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194 -------------------------
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195 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.31 didn't work in Windows 95
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199 -------------------------
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201 - New localization: Basque
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204 4.30 beta 2005-11-18
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205 -------------------------
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206 - Files 7zFMn.exe, 7zGn.exe, 7-zipn, 7za.exe, 7zC.sfx were removed from 7-zip package
\r
207 - 7-Zip now uses uncompressed SFX: 7z.sfx
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208 - Sfx modules 7z.sfx and 7zCon.sfx now use msvcrt.dll
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209 - Speed optimizations in LZMA maximum/ultra compressing.
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210 - LZMA now supports word size up to 273
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211 - 7-Zip now reduces dictionary size for LZMA, if you compress files
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212 smaller than specified dictionary size.
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213 - 7-Zip now can use large memory pages:
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214 GUI: 7-Zip File Manager / Options / Settings / Use large memory pages.
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215 Command line version: -slp switch.
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216 This feature allows to increase speed of compressing.
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217 But 7-Zip can make some pause at starting of compressing for allocating large pages.
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218 Also Task Manager doesn't show real memory usage of program, if 7-Zip uses large pages.
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219 This feature works only on Windows 2003 / XP x64 / Vista.
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220 Also you must have administrator's rights for your system.
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221 Recommended size of RAM: 1 GB or more.
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222 To install this feature you must run 7-Zip File Manager at least once,
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223 close it and reboot system.
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224 - Some bugs were fixed
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227 4.29 beta 2005-09-28
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228 -------------------------
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229 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.28 beta worked incorrectly in Windows 95/98/Me
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232 4.28 beta 2005-09-27
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233 -------------------------
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234 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.27 beta created incorrect multivolume archives.
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235 - "Duplicate filename" collision problem between names with ligatures was fixed.
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238 4.27 beta 2005-09-21
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239 -------------------------
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240 - 7-Zip can unpack CHM/HXS (MS HTML HELP) archives
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241 - 7-Zip can unpack multivolume CAB archives
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242 - Now 7-Zip deletes files to the Recycle Bin by default.
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243 Shift+Delete deletes files permanently.
\r
244 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
245 - New localization: Tatarish
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248 4.26 beta 2005-08-05
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249 -------------------------
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250 - LZH format support (extracting only)
\r
251 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
252 - New localization: Ido
\r
255 4.25 beta 2005-07-31
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256 -------------------------
\r
257 - 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when it can not
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258 find specified file as in version 4.24 beta. It just shows warning.
\r
259 - 7-Zip now supports standard selection mode in the file list
\r
260 - Some bugs were fixed
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263 4.24 beta 2005-07-06
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264 -------------------------
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265 - 7-Zip now supports right-click Drag and Drop in Explorer
\r
266 - Command line version now supports short file names (like FILENA~1.TXT)
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267 - If there are no wildcard names and there is no -r switch in command line,
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268 7-Zip now checks that specified files exist on disk before compressing.
\r
269 - Some bugs were fixed
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273 -------------------------
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274 - Drag and Drop support
\r
275 - 7-Zip File Manager now can copy files from one archive to another
\r
276 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
277 - New localizations: Extremaduran, Malay
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281 -------------------------
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285 4.19 beta 2005-05-21
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286 -------------------------
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287 - BZip2 code was rewritten. Now it supports 3 modes: Normal, Maximum and
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288 Ultra. In Normal mode it compresses almost as original BZip2 compressor.
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289 Compression ratio in Maximum and Ultra modes is 1-3% better for some files,
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290 but Maximum Mode is about 3 times slower and Ultra Mode is about 8 times
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291 slower than Normal mode.
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292 - Console version now prints all messages to stdout by default,
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293 and if -so switch is specified, 7-Zip prints messages to stderr.
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294 - Some bugs were fixed
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295 - New localizations: Azeri, Georgian
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298 4.18 beta 2005-04-19
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299 -------------------------
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300 - Bug in v4.17 beta was fixed: 7-Zip File Manager could crash
\r
301 after some operations with archives
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304 4.17 beta 2005-04-18
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305 -------------------------
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306 - To increase protection from viruses, 7-Zip now does not open
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307 files with more than 4 continuous spaces in the name.
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308 And 7-Zip changes such long spaces in name to " ... " in the file list.
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309 - Code size optimization
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310 - Some files were moved from main package to extra package:
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311 - Plugin for FAR Manager
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312 - SFX modules for installers (7zS.sfx and 7zSD.sfx)
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313 - New localizations: Asturian, Indonesian
\r
316 4.16 beta 2005-03-29
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317 -------------------------
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318 - Speed optimization (5%) for 7z / LZMA
\r
319 - 7za.exe now supports .Z archives
\r
320 - -r- switch in command line now is default for all commands
\r
321 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
322 - New localization: Uzbek
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325 4.15 beta 2005-01-25
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326 -------------------------
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327 - Z format supporting (extracting only)
\r
328 - 7-Zip now can extract ZIP archives compressed with "Shrink" method
\r
329 - 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when it can not open file.
\r
330 7-Zip just skips that file and shows warning.
\r
331 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
332 - New localization: Frisian
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335 4.14 beta 2005-01-11
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336 -------------------------
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337 - 7-Zip installer was created with NSIS.
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338 Now it installs 7-Zip for all users (under Windows 2000/XP).
\r
339 - Now 7-Zip can create multivolume archives
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340 (switch -v for command line)
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341 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
342 - New localizations: Breton, Farsi
\r
345 4.13 beta 2004-12-14
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346 -------------------------
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347 - Switch "--" stops switches parsing
\r
348 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
351 4.12 beta 2004-11-18
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352 -------------------------
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353 - Bug in v4.11 beta was fixed:
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354 7-Zip created incorrect ZIP archives if file size was
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355 from 3.75 GB to 4 GB.
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358 4.11 beta 2004-11-16
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359 -------------------------
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360 - 7-Zip now shows file names during compressing/decompressing
\r
361 - 7-Zip now supports Zip64 extension of ZIP format. So now it's
\r
362 possible to compress files bigger than 4 GB to ZIP archives.
\r
363 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
364 - New localization: Galician
\r
367 4.10 beta 2004-10-21
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368 -------------------------
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369 - Bugs in v4.0* were fixed:
\r
370 - Some commands in command line with "-r" switch worked incorrectly,
\r
371 so 7-zip could skip some files during compressing
\r
372 - Some other bugs were fixed
\r
373 - Small internal changes
\r
376 4.09 beta 2004-10-05
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377 -------------------------
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378 - Bugs in v4.0* were fixed:
\r
379 - Renaming inside archives didn't work or worked incorrectly
\r
380 - GUI SFX didn't show extracting dialog at start
\r
381 - Small fixes in 7-Zip GUI (7zG.exe)
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384 4.08 beta 2004-10-04
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385 -------------------------
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386 - Bug in installer for v4.07 was fixed: when rebooting
\r
387 is required, it rebooted without asking user
\r
388 - Small fixes in 7-Zip GUI (7zG.exe)
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391 4.07 beta 2004-10-03
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392 -------------------------
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393 - Big amount of code was changed in this beta version.
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394 So don't use it for important data compressing.
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395 And test archive after compressing.
\r
397 - Unified command line interface to GUI and console versions
\r
398 - 7-Zip now can extract or test several archives in one command
\r
399 - 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when file is locked by
\r
400 other application. 7-Zip just skips that file and shows warning.
\r
401 Note: previous versions of 7-Zip had bug, so they can not unpack
\r
402 non-solid and some solid 7z archives with such skipped files.
\r
403 - Command line interface was changed:
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404 - now it's possible to use absolute pathnames
\r
405 - syntax simplification:
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406 was: 7z a a Folder1\* Folder2\* -r
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407 now: 7z a a Folder1 Folder2
\r
408 - now it's possible to use complex wildcard commands, like *\*111*\*
\r
409 - More smart detection of archive type for files with unusual
\r
410 file name extensions
\r
411 - Supporting for RAR archives with encrypted headers
\r
412 - CPIO format supporting was improved
\r
413 - For GZip and BZip2 formats you can:
\r
414 - Compress from stdin (-si switch)
\r
415 - Compress to stdout (-so switch)
\r
416 - Extract to stdout (-so switch)
\r
417 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
418 - Split and Combine commands
\r
419 - new list view options: Full row select, Show grid lines
\r
420 - Internal reconstruction
\r
421 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
422 - New localizations: Friulian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Tamil, Thai
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426 -------------------------
\r
427 - Some small bugs were fixed
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431 -------------------------
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432 - Now you can select compression method, dictionary size
\r
433 and word size in "Add to archive" dialog box. Also it
\r
434 shows memory usage.
\r
435 - 7-Zip File Manager now contains toolbars.
\r
436 - New "Benchmark" command in 7-Zip File Manager.
\r
437 It measures compressing and decompressing speeds and
\r
438 shows rating values.
\r
439 - Some bugs were fixed.
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443 -------------------------
\r
444 - 7-zip now use limitations for solid block size
\r
445 for increasing the speed of random file decompressing:
\r
446 - in Store mode: 0 B
\r
447 - in Fast mode: 16 MB
\r
448 - in Normal mode: 256 MB
\r
449 - in Maximum mode: 1 GB
\r
450 - in Ultra mode: 4 GB
\r
451 - 7z.exe, 7za.exe and SFX modules now support Unicode
\r
452 file names under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003.
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453 7zn.exe and 7zan.exe were removed from package.
\r
454 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
455 - New localization: Afrikaans
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459 -------------------------
\r
460 - Drag-and-Drop from external application
\r
461 - GUI version (7zG.exe) can compress files with absolute paths
\r
462 - Compression dialog doesn't suggest bzip2 and gzip2 types when
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463 there are more than one selected file
\r
464 - Optional auto renaming for existing files during extraction
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465 in command line version (-aot switch).
\r
466 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
470 -------------------------
\r
471 - Optional limitation for solid block size for increasing
\r
472 the speed of random file decompressing (-ms switch)
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475 3.09.01 beta 2003-09-06
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476 -------------------------
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477 - Automatic compression filter for executable files:
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478 dll, exe, ocx, sfx, sys, (-mf switch)
\r
479 - Compression levels in 7z now are:
\r
480 - Fast: 32 KB dictionary, BCJ filter
\r
481 - Normal: 2 MB dictionary, BCJ filter
\r
482 - Maximum: 8 MB dictionary, BCJ filter, max settings
\r
483 - Ultra: 32 MB dictionary, BCJ2 filter, max settings
\r
484 - Updating solid 7z archives now is supported, if it doesn't
\r
485 require repacking solid blocks
\r
486 - -mhcf switch for 7z format now is default
\r
487 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
490 3.08.04 beta 2003-08-24
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491 -------------------------
\r
492 - Favorites menu in 7-Zip File Manager
\r
493 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
496 3.08.03 beta 2003-08-21
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497 -------------------------
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498 - Automatic adding of extension to archive name in Compress Dialog
\r
499 - Some bugs in previous 3.08.* versions were fixed:
\r
500 - Storing columns width inside archives in File Manager
\r
501 - Opening archive inside archive
\r
502 - Quotes in list files in console version
\r
505 3.08.02 beta 2003-08-20
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506 -------------------------
\r
507 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
510 3.08 beta 2003-08-19
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511 -------------------------
\r
513 - Supporting fast compressing mode (-mx=1 switch)
\r
514 - Multi-threading option for Multi-Processor systems
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515 or Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading
\r
516 - Encrypt file names option
\r
517 - New context menu items:
\r
519 - Extract to <Folder>
\r
520 - Compress and email
\r
521 - Internal reconstruction, registry using was reduced
\r
522 - New localization: Esperanto
\r
525 2.30 Beta 32 2003-05-15
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526 -------------------------
\r
527 - New features in compressing / decompressing window.
\r
528 - "Show password" option.
\r
529 - Some other small changes.
\r
530 - New localization: Valencian.
\r
533 2.30 Beta 31 2003-04-29
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534 -------------------------
\r
535 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
538 2.30 Beta 30 2003-04-19
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539 -------------------------
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540 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
542 - 1/2 Panels mode switching (F9).
\r
543 - Supporting Bzip2 compression in ZIP archives.
\r
544 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
545 - Some optimization recompiling for reducing code size.
\r
548 2.30 Beta 29 2003-04-07
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549 -------------------------
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550 - 7-Zip File Manager:
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551 - "7-Zip" and "System" submenus in "Files" menu.
\r
552 - Path history and "Browse" button in "Copy" dialog.
\r
553 - RAR supporting was improved.
\r
554 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
555 - Small changes in LZMA code.
\r
556 - New localizations: Hebrew, Vietnamese.
\r
559 2.30 Beta 28 2003-02-16
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560 -------------------------
\r
561 - Some bugs were fixed:
\r
562 - Updating 7z archives that are larger than 4 GB.
\r
563 - Using anti-items in 7z format.
\r
564 - Compressing empty files with password to zip format.
\r
565 - In max mode 7z now uses 8 MB dictionary instead of 4 MB.
\r
566 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
567 - Supporting file comments: Ctrl-Z.
\r
568 - New key alias for folder bookmarks: [Shift]+Alt+Number.
\r
571 2.30 Beta 27 2003-01-24
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572 -------------------------
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573 - Two BUGs in two previous beta versions (Beta 25 and Beta 26)
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575 1. Incorrect compressing to non-solid 7z archive
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576 when files have some very big sizes:
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577 4 GB, 8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB, ...
\r
578 2. Incorrect percent showing in 7z compressing
\r
579 when files are bigger than 4 GB.
\r
580 - Supporting multivolume RAR and SPLIT archives.
\r
581 - Supporting DEB archives.
\r
582 - Supporting old version of CPIO format.
\r
583 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
584 - New localizations: Korean, Swedish.
\r
587 2.30 Beta 26 2003-01-12
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588 -------------------------
\r
589 - Supporting Deflate64 method in Zip archives.
\r
590 - Supporting Rar 1.50 archives.
\r
591 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
594 2.30 Beta 25 2003-01-02
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595 -------------------------
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596 - Encryption feature for 7z format (AES-256).
\r
597 - New optional archive header compressing mode (-mhcf).
\r
598 - Archive headers now always are compressed with LZMA method.
\r
599 - Updating non-solid 7z archives without -ms=off now is allowed.
\r
600 - Folder creating and item renaming inside archive now is supported.
\r
601 - Supporting encrypted Rar3 archives.
\r
602 - Supporting Unicode names in Rar3 archives.
\r
603 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
604 - New localizations: Lithuanian, Voro.
\r
607 2.30 Beta 24 2002-11-01
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608 -------------------------
\r
609 - Some internal reconstructions.
\r
610 - -m switch syntax was slightly changed.
\r
611 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
612 - New localizations: Catalan, Norwegian, Romanian.
\r
615 2.30 Beta 23 2002-09-07
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616 -------------------------
\r
617 - Encryption feature for zip format.
\r
618 - Percent indicating for some operations.
\r
619 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
622 2.30 Beta 22 2002-08-31
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623 -------------------------
\r
624 - New program: 7-Zip File Manager.
\r
625 - Command line version now doesn't allow absolute paths
\r
626 for compressing files.
\r
627 - New localizations: Belarusian, Greek.
\r
628 - Bug in FAR plugin was fixed:
\r
629 Incorrect updating when archive has no explicit
\r
630 directory items for file items.
\r
631 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
634 2.30 Beta 21 2002-07-08
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635 -------------------------
\r
636 - RAM requirements for LZMA (7z) compression were reduced.
\r
637 - Small bug in FAR plugin was fixed.
\r
640 2.30 Beta 20 2002-07-01
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641 -------------------------
\r
642 - RAM requirements for LZMA (7z) decompression were reduced.
\r
643 - New localization: Turkish.
\r
644 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
647 2.30 Beta 19 2002-04-11
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648 -------------------------
\r
649 - Supporting RAR 3.0 archives.
\r
650 - New localizations: Danish, Ukrainian.
\r
653 2.30 Beta 18 2002-03-25
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654 -------------------------
\r
655 - Compressing speed in 7z format was slightly increased.
\r
656 - New localizations: Estonian, Finnish.
\r
657 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
660 2.30 Beta 17 2002-03-03
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661 -------------------------
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662 - Supporting ARJ archives.
\r
663 - New localization: Chinese Simplified.
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666 2.30 Beta 16 2002-02-24
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667 -------------------------
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668 - Supporting RPM and CPIO archives.
\r
669 - New fast compression mode for LZMA: -m0a=0.
\r
670 - New match finders for LZMA: bt4b, hc3, hc4.
\r
671 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
674 2.30 Beta 15 2002-02-17
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675 -------------------------
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676 - Compression ratio in 7z was slightly improved.
\r
677 - New localization: Dutch.
\r
680 2.30 Beta 14 2002-02-10
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681 -------------------------
\r
682 - Speed optimization for multiprocessor computers (-mmt switch).
\r
683 - New localizations: Czech, Japanese, Polish.
\r
684 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
687 2.30 Beta 13 2002-01-31
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688 -------------------------
\r
689 - New SFX module for installers.
\r
690 - New match finder for LZMA: bt3.
\r
691 - New localizations: Portuguese, Portuguese Brazil, Serbo-Croatian.
\r
692 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
695 2.30 Beta 12 2002-01-16
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696 -------------------------
\r
697 - Bug was fixed: memory leak in Beta 11.
\r
698 - New localization: Hungarian.
\r
701 2.30 Beta 11 2002-01-15
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702 -------------------------
\r
703 - Archive testing feature for GUI version.
\r
704 - Now 7-Zip can use more than 256 MB of RAM in all Windows versions.
\r
705 - New localizations: Bulgarian, Chinese Traditional, Latvian, Slovak.
\r
706 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
709 2.30 Beta 10 2002-01-11
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710 -------------------------
\r
712 - Updating 7z archives in Beta 8 and 9 didn't work.
\r
713 - Unicode version in Beta 9 didn't work in Windows NT4.
\r
714 - Some other bugs were fixed.
\r
715 - New localizations: Arabic, French, Italian, Slovenian, Spanish.
\r
718 2.30 Beta 9 2002-01-08
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719 -------------------------
\r
720 - Program localization: English, German, Russian.
\r
721 - Additional optimized versions of programs
\r
722 for Windows NT4/2000/XP.
\r
723 - Two new match finders for LZMA: pat3h and pat4h.
\r
724 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
727 2.30 Beta 8 2001-12-21
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728 -------------------------
\r
729 - 7-Zip now supports some zip archives that were not
\r
730 supported by previous versions.
\r
731 - 7-Zip now supports new state (-uw switch) for cases
\r
732 when 7-Zip can not detect whether file is newer or the same.
\r
733 - Supporting anti-items in 7z format for incremental
\r
734 update (-u with action #3).
\r
735 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
738 2.30 Beta 7 2001-11-04
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739 -------------------------
\r
740 - BCJ2: new converter for x86 code.
\r
741 - Supporting tar archives with very long file names
\r
742 (GNU extension to 'tar' format).
\r
743 - Supporting multistream coders in 7z (-mb switch).
\r
744 - More compressing parameters for zip and gzip
\r
745 in console version (-m switch).
\r
746 - Solid compressing option in Windows version.
\r
747 - Compressing parameters option in Windows version.
\r
748 - Auto renaming existing files feature for
\r
750 - Overwrite mode switch for extracting (-ao).
\r
751 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
754 2.30 Beta 6 2001-10-13
\r
755 -------------------------
\r
756 - Supporting 7z format in MultiArc plugin for FAR Manager.
\r
757 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
760 2.30 Beta 5 2001-10-02
\r
761 -------------------------
\r
762 - Creating SFX archives from explorer.
\r
763 - 7zWin.sfx: Windows version of SFX module.
\r
764 - Auto adding .exe extension to SFX archive name.
\r
765 - 7za.exe now supports 7z, bzip2, gzip, tar, zip.
\r
766 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
769 2.30 Beta 4 2001-09-15
\r
770 -------------------------
\r
771 - Self extract capability for 7z format.
\r
772 - 7z archive format is default for 7z.exe and 7za.exe.
\r
773 - 7z in default mode now uses bt234 match finder
\r
774 and solid compression.
\r
775 - 7z in maximum mode (-mx) now uses 4MB dictionary.
\r
778 2.30 Beta 3 2001-09-10
\r
779 -------------------------
\r
780 - Bug was fixed: decompressing .7z solid archives
\r
781 containing empty files.
\r
782 - new 7za.exe: standalone command line version
\r
783 (only for 7z format).
\r
784 - Speed of compressing to Deflate format (zip, gzip)
\r
785 was slightly increased.
\r
788 2.30 Beta 2 2001-08-30
\r
789 -------------------------
\r
790 - Supporting the new 7z format with high compression ratio.
\r
791 - -bd (Disable percentage indicator) switch in
\r
793 - Bug in console version was fixed:
\r
794 previous versions incorrectly execute compression
\r
795 commands with non-recursive wildcards in combination
\r
797 - Some other bugs were fixed.
\r
800 2.30 Beta 1 2001-05-07
\r
801 -------------------------
\r
802 - Speed of reading of archive contents was increased.
\r
803 - Bug was fixed: incorrect showing file names with
\r
804 national charsets in some zip archives.
\r
805 - Now it is possible to compress files larger than 4GB
\r
810 -------------------------
\r
811 - Bugs in GZip and Cab decoders were fixed.
\r
815 -------------------------
\r
816 - Opening archive items in Explorer.
\r
817 - Context menu for archive items in Explorer.
\r
818 - Automatic adding extension to archive name in console version.
\r
819 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
823 -------------------------
\r
824 - Supporting Zip archives containing more than 65535 files.
\r
825 - Speed of Plugin for Explorer was increased.
\r
826 - Searching start position of archive now is limited by
\r
827 first 1MB part of file.
\r
828 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
829 - Packet now doesn't contain 7zip.exe, far7zip.reg and
\r
830 far7zip2.reg files. There is new far7z.reg file.
\r
834 -------------------------
\r
835 - FAR Plugin was improved:
\r
837 - Showing process box during opening archives.
\r
838 - Viewing properties of file by Ctrl-A.
\r
839 - Alt-F6 in archive now immediately extracts selected files
\r
840 to current directory.
\r
842 - Some bugs were fixed:
\r
844 - Entering to archive's subfolders in Explorer by clicking
\r
845 items in main window didn't work under Windows ME/2000.
\r
846 - Decompressing solid Rar archives sometimes gave error.
\r
847 - Console version 7z.exe during list operation incorrectly
\r
848 showed file names with national (non-english) charsets.
\r
849 - FAR Plugin didn't execute some operations.
\r
850 - Showing percents during extracting ZIP archives sometimes
\r
855 -------------------------
\r
856 - Supporting BZip2 and Cab.
\r
857 - New program architecture with external
\r
858 compression and cryptographic modules.
\r
859 - Decryption support (Rar and Zip).
\r
860 - New console client.
\r
861 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
865 -------------------------
\r
868 - FAR Plugin incorrectly processed
\r
869 names of subdirectories that use national
\r
870 (non-english) charsets.
\r
871 - gzip plugin could not compress empty files.
\r
875 -------------------------
\r
876 - First level 7-Zip Plugin for FAR Manager.
\r
877 - GUI version with integration to Windows Shell.
\r
878 - Compression and decompressing GZip and TAR formats.
\r
879 - Decompression RAR.
\r
880 - Install & Uninstall support.
\r
881 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
885 -------------------------
\r
886 - Small bug was fixed.
\r
887 - Compression ratio was improved for some files.
\r
891 -------------------------
\r
893 - Big bug was fixed: previous versions incorrectly worked
\r
894 during compressing with files that were referred by
\r
895 direct(without wildcards) paths, containing subdirs parts.
\r
896 - Compression and decompression speed were improved.
\r
897 - -mx switch (maXimize compression) was added.
\r
898 - Small bugs were fixed.
\r
901 2.00 Beta 1 1999-01-02
\r
902 -------------------------
\r
903 - Original beta version.
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