What's new in 4Pane 8.0
Nov 20, 2022
- Compilation fixes when built against wxWidgets 3.2
- When trying to extract an archive, recognise the 'xpi' extension: it's actually a zip
- Provide a better context menu for the Terminal Emulator and CommandLine
- There are now Copy and Paste entries where appropriate.
- Fix Terminal Emulator display glitches
- Fix moving/pasting symlinks when Retain Relative Symlinks is true
New in 4Pane 7.0 (Nov 17, 2021)
- Support for GIO mounts.
- Recent distro versions use GIO to mount some usb devices inside /run/user//gvfs/.
- 4Pane now looks there for automounted DVDs, cameras and smart devices e.g. android phones,
- and adds a toolbar button for each, just as would happen for a usb flash drive.
- Improvements to the QuickFind dialog.
New in 4Pane 6.0 (Dec 30, 2019)
- When moving or pasting files, optionally retain their previous modification date.
- Support extracting/verifying 'rar' archives, if 'unrar' is installed, but not 'rar' creation.
- Previewing images now supports svg files too.
New in 4Pane 5.0 (Jul 24, 2017)
- There is a simpler 'Find' dialog for everyday use.
- When large files are being moved or pasted, their progress is now displayed in the statusbar.
- It is now possible to make a particular fileview order its files in a decimal-aware way.
New in 4Pane 3.0 (Nov 28, 2014)
- 4Pane now optionally shows previews of image or text files.
- When deciding which application to use to open a file, the system's mimetype database is consulted.
New in 4Pane 2.0 (Dec 13, 2013)
- 4Pane now automatically updates its panes when their contents change.
- It's now possible to mount and browse remote data using sshfs.
New in 4Pane 1.0 (Jun 19, 2012)
- There is now a built-in su/sudo front-end for executing commands with admin privileges.
- A greater range of compressed files and archives is now supported, including xz, lzma, lzop and 7z.
- There is better keyboard navigation and better usb-device discovery.
- Stock icons are now used where possible.
New in 4Pane 0.8.0 (Jan 10, 2011)
- There is now a menu item 'Permanently Delete', which really deletes rather than just moving to a can. The selected pane now subtly highlights its header, or the top of its toolbar, to indicate that it has focus. i18n-related improvements, and there are now Italian and Danish translations provided.
New in 4Pane 0.7.0 (Feb 3, 2010)
- Apart from bug-fixes, the main changes are: it's now possible to overwrite files inside virtual archives (instead of only being able to store duplicates); the Options dialog has been altered, and this and several others made smaller so that they'll fit on a netbook screen; various changes to make 4Pane more locale-aware.
New in 4Pane 0.6.0 (Nov 21, 2008)
- This release has a Quick-Grep dialog that provides the most common grep options on a single page.
- The original, multi-page Full-Grep is still available.