Worker 2.19.6 - Changelog

What's new in Worker 2.19.6:

November 23rd, 2012

· This version comes with an improved default configuration.
· Some changes has been made to the inotify update, the text view, and the path jump.

What's new in Worker 2.19.5:

September 5th, 2012

· Directory browsing is faster when using the search entry filter (Ctrl+s).
· Enter / to go into the currently highlighted directory.
· By default, the directories are watched for changes and are updated automatically once a second.
· File copy checks free space and let you retry if there is an error during copy.
· The ScriptOp command is able to evaluate command strings.
· A slider indicates the current button bank.

What's new in Worker 2.19.4:

July 6th, 2012

· Clipboard handling has been improved to work better with QT.
· Hints are now shown in the clock bar to help users find or even discover Worker features.
· The remaining time based on the current transfer rate is shown correctly, even if the copying process is interrupted.
· The list of available commands in the configuration can be filtered.

What's new in Worker 2.19.3:

June 16th, 2012

· This version adds xinerama support for better initial window sizes.
· The text viewer supports selecting text using the mouse.
· The path jump command has been extended to hide entries which are not in the same directory as the highlighted entry.
· Some bugs have been fixed, as well.

What's new in Worker 2.19.2:

March 30th, 2012

· This version adds a new command for copying strings into the clipboard.
· The path jump command has been extended to use a persistent store.

What's new in Worker 2.19.0:

February 1st, 2012

· This version adds support for udisks.
· Flag replacement restrictions has been removed in context menu actions.
· There is a new command "path jump" for accessing already-visited directories with some breadcrumb-like navigation.
· A memory leak in the XFT code has been fixed.

What's new in Worker 2.18.1:

October 3rd, 2011

· Temporary copies of virtual files are now created always for access by external programs.
· Some minor improvements have been made for the volume manager and the search command.
· An endless loop with disabled UTF-8 support has been fixed.

What's new in Worker 2.18.0:

July 17th, 2011

· File search has been improved.
· It is now possible to open any number of search windows and do multiple searches in parallel.
· Some minor bugs have been fixed.

What's new in Worker 2.17.13:

June 3rd, 2011

fixes:
· fixed bug in directory reload which prevented attributes from the directory cached to be restored (if version string compare is enabled)

other changes:
· updated Czech translation (Thanks to Petr Korviny)

What's new in Worker 2.17.12:

May 30th, 2011

· The search for entries in the list view (started by hitting Ctrl-s) has been improved to support flexible matching, so entered strings must not match exactly but only the characters must appear somewhere in the filename.
· There is also simple TAB completion.
· The default search function has been changed to use a natural string compare, but it can be disabled in the general settings.
· There is also a new command to switch button banks. Some translations has been updated.

What's new in Worker 2.17.11:

March 18th, 2011

· A text view mode has been added for quick viewing text files.
· The text view has been improved to automatically read more content of the viewed file.
· The search operation has been improved to prevent endless loops when searching inside archives.
· The list of available commands in the configuration is now divided into categories for easier access.
· There is now a popup menu for tabs.
· Text view scrolling has been fixed, and there is a message if an external command exits with a non-zero return code.

What's new in Worker 2.17.9:

September 1st, 2010

New features:

· the bookmark manager now stores the number of accesses for each bookmark. When using "find-as-you-type" the entry with most uses is suggested making typical bookmark usage much faster.
· added configuration option to use a custom font for the file viewer.
· the file viewer is now asynchronous so a window does not need to be closed to continue. Due to internal limitations the file viewer window may not react in every situation.
· added support for ejecting devices and closing trays in the volume manager. The list of volumes can also be updated without closing the window. The command to eject or to close the tray can be configured in the volume manager settings in case HAL support is not available.

Fixes:

· file type recognition based on libmagic now works also on symlinked files.

Other changes:

· updated Latvian translation (Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
· updated Czech translation (Thanks to Petr Korviny)
· new Ukrainian translation and updated Russian translation (Thanks to Pavlo Greenberg)
· updated Italian catalog (Thanks to Giulio Canevari)
· added worker.desktop file for menu entry in DEs (Thanks to Tobias Quathamer)

What's new in Worker 2.17.8:

June 25th, 2010

fixes:

· fixed possible lockup when starting external programs
· fixed color for line numbers in text view

other changes:

· updated Czech translation (Thanks to Petr Korviny)

What's new in Worker 2.17.7:

June 17th, 2010

new features:

· it is now possible to enter new labels in the popup menu.
· for own command and "start prog" command the output of the external program can be displayed with the internal viewer.
· added new column to show file sizes in a human readable format (mb,gb,...)
· the volume manager now also shows the volume label and size (if reported by HAL).

fixes:

· new device detection didn't work correctly if hal and fstab entries are mixed.
· fixed wrong number display with thousands separator that uses more than one byte (utf8).
· fixed small visual glitch with list view redraw when moving files. If a dialog comes up it was possible that the wrong entry was displayed.

other changes:

· files which cannot be stat'ed will be visible in the list view now. A dialog will no longer come up.
· devices hidden in the volume manager will not be reported as new.
· when opening the bookmark manager a best matching entry will be searched if the currently active entry is not stored as a bookmark.
· changed method to run external programs which also makes the cygwin workaround flag in the configure script unnecessary.
· slightly improved determination of free space to reduce update delays.

What's new in Worker 2.17.6:

March 2nd, 2010

New features:

· the event handling has been improved so the process does not wake up too often. That might be beneficial for laptop users to save battery power.
· Worker now opens a dialog when new devices become available to ask what to do with them (mount them, open volume manager or do nothing). There is a new option in the volume manager section to disable this behavior.
· it is now possible to sort the file list by file permissions
· the layout configuration has an additional option to apply the list view weight relatively to the active side. That makes it possible to set the current side to 80% of the window width regardless of whether it is the left or right side.
· there is a new command option --config to choose a different configuration directory.

Other changes:

· HAL support status is shown in about window.
· improved built-in configuration to be slightly more useful in case no other configuration is found.
· the button for editing the list of hidden devices in the volume manager has been removed, the dialog can be accessed with the secondary button function of the hide button.

Fixes:

· improved detection of new devices. Sometimes they were reported multiple times or never (if they have been reconnected).

What's new in Worker 2.17.4:

June 3rd, 2009

new features:
· added "change layout" operation to change the main window layout during runtime
· different weights may be used for the list views
· added option to the "search entry" operation to match inside file name
· Worker shows possible keys for double shortkeys in the state bar
fixes:
· fixed message about importing special file types, original and new one was swapped
· fixed bug for label colors, it was possible that a color from an entry in a sub directory was used instead of the correct one
other changes:
· added Latvian translation(Thanks to Einars Sprugis)
· changed tab text to only show base name instead of full path
added some hotkeys to default configuration for layout changes:
· Ctrl+l 1 will make left list view wider (80%/20% partitioning)
· Ctrl+l 2 will make both list views use 100% of the window width
· added some hotkeys to show current path on the other side in a new tab (Alt+o and Alt+Shift+o)
· the "go to directory" operation now accepts file names and will highlight the given file in the corresponding directory.
· There is an example button "go symlink" to follow a symlink to its real destination changed mount/unmount button to give some message if the operation failed

What's new in Worker 2.17.3:

March 13th, 2009

· This release fixes a compilation problem with newer gcc versions.
· The Polish and Czech translations have been updated.

What's new in Worker 2.17.2:

March 6th, 2009

· This release adds tabs for the directory views.
· There are some configuration improvements, and the Czech and Slovak translations have been updated.

What's new in Worker 2.17.1:

December 19th, 2008

· This release fixes a bug in the bookmark dialog that was introduced in the previous version.

What's new in Worker 2.17.0:

November 13th, 2008

· This release adds support for file labels with different colors.
· Labels can be set by using the context menu or a new command.
· The file view may be filtered to just show labeled entries.
· The bookmark system has been improved to support the new labels.
· The find dialog has additional options for modification time and size limits.
· There are also some minor bugfixes.