diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 66ba6eb..7d2d75b 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: WHATSNEW.txt,v 1.148 2005/01/08 01:13:07 tundra Exp $ +$Id: WHATSNEW.txt,v 1.149 2005/01/08 01:52:19 tundra Exp $ WHAT'S NEW @@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ and command line help was not portable. Changed to a textual equivalent "(c)". + +CHANGES + +- In previous versions, symbolic links were always treated + as files for purposes of sorting, if a "separated" sort + (of directories and files) was requested (the default). + Symbolic links that point to directories are now sorted + as directories in this case. If you prefer the old + style behavior, set the new option, SYMDIR, to False. + + NEW FEATURES - Added the FORCEUNIXPATH option. If set to True, it forces @@ -56,6 +67,22 @@ - Help and Debug output is now consistently sorted. +CHANGES + +- The title bar no longer has a separate entry to indicate reverse + sorts. Instead, when sorting is reversed, the field name being used + as the sort key has a '-' appended to it. This was done to make + the title bar less cluttered and of reasonable length. + +- The directory path displayed on the title bar is now limited to + 60 characters. Paths longer than this are truncated to the last + 60 characters and "..." is prepended to the result to indicate + that a partial path is being displayed. This was done because + some systems, notably Win32, have very long path names. Moving + to these directories caused the other status information to the + right on the title bar to be lost. + + NEW FEATURES - The RUNCMD feature (default: Control-z) gives you to enter @@ -133,24 +160,6 @@ that the program is busy and not hung. - -CHANGES - -- The title bar no longer has a separate entry to indicate reverse - sorts. Instead, when sorting is reversed, the field name being used - as the sort key has a '-' appended to it. This was done to make - the title bar less cluttered and of reasonable length. - -- The directory path displayed on the title bar is now limited to - 60 characters. Paths longer than this are truncated to the last - 60 characters and "..." is prepended to the result to indicate - that a partial path is being displayed. This was done because - some systems, notably Win32, have very long path names. Moving - to these directories caused the other status information to the - right on the title bar to be lost. - - - twander 3.135 (3-11-2003): ===========================