Larsen Commander
Updated to V. 0.96B

The Larsen Commander file manager for OS/2 Warp has reached its sixth public release, which is version 0.96B (lcmd096.zip, 278Kb) . You can download it from Leif-Erik Larsen website clicking the salmon above.

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Some facts about the
Larsen Commander
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Larsen Commander is a 32-Bit OS/2 Presentation Manager based File Manager with built in command line and scrollable console monitor. It is inspired by the grand old Norton Commander for DOS and the great File Commander/2 for OS/2.

* Nice, attractive and highly customizable look and feel.
* The program actually works very well, and it is quick too.
* Powerful and user friendly at the same time.
* Built in GUI Console and Command Line Prompt with History.
* You can SET environment variables directly in the shell.
* Support for Drag & Drop to and from the OS/2 Workplace Shell.
* Preserves the Command and Directory History between sessions.
* File Columns are no wider than the widest item of the respective Column.
* Built in command line commands: PUSHD, POPD, R, SET, TAG, WHICH, +++
* Built in command to show statistic summary of directory trees.
* All built in commands can be disabled on a per-command basis.
* Auto filename completion (ala 4OS2) when pressing CTRL+TAB.
* Almost all commands are accessable by keyboard shortcuts.
* Easy creation of Program and Shadow Objects on Desktop.
* Smart dynamic filename search by pressing ALT+letter.
* Platform independent human editable INI-file.
* Full support for volumes larger than 4GB.
* Directory Cache with smart CD command.
* Built in Extended Attribute Viewer.
* Extended selection capabilities.
* Support for long filenames.
* Smart Program Launching.
* Toolbar bubble help.


Changes since the previous public release
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Add: The dialog of where to choose from available drives is now updated by a background thread. This makes it quickly visible on screen even the first
time it is executed. Also, this is better and safer for instance when
working on a network with a lot of mounted drives or in case a remote
drive has a broken connection that would else cause Larsen Commander
to hang for a while.

Add: In the VARIOUS #1 page of the options dialog you can now specify the
default toggle state of the FILES and DIRECTORIES toggle buttons
of the "Select/Unselect Group" dialog boxes.

Add: Use SHIFT+F10 to show the context popup menu of current selected
file(s). This is supported on the console monitor and the command
line as well. The shown menu is the same as if you press the second
mouse button.

Imp: Now using the release tags as are automatically maintained by
the GNU (R)elease (C)ontrol (S)ystem to automatically update the current
version number to be shown in the About-box.

Imp: The Larsen Commander project now uses the GNU (R)elease (C)ontrol
(S)ystem for OS/2 to manage its versions and keep track of the
changes in the source modules.

Imp: The TAG and the UNTAG commands and dialogs now handles QUOTED filter (sub-)strings. For instance: <i>TAG "MY DA*";*.txt</i>.

Imp: The set of word separating characters used when pressing CTRL+LEFT and CTRL+RIGHT in the console monitor are now increased so that not only
white space characters but also such characters as .,;:+- (among others)
will cause the cursor to stop.

Imp: Typing "CD.." (without a space between CD and the two dots) at the
command prompt did not work.

Chg: The program "CHECKINI.EXE" was added to the default list of
non-console programs.

Chg: The LCMD.INI section "[InternalCommands (Traverse to SHELL)]" was
renamed to "[InternalCommands (Transfer to SHELL)]".

Fix: The little rectangle at the lower right corner between the meeting point
of the horizontal and the vertical scroll bar of the console monitor
was not repainted at all.

Fix: The current directory was erronously set to the active directory of
the opposite file panel after a child process was finished. Causing
programs in the "correct" current directory not to be found when
requested to run from the command line. This could also cause some
other problems, such as difficulties when trying to rename a file
or directory in the current directory, etc.

CONTACT AUTHOR

 

Leif-Erik Larsen
leifel@online.no
http://home.sol.no/~leilarse/lcmd/index.html

 

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