The following changes have been completed since the release of v2.01 and are included in v2.10:

Main Features

• Built in archive support including archives inside archives to any depth, with ZIP, ARJ, RAR, LZH and ACE types currently supported.
• Text mode for speed and other advantages
• Mouse support.
• Long file name support
• Full support for volumes larger than 4GB.
• Online help.
• Many configuration options.
• Colourization of file names by boolean expression.
• Built in file viewer with hex view mode.
• Built in editor with undo/redo and cut/copy/paste ability using the global clipboard.
• Code page translation function in viewer and editor.
• File Find facility combining wildcard file name filters with file contents scanning.
• Calculation of the total disk usage of a directory tree.
• Tree views for quick and easy directory changes.
• Intelligent execution of the different types of executables supported by OS/2 or Windows 95/NT.
• User definable menu including powerful operators such as
  • Run a command once for every tagged file.
  • Automatically create a file containing a list of tagged files.
  • Get input value from the user.
  • List all tagged files in the parameter list, automatically running the command multiple times if the command line gets too long.
• Directory history for changing back to recently viewed directories.
• Easy creation of desktop objects.
• Enhanced wildcard handling including boolean operators (and, or, not, brackets) for combining multiple file name masks.
• Flexible file name filtering.
• Support for 4DOS/4OS2 descriptions
• 132 column mode support.
• Start DOS programs with session settings (OS/2 only)

New Features

• Colourization of file names by boolean expression.
• Redo in editor to go with undo.
• Command line switches to override starting directory for left or right panel.
• Directory history for changing back to recently viewed directories.
• Support for archives inside archives.
• Editing of files inside archives.

Minor Enhancements

• OS/2: Clipserv helper program is no longer needed.
• OS/2: Automatically resize VIO window after changing number of lines / columns.
• Shift-Alt-F9 toggles 132 column mode.
• OS/2: Date format display is now controlled by the user configurable PM settings instead of the fixed settings associated with the system country code.

Bug Fixes

• Certain corrupt RAR files could cause FC to get stuck in an infinite loop.
• In viewer, search match highlight was wrong if not using 8 size tabs and there are tabs on the line before match and the line is wrapped.
• Editor doesn't report failure to save to a write protected disk.
• Changing to a drive on which the last directory accessed no longer exists would cause a read error, making FC unable to change to that drive.
• If CaseFilter option is active for a drive, directories should be forced to upper case.
• Win32: Fixed problem with code pages copying text between FC and other applications.
• Fixed ARJ support to work with files created by ARJ v2.62.
• Win32: Stopped cursor flicker when holding down Shift/Ctrl/Alt
• Stop a Win32 handle leak that would cause failures when doing a File Find 'Containing' search on a large number of files.

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