PeaZip 3.7

Posted on Friday, April 08 2011 @ 10:19 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Open Source file and archive manager: flexible, portable, secure, and free as in freedom

create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, *PAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP

extract 129 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF and many more...

BACKEND
Pea 0.35
(Linux) p7zip 0.9.20

CODE
Compiled with -O3 optimizations
Compiled with Lazarus 0.9.30, done preliminary code cleanup to improve compatibility with 0.9.31 and following releases
Replaced TNotebook (deprecated) with TPageControl
File manager related functions moved from pea_utils (dependent on crypto library) to list_utils (not dependent on the crypto library)
Moved application's initialization code from FormCreate to FormShow event
Updated *_utils units to introduce new features for improving and customizing the application
Used pure pascal replacement for crc_hash library units

FILE MANAGER
Automatic hint window on Listview to highlight data about file/folder below the mouse cursor
(Windows) Improved browser aspect in Icon mode
Improved navigation
Added breadcrumb address field displaying up to 8 parent paths
click on names to jump to parent directories
click on spacer arrows or on free space on the breadcrumb to switch to classic editable address field, leave the control to return to the breadcrumb
rightclick on the breadcrumb to show a popup menu displaying full path of parent paths (up to 8) and computer's root
Implemented fast swicthing between navigation and treeview mode navigator
Improved navigation sidebar's treeview mode (Shift+Ctrl+3), navigating a folder updates the selected foler in the treeview
Simplified address bar
Removed history button from address bar (it is featured in navigation button on the left of the address field)
Refresh placed on the right of address field
Search placed on the right of filter field
Improved sorting: sorting is possible also in non-details modes using "Sort by" menu in main menu and browser's context menu
Linked PeaZip's tracker in help menu to help users in filing bug reports and feature requests
Tool bar and Address bar can be swapped in position to give visual priority either to functions or to navigation
Themes: tool bar and address bar can be optionally themed with a texture
Web search: added menu entries to search with PeaZip Search, powered by Google
Custom Search
Various minor fixes and enhancements

ARCHIVING
When creating archives containing multiple files or folders, the archive is named as the parent folder of the items, except if "add to separate archives" option is flagged.