Short: LhA / LhX v2.1 archiver, German docs (!)
Author:
[email protected] (Jim Cooper)
Uploader:
[email protected] (Martin Baute)
Version: 2.1
Type: util/arc
Replaces: util/arc/LhA.lha
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NOTE: The binaries in this archive are unchanged from the previous
version. I did put it together for two reasons:
- since May 17th, a German translation of LhA.guide has been available.
Jim did not put together a new release since then, so I made one on
my own.
- the distribution is now self-extracting; although most Amiga users
already have a working copy of LhA available, it is nevertheless
somewhat stupid do distribute an archiver utility archived in it's
own format...
Have fun.
Martin Baute
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LhA v2 finally hits the streets. And with it, a new Web site.
http://lha.warped.com
Most frequent updates will always be posted to this new site first, with
only occasional (major) updates sent to Aminet.
History:
2.1 Jim Cooper & David Tritscher
Fix probs with -Qm & too narrow windows. (Jim)
Final cleanups, etc. before new Aminet release. (Jim)
Set up Web site - lha.warped.com - plain, but functional. (Jim)
AMINET RELEASE
2.0 Jim Cooper & David Tritscher
Got filename 'munging' working for all progress types. (Jim)
Use Amiga private escape sequences (aWSR, aWBR) to get console
size, instead of ACTION_DISK_INFO packet. Doesn't block /AUTO
windows any more. (Jim)
Cleaned up docs, documented new features, etc. (Jim)
NEW RELEASE
1.110 Jim Cooper & David Tritscher
A bit more gain on compression. (David)
Added '-D4' progress display. (Jim)
Disabled '-1' (-lh4-) for compression, since the format is old,
slow, and pretty much worthless. Still support -lh4- on extract,
for support of older archives. (Jim & David)
Changed the Default status of a few of the options, to bring the
operation more in line with the way other versions of LhA (on
UNIX & PC) operate. (Jim)
Changed the way 'inverse video' is turned off - instead of just
resetting the console to 'normal', it uses the specific 'inverse
off' code. Should help those who normally run their console in
non-default modes (eg, different colors, etc.). (Jim)
BETA RELEASE
1.100 Jim Cooper & David Tritscher
Changed algorithms for compression - now compresses smaller than
old LhA, and does it faster! (David)
Added '-lh6-' compression format, to catch up with LhA for UNIX.
(David)
Added command line support for '-lh6-' usage. (Jim & David)
Fixed _ancient_ bug (crashed LhA 1.3x, 1.5x, etc.) with corrupt
partial archives. (Jim)
Plugged multiple holes in old code that could have resulted in
crashes. (Jim & David)
Updated docs, usage, etc. (Jim)
BETA RELEASE
1.99 Jim Cooper & David Tritscher
Remaining ASM code converted up to C. Start working on changes
to speed up code, fix old (& new :-) bugs, and add new features.
INTERNAL ONLY
1.98 Jim Cooper
Squashed the "doesn't work with spaces in names" bug a few
people noticed.
Sent directly to folks who reported bugs mentioned as 'fixed' in
earlier entries, since I couldn't get this one uploaded to
Aminet.
1.97 Jim Cooper
INTERNAL
1.96 Jim Cooper
<sigh> Too soon, not enough checking, etc... last "fix" broke ^C
handling. Fixed.
1.95 Jim Cooper
Oops. Wasn't flushing the output buffer for "Overwrite..."
message.
1.94 Jim Cooper
First Aminet release after taking over from Stefan.
<1.94 Stefan Boberg
With many thanks from the Amiga community.
TODO:
(In no particular order.)
- Show progress for 'stored' files. Stefan's code never did.
- Change from current buffered I/O to ASyncIO.
- Add "-Q" option to disable ASync, for whatever reason. :-)
- Support changing compression format for 'y' command.
- Support hard/soft links.
- Document multivolume archiving better.
- Volume swap prompt change.
- -e should cause '-lhd-' entries for ALL dirs, to preserve datestamp/attributes.
- Improve compression even more
- Ports to various other 'platforms', including Windoze, PowerUp, WarpOS, ...
- Localize LhA output. Lots of folks either don't speak English, or would
just be more comfortable seeing messages in their own language.
- More translated versions of these docs.
- Cancel button for gfx progress... maybe. ^C still works fine on main task,
but that isn't obvious to GUI users.
- Speedups, tweaks, rest of code cleaned up, etc., etc., etc.
Enjoy.
