Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 14:53:00 -0400 From: Subject: [VOICENWS] SW: DFSee 14.7 released ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice dot org ++ From: jvwDESPAM at DESPAMdfsee dot com DFSee version 14.7 has been released. MINOR release, meaning you get it for FREE if you have a 14.x key already. However, thare are some nice new features and some bug fixes in there! - Identification of, and protection of UNKnown, enCRyPted and LargeFloPpy disks - The OS/2 version now can be updated from the web using the Help menu (Get ...) (requires a functioning WGET utility to be present) - Linux and macOS screen handling has been enhanced to allow screens up to 768 characters wide, and the colors have been tuned further for readability - Keyboard in Linux and macOS has been enhanced with Ctrl-Arrows and Shift-Fkeys - HEX editor update for large screens and using 4K object size by default - the Linux bootable USB stick DFSee-PUPPY has been updated to 14.7 too See the screenshots and additional info at: http://www.dfsee dot com/dfsee/cdrom#usb Note: existing users of the PUPPY stick can update directly using the menu: Help-> Program Updates / Downloads -> Get latest STABLE update (Will work with the regular Linux and macOS versions too, if WGET is there) DFSee is a very powerful disk-utility with disk partitioning, smart imaging or cloning of partitions or complete disks, filesystem and disk analysis, directory/file browsing with edit/view/copy capabilities including limited UNDELETE. More details at: http://www.dfsee dot com/dfsee/ Direct download links from the DFSee website: http://www.dfsee dot com/dfsee/dfsee14x.zip http://www.dfsee dot com/dfsee/dfsee14x.msi http://www.dfsee dot com/dfsee/dfsee14x_warpin.exe http://www.dfsee dot com/dfsee/dfsee14x_dsk.zip http://www.dfsee dot com/dfsee/dfsee14x_linux.tgz http://www.dfsee dot com/dfsee/dfsee14x_iso.zip http://www.dfsee dot com/dfsee/dfsee14x_stick_iso.zip Or from the HOBBES website: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee147.zip or (after processing): http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=dfsee&pushbutton=Search Functional changes since 14.6 - ABOUT: Show DFSee/TxLib build-date to YYYY-MM-DD for consistency - ABOUT: Accept s-F4 as shortcut key, works from all Unix terminals - Clearly identify/present (free)space for non partitionable disks - DISK: Recognize another MBR variant 'IBM Thinkpad factory preload' - HEXED: Avoid changing item-size (sectors) on using GOTO (Ctrl-G) - HEXED: Default item size 4KiB (block); Overrule with 'edit -s:n' - HEXED: Mouse click on ASCII [ or past ] columns to scroll UP/DN - HEXED: Slightly different color for buffer before/after current - HEXED: Speed up initial loading by optimizing first window paint - HEXED: Tune window width for up to 128 HEX columns; relSN value - HFS: Correctly identify HFS SB in 4096 byte sector size disks - Kbd: treat shift-up/dn/left/right/pgup/pgdn just as Ctrl or Alt - Kbd: shift-F5/F7/F8/F10/F12 alias for Alt-Fx on UNIX (windowing) - Kbd: Linux: new rxvt codes ctrl-arrows/PgUp/PgDn Ctrl/Shift-Fkey - LOG: Fixed rotating '-m:size' limitted log on mac/Linux platform - LUKS: Recognize 'Linux Unified Key Setup' in sectordata, display - LVM: Work on MBR-style disks only (not on GPT, FLP or CRP style) - Linux: Probing for NVMe SSD, HVM virtuals and MMC (SD) devices - MAP/ALLOC: Support and use screen widths up to 768 columns wide - MAP/PART: Enhanced 'partitioning style' to: MBR, GPT, FLP or CRP - MAP: Detect LUKS encrypted disks/partitions, show relevant info - MAP: Optimize color usage for max diversity on various platforms - MENU: Extra spacing between menuheaders if wider than 100 columns - MOUSE: No scroll but OPEN on click right-side of drop-down-menu - NEWMBR on large-flop or LUKS-crypted fails in batch or OEM-engine - NEWMBR on large-flop or LUKS-crypted, extra warning in confirm - NEWMBR without parameters does CURRENT disk ('.'), not ALL ('*') - OS/2: External commands without need for extra to start - OS/2: Filter WGET progress output to re-use the same line in SB - OS/2: Filter WGET progress output, no repeated lines in the log - OS/2: Fixed version number in DFSHIST.TXT and WPI distribution - OUTPUT: Accept shift-arrow keys etc to scroll the output window - OUTPUT: No command timestamp when echo is supressed for a command - PART: Default block/clustersize 4096 bytes (when no bootsec value) - PART: Encrypted GPT partition info, with FileVault header data - PART: Fixed crash with '-b' or '-n' on large-floppy-format disk - PART: Include Encrypted partition info, with (LUKS) header data - PART: Include Encrypted disk info (LUKS) and wider 'info' column - QUERY: New 'query DSTyle' partitioning style MBR, GPT, FLP, CRP - SCRIPT: New variables $_d_pstyle (string) and $_d_cryptdisk - SCRIPT: Updated DFSGETUP/DFSGETPY scripts to report missing 'wget' - UIKEYS: Show key-description as well as decimal TXLIB key-value - UNIX: Fixed bug on terminals over 32K cells; MAX width now 768 - UNIX: More iTem/Terminal key codes (like Ctrl-up/dn, shift-F11) - UNIX: Set desktop to 80x25 if reported screensize 0x0 (in debugger) - UNIX: Support small screen in large terminal window (-screen:WXxY) - VCU/PCLEAR/FIXCHS/NEWMBR: No writing 'untouchable' disks (FLP/CRP) - VER: New command to display single line of version/packaging info - XML: New tag diskstyle="str" = "MBR, GPT", "FLP", "CRP" or "UNK" Regards, JvW ========================================================================= DFSee Home: http://www.dfsee dot com; Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee - mailto://info at dfsee dot com -- For a choice in the future of personal computing, Join VOICE - http://www.os2voice dot org [Moderator's note: All posts are sent without guarantee to the accuracy of the content. 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