Krusader 1.70.1 "Round Robin"
=============================
The Krew is pleased to announce the stable release of Krusader 1.70.0.
Introducing many new, expert features as well as many operational and
visibility enhancements. With this release Krusader is heading straight
to its second milestone, bringing a feature rich file manager with new
technologies and standards to the Linux desktop. We would like to thank
the developers, translators, and the rest of the community for keeping
us sharp, for beta testing and using our file manager and for your
feedback, which makes this product one of the greatest.

IMPORTANT: Remove your krusaderui.rc
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If you are upgrading from the 1.60.x series, please remove your
~/.kde/share/apps/krusader/krusaderui.rc file after installation!
(Else you won't see new menu entries. But please note:
this will also reset all your changes on toolbars and shortcuts!)
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IMPORTANT: Crashes in Krusader caused by Qt 3.3.5
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We've been getting a lot of emails and bug reports regarding random
crashes in Krusader, especially during some file operations (copy/move
etc.). These crashes are related to Qt 3.3.5 and NOT Krusader.
It seems that Qt 3.3.5 introduced a serious bug which is now causing
random crashes in many KDE applications including Konqueror. You can
google for it to find out more. 

As far as we know, debian and suse already posted new Qt binaries that
fix the problem, and gentoo has masked Qt 3.3.5 completely.
As for now, you either need Qt 3.3.4 or a fixed Qt 3.3.5, depending on
your distribution. For more information is available on our website at
http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1407
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Krusader v1.70.x contains over 40 changes, bug fixes and updates in
response to reports and requests from our users. The highlights are:

New Modules/Features
--------------------
* New zip/tar slave - based on KDE's but support writing to archive
* A Safari-like Jump-Back feature (Ctrl-J and in the bookmark-menu)
* Quick Navigation: hold the CTRL button and move the mouse over the
  text in the url bar to see this new feature in action
* Checksum creation/verification mechanism that supports md5, sha1,
  sha256, tiger, whirlpool. external supported tools are md5deep and
  cfv.
* Editor/viewer is now tabbed. Configure it in General->Viewer
* Viewer has a new placeholder for the UserActions which allows
  to open the viewer with different view- and window-modes:
  %_View("filename", "view-mode", "window-mode")%
* Filters for selecting files - click "select files" to see how
* Column types can be changed and saved individually to each panel
  (each side). right click on the column names to use this mechanism
* When searching for text inside files, the result will display the
  line in which the requested was found.
* Select remote encoding menu for fish, ftp and sftp protocols.
  Accessible via a new subemenu in the Command menu.
* One can now Synchronize selected files, via right-click menu


Improvements
------------
* Synchronizer is now in color!
* Calculate space in archives and remote FS (KDE >= 3.3.0) 
* Improved performance when reading directories with many files 
* New permissions column as octal numbers
* Preserve date for local targets on copy / move operations
* Starting krusader with more tabs,
  using --left=tab1,tab2,tab3 --right=tab4,tab5
* Use WhatsThis in favour of tooltips where reasonable
  and more ...


Usability
---------
* Ctrl-L goes to the location bar (url bar), as in konqueror and firefox
* Ctrl-Alt-ENTER opens the selected folder in a new tab
* Alt-Ctrl-S creates a new symlink
* Ctrl-H opens the history list on the current panel (much like ctrl-d)
* When starting krusader for the first time, auto detection of tools is
  displayed in a more coherent and good looking way
* Trash, delete and shred options are added directly into the right
  click menu
* Right-click menu now has a "Create new" submenu
* New "clear location bar" button, a-la Konqueror
* Krusader's icon is set according to user's priveldges


Translations
------------
* Many new and updated :-)
* i18n multiple plural support


Changes since 1.70.0-beta1 include (but not limited to):
--------------------------------------------------------
* Improvements in the checksum module
* More control over the terminal emulator (requested feature)
* Our modified KIO-TAR is now built only when passing --with-kiotar to
  configure
* Bugfixes to bookmarks, viewer and much more
* A fix for a nasty bug that was plagueing people with gcc 4.x


Changes since 1.70.0-beta1 include (but not limited to):
--------------------------------------------------------
* New icons and artwork by our contest winner Andrew Neupokoev
* A splashscreen based on the contest artwork
* Bug fixes, bug fixes, bug fixes


Changes since 1.70.0 include (but not limited to):
--------------------------------------------------
* Security fix: prevents passwords from being stored in cleartext in
  bookmarks.xml
* Many fixes that have been backported from CVS
* Added a Turkish translation


enjoy!
  Krusader Krew

Notice: if you've got bugs to report, please do so using Krusader's
        website, and not using KDE's bugzilla (bugs.kde.org).

            as always, enjoy
                 Krusader Krew.

                      http://www.krusader.org



+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| To learn what's new, read the Changelog file.                        |
| For bug reports, fixes, patches and comments: please read the FAQ    |
| section of the Krusader Handbook.                                    |
| You can reach us by mail [krusader * users sourceforge net]          |
| or drop us a note in our Krusader forum.                             |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+



Installation
============
Check the environment variables KDEDIR - QTDIR.

Unpack the tarball and go to the Krusader source directory.
If you have done a download from CVS you will have to run the following
command to create the "./configure" script:
$ make -f Makefile.cvs

Installation procedure:
$ ./configure
$ make
$ su -c 'make install'

When you install a Krusader cvs or beta version and if Krusader was
previously installed on your computer, there is a possibility that you
will have to update the krusaderui.rc file. please read the FAQ for more
info.


Need more help?
For detailed installation instructions, please read the INSTALL and FAQ
file. Or read it online at:
http://krusader.sourceforge.net/handbook/installation.html
The FAQ are available at:
http://krusader.sourceforge.net/handbook/faq.html



To checkout the Krusader KDE3 version from cvs:
===============================================
$ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/krusader login
$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/krusader \
  co krusader_kde3
  
(Note: updates from within the modules directory do not need the -d
parameter)

Or download the nightly tarball from:
http://krusader.sourceforge.net/cvs.php


Klik Krusader
=============
If you want to find out if Krusader is right for you and don't want to
go through the whole installation-compilation process. Thanks to the
guys at http://klik.atekon.de/ this is possible. After installing the
klik client, Krusader is just one mouse click away!

klik://krusader = the krusader release in Debian Stable
klik://krusader-latest = latest available krusader-stable
klik://krusader-cvs = snapshot of krusader-cvs

The latter 2 klik packages are provided by the Krusader Krew.


Krusader Handbook
=================
Documentation, detailed install procedure, FAQ, ...
The Krusader Handbook is available in the Help menu of Krusader.
Or read it online at:
http://krusader.sourceforge.net/handbook/index.html


Help Krusader
=============
Here you get a chance to contribute to the Krusader project. From time
to time we'll post things that need to be done, but can't be done by us.
If you feel you can help, click the appropriate link on the website.
All help is welcome.
Thanks!
Or read it online at: http://krusader.sourceforge.net/help.php

Translators
-----------
Krusader is currently available in about 25 languages:
Some of these translations can use an update, please read the next url
for more information.
http://krusader.sourceforge.net/i18n.php

Documentation
-------------
Help is needed (we are looking for documentation writers) for keeping
the Krusader documentation up to date.
Please contact Frank.

FAQ
---
If you have a question for the FAQ.
Please contact Frank.

Feature Requests
----------------
Discussions about new features for future Krusader versions. Please use
our "New Features Discussions/Requests" forum.

Packagers
---------
We are always in need of packagers.
Please contact Dirk Eschler.

RPM Questions
-------------
Please read the FAQ "How can I build a RPM package for Krusader?" in the
INSTALL file. For RPM and krusader.spec feedback, please contact Frank.

Donations
-------------
http://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=6488
Honestly, we didn't consider donations, until users asked us for a way
to donate to the project. Developing Krusader can be a full time job at
times, and even though it is very time consuming, we all enjoy it, and
want to see the project becomes even better. Donations for this project
will be used for further development of Krusader, be it by purchasing
hardware, or promoting of the project.


For Translators
===============
Translation procedure
---------------------
Before we release a stable version of Krusader, we bring out at least
one beta version. From that moment on there is a feature freeze and only
bugs will be fixed. This means that translators can update their
translations, for the coming stable. Normally, all the Krusader
translators will receive an e-mail from Dirk Eschler, to invite you for
translating Krusader. We will update all foo.po files against
krusader.pot just before the beta will be released, so that you will
only have to edit the new foo.po file with Kbabel. This way you don't
have to worry anymore about how foo.po must be updated. In the past some
translators updated foo.po in a wrong way, so they translated obsolete
messages, we want to prevent this, of course.

With i18n_status and ViewCVS to see the live translation status of
Krusader!
http://krusader.sourceforge.net/i18n.php
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/krusader/krusader_kde3/po/
The latest news about the Krusader translations can be in the LATEST
NEWS section of the "Krusader translation howto".

New translations
----------------
If your native language is not listed in VIEWCVS, you will have to
translate Krusader to your native language. Dirk Eschler is the Krusader
i18n coordinator, please contact him if you intend to translate Krusader
to your native language.

Krusader translation howto
--------------------------
We have a very detailed "Krusader translation howto" if you need some
help. The latest news about the Krusader translations can be in the
LATEST NEWS section. This allows that even beginners or non-programmers
can translate Krusader to their native language. Please have a look at
http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=389

Quickstart procedure for translators updating existing translations
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1.
Run KDE in your native language.

2.
Checkout the latest available version of Krusader from CVS. Or if you
are not familiar with CVS, download the latest Krusader CVS snapshot
(nightly tarball) from http://krusader.sourceforge.net/cvs.php, and run:
$ make -f Makefile.cvs
$ ./configure
$ make
$ su -c "make install"

3.
Translate your foo.po with Kbabel.
Note: We will update all foo.po files just before the beta will be
released.

4.
Compile foo.po, for error checking (from the po directory):
$ msgfmt foo.po --statistics -c -v --output-file=foo.gmo
If it reports "xx fuzzy translations" or "xx untranslated messages",
please return to step 3.

5.
Run the commands of step 2 to reinstall the new or updated translation.
Run Krusader and test your native translations.
If necessary fix the foo.po file (redo steps 3-5).

6.
If everything is ok, send the updated translation to Dirk Eschler.


URL's
=====
- Homepage
  http://www.krusader.org
  http://krusader.sourceforge.net  
- Installation
  http://krusader.sourceforge.net/handbook/installation.html
- FAQ
  http://krusader.sourceforge.net/handbook/faq.html
- Documentation
  http://krusader.sourceforge.net/handbook/index.html
- Todolist
  http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=10
- Buglist
  http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=106488&group_id=6488&func=browse
- Forum
  http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/index.php
- ChangeLog
  http://krusader.sourceforge.net/text.php?t=cvs.changelog
- CVSNEWS
  http://krusader.sourceforge.net/text.php?t=cvs.news
- Mailing lists
  http://krusader.sourceforge.net/lists.php
- Donations
  http://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=6488
- Translations
  http://krusader.sourceforge.net/i18n.php
- Download pages
  http://krusader.sourceforge.net/down.php
  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6488


The Krusader Krew
==================
Krusader is developed by a dedicated team of individuals, known as the
Krusader Krew:
- Shie Erlich, author
  [erlich * users sourceforge net]
- Rafi Yanai, author
  [yanai * users sourceforge net]
- Dirk Eschler, webmaster and i18n coordinator
  [deschler * users sourceforge net]
- Csaba Karai, developer
  [ckarai * users sourceforge net]
- Heiner Eichmann, developer
  [h.eichmann * gmx de]
- Jonas Baehr, developer
  [jonas baehr * users web de]
- Frank Schoolmeesters, documentation and marketing coordinator
  [frank_schoolmeesters * yahoo com]
- Richard Holt, documentation
  [richard holt * gmail com]
- Matej Urbancic, Marketing & Product Research
  [matej * amis net]


Package Description
===================
Krusader is an advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager for
KDE and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to Midnight or Total
Commander. It provides all the file management features you could
possibly want.

Plus: extensive archive handling, mounted filesystem support, FTP,
advanced search module, an internal viewer/editor, directory
synchronisation, file content comparisons, powerful batch renaming and
much much more.

It supports a wide variety of archive formats and can handle other KIO
slaves such as smb or fish. It is (almost) completely customizable, very
user friendly, fast and looks great on your desktop!

You should give it a try.
