PeaZip 8.7.0

BACKEND

• (Linux, Windows) 7z 22.00
• Pea 1.08

CODE

• Can now optionally check hash of backend binaries called by PeaZip in order to detect modified ones, from main menu Tools > Verify hash of binaries.
  • Check is performed against known SHA256 (cryptographically strong) hashes of known backend binaries, embedded in peazip main binary at compile time in "checkchash" function in peach.pas
• Can now optionally hardcode paths of backend binaries, configuration, and non-binary resources directories as absoulte paths at compile time as HBINPATH, HCONFPATH, and HSHAREPATH constants
  • This allow to optionally force those directories to be placed in system-specific paths in order to meet specific FHS or security requirements
  • Hardcoded paths must be written as absoulte paths ending with directory separator
  • If not hardcoded at compile time, those paths are by default (peazip)/res/bin, (peazip)/res/conf (or system dependent for installable packages), (peazip)/res/share respectively
  • Of course in both cases those directories can be replaced in packages by links to different paths, if it comes handy to enforce FHS rules
• Re-organized source package to improve usability, and introducing more quick start examples for building peazip packages; sources are now in dev subfolder of the package.
• Various fixes and improvements

FILE MANAGER

• (macOS) Can now correctly recognize Movies directory in user's home
• Added "Open in a new tab" to breadcrumb navigation menu
• Can now export content of navigation/search filter as CSV, from column's header menu, and Main menu > Navigation submenu
• CSV separator can now be customised from Options > Settings, General Tab, on the right of Localization selector
• File manager now displays file size and compressed file size of directories inside archives, CRC column displays files and sub-directores count for directories
• Many visual enhancementsActive tabs (in archive, extraction screens, progress windows...) are now window color for better visibility
  • Default column sizes of file browser are now aware of DPI scaling
  • Search bar in address bar can now be optionally kept expanded (width is remembered)
  • Theme screen reorganized to be easier to understand
  • Theme screen now allows to set more application's color presets; alongside dim and low light are now available Graphite, Plum, Mocha, and Senape applying a non-neutral color modifier to the UI
  • Embedded icons improved
  • Improved themes: updated Different, and Main themes, Gray theme replaced by Minimal theme.

EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING

• Can now remember default archive creation action (force new archive, add, update, sync...)
  • The option will anyway be temporarily switched to appropriate values when adding/removing files in archive through the archive browser
• Improved displaying directory size in archive creation screen: items are now recursively enumerated asynchronously (non blocking) by default, so it is possible to proceed with archiving operations (confirm, cancel, modify parameters...) without needing the input count to be completed
  • Enumeration is skipped to save time in any case when sending directly input to archive, i.e. a script (or a menu entry) with -add2zip parameter
  • Now also "Enumerate folder content" menu entry action is performed asynchronously, not blocking the GUI while counting items
  • Enumeration can be set as usual from archiving screen, Advanced tab
• Re-organized Archive manager settings page in Options > Settings
  • This page can now be also directly reached from Advanced tab in archiving and extraction screens, from "Set archive manager options" link
  • Archiving and extraction screens now focus more on options related to the current task and which may be frequently needed to be changed, while options related to the behavior of the application (expected to be usually set once and permanently) have been moved to Archive manager page in Settings
• For Zpaq format now "Absolute paths" extraction option is enabled by default (in Advanced tab of extraction screen)