Short:    LhA / LhX v2.1 archiver, German docs (!)
Author:   jamie_c@bellsouth.net (Jim Cooper)
Uploader: solar@baud.de (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.