MacTar Release Notes

October 18, 1999: Version 4.2.1

• fixed a bug which sometimes corrupted text files extracted with DOS line endings while using Internet Config

July 3, 1999: Version 4.2

• added support for drag-and-drop archiving of folders and disks

• added support for Internet Config file mappings

• added automatic linefeed conversion for both creation and extraction

• file names longer than 31 characters are now abbreviated in the middle, rather than failing to extract at all

June 18, 1999: Version 4.1

• obtained code from Craig Ruff; updated extensively to compile under CWPro4

• added support for drag-and-drop (or double-click) extraction of tar archives

• added "[MORE]" and "[DONE]" indicators to the "Press any key to continue" prompts

• updated the Choose Folder dialog

• changed the default file creator to BBEdit ('R*ch')

• changed about box and icons, fixed a menu typo or two