Krusader-2.0.0 "Mars Pathfinder"
================================
The Krew is proud to present the first stable KDE4 release of your favourite
file manager! The development process was all about porting, all dependencies to
the Qt3 support libs have been removed. This is the first stable that comes with
experimental support for the Windows platform. Who thought that day will ever
come?

Even though this release contains quite a bunch of new features our main focus
was to create a KDE4 version that is ready for everyday use. Overall the release
is very usable but might contain bugs that haven't been present in prior
versions. Please provide us bug reports, feedback and patches to make it as
solid as the KDE3 version. Many thanks to everyone who supported us in the
porting process!

The highlights of this release are:

- Archive dialog now remembers Compression level
- View properties for detailed/brief/interviews are merged into one
- Bugfixes
- I18n updates

Changes since 2.0.0-beta2 (but not limited to): 

- Queue manager
  Enqueue operation for copy / move operations
  Use F5 (copy) or F6 (move) and than F2 to enqueue
  Or the direct shortcuts: copy by queue (SHIFT+F5), move by queue (SHIFT+F6)
- Five sorting methods
- Support for tar.lzma (KDE's tar protocol doesn't support it yet)
- Konfigurator mouse selection mode: Possibility to select a predefined
  mode and change a detail.
- Highlight quick search match
- Useractions: added checkbox "enabled"
  and run mode option "Run in embedded terminal emulator"
- The description of a dir contains its size if it is known
- Many, many bugfixes

Changes since 2.0.0-beta1 (but not limited to): 

- Ported to KDE4 not using any of the Qt3 support libs
- Experimental support for the Windows platform
- Send emails with Thunderbird
- Attach multiple files to emails
- Submenus for categories in UserAction menu and context menu
- Select encoding in content search and krarc
- New synchronizer shortcuts

Read SVNNEWS for detailed information about the new features and the INSTALL
file for detailed installation instructions.

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


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| 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.                             |
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Installation
============
Read the INSTALL file for detailed installation instructions.

When you install a Krusader svn 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.org/handbook/installation.html
The FAQ are available at:
http://krusader.org/handbook/faq.html



To checkout Krusader-2.x for KDE4 from SVN:
===========================================
Install Subversion
http://subversion.tigris.org/
And than run the next command:
$ svn co http://krusader.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/krusader/trunk/krusader_kde4
  
Or download the trunk tarball (trunk.tar.gz) with the next url with your webbrowser
http://krusader.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/krusader/trunk.tar.gz?view=tar


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.org/handbook/index.html


Help Krusader
=============
http://krusader.org/help.php
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!

GUI-Translators
---------------
Krusader is currently available in about 28 languages:
Some of these translations can use an update, please read the next url
for more information.
http://krusader.org/i18n.php

Documentation Translators
-------------------------
Recently the Krusader documentation is made translatable!
Please contact Frank if you want to translate the documentation.

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.

Extensions (User Actions)
-------------------------
Krusader supports a wide varity of extensions. We are always glad to see
someone creating something new. Please upload your extensions at
kde-files.org.
http://www.kde-files.org/index.php?xcontentmode=660x661x662x663

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

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

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.

Spread the Word
---------------
If you like Krusader, let people know! Write articles and reviews for
internet or print publications. Encourage your friends to give Krusader
a try. Participate in forums to help others in the community.
Help us spreading the word about Krusader!


For GUI 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 ViewSVN to see the live translation status of
Krusader!
http://krusader.org/i18n.php
Note: Translation status updates are currently out of order.

http://krusader.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/krusader/trunk/krusader_kde4/po/

New translations
----------------
If your native language is not listed in VIEWSVN, 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.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=389

Quickstart procedure for translators updating existing translations (kde3)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.org/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.org  
- Installation
  http://krusader.org/handbook/installation.html
- FAQ
  http://krusader.org/handbook/faq.html
- Documentation
  http://krusader.org/handbook/index.html
- Todolist
  http://krusader.org/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=10
- Buglist
  http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=106488&group_id=6488&func=browse
- Forum
  http://krusader.org/phpBB/index.php
- ChangeLog
  http://krusader.org/text.php?t=cvs.changelog
- CVSNEWS
  http://krusader.org/text.php?t=cvs.news
- Mailing lists
  http://krusader.org/lists.php
- Donations
  http://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=6488
- Translations
  http://krusader.org/i18n.php
- Help Krusader
  http://krusader.org/help.php
- Krusader Extensions
  http://www.kde-files.org/index.php?xcontentmode=660x661x662x663
- Krusader meets OpenUsability 
  http://openusability.org/projects/krusader/    
- Download pages
  http://krusader.org/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]
- Vaclav Juza, developer
  [vaclavjuza * seznam.cz]
- 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

Krusader is a simple, easy, powerful, twin-panel file manager 
(commander-style) for KDE and other *nix desktops, 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, viewer/Editor, directory Synchronization,
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.
