Andy McFadden has updated CiderPress to version 2.4. The new version of the popular Apple II file and disk utility for Windows offers a number of new features and improvements.New features include:
- Support for HFS file and creator types in the Edit Attributes dialog box. Applies to HFS disks and ShrinkIt archives.
- Now supports creating HFS disk images.
- Sanitizes filenames for the file list. This is mostly for HFS disks with filenames with “Macintosh Roman” high-ASCII characters, but it also helps with sector-edited ProDOS disks.
- Added Tab as a special keyboard accelerator for the file viewer.
- Added Paste Special to the Edit menu.
- A progress/cancel dialog box is now shown while scanning disks. This is especially useful while scanning CD-ROMs with lots of ProDOS volumes.
Fixed bugs include:
- Fixed handling of unquoted text in DATA statements when importing Applesoft BASIC programs.
- Fixed handling of reserved MS-DOS filenames, like CON, PRN, and so forth. Also, names like con.1.txt are fixed up.
- Added reformatting of Merlin source code to tab the fields correctly. CiderPress does a reasonable job of detecting the difference between Merlin and other text files.
- Added support for HFS volumes up to 2 GB.
- Now recognizes certain not-quite-standard MacPart images.