PeaZip 9.4.0 introduces support for adding, editing, and removing
archive-level comments in RAR and ZIP/ZIPX files, interactively (Alt+M)
and from batch scripts, on single or multiple archives at once even of
mixed types.
It is now possible to directly add files and folders to archives in
Brotli, BZip2, GZip, TAR, WIM, XZ, Zstd, and Zpaq formats (from command
line, Automator scripts, .desktop files, and context menu items), and
it was updated the (peazip)/res/share/batch folder containing scripting
and system integration examples.
A total of 234 file extensions can now be opened as archives by PeaZip,
with the addition of Apple iWork file formats.
Translations are
available in over than 30 languages, any help is welcome to translate
PeaZip
to new languages and to maintain current localizations up to date, so
please consider taking the time to give a look to translations
repository
for newer language files and for any resource useful for translators.
SHA256 hash
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9.4.0
packages
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peazip_portable-9.4.0.BSD.GTK2.x86_64.tar.gz
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2022 12 18 ..
CURRENT
2023 08 19
BACKEND
Pea 1.14
CODE
Expanded and re-organized
(peazip)/res/share/batch directory with scripting and system integration examples
New sample scripts and
system integration items are now available for directly creating
archives in main supported formats, and for adding/removing comments to
archive
Scripts are now sorted in "bat" and "sh" subfolders
Windows Sendto links and .reg files for context menu entries are now
collected in "Windows" subfolder
FILE MANAGER
Added support to Apple iWork IWA file formats,
.numbers, .pages, .key (Keynote)
When "Try to open archives with errors" flag is set, errors are
suppressed only for listing operations, so the app can now display
error messages when previewing a file (e.g. wrong password)
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING
Added pre-set split size
for Blu-Ray DL, XL3, XL4
Added function to add, edit, remove
archive-level comment in RAR and ZIP/ZIPX files
Keyboard shortcut for
comment editor is Alt+M
Comment can be set for the
archive being browsed, or for one or multiple archives at once (even of
mixed types), in this case the same comment is set for all the selected
archives
Comment can be manually edited or loaded from text file (selected from
dialog or dragged on the form), and can be saved to text file for
future use
Comment con contain UTF8 characters and are limited to 64 KB for all
formats (RAR standard would allow 256KB comments but some Rar.exe
versions does not support 64K+ comments), please note some other
archive managers may not support UTF8 comments, or such large comments
RAR comments limitations
Writing comments to RAR
archive requires Rar.exe or equivalent installed on the system, reading
comments does not require Rar.exe
Cannot currently read comment from multi volume RAR archives, and from
legacy RAR4 archives (but new comment can be written)
ZIP/ZIPX comments limitations
Consistently with 7-Zip and
WinRar, comments are not supported for spanned multi-volumes ZIP/ZIPX
archives
It is possible to set comment from command line scripts with
following syntax:
peazip -setcomment
commentstring archive1..n
peazip -setcommentf commentfile archive1..n
peazip -removecomment archive1..n
New switches to directly add files
and folders to Brotli, BZip2, GZip, TAR, WIM, XZ, Zstd, and Zpaq format
archive, with latest options saved for selected format
Directly add files and
folders to archive in the specified format, with latest options used
for that format (-add2zpaq switch sets last used *PAQ format), TAR is
automatically applied when folders and/or multiple files are sent to
formats which supports single file compression (Brotli, BZip2, Gzip,
XZ, Zstd)
Syntax: peazip (-add2brotli -add2bzip2 -add2gzip -add2tar -add2wim
-add2xz -add2zstd -add2zpaq) file1..n
If no input file or folder is provided after the switch, the archive
creation screen remains open for input
The switches can be used in scripts, and for system integration (links,
.desktop files, Automator scripts)
Same switches in -add2multi* form can be used to integration with
Windows registry
INSTALLERS
(Windows) Add to GZ, XZ,
and Zstd are now available as choices in Context menu entries screen
(Windows) A single re-configuration wizard now works for Win32 and
Win64 packages
2023 06 25
9.3.0
BACKEND
7z 23.01 (Linux, macOS,
Windows)
Pea 1.13
FILE MANAGER
(macOS) Fixed conditional
startup actions on input (open, extract, extract here...)
Added column to display file-level
comment in archives (default hidden)
While browsing an archive, the information popup (clicking on status
bar) shows if the archive type can be edited in PeaZip
Updated Themes
Added contrast setting to Themes
Theme packages now contains customizable, 32 bit PNG icons for archive
file types
Alternative themes with different icons for archive types
are available selecting Custom in Theme dropdown menu
New system icons packages are available to change system icons
accordingly to themes, anyway icon files from theme packages can be
used for system integration on Operating Systems accepting icons in PNG
format
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING
Added checkbox to manually
set RAR binary for Custom / RAR compression format
This setting will allow
Windows users to locate WinRar Rar.exe executable more flexibly than
automatic search, and non-Windows users to set up RAR compression using
Wine or other alternatives
(Windows) Work path free space is reported in archiving and extraction
screens info box, clicking on the status bar
(Windows) Free space on output path
and work path (if applicable) is checked before starting
archiving and extraction operation, and user is warned if free space
may not be enough
Fixes
Fixed crash if the app is
forced to extract to a read only path
Working directory for ARC compression is now changed accordingly to
7z/p7zip backend working directory
Correct handling of .tar extension in output file name upon extraction
to new folder, if item with same name exists in the destination
2023 04 23
9.2.0
BACKEND
(Windows) updated McMilk 7z
codecs v1.5.4r4: Zstandard v1.5.4, Brotli v.1.0.9, LZ4 v1.9.4,
LZ5
v1.5, Lizard v1.0, Fast LZMA2 v1.0.1
(Windows) updated 7z sfx modules
using ones from McMilk's 7z fork
v1.5.4r4, supporting extra compression methods
Can now use zpaqfranz https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz as
alternative backend for .zpaq format
To use an alternative zpaq
fork rename the binary as zpaq and replace the zpaq binary in
(peazip)/res/bin/zpaq/ directory
CODE
(macOS) Fixed open custom
applications
Fixed compression method is now saved accordingly for 7z sfx format and
7z format
Re-organized Help section with quicker access to online updates,
Plugins, Themes, and Translations
Privacy and Security section in main Settings tab, collecting all
relevant functions, including Updates
FILE MANAGER
Minor modification to
themes and icons
Address filed can now set
window color plus button color (new), window color plus accent color,
button color (default), and accent color
New Compact mode for the tool
bar, tool bar icons (for archive manager,
file manager, and image manager) are showm on the right of the address
bar while the tool bar is hidden
Themes were updated
In (peazip)/res/share/icons are now available alternative Windows icons
with extensions, can be useful if file extensions are hidden on the
host system
New options in Main menu, Organize
Tab bar can now be swapped
with Address bar to be shown on the top (as common on Windows file
managers) or on the bottom (as common on Linux and macOS file managers)
Breadcrumb bar can
be shown as plain text address field, KDE/Windows
file managers -like breadcrumb (default), classic Gnome Files -like,
Gnome 4 -like, and macOS Finder -like.
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING
Can now set a custom alias
name for 7z / p7zip binary, to make easier to use an alternative
backend, in Options > Settings, Advanced tab
Improved " Edit non-canonical archive
types" (Options > Settings,
Archive manager tab), provided the target file structure can be
actually read/write supported
Can now edit existing files
in non-canonical archives
Can now keep browsing files opened as archives after edits
Fixed: adding/updating files in non-canonical archives now targets the
intended subfolder inside the archives
Fixed: (Windows) non-canonical archives without extension can now be
edited
The option is now applied to unknow file types only, to avoid editing
known formats not supporting the operation
The option now allows to treat non-canonical archives as 7Z, ZIP
(default), TAR, or WIM files, to support even more derivate container
formats
INSTALLERS
Added Convert scripts and
context menu entries for all platforms in (peazip)/res/share/batch path
2023 02 26
9.1.0
BACKEND
Improved Backend binaries
option group in Options > Settings, Advanced tab
Added option to adapt the syntax for a specific 7z version
at runtime, syntax can now be set to 21.07 release (avoiding switches
introduced later), in order to improve portability of the app to
platform not having latest 7z build available, or when it is preferred
to adhere to an older syntax to maintain compatibility with legacy
systems
Option to use the system's
version of 7z backend, rather than the one provided by PeaZip package,
is now supported on all non-Windows systems; a binary or a link named
7z in system's paths is required for this feature
Pea 1.12
CODE
Various fixes and code
clean-up, improved support for BSD systems
FILE MANAGER
General usability improved
with easier to spot open in a new tab,
open in a new window
controls, made easier to open console in current path, and made easier
to access to clipboard content
Improved smart filename
sorting
Improved search in archives,
Simple search directive (can be toggled on / off from Organize menu)
now applies globally for searches in archives as well as in the
filesystem
Simplified finding duplicate files
and calculating files hash/checksums in the file browser
In Options > Settings,
File manager tab it is now possible to set the file deduplication mode,
fast (default) or complete file content parsing
Updated layout for options
in all screens (archiving, extraction, settings...)
New "Enlarge file browser icons" switch in main menu, Organize to use
larger icons in all modes of the file browser
Updated Themes and
graphic
Themes screen layout
simplified with less frequently used settings moved in Advanced group
Zooming option can now both reduce and increase size of graphic elements
Major restyle of themed and non-themed icons to better match the UI of
modern systems
Updated all Theme packages
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING
Adding files in
subdirectories of existing archives now displays the internal
(in-archive) destination path in confirmation dialog
Can now export as CLI scripts the
archive conversion tasks defined in the GUI
"Archive conversion scripts
allow user's interaction" (default on) in Options > Settings >
Archive manager, Archive group, allows to interactively customize
conversion tasks saved as scripts when launched, otherwise the task
will run as batch requiring no interaction and applying current
application's settings
Improved archiving and extraction screens
"Extract then move to
destination" setting moved to main extraction screen for better
visibility
Added link to working
folder settings (in Settings, General) on the right of the control
Set default output path for archiving and extraction moved in archiving
and extraction context menus for better visibility
Improved responsivity of Windows
context menu, 15 - 40% faster than 9.0.0 release
Improved auto extraction of compressed TAR
archives
Added progress bar for the
auto-untar step after de-compression
Auto-untar step is cancelled if the task ends in error or is cancelled
Fixed auto-untar function when extracting multiple archives at once
Improved support for Brotli and
Zstandard
Can now set option to force
overwriting existing files from extraction screen
Fixed extraction of Zstd files with long distance matching (windowLog
> 27)
Maximize Zstandard compression option now sets --long=31 instead of
--long=27
New option to exclude empty
directories form archiving and extraction operations (7z /
p7zip) in Options > Settings > Archive manager
INSTALLERS
New PeaZip Portable package for BSD systems
(GTK2, x86_64)
(Linux) Updated KDE 5 Dolphin service
menus in (peazip)/res/share/batch/freedesktop_integration
directory
(Windows) New actions for Windows 11 mini context menu in
(peazip)/res/share/batch/Windows 11 mini context menu directory
2022 12 18
9.0.0
BACKEND
Pea 1.11
CODE
Fixes, clean up of
legacy code
Improved progress bar
Improved speed and memory usage
about 10% faster using 10%
less memory opening 250K items archive
about 3x faster adding files to archiving / extraction layout from some
method which were previously poorly performing (e.g. drag and dropping
files to archive)
removed performance bottleneck on selection of large group of items in
the browser
FILE MANAGER
GUI better adapts to size
and preference changes
Address breadcrumb adapts
the number of displayed items on the width of the application window to
improve usability
If the Tool Bar is hidden, main functions (add, extract, test/list
submenu) are shown on the right side of the Address Bar alongside Style
menu
From main menu > Organize it is now possible to set "Sort dirs before files" (as common
on Windows file managers) or not (as common on macOS and Gnome)
Selecting one of the available tool bars (archive manager, file
manager, image manager) restores its visibility if the Tool bar is
hidden
Style menu "..." on the right of the tool / address bar now can
alternatively display the main menu in form of popup menu
Navigation menu can now toggle side bar (navigation, treeview, hide),
and display Headers context menu
Add and Extract actions are now featured at the top level of "Open"
group in side menu and of "Open" submenu in navigation bar
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING
Added new options for
7z/p7zip backend
Added option to do not modify last access time of
input files
Added options to do not follow
symbolic links / hard links (save as links in archives) for WIM
and TAR archives
Added option to limit maximum memory
usage during compression
Re-organized 7z/p7zip advanced options in archive creation screen
The new options are still not available on macOS, as an older 7z
version is available on that platform, not fully supporting all the new
features
Improved support for TAR format, and for formats used in
combination with TAR
"TAR before" action now
applies full advanced options
Improved generation of scripts with "TAR before" option enabled
Compressed TAR archives can now be optionally extracted in a single
step ( atomic tar extraction)
The new option is available
in main menu, Options > Settings, Archive manager tab
This behavior can be set separately for extraction and for archive
conversion, which comprehends a preliminary extraction step
Improved support for ZPAQ and
*PAQ formats
zpaq archives are tested
for encryption, to ask for password if necessary when opened, extracted
or converted
zpaq-specific options are now shown in extraction screen (no longer
needing to go to Advanced tab) whenever a .zpaq archive is opened, or
listed for extraction
it is now possible to extract zpaq archives to absolute, full or
relative paths
it is now possible to preview content of zpaq archives if a single file
is in the archive and extraction option is set to relative paths
it is now possible to preview content of paq8 archives if a single file
is in the archive
Updated compression preset scripts
Updated plugin for PeaZip
Plugin are now provided as
tar archives, to install a plugin extract the content to
(peazip)/res/bin/ directory
From Settings, About tab (also available from main menu Help >
About) it is possible to directly open (peazip)/res/bin/ directory and
to verify installed plugin
From the About screen it is now also possible to check hash of binaries used by the
application against known hash values, as in main menu > Tools
submenu
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