Peazip archiving software

PeaZip 8.5.0 Released (February 20, 2022)
Website (GitHub)
Changelog

Spoiler: Changes 8.5.0

2022 02 20

8.5.0

BACKEND

7z updated to 21.07
pea updated to 1.06
Zstd updated to 1.5.2 (on macOS and Windows)​

CODE

Cleaned up conditional compilation sections which were causing errors in some non-Windows versions of Lazarus IDE
Compiled with Lazarus 2.2.0
(macOS)

Can now open selected file(s) on: double click, "open with" from system context menu, drag files on app
Some keyboard shortcuts are conditionally modified to better fit to macOS conventions:
Command+F find, +A select all, +C copy, +X cut, +V paste, +left open previous item in history, +up open parent folder, +right next item in history, +BackSpace move to Trash;
Shift+Command+N create new folder, +C jump to root, +D jump to Desktop, +H jump to home, +L jump to Downloads, +O jump to documents​

Various fixes​

FILE MANAGER

(Linux)

Added link to devices mounted in /var/run/media in filesystem treeview, when applicable
File / archive browser can now alternatively display larger details, and large list modes (from Style menu on status bar) in order to improve readability and touch usability​

(macOS)

Added filesystem treeview link to ~/Library/Mobile Documents/, which contains iCloud syncronization folder, when the path is not empty
Explore path menu entry now uses open -R reveal option to highlight the item selected in PeaZip when Finder is opened
Move to Recycle bin (Trash) deletion option is now available, both in file manager and as option for deletion after archiving / extraction​

Improved icon spacing

A larger Spacing option is now available
Theme > Spacing option now apply also to the various styles of the file browser listview​

New keyboard shortcuts:

Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut to open item in a new tab
Ctrl+Alt+F4 jump to Downloads
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F4 jump to Documents​

EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING

(macOS)

Added support for Brotli, Zpaq, and Zstandard backends​

Improved compression settings

Added option to use dictionary up to 4 GB of memory for LZMA and LZMA2 compression
It is now possible to use custom dictionary sizes for non- Defalte / Deflate64 ZIP compression
Updated compression defaults for LZMA, LZMA2/XZ, and PPMd accordingly to new 7z defaults
Updated compression presets in (peazip)/res/share/presets
Fixed: it is now possible to change compression level and algorithm using keyboard​

Improved usage of Layouts

From main menu Tools > Apply filters to archive browser, it is possible to apply or to ignore (default) advanced filters for the archive browser, in this way the user can specify filters (i.e. file extensions) to be applied to archiving and extraction tasks without changing the way the file manager works
From main menu Options > Settings, Archive manager tab it is now possible to set a Layout to be opened automatically when starting PeaZip
Layouts can be now loaded and saved from the file manager (saving a Layout from file manager saves only Advanced filters as no input list is provided)​

Improved scripting

Interactive extraction option is now ignored when creating scripts, which would otherwise point to a temporary work path rather than the intended output destination

This behavior can be changed in the configuration file editing [ignore interactive extraction option when creating scripts from Console tab] variable​

Force UTF8 flag for file names ZIP archives is now enabeld by default, in order to better handling international characters on multiple platforms
Reversed a change introduced in previous version: 7z temporary work files during compression are no longer created inside peazip-tmp subpath, because it is created on the fly by PeaZip and would not function if the action is exported as script to be used separately​

INSTALLERS

(macOS)

Moved (peazip)/res/bin directory to correct location into peazip.app/Contents/MacOS/ path
Added readme with installation instructions in the root of the macOS packages
Added sample Automator scripts for Service menus in the root of the macOS packages and, for reference, in (peazip)/res/share/batch for integration with macOS context menu​

(Windows)

Added "Browse path with PeaZip" entry for folder background context menu
Optional integration with Windows 11 mini-context menu

Windows 11 mini-context menu integration is available as .reg scripts in (peazip)/res/share/batch folder
Scripts uses whitelisted IDs
Mini-context menu entries can handle multiple input items per single application's instance​

 

Thanks @JRViejo on keeping up with this one for us.