From: "Tom Wilkason" <tom.wilkason@home.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.tcl.announce,comp.lang.tcl
Subject: ANNOUNCE SnackAmp - 1.3
Date: 23 Mar 2001 00:36:46 -0800

I am pleased to announce SnackAmp 1.3 - a cross platform Tcl/Tk based Mp3
Player using the snack sound extension. This version includes support for
cataloging, mounting and playing of off line media. Other usability
enhancements are also included as listed below. Freewrapped version for
Windows uses snack 2.0.7. Recommend using snack 2.0.7 if used with scripts
on all platforms.

You can get it at

http://members.home.net/tfwilkason/tcl/snackAmp/index.htm

enjoy - Tom Wilkason - tom.wilkason@home.com

Release History:
----------------------
Version 1.3 - 3/20/2001
- Added support for removable media, see user manual on how to use it.
- Split SnackAmp.tcl into separate packages.
- All snackAmp user files are now stored in ~/.snackAmp rather than ~ to
  reduce clutter. This version of snackAmp will automatically move existing
  files to the new folder.
- Font names on the font selection dialog are now shown in their own font
  and a cascaded menu is used to select them.
- Auto-Playlist enhancements
-- Maintain size of Auto-Playlist manager between sessions.
-- Added file list display for Auto-Playlist to see what files are
   contained in selected folder.
-- Maintain scroll position in Auto-Playlist when setting/clearing
   checkboxes in a tree.
-- Using conventional check boxes in Auto-Playlist rather than green/red
   boxes to denote included folders.
-- File list preview of files in selected folder on Auto-Playlist folder
   tree (can disable) - Total files checked/unchecked shown within tree
   structure when selecting a folder.

Version 1.2 - 3/1/2001
- Added autosave/restore playlists (optional)
- Added Logging events to a file (optional)
- Added hot key file to allow user customized hotkeys for main SnackAmp
  functions.
- Made mini-player accessible on non-windows systems via menu
- Sorting now sorts by entire file name including folder name.
- New smaller catalog file .snackAmpCache2, you may delete the older
  .snackAmpCache files after the first use of this version. Note, they
  still may be required of other users that share them with an older
  SnackAmp version. 
- Play continues during a catalog operation.
- Minor changes to text and balloon help on settings dialog.
- On continuous play, the play list is re-shuffled before wrapping to the
  top of the list.
- Restores last Auto play list file used on startup.
- At initial startup and no prior user settings file, a directory chooser
  will pop-up and ask the user to select the initial media folder.
- When new files are detected while monitoring folders for new files, only
  the affected base folder catalogs are updated rather than all of them.
- When update catalog files are detected, only new catalog files are read
  in rather than all of them.
- Internal changes for
 - Main GUI now a separate toplevel
 - List used instead of Array for master catalog

Version 1.1a - 2/13/2001
- DecodeID3V1 in addition to ID3V2 tags, show ID3 Logo
- Made mini-player accessible on non-windows systems via menu

Version 1.1 - 2/10/2001
- Added option to set the various fonts
- Added option to log activity to a file
- Display ID3V2 info when available
- Mini player added
- Time Scale RMB bindings for *nix
- Save settings for default Listbox Height
- Misc. bug fixes & GUI tweaks
- Finds the default config file even if wrapped

Version 1.0a - 2/2/2001
- Changed packing order to allow play list to fully contract


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