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| Developed by | GPSoftware |
| Latest release | 9. A software developer is a person or organization concerned with facets of the software development process wider than design and coding a somewhat broader scope of A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product 1. 0. 6 / May 2, 2008 |
| OS | Microsoft Windows |
| Genre | File manager |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | http://www.gpsoft.com.au |
Directory Opus (or "DOpus" as its users tend to call it) is a popular file manager program. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function type or field of use A file manager or file browser is a Computer program that provides a User interface to work with File systems The most common operations used A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage is a Legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software Proprietary software is Computer software on which the producer has set restrictions on use private modification copying, or republishing. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Originally it was written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid 1990s. The Amiga is a family of Personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. Development on the Amiga version ceased in 1997, but an entirely re-written version of Directory Opus is still being actively developed for the Microsoft Windows operating system by GPSoftware. Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft.
Directory Opus was originally developed by, and is still written by, Australian Jonathan Potter. Until 1994, it was published by well-known Amiga software company Inovatronics, when the author joined with Greg Perry and the Australian-based GPSoftware to continue the development of the product, and it has been published by GPSoftware ever since.
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Features
Directory Opus has evolved since its first release in 1990 as a basic two-panel file manager. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The interface has evolved significantly due to the amount of feedback that the users have given it. Some of the features include:
- Single- or dual-panel exploring.
- Folder tree (either shared or two separate for dual-display).
- Tabbed explorer panels.
- Internal zip and rar handling (browse them like folders).
- Internal FTP handling, including (for a small extra fee) advanced FTP and SSH (browse these like folders also).
- Flat-file display, where you can flatten a folder tree, and even hide the folders themselves.
- Powerful file selection and renaming tools, with advanced regex if needed. In Computing, regular expressions provide a concise and flexible means for identifying strings of text of interest such as particular characters words or patterns of characters
- User-definable toolbars, menus, filetypes and filetype groups.
- Preview panel, and preview of thumbnails (including animated avi thumbnails).
- File collections. These are like virtual folders that contain links to the original files (unlike shortcuts, these actually deal with the files directly).
History
Release History
Amiga Release History
- Opus 1: January 1990
- Opus 2: February 1991
- Opus 3: 1991-12-01
- Opus 4: 1992-12-04
- Opus 5: 1995-04-12
- Opus 5. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 5: 1996-08-01
- Opus Magellan (5. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman 6): 1997-05-17
- Opus Magellan II (5. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. 8): 1998-11-01
Versions 1 and 2 were only available direct from the author. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Versions 3 and 4 were published by Inovatronics. Versions since 5 have been published by GPSoftware (German versions were published by Stefan Ossowskis Schatztruhe). Opus Magellan is supposed to become available again from Guru Meditation some day.
Windows Release History
All Windows versions published by GPSoftware (German versions published by HAAGE & PARTNER Computer GmbH. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated )
Open Source Release History
- GPSoftware released the older Amiga Directory Opus 4 source code in 2000 as open source under the GNU General Public License. In Computer science, source code (commonly just source or code) is any sequence of statements or declarations written in some Human-readable Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge
See also
External links
- The official site of Directory Opus
- Directory Opus 4 Research Project
- Opus Resource Centre Forum
- Getting to know Directory Opus (Guide)
- Information on the acquisition of Directory Opus for Amiga
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