- Altap Salamander
Infobox Software
name = Altap Salamander
caption = Screenshot of Altap Salamander 2.5
developer =ALTAP
latest_release_version = 2.5
latest_release_date =April 27 2007
operating_system =Microsoft Windows
genre =Orthodox file manager
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.altap.cz www.altap.cz]Altap Salamander (formerly known as Servant Salamander) is a
shareware orthodoxfile manager for Windows, originally inspired byNorton Commander . In contrast to several other file managers, it has a "context aware" user interface hiding complexity - for instance, the bottom function list changes on press of modifier keys, just showing the currently available hotkey function set.Its development was started in 1996 as a hobby project by Petr Šolín (from
Czech Republic ) during his studies at university and released as afreeware in 1997. It was originally written inWatcom C++, later in Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0. The last freeware version, 1.52, is still available for [http://www.altap.cz/download.html#salrel download from Atlap website] .The first
shareware version 2.0 was released in 2001 by a newly established company Altap. Salamander 2.0 included support for Viewer and Archiverplugin s. During the development of 2.5 version the plugin architecture was expanded to supportFile System plugins to support FTP and other protocols.The plugin SDK for 2.5 version should be released in the near future and allows plugin developers to create new viewer plugins (for file previews), archiver plugins (for browsing/unpacking/packing archives), file system plugins (for custom directory listing) and tools (like multi-rename or file compare). Custom column plugins known from
Total Commander are not supported.ee also
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Comparison of file managers External links
* [http://www.altap.cz The official site of Altap, authors of Altap Salamander]
* [http://forum.altap.cz The official discussion forum dedicated to Altap Salamander]
* [http://www.kickstartnews.com/reviews/utilities/servant_salamander_25_ksn.html Kickstartnews: Review]
* [http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/10/11/10-windows-explorer-alternatives-compared-and-reviewed/#servsal Simplehelp: Review]
* [http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Servant-Salamander-Review-12761.shtml Softpedia: Review]
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