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    Delta Patcher is a GUI software that can create and apply xdelta patches. It is self-contained and does not require the xdelta3 tool. Version 3.0.0 modernized the build system, embedded xdelta as a library, allows selecting secondary compression, and fixes bugs.

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    Delta Patcher is a GUI software that can create and apply xdelta patches. It is self-contained and does not require the xdelta3 tool. Version 3.0.0 modernized the build system, embedded xdelta as a library, allows selecting secondary compression, and fixes bugs.

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    Delta Patcher is a GUI software that can create and apply xdelta patches. It is self-contained and does not require the xdelta3 tool. Version 3.0.0 modernized the build system, embedded xdelta as a library, allows selecting secondary compression, and fixes bugs.

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    Delta Patcher is a GUI software that can create and apply xdelta patches. It is self-contained and does not require the xdelta3 tool. Version 3.0.0 modernized the build system, embedded xdelta as a library, allows selecting secondary compression, and fixes bugs.

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    Delta Patcher 3.0.0


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    (C) 2022 Phoenix <phoenix_87_c@hotmail.com>

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    1. What is this?
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    Delta Patcher is a GUI software that is able to create


    and apply xdelta patches as the ones supported by the
    xdelta tool developed by Joshua McDonald.

    Delta Patcher is fully self-contained


    and does not depend on the xdelta3 tool at all.
    This sets Delta Patcher apart from all other tools
    out there that are just frontends to the xdelta3 binary.
    Moreover, such frontends do not support some options
    of the encoder/decoder at all, like
    main and secondary compression level for encoding and
    checksum checking for decoding/encoding. Also, they are
    all written in .NET (0_0).

    So, this tool was designed to be self-contained


    (both for Windows and GTK-based Linux systems).
    It's written in C++ using wxWidgets for the GUI components
    and all the needed libraries are statically linked to
    the executable (except for GTK for linux builds).

    Last, but not the least, Delta Patcher is


    GPL2'd and cross-platform: it runs fine on
    Windows and Linux and should compile on MacOS too.

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    2. Changelog
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    3.0.1:
    - Fixed memory leak when applying patches without a description

    3.0.0:
    - Modernized the build system using cmake.
    - xdelta has now finally been embedded as a library rather than an exe that needs
    to be extracted on the fly.
    This should finally avoid false positives from some antiviruses. In this process,
    xdelta has then also been updated to the latest stable version (3.0.11) which now
    supports secondary compressions.
    - Delta Patcher now allows to select the desired secondary compression (including
    lzma), when in patch creation mode.
    - There is no more distinction between lite and full versions. This separation was
    quite redundant and unnecessary (the only difference was in one button).
    - Fixed an annoying bug that would prevent Delta Patcher to open some xdelta
    patches using secondary compression.
    - The Windows exe is still fully self-contained and compatible with Windows XP or
    above.
    - To avoid further false positive from anti virus software, the windows exe is not
    compressed anymore, so it is a bit larger than version 2.
    2.0.1:
    -Added drag and drop functionality in patch creation mode.

    2.0:
    -No xdelta.exe is needed. Starting from version 2.0, it has been embedded in the
    delta patcher executable;

    -More intuitive GUI design;

    -Multiple options for patch application/creation:


    patch application: disable checksum validation
    backup original file

    patch creation: patch compression level


    source window size
    checksum
    *custom UTF8 description for patches* -> patches created with
    delta patcher will show this
    description if opened with delta patcher (a l� PPF-O-MATIC3);

    -Associate xdelta patch files to be opened with delta patcher;

    -Drag & Drop support for original file and


    xdelta patch file in the decoding window;

    -Cross-platform and opensource: modify and


    redistribuite it under the GPL2 license;

    -Multilanguage: Delta Patcher can be


    translated into any language using .po files.
    If you want multilanguage support you have
    to place the "resource" directory along with
    this tool (see source code for the pot file).

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    3. Contacts and sources
    -----------------------

    You can contact me by email at


    phoenix_87_c@hotmail.com, at the SadNES cITy
    board at http://lnx.sadnescity.it/forum/ or on github.
    The full source code can be found at
    github.com/marco-calautti/DeltaPatcher.

    Phoenix.

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