<s>
Altap	B-Language
Salamander	I-Language
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Servant	B-Language
Salamander	I-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
orthodox	O
file	O
manager	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
originally	O
inspired	O
by	O
Norton	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
development	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
1996	O
as	O
a	O
hobby	O
project	O
by	O
Petr	O
Šolín	O
(	O
from	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
)	O
during	O
his	O
studies	O
at	O
university	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
in	O
Watcom	O
C++	O
,	O
later	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
C++	I-Application
6.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
shareware	B-License
version	O
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
by	O
a	O
newly	O
established	O
company	O
Altap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salamander	O
2.0	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
viewer	O
and	O
archiver	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
2.5	O
version	O
the	O
plugin	B-Application
architecture	O
was	O
expanded	O
to	O
support	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
plugins	B-Application
to	O
support	O
FTP	B-Protocol
and	O
other	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plugin	B-Application
SDK	O
for	O
2.5	O
version	O
allows	O
plugin	B-Application
developers	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
viewer	O
plugins	B-Application
(	O
for	O
file	O
previews	O
)	O
,	O
archiver	O
plugins	B-Application
(	O
for	O
browsing/unpacking/packing	O
archives	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
plugins	B-Application
(	O
for	O
custom	O
directory	O
listing	O
)	O
and	O
tools	O
(	O
like	O
multi-rename	O
or	O
file	O
compare	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Custom	O
column	O
plugins	B-Application
known	O
from	O
Total	B-Language
Commander	I-Language
are	O
not	O
supported	O
,	O
neither	O
yet	O
non-latin	O
alphabets	O
of	O
the	O
Unicode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
3	O
series	O
newly	O
supports	O
the	O
MS	B-Device
Windows	I-Device
7	I-Device
and	O
higher	O
,	O
two	O
binaries	O
are	O
available	O
,	O
for	O
users	O
 '	O
choice	O
:	O
32-bit	O
and	O
64-bit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
4.0	O
,	O
Salamander	O
has	O
become	O
freeware	B-License
again	O
,	O
however	O
active	O
development	O
has	O
been	O
indefinitely	O
suspended	O
as	O
of	O
July	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
