

Webster's History : Version 0.05
Version 0.05
- Items in the HotList (Title plus URL) are no longer limited to 256 characters.
- The Format of the HotList has changed. The previous format can be converted by loading it into !Edit and splitting the title and URL at the comma, making each entry two lines.
- You can now edit items in the HotList via a menu item.
- All the machine code is now separate (This was the only way I could get it to run after compilation)
- Main window can now be dragged off screen. (Unless the
main
Section of the Choices Windows says otherwise). (See 1)
- Added the option (Via the
Window_Shift_Thingy
option of the Misc
Section of the Choices ) Of keeping the main window on screen when shift is pressed. (See 1)
- Added 'Visited Link Colour', This allows links for files in the cache to be distingushed by a different colour.
- Added
WimpSlot
, Open Edit Window
and Open Save Window
to the Fetcher Choices.
- Added a
Viewer
Choices window so Changeing GIF and JPEG Viewers is simple. (Defaults are taken from the Messages file) Will expand this later.
- The Home URL can now include a hash.
- Allows use of - and _ (underline) rather than = for variable assignment.
- Now supports the <ISINDEX> tag. (Will need full forms support to work of course)
- You now have the choice of Single or Double click for following links (via Misc section of Choices)
- tabs in preformatted text now work correctly (Well Almost!), as do those is normal text (These are currently changed to spaces)
- Supports the HTML extensions to the
<hr>
tag. (This can be truned on and off via the Decoding section of Choices)
- There are now Seventeen differant methods of URL translation for local file access.
- Things starting with
/
can now be in the Archive the page is in, provided the Archive Program puts a $
at the point the Archive begins (SparkFS 1.12 works, not sure about later versions or other programs)
- The Choices, CacheData and Fonts files have moved into a directory called Choices. (The Choices file has also been renamed Choices1)
- Should support the sending of forms. (See 2)
- You need to set the POST fetcher to
Call Standard Fetcher
.
- Also required is an Application that supports the 'PostRequest' message, whose number is &4A244 (I don't know of any!)
- Assumes that I have the Syntax of the Fetcher request right.
- Displaying of Forms is still not complete, but the basics should be OK.
- Use this at your own risk. (See Disclaimer).
- A
TELNET
fetcher for KA9Q is now supplied. This has only been tested to KA9Q. (See 3)
- The
Standard
EMailRequest message system is now supported (Message number &4A246). For this to work set the MAILTO fetcher to Call Standard Fetcher
(See 2)
- BASE tag is now implemented. (All relative URLs on the page will be relative to this)
- Added
height
and width
attributes to Images. Their correctness depends on the Gif translator.
- I think I have fixed the horizontal formatting problems (missing spaces and extra gaps where tags occur)
- Fixed History list bug that stopped you going back one page then forwards one page.
- The size of the History List can now be restricted via the
Maximum Length of History List
entry in the Misc
section of the Choices windows.
- This version is also complieable. This is 2 to 3 times faster but 4 times the size and liable to Crash!
- This is not generally available, if you haven't been offered it, please don't ask.
- You can compile this your self using RiscBasic version 3.07 (or later). I would advise turning debug and stacktest on. The WimpSlot should be about 64k bigger than the compiled program.
NOTES
- A reload of the page is required for any change to be fully effective.
- This is Untested!
- This is untested for remote sites.
Andrew Pullan, 22nd January 1995