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News and version history of GoldED
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Please read this carefully. It contains important information about
bugfixes, changes and new features since the previous versions.
Arranged with the newest notes first.
Notes for GoldED 2.31, released 28 april, 1991:
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This release is a primarily a maintenance bugfix release that fixes
most of the bugs reported for version 2.30. There are also a few new
features.
Files in this archive (GOLD231U.ARJ):
README.DOC The file you are reading now.
GOLDED.EXE The bugfixed GoldED.
GOLDLANG.EXE The bugfixed GoldLANG.
GOLDNODE.EXE The bugfixed GoldNODE.
ISO_IBM.CHS A modified CHARSET table which provides better
mixing of LATIN-1 and IBM characters in the same
area. Useful in local areas where Amiga and IBM is
used together.
REGISTER.* Updated versions of the registration forms,
including the new Australian registration site.
For documentation, configuration examples etc., please get the
original version 2.30 release archive (GOLD230.EXE).
News, changes and fixes in this release:
+ New keyword: "CHANGEDATE <yes,no>". If set, GoldED will set the
message date to the current, when you change messages. The default
setting is <No> - do not change the message date.
! I have removed the restrictions on most of the restricted
features. Only the restriction on tearline definition is is still
in place.
- You can now specify a full node address after the NODELIST
filenames, instead of just the zone - like this: "NODELIST
NODELIST.999 2:231/77". The address, if specified, will be the
default for the nodelist. If no address is specified, the first
ADDRESS or AKA is used instead. This feature was added to enable
the use of D'Bridge-style pointlists, which (I'm told) only
consists of the point's nodelist lines, without any Host etc.
- GoldNODE could hang while "Sorting by name". This bug has only
been partially fixed, by rearranging some internal memory
allocations. This means that there may be situations where
GoldNODE makes an error-exit after reading the nodelists. If that
happens consistenly, you can specify a new commandline parameter
to GoldNODE, "-X", which will pre-allocate memory so that it will
'not* run out of memory and error-exit. Please note, however, that
it could slow down compiling (or rather sorting) quite a bit, if
you are using a big nodelist or running in a tight memory space.
- When copying or moving very big messages, GoldED could go dead -
or seem to, at least. This has been fixed. An unfortunate
side-effect is that it takes slightly longer to load a message in
the QBBS messagebase (the old load-method was quick'n'dirty). A
good side-effect is that copying or moving generally should be a
bit faster now.
! If you are a point, and the POINTNET keyword is defined, GoldED
will now always use the "fakenet" 2D address in the message
header. Previously this method would only be used when writing to
the boss. This should fix up problems with points using older
versions of Dutchie.
! The default value of SAVETIME (the internal editor auto-backup
interval) is now 0 (zero), so that you can turn this feature off
by just commenting out the keyword.
- In the file selection menu, the FILEselect <Enter> command will
now automatically select the current file, if no other files were
selected. The subject line is now updated as soon as file
selection is done. The parsing of the file specifications has been
improved.
- AREA -FILE Dutchie is now fixed so that CR/LF at the end doesn't
produce a garbage area.
- The MATCHAKA feature now works a bit more intelligently.
>>> Notes for GoldED 2.31a, released 21 april, 1991:
+ When deleting or moving marked messages, GoldED now pops up a
warning and asks for advice, if you were deleting/moving an unsent
message.
- When changing a message without text, GoldED would hang. This bug
also had other sideeffects, which are now fixed (I think).
+ New keyword: "EDITMENU <yes,no>". Enables or disables the "Edit
menu" that pops up right after header editing.
+ New keyword: "SAVEMENU <yes,no>". Enables or disables the "Save
menu" that pops up right after exiting the editor (internal or
external).
+ New keyword: "UNDELETELINES <lines>". Specifies how many lines to
keep in the undelete buffer.
! Expanded syntax of the BEEPYOURMAIL keyword: You can now also
specify "Always" to make GoldED beep every time it encounters a
message to you, even if it was already received.
+ GoldED now also recognizes the environment variable "DBRIDGE". It
is equivalent to the "DB" environment var. From what I hear, the
longer name is the official one.
- The destination (TO:) address is no longer checked in local and
echomail areas when determining if a message is to you. Now only
the name is checked. In netmail areas, full checking is done.
- GoldLANG produced badly indexed Random System files if an echo was
assigned more than once. This is a long-standing bug, finally
fixed.
+ Random System: New special item "L<localcharset>". This sets the
default character set for each area. This is useful when you read
certain areas where computers like Mac or Amiga are dominant
(there you would define L<MAC> or L<LATIN-1>). This one's for you,
Duncan! :-)
- You can now change the subject in forwarded messages without
affecting the forwarded subject.
! Messagebase sharing now implemented (again). It should now be
possible to run GoldED concurrently with a multitasking or
networking RemoteAccess (or another compatible BBS), while a user
is online. For the messagebase sharing to work, you must enable
the SHARE keyword in the GoldED configuration, and run SHARE.EXE
in DOS to install file sharing. In RA, please set the Multiline
option to YES. NOTE: I have implemented this on the basis of
descriptions given by Andrew Milner (RA author) and testing of the
actual RA reactions, NOT by testing it in practice. I am pretty
sure it works, but I haven't got multitasking/network myself, so I
would very much like response on how well it works in practice.
- There was a bug in the SHARE keyword, which could cause DOS to
give "sharing violation" messages. GoldED will now instead
(probably) give the S-O-S beeping concert and exit with an "Open
Error". This *could* be handled more gracefully, I guess ;-)
- If no destination address is specified, your own address or the
Boss address will be used (ie. if your address is 2:231/77.10, the
destination address would be 2:231/77.0).
- Carbon Copies no longer gets a 0/0 origination address in the
messages.
- Added a new menu item for the READwritemsg menu. Selecting the new
item allows you to re-enter the filename if the file existed. This
already worked in 2.30 if you pressed <ESC>.
- Added CR/LF at exit for unregistered setups, so that the reminder
won't mess up the prompt.
- If you defined macros for the keys <Alt-A> to <Alt-Z>, they would
only work once (until the attribute menu showed). They will now
work as intended.
- The Auto macro didn't work at all - it does now.
- The help system now works in the attribute menu and the header
editor.
- If there is only one (new) msg in a previously empty area, GoldED
now shows "1 msg, 1 unread" in the statusline. In earlier
versions, this would give "1 msg, 0 unread".
- Double FMPT kludges are no longer inserted.
- The PID is now only inserted if the tearline *does not* contain
the string "GoldED" (case-insensitive) *and* the current version
"X.YYz".
- Setting EMPTYTEARLINE now works as intended.
- The default message attributes are now set correctly, also when
using STARTECHO or the equivalent commandline option.
- RENAREA now also works with IMail area definitions.
- Disabling AREASORT will no longer cause mysterious area swaps in
the area selection menu.
- The TO: address is no longer displayed in local and echomail.
Before, it would usually show your own address, which is wrong and
confusing.
- It is no longer fatal to enter an area with no messages. (The
dreaded "0.MSG" bug. You can safely remove the dummy 0.MSG file
now.
- Using Address Macros in echomail will no longer make GoldED crash
horribly :-)
- The "Grey Enter" should now work as expected.
+ Added an extra line of diagnostics to the log. It shows the last
error message issued by the internal DOS or compiler library
functions. The message is not always relevant.
- The internal default filenames of the SIGNALFILE QNETSCAN and
QECHOSCAN were switched. This was only a problem if you commented
out those configuration keywords entirely.
+ New keyword: "ROBOTNAME <name>". There are 4 built-in default
"robot" names - AreaFix, AreaMgr, AreaLink and FileFix. With this
new keyword you can define 6 more. The example advanced GOLDED.CFG
also defines "Raid" and "ImlaList".
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