MacWeb Developer NotesMacWeb Developer NotesThis document contains Developer Notes for the following releases of MacWeb:
This document also contains Acknowledgements.
1.00A2.2 -------- * Suppressed status line message generated by simple, named anchors. * Modified File->Preferences so new background color is propagated to all open windows. * Added DNS caching. Reported Chuck Shotton (cshotton@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu). * Fixed a couple of bugs in transparent GIF code. Reported by Robert A. Lentz (lentz@annie.astro.nwu.edu). * Fixed bug in "Add This Document" Hotlist command. Reported by Ralph Muha (rmuha@tiac.net).
1.00A2.1 -------- * Added IMAGE INPUT type. Reported by Paul Burchard (burchard@geom.umn.edu). * Added registration of application/html MIME type. Reported by Philip Greenspun (philg@martigny.ai.mit.edu). * Fixed bug in loading a named anchor that is redirected and no longer named. Reported by Denis W DeLaRoca (delaroca@oac.ucla.edu). * Fixed bug in Temp Folder selection dialog to allow selection of Desktop Folder for non-startup volumes. * Fixed bug in parsing of XBMs declared as "static unsigned char". * Modified MainW so it always resizes and respositions all widgets. (This allows the default window size to be changed by simply editing the WIND resource.) Reported by Donald J. Napoli (donald.napoli.8@nd.edu). * Added missing '\r' after each LI to Hotlist SaveAs...html. Added missing UL, /UL, and preceeding "H1 MacWeb Hotlist/H1", too. Reported by Ralph Muha (rmuha@tiac.net). * Added length checking to hotlist entry creation (to correspond to recent data structure downsizing). Prevents menu strings from overrunning URLs. Reported by Ralph Muha (rmuha@tiac.net). * Added "nntp" as a registered protocol equivalent to "news". Reported by Michael Newbery (Michael.Newbery@vuw.ac.nz). * Modified PrefsD so background color can only be edited on color QuickDraw machines. Reported by Krzysztof Szeloch (szeloch@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de). * Fixed bug in positioning of LinkOps menu. Reported by Dave April (april@ils.nwu.edu). * Added more text to AboutD. Reported by Sandy Cavalli (cavalli@mcc.com). * Fixed bug so character translation is initialized from Prefs. Reported by Shouichi Matsui (matsui@denken.or.jp). * Modified password INPUTs so they correctly initialize given a VALUE. Reported by Kevin Morris (finicky@rescomp.stanford.edu). * Fixed random Quit bug (memory being deallocated twice). Reported by Mike West (westmj@esvax.dnet.dupont.com). * Fixed large file download bug. (This also fixes the http crashes on 68000 Macs.) Reported by Eric A Perlman (eperlman@kn.pacbell.com)
1.00A2
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1.00A2d5
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* Fixed bug in wwwConfirmMessage -- it wasn't including args in message.
* Fixed bug in View Suffix Info -- MIMETypesM wasn't getting init'd.
* Fixed bug in loading of Suffix and MIME info.
Reported by Henry Rzepa (h.rzepa@ic.ac.uk).
* Fixed bug in MIME "UseURL" filename option.
Reported by Henry Rzepa (h.rzepa@ic.ac.uk).
* Fixed bug in EOL conversion.
Reported by Henry Rzepa (h.rzepa@ic.ac.uk).
* Added support for http server status 301.
* Changed HTAppVersion so it's now init'd from the VERS resource.
* Removed Children entry from Navigate menu.
Reported by Thomas Gunter (tgunter@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu).
* Changed (command) keys for Helpers (M), Suffixes (;), and Search (').
Reported by Thomas Gunter (tgunter@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu).
* Modified MacWeb so it can now Quit when the Console window is exposed.
Reported by Thomas Gunter (tgunter@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu).
* Changed hotlists to allow Macintosh menu escape characters *iff* the
menu string begins with a semi-colon (';');
* Modified setting of News host to properly reinitialize.
1.00A2d4
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* Modified ftp parsing code to handle slightly different flavors of Unix (or
at least Unix-like) ftp servers.
Reported by Michael Newbery (Michael.Newbery@vuw.ac.nz).
* Added a file filter to the SFGet dialog presented the Add MIME Info dialog's
"Select..." button.
Reported by Michael Newbery (Michael.Newbery@vuw.ac.nz).
* Changed button names to "More Options" and "Fewer Options".
Reported by Adam Elman (elmanad@rescomp.stanford.edu).
* Removed "Suffixes..." and "MIME..." buttons from Edit MIME and Edit Suffixes.
Reported by Adam Elman (elmanad@rescomp.stanford.edu).
* Changed default MIME type for EditMIME->New from "????" to "type/subtype".
* Fixed list display bug in GetTypeD (in the case that the list isn't used).
* Moved icons in Gopher menu listings *inside* anchor definitions. (You can
now click on them to traverse link!)
Reported by Michael Newbery (Michael.Newbery@vuw.ac.nz).
* Fixed crashing bug in EditMIMED's "New...".
Reported by Henry Rzepa (h.rzepa@ic.ac.uk) and Michael Newbery.
* Fixed crashing bug in GetType and GetTypeD.
* Modified EditMIMED to initially enable "Convert EOL" checkbox correctly.
1.00A2d3
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* Fixed a bug in the buffering code shared by ftp, gopher, and nntp.
Reported by Michael Newbery (Michael.Newbery@vuw.ac.nz).
* Added hotlist sorting.
Reported by John C. Mallery (JCMa@reagan.ai.mit.edu).
* Fixed bug in drawing of elements nested within PRE.
Reported by John C. Mallery MIME and MIME->Helper GUIs for clarity.
Reported by Adam Elman (elmanad@rescomp.stanford.edu).
1.00A2d2
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* Changed default size of PRE font to be -2 relative.
* Modified code that adjusts line height from font to allow a leading
of no less than 2.
Reported by Jim Harrison (Harrison.Jim@tmc.tulane.edu).
* Fixed bug in Edit Styles dialog. It wasn't updating "Size Is Relative" info.
Reported by Jim Harrison (Harrison.Jim@tmc.tulane.edu).
* Fixed bug in saving of MacMosaic hotlists.
Reported by Steve Goldstein (goldstein@nsf.gov).
* Added UseURLOption to MIME info.
Reported by Ralph Muha (rmuha@tiac.net).
* Modified HTParseSocket so it's smarter about when to use HTCopy and
HTCopyNoCR.
Reported by Laurie Gelb (laurie@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu).
* Fixed bug in redirection resulting from POST submission method.
Reported by Kevin Morris (finicky@rescomp.stanford.edu).
* Modified LoadURL so it'll use the URL filename as the default.
* Added call to DoSaveHotlist in DoOpenHotlist.
Reported by Laurie Gelb (laurie@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu).
* Added the Suffix->MIME and MIME->Helper GUIs.
* Fixed bug with manual helper launching.
Reported by Gordon Riall (griall@agcom.tamu.edu).
1.00A2d1
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* Fixed "Write to NIL" error.
Reported by Eric Binova (ericb@baker.dartmouth.edu).
* Increased the HTML parser's MAX_NESTING.
Reported by Jim Bob Howard ().
* Reversed ordering of FORM name=value pairs to be compatible
with existing browsers.
Reported by Karel Strasters (karel@ph.tn.tudelft.nl).
* Modified HTLoadGopher so it handles macbinhex type correctly.
Reported by Chris Garrigues (cwg@mcc.com).
* Modified HTLoadGopher so it uses MIME type inferred by file
suffix (instead of presuming text/plain).
Reported by Mark Borges (mdb@noaacdc.colorado.edu).
* Modified anchor/image loading so they only occur on mouse *up*.
Reported by Adam Engst (ace@tidbits.com).
* macHTML.c was modified to apply character translation to Titles.
Reported by Jorma Paananen (Jorma.Paananen@th.tele.fi).
* Modified MacWeb to submit proper application and library information.
Reported by Paul Burchard (burchard@geom.umn.edu).
* Fixed IMG initialization bug (for half-baked IMG specifications).
Reported by John C. Mallery (JCMa@reagan.ai.mit.edu).
* Modified translator registration code so it assigns a quality of 1.0
(instead of 0.5).
Reported by John G Dorsey (jd5q+@andrew.cmu.edu).
* Fixed "missing text at end of document" bug.
Reported by J. Douglas Dunlop (dunlop@ists.ists.ca).
* Modified video/mpeg and video/quicktime MIME info to set Launch bit.
Reported by Shouichi Matsui (matsui@denken.or.jp).
* Modified DoSearch so previous search text is left in tact.
Reported by Lynn Brock (lbrock@prosaix.com).
* Fixed bug in lone TEXT INPUT so submits FORM.
Reported by Ken Bates (bates@cscns.com).
* Fixed FORM formatting bug (menus overlapped with following items).
Reported by George H. Brett II (George.Brett@cnidr.org).
* Modified style of FORMs to begin and end on a new line.
Reported by ????.
* Fixed bug in GIF reader dealing with extraneous data in file.
Reported by Carl Snow (carl@smart.lib.purdue.edu).
* Modified MacWeb's response to FTP failures.
Reported by Clay C. Ross (cross@seraph1.sewanee.edu).
* Modified SaveAs so selected type is retained (until next launch).
* Made PageUp, PageDown, Home, and End keys work!
Reported by Richard Johnson (Richard.Johnson@colorado.edu).
* Added IMG alignment options "middle" and "top".
Reported by OS (OSoliman@utkvx.utcc.utk.edu).
* Fixed bug in maintenance of Temp Docs Folder Preference.
Reported by Adam Engst (ace@tidbits.com).
* Fixed bug causing truncation of text in SELECT Lists.
Reported by James A Landay (landay+@cs.cmu.edu).
* Fixed DL's so when nested they *display* nested.
Reported by Jim Harrison (Harrison.Jim@tmc.tulane.edu).
* Modified line calculation of images to check cache as appropriate.
BIG win!
Reported by .
* Fixed bug in sock_close_all.
* Fixed bug in SELECT HTML dumper.
Reported by Frank Simon (terra@nordwest.germany.eu.net).
* Fixed bug in "wrap" of words containing extended characters.
Reported by Claude Boucher (boucherc@nbnet.nb.ca).
* Modified "Error Launching Specified Application" warning so it now
uses a dialog and queries the user about deleting the temp file.
Reported by Eric A Perlman (eperlman@kn.pacbell.com).
* Fixed bug with autoloading images of pages retrieved via search,
query, or ismap.
Reported by Dave Garaffa (d-garaffa@ski.mskcc.org).
* Modified macHTSaveAndExecute so it uses the URL filename as the
default filename (*only* when prompting the user).
Reported by Chris Garrigues (cwg@mcc.com).
* Modified HTFTP.c so it can parse VMS ftp listings.
Reported by Garrett Fitzgerald (GFitzger@nyx.cs.du.edu).
* Modified macHTEImage.c so in the absence of a file suffix in the
IMG SRC path, the image type GIF is presumed.
Reported by Russ Wright (wright@lbl.gov).
* Fixed "disappearing TextArea" bug.
Reported by Michael J. Kobb (mjkobb@apple.com).
* Modified HTML parser to handle \n's better (for contained PRE).
* Modified LI numbering to account for more than 2 digits.
Reported by OS (OSoliman@UTKVX.UTCC.UTK.EDU).
* Added System 7 check to initialization.
Reported by Michael Newbery (Michael.Newbery@vuw.ac.nz).
* Streamlined "set color pixel" code (used by GIF inlining).
* Fixed bug in resetting offscreen radio buttons.
Reported by Roy Smith (roy@mchip00.med.nyu.edu).
* Modified default hotlist loading to attempt, in the absence of a hotlist
preference, to load the hotlist resource from MacWeb itself.
Reported by Patrick (pks@sys.uea.ac.uk).
* Added HTML comment to beginning of html files generated by MacWeb.
* Modified "spin loop" to accommodate Application Menu selections.
Reported by Ralph Muha (rmuha@tiac.net).
* Modified "spin loop" to accommodate ZoomIn/Out selections,too.
* Set watch icon while "parsing" files from the local disk.