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{COMMO} 6.5d BETA TEST RELEASE October 19, 1995
This release contains only these files:
README.1ST This file
COMMO.EXE {COMMO} BETA TEST executable
COMMO.SET New Setup File
COMMO.MAC New resident Macro File
COMMO.HLP New Oline Help File
FILE_ID.DIZ BBS file description
This is a public beta test release which may be distributed only for testing
purposes and is not to be combined with files from any other {COMMO} release.
If you do not already have COMMO65.ZIP, please download it from your favorite
bulletin board or online service. It contains the full documentation and
supplementary files necessary for the full use of {COMMO}.
Documentation for changes in beta releases is shown below.
If you notice any difference (good or bad) between this release and {COMMO}
6.5 or a previous beta, please report your findings via any of the {COMMO}
support channels (see 65INFO.DOC in the {COMMO} 6.5 archive).
Thank you.
- Fred -
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BETA65D
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Bugs Fixed
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The hardware cursor (for speech users) was not tracking properly in the Alt-T
Toggles window.
The SELECT macro was causing the DOS message "Invalid directory" to be
displayed.
Improvements/Changes
--------------------
* The five Terminal Parameters in the {ddp=...} item in COMMO.SET may now be
specified as separate items (this should make it easier for new users). The
new COMMO.SET reflects this change.
* A new item in COMMO.SET "dcm=" controls whether or not modem messages
received during a successful dialing attempt are displayed to the screen.
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BETA65C
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Bugs Fixed
----------
The "no carrier" macro feature was causing certain macro functions (LOOKfor,
GETString, PAUSe, HOLD, ASCIiup) to "fall through" when carrier dropped and no
macro label was set. Now the function will continue as usual unless a label
has been set.
Improvements/Changes
--------------------
* In the MENU function a new user-defined variable "_mhelp" can be set to a
label (similar to "_menter"). {COMMO} will GOTO the label if F1 is pressed.
This allows "1" or "A" to be used for a separate menu selection. Note that if
"_mhelp" isn't defined, the first label in the "_mlabel" string will be used
if F1 is pressed (same as before).
* In the ASCII Upload window you no longer have to enter the Line Pacing
character each time. You can just press Enter to send the file or you can
press Alt-L if you want to change the pacing character.
* INFOrm-S2 will now make the fail sound.
* A new switch "M" on the SHELl and EXECute macro functions is used to control
the "Swapping to Disk" message (when the "S" switch is used). Use "M0" to
suppress the message.
* An updated Online Help file is included with this beta.
Speech Friendly Interface
-------------------------
* The hardware cursor will now respond to the up and down arrow keys in menus
created by the MENU function (and the Toggles menu). This should make the
menus more speech friendly.
* The hardware cursor will now be positioned properly when entering the Online
Help, Scrollback and the Variable Space windows. This should provide a more
consistent speech interface.
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BETA65B
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Bugs Fixed
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If a variable contained a right brace, the string would be truncated at the
brace when doing a SETV-S2.
The progress indicator wasn't working properly in Ymodem and Zmodem
"mini-batch mode," where each file is sent as a separate batch.
Improvements/Changes
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* You can now clear part or all of the macro Variable Space. SETV-R will
clear to the end of Variable Space starting with the variable named in the
function. SETV-R0 will clear all variables in Variable Space.
* A new built-in variable "_vsp" indicates the number of unused bytes in
Variable Space.
* When uploading files you can now type in a new starting disk and/or
directory for the file selector ("sel_up" must be set to "no" in COMMO.SET).
This was accomplished by changes to the "gfnu" and "select" macros in
COMMO.MAC).
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BETA65A
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Bugs Fixed
----------
If no SETGet was executed, {COMMO} would sometimes send a garbage terminator
response at the end of a GETString.
When saving the screen, {COMMO} was sometimes getting more video data than
necessary. Certain Windows video drivers were upset by this.
The "N" switch on EXECute was being ignored if the "S" switch was present.
Improvements/Changes
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* A new variation "S2" has been added to the "S" switch on the SETVariable
macro function. It tells {COMMO} to expand all variables in the second
argument (as usual), then expand the second argument again. This allows
variables that are contained within variables to be expanded.
Note that this differs from SETV-S (or S1) which expands the original
string, then treats the expanded string as a variable name, which is then
expanded.
* The SEND function now has a "W" switch:
W or W1 is the default and tells {COMMO} to wait until all characters have
been sent out the port before proceeding to the next macro function (same as
before).
W0 tells {COMMO} to queue the string to the transmit buffer and proceed
without waiting. If the transmit buffer is full (about 2k) {COMMO} will
wait until the entire string has been queued to the buffer before
preceeding. Note that tildes and the Inter-character Delay are ignored in
this mode.
{send-w} or {send} (no arguments) will cause a wait until there are no
characters left in the transmit buffer. So you can use SEND-W0 a number of
times, then {send-w} to wait (if synchronization is necessary). This will
result in faster transmission than waiting after each SEND.
* Modem messages received during a successful dialing attempt will now be
displayed to the screen (and captured if applicable) after the connection is
established.
* The Swap to Disk feature no longer displays the "Swapping to Disk" message.
* Ring Indicate (I) is no longer included in the Signal Lights.
* The edit option on the Utility Menu did not allow a new file to be created.
This can be fixed in the 6.5 version of COMMO.MAC as follows:
Find these two lines:
{:uext} {setv temp} {input temp,Filename to edit}
{:uedit} {ifex %temp,,alu} {edit %temp} {goto alu}
Remove the IFEXist function from the second line thus:
{:uext} {setv temp} {input temp,Filename to edit}
{:uedit} {edit %temp} {goto alu}
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