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Telnet 2.6.1d4 Release Notes
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12/21/94 NCSA Telnet 2.6.1d4 for the Macintosh Release Notes
Brought to you by: Jim Browne (jbrowne@uiuc.edu) [departed 12/18/94]
Clint Popetz (cpopetz@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
These release notes contain the following information:
Ñ Changes since the last version
Ñ Compiler compatability chart for this source release
Ñ Telnet release schedule
Ñ Goals left for current release
Ñ Bug list
Ñ Future features list
Ñ Old changes list
Changes since 2.6.1d3:
----------------------
Drag and Drop support. Text can be dragged out of and into connection windows
Scrolling speed improvement. Scolling speed has been improved by about 5%
The FTP Client has been removed.
Telnet now uses less memory (changes to tek storage system)
Telnet now scans Extensions folder & the folder Telnet resides in for
Authentication/Encryption plugins
Fixed a corruption bug for files transferred in binary mode by the FTP server
Fixed a few TEK bugs
Added support for GetURL AppleEvent (only "telnet://" scheme supported)
Compiler compatability for 2.6.1d3:
-----------------------------------
TC 7.0: Unknown
MPW C3.3.1: Unknown (MPW C compiler bug prevents compiling of rsmac.c)
MW 68K 1.1.1.2: Yes
MW PPC 1.1.1.2: Yes
NCSA Telnet for the Macintosh release schedule:
-----------------------------------------------
Don't bet the farm on these dates. For entertainment purposes only.
2.6 final documentation ???? (unknown)
2.6.1 (may skip release and just do 2.7)
2.7 Jan, 1995 (somewhat firm)
3.0 May, 1995 (somewhat firm)
Development of NCSA Telnet will continue through at least 2.7. With the
addition of Clint Popetz to the Telnet team, Telnet development will
continue after the departure of Jim Browne (due to graduation) in December.
2.6.1 goals completed:
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Ñ Full PPC port
Goals for 2.6.1:
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Ñ Fix the VAX/VMS VT220 problems.
Ñ Fix the NeXT interaction problems.
Ñ Clean up the segmentation a little bit more and do some memory cleanup.
Ñ URL command-double-click support (?)
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This is the list of all Telnet bugs known to NCSA, feel free to mail us if
you find others:
Crashes:
Ñ Crash if window size is changed under low memory conditions
Interface:
Ñ Window positioning
Ñ Need to add blocksize pref
Ñ Telnet doesn't constrain saved window positions to available desktop
Ñ When switching to 132 columns, window's right edge should stay on screen
* Connections are giving up too quickly (I believe this is a MacTCP
problem)
Ñ Type during paste bug
Ñ Occasional problems getting the preferences to "stick"
Ñ Certain control characters not working due to Apple's bad KCHR
Ñ Certain macro sequences are not sent correctly (?)
Ñ \r,\n, and \t cannot appear in a Macro sequence
Ñ Some interaction problems with NeXT systems
Ñ Capture text sometimes contains extra returns
Implementation:
Ñ Need to always set push flag when sending return
Ñ Reduce WDS sizes?
VT emulation:
Ñ VT220 insert mode problem
Ñ VT220 fn keys can still be sent while in vt100 mode
Ñ Problems w/VT emulation when connecting to certain VAX/VMS hosts
Ñ Screen trashing when forcesave is on
Ñ Bold font problems need to be solved
Ñ Tabs don't work completely
Ñ Clear whole text cell
FTP:
* FTP log not very useful for Macbinary transfers
* FTP server filename ISO tranlation not working?
Ñ FTP Server dropping characters in ASCII mode?
Ñ Need to add a provision for editing "anonymous"'s directory
Ñ Occasional MNetPush error when using FTP
Ñ FTP transfers occasionally creating zero size files
Ñ Multiple user/one password bug?
TEK:
Ñ Some TEK emulation bugs
In progress for 2.7:
Ñ User set-able block size
Ñ Save Macros in other ways aside from Saved Sets
Ñ User set-able timeouts for open and send
Ñ User set-able font size (i.e. other than 9,12,etc.)
For 3.0:
Ñ Modeless configuration interface
Ñ Modeless macro dialog box
Ñ Scriptable
Ñ Sessions can be configured to capture immediately from opening
Ñ Reverse DNS connecting FTP hosts
Suggestions I don't think I will implement:
Ñ Different printer font than window font
Old Changes
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Changes since 2.6.1d2:
Keypad and Function key menus added
Global pref added for Keypad and Function key menus
Toggle on VT type radio buttons in Terminal prefs fixed
Toggle on Paste and BS/Del buttons in Session prefs fixed
Changes since 2.6.1d1:
Authentication and Encryption now use plug in modules
Authentication and Encryption are available on the PPC
VT screen size display during window resize works on PowerPC version
Application is a fat binary
Changes since 2.6:
The port to PowerPC has almost been completed. Currently Authentication and
Encryption are not available while running on the PPC. 2.6.1d1PPC has been
quite stable for me. Please let me know if the PPC version shows any bugs
that aren't in the 68K version.
Fixed the FTP client 'lls' bug. I wasn't really looking at this code
currently, but the MW PPC compiler gave me a warning MPW and TC never did,
thus leading me to the cause of this bug. (MW satisfied customer #1000000001)