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- Reminder V6.0
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- Copyright 1991-95 by Ebbe Holleris Petersen
- Official release of version 6.0
- Release date 3/2-95
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- E-mail: eep@sbi.dk
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- Changes from Reminder V5.9 to V6.0 (minor update)
-
- - If the selected date in the calendar in the input window is the same as
- the actual date, it will be changed when the actual date changes.
- This is especialy useful for those who's machines are always running.
- If Reminder has been running continously for say 3 days, and the input
- window is opened for the first time, the selected date in the calendar
- will be the actual date, and not the date when Reminder was run.
- - Reminder no longer attempts to read ENV:TZ once every minute, so you no
- longer need to 'cd RAM:' before running Reminder, as stated below.
- This was pretty anoying when using SnoopDos etc.
-
- These changes were suggested by Thomas Jensen and Anders Melchiorsen (ThanX).
-
- - added WFLG_NEWLOOKMENUS tag to Reminders clock window, for those running
- V3.x.
-
- This was suggested by Martin Wulffeld (ThanX)
-
- - Fixed bug: Message and Command gadgets in the input window would only
- accept 64 characters in stead of the 70 resp. 240 they where ment to.
-
- ThanX to Mike Krowiak for drawing my attention to this problem.
-
- - Day count can now be set to 'RR' (short for ReRun - sorry it was the best
- I could think of). Say you want a program to run from 20.00 to 23.59
- every day. You would then set the 'From' pattern to '20.00 ??/??-????'
- and 'To' pattern to '23.59 ??/??-????' and 'Day count' to '1'. If the
- machine crashes in that periode and reboots the program would not be run
- again, since it already has been run once. This problem is solved by
- setting 'Day count' to 'RR', which instructs Reminder to reset
- 'Day count' to '1' each time Reminder is run (and when pasing midnight).
- - Reminder would not save it's data, unless an old datafile was found.
- Fixed.
- - Tightened up the code a bit.
-
-
- Changes from Reminder V5.8 to V5.9 (bugfix)
-
- - Fixed bug in setup window. 'Run'/'Check'/'Cli check' and 'Flash screen'/
- 'WB to front' didn't work properly.
- - Reminder didn't use it's builtin defaults properly when run without a
- config file. This has been fixed.
-
- These bugs were reported by Martin Nuttall and Martin Cox (ThanX).
-
- - Changed the way the 'Run'/'Check'/'Cli check' gadget works. It's now more
- logical (I hope) - se Reminder.guide for more info.
-
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- Changes from Reminder V5.7 to V5.8 (bugfix/minor update)
-
- - Fixed version string (again). Hopefully it's now ok.
- - Priority was broken. It would be 5 no matter what. Changes was ignored.
- - Fixed enforcer hit(s).
-
- These bugs were reported by Klaus Alexander Siestrup (ThanX).
-
- - In some situations the message list would be empty, when the input
- window was opened. This is now fixed.
-
- This bug was reported by Anders Melchiorsen (ThanX).
-
- - Reminder now saves it's datafile in a different way: it makes a copy of
- the old datafile, and then modifies the original. If successful it then
- deletes the copy. If not it deletes the modified file, and renames the
- copy to the original name.
- - When attempting to run Reminder twice it will no longer open a
- requester stating that Reminder is already running. In stead Reminders
- setup window will open.
- - Added a icon (Reminder.info) to the archive, for those who want to put
- Reminder in the WBStartup drawer. Just copy Reminder and Reminder.info
- to the WBStartup drawer and all should work.
- - Added icon to Reminder.guide and Changes.
- - Shortened this file, by removing all changes info on versions below
- Reminder V5.0.
-
- Some People have complained, that Reminder reads from there harddisk once
- every minute. This happens because the SAS/C command 'localtime()'
- attempts to read the environment variable TZ (twice). This happens the
- following way:
-
- ChangeDir() to ENV:
- Open() TZ
- ChangeDir() back to default directory
-
- To avoid this simply make RAM: the default directory before running
- Reminder, i.e. put something like the following in your startup-sequence
- (assuming that you run Reminder from your startup-sequence):
-
- cd RAM:
- Run >NIL: sys:bin/Reminder
-
-
- Changes from Reminder V5.6 to V5.7 (bugfix/update)
-
- - Reminder now remembers which messages has been shown today, when being
- rerun or after a reset. This makes 'day count' a lot more useful.
- - Changed documentation a bit. As it turned out it is no longer a good
- idea to run Reminder with a stacksize of only 2000 bytes. It should be
- 4000 bytes (or more) to be on the safe side.
- - Changed command line arguments:
- -x is now X=
- -y is now Y=
- -r/-C/-C is now MODE=RUN/CHECK/CLI
- Configfile can no longer be specified
- These arguments can also be specified as tooltypes if Reminder is run
- by use of an icon.
- - Reminder ? will print a short description of how to use Reminder.
- - When in editmode pressing <TAB> will activate the message gadget.
-
- All the above changes were suggested by Anders Melchiorsen (ThanX).
-
- - Fixed a bug that sometimes made Reminder think it wasn't able to open
- a window, even when it was.
- - Changed Reminders version string (I hope it now has the right format)
-
- These bugs were reported by Klaus Alexander Siestrup (ThanX).
-
- - Reminder.cfg, will now be saved as ENV:Reminder/Config and
- ENVARC:Reminder/Config.
- - With the configfile commandline option gone, Reminder is no longer
- able to read Reminder V2.0 datafiles (anyway, I doubt that anybody is
- using that old version any more).
- - The -c (MODE=CHECK) option was broken. The message window would newer
- open.
- - Several minor changes.
- - As of this version a config file is no longer included in the archive -
- it seemed a bit useless.
-
- Changes from Reminder V5.5 to V5.6 (bugfix)
-
- - The 68000 version of Reminder crashed whenever it attempted to open
- it's message window, due to a stupid typing error in my makefile, which
- resulted in part of the program being 68030 code.
- - Made clock window one pixel higher
- - Fixed several minor bugs.
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- Changes from Reminder V5.4 to V5.5
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- - Reminder now can use *any* font, proportional or not.
- - Message and command gadgets in the input window now supports TAB_CYCLE.
- - Reminder now needs and uses reqTools.library.
- - Adjusted setup window, to allow user to choose font.
- - Message window will no longer pop up when the alarm, setup or input
- window is open. It now waits until the window is closed.
- Commands however will still be executed regardless of open windows.
- - As of this version the file Reminder.man will no longer be included in
- the archive.
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- Changes from Reminder V5.3 to V5.4
-
- - No more enforcer hits (hopefully).
- - When run from WBStartup drawer a useless CON: window would open. This
- will no longer happen.
- - Spelling error corrected 'okt' -> 'oct'.
- - when editing a message, minutes, hours, days and months (not years - sorry)
- now can be entered directly using numeric keys, in stead of using the
- cursor keys (which of cause still work).
- - When in edit mode pressing the mouse menu button will exit (without saving
- changes, just like pressing the ESC-key).
- - C:Run is no longer needed to run a command. Also redirection can be used
- (>to_file_name and <from_file_name).
-
- All the above changes were suggested by Anders Melchiorsen (ThanX).
-
- - As of this version the OS1.2+ version of Reminder will no longer be
- included in the archive.
- - The Copy gadget removed in version 4.0, turned out to be more useful than
- I initially thought, so it has been added to the input window again.
- - Rearranged a few gadgets in the alarm and input window.
-
- Changes from Reminder V5.2 to V5.3 (bugfix).
-
- - Reminder would sometimes crash the machine when the clock window
- was moved.
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- Changes from Reminder V5.1 to V5.2 (minor update).
-
- - Added menu to Reminders clock window.
- - Several minor bugfixes.
- - Now show and hide (in the commodities control program ExChange) can
- be used to open/close the setup window.
- - Made a amigaguide version of Reminder.man.
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- Changes from Reminder V5.0 to V5.1 (minor update).
-
- - Bug removed: Selecting Right Alt in hotkey sequence didn't work.
- - Bug removed (a damn nasty one to): Input window would sometimes
- crash Reminder the second time it was opened.
- - Bug removed: Not all old messages would be removed as they
- should (thanks to Anders Melchiorsen for reporting this one).
- - Alarm message can now be changed, and it is also possible to
- specify a command to be executed (se setup window).
- Both will be saved in the config file, so I had to change it in
- the process to.
- - Extra spaces in the beginning and end of message and command
- strings will now be removed (so it is no longer possible to fool
- Reminder into believing that a string consisting only of spaces
- is nonempty).
- - Bug removed: Pressing '?' on weekdays in input window would crash
- Reminder.
- - Reminders version can now be read without running the program.
- Just type 'C:version Reminder' in your Shell/CLI.
-
- Changes from Reminder V4.7 to V5.0.
-
- - As of version 5.0 Reminder now *ONLY* runs under AmigaDOS 2.0+.
- Reminder V4.7 is also included. It is the last version that runs under
- both AmigaDOS V1.2+ *AND* 2.0+).
- - Reminder is now a commodity.
- - No longer possible to run two (or more) copies of Reminder at the same
- time. Reminder will simply state that it is already running and the
- new copy will exit.
- - Reminder now uses gadtools library (saves 4500 bytes).
- - Setup window layout changed a lot.
- - Message, input and alarm window's changed a bit.
- - The date option previously showed the date in the form of DD/MM-YY.
- Now it shows it without the year, and with the month in the form of
- three letters: DD MMM. It saves some space, is understood everywhere
- and looks better.
- - Reminder no longer shows it's version number in the setup window.
- In stead a copyright notice is shown in the workbench's title bar,
- whenever a reminder window is active.
- - The <enter> key now works just like the <return> key in the input
- window. To exit edit mode and keep changes press Shift (left or right)
- and <return> or <enter>.
- - Until now pressing any key with '?' on, would reset timespecification
- to wildcard. This is fixed, and you will now have to use the right key
- combination(s).
- - Pressing close gadget in clock window (or <hotkey>+<q>) will now work
- even when alarm/setup/input/message window(s) are open.
- - When the setup window is open, moving the clock window will update
- Coord x and y.
- - The number of digits used to display the available chip, fast and total
- memory now depends on the maximum amount of memory available.
-