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Brief news list for GoldED 2.41.B0108, BETA release 08 january 1992.
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- Fixed bugs in the int.editor which caused violations in GoldED/2.
- Fixed problem with SWAPPATH.
- Fixed messy TZ=ZZZ0 stuff.
- Fixed Ezycom msgbase support to look for/use a EZYCOM.NOW semaphore.
- Fixed scanned areas sometimes looking unscanned.
+ Added more debug info to Squish error logging.
- Fixed serious bug in binary sort algorithm. Affected many things.
+ New token @os2slash. Gives "/2" in GoldED/2 and nothing in DOS ver.
- Fixed problems with deleting the first msg in a Squish area.
+ Added feature to display the size of attached files in the header.
+ Added keyword DISPATTACHSIZE to control attach size feature.
- Fixed GoldED startup logo to be sensitive to the codepage.
+ Added new keycommand in arealist to jump to next fuzzy match.
- Fixed entering of alpha char using Alt-224 on the keypad.
- Fixed bug in undelete of last undeletable line in the int.editor.
- Changed screenblank/timeout code to prevent midnight freakouts.
- Sound Blaster support is now disabled if Windows is detected.
- Fixed whitespace trimmer to be less agressive.
- Fixed Alt-L in message lister to work again as "redraw".
- Fixed @tfname and other tokens to work properly in origins.
- Fixed nodelist lookup to not crash with empty name field.
- Fixed bad problem with Hudson msgbase locking.
+ Added reporting of detected multitasker when using -V parameter.
- Fixed stupid bug concerning AREAFILE's and AREAS.BBS.
- Fixed reversed/garbled names in GoldNODE when using USERLIST's.
+ Added new tokens @pid and @longpid for more flexible tearlines.
! Changed Ezycom support to work with 1.02+. 1.01 support dropped.
- Fixed various bugs concerning the Ezycom msgbase support.
- Fixed messed up cursor keys in GoldED/2.
- Removed silly statusline counter in GoldED/2.
- Fixed CPU hogging in GoldED/2.
- Fixed intense and border (overscan) colors in GoldED/2.
- Fixed buggy handling of GOLDED.CFG vs. GED2.CFG in GoldED/2.
- Fixed incorrect PID in GoldED/2.
! GoldNODE disk sort buffer now disabled by default.
! Changed overlay buffer back down to original small size.
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Brief news list for GoldED 2.41.B1207, BETA release 07 december 1992.
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* OS/2 version now available!
+ Added Ezycom msgbase support! Including new AREAFILE and keywords.
- Fixed hdr lookup of names like "van.der.somebody".
- Fixed handling of username in DBRIDGE.LRQ.
- Fixed EDITCOMMENT to allow a comma as comment-trigger.
+ Added 5 new keywords to adjust header display/edit. New defaults.
- Fixed msg lister. It used way too much memory and ran out.
+ Re-added FRQ attribute in the FLAGS kludge.
+ Added features to fix bad NUL chars in Fido *.MSG msg bodies.
- Fixed nodelist lookup garbage when looking up past the end.
+ Added option to AREAFILE Squish to allow other name for SQUISH.CFG.
+ New FORCETEMPLATE RanSys keyword. Forces template selection.
+ New AREADESC keyword. Adds description and more to existing echoes.
+ New AREAFILE EchoList. Adds descriptions to existing echoes.
+ New cmdline prm -W. Writes complete GOLDAREA.INC with AREADEF's.
+ New cmdline prm -M. Turns off all sounds in GoldED.
- Fixed single '.' in AREADEF's.
+ New keyword NODELISTWARN. Turns off warning about missing nodelists.
+ Added extra msgbase safety when shelling to DOS.
- Fixed update of NETMAIL/ECHOMAIL.BBS when moving unscanned msgs.
- ATTRIBUTES in GOLDRAND.CFG are now added to default attribs.
- Fixed leading zeroes bug in AREAS.BBS files.
- Fixed COOKIEFILE keyword to index more than one file correctly.
- Fixed AREAFILE D'Bridge for 1.50.
- Fixed aka bug in AREAFILE FastEcho for 1.10 and later.
+ New COOKIEPATH keyword. Sets default path for cookie files.
+ New TEMPLATEPATH keyword. Sets default path for template files.
- Fixed areascan. Silly GED tried to open non-existing Hudson msgbase.
! Changed overlay buffer size again. This time down to 100k from 150k.
Forgotten notes for B1124/5:
+ Added popup warning about missing nodelists.
+ Moved some init msgs from statusline to popup windows.
! Changed overlay buffer from about 64k to 150k to gain performance.
Unfortunately also gained many out of memory errors :-(
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Brief news list for GoldED 2.41.B1125, BETA release 25 november 1992.
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- Fixed nasty bug concerning ';' comments in the .CFG files.
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Brief news list for GoldED 2.41.B1124, BETA release 24 november 1992.
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- Fixed Hudson msgbase scanning in the arealist.
+ New DISPSTATUSLINE keyword to help visually impaired users.
+ Improved error logging to screen and disk.
- Fixed Squish msgbase handling, including the dreaded "Another User".
+ Added better logging/handling of errors using Squish msgbases.
- Fixes for long subjects and trailing spaces.
+ Improved logging of errors using Hudson msgbases.
- Fixed nodelist lookups, including long-standing accuracy problem.
- Msg lister now shows point addresses in the header.
- Fixed AREAFILE for reading D'Bridge 1.30. Very long-standing bug!
+ TWITMODE feature now plays the MsgIsTwit event even if set to Show.
- Fixed messed up file attach dialog window.
+ Added dynamic sizing of the echoid column in the arealist.
+ New AREALISTECHOMAX keyword to control the dynamic arealist sizing.
- Fixed invalid origins for the Change Origin menu options.
- Fixed origin truncation (was 78, should have been 79).
- Fixed garbage origin when using AREAFILE Squish.
- Fixed problem with spaces in the word part of EDITCOMMENT keyword.
- Fixed long-standing address conversion bug.
- Fixed various bugs in the Sound Blaster feature.
+ Speeded up config compile a bit in various ways.
+ New AREADEF keyword adds better way of defining areas with groups.
+ New ATTRIBSFRQ keyword to set attributes for the freq function.
+ Modified TIMESLICE OS/2 keyword to work even in booted DOS images.
- Fixed SWAPPATH & AREAFILE Maximus when using paths with a backslash.
+ Added AREAFILE support for IMAIL 1.30.
+ Added AREAFILE support for FMail 0.92.
! Changed AREAFILE GEcho to use only the new 1.00 structures.
+ New COOKIEFILE keyword replaces the GoldRAND program (GRAND101.*).
! Removed support for AREAFILE Userdefined.
- Fixed garbage language problem when patch updating.
* Now compiled with Borland C++ 3.1 instead of 3.0.
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