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- Imminent 'todo' list
- ====================
-
- These should be done 'fairly' soon:
-
- * check operation with ArcWeb
- * socket watcher support
- * option to download all html before downloading images
- * config file parser to cope with spaces at beginning of line
- * aborting fetches should leave entries in the logfile
- * option for non-html logfile
- * fetch file:/ styles url's.
- * why does http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/application/zip
- not get fetched if set to exclude *.zip?
- * option to only check for existance of pages linked to.
- * option to check links, following one link offsite.
-
- Slightly longer term:
-
- * Password protected sites
- * option(?) to fetch local images/links before offsite ones.
- * reduce icon flicker slightly by not blanking icons unless we need to?
- * Progress indicator for rewrite
- * Allow rules to be added whilst a fetch is in progress
- (eg. skip all pages/images/whatever on a certain site)
- * Allow fetches to be saved in other places, probably packaged
- up inside a little application along with the logs and things.
- * handle http temporary and permanent redirections properly
- * download of java applets and required classes
-
-
- [See !Help file for full todo list. I'll probably only implement
- things off that list when (if??) the above list is empty!]
-
- If anyone does a VIX module for this, can they let me know and I'll
- include it with WebGet. Although I have the VIXpacker, I don't
- have Voyager and don't really understand what's involved.
-
- There are now two WebGet mailing lists - please see the !Help file
- to find out how to subscribe; most people will find it worthfile
- to join the announcements list!
-
- Summary of changes
- ==================
-
- 0.17 Released : 22/08/99
- 22/08/99 Now shows 'Rewriting' or 'Fetch complete' as appropriate.
- 21/08/99 Fix for URL resolving going wrong with people did relative
- links beginning http:, which the RFC forbids.
- Another set of new animations
- Fixed temporary / permanent relocations so they resolve
- correctly.
- Fixed the 'Open root' / 'Launch URLs' menus getting corrupted
- when a new fetch was added.
- Fix for Content-Type: text/html; something else not getting
- recognised as html.
- 06/10/98 Slightly changed (but not much better) animation
- sprites.
- 19/10/98 Logs are now in <WebGet$WriteDir>.Logs
- (won't affect most people)
- 03/11/98 Fixed a problem or two parsing <meta http-equiv=
- refresh url=... > tags.
- 06/12/98 Fixed problem where HTTP would be treated different
- to http.
- Fixed another code path to remove control characters
- from a URL.
- 13/12/98 Ignores links to javascript functions when looking
- for URLs to fetch.
- 10/2/99 Fixed flex memory error whilst idle when max_fetchers
- was at the maximum value.
- Choices file is now passed through OS_GSTrans - this
- means system variables may be used - eg:
- http_proxy: <NCFresco$ConfigProxyHttp>
-
- 0.16 Released : 04/10/98
- 26/09/98 Fixed problem with images not getting fetched
- 28/09/98 Loading of the mimemap module delayed until the
- start of a fetch, so webget can be loaded
- before the internet suite.
- 04/09/98 New versions of ModInst and mimemap module,
- to fix crashes under RiscOS 3.1.
- (0.03 and 0.10 release 2, respectively)
- 04/09/98 HTML of the form <a href = "..> is coped with
- (the spaces around the = where causing the parser
- to fail previously)
-
- 0.15ß Released : 16/09/98
- 02/09/98 Replaced internal mimemap code with calls to the
- mimemap module.
- Fixed bug where total shown in the status window
- would be too small when the total got over 3M.
- 15/09/98 Added 'Launch URL' and 'Open root' options to icon
- bar menu.
- 16/09/98 Added !ModInst + MimeMapper module to distribution.
-
- 0.14ßy Released : 27/09/98
- 27/09/98 Fixed bug where images weren't fetched
-
- 0.14ß Released : 30/08/98
- 25/08/98 Links to pages that haven't been fetched are now
- rewritten to point at the original http/ftp link.
- Log file display should now work with ArcWeb
- 30/08/98 Fetching order is now far more structured - when
- deciding what to fetch next, things closer to
- the root page are preferred, and within that subset
- html is preferred over inline images.
- More control over fetching of inline images
-
-
- 0.13ß Released : 23/08/98
- 18/08/98 Fairly brutal rewrite of HTML parser, is now more
- tolerant of broken HTML (eg. missing "s)
- Stopped updating of icons when their content hasn't
- changed (reduces flicker in status win)
- Log file now says 'No errors' if there weren't any
- errors during the fetch.
- 22/08/98 Dragging of urls & URI files to the icon bar /
- addurl window added.
- 23/08/98 'Cannot resolve' message now includes hostname
- Prefix used for local URLs now configurable so
- WebsterXL can view fetch pages. See Choices file.
- Fixed bug in HTML parser where <a\nhref="...">
- wouldn't be recognised as a link.
-
-
- 0.12ß Released : 16/08/98
- 10/08/98 WebGet now follows / rewrites <META...> refresh tags.
- Defaults for include/exclude now put in Add URL
- dialogue box.
- Follows links in client side image maps
- Fixed minor bug in html parser where it'd treat
- <AWIGGLE HREF...> the same as <A HREF=...>
- Fixed bug where links=dir didn't work right when
- a url was specified as http://host
- 11/08/98 Increased length of text in status window url icons,
- and made the code trim the left end when they grow
- above that length.
- Menu button now works over status window.
- Internal lists now cleared at end of a fetch
- 12/08/98 Added - and _ to the valid chars in the path section
- of the url too (added them in the hostname before!)
- Two consecutive /'s in a filename/path no longer map
- to .., as that's an invalid RiscOS filename!
- 13/08/98 Added -fetch <fetchfile|desc> and -quit command line
- options. (NB. WebGet must not already be running
- for these to work!)
- Status window automatically opens at the start of a
- fetch - choices file option open_status_win: no
- can disable this.
- 16/08/98 Corrected rewriting of <a href="#foo"> so it works.
- When rewriting URLs in fetched pages, everything
- should now be relative.
-
-
- 0.11ß2 Released : 09/08/98
- 09/08/98 Fixed addurl creating files with the wrong tags
- (include-files instead of include)
-
-
- 0.11ß Released : 09/08/98
- 07/08/98 Removed 'Fetch Now' button accidently left in
- AddURL dialogue box.
- 08/08/98 Icons in status window are now right aligned.
- 09/08/98 Include / exclude options to allow the user to
- include and exclude URLs matching the given patterns.
- Fixed bug where we'd sit idle at the end of a fetch for
- 30 secs if a persistent connection was open.
- Fixed bug where adding a URL without a description saved
- it in the front place.
- Expanded range of valid characters in filenames to
- include - and _.
- Changed main menu stop fetch options so they're more
- self explanatory (hopefully).
- Fixed bug where urls like http://a got saved in the
- wrong place.
- Added versions of the animation sprites for
- rectangular pixel modes.
- Removed raFS from the WebGet distribution.
-
-
- 0.10ß Released : 04/08/98
- First public release
-