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WimpBar 2 v1.57
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© 1998 by Technium 220
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A Brief History
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v1.04 (01 Aug 1996) through v1.48ß (22 May 1997) removed 'cos
this file's getting far too big...
--> v1.49 (26 Aug 1997) <--
Non-beta release, finally. Added new StrongHelp manual, made a lot of
internal changes and generally tidied things up for a proper release.
Also, spaces are stripped off the start of each line in the Choices file, so
they can now be indented and therefore made a bit easier to read.
--> v1.50 (26 Oct 1997) <--
Sprites in menus, at last. There's still a couple of problems with it though.
Several changes to the way the bar goes to the back, and also added the
INet$Timer thingy (this works with Freenet, at least).
Also, you can use the CLI substitution (%0) in a menu command to mean the
item text.
--> v1.51 (19 Nov 1997) <-- (not released)
Totally re-wrote the sprites-in-menus section; I'm much happier with it now.
Also totally re-wrote the Support module, attempting to cure a bug which
turns out to be in the new nested WIMP module.
The main menu now has a 'Configure' sub-menu, clicking on 'Info' opens the
StrongHelp manual, and the Choices file is now created if it doesn't exist.
Comments are now allowed in the Choices file, as in Obey files.
Improved (ie. less useless) example files are now supplied.
--> v1.52 (25 Nov 1997) <--
Re-wrote the sprites-in-menus stuff, again... now even happier with it.
Added new #BOOT command which will deal with any apps you want booted on
startup.
WimpBar 2 can now be internationalised (if anyone wants to do a translation,
then please feel free to do so).
When using an Alt-Ctrl (+Shift) drag command, you can specify an extra
key to be pressed. Also attempted to fix a problem with the clock updating at
the wrong time (or not at all) - if anyone has any problems with this then
please let me know.
--> v1.53 (03 Dec 1997) <--
Made the #BOOT command actually work.
(It just ignored everything before, 'cos I completely forgot to write any
code to make it do anything...)
--> v1.54 (20 Dec 1997) <--
The maximum number of buttons and menu entries/action commands can now
be configured from the !Run file.
Fixed a bug which meant a Choices file with no buttons wasn't being handled
correctly, resulting in a button being created anyway. This problem has
existed since August 1996 and nobody had noticed it! Also doubled the maximum
size of the indirected text buffer.
Sorted out a few mistakes in the Help file.
--> v1.54a (05 Jan 1998) <--
Fixed a small memory allocation problem, and changed the e-mail address
(temporarily) to RPurchase@arcade.demon.co.uk. A new T220 address will be
set up soon.
--> v1.55ß (25 Jan 1998) <-- (beta release)
All options specified in the !Run file are now passed as command-line
parameters rather than system variables.
Added the -nostatus and -readonly options to disable the status display and
'Configure' menu respectively.
--> v1.56 (13 Feb 1998) <--
The 'IconSprites' menu flag now searches in an application's Resources
directory for the sprite file if one can't be found in the main directory.
Clicking adjust on 'Reload' closed the 'Configure' menu - now fixed.
WimpBar 2 info distribution lists set up - see help text for details.
Some minor bug-fixes to Support module.
--> v1.57 (08 Mar 1998) <--
Errors encountered while reading the Choices file no longer clear the button
bar - at last! Also, these errors are now reported more consistently, and
menus without any items no longer cause an 'undefined' menu to be created.
Implemented a new 'directory' flag for menu items - on selecting a directory
item, the pathname will be canonicalised and opened.
The bar will now also go to the back of the screen when the pointer is moved
off it (without selecting anything). This is on a trial basis, and will be
made optional if it is not popular.
Slight change to the !Run file parameters: -e has changed to -i ('items'
rather than 'entries'). Also improved the set of example macros (now includes
KillTBox and UnzipIt)