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Internet Adventurer - The Internet Suite for OS/2 Warp
22. June 1996
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Beta release v0.23.
Copyright (c) 1996, Kim Rasmussen
All rights reserved.
SEE MY WEB PAGE at http://www.belle.dk/kr/ for newest info
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N O T I C E
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This IS a shareware package, and does require a registration fee if
you choose to continue using it after 30 days. The registration
fee for this product is currently $30 US. When Internet Adventurer
is out of beta, this price will grow for new registrations, so
register now while it's cheap !.
Note that after v2.99 I might select that your registrations have
expired, and you need to re-register in order to upgrade to versions
higher than 2.99. This is solely my decision, but on the other hand
I might select to make your registrations valid for up to version
3.99 or 4.99 or forever.
See the file REGISTER.TXT for more information about how to register
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L E G A L S T U F F
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As usual with shareware, I'm not responsible for any damages you
may suffer by using Internet Adventurer in any form or way. If you
are going to jail because of unpaid huge phone-bills, then it's not
and never will be my problem. Any damages/faults/whatever arising
from the use of Internet Adventurer is entirely your own problem.
If your harddisk vanish after installing, or your wife leaves you
it's your own problem - got it ?
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R E Q U I R E M E N T S
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Internet Adventurer requires OS/2 Warp, with min 8Mb Memory - it
probably will run on 4Mb, but I wouldn't to it :)
Also, WebExplorer from IBM is required. At least BETA web0814 is
required, you can get the newest from ftp.ibm.net /pub/WebExplorer
You also need to have internet software, at least TCP/IP v3.0 (or what
your WebExplorer needs) is required.
Also, I recommend installing fixpack 17, and the updated PMMERGE.DLL.
Doing so, really fixes alot of traps especially in PMCTLS and PMMERGE.
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A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S
===================================================================
I would like to thank all the people in #os/2 and #os2prog who have
helped me with this, especially the ones who have given me sample
code, and tolerated my bugs :)
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Contents
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1. Contacting the Author (that's me)
2. Current Features List
3. Known Bugs/Workarounds
4. Missing Features / ToDo List
5. Supported IRC Commands
6. REXX Scripts
7. REXX Quicklist
8. Toolbars
9. Version history
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1. Contacting the Author (that's me)
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You can contact me in a number of ways. Unfortunately, I can't
provide neither a fax or phone number at this time.
Mail: Kim Rasmussen
Gartnervang 2C, 3tv
DK-4000 Roskilde
Denmark
Web: http://www.belle.dk/kr/
Internet: kr@belle.dk - but if at all possible, _please_ use my
mailing-list for all questions/suggestions about InetAdv !!
IRC: I can usually be found hanging around in #os/2 or #os2prog
you might even catch me in #inetadv :)
My nickname is usually Starlord_, but look for Kim Rasmussen
in my real-name.
Mailinglist: Cliff Wood has setup a mailing list for me, to join it send a
mail to <majordomo@infinity.beve.blacksburg.va.us> This mail
MUST have the first line in the BODY of the message set to
"subscribe inetadv-l" - without the quotes.
Support: I can't promise anything, but go to #inetadv on IRC, or use
the mailing list.
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2. Current Features List
------------------------
- IRC (rfc #1459 compliant)
- CTCP (Client to Client Protocol) commands supported
- DCC CHAT fully supported (private chat - remember to set your IP address)
- DCC Multiple concurrent filetransfers are fully supported, both ways
- Multiple Threads, one per IRC channel
- Fully multithreaded 32-bit code - no 16-bit code at all
- No class libraries, uses PM functions directly, for maximum speed
- Multiple Windows - one window for each channel or for private messages
- Multiple colors, get a complete overview in seconds, configure strings
that will be shown with different colors.
- Configureable fonts and colors
- WWW support, using WebExplorer's API, to ensure that the newest available
browser technology is supported. You should even be able to use Internet
Adventurer with a newer version of WebExplorer (no guaranties though...)
It's even faster that WebExplorer !
- Proxy and Socks support for WWW, gopher and FTP
- You never need to cancel loading of an URL, to begin loading another, you
just click on the link you want, even if the page you're currently loading
isn't complete yet.
- REXX Scripts support, compatible with the GammaTech IRC-Client v2.00.
- Nickname list in channel-windows
- User Configureable toolbars, click on the toolbar with your right mouse
button, and add/edit/delete buttons. You can also drag buttons to other
windows, if you press ctrl while dragging, they get copied.
- DLL PlugIn's - support for extending Internet Adventurer with customized
tools. The entire IRC is written as a PlugIn DLL.
- Fully configureable quicklist with support for multilevel groups, where
you can put your URL's. One group for eg. "Internet Search Engines", one
for "OS/2", one for "Fun stuff" etc....
- Smart URL resolving by 'nickname', enter eg. 'Yahoo' - and that will take
you to http://www.yahoo.com, or enter 'inetadv' - which will take you to
http://www.belle.dk/kr/
- Intelligent URL handling and interfacing, from a www document, select a link
called 'irc:/server irc.dd.chalmers.se' and InetAdv will open up an IRC
window, and connect to the specified server.
- Viewing HTML source, saving to disk, displaying from disk.
- Registration via registration keys - easy upgrading of registered versions.
- URL Parsing REXX scripts - You can completely customize the URL handling.
- Quicklist database accessible from REXX scripts
- Importing of WebExplorer quicklist
- Quicklist supports Drag & Drop
- URL objects can be dragged into the quicklist
- IDENTD support for those IRC servers that require it.
- Lot's of other features - too many to mention here
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3. Known Bugs/Workarounds
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- When closing windows, the disk on some systems go wild while it saves the
window-sizes, toolbar configurations etc. I'll move the configuration from
OS/2's .INI file to my own file to speed it up.
- On certain WWW pages, it's possible to click on the background to reload
the page. This is a bug related to some undocumented behaviour of the
WebEx API - when I figure out why it happens, I'll fix it.
- You can't press enter to send a form in WWW - I'm working on it...
- When moving items in the quicklist they always go to the top of the group
they are moved into, this is because of a bug in OS/2's container control
I'll find a workaround someday...
- 'Time' is not updated in filetransfers, but always set to 00:00:00
- Xit 2.2 has problems with Internet Adventurer, only the clock is shown on
the title-bar - none of the buttons are shown. This is be