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- The program history of Scout
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- 13-Feb-2002 Release 2.15 Program version 37.216
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- o the Appear/Disappear buttons in the commodities window no reflect the
- ability of the selected commodity to appear/disappear, just like the
- Exchange program does
-
- o the Enforcer-hit-on-task-window-closure is fixed now. Many, many stupid
- bugs had to be fixed. It's really a shame in which way official Autodocs
- are ignored and programs are written agains any sane human intelligence :(
- C= offered enough ways to initialize certain structures by official library
- functions. Why the hell don't some people use them?
-
- o timer routines during CPU usage calculation cleaned up, no more pending
- messages when DeleteMsgPort()ing the reply port. A really stupid bug :(
-
- o the CPU patch semaphore had been initialized completely wrong, causing
- Enforcer hits and many strange things. I really don't know what Scout's
- former programmers had in mind, but it must have been very weird :(
-
- o additional assigns established via "assign <ass> <path> add" are now sorted
- correctly, and not vice versa
-
- o I don't know why, but somehow the 2.14 release didn't appear on Aminet, but
- just the source code archive. So, here is a new release which fixes a few
- more bugs, too.
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- 06-Feb-2002 Release 2.14 Program version 37.212
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- o included latest fixes from Richard Körber, that were available on Aminet
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- o somehow I forgot the version string. Now it is back again :)
-
- o the buttons in the main window are now sorted alphabetically and have all
- the same size.
-
- o the screen depth in the screen detail window is now determined via
- graphics/GetBitMapAttr(), instead of direct peeking. This always gives the
- correct depth, and not the depth the programm wanted.
-
- o fixed bad return code when creating custom classes. This could lead to
- non-functioning font display.
-
- o the program icon is now used as iconify icon, instead of the MUI default
- icon
-
- o the interrupt window now shows the interrupt names instead of interrupt
- numbers
-
- o the ports window now show the flag entry of each message port
-
- o when removing tasks you are asked if you want to remove message ports,
- close opened windows, etc. by this task. Please remember: AmigaOS never had
- a thing like resource tracking, so you cannot free everything that was
- allocated by a task. Also remember that this function is a HACK, that means
- anything can happen, and it is DANGEROUS to hardly remove this stuff,
- because other tasks can still try to access this stuff. You have been
- warned...
-
- o the font window now show the font's tf_XSize, too.
-
- o the task list can now be sorted by CPU usage, too. This makes Scout to a
- kind of Unix' command "top". Unfortunately this consumes a little bit more
- CPU time than the other sorting modes. All tasks with the same CPU usage
- will be sorted alphabetically.
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- o the assign list can now be sorted by path name, too. Thus it is easier to
- search for assigns to certain directories.
-
- o the font preview now shows character 0xa4. If you have installed the Euro
- update from H&P then you can see the Euro and the Cent sign for the updated
- fonts.
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- 26-Nov-2001 Release 2.13 Program version 37.210
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- o devices detail window now shows the device's NewStyle commands, if
- supported
-
- o detail window for FileSystem.resource now shows all currently
- available filesystems
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- o font window now shows a sample of the selected font
-
- o libraries/devices/resources list now includes the version number
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- o all listviews are part of the MUI cycle chain. This allows you to control
- Scout completely by keyboard.
-
- o the BoopsiClasses window now shows the superclasses by name and not as
- addresses
-
- o the Locks window can now show the path of exclusively locked files or
- directories
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- o the Mounted Devs window now shows the devices filesystem
-
- o the "MUI lock" problems seems to be fixed. At least for me there are no
- more lockups. I hope this is a general "feature".
-
- o Removed many, many internal "crap", like uninitialized variables, simply
- wrong code, etc. This reduced the code size by ~20K, although many new
- features have been added!
-
- o Many, many, many minor internal cleanups and optimizations. Far too many to
- mention every single change...
-
- o Development took over by Thore Böckelmann <tboeckel@uni-paderborn.de>
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- 30-Oct-97 Release 2.10 Program version 37.204
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- o Menu shortcuts set to uppercase (style guide) [Marcin Orlowski]
-
- o Print filerequester opened in Save mode [Marcin Orlowski]
-
- o identify.library is optional now, but Scout will then have a few
- restrictions [Daniel Lundberg]
-
- o Implemented BOOPSI classes window
-
- o Improved the System window, now using identify V8 and showing
- Cache state; added an Update button
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- o All identify strings are in English now, no more language mixture
-
- o The Expansion window is consistent now, but not compatible to
- older Scouts. Make sure to run Scout R2.10 on the remote system
- as well when using TCP/IP.
-
- o Board names are now shown in the expansion list
-
- o Re-arranged the main window buttons. Sorry but this was necessary.
-
- o Re-arranged the devices and resources window buttons so the window
- can be sized smaller. [Andreas Benden]
-
- o Some minor internal cleanups and optimizations
-
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- 22-Sep-97 Release 2.9 Program version 37.192
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- o Forgot to free some memory
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- o Implemented Allocations window
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- o Implemented Timer window
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- o Added the new menu gadgets to the cycle chain
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- o Fixed minor bug in LowMemory window
-
- o Recompiled with SAS/C 6.58
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- o Scout is FreeWare now
-
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- 01-Aug-97 Release 2.8 Program version 37.184
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- o "C" is now a valid shortcut for "COMMAND"
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- o Implemented Low Memory window
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- o Implemented Commodities window
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- o Implemented ScreenMode window
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- o Implemented System window
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- o Further minor MUI optimizations
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- o CPU/Chipset info transferred from Expansion window to System window
-
- o Function list of Libraries/Devices/Resources available if the appropriate
- .fd file can be found in the FD: assign.
-
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- 25-Jul-97 Release 2.7 Program version 37.156 (internal release)
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- o Development continued by Richard Körber
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- o Some minor MUI optimizations
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- o "Scout" logo added =)
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- o CPU usage is now nicely displayed in a gauge
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- o Removed PatchWork hits
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- o Using identify.library for identifying hardware expansions
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- 15-Feb-96 Release 2.6 Program version 37.138
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- o The custom chips was not correctly displayed.
- (Reported by Marius Sundbakken and Christoph Rickers)
-
- o Changed some details of expansions display.
-
- o Fixed bug by displaying the CPU usage of tasks in per cent. The
- stack size of Scout's cheat task was not correctly set.
- (Reported by Peter Kaltstein and Andreas Fredriksson)
-
- o Changed scan routine of locks (with help from Gary Duncan).
- Perhaps a bug was removed by getting the list of locks.
-
- o Fixed portlist killing bug. (This bug happened sometimes, if
- Scout was started more than once.) =¦^(
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- o Scout did not correctly recognize the 68060 cpu.
- (Reported by Lee Huggett)
-
- o Now all flags should be displayed with their names.
- (Hi Marius! =¦^)
-
- o Fixed MEMSIZE display bug in expansions detail window.
- (Reported by Tony Leneis)
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- o Fixed small enforcer hit that sometimes appeared at the
- detail window of windows and screens.
- (Reported by Mario Kemper)
-
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- 12-Dec-95 Release 2.5 Program version 37.124
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- o Fixed small bug in the display of expansion data (AmiTCP).
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- o Changed window titles by using Scout as TCP/IP client.
- =¦^)
-
- o The option 'STARTUP' can also be used for single ARexx
- commands.
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- Example:
- 1> scout startup "OpenWindow Tasks"
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- o Now there's no border for an active object by opening
- a list window. If you want to use the cursor keys for the
- listview gadgets, you have to press TAB first.
-
- o Added command 'PrintList <ListCharacter> <FileName>'.
- This command is available via ARexx and shell (as parameter).
-
- o Small memory eating bug fixed. It only appears by using
- Scout as client or daemon (TCP/IP).
-
- o Now the expansion list window also includes informations
- about the processor(s) and the custom chips.
-
- o Patch output removed ('Patches installed!').
-
- o Some minor bug fixes made.
-
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- 04-Jul-95 Release 2.4 Program version 37.116
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- o Fixed enforcer hit at freeing assign pool.
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- o Changed routine for getting screen mode names (with help
- from Stefan Sommerfeld). =¦^)
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- o Fixed enforcer hits at the beginning. (Oh no...)
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- [earlier history stripped]
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