Current Shareware 1994 January/SHAR194.ISO/email/camstr1e.zip/HISTORY

Text File | 1993-09-03 | 12KB | 246 lines

09/02/93
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 Fixed - The modem initialization string wasn't being sent properly.
 Fixed - The program was sending sometimes sending an N when getting to
         the Main Board Prompt in a PCBoard Configuration.  I believe I
         have fixed this problem.

         The above fix was due to the PROMPT file being setup wrong.
         The proble was with the MORE? and (H)ELP prompts.  I changed
         them so they look like this:

            More   -  (H)ELP, MORE?
            Help   -  (H)ELP?

         Make sure that your PRESS (ENTER) prompt does NOT contain a N
         for the action.  It shouldn't be sending an N character.

 Fixed - When using the Prompt Editor, it would sometimes keep
         switching between Yes/No prompts <arg>..  Not good!
 Fixed - I wasn't closing a file when first initializing the reader.
         This would eventually cause an out of memory problem.
 Fixed - Sometimes my Keyboard buffer wasn't being empty.  This would
         cause certain areas of the program to not work properly.
         Normally this condition could be found when pressing the ESC
         key.  What would happen is that after you hit the <enter> key,
         and you would try to access another menu and press <enter>,
         the program would think you pressed something else and nothing
         would work <g>...

         I also noticed something with the QMAIL door on Salt Air.  A
         lot of their prompts are colorized in several places.  What
         this means is that the actual prompt isn't what the program
         expects.  Make sure you give a N;Q;NS on the Graphics question
         to avoid these problems (I haven't wrote an ANSI filter at
         time when looking for prompts, but plan to in the future to
         avoid this problem.

08/08/93 - 09/02/93
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 Quite a few things were added and things were fixed as well.  I spent
 two or three weeks alone testing the communication routines (making
 sure that they worked properly).  If you run into any problems with
 the communcation or automation of loggin into a BBS, please let me
 know ASAP!!

 INTERNAL EDITOR LIMITED -  Due to the size of the program at this
                            point and all of the text being in near
                            memory, you will only have about 80 lines
                            when replying to a message, but will have
                            the full 150 lines when entering a message.
                            If you need more than 80 lines for a reply,
                            you'll need to use an external editor.
                            Hopefully in Beta E I will convert all of
                            near memory text into FAR memory to free
                            up quite a bit of room.  This will also
                            allow you to customize some of the prompts.

 Added - File attachment Directory, Download Directory, and a
         Upload Directory!  These are used when manually trying to
         upload/download files or when a QWK packet contains a PCBoard
         file attachment (will be adding WildCat's in the next
         release).
 Added - A message will now indicate that it has a REPLY if you reply
         to a message.  I would suggest that you delete your BOOKMARK.*
         files since the file format had to be changed to include this.
 Added - You can now type the first letter of the Select Menu Screen to
         execute the option (Qwk Config, Auto Caller, etc..).
 Added - When using the internal QUOTE REPLY function and if you were
         using a mouse, the NORMAL CURSOR was not displayed.  I've
         changed the code so that the CURSOR is displayed if a mouse is
         being used.  This means that if you are using a MOUSE, you
         will have two cursors.  The mouse cursor and the normal
         cursor.
 Added - Pressing ALT-D in the Select Packet Menu will DELETE the
         Highlighted Packet.  Be sure as there is no YES/NO prompt.
 Added - When entering the SUBJECT/TO field, and these are blank and
         you try to save the message, you will be put back into the
         header portion of the message and will need to make sure they
         aren't blank (which one of them must be <g>).

 Fixed - When using the EDIT REPLY function and if you were using an
         external editor, you would be forced into using the Internal
         editor instead.
 Fixed - When Adding/Droping a conference, I wasn't closing a file.
         This would eventually cause an out of memory error and finally
         no file handles left <g>.  This would only happen if you tried
         to add/drop about 10 conferences.  Otherwise, you would of
         never of seen it.  Hopefully it'll fix the problem some people
         have mentioned about the Adding/Droping not working properly.
 Fixed - If you enter a message for a QWK packet and there previously
         wasn't a REP packet, the Yes/No option in the Packet Menu
         wasn't being updated.
 Fixed - If you went into the Bulletin Menu, the temporary bulletin
         file wasn't being deleted, causing the prompt about your work
         directory not being empty to be displayed.
 Fixed - Request Return Receipt was spelled incorrectly.
 Fixed - There were several places where ALT- was spelled ATL- <arg>.
 Fixed - ALT-S wasn't working when trying to Save a Message.  It was
         doing something else <arg>.

07/28/93
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 Added - Enable Taglines has been changed from a YES/NO option to:

             Yes/Pick/Random/Sticky

         The code has also been modified so that if you have a
         conference with its own tagline file, that conference will
         have its own set of pointers to keep track of what the last
         tagline selected.

         Also, if you have enabled Pick, it will automatically go into
         the tagline manager.

         Please note, if you are using a third party program to use
         taglines, please DISABLE taglines in the reader so you won't
         get duplicate taglines.  In order to use a third party program
         to manage your taglines, you need to specify that you are
         using an external editor.  Instead of calling your editor
         directly from the reader, you will need to use a BATCH file to
         call your EDITOR and your TAGLINE manager.

 Fixed - The Packet Screen was not being updated after reading a QWK
         packet.

 Fixed - I added code to keep track of messages in a conference, but
         never fully implemented it.  If you read a conference and
         decide you want to quit that conference, and then later
         rejoin that conference, it will take you back to where you
         left off.

         This acts as what most people know as a BOOKMARK. The bookmark
         will automatically be saved and be read in if you decide to
         start reading this packet.  That way you don't lose your
         place.

 Fixed - When using the STATS command to display your BBS Information,
         the USERS FULL NAME was being displayed twice (opps).

 Enhanced - When using the internal scrollback buffer with the MOUSE
            enabled, the mouse release key was too fast.  This could
            cause text to be tagged and untagged very easily.

            I also modified it so if you press the RIGHT button mouse,
            it will act as if ESC was pressed (this is how it should
            act anyways).  This was causing people to go insane <g> due
            to them tagging text and then hitting the right button and
            nothing would happen.

 Enhanced - When using the LIST Messages function, it will now take you
            to the exact message that you were currently reading.  That
            way you won't lose your place when you're reading a
            conference that has a LOT of messages.

 Changed - I made a new TAGLINE.TGS file.  It contains only about 300
           taglines and I believe it doesn't contain anything that
           might be offensive.  If there is, please let me know.

 Fixed - When using the internal editor, it wasn't very clear on how to
         QUOTE part of a message.  In order to quote part of a message,
         simply hit the SCROLL LOCK key.

 Fixed - The HELP file didn't contain any information on how to import
         a text file into the internal editor.  You use the ALT-I key
         to import a text file.

 Fixed - If replying to a message and using the external spell checker,
         and you wanted to spell check your reply message, it wouldn't
         do it.

 Added - You can now have a Signature file.  You define the file in the
         QWK Configuration, Messages/Editors Options.

 Fixed - If you tried to use the Bulletin Option when reading a packet,
         and you didn't have any bulletins, a file would be created and
         was left open (meaning it couldn't be deleted).

 Added - You will now be prompted to delete a REP packet if it is older
         than the QWK packet you are going to read.

07/27/93
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 Added - For each conference you can now define whether or not you want
         the LIST function to be displayed before reading messages in a
         conference.  Basically, this means that you can see the TO,
         FROM, SUBJECT, and NUMBER header fields before you actually
         start reading messages.  This allows you to select where you
         want to start reading in a specific conference.

         In order to enable this, you need to use the ALT-C option in
         the Conference Screen (where all of the conferences are
         displayed).  This allows you to specify which conferences you
         want this option to be enabled with.

 Added - When using the Conf/Message/List option (insert key when
         reading messages), it will now display a √ if a message has
         been read.

07/23/93

 Fixed - The BBS Name in the Qwk Packet Selection Area wasn't being
         displayed.
 Fixed - The Read (Yes/No) wasn't enabled.  It will now display
         whether or not you've read this QWK Packet.  The TERM READ in
         this case means whether or not you have looked at this packet.

         Probably in the future I'll change it to work according to
         how much of the packet has been read, but currently, it's
         either YES or NO (sorry folks).
 Fixed - The HEADER portion of entering/replying to a message had no
         HELP.
 Fixed - The TagLine manager was pointing to the WRONG HELP files.
 Fixed - If you turned off (Beep On Personal Messages), the program
         would still beep on personal messages.
 Fixed - There was a small problem with animating an ANSI message with
         ANSI MUSIC.  This is a very TRICKY area because not all people
         follow the standards, so you have to try and make up the parts
         they don't add <arg>.  At any rate, hopefully this will do the
         job a little better.
 Fixed - When editing the HEADER of a message (TO,FROM,SUBJ,etc) the
         <enter> key would only move between the TO,FROM, SUBJ fields.
         You can now also use the <enter> key to scroll down to the
         Private/ConfNumber/CarbonCopy/RequestRR/TagLines.
 Fixed - The EDIT REPLY options was not working(PERIOD).

 Added - You can now KILL a reply.  Please note that if you KILL all of
         your reply messages AND if you previously had a REP packet,
         the REP packet will not be deleted.  This is done for SAFETY
         reasons.
 Added - You can now use the Right/Left arrow keys to go to the
         next/previous message.
 Added - You can now specify up to four Tagline Quote characters. Also,
         if you use the %N% in this option, please note that it
         defaults to the Users Initials and adds a '>' character.
         However, if you wish to bypass the '>' characters when using
         the %N% parameter, simply add the character of your choice.
         Examples:

              %N%    Looks like -  CD> Hello there
              %N%?   Looks like -  CD? Hello there
              %N%α   Looks like -  CDα Hello there

 Added - Updated the CAMSTER.HDX file to reflect the new additions.