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This is the release note file for PC Gopher III, version 1.10,
released 30 July 1993.
We're finally running into some unsolveable memory issues; some
directories in gopherspace are just too big to display (in other words,
they're larger than 64K). If you run into this, there's not much you
can do...closing windows may make more memory available, though.
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Fixed Bugs
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* latest version of the U of MN TCP/IP driver, fixes several range-check
error bugs
* fixed the range-check error @071F:07F9 problem that was being
generated by some servers that use long display strings for gopher items.
Thanks to Laurent Guillope' for helping to track this one down.
* found a solution for the range-check error @1C64:0390 -- upgrade to
version 2.2 of FTP Inc.'s PC/TCP, or don't use PC/TCP at all. That's
the best I can do for right now...this one has been pretty much
impossible to find.
* fixed the jumpy scroller bug. You should be able to choose items from
a directory listing as the list is being built.
* fixed several bookmark-related bugs:
- memory leak when adding a bookmark
- bookmarked searches didn't work
- some searches didn't work, and would cause run-time errors.
* cancelling the search string dialog didn't always work, now it does
* cancelling binary file fetches fixed
* save large files to disk bug fixed
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Added Features
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* added support for some gopher+ stuff: attribute information, gopher+
transfer methods, and ASK blocks. THE ITEM ATTRIBUTE INSPECTOR WORKS
FOR BOTH GOPHER+ AND GOPHER0 SERVERS.
* BOOKMARKS ARE NOW STORED IN A TEXT FILE. this means that you can:
a) copy them to a macintosh and feed them to TurboGopher (in theory,
anyway...I haven't had a chance to test it yet...)
b) edit them to your heart's content
c) mess them up royally
if you edit the bookmark file, make SURE that:
a) you're using an editor that DOESN'T REPLACE TABS WITH SPACES
b) the file is being saved as PLAIN ASCII TEXT (not a WordPerfect
file or some such grotesquerie )
or your bookmarks won't work.
There's a new version of BMKCVT that will much up an old-format .BMK
file (PC Gopher III v1.00 and up) and produce a text file with your
bookmarks in it; it comes with instructions.
* when creating a bookmark, the default text in the "Add Bookmark"
dialog is set to the name of the object you're about to bookmark,
rather than nothing
* THE .REZ FILE IS NO LONGER USED. Gopher now reads a PLAIN TEXTFILE
called GOPHER.INI. There's a little widget called REZCVT that will eat
your .REZ file (PC Gopher III v1.00 and up) and produce a configuration
file; it comes with instructions and is pretty simple to use.
You can still override some items in the .INI file with commandline
switches but the @CFGFILE hack is gone. The switches are the same
as in the last version, but may change shortly to be consistent with
the parameter names in GOPHER.INI.
The
/R=\path\to\your\gopher.rez\file
has been replaced with
/I=\path\to\your\gopher.ini\file
* the binary fetch status window now stays around until explicitly
closed; this allows bookmarks to be set for binary files.
* escape key now closes all windows.
* changed the keys for inserting and deleting bookmarks: the Ins
key now inserts, the Del key deletes.
* in order to use BOOTP, you should now check the "Use BOOTP" checkbox.
This will insure that, regardless of previous network settings, gopher
always asks for an address from the BOOTP server.
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Unfixed Bugs
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* if there's a non-single-window mode browser on the screen, and you
switch to single-window mode, you have to open a new browser to get
the "Go Back" button to appear
* in single-window mode, a failed query shouldn't close the window
* in single-window mode, the list of items is sometimes incomplete
until the scrollbar has been moved.
* still no help system
* empty directories shouldn't be displayed
* MS-DOS and 64k segments. This bug is unlikely to be remedied in the
near future.
Have fun, and keep reporting bugs!
Daniel A. Torrey
Chief Cook and Bottle-washer, PC Gopher
daniel@boombox.micro.umn.edu