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This is the release note file for PC Gopher III, version 1.1.2, released
6 August 1993.
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Fixed Bugs
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* fixed bug in telnet session name lookups; if a name lookup failed,
the session was being run anyway, aimed at a bogus address.
* added sanity check to attribute info code; selecting an error item
and asking for views or attributes won't crash the program.
* changed the config file code to copy rather than rename the config
file during updates; renaming was a problem if the .INI file was on
one drive and the temp file was on another.
* if a variable in GOPHER.INI was set to point to an environment
variable, and the user made configuration changes, the reference
to the environment variable was being replaced; gopher now respects
the environment variable settings
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Changes
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* PC Gopher no longer zeros all of the addressing information when the
"Use BOOTP" checkbox is checked; it just zeros the pc_ip address. It
has to do this to tell the TCP layer to do a BOOTP request. This
means that if your BOOTP server doesn't return nameserver or gateway
addresses, you can enter them by hand, and PC Gopher should use them.
You can NOT override information that comes back from the BOOTP
server, however; if you put a nameserver address in GOPHER.INI and
check "Use BOOTP", and your BOOTP server returns a nameserver address,
the address returned by the server will be used, and the one in
GOPHER.INI will be ignored.
* the syntax for the terminal session emulator strings has changed;
you need to use a "$" character in the commandline, rather than "%".
This was changed in order to allow gopher to use environment variables
specified in the GOPHER.INI file; you'll need to change the
commandline strings in your GOPHER.INI by hand, or terminal sessions
won't work anymore...
* added two more parameters to the [paths] section of GOPHER.INI:
swap_dir = . ; directory to swap to during shells/terminal sessions
tmp_dir = . ; directory for gopher to use when creating temp files
Both of these directories MUST be writeable! You will have to add
these parameters to your GOPHER.INI file by hand, or delete it and
let PG Gopher create a new GOPHER.INI. If you don't add these
parameters, PC Gopher will use the directory that GOPHER.EXE lives
in for swap files and temp files.
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Unfixed Bugs
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* mysterious range-check errors at addresses 0459:0CF0, 091E:13C7,
1174:03F3, and 1174:0343. If you see these, report them, along with
the version number of PC Gopher, your DOS version, a list of TSRs
that you load at boot time, and the name and version number of any
other network software you're using (PC/TCP, Vines, etc.)
* 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
Have fun, and keep reporting bugs!
Daniel A. Torrey
Chief Cook and Bottle-washer, PC Gopher
daniel@boombox.micro.umn.edu