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┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ░░░░ Ubuz Lister history ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Ubuz Lister start date: 25 April 1995
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│ ░░░░ How to read this document ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+ = New feature
* = Changed feature for the better
! = Fixed bug
# = Possible bug
% = Note
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ░░░░ Version 1.02 Release date: 16-April-1996 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! Killed a deadly bug regarding reading file areas with RA 2.50.
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│ ░░░░ Version 1.01 Release date: 11-April-1996 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! When the file base path was not defined in RACONFIG, Ubuz Lister
displayed empty file areas. Now it will defualt to the RemoteAccess
root directory.
! Fixed a cosmetical problem with the status line.
! Fixed a cosmetical problem with the log file.
! Ubuz Lister now supports RA 2.50 fully.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ░░░░ Version 1.0 Release date: 14-February-1996 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+ You can define whether Ubuz Lister will create the DISP tag file as
an autoload tag file or not with the DISPAutoLoad configuration
keyword.
* Support for AVATAR keys was added.
! Very long file descriptions (2 screens +) caused Ubuz Lister to
crash whcn moving backwards. This is hopefuly fixed now.
! Fixed a problem with the /FG=XXX switch - It didn't work.
! Users can no longer tag files in areas in which they have only
listing security.
+ Support for RA 2.50 has been added.
! If you restarted a new files search, Ubuz Lister did not reset the
"days back" value to the original but multiplied it.
! The Q key didn't work in file tagging mode.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ░░░░ Final ßeta 3 Release date: 2-January-1996 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+ Added cost display to the file description.
+ Added a rotating line when searching files, indicating the program
is working.
! If the user wanted to stop a search before the first file was
displayed, he had to press the stop key twice.
! Ubuz Lister had a problem of tagging files again when a DISP tag
file was used and delted before reentry to the program.
! Fixed "Run Time Error 213" when no ignore names were defined.
* If no files were tagged, Ubuz Lister will erase TAGLIST.RA and the
DISP tag file.
! Fixed the problem of days back calculations when the last time the
user enetered was at the previous year.
! Fixed the tagging limit error information.
* Unavailable files are now listed but cannot be tagged.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ░░░░ Final ßeta 2 Release date: 18-December-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! Fixed USERDOES bug of area name.
* Ubuz Lister will now delete USERDOES.x upon exit.
* Time left calcualtion will now check if the drop file value of
seconds left is illogical, and if so it will calcualte the time by
the minutes left value.
* Some code optimization makes Ubuz Lister start faster.
* If semaphore path is not defined in RACONFIG, Ubuz Lister will now
put the USERDOES.x file in RA's directory instead of the current
directory.
! Ubuz Lister displayed the group name with the area name in the file
descriptions even when it wasn't supposed to.
! Fixed a problem when displaying long area names on both the top line
and in the file description.
! When untagging free files Ubuz Lister did not decrese the number of
tagged free files correctly.
* Ubuz Lister does not use the left margin on comments now.
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│ ░░░░ Final ßeta Release date: 12-December-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+ Added support for USERDOES semaphore file.
+ Added cost calculation when tagging files.
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│ ░░░░ 0.89ß Release date: 10-December-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! Ubuz Lister sometimes got stuck when a very long (over 2 screens
long) file was displayed.
! When using the Restart function, Ubuz Lister did not set the area
and group limitation but used the ones defined the first time.
- I removed the ability to access locked files. This causes too much
problems. I recommend on using a copy of FILES.RA and FGROUPS.RA for
better results.
* When a certain directory was not defined, Ubuz Lister would turn it
into "\". Now the directory will remain empty.
! Added support for the "unlisted" flag. In previous versions only the
"deleted", "not available" and "missing" were checked.
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│ ░░░░ 0.88ß Release date: 25-November-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! Fixed a bug with area information when tagging files. This fixes
many bugs with download limits.
! When the first file in an area was too long to display, Ubuz Lister
did not display anything.
+ You can now use Ubuz Lister in a way which will solve all file locks
problems. See the known problems section, paragraph 4, for more
details.
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│ ░░░░ 0.87ß Release date: 21-November-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! Ubuz Lister will now check area cost as well as file cost.
+ You can now disable the end closing screen and delay. Look in the
configuration file for more details.
* Remaining time calculation method has changed. This allows Ubuz
Lister to act upon the *! macro and suspend the time when running an
external util. See the documentation note on external programs.
! Fixed two bugs when displaying files in keyword search - left margin
and highlighting in the wrong places.
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│ ░░░░ 0.86ß Release date: 19-November-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+ Added support for unlisted, Not avaialable and missing file flags.
If one of this file is encountered, the file will not be displayed.
! Major bug with the DISP tag file was fixed. Apperantly Ubuz Lister
didn't read the file when loading...
+ As I expected, accessing locked files can cause problems. If Ubuz
Lister crashes your system set the CheckLock option to yes in the
configuration file.
* Pressing the down key (Down, ENTER or SPACE) at the end of the list
will exit Ubuz Lister.
* On ratio based systems Ubuz Lister will display "Please upload"
message when a user tags a file out of ratio.
! Choosing "Next area" on the end of the file list when the last area
had no displayed files caused Ubuz Lister to crash.
+ Support for file keywords was added. This can make keyword search
faster since if the keyword was found in the file's keywords, the
description will not be searched. Ubuz Lister also checks the file
name in keyword search.
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│ ░░░░ 0.85ß Release date: 16-November-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+ Added ANSI help screens and a closing screen.
! Due to some code rewriting the progress indictor did not get updated
in version 0.80.
+ Added the ability to call an external chatter. If your system has no
chatter installed, you can use CHATTER.EXE, available in this
package.
! Fixed a bug with time calculation - in the previous versions Ubuz
Lister could not calculate more than 380 minutes.
+ Added support to call the external programs defined in RACONFIG with
Alt-Fx keys.
! The text defined for a self upload was displayed in upper case
characters.
+ You can define the color of the self upload text and Ubuz Lister
will not change the color of the file name when a self appload has
been detected.
# Ubuz Lister will supposedly run now when other programs (such as
RAMGR) lock FILES.RA. This, however, was achieved through unhealthy
programming techniques. Please report of any weird problem.
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│ ░░░░ 0.80ß Release date: 13-November-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+ Added SysOp keys for certain system functions. The keys were there,
but I wasn't aware of them and now they were adapted to the more
common operation keys. See the documentation for more info.
* The method of determining the position of the file name on screen
was changed. Now the location is cacluated while the file is
disaplayed, and tagging / viewing will have no more problem with it.
+ The SysOp status line can now be removed by pressing F1 or by
defining /NS on the command line.
+ Added the ability to specify a default search option for area/group
selection. See the configuration file for more details.
+ Added the ability to force search option for area/group selection in
the command line switches. See the documentation for more details.
+ You can now define a text which will be displayed when a user views
a file he uploaded instead of the "Uploader: <name>" thingie. See
the configuration file for more details.
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│ ░░░░ 0.76ß Release date: 6-November-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! I think I've found out the solution to all the limits problem.
Ubuz Lister wasn't checking the file's attributes but the tag
record's attributes. Hopefully, the limits problems are solved now
and Ubuz Lister will identify the flags correctly.
+ No Ratio / Download Priority flag is now supported in the display,
displayin "No Ratio" instead of "Free".
+ Two more color directives were added - for prompts and input colors,
making Ubuz Lister 100% color configurable.
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│ ░░░░ 0.75ß Release date: 5-November-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+ Added transfer priority flag checking for files.
* When checking an area security, Ubuz Lister will now check only the
area's and area's group's security and not the alternative groups'
security.
+ You can now disable the download limit checking by adding /NL to the
command line.
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│ ░░░░ 0.74ß Release date: 1-November-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! Free files are no longer counted in the limits for number of files
and KB.
! Fixed a problem with identification of tagged files in the listing.
* An improved user input routine was written. The routine will release
time slices, will show the SysOp status line and will allow the user
to abort the command by pressing ESC. In the new files search, if a
user wants a differnt value then the one present, he doesn't have to
delete it - simply starting to type will erase the old value.
# The security check on groups was changed. It should work well now.
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│ ░░░░ 0.73ß Release date: 30-October-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! Fixed the bug marking all the regular files as free files.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ░░░░ 0.72ß Release date: 30-October-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! If the DISP tag file directory was defined but did not exist, Ubuz
Lister would not be able to write both the DISP and RA tag files.
! Download limit check is fixed.
+ Added the ability to jump to the start and the end of the list.
! Fixed a problem with split descriptions when pressing the up key.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ░░░░ 0.71ß Release date: 29-October-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! Fixed the "Run-time error 213" problem in file searches.
* Ubuz Lister will now check if a file is tagged by its name and not
by its record number. This way it accomplishes a better
compatibility with RA's internal tagging.
! You can now actually stop the file search in the middle.
+ ANSI keys support is added.
* The operation keys PgUp and PgDn were changed since they are used
for upload/download in many comm programs.
+ New command line parameter /NC will force Ubuz Lister not to ask the
user wheter he wants to search in the current group or area.
* If the /FG switch was defined Ubuz Lister will not permit a search
in all the areas and it will also disable that choice when asking
the user for input.
* When tagging a file, the cursor will jump to the next file.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ░░░░ 0.7ß Release date: 28-October-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- Comments are no longer displayed in new files / file name / keyword
searches.
+ You can now force Ubuz Lister to perform a search in a specific group
or in the current group. See the documentation about command line
parameters.
+ You can specify a file area for Ubuz Lister in the command line. See
the documentation about command line parameters.
* The command line parameter 'F' was changed to 'S', because 'F' is now
used for file area nd group definitions.
+ New files / file name / keyword search can now be limited to the
current file area or group by the user.
* File names will be displayed in upper case only, in case some program
messed up the FDB.
+ File group's name can now be displayed in the top status line and in
the text itself along with the area's name. You can turn this
feature off with the configuration file.
# Support for DISP tag file was added. However, this is quite shaky,
so please try carefuly. Read the documentation and the configuration
example on how to use it.
+ ANSI keys are not yet supported, but now Ubuz Lister can detect if
an extended key was pressed and it will not quit. Version 0.8 will
support ANSI keys.
! Ubuz Lister will now display areas if the view security is
sufficient but the download security is not.
% The upcoming version 0.8 will be the last development version. After
it will come 0.9 with only bug fixes, and after that the full
release. If you have requests, send them to me now. My todo list
contains now 3 things:
1. ANSI keys.
2. Checking for download limits.
3. Letting the SysOp change the status line and even remove it.
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│ ░░░░ 0.66ß Release date: 18-October-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! The tag / view commands got confused when comments were displayed.
! The view command didn't display the same screen after viewing a file
with a split description.
* The tag and view command now share most of their code, saving some
size.
# Ubuz Lister displayed the last file on it's own screen, even if it
fitted nicely into the previous screen. This is fixed now, but I
think it was that way for a purpose. Please report any unusual
behavior at the end of the list.
+ Keywords found in a keyword search will now be displayed in a
different color.
+ If a file is free, "Free" will be displayed next to it.
+ Two more color directives - for free files and password protected
files, and a third value for for keyword found in the description
text.
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│ ░░░░ 0.65ß Release date: 17-October-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+ Progress indicator gives the user information about where he is in
the list. The indicator will be displayed on a single area listing
or after Ubuz Lister scanned all the areas.
! When tagging/viewing with a split description file the program had
problems putting the selector in the right place.
! When tagging/viewing the tagger could not return to the first file
on the screen.
* SysOp's status line will now scroll the screen if the user's screen
is defined as bigger than the SysOp's screen, and this way it is no
longer displayed over the user's status line.
* Because of some FILES.BBS to FDB convertors behaving badly Ubuz
Lister will now treat any file with no file name as a comment, and
it no longer requires a "Deleted" status.
+ Files with no descriptions will be displayed adjacent to the next
file on the list.
! Memory problems fixed at last. Please report if the program exits
with run-time error 203, especially in keyword search.
* Back scroll will now scroll a full screen backwards, not just one
file.
+ You can now stop area scanning by pressing S or ESC. The search will
continue later form the spot it was stopped.
# Free files in free areas cause problems with the tag file. Of course
on my system it worked great. Maybe the bug is gone with this
version...
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│ ░░░░ 0.6ß Release date: 10-October-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! Tag & view functions treated comments as files.
! Tag & view functions ignored the color configuration.
* The top line now includes the file area name in new files / keyword /
file name searches.
+ More color configuration is available.
* The ignore uploader name function had some problems detecting names
that should be ignored when less than 3 names were specified.
! Ubuz Lister did not release the memory used for reading file
description. This was notable in keyword searches, where Ubuz Lister
read the entire database.
! Tagging was enabled even if the /T switch was not specified.
* Ubuz Lister will now look for CONFIG.RA in the current directory
before looking for it in the directory specified by the environement
variable RA. This is important for multi node system in which some
nodes differ from the other nodes.
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│ ░░░░ 0.5ß Release date: 5-October-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
! Using back scroll on the last file in the new files / keyword / file
name search caused Ubuz Lister to exit with a run-time error.
! Files downloaded from free areas were not marked as free files.
* Ubuz Lister will not ask you if you wish to rewrite or append to an
existing tagged files list, it will automatically append to it, and
it will display the correct files and KB status.
+ Ubuz Lister is now fully colored customizable.
+ Uploader names can be displayed now. Ubuz Lister can also ignore
specific uploader names. (i.e. ALLFIX etc.)
+ You can now specify a left margin for the display, if you don't like
the description to be at the left side of the screen.
! Ubuz Lister now no longer treats comments as files.
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│ ░░░░ 0.4ß Release date: 29-May-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
* In the previous version the files and descriptions were displayed
only after a screenful of them was available. Now they are displayed
during the scanning.
+ Scanning may be stopped by pressing S.
+ Keyword search is possible.
+ File name search is possible.
+ External archive viewing is possible. The program shells out of
memory when executing the external archive viewer.
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│ ░░░░ 0.3ß Release date: 18-May-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
* SysOp status line will now be shown on the last line in 43 and 50
lines modes as well as 25 lines modes.
+ The program now runs faster (Even under Windows!) due to the fact
that the files are no longer scanned when the program loads but in
the course of the normal execution. This is useful for BBS systems
with large file bases.
* Reading the file description is done much faster now.
+ When searching for new files, the user can skip to the next area.
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│ ░░░░ 0.2ß Release date: 6-May-1995 ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+ This document was added. ;-)
+ A Sysop status line showing the user's name, security and remaining
time was added. Currently working only in a 25 lines display mode.
+ Inactivity timeout checking was added. If the user does not press
any key after 90, 100 and 110 seconds, he is notified he is about to
be disconnected. If after 120 seconds the user does not press any
key, the tag file is written and the program exits back to the BBS.
+ 2 minutes: If the user has 2 minutes remaining on the BBS, Ubuz
Lister will notify him, write the tag file and exit to the BBS.