бровсер нотес цREATED: 11 сEPTEMBER 1995 дOCS UPDATED ON 7TH йAN 1996 бROWSER уPDATE дATED: 7TH йAN 1996 тHE LATEST UPDATE OF бROWSER IS DATED INTERNALLY AS 7TH йAN, 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------------- хERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A PROGRAM WORK IN PROGRESS! нO WARRANTIES, GUARANTEES ETC, ... тHESE UPDATES WILL BE POSTED PERIODICALLY (EVERY WEEK OR TWO). фOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER USED бROWSER, и HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DOWNLOAD BROWSER2.SFX AND READ THE DOCUMENTATION FOR IT. тHIS PAGE ONLY DEALS WITH THE UPDATES SINCE THAT RELEASE. ----------------------------------------------------------------- тHESE NOTES WILL BE APPENDED TO WITH EACH NEW UPDATE. аLL цуррент CHANGES WILL BE NOTED AT THE енд OF THIS FILE. алл OPTIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. --------------------------------------------------------------- еARLY сEPTEMBER нOTES * хOT KEYS. вHEN THE HIGHLIGHT BAR IS OVER A FILE AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, PRESSING THE APPROPRIATE KEY WILL GET YOU STARTED READING (OR RUNNING) IT. тHE KEYS ARE: а - аSCII п - пETSCII б - басиц н - анси д - дат к - пкт р - рUN (ONLY FOR ц128 пRG FILES) * сCRATCHING & рENAMING. вHEN THE HIGHLIGHT BAR IS OVER A FILE, YOU CAN CHANGE THE FILENAME OR SCRATCH IT. сHIFTED 'R' FOR RENAMING, сHIFTED 'S' FOR SCRATCHING. сCRATCHING GIVES NO WARNING. (вELL YOU HAVE TO HIT THE SHIFT KEY SO THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH WARNING). тHE INDEX FILES (DESCRIBED LATER) ARE ALSO SCRATCHED OR RENAMED, IF THEY EXIST. * иNDEX FILES. бROWSER WILL PROMPT TO SAVE AN INDEX FILE FOR ANY OF THE FILE TYPES WHICH IT CAN READ. тHE INDEX SAVES THE FILE TYPE, SCREEN SIZE, ETC. тHESE INDEX FILES CONSIST OF THE FILENAME WITH THE FIRST CHARACTER CHANGED TO A '%' SYMBOL. тHESE FILES ARE уср FILES AND DON'T APPEAR IN THE бROWSER FILES WINDOW. сINCE IT RELATES TO THE т&с INFORMATION FOR THE FILE, IF YOU MOVE A FILE TO ANOTHER DISK OR DIRECTORY, FORGET ABOUT COPYING THE INDEX FILE FOR IT. * тHE (в)RITE COMMAND. тHIS BRINGS UP A WINDOW WITH OPTIONS WHICH RELATE TO SAVING A FILE TO DISK. аNY OF THE OPTIONS CAN BE TOGGLED BY USING THE KEY RELATING TO EACH OPTION. дEVICE: # (2-16) дISK DRIVE OR пRINTER вRITE: дат/ пACKET/ пETSCII/ аSCII дISK OR пRINTER еITHER еXISTING FILES аPPEND/ аSK/ рEPLACE рEMAINDER OR ALL еITHER EцHO TO SCREEN ыES/нO тHE вRITE AS пACKET OPTION IS NOT CURRENTLY FUNCTIONAL. ыOU CAN'T SAVE A пET (OR ANY 'NON' .дAT FILE) AS A дат FILE. тHE вRITE OPTION APPEARS WHEN VIEWING AN анси, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK. ноте: тHERE IS A *MINOR* BUG IN SAVING дат TO дат FILES WITH ALL DRIVES OTHER THAN A рAMлINK. иT SAVES TO OTHER DRIVES OK, BUT THE PRIVATE/PUBLIC FLAG TENDS TO GET MIS-SET. * 'рEMAINDER' LETS YOU SAVE FROM THE CURRENT PAGE YOU'RE VIEWING. иF YOU USE THIS AND HAVE EцHO TO SCREEN TOGGLED AS ыES, YOU CAN USE THE STOP KEY TO STOP THE SAVING OF TEXT AT ANY STAGE. тHIS LETS YOU SAVE PORTIONS OF A LONG FILE AS SMALLER INDIVIDUAL FILES. (и USE IT TO GRAB STUFF FROM THE фая FILES). * дат/пкт FILES DO NOT LET YOU SAVE 'рEMAINDER' IN THIS MANNER - BUT YOU CAN SAVE THE фая FILES (OR ANY MESSAGE) AS A пET OR асции FILE THEN USE THIS METHOD TO RETRIEVE WHAT YOU NEED FROM IT. * фILE NAMING. ыOU CAN NAME A .дат FILE THAT YOU SAVE ANYTHING YOU LIKE, IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO END IN '.DAT'. хINT: вE OFTEN RENAME THE MESSAGES.DAT FILE TO SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE READING IT WITH бROWSER, THEN SAVE/APPEND MESSAGES WE WANT TO ANSWER TO 'MESSAGES.DAT' SO WE CAN LOAD явкрр WHEN FINISHED READING THE MAIL PACKET. * лISTING A басиц FILE WILL NO LONGER CRASH THE SYSTEM. ыOU CAN ALSO WRITE A басиц FILE TO DISK AS A TEXT FILE. * дEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE .дат FILE AND WHAT'S AT THE END, бROWSER SOMETIMES DISPLAYS AND 'EXTRA' MESSAGE AT THE END WHICH LOOKS NASTY ON THE SCREEN. иT'S NOT A BUG JUST THE WAY THE дат FILE ENDS. ----------------------------------------------------------------- мID сEPTEMBER нOTES * тHIS VERSION IS 'INTELLIGENT' IN THAT IT WILL ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF FILE IS BEING READ (ASCII, PET, .DAT, ANSI, PKT AND басиц). фOR THE MOST PART IT GETS IT RIGHT, BUT IF NOT, ITS 'GUESS' CAN BE IGNORED BY PRESSING THE APPROPRIATE KEY FOR THE FORMAT REQUIRED. * еACH TIME YOU OPEN A NEW DIRECTORY бROWSER WILL SEARCH FOR A CONTROL.DAT FILE, AND IF FOUND IT WILL DISPLAY THE USERS NAME AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. тHIS IS MAINLY AN INDICATOR THAT A CONTROL.DAT EXISTS. иF IT DOES EXIST, WHEN YOU READ .дат TYPE FILES YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPTION TO USE THE CONTROL.DAT OR NOT. сELECTING но WILL GIVE THE FASTEST METHOD OF READING THE FILE, BUT ONLY THE AREA нумберс WILL BE USED. сELECTING ыес WILL SHOW THE AREA намес, PLUS IT WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT ANY MESSAGES TO OR FROM THE USER. * еACH AREA NAME IS ONLY 'READ' ONCE. тHE SPEED DIFFERENCE IS THEN NEGLIGABLE. рAMLINK USERS WILL NEVER NOTICE THE SPEED DIFFERENCE ANYWAY. * ц128 басиц FILES CAN STILL BE рун FROM бROWSER (HIGHLIGHT THE FILE, AND PRESS 'R'), BUT IT WILL NO LONGER EVEN ATTEMPT TO RUN ц64 басиц PROGRAMS.тHIS IS GENERALLY A GOOD THING SINCE MOST ц64 PROGRAMS WILL CRASH THE COMPUTER - хOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS, SUCH AS цмд'S фCOPY AND мCOPY THAT WILL RUN IN BOTH ц64/128 MODES. уNFORTUNATELY, бROWSER WILL OFTEN 'SEE' THESE AS ц64 басиц FILES AND WON'T ATTEMPT TO RUN THEM..иF THIS IS THE CASE, THE EASIEST SOLUTION IS TO LOAD THE PROGRAM (IN ц128 MODE) AS YOU NORMALLY WOULD, THEN RESAVE THE FILE BACK TO DISK. тHIS CAUSES THE LOAD ADDRESS TO BE RESET AND бROWSER WILL THEN 'SEE' THEM AS ц128 RUNNABLE PROGRAMS. (тHEY CAN STILL BE лOADED/рUN FROM 64 MODE AS NORMAL). * пRESSING THE схифт 'I' KEY WILL DISPLAY INFORMATION FOUND IN THE CONTROL.DAT FILE, IF A CONTROL.DAT IS IN THE DIRECTORY. ----------------------------------------------------------------- сEPTEMBER 24TH нOTES * бROWSER HAS NEW CHARACTER SETS! аFTER A LOT OF WORK... гAELYNE HAS PUT TOGETHER A COLLECTION OF OVER 30 CHARACTER SETS FOR USE WITH бROWSER - ALL WITH THE CORRECT ц= гRAPHICS. аND... SHE'S ALSO UPDATED THE SAME CHARACTER SETS USING FULL асции GRAPHICS TOO. тHE FULLSET CHARACTER SETS CAN BE USED IN дESTERM TOO, INSTEAD OF THE DES.IBMFULLSET FILE. фOR THOSE OF YOU INTO фтпING, OTHER дESTERM COMPATIBLE CHARACTER SETS (FOR EACH TERMINAL EMULATION TYPE) CAN BE FOUND AT HAL9000.APANA.ORG.AU IN THE /CBM/DESTERM DIRECTORY, OR AT CCNGA.UWATERLOO.CA /PUB/CBM/инцоминг/TELECOMM AND EVENTUALLY IN THE /PUB/CBM/TELECOMM DIRECTORY. * фIDONET USERS CAN GET THESE FROM 221B бAKER сTREET ббс. 1:366/221, BUT THE FILENAMES BEGIN WITH A 'DES' SO USERS KNOW THEY ARE FOR USE WITH дESTERM. тHE FILES AND THEIR DESCRIPTIONS: * BROWCHRS.SFX ON 221б бAKER сTREET ббс = CBMCHRS.SFX - бROWSER CBM GRAPHIC CHARACTER SETS * DESFUL.SFX = FULLSET.SFX - дESTERM IBMFULLSET CHARACTER SETS. цAN ALSO BE USED WITH бROWSER. * DESIBM.SFX = IBMSET.SFX - дESTERM IBMSET CHARACTER SETS * DESAMI.SFX = AMISET.SFX - дESTERM AMIGASET CHARACTER SETS * DESCBM.SFX = CBMSET.SFX - дESTERM CBMSET CHARACTER SETS * DESCG.SFX = CBMCGSET.SFX - дESTERM CBMCGSET CHARACTER SETS * DESVT52.SFX = VT52SET.SFX - дESTERM VT52SET CHARACTER SETS * DESVT102.SFX = VT102SET.SFX - дESTERM VT102SET CHARACTER SETS сEPTEMBER 25TH нOTES ----------------------------------------------------------------- делете ANY OLD INDEXES!! (THOSE MADE WITH A VERSION OF BROWSER DATED 24RD сEPT, OR BEFORE). тHEY ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH LATER UPDATES AND вилл CAUSE PROBLEMS! (сORRY - BUT YOU'LL APPRECIATE THE NEW INDEXES). ----------------------------------------------------------------- * бROWSER HAS A NEW LOOK. иT USES AN INTERNAL пET асции SET ALLOWING YOU TO SEE DISK DIRECTORIES AND басиц FILE LISTINGS WITH THE CORRECT цбм GRAPHIC CHARACTERS. тHE INTERNAL PET CHARACTER SET HAS A FEW GRAPHIC CHARACTERS ALTERED TO GET THE WINDOWS RIGHT - IF THESE ARE 'NOTICEABLE' (DISPLAYING WHERE YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT THEM), PLEASE LET US KNOW. * тHE INTERNAL ибм-асции SET HAS BEEN MAINTAINED FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS FOR READING .дат AND анси FILES. * цтрл-0 (ZERO) AND цтрл-1 TOGGLES BETWEEN THE TWO INTERNAL CHARACTER SETS. ыOU CAN USE THIS WHILE VIEWING FILES. * иF YOU HAVE 64к ждц, YOU CAN LOAD UP TO 8 ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SETS WHICH ARE ACCESSIBLE TO YOU WITH THE цтрл AND NUMBER KEYS 2-9. * иF YOU ONLY HAVE 16к ждц, OTHER SETS CAN BE LOADED AND USED, BUT THEY WILL BE LOST IF ONE OF THE INTERNAL ONES ARE ACCESSED THROUGH THE цтрл 0 AND 1 KEYS. * аVOID THE ACTUAL LOADING OF CHARACTER SETS WHILE READING TEXT, DO THIS BEFOREHAND. * уNDER THE 'дISPLAY DEFAULTS' WINDOW, THERE IS A NEW OPTION FOR CHARSET USAGE. тHE CHOICES ARE 'пет, асции, ауто AND уSER'. ауто WILL AUTOMATICALLY CHOOSE BETWEEN THE INTERNAL CHARACTER SETS WHEN YOU VIEW FILES (IE, THE асции SET IS USED FOR асции TYPE FILES, AND THE пет SET IS USED FOR петSCII TEXT FILES OR WHEN LISTING A басиц FILE). пET ALWAYS USES THE PET SET, асции ALWAYS USES THE асции SET, AND THE уSER SET WILL USE WHAT YOU LOAD, IF NONE ARE LOADED IT DEFAULTS TO THE INTERNAL асции SET. * тHE оPTIONS MENU CAN NOW BE ACCESSED FROM WITHIN FILES, AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE COLOURS AND HOW THE TEXT IS VIEWED (цр,лф, лф+цр, таб, ETC). * иT BEARS REPEATING... дELETE ANY OLD INDEXES! - тHEY ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THIS UPDATE AND вилл CAUSE PROBLEMS. * вHEN YOU SAVE AN индеь FOR A FILE THE COLOUR, SCREEN SIZE, лфS, цр, таб, ETC INFORMATION IS SAVED IN THE INDEX. тHIS MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT 'DEFAULT' SETTINGS FOR бROWSER, DEPENDING ON YOUR NEEDS/DESIRES. иF THERE IS NO INDEX FILE, THE LAST USED COLOURS AND OTHER SETTINGS ARE USED. ----------------------------------------------------------------- оCTOBER 2ND нOTES * сCREEN SIZING CAN NOW BE CHANGED WHILE READING FILES. * бORDER COLOURS ARE NOW CORRECTLY UPDATED WHEN CHANGED WHILE READING A FILE. * тHE COLOUR SELECTION MENU IS NOW IN COLOUR :-) * цHARACTER SETS CAN NOW BE LOADED WHILE READING FILES, BUT TO PREVENT CRASHING YOU MUST ENSURE THAT YOU ARE BACK ON THE SAME DRIVE AND DIRECTORY WHEN YOU EXIT THE CHARACTER SET MENU THAT YOU WERE WHEN YOU ENTERED IT. * тO/фROM/сUBJ LINES ARE NOW DISPLAYED WITH THE USER SELECTED CHARACTER SET, RATHER THAN THE INTERNAL асции SET. ----------------------------------------------------------------- оCTOBER 13TH нOTES * бROWSER WILL NOW LOAD AND RUN ц64 PROGRAMS. тHIS DOESN'T WORK WITH SOME VERSIONS OF рамлINK (EVEN IF TRYING TO LOAD A PROGRAM FROM ANOTHER DISK DEVICE). бOTH рOD AND и HAVE рAMLINKS, AND THIS WORKS JUST GREAT ON HIS SYSTEM, BUT NOT ON MINE. фEEDBACK ON THIS WOULD BE WELCOME. дON'T FORGET TO SWITCH YOUR MONITOR TO 40 COL MODE. * иF A ':' APPEARS IN THE FIRST 11 CHARACTERS OF A .дат FILE, ANYTHING AFTER THE COLON IS COLOURISED. цURRENTLY, IT'S THE SAME COLOUR AS QUOTED TEXT, BUT THIS MAY CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. тHIS SERVES A COUPLE DIFFERENT PURPOSES: FIRST, IT MAKES IT EASIER TO READ иNTERNET STYLE REPLIES WHERE A COLON HAS BEEN USED AS A QUOTE SYMBOL. сECOND, IT HELPS TO MAKE THE иNTERNET STYLE HEADERS ON MESSAGES LOOK A LITTLE BETTER. оCTOBER 22ND нOTES * тHE PROBLEM WITH бROWSER NOT LOADING AND RUNNING 64 MODE PROGRAMS FROM CERTAIN рAMLINK'S HAS BEEN SOLVED. иT'S NEW DRAWBACK IS THAT IT RESETS THE рAMLINK TO IT'S DEFAULT PARTITION/DIRECTORY, SO IF WHAT YOU WANT TO LOAD IS ON THE рAMLINK IN A DIFFERENT PARTITION FROM YOUR DEFAULT, IT DOESN'T WORK. иT WORKS FINE FOR LOADING ц64 FILES FROM ANY OTHER DEVICE, HOWEVER. оCTOBER 26TH нOTES * фIXED FILE IDENTIFIER PROBLEM. иT NOW RECOGNISES цам-маил явк PACKETS AS A .дат FILE. * фIXED CONTROL.DAT PROBLEM. иT NOW DISPLAYS THE CONFERENCE MAMES WHEN READING явк PACKETS FROM цAM-MAIL. нOVEMBER 27TH нOTES * фIXED BUG WITH PRINTING VIA PARALLEL CABLE * фIXED BUG WITH WRITING FILES TO DISK дECEMBER 11TH нOTES бROWSER IS STILL UNRELIABLE WHEN USED WITH NON-JIFFYдOS'D 1581'S. * бROWSER NOW AUTO-DETECTS THE TYPE OF FILE (пET, асции, дат, пкт, ETC) AND DISPLAYS IT AS DETECTED INSTEAD OF SHOWING THE ADDITIONAL MENU. иF THE FILE DOES NOT DISPLAY CORRECTLY, EXIT THE FILE, THEN WHEN THE CURSOR IS OVER THE FILENAME, PRESS THE KEY CORRESPONDING TO THE WAY YOU WISH TO VIEW THE FILE. ие, IF IT'S AN асции TEXT FILE, PRESS THE LETTER 'A'. йAN 7TH нOTES * фIXED A BUG THAT CAUSED CRASHING WITH .дат FILES PADDED WITH NULLS (асции#0). * мINOR CHANGES TO USER INTERFACE AND UPDATED MENU BAR OPTIONS. * тO SEE THE AUTO-DETECTED FILETYPE HOLD YOUR KEYPRESS AND THE FILETYPE WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE MENU BAR. ------------------------------------------------------------- ноте! иF YOU DO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OR RUN INTO ANYTHING INTERESTING, PLEASE LET US KNOW ABOUT IT. вHEN YOU DO, FOR OUR INFORMATION AND REFERENCE, PLEASE NOTE THE DATE SHOWN WHEN YOU QUIT THE PROGRAM. ----------------------------------------------------------------- * еMAIL гAELYNE мORANEC WITH QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, BUG REPORTS, ETC. (пREFERRED) * еMAIL рOD гASSON WITH QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, BUG REPORTS, ETC. (мAY TAKE A FEW DAYS FOR A REPLY). гAELYNE мORANEC / MORANEC@HAL9000.APANA.ORG.AU