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- 1/26/95 NCSA Telnet 2.6.1d6 for the Macintosh Release Notes
-
- Brought to you by: Clint Popetz (cpopetz@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
- Jim Browne (jbrowne@uiuc.edu) [departed 12/18/94]
-
-
- These release notes contain the following information:
- Ñ Changes since the last version
- Ñ Telnet release schedule
- Ñ Goals left for current release
- Ñ Bug list
- Ñ Future features list
- Ñ Old changes list
-
- Note: 2.6.1d6 is a quick release to fix some rather nasty bugs.
- Changes since 2.6.1d5:
- ----------------------
- Fixed bug that caused set files and macros not to load properly on startup
- Fixed FTP server memory bug
- Fixed FTP server 'put files that start with a period' bug (around since 2.6.1d1)
- Added Send timeouts
- Fixed bug that caused Telnet not to read old prefs files correctly
- Fixed bug that caused setting of visibility of function key windows not to stick
-
- The FTP server bug probably caused most of the crashes reported in d5, since the
- server just had to be ON, not ACTIVE to cause problems.
-
-
- Note on compiler compatability for 2.6.1d6:
- ------------------------------------------
- I have given up (for the time being) trying to make Telnet compile
- under MPW and Think C. I am sticking with the most beautiful of environments,
- Metrowerks CodeWarrior. If the day comes when all the bugs are fixed, I will try
- to go back and make them compatible, but frankly, I would rather spend my time
- fixing MY bugs and putting in new features than finding work-arounds for problems
- in other development environments.
-
-
- NCSA Telnet for the Macintosh release schedule:
- -----------------------------------------------
- Don't bet the farm on these dates. For entertainment purposes only.
-
- 2.7 Early-Mid Feb, 1995 (very firm)
- 3.0 May, 1995 (somewhat firm)
-
- Development of NCSA Telnet will continue through at least 3.0 and probably beyond.
-
-
- Goals for 2.7:
- ----------------
- Ñ Fix the VAX/VMS VT220 problems.
- * Fix the NeXT interaction problems. (See below)
- Ñ Clean up the segmentation a little bit more and do some memory cleanup.
- Ñ URL command-click support
- Ñ Internet Config Support (For helper applications)
-
-
- The NeXT bug has been rediscovered. I know of three: printing garbage at random
- times, not resizing correctly to screen settings on open, and lag due to re-
- negotiation of linemode suboptions after every CR.
-
- Actually the second bug happens with various servers. The manual resize (dragging
- with the option key or typing 'resize' on some systems) works fine, but the sequence
- we send at open time isnt causing a resize. Im looking at this one.
-
- ----
- This is the list of all Telnet bugs known to NCSA, feel free to mail me if
- you find others: (This is pretty much the same as last release)
-
- Crashes:
- Ñ Telnet wont work without DragLib on PPC (See Below)
- Ñ Window positioning
- Ñ Telnet doesn't constrain saved window positions to available desktop
- Ñ When switching to 132 columns, window's right edge should stay on screen
- Ñ Type during paste bug
- Ñ Occasional problems getting the preferences to "stick"
- Ñ Certain control characters not working due to Apple's bad KCHR
- Ñ Certain macro sequences are not sent correctly (?)
- Ñ \r,\n, and \t cannot appear in a Macro sequence
- Ñ Some interaction problems with NeXT systems (See above)
- Ñ Capture text sometimes contains extra returns
- Implementation:
- Ñ Need to always set push flag when sending return
- Ñ Reduce WDS sizes?
- VT emulation:
- Ñ VT220 insert mode problem
- Ñ VT220 fn keys can still be sent while in vt100 mode
- Ñ Problems w/VT emulation when connecting to certain VAX/VMS hosts
- Ñ Screen trashing when forcesave is on
- Ñ Bold font problems need to be solved
- Ñ Tabs don't work completely
- Ñ Clear whole text cell
- FTP:
- * FTP log not very useful for Macbinary transfers
- * FTP server filename ISO tranlation not working?
- Ñ FTP Server dropping characters in ASCII mode?
- Ñ Need to add a provision for editing "anonymous"'s directory
- Ñ Occasional MNetPush error when using FTP
- Ñ FTP transfers occasionally creating zero size files
- Ñ Multiple user/one password bug?
- Ñ Inivisible items shouldn't appear on a 'dir'
- TEK:
- Ñ Some TEK emulation bugs
-
- DragLib:
-
- I am implementing the code to check for the run-time link of the DragLib library
- on the PPC exactly as Apple details in IM: PowerPC System Software. Unfortunately,
- this seems to do no good, as people running 7.1.2 on PowerMacs have reported Telnet
- dying on startup if they are without the library. Since Metrowerks requires Draglib,
- (and distributes the library on the CD; without it, they die in the same way as
- Telnet) I can't easily debug the problem. But I am working on it.
-
-
- For 3.0:
-
- Ñ Modeless configuration interface
- Ñ Modeless macro dialog box
- Ñ Modeless Open Connection box (?)
- Ñ Scriptable
- Ñ Sessions can be configured to capture immediately from opening
- Ñ Reverse DNS connecting FTP hosts
- Ñ Better Key remapping features
- Ñ ANSI color sequences
- Ñ Save attributes in scrollback
- Ñ Possible firewall support (See below)
- Ñ Major internal re-working (See below)
- Ñ Possible clean-up of TEK code (volunteers?)
-
- Suggestions I don't think I will implement:
- Ñ Different printer font than window font
-
- I am interested in getting a consensus on what firewall methods are "standard."
- With the use of Telnet as a helper app becoming more feasible with the support of
- the GURL suite, and considering the need to move towards scriptability, an alternative
- is needed to opening a connection to the firewall and then manually telnet-ing from
- there. So, anyone interested in giving a firewall-idiot some pointers, feel free to
- mail them to me (Clint). Please include "FIREWALL:" in the subject.
-
-
- 3.0 will be quite a major release, where I will continue the cleansing process that
- Jim began. The memory management will be almost completely redone, and the scrollback
- format will be reworked significantly. Now's the time for interested parties to
- submit requests for things you're just dying to see in telnet. So, consider this the
- official announcement of the "3.0 Telnet Wish List." Just mail to me (Clint) or to
- mactelnet@ncsa.uiuc.edu, and please put "TELNET WISH: " in the subject.
-
- The Documentation for 2.6 is FINALLY on line. It can be found at:
- ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu:Mac/Telnet/Telnet2.6/Telnet2.6UserGuide
-
-
- Old Changes
- -----------
- Changes since 2.6.1d4
- ----------------------
- Macros can be imported and exported to/from text files
- User set-able Block Size
- User set-able Send timeouts
- User set-able font size (i.e. other than 9,12,etc.)
- Fixed a PPC FTP server bug (existing since port to PPC)
- Fixed (some) crashes under low memory resizing
- Fixed a scrolling bug created in 2.6.1d4
-
- Changes since 2.6.1d3:
- ----------------------
- Drag and Drop support. Text can be dragged out of and into connection windows
- Scrolling speed improvement. Scolling speed has been improved by about 5%
- The FTP Client has been removed.
- Telnet now uses less memory (changes to tek storage system)
- Telnet now scans Extensions folder & the folder Telnet resides in for
- Authentication/Encryption plugins
- Fixed a corruption bug for files transferred in binary mode by the FTP server
- Fixed a few TEK bugs
- Added support for GetURL AppleEvent (only "telnet://" scheme supported)
-
-
- Changes since 2.6.1d2:
-
- Keypad and Function key menus added
- Global pref added for Keypad and Function key menus
- Toggle on VT type radio buttons in Terminal prefs fixed
- Toggle on Paste and BS/Del buttons in Session prefs fixed
-
- Changes since 2.6.1d1:
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- Authentication and Encryption now use plug in modules
- Authentication and Encryption are available on the PPC
- VT screen size display during window resize works on PowerPC version
- Application is a fat binary
-
- Changes since 2.6:
-
- The port to PowerPC has almost been completed. Currently Authentication and
- Encryption are not available while running on the PPC. 2.6.1d1PPC has been
- quite stable for me. Please let me know if the PPC version shows any bugs
- that aren't in the 68K version.
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