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- 12/21/94 NCSA Telnet 2.6.1d4 for the Macintosh Release Notes
-
- Brought to you by: Jim Browne (jbrowne@uiuc.edu) [departed 12/18/94]
- Clint Popetz (cpopetz@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
-
- These release notes contain the following information:
- Ñ Changes since the last version
- Ñ Compiler compatability chart for this source release
- Ñ Telnet release schedule
- Ñ Goals left for current release
- Ñ Bug list
- Ñ Future features list
- Ñ Old changes list
-
- 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)
-
- Compiler compatability for 2.6.1d3:
- -----------------------------------
- TC 7.0: Unknown
- MPW C3.3.1: Unknown (MPW C compiler bug prevents compiling of rsmac.c)
- MW 68K 1.1.1.2: Yes
- MW PPC 1.1.1.2: Yes
-
- NCSA Telnet for the Macintosh release schedule:
- -----------------------------------------------
- Don't bet the farm on these dates. For entertainment purposes only.
-
- 2.6 final documentation ???? (unknown)
- 2.6.1 (may skip release and just do 2.7)
- 2.7 Jan, 1995 (somewhat firm)
- 3.0 May, 1995 (somewhat firm)
-
- Development of NCSA Telnet will continue through at least 2.7. With the
- addition of Clint Popetz to the Telnet team, Telnet development will
- continue after the departure of Jim Browne (due to graduation) in December.
-
- 2.6.1 goals completed:
- ----------------------
- Ñ Full PPC port
-
- Goals for 2.6.1:
- ----------------
- Ñ Fix the VAX/VMS VT220 problems.
- Ñ Fix the NeXT interaction problems.
- Ñ Clean up the segmentation a little bit more and do some memory cleanup.
- Ñ URL command-double-click support (?)
-
- ----
- This is the list of all Telnet bugs known to NCSA, feel free to mail us if
- you find others:
-
- Crashes:
- Ñ Crash if window size is changed under low memory conditions
- Interface:
- Ñ Window positioning
- Ñ Need to add blocksize pref
- 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
- * Connections are giving up too quickly (I believe this is a MacTCP
- problem)
- 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
- 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?
- TEK:
- Ñ Some TEK emulation bugs
-
- In progress for 2.7:
-
- Ñ User set-able block size
- Ñ Save Macros in other ways aside from Saved Sets
- Ñ User set-able timeouts for open and send
- Ñ User set-able font size (i.e. other than 9,12,etc.)
-
- For 3.0:
-
- Ñ Modeless configuration interface
- Ñ Modeless macro dialog box
- Ñ Scriptable
- Ñ Sessions can be configured to capture immediately from opening
- Ñ Reverse DNS connecting FTP hosts
-
- Suggestions I don't think I will implement:
- Ñ Different printer font than window font
-
- Old Changes
- -----------
- 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:
-
- 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.
-
- Fixed the FTP client 'lls' bug. I wasn't really looking at this code
- currently, but the MW PPC compiler gave me a warning MPW and TC never did,
- thus leading me to the cause of this bug. (MW satisfied customer #1000000001)
-
-