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- This is the release note file for PC Gopher III, version 1.10,
- released 30 July 1993.
-
- We're finally running into some unsolveable memory issues; some
- directories in gopherspace are just too big to display (in other words,
- they're larger than 64K). If you run into this, there's not much you
- can do...closing windows may make more memory available, though.
-
-
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- Fixed Bugs
- ---------------------------------
-
- * latest version of the U of MN TCP/IP driver, fixes several range-check
- error bugs
-
- * fixed the range-check error @071F:07F9 problem that was being
- generated by some servers that use long display strings for gopher items.
- Thanks to Laurent Guillope' for helping to track this one down.
-
- * found a solution for the range-check error @1C64:0390 -- upgrade to
- version 2.2 of FTP Inc.'s PC/TCP, or don't use PC/TCP at all. That's
- the best I can do for right now...this one has been pretty much
- impossible to find.
-
- * fixed the jumpy scroller bug. You should be able to choose items from
- a directory listing as the list is being built.
-
- * fixed several bookmark-related bugs:
-
- - memory leak when adding a bookmark
-
- - bookmarked searches didn't work
-
- - some searches didn't work, and would cause run-time errors.
-
- * cancelling the search string dialog didn't always work, now it does
-
- * cancelling binary file fetches fixed
-
- * save large files to disk bug fixed
-
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- Added Features
- ---------------------------------
-
- * added support for some gopher+ stuff: attribute information, gopher+
- transfer methods, and ASK blocks. THE ITEM ATTRIBUTE INSPECTOR WORKS
- FOR BOTH GOPHER+ AND GOPHER0 SERVERS.
-
- * BOOKMARKS ARE NOW STORED IN A TEXT FILE. this means that you can:
-
- a) copy them to a macintosh and feed them to TurboGopher (in theory,
- anyway...I haven't had a chance to test it yet...)
-
- b) edit them to your heart's content
-
- c) mess them up royally
-
- if you edit the bookmark file, make SURE that:
-
- a) you're using an editor that DOESN'T REPLACE TABS WITH SPACES
-
- b) the file is being saved as PLAIN ASCII TEXT (not a WordPerfect
- file or some such grotesquerie )
-
- or your bookmarks won't work.
-
- There's a new version of BMKCVT that will much up an old-format .BMK
- file (PC Gopher III v1.00 and up) and produce a text file with your
- bookmarks in it; it comes with instructions.
-
- * when creating a bookmark, the default text in the "Add Bookmark"
- dialog is set to the name of the object you're about to bookmark,
- rather than nothing
-
- * THE .REZ FILE IS NO LONGER USED. Gopher now reads a PLAIN TEXTFILE
- called GOPHER.INI. There's a little widget called REZCVT that will eat
- your .REZ file (PC Gopher III v1.00 and up) and produce a configuration
- file; it comes with instructions and is pretty simple to use.
-
- You can still override some items in the .INI file with commandline
- switches but the @CFGFILE hack is gone. The switches are the same
- as in the last version, but may change shortly to be consistent with
- the parameter names in GOPHER.INI.
-
- The
-
- /R=\path\to\your\gopher.rez\file
-
- has been replaced with
-
- /I=\path\to\your\gopher.ini\file
-
-
- * the binary fetch status window now stays around until explicitly
- closed; this allows bookmarks to be set for binary files.
-
- * escape key now closes all windows.
-
- * changed the keys for inserting and deleting bookmarks: the Ins
- key now inserts, the Del key deletes.
-
- * in order to use BOOTP, you should now check the "Use BOOTP" checkbox.
- This will insure that, regardless of previous network settings, gopher
- always asks for an address from the BOOTP server.
-
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- Unfixed Bugs
- ---------------------------------
-
- * if there's a non-single-window mode browser on the screen, and you
- switch to single-window mode, you have to open a new browser to get
- the "Go Back" button to appear
-
- * 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
-
- * empty directories shouldn't be displayed
-
- * MS-DOS and 64k segments. This bug is unlikely to be remedied in the
- near future.
-
- Have fun, and keep reporting bugs!
-
- Daniel A. Torrey
- Chief Cook and Bottle-washer, PC Gopher
- daniel@boombox.micro.umn.edu
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