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- OK, there's no help for this particular version, as it hasn't been released,
- and I'm always writing the help just before that. However, as people were
- interested in a preview, I've tried to sum up the most important changes
- below. The last text is between 3.09 and 3.10, so for those of you who still
- uses 3.07, here's a brief update:
-
-
- V3.08s:First version suitable for SysOps. Includes the 'Ascii mail'
- generator, which will generate a textfile from the 'NewMail' file.
- This can then be dragged into the local logon window of ArcBBS. The
- file can be customised for different BBS-menustructures by altering
- at the end of !RunImage.
- Escape active while searching. Search should have been made faster
- instead, I know, but who has the time?
- Lock to User added. The Lock to Receiver wasn't very helpful if the
- file had no mail for you...
- Lock to Area didn't work properly when other locks were activated.
- Now it does.
-
- V3.09: !Config file added as the ultimate way of customising the program.
- Hotkey-bugs removed, and the keys made definable.
- Auto-quote when replying.
- Board selection made easier.
- Special characters in the header, footer etc. strings added.
- More keys active when editing outgoing mail.
- Alternative method of quote-formatting added.
- Textfile grabbing can be turned on/off.
-
- And now 3.10:
-
- ---
- New to the scene is the !Config file. It's been extended since 3.09, and
- there's a brief description in the file itself. Look at that one too please,
- it descibes some features which isn't described here.
-
- ---
- The Help window has disappeared.. It would have become too big to be
- useful, as there's more hotkeys now.
-
- ---
- Search is slightly faster (still not mc), but the main improvement is its
- 'escapability' :-)
-
- ---
- An 'Export' entry has been added to the Outgoing-menu, which will save
- the text only. This is the ultimate answer to all the suggestions about
- incorporating Edit into TransArc... :-)
-
- ---
- Nevertheless, more keys has been added to the outgoing-editor, wiz:
-
- ^Q = Quote
- ^Z,^X,^C,^V as stated in the menu
- F3 = Save
- BS = Delete
- ^ShiftCopy = Delete to EOL
- PageUp in the top line will scroll the window to the top.
-
- ---
- The NewMail-file is no longer called 'NewMail', but the name of the BBS
- instead. This is to enable all mail files to be placed in 1 upload dir if
- desirable.
-
- ---
- Adjust has got significance in the Incom- and Outgoing windows: It will
- adjust the selected area.
-
- ---
- I've allowed top-bit characters in Outgoing mail, now that Denis has
- cancelled the ban. :-)
-
- ---
- Header, footer etc. can now be defined in a fancy way. % has a special
- meaning:
-
- %d ... Replaced by the date, eg. "26 Sep 1991"
- %t ... Time, eg. "05:05:56"
- %r ... Receivers name, eg. "Stefan Brueck"
- %s ... The subject, eg. "Local TransArc"
- %% ... Percent, eg. "%" (Fairly often)
- %f"xxx" ... Here's the fancy stuff. xxx is a filename, which exists
- in eg. <TransArc$Dir>.Boards.Quercus
-
- The contents of this file will be used when it conforms to this format:
-
- @100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107
- >All
- === I want an ARM3! ===
- === 80486 go home! ===
- @110,112,114,Pri
- >All
- === The End is near! :-) ===
- @All
- >All
- === Archimedes rules ===
-
- This is my footers for the moment. Its called 'Footer', and my footer
- in the preferences window is thus: %f"Footer"
-
- It works as follows: If the message is written in area 100,101,102..107,
- no matter to who, one of the ARM/486 footers is chosen at random.
- If it's to area 110,112,114 or a private message, "The end..." will be
- used. In all other areas the footer is "=== Archimedes rules ==="
-
- As you may have expected, line 2 could be replaced by:
- >Stefan Brueck, Thomas Christiansen
- === Soon! ===
- >All
- === I want an ARM3 etc.
-
- Whereupon that 2 persons would receive a special message.
-
- The only clause is, that each area-group ends with an ">All" specification,
- and that the file ends with an "@All" to cater for all other areas.
-
- That concludes my footer-coding for a long time :-) And please note, that
- there still is a deliberate 1 line limit. Some people... :-)
-
- ---
- I've added the possibility of sending netmail when you're using 'Ascii mail'
- to send the messages.
- The way to do it is configured in the !Config file, as is the other
- ascii-mail settings.
- The receivers node number defaults to the node of the destination bbs (this
- is set up in preferences), but can be altered by clicking in the icon, and
- entering something else. I've had about 2 hours to debug that code, so if
- there's any strange features, remember to get the finished version.
-
- Thomas.
-