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SAGE WHAT'S NEW?
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V3.2 3-JAN-1992
- larger sample digest
The sample digest has been expanded to contain over
2,000 quotes, jokes, fortunes, poems, and other tidbits.
- sample digest reformatted
Width has been formatted to no more than 64 columns.
Tab characters have been replaced with space characters,
to avoid problems with some style file designs.
Noticed spelling errors were corrected.
- added -q "quiet" option
The -q option will force SAGE into the "quiet" mode.
This keeps SAGE from reporting extra information to the
screen.
For example, in quiet mode, SAGE does not report the
number of messages in the digest, the actual message
number selected, nor place a > character before any
message that is extracted to the screen.
- more sample style files
Sample PCBoard and Text versions of the ANSI style files
have been provided.
- changed l command to i
The l command, which shows licensing information, was
changed to the i command.
- clarified license statement
Anyone can use SAGE for free. All I ask, is that if you
find the program valuable, consider making a donation
towards my continued efforts.
If you don't have the money, just drop me a note and let
me know that you thought about it.
- source code is now available
To those who are interested in programming, the C++
source code for SAGE is available for $99 to
unregistered users, $74 to registered users.
Bug fixes:
Fixed minor problem where copyright banner would show up
twice when issuing the ? command.
Fixed typos in the user manual.
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V3.1 18-DEC-1991
- formatted output is back
Style files can be used to generate formatted output.
Example ANSI graphic style files are provided.
- easier to understand style macros
The %line% and %text% macros, from version 2.3, have been
replaced with ones that are easier to use and understand.
@BODY@
@FIRST_LINE@
@BODY_MINUS_FIRST_LINE@
Bug fixes:
Fixed bug where command line parser wouldn't recognize
some single letter filenames.
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V3.0 16-DEC-1991
I lost the source code for prior versions by formatting a hard
disk, not realizing the tape backup wasn't any good.
SAGE had to be completely rewritten. I decided to redesign it
in an object oriented fashion. This required changing languages
from C to C++.
Some noticable differences between version 2.3 and 3.0 are:
- new terminology
DIGEST: What was the "import" file is now called a
"digest".
- digests to not have to be converted into databases
Message extraction is now done directly from the digest.
- one program does all
The conversion program is no longer needed. Extraction
program has been completely redesigned.
- message extraction is much faster
Previously, SAGE sequentionally rummaged through a
database looking for the correct quote to extract.
SAGE now uses a hash method to directly access any quote
on demand. This requires the building of an index.
- formatted output is gone
It will return in the next version.
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