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- From: Udo K Schuermann <walrus@wam.umd.edu>
- Subject: NEW RELEASE: KingFisher v1.11
- Reply-To: Udo K Schuermann <walrus@wam.umd.edu>
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 03:28:25 EST
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- Available via anonymous ftp is version 1.11 of KingFisher, fixing all
- known problems relating to the name index and also taking care of the
- problems relating to systems with oversized or A2024 displays via the
- use of the 2.0 Display Database.
-
- General overview of KingFisher:
-
- KingFisher is a freely distributable replacement for Aquarium, providing
- a mechanism to search for software in Fred Fish's Library of Freely
- Distributable Software. KingFisher has been designed for users of both
- floppy-only and harddisks systems operating under either Kickstart 1.3
- or Kickstart 2.0. Some features are available only under Kickstart 2.0.
-
- KingFisher v1.11 offers the following features:
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- - Maintains a split database across multiple disk volumes,
- - Searches this database more than 3 times faster than Aquarium,
- + Provides a small and very fast program name search index,
- - Adds new fish directly from Contents files or Usenet postings,
- even from multiple concatenated postings or email contents files,
- - Fish can be deleted from the end of the database to undo errors,
- - Database is a line-oriented text file accessed through index
- which can be modified by hand and then reindexed,
- - Flexible print and export functions, including search-filtered
- output,
- - Select from multiple different search strings,
- - Limit searches to a portion of the database,
- - Follow version links to older or newer versions of software,
- - Maintain multiple different "bookmarks" into the database and
- switch between them with a single mouse click,
- - Supports proportional and scalable fonts for description text,
- + Now supports the 2.0 display database including Text Overscan.
- Limited support for overscan, PAL, and interlace displays is
- available under 1.3.
- - String gadgets are optionally kept active for keyboard comfort,
- - Full configuration saved between executions,
- - Iconifies to save Chip RAM (46K).
-
- This update to the original version 1.0 and 1.1 does not include a
- database. To obtain the database and complete program documentation, too,
- you must obtain a file named KingFisher.lha which is 477691 bytes in size.
- KingFisher111.lha is 66745 bytes in size.
-
- KingFisher.lha and now KingFisher111.lha can be found at the following
- ftp sites:
-
- wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /systems/amiga/incoming/fish
- grind.isca.uiowa.edu 128.255.19.233 /amiga/Read.These (*)
- ux1.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.5.59 /pub/amiga/KingFisher (*)
-
- (*) May take a little time for KingFisher111.lha to show up there.
-
-
- ._. Udo Schuermann "New way? What's this I hear about a new way?"
- ( ) walrus@wam.umd.edu -- Alex, "A Clockwork Orange"
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