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- STACK REVISION HISTORY
- ======================
-
- Version Changes
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-
- 2.0 Complete rewrite
-
- 2.1 - Modified so that when auto window display is enabled the
- command line doesn't contain an initial command
-
- - Added 'sort' options for command stack (these options are
- set using the setup program):
- No sort - default
- Move Forward - when a command is executed it is moved
- forward to the end of the command stack. The effect of
- this is that the most used command drift towards the end
- of the command stack and the others fall of the top
- Delete Least Used - when more room is needed in the
- command stack rather than delete the command on top the
- oldest, least used command is deleted
- Both - enables both Move Forward and Delete Least Used
-
- - Allow a command (in the command stack) to be recalled by
- typing the first few letters and pressing the search key.
- The number of characters used in the search and the trigger
- key can be set using the setup utility. This facility can
- also be disabled using the setup program.
-
- - Stack now makes a more thorough search to see if it has been
- loaded before to prevent multiple loading.
-
- - The same error message is now used to indicate an error
- updating STACK.COM or a data file (ie. for the Alt-w, Ctrl-w
- and Ctrl-r commands)
-
- - The setup program, STACKUP, now accepts a full pathname on
- the command line to tell it where to find the STACK command
- file to modify. In addition if you have renamed the .COM
- file then using STACKUP followed by the modified filename
- will cause STACKUP to record the modified name in the
- command file so that Alt-w will work correctly.
-
- - AND YES A BUG ! Version 2.0 didn't correctly check the last
- character when checking if a command was already in the
- stack. Now it does.
-
- 2.2 - Didn't get the fix of the bug mentioned above quite right
- but I'm fairly sure I've got it this time.
-
- - provided the option of using a file name stored inside of
- STACK for Ctrl-W and Ctrl-R commands instead of having to
- enter a file name on the command line
-
- - provided room to store upto 30 characters for the path and
- file name used for Alt-W, Ctrl-W and Ctrl-R commands
-
- - can now prevent repositioning of command line if it would
- have clashed with the window display. If the command line
- is not repositioned then it is temporarily shortened to
- prevent it overwriting the window.
-
- 2.3 - had another go at stopping the command line bumping into the
- window (and got it right this time !?)
-
- - stopped output of message on successful read (Ctrl-R)
-
- - corrected minor bugs with delete of character at end of line
- and using the back tab key for searching
-
- - re-arranged a few things and reduced the size of STACK by a
- few hundred bytes
-
- - added a /v option to use if the screen display behaves
- strangely when running STACKUP
-
- - Third time lucky ? I thought I had fixed the bug that
- allowed duplicate commands to sneak into the stack but I
- have had reports to the contrary. Dare I say I've got it
- this time ?
-
- 2.4 - Regards the last question - NO ! Well not quite, in some
- situations when the "bring forward" sort option was selected
- the second last command would duplicate. Thanks to some
- help from Jeff Bowles I may have got it this time.
-
- - At Jeff Bowles' suggestion I added an option to allow F3 to
- act the same as the UP key.
-
- - Changed STACKUP a little and fixed the disappearing cursor
- on exit
-
- 2.5 - Changed to keep usage information when command copied
- forward in command stack
-
- - fixed STACKUP to allow modification of F3 option
-
- 2.6 - Recently I spent six weeks away from home. When checking
- STACK on my return I found I had two different files labeled
- version 2.5 ! Version 2.6 is primarily to remove this confusion.