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- Differences between PipBase 1.03/PipReply 1.05 and Pip 2.00
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- Pip* 2.00beta1
- - Pip 2.00 is an unique program substituting both PipBase and PipReply:
- it is smaller than the sum of the two predecessors
- - It has a comfortable interactive setup
- - Nearly all options are accessible via pull-down menus
- - It is written with new, powerful, libraries
- - Hypertextual help
- - New FSC-compatibles quotes
- - The alias file name is now configurable
- - New random (nothing particular) and cyclic (thanks to Marco Bini for the
- idea) origin systems
- - Now it may insert a passowrd into packet headers
- - Run time statistics now include average tossing/packing time (messages per
- second)
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- Pip* 2.00beta2
- - Added /25 switch to run Pip* in 25-rows mode even if it is configured for
- 43/50 rows
- - Fixed some bugs causing flags and sender's name to be lost when modifying
- a message
- - Scroll buttons in Pip Reply area disappeared! We wanted a larger text area,
- but try to click where they were... (and see help about invisible buttons)
- - added an (invisible) jolly button to browse messages more comfortably
- - Pip* now uses EMS (if available) for internal overlays
- - Ctrl-Break interrupt is trapped
- - Dialog boxes will always be placed at the center of the screen, regardless
- of the screen size
- - New Squeeze-It packer (.SQZ) is supported
- - Now Pip* can be swapped out when running an esternal editor
- - "Re:" strings are removed from message subjects when IMPORTing them
- - Registration keys are changed! please apply for new keys
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- Pip* 2.00beta3
- - Commas and spaces in the subject line of filerequest messages are translated
- in newlines when writing a .Req file in Binkley mode
- - When setting up directories, Pip* will create unexisting directories (after
- asking you)
- - Messages may be sorted by date (registered version only)
- - /NOEMS switch
- - Fixed an old bug causing an anomalous exit when entering an area with a
- lastread pointer set to an unexisting message
- - Help key is always F1 (no longer sometimes F1 and sometimes ?)
- - Fixed some problems in unregistered version
- - NORMAL priority is now default when using BTSEND, BTUPDATE, BTPOLL and
- BTREQUEST, and you may omit it on command line
- - A PACK is performed automatically after creating new areas in Setup
- - Purge and Pack will regenerate DestPtr.Pip only if necessary
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- Pip* 2.00beta4
- - Packet password is extended to regular 8 chars (not null-terminated)
- - All %options are developed in message template
- - You may define a signature to be added to every message you'll write
- - "F9 for alias expansion" signals that it is active only for registered users
- - fixed some troubles with argument passing under MS-Windows
- - fixed a bug eliminanting the first character of the second line of quoted
- quoted text
- - message forwarding is now a little more concise; old, complete, message
- forwarding style is always possible by exporting a message on a temporary
- file and then posting it
- - a second tearline ### PipReply is no longer added to new messages
- - temporary message file is now called MsgTmp.Lst, and no longer MsgTmp, since
- some editors don't like filenames without extension
- - added message crypting/decrypting with ROT-13
- - fixed a lot of problems with internal editor
- - added carbon-copy send (only for registered users)
- - added new area creation (only for registered users)
- - if you don't quote kludges, Pip Reply no longer leaves a blank line where
- there was a hidden line
- - EMS is used also when swapping for shells (to DOS and to packers)
- - fixed a bug causing loss of origins when substituting origins from Pip Reply
- - now you may edit an origin before selecting it from Pip Reply
- - fixed a bug causing an irregular record appearing when editing personal
- quote #1 and pressing PgUp
- - added a "route crashmail via boss" to route directly via their boss messages
- directed to a point of another system
- - message list in Pip Reply is now a lot faster
- - (maybe) fixed reply link problems
- - area list and messagebase statistics will show areas with unread messages
- - you may configure IMPORT to directly flag received messages as SENT when
- possibile, to considerably speed up EXPORT
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- Pip* 2.00 official release
- - fixed some minor esthetic bugs (especially about colors and windows)
- - fixed a CC: bug (the message counter was incremented only by one, regardless
- of the number of sent copies, so that you'll have to exit and re-enter area
- to read sent messages)
- - fixed some bugs when deleting messages while in message list screen
- - added the ability to uudecode files contained in messages
- - since semotimes an attempt to recover bad packets resulted in destroying
- message base, bad packets are now simply renamed as .BAD; read them with
- LIST or any other viewer
- - added the possibility of suppressing BELs (\7 characters) from beeping
- messages
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- Differences between Pip* 2.00 and Pip* 2.01
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- Pip* 2.01beta1
- - fixed a bug causing disappearing of the quote preamble when changing external
- editor
- - when new areas area created, they're automatically linked to the friend that
- sent them to you
- - fixed a bug in viewer setup: now you can really enter -1 as initial area and
- user number, as stated in help screens
- - now it does not ask if you want to keep original message if you abort message
- forwarding
- - now it does not move from current message if you press Esc after a [G]oto
- messagre number... request in Pip Reply
- - PIP REPLY NOW HAS A NEW ENGINE: MESSAGEOBJECT, TO BE FASTER... sorry but
- this major change caused a lot of little bugs in this and successive
- betaversions
- - text find function in Pip Reply (registered users only)
- - fixed last problems with PIP INDEX (I hope...)
- - corrected some little inaesthetisms
- - now PIP STAT user# reports the total number of unread messages
- - if you try a CC: send when modifying a message, a box signals that Pip*
- cannot do it (in 2.00, a CC: when modifying was equivalent only to a
- recipient change)
- - Pip Reply no longer aborts if it finds a corrupted message (appearing with an
- unknown compression method)
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- Pip* 2.01beta2
- - PIP EXPORT does not terminate with a division by 0 error if you exported all
- messages in less than one second! (calculating the average: messages/second)
- Sorry for this, but my computer isn't so fast to provoke this bug...
- - Pip Setup now correctly set the string for automatic area change
- - fixed some other little inaesthetisms
- - maximum message length is no longer a 16 bits integer, but a 32 bit long int
- (it works better with long messages)
- - changed final screen for betaversions, to commemorate all messages lost by my
- betaversions (idea by my betatester Silva Ferretti)
- - fixed (?) some problems when importing long messages
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- Pip* 2.01beta3
- - when deleting an area from Pip Setup, now you're prompted for deletion of all
- messages remaining in that area (no more "ghost" files occupying megabytes
- of space...)
- - if you don't set a domain, a @ is no longer added to your origins
- - fixed some problems with total packet counter when importing and exporting
- from menu
- - added beeps when refusing bad packets
- - fixed some problems in locating last users in userlists longer than 64 Kb
- - a configuration option permits to skip "press any key to continue" requests
- after Importing, Exporting, Packing, Purging, etc. from interactive menu
- - a configuration option re-enables old-style extended message forward (with
- enormous headers; Maurizio Macagno loved them and insisted)
- - fixed a bug causing insertion of NUL characters when exporting message
- kludges to a file
- - fixed a bug causing "random" flags to appear in new messages
- - fixed another little bug in internal text editor
- - for beta versions, Pip* initial screen displays also time and date of last
- changes
- - it flushes all files after sending a message: so it is slower, but the
- probability of loosing messages for a sudden crash is reduced
- - compact message forwarding now correctly reports original area tag
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- Pip* 2.01 officvial release
- - revised automatic upgrade of configuration files
- - when an unregisterd user selects "Automatic area creation", and when Pip
- should create it when importing mail, the fact that the option isn't enabled
- is now clearly stated
- - when used in FD mode, now it correctly imports all messages addressed to all
- AKAs of the node
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