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- ArcWeb 0.19 Release Notes
- =========================
-
-
- IMPORTANT NOTE: In order to use ArcWeb via any TCP/IP networking software at
- all, you also need the fetchers appropriate to that networking software.
- There are several HTTP fetchers for KA9Q's !TCPIP on ftp.demon.co.uk. One
- (ArcWebK9Q) is included on the CD-ROM in this archive.
-
- I have included in this distribution a beta version of ArcWebTCP for use
- with Acorn TCP/IP version 2 only and NOT KA9Q.
-
- If you run into trouble during installation or use, PLEASE read all the text
- files in the root of this archive, particularly Problems and Instruct.
-
- This is a beta test version. ArcWeb is available (via HTTP) from:
-
- http://louis.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~snb94r/arcweb.arc
-
- It is also available for FTP from: ftp.demon.co.uk as
- /pub/archimedes/www/arcweb_0.19.arc
-
- and from: micros.hensa.ac.uk as
- /micros/arch/riscos/c/c135/arcweb.arc
-
-
- You also require the DrawFile module available from ftp.acorn.co.uk as:
- /pub/riscos/releases/drawfile.arc
-
-
- I highly recommend that you look at the ArcWeb home page (go to my home page
- [shown below] and follow the link to it) if you have already have http:
- capability.
-
- This release was made on 17 February 1995.
-
- For conditions of use, please read Terms. For help on how to use and
- configure ArcWeb, please read the Instruct file. If you have problems, read
- the Problems file.
-
-
- Bugs Fixed & Improvements since 0.18
- ====================================
-
- ArcWeb now uses + instead of & as a space substitution in <isindex> searches
-
- ArcWeb now types the files that fetchers have fetched if the fetcher returns an
- ArcWeb extended type (like ArcWebK9Q does, I think). This means that when a file
- is picked up from the cache, it will still be recognised as HTML or plaintext.
-
- ArcWebTCP now reads INetDBase:Hosts before attempting a DNS lookup on host names.
- This means that putting IP address of frequently accessed hosts will greatly
- improve performance during the DNS lookup.
-
- ArcWebTCP uses the XSocket_ SWIs to trap errors rather than allow stack backtraces
- when an internet error occurs. These errors should now be reported correctly to
- the user by ArcWeb.
-
- ArcWebTCP intercepts mailto: URLs and opens an Edit window for you to compose an
- email message. When you have finished, save the file to the ArcWebTCP icon bar
- icon and the email will be sent. You must have set up your mail gateway and user
- id on that gateway in the ArcWebTCP configuration window. (There is no need to
- have launched the editor from ArcWeb - any email can be sent provided it starts
- with the necessary To: header)
-
- Fixed bug which causes crash if a line of text in a plain text file is longer
- than 240 characters after tab expansion.
-
- Known Bugs
- ==========
-
- Known bugs can be found at http://louis.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~snb94r/arcweb.html
-
- Parser is still slow - the filter technique used to parse and render the
- page is logical but requires two passes through the source hence the lack of
- speed.
-
-
- ==
- Stewart Brodie
- S.N.Brodie@ecs.southampton.ac.uk
- University of Southampton, UK
-