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- Release Notes
- on the
- Xgopher client
-
- version 1.3
-
-
- These notes describe CHANGES from Xgopher version 1.2 of November 1992.
-
- History
- -------
- version 1.3 24 May 1993 added extended types, status popup,
- considerable configurability, improved
- file save, ICCCM compliance, many
- smaller changes.
- version 1.2 20 Nov 1992 many new features, including type T,
- saving bookmarks, and lots more.
- See details below.
- version 1.1a 03 June 1992 Fixes for release 1.1 -- details below
- version 1.1 20 April 1992 Support for additional items:
- CSO Name servers, text index, sound,
- also many enhancements.
- version 1.0 5 March 1992 Original release
-
-
-
- Changes in 1.3
- --------------
-
- Many of the significant additions and changes to Xgopher for this release
- are not immediately visible to the end user. However, the program
- is significantly changed! The main emphasis of this release is on
- configurability and security. Security is implemented primarily for
- a public-access kiosk running Xgopher.
-
- Major areas of change:
- . Extended Types - allow support new gopher types all through
- external resources, no source changes.
- . Other new functions
- . Security - server access limitations for certain gopher types,
- ftp access control, file permissions
- . User interface - status popup and file save/copy dialog, ICCCM
- compliant, priming "enter gopher item panel"
- . Misc bug fixes - mostly minor stuff.
- . Configuration - popup positioning, command string editing
- . Documentation - all the new features are extensively documented.
- . Porting - Has been tested on System 5 and Solaris 2.1
-
- For a complete list of changes, see the "Changes" document.
-
-
- Acknowledgements
- ----------------
-
- Thanks to all people who took the time to send me their comments,
- suggestions, and problems in previous versions of Xgopher.
- All bug reports and many of the suggestions I received have been
- addressed in Xgopher 1.3.
-
-
- Problems
- --------
-
- One known problem is if your Athena widget library is compiled
- with the international text feature enabled (usually it isn't in
- English-speaking countries), you will experience problems compiling
- Xgopher. The text widget provided in Xgopher is a subclass of the
- "original" Athena text widget. The i18 support changes the definition
- of the widget's class record, so the subclassing is done improperly.
- I have not had the time to work on this.
-
- Please report and problems, suggestions, or portability problems to
- the author of xgopher. e-mail contact is preferred:
-
- Allan Tuchman
- Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1304 W. Springfield Ave.
- Urbana, Illinois 61801
- USA
-
- (217) 244-0048
- a-tuchman@uiuc.edu
-