home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Welcome to this upgrade to KingFisher: KingFisher 1.40! This is the first
- release since 1.37 and is primarily aimed at fixing some ARexx problems.
- In particular, please note the following:
-
- 1. SEARCH RANGE 123-456
- ARexx will interpret 123-456 as a subtraction. Enclose it in quotes to
- force ARexx to handle it properly:
- SEARCH RANGE "123-456"
- With a user-entered variable this is unnecessary.
-
- 2. SEARCH RANGE 123-456
- This version of the SEARCH RANGE command was totally broken in the past.
- Any troubles you had with it were my fault and not yours. I apologize
- for any frustration or inconvenience on your part.
-
- 3. SEARCH MODE TITLE
- Some problems existed with this command, especially in conjunction with
- SEARCH CASE IGNORED and possibly selected SEARCH RANGE.
-
- 4. Be advised that SEARCH MODE TITLE implies (and NOT in ARexx only!) that
- boolean expressions are not used in the evaluation of the search string.
- This means that you would apply a dual set of quotes to a string when
- you search a description (because it would be evaluated as a boolean
- expression) and you supply at most one set of quotes when you search
- only the titles. An example is shown in the AREXX section of the .guide
- (manual) file, under the heading of the command SHOW.
-
- 5. The default for the AddFishReportFile has been altered to apply
- /WAIT/CLOSE to the console window. This can (and will) allow you to
- catch any error messages that KingFisher might print there before the
- window closes. If you are still using KS 1.3 then you should change
- this console window to a file in RAM:
- Naturally, everyone should fix their KingFisher.prefs files to
- include those switches, as KingFisher will not alter them after they
- already exist in the file.
-
- 6. In addition to the strings "CONTENTS OF DISK" and "THIS IS DISK" the
- string "NEW/AMIGALIBDISKS/DISK" is now also accepted as starting a
- disk's description. This addition helps those who use Fred's newer
- listings, mostly associated with his "Fresh Fish" CD-ROM.
-
- Please see the HISTORY section in the .guide (manual) file for further
- details on changes since the version that you have been using until now.
-
- >>>>> If you do not have a previous version of KingFisher installed, then
- you can find previous versions on the same ftp site or BBS where you
- found this file. In particular, Aminet ftp sites should carry this
- and previous files in the .../aminet/fish/ directory. You can also
- find a complete distribution (version 1.30) on Fred Fish's disk #861.
-
- ._. Udo Schuermann
- ( ) walrus@wam.umd.edu
-