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- Gemini Release Notes Last updated: 4/1/91 4:21 PM SYMANTEC Confidential
-
- GEMINI Alpha 4
-
- Release Notes
-
- This document describes the current release state of the Gemini
- product. Functions that are expected in the final product, but
- not yet implemented, are listed here. Please do not submit bug
- reports on these functions. Also listed are changes from the
- prior Alpha release.
-
- What is new
-
- The following changes have been made since Alpha 3:
-
- 1. User Interface
-
- 1.1. The user interface has been changed significantly. A new
- mode for EGA/VGA machines uses the capability to remap the
- character set to create new graphics drawing characters,
- icons, and other graphical features. Also, new color sets for
- the EGA/VGA have been added. These use the bright background
- capability of the EGA/VGA to create more vibrant color sets.
- The new graphics mode and color sets are selectable, and the
- older modes are still supported.
-
- 2. Initialization File
-
- 2.1. To support the new user interface, as well as to support
- future development, the NU.INI file has been replaced by the
- NORTON.INI file, which has a new file format.
-
- 3. DISKEDIT
-
- 3.1. Added the /W switch to override the read-only mode from
- the command line.
-
- 3.2. Added a "No differences found" dialog in the window
- compare function.
-
- 4. WipeInfo
-
- 4.1. /BATCH switch to allow un-prompted operation from batch
- file.
-
- 5. NUCONFIG
-
- 5.1. CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT processing is complete.
-
- 5.2. Option to rename SFORMAT.EXE to FORMAT.EXE now works.
-
- 5.3. Install mode now works.
-
- 5.4. Logical color names describe their usage.
-
- 6. NCD
-
- 6.1. The current directory can be renamed.
-
- 7. NCACHE
-
- 7.1. The new NCACHE is included.
-
- 8. DS
-
- 8.1. DS can no longer save sorted file lists on network drives
- (nor SUBST'd or ASSIGNed drives). The algorithm used for
- networks is correct, but the network server operating system
- does not store file names in any guaranteed order.
-
- The following changes have been made since Alpha 2:
-
- 9. Text Edit fields
-
- 9.1. Text Edit fields now have brackets on either side
-
- 9.2. Text Edit fields appear in black only when they are being
- edited (active control).
-
- 9.3. Text Edit fields have dots (ASCII 250) for empty or
- unused space.
-
- 10. DISKEDIT
-
- 10.1. Configure now has an option to turn off the quit yes/no
- dialog and quit automatically when ESC is pressed.
-
- 11. Speed Disk
-
- 11.1. Remove the DOS Verify Option
-
- 11.2. Add option to turn off the sound when optimization is
- complete.
-
- 12. FileFind
-
- 12.1. Ability to save drive list. The list of drives
- "checked" in the "Use following drives:" dialog will be saved
- to the NU.INI file when the "Save" button is pressed. Once
- saved, this list is loaded when FileFind runs, and used
- whenever the "Use following drives" button is selected. (The
- default button is still "Default drive.")
-
- 13. DS
-
- 13.1. DS can now save sorted file lists on network drives (as
- well as SUBST'd and ASSIGNed drives). Only file names are
- saved in sorted order. Directory names will not be sorted
- after DS is finished.
-
- 14. NCD
-
- 14.1. The size of the tree array in memory was increased to a
- maximum of 4094 directories. The actual maximum number will
- be less if available memory is restricted.
-
- 14.2. Added tree size function. The size of a directory tree
- can be determined by selecting the "tree Size" item in the
- "diRectory" menu, or by using the "SIZE" command from the
- command line, as:
-
- NCD SIZE pathname
-
- 14.3. A "Copy Tree" function has been added. The function
- copies a directory tree (the contents of a directory and all
- its subdirectories) to another location. The location may be
- on another drive. The function is implemented from the
- "diRectory" menu by selecting the "copY tree..." item. This
- opens a "Select Directory" dialog, with a check-box option to
- delete the original files after the copy. The command-line
- interface is
-
- NCD COPY source destination [/DELETE]
-
- 14.4. The "Copy Tree" function has been added to the
- Configuration dialog to be enabled/disabled.
-
- 14.5. If the current directory is not in the tree, NCD now
- rebuilds the tree only from the first part of the path that is
- currently in the tree, instead of rescanning the entire disk.
-
- 15. SYSINFO
-
- 15.1. The new 486 chips (without FPU or cache) are now
- properly identified.
-
- 15.2. Report now correctly displays video memory.
-
- 16. UnErase
-
- 16.1. Unerase now supports the /M (use Mirror info) and /I
- (use Image info) switches as they are used in UnFormat.
- Also, the /N (No Delete Tracking info) has been added to
- disable the use of Delete Tracking info.
-
- 17. DISKMON
-
- 17.1. The Norton Cache will automatically be flushed when the
- disk heads are parked (either by the /PARK switch or the menu
- selection).
-
- 18. FILESAVE
-
- 18.1. On the "File Protection" dialog, a note has been added
- to indicate that setting the "Days" to zero will set no time
- limit. The size limit will still apply as before.
-
- The following changes have been made since Alpha 1:
-
- 19. NCD
-
- 19.1. The problems with Remove Tree when network files are
- open have been fixed.
-
- 19.2. The full-screen Remove Tree now lists all the files to
- be deleted when a tree is removed.
-
- 19.3. A new menu item (Configure) has been added to the
- Directory menu which allows the Remove Tree and Prune & Graft
- functions to be disabled by the user. The settings are stored
- in the NU.INI file, and affect both the full-screen and
- command-line versions of these functions. The default for
- both functions is DISABLED.
-
- 20. NUCONFIG
-
- 20.1. Updating NORTON.CMD when Alternate Names are selected
- for programs
-
- 21. INSTALL
-
- 21.1. Now uses the "Partial" install mode, instead of the
- "Group" mode.
-
- 21.2. A switch (/F) has been added to activate the "Install
- From..." dialog. This dialog will only be displayed if the /F
- switch is used.
-
- 21.3. Error checking on strings section fixes the "Norton
- Utiliti" error.
-
- 22. NORTON
-
- 22.1. Now allows user to change video setup even if NUCONFIG
- is password protected.
-
- 23. SYSINFO
-
- 23.1. The /DI switch is now functional.
-
- 24. SPEEDISK
-
- 24.1. The Full Optimization with Directory Ordering with
- Files that go first is implemented.
-
- 24.2. 1024 directory limit is removed. The limit now is
- available memory.
-
- 24.3. More optimization to fast method.
-
- 25. DISKEDIT
-
- 25.1. Memory Dump address range dialog was added.
-
- 26. NDOS
-
- 26.1. All files should now have NDOS names and all text should
- refer to NDOS.
-
- 26.2. NDOS286.EXE and NDOS88.EXE are replaced by the single
- file NDOS.OVL.
-
- 27. UnErase
-
- 27.1. Delete Tracking support completely overhauled. Now uses
- a different algorithm.
-
- 28. Dialog boxes
-
- 28.1. Use of Control-Enter to accept dialog and Enter to move
- between fields.
-
- 28.2. TAB moving between controls and buttons.
-
- 28.3. Buttons in all dialogs should be correctly positioned.
-
- What is missing
-
- The following items are not included or are known problems in
-
- this release:
-
- 29. NUCONFIG
-
- 29.1. Norton Cache setup.
-
- 30. NDD
-
- 30.1. Make use of extendend (XMS) memory to store error
- tables.
-
- Removed features
-
- The following items have been removed from Gemini:
-
- 31. DISKEDIT
-
- 31.1. Option to jump directly to an offset within an item
-
- 32. NFC
-
- 32.1. Norton File Compress will not be part of Gemini.
-
-