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HISTORY.702 1 Revised: 02-28-97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revision history Detailed revision histories for the programs are only maintained for the last three releases. After that, you get the major revision summaries only for the next three releases or so. In any case, if your version of any of these programs is more than a year old, your version is definitely obsolete. Hop onto the Web or e-mail me or something and get the new version! -------------- (full detail; revisions made 1 to 3 releases ago) Release 702 (Feb 1997): All programs: Added a mention in the list of features that pressing Escape stops the programs early. This has always been the case but it isn't documented on the screen for every program. CHANGE: Fixed problem with /REPLACE when source file had non-standard attribute (e.g. hidden). Added /ATTR=attribs parameter. /VERIFY option was replacing text with the wrong thing (arghh!!!) [Replaces chang701.zip] DIRCOMP: Increased maximum levels of directories from 10 to 20. Realistically, this shouldn't be an issue for most people but... Changed it so the /Xfilespec and /Nfilespec specifications applied to subdirectory names too if /S was used. [Replaces dirco701.zip] DIRTOTAL: Increased maximum level of directories from 15 to 20. Realistically, this shouldn't be an issue for most people but... /S and /SPACE options renamed as /SIZE; /D renamed as /DATE. For now, the old formats for these still work. [Replaces dirto701.zip] EUMAIL: Added quick-start instructions to the documentation. [Replaces eumal701.zip] FILL: Made the passing of source and destination more consistent with DOS COPY command. I hadn't realized that "COPY C: A:" was acceptable until someone pointed it out. [Replaces fill701.zip] FIXTEXT: Added HTMSTRIP's multiple line-type handling: program now accepts lines that end with any combination of CR, CR/LF, CR/CR/LF, or LF; previously, every line had to end with the same specification. [Replaces fixtx611.zip] FORTUNE: Added /SIZE, /DATE, and /ATTR=attribs specifications. Made it so that /PROMPT works when running under /-RUN mode; before, you were only prompted if the commands were being executed automatically. [Replaces fortn608.zip] HTMSTRIP: Added support for character-translation file, allowing you to fix up those ugly characters like the weird apostrophe in "DisneyÆs". Of course, page designers aren't supposed to use platform dependent characters like this (that's what all of those "entity references" are for) but you know how it goes. Changed default table borders to be text instead of graphics characters (/BORDER=T over /BORDER=S). Changed program so will skip text before HTML commands are encountered vs skipping the file itself. Removed blank line between items in <UL> and <OL> lists. Allowed for skipped quotation marks around things like <A HREF="site"> references. Added all of the foreign characters in &#nn; form in the entity reference section. Added a block in the HTMSTRIP.INI file showing how to override system defaults. HISTORY.702 2 Revised: 02-28-97 Fixed error with ROWSPAN when used on first column in a table. Miscellaneous other bug fixes. In the manual: Added quickstart instructions, moved all the junk about entity reference tables and such to the end, and other miscellaneous changes. [Replaces htmst701.zip] PAGINATE: Added WRAPBOL=string and WRAPEOL=string commands. These allow you to print things like source code easier, showing you which lines are continued. Fixed up a problem with multicolumn outputs. Fixed a bug that kept the sample files from working (good old temporary paths...). Now allows for page ejects embedded in the middle of the input line. Added more examples in the beginning of the documentation. [Replaces pagin701.zip] READMAKE: Fixed bug in text searching. [Replaces read609.zip] TXTABLE: Didn't work correctly for non-HTML files since I added the COLSPAN and ROWSPAN stuff; fixed. The COLSPAN/ROWSPAN example in the document did not work; it does now. [Replaces txtab701.zip] Release 701 (Jan 1997): All programs: I've obtained some free Web space on the GeoCities site so the programs have immigrated from Norway to GeoCities. The site name is: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/2414 Thanks a lot to Hans Schrader up there in Norway for volunteering and setting up the original site! He's still maintaining the X-Files Registry at http://hjs.geol.uib.no/xfiles/xfiles.htm AV: Revised how program handles members; if fewer than 50 members, does it in memory instead of going to ISAM data bases. Makes it much quicker for smaller files. [Replaces av607.zip] BFIND: Added /ATTR=ALL to process all files. Changed default to /ATTR=-H-S-R. [Replaces bfind612.zip] CHANGE: Fixed up return code when no file is found. [Replaces chang610.zip] CONVERT: Fixed up handling of file type detection where there were no delimiters around strings (didn't work too well if you didn't specify a control file). Changed the default to /SCAN=100 instead of /SCAN=10 for cases where you want the routine to guess the file type for you. Modified the documentation to give an example of handling ASCII-delimited files and having it guess the field definitions for you. Minor changes to some of the on-screen information. [Replaces convr611.zip] DATES: Program was showing current year instead of original year; fixed. [Replaces dates612.zip] DIRCOMP: More work with attributes. You may need to change batch files to do /ATTR=ALL to get all files. [Replaces dirco612.zip] DIRTOTAL: Expanded program to handle up to 999,999 files (vs 99,999) without going weird. Reformatted on-screen and summary information somewhat. [Replaces dirto612.zip] EUMAIL: Now scans for WEUDORA.EXE (older filename for Qualcomm's Eudora program) in addition to EUDORA.EXE (current version). Also notices when HISTORY.702 3 Revised: 02-28-97 you're running under an unsupported version of Eudora (please upgrade though--the new versions are great!). Comments in the nickname file are now presented in their original order instead of being sorted. [Replaces eumal612.zip] FILL: Added /ATTR=ALL to process all files. [Replaces fill612.zip] HTMSTRIP: Now provides partial support for COLSPAN=n and ROWSPAN=n specifications in tables. Added tab expansion. Added direct support for definition lists (<DL>...<DT>...<DD>...</DL>). Changed program to accept lines that end with any combination of CR, CR/LF, CR/CR/LF, or LF; previously, every line had to end with the same specification. (Depending on how this effects complaints about performance--the program runs somewhat slower now--this may be applied to the other programs as well.) Fixed up some alignment-related problems with table cells. Finally figured out how to remove those extra divider row in some tables. I liked /-FORCE so much, it is now the default value. Enhanced documentation by showing which HTML language attributes are now supported by the program. Fixed bug involving passing in output name. Some more debugging on tables and <OPTION> selections. Changed default file selection criteria to be /ATTR=-H-S-R. [Replaces htmstr612.zip] MOZ (included in HTMSTymm.ZIP file): /WHO and /-WHO operation altered. On-screen counts altered. /COPY wasn't checking for duplicate file names on output like it should have; fixed. Fixed up some problems related to using /SLIDE parameter with /COPY or /RENAME. Reworked how the slides are handled and displayed. [Replaces htmst612.zip] PAGINATE: Added MARGIN=n (or LMARGIN=n) marker command which allows you to shift the entire output by a given amount. [Replaces pagin611.zip] READY: Added the ability to reroute the output to a disk file in which case a new file will be created with the wrapping in effect. Also now allow the width to be any specification up to /WIDTH=255 so you can, for example, have wrapping in effect for /WIDTH=75 if you want. [Replaces read609.zip] TXTABLE: Added /FORCE and /-FORCE parameters. (These were actually added in txtab612.zip but I forgot to announce that one.) Worked a bit to support COLSPAN=n and ROWSPAN=n specifications in tables. Most of the table processing available through HTMSTRIP works in TXTABLE now. [Replaces txtab611.zip] Release 612 (Dec 1996): All programs: Switched documentation to be 79 characters in length instead of 80. BFIND: Added ability to specify file attributes for files searched. Added /S (cascading) option. [Replaces bfind610.zip] DATES: Program didn't correctly handle periods as date element delimiters (for example, "dd.mm.yy"). Added some quickie user instructions. [Replaces dates611.zip] DIRCOMP: Minor labeling fixes. Added more full-featured /ATTR=attribs options. Dropped /NET option (didn't seem to accurately detect the drive type anyway); relax, DIRCOMP still works identically for network maintenance! [Replaces dirco611.zip] HISTORY.702 4 Revised: 02-28-97 DIRTOTAL: Added more full-featured /ATTR=attribs options. [Replaces dirto610.zip] EUMAIL: Decided the program wasn't user-friendly enough for Windows users. EUMAIL now automatically scans for EUDORA.EXE now along all available drives and, when found, creates a EUMAIL.INI file for you if necessary to record this information. Eliminated the /SCAN option as a result. Changed the output subdirectory default from C:\TEMP to whatever your TEMP system variable is. [Replaces eumal611.zip] FILL: Changed program so /CONT option no longer looks at diskette serial number. This means pre-formatted diskettes should work fine. Added more full-featured /ATTR=attribs options. [Replaces fill610.zip] HTMSTRIP: More bug fixing with tables. I'm getting to hate tables... The method of writing tables has been totally recoded and the column widths should appear closer to the desired appearances now. Added /Cpath, /COPY=path, /CREATE, /-FORCE, /RSPACE, /ATTR=attribs parameters. The use of /-FORCE, among other things, prevents long <PRE>..</PRE> blocks from being reflowed. More blank lines are being eliminated by /-SPACES now. [Replaces htmst611.zip] MOZ (included in HTMSTymm.ZIP file): /COPY=subdir specification didn't work; fixed. Corrected detection of MID and AU files. Added detection of Shockwave (*.DCR) files. Corrected periodic errors with Mosaic caches. Added /CREATE parameter. Added return codes. [Replaces htmst611.zip] -------------- (kind of terse; revisions made 4 to 6 releases ago) Release 611 (Nov 1996): COPSINCE: Recoded program to work more like DOS REPLACE command. /R replaced by /U command. /U, /A, /AU, /CLONE, and new /DIFF parameters are now mutually exclusive. DIRCOMP: Recoded program to work more like DOS REPLACE command. /U, /A, /AU, /CLONE, and new /NONE and /DIFF parameters are now mutually exclusive. Release 610 (Oct 1996): DIRTOTAL: Added /TREE parameter. EUMAIL: Got around the internal vs external date format problems. Release 609 (Sep 1996): Lots of programs were revised but, really, no major changes. HISTORY.702 5 Revised: 02-28-97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wish list & bugs to squash Nothing in this list is guaranteed to be incorporated in the routines. However, they may be. Realistically, most of these have been on the list for a *long* time so don't hold your breath--e-mail me if any of them mean a lot to you. With all the revisions, I keep wondering if I'll ever have time to learn Windows programming. If you have other suggestions, please contact me at bguthrie@nmaa.org. Obscure suggestions that seem useful to just a small number of people will probably be ignored unless accompanied by offers of money; and, yes, I can do specialized versions for your own purposes on a fee basis. CHANGE: Ck passing in /BINARY from an environmental variable CHANGE: Ability to insert characters (/FROM NULL /TO xxx) CHANGE: Ability to change any character at a specified column to something else (i.e. deleting columns) CONVERT: Support international date formats CONVERT: Add /INMISSD and /OUTMISSD parms COPSINCE: Warn if diskette runs out of space COPSINCE: Add /S option COPSINCE: Support for 4DOS DATES: Add setting to allow color switch for tomorrow's item DIRCOMP: Support for 4DOS FILL: /S option? FILL: Support for 4DOS FILL: (701) Consider new algorithm for fitting files FILUPDAT: Warn if diskette runs out of space FILUPDAT: Support for 4DOS HTMSTRIP: (702) Multiple spaces are supposed to be translated as single space except in <PRE> blocks HTMSTRIP: Handle I/O differently -- blows up with "out of string space" in some cases HTMSTRIP: (701) Handle COLSPAN and ROWSPAN better (should eliminate borders) HTMSTRIP: Need a better way to handle long table cells HTMSTRIP: Handle embedded tables within tables HTMSTRIP: Handle embedded ALIGN statements better (vs Netscape's CENTER) <Hn> def is flush left ALIGN="s" or ALIGN=s flush left <CAPTION> ?? HTMSTRIP: Handle anchors HTMSTRIP: Handle <PRE>...</PRE> blocks within tables? HTMSTRIP: Indicators for .. and ...? HTMSTRIP: (701) Tab expansion should take effect on output, not input HTMSTRIP: (701) Consider handling the looser "<!-- ... -- >" form of comments? HTMSTRIP: (702) Create logfile HTMSTRIP: (702) Radio buttons etc don't line up correctly within table cells HTMSTRIP: (702) Drop title if it's the same as the page title, or some option to delete the page title MOZ: Add grab-all for pages that are list of images etc (e.g. accessing an ftp page in Netscape gives you just a list of files) PAGINATE: HEADING | FOOTER [ FRONT | BACK ] ? TXTABLE: Adding some other line options (e.g. double around table but single within) Other: Maybe have a Windows SETUP interface and prompter?