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- --- Rename of Lynx2-3-FM and release as Lynx2-4 (08-June-1995) ---
- ==============================================================================
- 06-08-95
- * All of the changes from lynx2-3-FM are now located at ftp2.cc.ukans.edu.
- We will call this version lynx2-4 and all new changes will be added here.
- - JP
- 06-05-95
- * Added isc support based on post to lynx-dev from Ami Fischman
- (a540ami@pic.ucla.edu). - FM
- 06-04-95
- * Initialize t1->name before the StrAllocCopy() in LYMainLoop.c for
- DIRED_SUPPORT tagging. - Rick Mallett (rmallett@ccs.carleton.ca)
- * Don't bother creating a /tmp copy of local files for downloading
- under the DIRED_SUPPORT, and don't include "Save to disk" in the
- download menu for such files. - RM
- * Deal with any newlines or tabs in statusline messages, along lines
- in patch from Peter Marquardt. - FM
- * Various fixes to ensure terminations of strings, along lines suggested
- by PM. - FM
- * Made HTAlert messages more readable in trace mode.
- * Replaced info.cern.ch with www.w3.org in userdefs.h and lynx.cfg. - GL
- * Allow definition of the global configuration file (lynx.cfg) path and
- name via a "LYNX_CFG" VMS logical or Unix environment variable. Will
- override the "LYNX_CFG_FILE" definition in userdefs.h. The -cfg command
- line switch will override those. SYS$LOGIN (VMS) or '~' (Unix) can be
- used in the path to treat the global configuration file as a personal
- configuration file ($HOME will be substituted for '~'). Meets objective
- in patch posted by Danny Meyer (mayer@ljsrv2.enet.dec.com) but does
- not seek lynx.cfg in the user's HOME directory without an explicit
- directive to do so. Issue a screen message and then exit if the
- configuration file is not readeable (rather than continuing as if
- one had been found and read). - FM
- * Added protections from NAMEless INPUT or TEXTAREA tags. - FM
- 05-29-95
- * Changed close(*s) typo in HTTCP.c to NETCLOSE(*s). Caused tight loops if
- on error *s became stdin. - Peter_Marquardt (wwwutz@cha01.tfh-berlin.de)
- 05-20-95
- * Mods of proxying/gatewaying code, replace obsolete info.cern.ch default
- URL addresses with www.w3.org, and add option to use the new www.w3.org
- wais search gateway in cover page for wais searches. - FM
- 05-10-95
- * If a startfile specified on the command line maps to a MIME type
- which invokes an alternate display device, allow -homepage, if also
- specified, to be substituted for startfile on quiting from the display
- device, rather than forcing an exit due to the original startfile having
- been neither text/html nor text/plain. Based on a patch from GL, with
- protections against possible infinite getfile() loops added. - FM
- * Include -t switch when pico is the editor for reply_by_mail() in
- LYMail.c. - GL
- 05-04-95
- * Oops. Had zipped the wrong LYReadCFG.c in yesterday's mods. - FM
- 05-03-95
- * Do not override any external proxy and no_proxy variables with those
- in lynx.cfg. Bug fixes in code for setting proxy variables on Unix,
- based on patches from Roman Czyborra (czyborra@cs.tu-berlin.de). - FM
- * Fixes for tagging when Lynx jumps to another screen and then comes back,
- and deal with possibility of screen outputs from compress/decompress
- utilities. - GL
- * Added support for Sequent's DYNIX/ptx operating system, and bug fixes
- in HTTCP.c's BSDselect(). - Rodney Barnett (RBarnett@us.teltech.com)
- * Increased limits in select() loops to 5000 tries. - FM
- * Specify /nomember for compilations with DECC. It's not the default
- on AXP and the code assumes byte alignment. - FM
- 04-19-95
- * Added Alan Hirsh's script (LynxDir:VMSPrint.com) for dealing with busy
- VMS print queues such that Lynx might otherwise delete the temporary
- file before it has been queued for printing. - FM
- * Added lots of type casting to the mathematical operations in GridText.c
- to minimize possible sizing/alignment problems for DECC/AXP (and any
- Unix flavors that use the Alpha chip). - FM
- 04-17-95
- * Use test=test -z "$LYNX_VERSION" like test=test -n "$LYNX_VERSION"
- in mailcap files simply as flags for non-LYNX versus LYNX environment,
- without actually bothering to execute a test. - FM
- * Issue "** Bad HTML!!! Use -trace to diagnose. **" statusline messages
- when bad HTML is encountered, and suppress those statusline messages in
- favor of the TRACE messages when -trace is used. - FM
- * Fixed anchor deletion problem in yesterday's ISMAP mods. - FM
- * Removed -ltermcap from AIX makes (AIX doesn't use it). - FM
- 04-16-95
- * Send a 0,0 coordinate pair if a user clicks on an ISMAP link, so that
- it's handled equivalently to clicks on an ISMAP submit button, and
- (typically) will return the server's default. Note that the default
- often is the parent document, and if so, the current document will
- be returned via redirection (pointlessly 8-). However, this mod
- allows the WebMaster to use a pure-text document as the default for
- Lynx. - FM
- * Protections against crashes for inappropriately positioned form tags. - FM
- * Fixes in handling of configurable INEWS path. - FM
- * Support for VT500 series terminals. - George Cook (cook@wvnvaxa.wvnet.edu)
- 04-12-95
- * Makefile tweaks for bsdi and aix4. - FM
- 04-11-95
- * Mods for building with BSD Interative (bsdi). - FM
- 04-08-95
- * Added translation of HTML entities and decimal escaping for the
- VALUEs of INPUT and OPTION tags. - FM
- * For TYPE="image" INPUT tags, use "[IMAGE]-Submit" as a pseudo-ALT
- string, and submit a 0,0 coordinate pair if it's clicked, which
- typically will invoke the server's default (I guess something is
- better than nothing. 8-). - FM
- * Handle (possibly multiple) angle brackets in bookmark and showinfo
- link names. - FM
- * Fixed typo in for-ultrix code in LYMain.c. - FM
- 04-04-95
- * Added ability to set proxy environment variables via lynx.cfg. - FM
- 04-01-95
- * Added handling of the HTML 3.0 attributes for ISINDEX tags:
- ISINDEX HREF="reference" PROMPT="string"
- The ACTION attribute didn't make it into HTML 2.0. For now, we'll keep
- supporting it in Lynx by treating it as a synonym for HREF. - FM
- 03-31-95
- * Mods for AIX v4.1.1 and addition of make aix4. - FM
- * Added prototype and extern declarations for BSDselect(). - FM
- * Fixed bugs in form_getstr() that could clobber the stack. - GL
- * Fixes for symlink handling. - GL
- * Made LYShowInfo.c aware of the setuid, setgid and sticky file modes,
- and nicer mode display if the file doesn't have the read bit set. - GL
- 03-30-95
- * Fixed glitch in BASE tag handling. - FM
- 03-29-95
- * Initialize pointers in add_trusted() of LYGetFile.c before the
- StrAllocCopy() calls. - FM
- 03-26-95
- * Miscellaneous TRACE and related messaging tweaks. - FM
- 03-24-95
- * Handle defaulted localhost in file BASE tags, and related tweaks of
- defaulted localhost handling in file URLs. - FM
- * Use RM_PATH for both file and directory deletions with the DIRED_SUPPORT
- remove function. - GL
- --- STARTING 2.3-FM ---
- ==============================================================================
- 03-23-95
- * Designate this code set as lynx2-3-FM to avoid any confusion with the
- official releases at UKans. - FM
- * Tweaks of code for defaulted localhost in file URLs. Don't require
- any host field marker in such URLs - FM
- 03-21-95
- * Added handling of defaulted localhost in file URLs. - FM
- * More protections against bad HTML. - FM
- * SYSLOGing enhancements. - GL
- * Suspend curses during my_spawn()'s, and fixes of code for the child
- and error return detection. - GL
- 03-20-95
- * More protections against potentially infinite loops. - FM
- 03-16-95
- * Enhancements of 'c'omment and mailto handling. - FM
- * Mods to build.com for enabling submission to BATCH. - FM
- * Ultrix terminal-handling fix. - Roman Czyborra (czyborra@cs.tu-berlin.de)
- 03-15-95
- * Fixed bug in for-Unix directory listing code to screen out inaccessible
- parent directories. Was also being applied to ftp listings. - FM
- * Made bolding of H1 through H7 headers a lynx.cfg option, with the
- non-bolding as the compilation default. - FM
- 03-13-95
- * Fixed bug in setting link[].lname elements to empty strings for form
- INPUT_ANCHORs. Was causing showinfo() to report the links from the
- previous document (yet another memory leak bites the dust 8-). - FM
- * Numerous fixups of bold and underline handling. - FM
- 03-09-95
- * Increased the while() loop limit for select() tries in HTTCP.c to 500. - FM
- * Memory allocation/free fixes in HTAccess.c. - FM
- * Makefile and documentation tweaks. - FM
- 03-07-95
- * Implemented HT_BOLD when specified for headers in DefaultStyle.c. H1 is
- now uppercase, bold, and centered. H2 - H7 are lower or mixed case, bold,
- and progressively indented. - FM
- * Miscellaneous enhancements of menu displays. - FM
- * Allow tabs and '$' in lynxexec commands. - FM
- * More TOUPPER/TOLOWER fixes. - FM
- 03-06-95
- * Added ability to set the INEWS path in lynx.cfg. - FM
- 03-05-95
- * Separated the newspost URL into newspost versus newsreply, and modified
- LYNews.c to behave more rationally for new versus followup posting. - FM
- * Added "mode reader" command for news list and article requests. - FM
- * Enabled saving of list_dir_style settings in the user's RC file. - FM
- * Don't restrict rearming SIGINT in LYClean.c for IGNORE_CTRL_C to just
- SVR4. - FM
- * Added numerous protections against core_dumps/ACCVIOs in HTML.c for bad
- HTML. Should also help reduce likelihood of infinite while() loops and
- a runaway CPU if binary files are mistyped and rendering is attempted. - FM
- * Added (unsigned char) type casts in addch() calls for proper handling of
- high value ISOLATIN1 characters. - FM
- * Limited the while() loop for select()'s in HTTCP.c to 50 tries, to help
- reduce likelyhood of a runaway CPU on undetected terminal disconnects. - FM
- * Fixed typo in build.com. - FM
- * Added Craig's lynx_help and about_lynx files for the lynx2-3-7 distribution,
- updated for lynx2-3-9 BETA. - FM
- --- STARTING 2.3.9 BETA ---
- ==============================================================================
- 02-20-95
- * Updated doc files and passed on to UKans for archiving on the
- ftp2.cc.ukans.edu server as 2.3.8 BETA. - FM
- 02-17-95
- * Further updates of building procedures for VMS. - FM
- * Further updates of lynx.man, lynx.hlp and documentation. Indicate
- that the inside_foo and outside_foo restrictions are not selective
- on systems which lack utmp. - FM
- * Changed yesterday's DGUX define fo DGUX_OLD, because only older
- Data General systems need it. - FM
- 02-16-95
- * Added Jeff's updates of lynx.man and lynx.hlp, further updated for
- v2.3.8 - FM
- * Fixed typos in LYMail.c and HTTPC.c. - FM
- * Cleaned up #ifdef'ing for -DIGNORE_CTRL_C. - FM
- * Added -DDGUX for using inet_addr(host).s_addr instead of inet_addr(host)
- in HTParseInet() of HTTCP.c (Data General may need it). - FM
- * Don't report "-help" as an invalid option. - FM
- 02-15-95
- * Handle HTML entities and decimal escaping in ALT strings. - FM
- * Build fixups for TCPWARE. - FM
- 02-14-95
- * Added transmission of Accept-Language headers. A default preferred
- language is defined in userdefs.h. It can be overridden via lynx.cfg.
- Users can change that via the 'o'ptions menu and save their preference
- in their RC file. - FM
- * Tweak of FIXED record handling on VMS. - FM
- * Defined Unix ZIP_PATH and UNZIP_PATH in userdefs.h. - FM
- 02-12-95
- * Added -localhost switch for restricting access to files and servers
- on the local host. - FM
- * Added -nobrowse switch for disabling directory browsing. - FM
- * Added -selective switch for requiring a .www_browsable file in
- each directory for browsing access to it. The enabling files
- are not included in the directory listings. - FM
- * Fixed up displaying of README files in directory listings on
- VMS. - FM
- * Replaced all tolower() and toupper() calls with the TOUPPER() and
- TOLOWER() macros in HTUtils.h (should help deal with some of the
- strange behavior reported for some flavors of Unix; see header of
- HTUtils.h). - FM
- Worked in mods from David Trueman (david@cs.dal.ca) - FM:
- * Don't issue the ../ link in Unix local directory listings if the parent
- directory is not readable (was already dealt with on VMS - FM).
- * Include an Organization: header in Unix news postings, if possible
- (was already dealt with on VMS - FM).
- * Don't allow the editing of Unix mail headers because that is error
- prone (no change on VMS; editable pseudo-headers are included for
- informational purposes, but the real headers are those of the
- account running Lynx - FM).
- * Don't hardcode the Unix mv command; use MV_PATH define in userdefs.h.
- * Moved the Unix COPY_COMAND define to userdefs.h as COPY_PATH.
- * Completed the Unix ZIP support.
- 02-10-95
- * Added code for converting the headers of downloaded binaries on VMS
- to indicate FIXED 512 record format. See the documentation in
- userdefs.h, lynx.cfg and FIXED512.COM for more information. - FM
- 02-08-95
- * Fixed glitch in HTInit.c which mis-casted the default MIME type for
- files with a .sh extension, causing the EXEC_SCRIPT function to be
- disfunctional. - FM
- * I think I finally have Lynx showing "(p# of N)" properly in the title
- lines (we'll see if perfection has really been achieved 8-). - FM
- * Extended directory browsing on VMS to the -homepage specification,
- if included on the command line, e.g., lynx -homepage=sys$login
- will start up Lynx with the default startfile, but the 'm'ain menu
- command will yield listings of the home directory. - FM
- * Added -fileversions switch on VMS for including all versions of files
- in directory browser listings (otherwise, only the highest version is
- listed, with no version numbers displayed). - FM
- * Modified LYEdit.c to use fopen(filename,"a") instead of access(filename,2)
- to verify write access for editing files (checking "append" access appears
- to be a more reliable way to do it across platforms/flavors). - FM
- 02-07-95
- * Implemented directory browsing for VMS. - FM
- * Fixed printer command handling to actually prompt for and use a second
- filename argument if two "%s" strings are in the command map. - FM
- * Added anti-Unix-shell-spoofing code for all of the filename argument
- handling. - FM
- * Fixed glitch in getenv(DISPLAY) calls on VMS.
- 02-04-95
- * Fixed a glitch in BASE support. Should now work properly when both
- standard and Lynx-specific hrefs are in the document. - FM
- 02-03-95
- * Added support for posting to newsgroups from Lynx on VMS via the
- ANU-NEWS software. - FM
- * Numerous href parsing enhancements. - FM
- * Enhancements and bug fixes of news displays. - FM
- * Enabled display of Linknames with angle brackets (as for news URLs)
- in the showinfo page. - FM
- * Ensured that a file URL which is really an ftp URL will yield an
- "FTP is Disabled" statusline message when it's disabled. - FM
- 02-01-95
- * Defined out the LYK_VERSION code and made Control-V a dead key again,
- since including the Lynx name and version strings in the showinfo ('=')
- and 'o'ptions displays is adequate, and people on different platforms
- or flavors associate Control-V with other functions. - FM
- 01-31-95
- * Beefed up the BASE support. - FM
- * Made all WWWLib cover pages and menus HTTP/1.0 compliant (to ensure
- resetting of any BASE tags) and gave them more pizzaz. - FM
- * Trim terminal slashes in ftp paths if not the Welcome directory, so
- we'll get "Up to" links. Terminal slashes in file paths still force
- that directory to be treated as the Welcome directory. For example,
- ftp://host/blah/foo/ will have an "Up to blah" link listed, but
- file://host/blah/foo/ will treat /blah/foo/ as "Welcome" (both ftp
- and file "Up to" links are blocked by -DNO_PARENT_DIR_REFERENCE). - FM
- * The VMS SOCKETSHR_TCP support can't yet handle telnet, tn3270 or
- rlogin URL's (Andy Harper is working on it; be patient 8-). Modified
- HTTelnet.c to compile properly and behave rationally when such URL's
- aren't supported. - FM
- * Corrected doc files based on Larry Virden's (lvirden@cas.org) careful
- (or is it carefull) proof-reading. Thanks Larry! - FM
- * More type casts for ANSI C compliance. - FM
- 01-30-95
- * Added numerous type casts for ANSI C compliance. - FM
- 01-29-95
- * Prototyped HTHostName() for yesterday's mods in HTAccess.c. - FM
- * Updated lynx.cfg. - FM
- 01-28-95
- * Added lynx name and version to the showinfo page and options menu. - FM
- * Tweaked Danny's news proxying mods for selective no_proxy directives
- with a port field (119) for news, and added equivalent code for wais
- (port 210). - FM
- * Updated the INSTALLATION file (I hope people read it 8-). - FM
- * Hadn't included last night's typo fix in the archived fileset. - FM
- 01-27-95
- * Added Danny Mayer's (mayer@ljo.dec.com) mods for proper handling of
- no_proxy directives for news (NNTPSERVER) hosts. - FM
- * Worked in Ari Luotonen's (luotonen@dxcern.cern.ch) mods for sending
- a "Pragma: no-cache" header for use by a proxy server in conjunction
- with the RELOAD command. - FM
- * Fixed to handle file URL's appropriately in conjunction with proxying
- of ftp URL's. For file URL's on the local host, direct access is
- attempted, with no ftp attempt if that fails, whether or not proxying
- is in effect, and whether or not no_proxy directives have been set.
- Both ftp URL's, and file URL's on a remote host, are sought via ftp
- without a direct access attempt. File URL's for remote hosts are
- converted to ftp URL's before submission to a proxy server, so no
- special procedure need be implemented to induce the proxy server to
- act on them (You shouldn't continue using file URL's when you intend
- ftp, but Lynx will handle such URL's properly when encountered in
- old documents that use file when ftp is intended.) - FM
- * Fixed typo in yesterday's "psychotherapy". - FM
- 01-26-95
- * Escaping of ISINDEX queries needed more tweaks to work properly with
- high value IsoLatin1 characters. - FM
- * Applied psychotherapy to the schizophrenic behavior that was exhibited
- when download, upload, print, history or showinfo commands were used
- during displays of each other's menus or temporary files. - FM
- * Enabled downloading of links from the history page. - FM
- 01-25-95
- * Added LYK_VERSION command (^V) for showing version of Lynx. - FM
- * Include file fixes for TCPWARE. - FM
- * Fixed bug in showinfo() which caused core dumps when invoked while
- positioned on any form field which has a "linkname" but a NULL
- "filename". - FM
- * Fixed glitch in 'p'rint menu. - FM
- 01-24-95
- * Enabled SOCKSification for any Unix flavor via the SITE-LYDEFS,
- SITE-DEFS and SOCKSLIB definitions in the top-level Makefile. Added
- info in INSTALLATION on how to do it for VMS. Included notes that you
- are better off building Lynx normally, and instead using a SOCKSified
- proxy server to get through a firewall. - FM
- * Added instructions in INSTALLATION for setting up proxy service. - FM
- * Fixed multiple submit button handling to distiguish which button was
- activated when they have the same name, and include only that button's
- name/value pair in the submission. - FM
- * Figured out how to apply all security and restrictions checks for
- redirecting URLs returned by ISINDEX searches, and accordingly lifted
- the bypasses for the previously insecure access types. - FM
- * Added option to use Jerry Whelan's (guru@bradley.edu) BSDselect() for
- SVR4 systems with the "type any key" problem. - FM
- 01-23-95
- * Fixed up escaping of queries in HTSearch(). - FM
- * Updated the sample jumps files. - FM
- * Worked in socksification mods from Reese Ferry (reesef@VNET.IBM.COM) - FM
- * Enabled use of LOCALE for international characters with any Unix flavor
- (not just sun) via a define in the top level Makefile. - FM
- 01-22-95
- * Updated the lynx.cfg configuration file. - FM
- * Implemented BASE handling. - FM
- 01-21-95
- * Fixed -cfg switch handling so that the specified, alternate configuration
- file properly is read instead of the default system file specified in
- userdefs.h. - FM
- * Made 'p'rint, 'd'ownload and 'u'pload menu lists single spaced. - FM
- * Fixed HTFileFormat() in HTFile.c so that it properly processes the
- suffix-to-MIME-type mappings when version numbers are in local file
- URLs on VMS. We therefore no longer trim off the version number if
- if was included, and Lynx will now access and process that version
- rather than only the highest version. - FM
- 01-18-95
- * Makefile fixes for convex and linux. - FM
- 01-17-95
- * More Makefile fixes. - FM
- 01-14-95
- * Fixes for FreeBSD. - FM
- 01-12-95
- * Made the "ls -l" emulation in local directory listings a compilation
- option (see the top level Makefile). - FM
- * Made inclusion of "Up to" parent links in local directory listings a
- compilation option (see top level Makefile). - FM
- * Message fix for checkmail on Unix. - FM
- * Fixes for SCO with gcc. - FM
- 01-11-95
- * Restored original hash table function in HTAnchor.c without (hopefully 8-)
- reviving anchor deletion problems. - FM
- * Fixed typo in HTAccess.c. - FM
- * Added code in HTFile.c from Timothy Newsham (newsham@aloha.net) for
- generating long style Unix listings (ls -l). - FM
- 01-10-95
- * Escape dashes in lynx.man. - FM
- * Added NetBSD support from Bryan T. Vold (btv@wiley.HealthPartners.COM). - FM
- * Made anchor searches in hash tables case-sensitive (so paths which
- differ only in their case can be distinguished, as people using the
- DIRED support kept requesting) without (hopefully 8-) reviving anchor
- deletion problems. - FM
- 01-09-95
- * More Makefile and code fixes for building properly with various systems
- and compilers. - FM
- 01-06-95
- * Numerous fixes for handling signals (e.g., SIGWINCH) received during
- keystroke fetches, without (hopefully 8-) reviving the problem of
- runaway CPU's on undetected terminal disconnects. - FM
- * More Makefile and code fixes for building properly with various systems
- and compilers. - FM
- 01-05-95
- * Changed define for syslog() logging to SYSLOG_REQUESTED_URLS and picked up
- logging of ISINDEX search requests that don't go through getfile(). - FM
- * More fixes for redirection returned via ISINDEX searches. - FM
- * Fixed missing newline character at end of last .lynxrc entry. - FM
- * More Makefile tweaks. - FM
- * More additions in LYCurses.h for compilers which fail to check whether TRUE
- and FALSE are already defined before defining them in curses.h. - FM
- 01-03-95
- * Fix for redirection returned via ISINDEX searches. - FM
- 12-29-94
- * Yet more top level Makefile tweaks. - FM
- * Fix bcopy problem for UCX. - Martin Zinser (zinser@vscn.gsi.de)
- * Fix ioctl() problem for UCX. - MZ
- 12-27-94
- * More top level Makefile tweaks. - FM
- 12-26-94
- * Added Lou Montulli's procedure for PURIFY to the top level Makefile. - FM
- 12-23-94
- * Added Lou Montulli's memory leak fixes. - FM
- * Fixed HTLoadedDocumentTitle() call in LYGetFile.c. - FM
- --- RELEASE of 2.3.8 BETA ---
- 12-22-94
- * The WFEB code as of 12-15-94 has been archived at UKans as lynx2-3-7,
- so we'll make this lynx2-3-8 to avoid confusion. - FM
- * Added bookmark_exec restriction for disallowing use of lynxexec URL's
- in the user's bookmark file or converted Mosaic hotlist. - FM
- * Enable any lynxexec URL in JUMPFILE if EXEC_LINKS has been defined.
- This allows you to set both LOCAL_EXECUTION_LINKS_ON_BUT_NOT_REMOTE
- to TRUE and a single TRUSTED_EXEC rule that will always fail (e.g.,
- TRUSTED_EXEC:none), so that *ONLY* the lynxexec URL's in the jumps
- file will be acted upon. - FM
- * Disallow lynxexec URL's in G)oto if no_shell is set or if
- LOCAL_EXECUTION_LINKS_ON_BUT_NOT_REMOTE is TRUE. - FM
- 12-21-94
- * Include LYFLAGS in the BSDI_Makefile. - FM
- * Numerous mods based on patches from David Trueman - FM:
- * Changed SUN4 ifdef for implementing the "reverse clear screen hack" to
- REVERSE_CLEAR_SCREEN_PROBLEM since not all sun4 systems experience this
- problem.
- * Changed a few messages to use key_for_func() instead of a hard-coded
- key mapping.
- * Allow control-C as well as control-G to abort or cancel on Unix (as
- already on VMS). On VMS, control-C and control-Y evoke a "Do you really
- want to quit?" prompt, and a 'n'o reply gets handled as if control-G
- has been entered in the first place. On Unix, control-C is treated
- simply as a synonym for control-G, and control-Y is not an interrupt
- signal. This seems the best way to handle those control signals, based
- on what VMSers versus Unixites would expect them to do.
- * Added code to disallow the writing of files beginning with a dot if
- NO_DOT_FILES is set TRUE in userdefs.h and/or lynx.cfg.
- * Added possibility of logging URL access via syslog() on Unix (ifdef'd
- with LOGGING).
- * Improved and made more flexible the security for lynxexec URL's. The
- default behaviour is the same as now, but source locations and the path
- (Unix) or name (VMS) of programs to be executed can be restricted via
- TRUSTED_EXEC rules in the lynx.cfg file.
- * Convert ~ in lynxexec paths to $HOME on Unix.
- * Several changes in DIRED support. Tidied and consolidated code. Changed
- the way tags are freed (fixing a bug where they did not always get cleared
- properly). Changed all programs to *_PATH defines. Changed the display
- of tags so they work with numbered links.
- * Added another restriction to disallow telnet port specifications in
- G)oto URL's.
- * A bit of special case code in jump handling. If key mapping is G, allow it
- to be typed as "go target".
- * Change strncmp in remap() to strcmp() (bug fix).
- * Report offending bad option in main().
- * In mainloop(), make \r same as \t and \n.
- * Combine LYK_REMOVE code with LYK_DEL_BOOKMARK so that they can share the
- same key map.
- * If show_cursor is true, position cursor 1 position before the link, which
- makes it less likely that the link is obscured in defective terminal
- programs
- 12-15-94
- * More fixes in LYno_attr_char_case_strstr() and LYno_attr_char_strstr() - FM
- * People didn't like having to erase the default WHEREIS ('/') search string
- when it wasn't what they wanted in a new document (though most didn't know
- that it can be done easily via ^U), and Lynx doesn't have real editing via
- LYgetstr() (just deletion from the end of the string), so I got rid of the
- the editing offer. The previous search string is still buffered across
- document fetches, and can be used across documents via NEXT ('n'). You
- also can use WHEREIS without a search string entry to turn off highlighting
- within the current document, and then NEXT to restore it. If control-G is
- used instead of a blank string to cancel a WHEREIS command, it does not
- turn off the highlighting. So everything everyone asked for is now
- possible (once you figure out how to do it 8-). - FM
- 12-14-94
- * Oops! Fixes in tcp.h for MULTINET with DECC/VAX had left SOCKET_ERRNO
- undefined for all the other VMS TCPIP packages. That's what I get for
- working on this stuff too late at night. - FM
- * Additional ANSI compliance fixes in HTTCP.c for builds with DECC/VAX and
- non-MULTINET VMS TCPIP packages. - FM
- 12-13-94
- * Modified searches for strings within the currently displayed document
- ('/', as opposed to 's' for ISINDEX searches) so that the highlighting of
- the search string is not retained when the current document is changed,
- and added recall buffering of the search string so that it's offered as
- the default for editing or reuse on subsequent '/' commands. Also, we
- now force redraws on invokations of such searches so that hits will be
- highlighted even if they occur on the current page. Links with hits such
- that they have embedded highlighting of the search strings will not have
- the embedded highlighting restored when the cursor is moved onto and then
- off of them (helps to distinguished whether it's intended or the due to
- the search), but will be restored whenever the page is redrawn. All
- embedded highlighting also is restored when the 'n'ext command is used to
- repeat the search in the current document, even if the returned hits do not
- cause a page change. Note that these searches first search only the links,
- and position you on the first link with a hit occurring after the current
- link. If there were no hits in the links, then the text is searched and
- the first hit occurring after the current link is positioned at the top of
- the page. They never did, and still do not, search both the link and text
- portions of the document simultaneously. Also note that ISINDEX searches
- never have and still do not yield highlighting of the query string(s) in
- the returned document.
- * Fixed LYno_attr_char_case_strstr() and LYno_attr_char_strstr() in
- HTStrings.c so that they properly ignore any attribute characters in
- the comparison string and return a pointer to the correct location
- of a match with the target string. - FM
- 12-12-94
- * Modified FTP gateway to display 230- as well as 250- information/help
- messages, and on non-Unix as well as Unix systems. - FM
- --- RELEASE of 2.3.7 BETA ---
- 12-11-94
- * Further tweaked explanatory comments in the configuration and samples
- files, and updated the instruction files. - FM
- 12-09-94
- * Modifed PassesTest() in HTInit.c to avoid the overhead of system() calls
- by using getenv() when test -n "$DISPLAY" and test -z "$DISPLAY"
- commands are encountered in the mailcap file. Otherwise, needlessly
- expensive system() calls potentially could be made for virtually every
- viewer mapping in that file!. For Lynx, those two strings in the mailcap
- file now are equivalent to the :XWINDOWS and :NON_XWINDOWS flags,
- respectively, for VIEWER: assignments in lynx.cfg. - FM
- * Also modified PassesTest() so that it simply treats test -n "LYNX_VERSION"
- as success. Why spawn a system() command to see if Lynx is running, when
- it obviously is!. However, that string can be included in the mailcap
- file for assignments that should be restricted to Lynx if other software
- also uses the file. - FM
- * The above two mods make it unnecessary to actually use a "test" script for
- differentially setting viewers in XWINDOWS versus NON_XWINDOWS environments,
- so VMSers also can use the mailcap files for differential assigments of
- viewers, without those DCL error messages about "test" which have been
- mystifying so many people. However, yesterday's mods do make it possible
- for VMSers to use a "test" script for checking other environment or system
- features, and thereby setting viewer switches differentially, analogously
- to the command line switches for Lynx itself. - FM
- * Modified comments in samples/mailcap to indicate these enhancements. - FM
- * Modified comments in userdefs.h to describe correctly what the Lynx code
- does as of v2.3: Any SUFFIX or VIEWER mappings in lynx.cfg will be
- overridden in src/HTInit.c if they also appear there. Then, any mappings
- in mime.type or mailcap will override those from lynx.cfg and src/HTInit.c.
- The XLOADIMAGE definition is used in src/HTIinit.c, and you can use
- mailcap, but not lynx.cfg, to override it. - FM
- * Modified comments in lynx.cfg and samples/lynx.cfg to indicate what Lynx
- really does, and the use of mailcap files to do what lynx.cfg had claimed
- it could do but doesn't. - FM
- * Fully implemented multiple submit button support for both POST and GET
- forms. - FM
- * Added LYK_RESUBMIT keymap (with default binding to 'x' and 'X') for forcing
- submissions of forms to servers (i.e., never use cache). LYK_ACTIVATE
- (with default binding to right-arrow and RETURN) still fetches from cache
- if available. Statusline help describes these commands when positioned
- on a submit button. - FM
- 12-08-94
- * Fixed HText_submitForm() in GridText.c to handle submitting INPUT types
- (e.g., type="image") which have name/value pairs. - FM
- * Modified DCLspawn to recognize -1 on failure and 0 or 1 on success as
- return or exit values of scripts, and report -1 or 0 as it's own return
- value. If a "test" script is used on VMS in conjunction with .mailcap
- for setting viewers, it should return -1 if the test fails and 0 or 1 if
- it passes (the "test" script can be DCL or an exectutable, and should be
- defined as a foreign command). If you don't have a "test" script, don't
- include that instruction in .mailcap. - FM
- * The tmpaddress pointer in do_www_search() of GridText.c needed to be
- initalized to NULL. - FM
- 12-07-94
- * Made sufficiently ANSI compliant to build with DECC on VMS without using
- the /stand=vaxc qualifier, and further modified so that Lynx will build
- and run (extremely well 8-) with DECC/VAX. Whooh, that took some doing!
- These mods are also desireable for builds on Unix. - FM
- 12-02-94
- * Fixed the query recall buffer in do_www_search() of GridText.c to restore
- the +'s to spaces and unescape properly. - FM
- * Include file and define fix ups, for SOCKETSHR/NETLIB support and convex
- builds, in tcp.h, LYShowInfo.c and top level Makefile. - FM
- 11-27-94
- * Fixed bugs associated with failure to check the post_data element in
- addition to the address element when making push/pop decisions for the
- history stack, and when checking whether a requested document has been
- loaded successfully. The address element is insufficient for documents
- returned by POST'ed forms. - FM
- * Check -trace switch earlier in LYMain.c so that trace messages associated
- with setting up the Lynx configuration will actually be displayed. - GL
- 11-23-94
- * More fix ups for the SOCKETSHR/NETLIB support. Close to "all set" but needs
- more field testing with the full range of TCPIP packages for VMS. - FM
- * Added HP_TERMINAL define for the DIM workaround to the REVERSE problem with
- HP terminals. If not defined, SNAKE builds will not make that substitution
- (would be better to do this in a way that checks the terminal at run time,
- but we'll hold off on that for now). - FM
- --- RELEASE of 2.3.6 BETA ---
- 11-21-94
- * Replaced ucx$inetdef.h with socketshr_library:ioctl.h for the
- SOCKETSHR_TCP builds. Note that the ioctl.h is not presently included
- in the binary distribution of SOCKETSHR/NETLIB. You have to get it from
- the sources distribution. - FM
- 11-18-94
- * Added Andy Harper's (A.Harper@bay.cc.kcl.ac.uk) "first round" support for
- SOCKETSHR/NETLIB (see SOCKETSHR.ANNOUNCE). Note that it is presently
- including ucx$inetdef.h which is not provided with SOCKETSHR or NETLIB
- source sets, and may not be available to non-UCX sites. We're checking
- into how to deal with that. - FM
- * Made recall buffering of shortcuts for the 'J'ump command a configuration
- file option (in userdefs.h and/or lynx.cfg). - FM
- * Added clearerr() before the GetChar() in LYStrings.c. - FM
- * Made the optional novice help lines conform to the "standard default"
- key bindings. Edit them appropriately in userdefs.h if you plan to use
- other bindings with that feature.
- * Added George Lindholm's (lindholm@ucs.ubc.ca) Makefile patch for making it
- just a tad easier to set up local compile options. - FM
- * Eliminated serial free() in LYSanctify() of LYGetFile.c. - FM
- * Restricted all "hack to fix reverse clear screen problem" code to
- SUN4 (had missed one 8-). - FM
- 11-15-94
- * Eliminated separate list and atexit deletions of redirecting anchors. - FM
- * Added Rick Dyson's (Dyson@IowaSP.Physics.UIowa.EDU) updates of the
- descrip.mms files. - FM
- 11-12-94
- * Worked in Malcolm MacArthur's (mcscs2mm@zippy.dct.ac.uk) mods for reading
- a printer's page length from the configuration file and calculating the
- correct number of pages for the statusline query on whether to continue
- if the document is longer than 4 printer pages. Further modified that
- code to use the current LYlines for the computation when the built in
- "print to screen" option is selected. See the comments concerning
- "PRINTER:" definitions in lynx.cfg for more information. - FM
- * Fixed HTInetStatus() in HTTCP.c to use SOCKET_ERRNO instead of errno,
- based on the platform/transport-specific definitions in tcp.h. Thanks
- to Danny Mayer (mayer@ljo.dec.com) for tracking down this glitch. - FM
- 11-10-94
- * Added David Trueman's latest clever enhancement: The command line option
- -homepage=URL separates the notion of a home page (or main screen) from
- the start file. So, lynx -homepage=URL1 URL2 will start up with URL2
- but the MAIN_MENU key will take the user to URL1 rather than URL2. This
- is useful for public accounts that start up with an information page or
- form, that then leads the user to a URL for the actual home page. The
- MAIN_MENU key can thereafter be used whenever the user wishes to return
- to the actual home page. - FM
- * Enlarged string buffer in LYEdit.c to handle large paths. - FM
- * Made 'K'eymap title and descriptions easier to edit for alternate languages
- (e.g., Dutch or Greek) as required by Dick Wesseling (but, alas, the editing
- still has to be done in LYKeymap.c, because it's too much to move into
- userdefs.h; someday Lynx will have real internationalization code 8-) - FM
- * Added titles to tops of jumps files so that the nesting level will be reset
- on reloads. - FM
- 11-09-94
- * More prototyping and include file fixes in LYJump.c and LYMainLoop.c - FM
- 11-08-94
- * Prototyping fix in LYJump.c. - FM
- * Miscellaneous fixes in src/descrip.mms. - FM
- * Hadn't included patch for latest LYUtils.c in lynx2-3-5.patches. - FM
- 11-07-94
- * At popular request (already 8-), changed the "Jump to:" query to work
- exactly like the "goto:" query. The previous entry is recalled, a '?'
- must be entered explicitly to fetch the shortcut list (with an instruction
- about that added to the prompt), and a blank entry or Control-G returns
- the user to the current document. - FM
- --- RELEASE of 2.3.5 BETA ---
- 11-05-94
- * Numerous wonderful enhancements based on patches from David Trueman, and
- entensions of those mods. Briefly:
- * Implemented 'K'eymap command for showing all of the key bindings currently
- in effect, with a description of their functions. This is faster and
- more helpful than the online help's description of the default key
- bindings. Must be uppercase 'K' if VI keys are ON, otherwise the command
- is case-insensitive. Try it, you'll love it! - FM
- * Implemented 'J'ump command for using "shortcut" names to access URL's in a
- local "jumps.html" file that has a sorted DL list which maps each target
- (shortcut) DT to it's full URL DD (see the sample jumps files added to
- the distribution). The URL's could be local or remote resources, or
- lynxexec or launch file URL's for system utilities (e.g., the shortcut
- "news" could invoke the news reader, "mail" the mail utility, "swing" the
- VMS File/Directory Management Utility, etc.). This feature is enabled by
- defining JUMPFILE in userdefs.h or lynx.cfg, and can be disabled via at
- run time via -restrictions=jump as a commandline switch. Must be uppercase
- 'J' if VI keys are ON, otherwise the command is case-insensitive. Try it,
- you'll love this too! - FM
- * Added a CHECKMAIL symbol which if set TRUE in userdefs.h or lynx.cfg will
- report the existance of unread mail at Lynx startup, and arrivals of new
- mail, via statusline messages. VMSers can block unsoliticed system NEWMAIL
- screen broadcasts ($ SET BROADCAST/NOMAIL) when using this feature. It
- can be disabled at run time via the -restrictions=mail switch, which also
- disables standard mail functions in Lynx, but still allows 'J'umps via a
- "mail" shortcut to a lynxexec URL for a script which could perform security
- functions before permitting or rejecting access to the mail utility. The
- hackers will really love this! - FM
- * Added ability to toggle the novice help line to show all of the principle
- commands. - FM
- * Miscellanous bugs and memory leaks found and fixed in conjuction with
- adding and enhancing the above features. - FM
- * The code may need some tweaking to build and run properly on some flavors
- of Unix (appears to be all set for VMS). - FM
- 11-01-94
- * Fixed bug if editor is dereferenced. - David Trueman (david@cs.dal.ca)
- * Enable alternate boxing of popup windows via defines for BOXVERT and
- BOXHORI in userdefs.h - Dick Wesseling (ftu@fi.ruu.nl)
- * Check for LYCursesON before making any Curses calls in cleanup() - DW
- 10-31-94
- * Looks like the last of the problems deleting anchors has been solved
- by Dick Wasseling, so the bypass is lifted again. - FM
- * If CANT_EDIT_UNWRITABLE_FILES is defined on Unix, write access is
- required to edit files (write and delete access are always required
- on VMS). - Alex Whittaker (alex@biu.icnet.uk)
- * Moved "Press RETURN ..." text to userdefs.h. - AW
- 10-28-94
- * Uncache documents or bookmark file before reloads (via Control-R or
- 'r'emove command) in LYMainLoop.c. - FM
- * Uncache showinfo display or print, download, option, etc, menus before
- reloading those in GridText.c. - Dick Wesseling (ftu@fi.ruu.nl)
- * Above two fixes still don't completely solve the anchor deletion problem,
- so we're still bypassing.
- * Enable iso entity translations inside TITLEs - DW
- 10-26-94
- * Problems when deleting anchors have been reported, apparently for
- documents which have been (re)loaded with LYforce_no_cache. So,
- we'll retore the bypass until that problem is tracked down. - FM
- 10-25-94
- * Added coded for disabling mail for -anonymous via CAN_ANONYMOUS_MAIL in
- userdefs.h, and via -restrictions=mail (default is enabled). - FM
- 10-21-94
- * Added Danny Mayer's (mayer@ljo.dec.com) samples/lynx.com - FM
- 10-05-94
- * Modified tcp.h to deal with conflicting typedefing in the MultiNet
- types.h and time.h versus those for DECC. - FM
- * Define FANCY_CURSES for linux-ncurses. - FM
- 09-30-94
- * -restrictions help list in LYMain.c should indicate "option_save" (not
- "options_save") for disabling the saving of options in .lynxrc. - FM
- 09-29-94
- Mods based on patches from George Lindholm (lindholm@ucs.ubc.ca) - FM:
- * Fixed problem when IGNORE_CTRL_C is defined, that was created by the
- fix for runaway processes on Unix when undetected terminal disconnects
- occurred.
- * Added options to disable rlogin and/or ftp access.
- 09-28-94
- * Use "hack to fix reverse clear screen problem" in GridText.c if SUN4 is
- defined (still need clarification on the exact nature of the problem
- to decide if this is the best way to handle it; it bothers me to have
- this kind of hack in the code 8-) - FM
- Mods based on patches from George Lindholm (lindholm@ucs.ubc.ca) - FM:
- * Move the "quit" text to userdefs.h from LYMainLoop.c for easier
- customization.
- * Typo fix for buttons submit value in GridText.c
- * Renable SIGINT signal for SVR4 machines if control-c is to be ignored
- when editing.
- * Solaris fixes for LYCurses.h.
- * Recognize pico as a special editor.
- * Fix -restrictions help text.
- * Fix -telnet and -news options so that they actually do something.
- * Fix upload code so that you can have more than one uploader option,
- and fix for freeing a static variable.
- * Various prototype fixes.
- * -editor command line option signals that the editor can't be changed.
- * Added a SYSTEM_EDITOR option to lynx.cfg for a locked editor.
- --- RELEASE of 2.3.4 BETA ---
- 09-27-94
- * Alas! I think I've tracked down and fixed all the bugs that were causing
- ACCVIOs/CoreDumps if anchors were deleted/freed when freeing the cached
- documents. So now we do delete/free them. This plugs a major memory
- leak in Lynx (which we knew about, but heretofore had to live with). - FM
- * Added Danny Mayer's (mayer@ljo.dec.com) fix so that MIME types are handled
- case-insensitively. - FM
- * Restored text/html (WWW_HTML) as the default MIME type when an HTTP/1.0
- server fails to send it in the headers. This happens because it's the
- default in Mosaic and developers using that don't realize their server or
- script code is failing to send it (other MIME types will be caught as an
- error, and the code will be fixed by the developers). Garrett's change to
- application/octet-stream (WWW_UNKNOWN) was technically correct. You can
- change it back to that where indicated in HTMIME.c if you prefer that Lynx
- be technically correct but functionally wrong when dealing with this
- situation. - FM
- --- RELEASE of 2.3.3 BETA ---
- 09-22-94
- * Finished up redirection handling. Will now handle serial redirections
- across multiple sites (with an arbitrary limit of 10, to prevent the
- possibilily of an infinite loop of circular redirections), works properly
- with redirections via the VALUE fields of OPTION tags, and no longer alters
- any anchor addresses, avoiding all the problems that caused in the hash
- table. - FM
- * Worked in Rick Mallett's (rmallett@ccs.carleton.ca) fix for runaway
- processes on Unix when undetected terminal disconnects occur. - FM
- * Added Eric Jon Rostetter's (ERIC@uoft02.utoledo.edu) code for proper
- keyboard handling with DEC eightbit terminals. - FM
- * Added David Greer's (david_greer@robelle.com) mods for curses on
- HP terminals. - FM
- --- RELEASE of 2.3.2 BETA ---
- 09-17-94
- * More fix ups of forms structure handling, freeing and redirecting. - FM
- * Fixed problem with free's of startfile, thanks to Dick Wesseling
- ftu@fi.ruu.nl - FM
- 09-14-94
- * More memory leak and redirection fix ups (still not perfect). - FM
- * Various mods to speed up memory management with VAXC on VAXen (still
- slow compared to DECC on AXPen). - FM
- 09-13-94
- * If an ISINDEX document is one returned by a previous search, the 's'
- command puts up the query which returned it, for editting as a new query
- (use Control-U to erase, Control-G to abort) Otherwise, no string is
- offered in the prompt for a database query. If the previous query is
- submitted without modification, a message to use Control-R to resubmit
- the same query is display (so that the search will not be repeated
- inadvertantly). - FM
- 09-12-94
- * Fixed failure to load the popped menu properly when a gopher search was
- selected and a NULL string, Control-G, or arrow key is entered to cancel
- the prompt for a query. - FM
- * Hit lists/documents returned by ISINDEX searches are now always displayed
- at their tops. They no longer inherit, inappropriately, the page and link
- numbers of the previous list/document. - FM
- 09-11-94
- * Fixed redirection handling so that the hash tables are updated and the
- history stack works properly, including with forms that have VALUE
- fields in OPTION tags that return Location: URL's for searches (e.g.,
- the CUSI forms at Nexor). Whew, that took some doing! - FM
- 09-05-94
- * Fixed up remaining problems with OPTION VALUE="foo" handling and the
- associated popup window positioning and scrolling. - FM
- * Fixed bugs and several inadequacies in the history structure and code
- (still needs some redesigning to deal more effectively with all aspects
- of documents returned by forms and/or redirection). - FM
- * Now deals properly with anchors in a single document returned by
- a form. - FM
- * Command line file specs on VMS can now be any valid explicit, wildcarded,
- partial, or relative VMS specification, and will be converted to a valid
- file://localhost/ URL, so that partial or relative URL's within the file
- also will be interpretted properly. - FM
- * Now trims trailing white space and won't get tripped up by '=' characters
- when reading configuration files. - FM
- * Miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements. - FM
- * Tracked down and eliminated more memory leaks. - FM
- --- RELEASE of 2.3.1 BETA ---
- 7-08-94
- * Correction handling of OPTION VALUE="" implemented.
- * Miscellaneous bugs corrected.
- 6-17-94
- * Option to log memory leaks at exit by defining LY_FIND_LEAKS at compilation.
- 6-17-94
- * Check amount of allocated memory, rather than just number of documents
- cached, before deciding to remove the oldest document (implemented for
- VMS with VAXC, not yet for Unix or VMS with DECC).
- 6-16-94
- * VMS bookmark file version numbers are reset on additions of bookmarks.
- 6-16-94
- * Gopher URL's with /hGET%20/ are converted to http URL's, as in the UMN
- Unix/VMS gopher+ client.
- 6-16-94
- * Added DIRECT_WAIS support for VMS
- 6-16-94
- * Added build support for VMS TCPWare TCP/IP
- 5-28-94
- * Increased nesting of HTML elements from 40 to 400. Hopefully this will limit
- won't be encountered often.
- 5-28-94
- * Modified for handling of Telnet URLs with spaces/other characters in the
- username.
- 5-26-94
- * Began terminating memory leaks with extreme predjudice.
- 5-24-94
- * WAIS searches will now work when they are of type "www/present" as opposed
- to only viewing the source.
- 5-23-94
- * Added VMS CMU TCP/IP support, thanks to Andy Harper.
- --- RELEASE of 2.3 (19-May-1994, see CHANGES2-3) ---
-