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- NFTP homepage is http://www.ayukov.com
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- Unix and BeOS versions now require registration to transfer files
- larger than 1MB. XFree86/OS2 version is now included into OS/2 distribution
- together with VIO and PM versions.
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- New in this version:
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- Several major additions:
- - Direct FTP Search interface allows to find and download files quickly;
- includes advanced filtering capabilities, can sort results by host,
- domain, size, name, date/time.
- - Mouse support (not quite complete yet); works in OS/2 VIO, PM,
- Windows 95/98/NT, Unix xterm/rxvt/etc. Can be switched off.
- - Experimental (read: alpha-quality) OS/2 NFTP/PM version.
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- plus a lot of less important enhancements and bugfixes:
- - language is no longer controlled by NFTP_LANG variable; it is set from
- the inside of NFTP and is kept in the configuration file (nftp.cfg);
- language setting is now per-platform basis (so you can have Japanese
- in OS/2 VIO version, Korean in XFree86/OS2 xterm and English in NFTP/PM
- with one installation);
- - editing files on the server (non-anonymous only); use "External viewer"
- menu option;
- - changed screen layout and provided options in nftp.ini for tweaking it:
- enabling/disabling menu, upper and lower status lines;
- - you can now interrupt communications with server with Esc (NFTP will ask
- whether you really want to break connection); useful for slow sites;
- - subtree sizes are shown when available for remote directories; menu option
- to calculate subtree size;
- - progress indicator reports stalls (no data received during extended period
- of time) and time since last network activity is shown;
- - you can hit 'R' during transfer to initiate abort/reconnect/reget sequence;
- - NFTP is able to save/restore window size and position on some platforms
- (OS/2 VIO and PM);
- - NFTP VIO window can be resized on-the-fly with Alt-Left/Right/Up/Down;
- - NFTP/Windows will wait for external program to finish (e.g., when editing
- nftp.ini file);
- - window title has been reorganized, so under Windows taskbar shows transfer
- percentage (it was cut off in previous format);
- - search in the history window (Ctrl-F: forward, Ctrl-G: next,
- Ctrl-H: backwards);
- - Windows version now uses different compiler, Mingw32 egcs port
- (http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~janjaap/mingw32/);
- - PORT mode now works under BeOS;
- - registration info is now entered via "Options/Registration code" menu entry
- instead of editing nftp.ini;
- - Alt-keys work on Linux console (useful for menu);
- - some menu reorganization;
- - optimizations for Unix screen output routines and option to specify
- 'slow link'; in that mode, NFTP will skip some not very useful screen
- output;
- - clipserv.exe is no longer needed under OS/2;
- - Solaris Intel port (actually appeared in 1.41);
- - Digital Unix 4.0 (DEC Alpha) port (actually appeared in 1.41);
- - Korean translation (actually appeared in 1.41);
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- See history.html for more information.
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- OS/2 users: update your EMX runtime to version 0.9d. NFTP version 1.50 should
- also run with emx0.9c fix 4, but it is recommended to upgrade.
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- This version requires registration to transfer files larger than 1MB.
- You can register it at BMT Micro (www.bmtmicro.com).
- Registration fee is US$ 25. Single registration key is used for OS/2,
- Windows, Unix and BeOS versions.
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