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- What's New in the World of
- Psych0Liner
- [key]
- n Note
- + New Feature
- c Changed
- b Bug Fix
- r Removed
-
- Psych0Liner should be on SimTel sites soon, more info once it's there.
-
- [known imperfections]
- extended fossil possibly crashes on exit (discovered under OS/2)
- solution - use regular fossil
-
- [major things on the to do list]
- interBBS
- bulletins
- user editor
-
- Version .46 May 1 ,1996
- c cosmetic - PPL compiler always uses color 7 (gray)
- b forgot to take off ß from version number
- b PLINETXT.DAT was outdated (PLiner has been updated to handle it as well)
- b read langauge file in incorrect order (incompilable)
- c new ASCII in the PLINER archive comment
- c "Product Information" is updated. BTW, the reason this can't be changed
- is it would be troublesome for every Psych0Liner SysOp to update thier
- PLINETXT.DAT. Why would you wanna change it anyway? =)
- b blank filenames and directories should no longer be recognized as
- valid filenames
- r maintenance, it doesn't really do anything yet =)
- c doesn't clear screen for exit
- b when creating new PLINER.CFG, oneliners were left blank
- c exit creditline puts a new line before starting, and the last line
- now includes FTP site and my email address
- b file comment had some Psych0Phore information
- c PLINER1.ANS extracted from PLINETXT.DAT
- b blank oneliners when starting up creating LINERS.DAT in setup mode
-
- Version .45 April 27, 1996
-
- + added default port addresses for comports 1 through 3
- c optimized DOS, Windows, and OS/2 timeslicing as well as modem handling
- and a few other little things thanks to Andrew Eigus's DDPLUS v7.2
- other optimizing done, like a lot of useless DDPLUS code removed.
- c Psych0Language introduced (allows complete customization)
- c lots of cosmetic changes on the sysop side
- + maintenance sysop menu
- + skips lines with ; in the PLINETXT.DAT
- b correctly displays the intro screen in the new user sign-up
- + non-color MCI codes for things such as handle, Psych0Liner version, etc
- + new users may press ENTER on the alias prompt to use thier BBS name
- c statistics screen moved to PLINETXT.DAT
- c ? on main screen only displays key help, H displays extended info
- + new input prompt, will not allow users to type more than they are allowed.
- has nice definable back and foreground colors. in the near future arrow
- will be added.
- r strings and network menu do nothing.
- c tagline menu incorperated into main config menu.
- r sysop name (another useless thingy)
- + -? command line paramater listing
- + support for Psych0Tag versions after 0.45
- r PCBoard dropfile support (PCB can make other dropfiles) and other misc.
- useless code which made the executable huge
- + empty input string handling
- + `x style MCI color codes
- c if you use DigiBoard or the extended fossil, check your node setup
- r LEGAL.DOC, contents written into PLINER.DOC
- r F9 - statistics sysop key
- + updates and announcements available via Internet email, see PLINER.DOC
- for details.
- + file comment with Psych0Liner information (desc, contact info, Copyright)
-
- Version .40 Febuary 5, 1996
-
- + PLINETXT.DAT introduced
- + Full filelocking for multitasking / networked systems
- + USERS.DAT introduced
- c Yes/No prompts changed, looks better
- c Increased number of oneliners to 15
- c Exits if there is no PLINER.CFG and is not ran in configuration mode
- c Several cosmetic touch-ups
- c Tagline importing handled better
- + NODE.DAT introduced
- + Intro screen, can be toggled in "System Variables and Toggles"
- + Alias prompt string introduced
- b Internal, fossil, and digiboard now do what they are set to
- + Custom Port/IRQ setup for each com port on each node
- b Won't accept strings better than it can handle
-
- Version .35 Januray 2, 1996
-
- n started this file
- + operating system and free memory in stats
- c 1liner.ctl finally removed and moved to pliner.cfg
- + new help menu with "About Psych0Liner", "Product Information",
- and "Command Explanations"
- c handles menus smarter
- c moved the CFG program inside Psych0Liner itself
- c lotsa misc. stuff like smarter configuration file searches
- + seperate node data for each node [NODEx.DAT]
- c decreased PLINER.CFG size from 1615 to 780 bytes [52% smaller]
- c decreased LINERS.DAT size from 3216 to 1501 bytes [53% smaller]
- + can import taglines using Psych0Tag v.32b+
- b security levels really work now
- + config menu can be accessed from the Psych0Liner main menu,
- locally or remotely. If you don't want this, then set
- the SysOp security to a high number like 65,535.
- c PLINER.DOC now includes features, credits, and acknowledgements
-