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LightChat v1.20
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The following improvements/changes have been made since the last
release:-
* Our UK registration site can now accept international credit card
registrations.
* Made registration key system more secure; old keys now need replacing.
* Added a new Chat Mode Manager, which allows you to define up to 255
different chat modes.
* Added a new Language Manager, which allows you to define up to 255
different languages, completely customising LightChat's output.
* Added facility to override default textfile path with language
specific path, so that each language can have a different set of
screens.
* Added on-screen ANSI feature positioner, allowing you to view the
appropriate screen and move objects around in it, saving you from
having to remember coordinates.
* Added support for soundcards (SB/SB Pro/SB16/GUS), and ability to play
soundtracker modules as page tunes.
* Added ability to switch all ANSI effects off, speeding up access to
LightChat.
* Added LightBar menu text to Language Manager.
* Added support for RemoteAccess v2.50.
* Added quote window facility to LightEdit. Quoted messages are no
longer automatically inserted into message body.
* Added new command macro to switch between main message editing window
and quote window.
* Major problem with LightEdit fixed; when user/SysOp window numbers
were set differently for LightChat, LightEdit's text editing behaved
very erraticly.
* Another major bug with LightEdit, where garbage characters appeared
and/or the machine locked up or reset, has been fixed.
* Problem with default screen path being overwritten by AutoInstall has
been fixed.
* Problem with LightEdit not releasing timeslices to multitaskers has
been fixed.
* Problem with corrupt "editing user's details" message has been fixed.
* Fixed bug where soundcard sampling rate could not be edited in LCSETUP
properly.
* Swapping routines used for DOS shell stopped working in beta-1 due to
a major size increase in the LightChat executable. Old routines have
been removed and replaced with new ones, which to swap to EMS/XMS, or
disk.
* Added configuration options for quote window to LCSETUP.
* Added command macro to have LightChat prompt you for a chat mode
number to switch to.
* Completely redesigned command macro editor, moving to a more friendly
menu-driven system. You no longer need to enter complicated codes to
attach functions to keys.
* Added new command macro to allow execution of external programs from
within LightChat. Added ability to use RA-style codes in
command-line, for user's name, baudrate, node number etc.
* Fixed problem where colours/cursor position were sometimes incorrect
when shelling to DOS.
* Fixed problem of missing clear-screen code at top of EDITOR3D.ANS
* Fixed problem where "ASCII chat mode" was displayed instead of "Saving
message".
* Fixed bug where LightEdit was returning the wrong errorlevel to RA
after an aborted message.
* Added ability to run DOS shell from LightEdit as well as LightChat.
* Increased speed with which LightChat initialises.
* A problem with random chat mode selection and forced mode numbers has
been fixed.
* A problem where the message quote buffer size (configured in LCSETUP)
was being ignored, has been fixed.
* Redesigned LightEdit command macro editor to same menu-driven system
used by LightChat command macro editor.
* Redesigned paging hours editor.
* Added ability to define SysOp availability throughout week in
half-hourly blocks.
* Added feature to record users' paging activity over time, and display
periods of high, medium, and low demand in LCSETUP. (registered
version only).
* Added ability to move chat modes within the Chat Mode Manager.
* Changed all previous references to "command macros" to "key
assignments" for clarity.
* Added on-screen ANSI feature positioners to the message editor section
of LCSETUP.
* Added more bundled .MOD files and new chat modes.
* Fixed potential problem where the LIGHTCHT.UDB file (used for
determining whether a user has been in chat already during a
particular call) was being processed even if it was not opened
correctly.
* Fixed bug in LCSETUP's Language Editor where [Return] had to be
pressed twice when searching for a string whilst amending the language
text.
* Fixed bug where the prompt for a chat mode number within LightChat was
switching to modes one less than those specified.
* Fixed problem where AutoInstall would not always alter the textfile
path in the Language Manager to reflect the installation path or the
default textfile path.
* Added new command-line switch /H, to force LightChat to leave the
fossil driver 'hot' when exiting.
* Added support for Ensoniq SoundScape soundcards.
* Added support for ProBoard, including AutoInstall facility.
* Added function to allow switch to next active chat mode.
* Changed on-screen ANSI positioner to display clocks correctly.
* Fixed bug where the page bar would flow off the screen when the page
duration was set to greater than 127 seconds.
* Fixed bug where old chat text was appearing after chat buffer became
full.
* Fixed bug that caused LightEdit to reject a user with a high time
limit, and subsequently caused them to be thrown off the BBS.
* Fixed problem with time remaining display on status bar.