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- RBcomm v3.40 -- list of changes since v3.31
-
- If you have been using RBcomm v3.36 or earlier, you will need to
- recompile all of your macro files, as the internal structure has changed.
- However, no harm will result if you forget to do so since RBcomm v3.1+
- will complain on outdated macro files.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- See RBCOMM.DOC for full details on the following:
-
- Removed macro commands
- ----------------------
-
- UI_MENU (use LOAD_MACRO "" instead)
- SAVE_MACRO
- AUTO_ZMODEM (alias for AUTO_XFER)
-
- Changed macro commands
- ----------------------
-
- DISPLAY "msg"
- The message now undergoes variable expansion.
-
- EXIT errorlevel
- "errorlevel" added
-
- LEARN
- no longer asks which key to bind. The learned string is always
- sent by the RECALL command, bound to Alt-N in the default
- keybindings.
-
- LISTDIAL "list"
- if "list" is empty and numbers remain from a previous multi-number
- dial, the previous list is automatically presented as the default.
- The list is no longer a single character per entry to be dialed,
- but rather a list of entry numbers separated by commas or blanks.
-
- MESSAGE row col "msg"
- The message now undergoes variable expansion.
-
- MESSAGEBOX "msg"
- The message now undergoes variable expansion.
-
- NOTIFY "msg"
- The message now undergoes variable expansion.
-
- SOUND freq dur
- make a tone of the specified frequency in Hertz for the specified
- duration in clock ticks.
-
- New macro commands
- ------------------
-
- ALARM
- execute the macro bound to the Alarm pseudo-key, or the BEEP command
- if Alarm is not bound.
-
- AVATAR on|off
- enable/disable AVATAR emulation commands.
-
- DVEXEC on|off "DVPcommand"
- execute a program in another DESQview window, optionally disabling
- serial port handler and waiting until other program terminates.
-
- EXPAND_BLANK on|off
- specify whether the TYPE command expands completely empty lines to a
- single blank.
-
- LTRIM CUTBUFFER "trimchars"
- remove "trimchars" from the beginning of the cut buffer.
-
- MUSIC on|off
- enable/disable ANSI music for the ANSI-BBS terminal emulation.
-
- PLAY "music-string"
- play the notes specified by the string.
-
- RBCOMM_CMDS on|off
- enable/disable RBcomm's private terminal commands.
-
- RECALL
- transmits the last string entered with the LEARN command to the
- remote system.
-
- RTRIM CUTBUFFER "trimchars"
- remove "trimchars" from the right end of the cut buffer.
-
- SOUND freq dur
- make a tone of the specified frequency in Hertz for the specified
- duration in clock ticks.
-
- TFLUSH
- discard any unsent characters still pending in the transmit queue.
-
- TRIM CUTBUFFER "trimchars"
- remove "trimchars" from both beginning and end of the cut buffer.
-
- New pseudokeys
- --------------
-
- Alarm action(s) to perform on connecting to a remote system,
- completing a file transfer, and executing the ALARM macro
- command
-
- AutoDL set up autodownload/autoupload triggers and actions
-
- #download_x overrides command string for downloading with protocol 'x'
-
- #upload_x overrides command string for uploading with protocol 'x'
-
- New variable expansions
- -----------------------
-
- %F insert files to be transferred (or transfer parameters)
- only valid in file transfer command strings
- %/ insert slash unless preceded by slash or backslach
- %\ insert backslash unless preceded by slash or backslash
-
- New commandline options (not case-sensitive)
- --------------------------------------------
-
- -B use BIOS calls to display characters received from the serial
- port
-
-
- New environment variables
- -------------------------
-
- n/a
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The dialing directory may now contain up to 250 entries.
-
- Puma autodownload is no longer enabled by default.
-
- The DESQview mouse pointer is now hidden while inside the RBcomm window.
-
- RBcomm now supports 115200 bps.
-
- File transfer commands are no longer built up from pieces which basically
- assume the use of DSZ, but are instead given in full, permitting the use
- of a different program for each protocol (if desired).
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The macro compiler no longer decompiles previously-compiled macros. As
- a result, the commandline format has changed.
-
- Usage: MACRO srcfile [srcfile ...]
- Compile each source (text) file to an RBcomm macro file with the extension
- .RBM. If no extension is given for a source file, the default extension
- .MAC is used.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The RBcomm private emulation commands have been switched around
- somewhat to accomodate full-time AVATAR availability:
-
- ^R (clear rest of screen) is now "start reverse video" (formerly ^V)
- ^U now cancels both underline and reverse video
- ^V is now the Avatar command character in all emulations
- ^W (cancel reverse video) is now delete character (formerly ^Y)
- ^Y is now "repeat character" in all emulations
- ^F5 is now "clear to end of screen" instead of "repeat character"
-