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- 3.09 revisions:
-
- 1. EchoDor now has a "DIRECTVIDEO" option in the DoorDriv.Ctl
- file. This will allow the sysop to configure EchoDor to
- either use BIOS writes (comment out the DirectVideo line)
- or direct screen writes (include the DirectVideo line).
-
- 2. A new parameter is now available in the EchoDor.Ctl file,
- this is the "INCLUDE" parameter. This will be most used
- by sysops that run multiple line systems and want to only
- maintain one file that contains the AREATABLE and the
- AREADESC sections.
-
- 3. EchoDor will now allow the SYSOP to configure HotKeys.
-
- 4. There was a problem in the origin net/node number when
- generating Echo mail. This problem would cause UUCP not
- to function correctly with messages generated by EchoDor.
- This has been corrected and UUCP should work with EchoDor
- now.
-
- 5. I have included a little utility which will be useful for
- Opus Sysops that want to use EchoDor. This is the
- OpusCnvt program. It will read SYSTEM##.DAT files and
- create a file that contains AREATABLE/ENDAREATABLE &
- AREADESC/ENDAREADESC sections. If this is used with the
- INCLUDE option, conversion to EchoDor will be very fast.
-
- 6. Four new functions area available when selecting an area.
- These are the [+]Next Area, [-]Prior area and the [>]Next
- Area with messages, [<]Prior Area with messages functions.
- If the user selects "+", EchoDor will move that user to
- the next area that he/she has set to active. When
- selecting "-", the user will be moved to the prior area.
- If the user selects ">", EchoDor will move to the next
- area that the user has set active which contains unread
- messages. When selecting "<", EchoDor will move to the
- prior area that the user has set active which contains
- unread messages. Also, when changing areas with the plus
- and minus, EchoDor will tell you if there are new messages
- in the area.
-
- 7. EchoDor now has "Hot Keys". When enabled the menu
- response is very fast. In places where the user might
- need to type in multiple characters, the "hot key" feature
- is disabled. I think you'll like this feature.
-
- 8. I have rewritten the Xerox function. The old function
- would only copy the current message to the current area.
- The new Xerox function will now allow the sysop to Xerox
- the current message to any area.
-
- 9. I have rewritten the sysop MESSAGE COPY function. The old
- function would copy a message from any area to the current
- area. This would confuse some people. The new MESSAGE
- COPY function will now allow you to copy a message from
- any area to any area. The default is now from the current
- area to another area which is the opposite of the old way.
-
- 10. There was a problem which would cause EchoDor to tell the
- user "You Don't have enough time left" when he actually
- did. This problem was due to an error in the MINTIME
- function. This has hopefully been corrected.
-
- 11. EchoDor will now tell you when you have exited chat mode.
- Prior to 3.09 you had to guess if you were still in chat
- after you pressed the ESC key.
-
- 12. In versions prior to 3.09 the "AutoMessage" function was
- only available if you started EchoDor %1 /AUTO. Starting
- with this version, EchoDor will always execute the
- "AutoMessage" function when it starts in normal mode.
- This will allow a sysop to use the "AutoMessage" function
- without having to run EchoDor twice.
-
- 13. EchoDor now has a [V]iew function available from the read
- menu. This function is not listed on the read menu but is
- available to all SYSOPs. The function allows a sysop to
- see all the ^A kludge lines, the SEEN-BYs, and the PATH
- lines. This is sometimes useful when trying to track
- where a message has come from.
-
- 14. I have added a new option to the File function when
- importing files. This function is [F]old lines. This
- option will retain the line structure, but it will break
- the lines on word boundaries. This produces a much better
- appearance than just importing the file.
-
- 15. When quoting with the full screen editor, EchoDor now
- removes all ^A, SEEN-BY, and PATH lines from the message.
- Old versions prevented the user from quoting the message
- but the new version removes the lines. This gives the
- quote a "cleaner" appearance.
-
- 16. EchoDor now sets the "received" bit when a message is
- either read or packed by the receiver. This is also
- displayed when reading the message and scanning the
- message. EchoDor also increments the number of "times
- read" counter in the message. This counter can be used to
- tell if an area is active.
-
- 17. When a user first entered a message base and the first
- message was not 1 or 2, EchoDor would take a long time to
- read the first message. EchoDor now keeps both a high
- message pointer and a low message pointer to an area.
- This allows EchoDor to go immediately to the first message
- in an area. Also, the first message number as displayed
- in the read menu correctly reflects the first real message
- number.
-
- 18. The "Pack All Message Areas" question default has been
- changed from "Y" to "N".
-
- 19. When packing a single area, the starting message number
- now defaults to the last message read plus 1.
-
- 20. A problem was found which could cause Echodor to lock up
- when packing mail and the user dropped carrier. This
- problem has been corrected. Now when packing mail, if the
- user drops carrier, EchoDor will exit normally.
-
- 21. EchoDor no longer contains the NODOORMODE parameter. When
- this parameter was not present, EchoDor displayed it's
- name and a closing string when exiting. The extra code
- has been removed along with the parameter.
-
- 22. EchoUtil had problems with most of the functions that used
- the "outbound" area. Hopefully most of these problems
- have been corrected.
-
- 23. EchoUtil no longer contains the /SCAN and /DUMP functions.
- They have been removed because of their size and because
- these functions are provided in EchoDor.
-
- 24. EchoUtil can now process message areas that contain 5000
- messages. This is 3000 more than prior versions.
-
- 25. If EchoUtil /M was run multiple time, it would increment
- the check messages flag (asking the user to check for
- private messages) each time it was run. This has been
- corrected. The counter will only be incremented once per
- run per day.
-
- 26. EchoUtil now has the /RENUM function. This will allow
- resetting the last read pointers without deleting old
- users.
-
- 27. A problem was found in the EchoNLCP compiler. It would
- not write the last block to the EchoDXID.IDX file. This
- would cause EchoDor not to be able to find the last 1000
- nodes in the nodelist file. This problem has been
- corrected.
-
- 28. EchoNLCP will now skip files that have an extension of
- DAT, IDX or FDX. Node list files must never have this
- extension.
-
- 29. EchoNLRD has been enhanced to allow node list searching.
- This is identical to the operation of the node list option
- in EchoDor.
-
- 30. A new program called EchoUser is now available. This
- allows you to set individual usre's security and access
- levels as well as more precisely control new user access.
- This program will run either remote or local.
-
-