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- ArcWeb 0.29 Release Notes
- =========================
-
- *** In its supplied state, it won't talk to the KA9Q fetchers if you have
- *** a module called Internet loaded. This version will autodetect this
- *** instead of having a requirement to edit !ArcWeb.!Run
-
- *** Usage over KA9Q is depracated (get a dictionary if you don't understand).
- *** Use FreeNet (and hence ArcWebTCP instead)
-
- *** If you have not used ArcWeb 0.22 or later previously, you must remove your
- *** existing !WebCache before copying the new version over it, otherwise
- *** everything may fall over with directory full errors.
-
- For conditions of use, please read Terms. For help on how to use and
- configure ArcWeb, please read the Instruct file. If you have problems, read
- the Problems file.
-
- *** IMPORTANT NOTE: In order to use ArcWeb via any TCP/IP networking software
- at all, you also need the fetchers appropriate to that networking software.
- There are several HTTP fetchers for KA9Q's !TCPIP on ftp.demon.co.uk, such
- as !WebGopher, !ArcWebK9Q etc.
-
- I have included in this distribution a version of ArcWebTCP for use with
- *Acorn* TCP/IP version 2 or compatiable networking software. This should
- include the ANT Ethernet suite and does include FreeNet. The version
- included may not be up to date though, you should check
- cslib.ecs.soton.ac.uk's FTP archive for the latest version number.
-
- My base line specification document is the latest IETF working draft:
- "HyperText Markup Language Specification - 2.0" Berners-Lee, Connolly, et al.
- Date: 8th Feb 1995. This is an IETF draft which carries a 6 month maximum
- lifespan. <draft-ietf-html-spec-01.txt> from IETF FTP mirrors. A copy of this
- document is available at http://louis.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~snb94r/ which contains
- details on where to obtain an official copy in your area of the planet.
- I have aimed to ensure that version 0.20 has a minimum of total conformance to this
- draft (possibly excepting textareas). Features that are part of the next version
- of HTML may or may not be supported at this time - some currently are, some aren't.
-
- My base line specification document for HTTP is the latest IETF working
- draft of March 1995.
-
-
- ArcWeb is available (via HTTP) from:
-
- http://louis.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~snb94r/arcweb.arc
-
- It is also available for FTP from: cslib.ecs.soton.ac.uk as
- /pub/Acorn/ArcWeb/arcweb_0.29.arc
-
- and from: micros.hensa.ac.uk as
- /micros/arch/riscos/c/c135/arcweb.arc
-
- and from: ftp.demon.co.uk as
- /pub/archimedes/www/arcweb_0.29.arc
-
- You also require the DrawFile module which is available from ftp.acorn.co.uk as:
- /pub/riscos/releases/drawfile.arc
-
- If you want to hear audio, then you will require SoundCon by Rick Hudson.
- Version 1.51 and later of SoundCon include support for the ArcWeb protocols
- so that when you follow links to audio, they are played automatically. Some
- audio files on the WWW do not work with earlier versions on SoundCon, although
- those that do can be dragged onto the SoundCon icon bar icon. This is available
- from HENSA and Demon (in the HENSA mirror section).
-
- If you want to see MPEGs then you need something like !MPEGPlay
-
- The Acorn section of the HENSA/micros archive is now mirrored in the Demon
- /pub/mirrors/hensa directory. It is also mirrored at ftp.uni-stuttgart.de. See
- the fortnightly posting by Gerben Vos on comp.sys.acorn.announce for more
- details on archive sites and mirroring arrangements.
-
- I highly recommend that you look at the ArcWeb home page (go to my home page
- [shown below] and follow the link to it) if you have already have http:
- capability, and that if you DON'T, get it running on local files first before
- attempting network access. The supplied HTML files contain descriptions of
- how to configure the software.
-
-
- This release was made on XX July 1995.
-
- Bugs Fixed & Improvements since 0.28
- ====================================
-
- Bug fix: leading spaces are discarded from relative URLs
-
- ArcWeb needed -noexturl to run with ArcWebK9Q and friends because
- I'd coded some tests in the wrong order.
-
- Bug in <ol> handling fixed (at last I hope)
-
- New version of PrintWeb linked with a hacked version of RISC_OSlib
- to make fileicon() understand directories
-
-
- Known Bugs
- ==========
-
- Information, including known bugs and future enhancements, can be found at
- http://louis.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~snb94r/arcweb.html
-
- TEXTAREA elements are not handled properly, because the size is limited to that
- given in the HTML definition (which should only refer to the visual characteristics
- of the area, not its actual maximum dimensions.
-
- The DrawFile module appears to be ignoring the left hand wastage fields in
- the sprite definitions which results in some sprites not displaying correctly.
-
- Parser is still slow - the filter technique used to parse and render the
- page is logical but requires two passes through the source hence the lack of
- speed.
-
- The DrawFile module does not render scaled text objects correctly. This means
- that 'Netscape' pages may look odd. Exporting the diagram to Draw shows that
- the correct image is being produced.
-
- Not my fault: RmEnsure'ing the DrawFile module when an earlier version is
- already loaded causes an odd 'nager: Sprites22' error. This is not the
- fault of ArcWeb and is experienced by other programs which use DrawFile 1.01.
- Consensus appears to be that this is due to some kind of misinteraction
- between modules written C and the rest of the system.
-
- Spacing still isn't quite right between words at the split points.
-
- ==
- Stewart Brodie
- S.N.Brodie@ecs.southampton.ac.uk
- University of Southampton, UK
-