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--- BRIEF NEWS
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This file contains the news/fixes/changes of each version since 2.40
in short one-liner form. You can find a lot more detail in the
NOTE_241.DOC file, which contains all technical notes since 2.40.
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Brief news for GoldED 2.41, full release 07 march 1993.
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* OS/2 release is delayed. Sorry!
+ Added more built-in robotnames for simple cfg users.
+ Added support for RemoteAccess 2.00 GAMMA new area/user structures.
- Removed non-working Sound Blaster auto-disable under Windows.
! Increased internal echoid size limit from 29 to 49 chars.
- Fixed default attributes when using AREAFILE IMAIL with v1.30.
- Fixed Ezycom lastread pointer handling.
- Added awareness of Ezycom CONFIG.<taskno>.
- Fixed quotebuffer for Ezycom areas.
- Fixed scanning of Hudson and Ezycom boards with the same number.
! Added code to detect and prevent the dreaded 12MB MSGHDR.BBS bug.
- Fixed bug with wrongly expiring keys in the new key system.
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Brief news for GoldED 2.41.B0108, BETA release 08 january 1993.
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- Fixed bugs in the int.editor which caused violations in GoldED/2.
- Fixed problem with SWAPPATH.
- Fixed messy TZ=ZZZ0 stuff.
- Fixed Ezycom msgbase support to look for/use a EZYCOM.NOW semaphore.
- Fixed scanned areas sometimes looking unscanned.
+ Added more debug info to Squish error logging.
- Fixed serious bug in binary sort algorithm. Affected many things.
+ New token @os2slash. Gives "/2" in GoldED/2 and nothing in DOS ver.
- Fixed problems with deleting the first msg in a Squish area.
+ Added feature to display the size of attached files in the header.
+ Added keyword DISPATTACHSIZE to control attach size feature.
- Fixed GoldED startup logo to be sensitive to the codepage.
+ Added new keycommand in arealist to jump to next fuzzy match.
- Fixed entering of alpha char using Alt-224 on the keypad.
- Fixed bug in undelete of last undeletable line in the int.editor.
- Changed screenblank/timeout code to prevent midnight freakouts.
- Sound Blaster support is now disabled if Windows is detected.
- Fixed whitespace trimmer to be less agressive.
- Fixed Alt-L in message lister to work again as "redraw".
- Fixed @tfname and other tokens to work properly in origins.
- Fixed nodelist lookup to not crash with empty name field.
- Fixed bad problem with Hudson msgbase locking.
+ Added reporting of detected multitasker when using -V parameter.
- Fixed stupid bug concerning AREAFILE's and AREAS.BBS.
- Fixed reversed/garbled names in GoldNODE when using USERLIST's.
+ Added new tokens @pid and @longpid for more flexible tearlines.
! Changed Ezycom support to work with 1.02+. 1.01 support dropped.
- Fixed various bugs concerning the Ezycom msgbase support.
- Fixed messed up cursor keys in GoldED/2.
- Removed silly statusline counter in GoldED/2.
- Fixed CPU hogging in GoldED/2.
- Fixed intense and border (overscan) colors in GoldED/2.
- Fixed buggy handling of GOLDED.CFG vs. GED2.CFG in GoldED/2.
- Fixed incorrect PID in GoldED/2.
! GoldNODE disk sort buffer now disabled by default.
! Changed overlay buffer back down to original small size.
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Brief news for GoldED 2.41.B1207, BETA release 07 december 1992.
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* OS/2 version now available!
+ Added Ezycom msgbase support! Including new AREAFILE and keywords.
- Fixed hdr lookup of names like "van.der.somebody".
- Fixed handling of username in DBRIDGE.LRQ.
- Fixed EDITCOMMENT to allow a comma as comment-trigger.
+ Added 5 new keywords to adjust header display/edit. New defaults.
- Fixed msg lister. It used way too much memory and ran out.
+ Re-added FRQ attribute in the FLAGS kludge.
+ Added features to fix bad NUL chars in Fido *.MSG msg bodies.
- Fixed nodelist lookup garbage when looking up past the end.
+ Added option to AREAFILE Squish to allow other name for SQUISH.CFG.
+ New FORCETEMPLATE RanSys keyword. Forces template selection.
+ New AREADESC keyword. Adds description and more to existing echoes.
+ New AREAFILE EchoList. Adds descriptions to existing echoes.
+ New cmdline prm -W. Writes complete GOLDAREA.INC with AREADEF's.
+ New cmdline prm -M. Turns off all sounds in GoldED.
- Fixed single '.' in AREADEF's.
+ New keyword NODELISTWARN. Turns off warning about missing nodelists.
+ Added extra msgbase safety when shelling to DOS.
- Fixed update of NETMAIL/ECHOMAIL.BBS when moving unscanned msgs.
- ATTRIBUTES in GOLDRAND.CFG are now added to default attribs.
- Fixed leading zeroes bug in AREAS.BBS files.
- Fixed COOKIEFILE keyword to index more than one file correctly.
- Fixed AREAFILE D'Bridge for 1.50.
- Fixed aka bug in AREAFILE FastEcho for 1.10 and later.
+ New COOKIEPATH keyword. Sets default path for cookie files.
+ New TEMPLATEPATH keyword. Sets default path for template files.
- Fixed areascan. Silly GED tried to open non-existing Hudson msgbase.
! Changed overlay buffer size again. This time down to 100k from 150k.
Forgotten notes for B1124/5:
+ Added popup warning about missing nodelists.
+ Moved some init msgs from statusline to popup windows.
! Changed overlay buffer from about 64k to 150k to gain performance.
Unfortunately also gained many out of memory errors :-(
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Brief news for GoldED 2.41.B1125, BETA release 25 november 1992.
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- Fixed nasty bug concerning ';' comments in the .CFG files.
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Brief news for GoldED 2.41.B1124, BETA release 24 november 1992.
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- Fixed Hudson msgbase scanning in the arealist.
+ New DISPSTATUSLINE keyword to help visually impaired users.
+ Improved error logging to screen and disk.
- Fixed Squish msgbase handling, including the dreaded "Another User".
+ Added better logging/handling of errors using Squish msgbases.
- Fixes for long subjects and trailing spaces.
+ Improved logging of errors using Hudson msgbases.
- Fixed nodelist lookups, including long-standing accuracy problem.
- Msg lister now shows point addresses in the header.
- Fixed AREAFILE for reading D'Bridge 1.30. Very long-standing bug!
+ TWITMODE feature now plays the MsgIsTwit event even if set to Show.
- Fixed messed up file attach dialog window.
+ Added dynamic sizing of the echoid column in the arealist.
+ New AREALISTECHOMAX keyword to control the dynamic arealist sizing.
- Fixed invalid origins for the Change Origin menu options.
- Fixed origin truncation (was 78, should have been 79).
- Fixed garbage origin when using AREAFILE Squish.
- Fixed problem with spaces in the word part of EDITCOMMENT keyword.
- Fixed long-standing address conversion bug.
- Fixed various bugs in the Sound Blaster feature.
+ Speeded up config compile a bit in various ways.
+ New AREADEF keyword adds better way of defining areas with groups.
+ New ATTRIBSFRQ keyword to set attributes for the freq function.
+ Modified TIMESLICE OS/2 keyword to work even in booted DOS images.
- Fixed SWAPPATH & AREAFILE Maximus when using paths with a backslash.
+ Added AREAFILE support for IMAIL 1.30.
+ Added AREAFILE support for FMail 0.92.
! Changed AREAFILE GEcho to use only the new 1.00 structures.
+ New COOKIEFILE keyword replaces the GoldRAND program (GRAND101.*).
! Removed support for AREAFILE Userdefined.
- Fixed garbage language problem when patch updating.
* Now compiled with Borland C++ 3.1 instead of 3.0.
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Brief news for GoldED 2.40.P0720, patch update release 20 july 1992.
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+ Added a "Commentreply-In-Other-Area" function.
+ Added keys to clear the IE delete/paste buffers.
+ Added option for a default filerequest area.
+ Added option to display area number in header display.
+ Added option to use ^aCHRS or ^aCHARSET kludges.
+ Added options for excluding/including areas from AREASCAN.
+ Added Sound Blaster support! THE feature to drive your family nuts!
+ Added support for QuickBBS 2.75.
+ Added support for SuperBBS 1.16 and newer.
+ Improved the quotebuffer feature.
+ QBBS areas can now be rescanned with the arealist Alt-S menu.
- Fixed bug in handling of empty origins. Single space now allowed.
- Fixed directly entered negative numbers.
- Fixed garbage in CHARSET kludge.
- Fixed long-standing confirmation receipt template bug.
- Fixed some internal binary search functions.
- Fixed strange Z:0/0 addresses when using USERNAME in GOLDRAND.CFG.
- Fixed the new memory saving QBBS scanning option. Works!
- Removed all mouse support code. Was useless anyway..
- Removed QBBSREBUILD code. Reports indicate it is buggy.
- Various minor GoldNODE fixes.
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Brief news for GoldED 2.40.P0623, patch update release 23 june 1992.
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- Fixed current aka display. It showed weird addresses in some setups.
- Fixed the NETMAIL.BBS/ECHOMAIL.BBS handling so it works again.
- P0621 would only run for registered/betakey users. Sorry...
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Brief news for GoldED 2.40.P0621, patch update release 21 june 1992.
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+ Added key for manually kicking FDRESCAN.NOW (semaphore netscan).
+ Added new memory saving QBBS scanning mode.
+ Added option for making readonly areas REALLY readonly.
+ Added option for userdefined filerequest extensions.
+ Added option to save the IE msg if GoldED times out.
+ Added pause if config errors were found, so you can see them..
+ Added simple quotebuffer function.
+ Added support for FastEcho 1.20.
+ Enhanced addressmacros to allow setting of attributes.
+ Robotnames now have AreaFix, AreaMgr and FileFix as defaults.
+ Changed Squish area handling. Significant memory savings.
- Changed zone/point detect logic. GoldED no longer tries to guess.
- Fixed "Gotcha" errors when having identical Squish and QBBS areas.
- Fixed (removed) matching of the PVT attrib in echomail replies.
- Fixed bug that made it impossible to get the ^aI51 kludge.
- Fixed FRQ attrib response in msgs with FRQ+CFM/RRQ (D'Bridge bug).
- Fixed garbage origin when no origins were defined.
- Fixed handling of Squish areas SQPACK'ed to zero msgs.
- Fixed loss of search criteria between areas.
- Fixed Random System USERNAME address to show in the header display.
- Fixed various inconsistencies when toggling the SNT/UNS attributes.
- Fixed wrong lastread jump when copying/moving marked msgs.
- Improved Shift-F10 lookup in echo/local areas.
- Removed Detect option from the TIMESLICE keyword. Detect crashes..
- Speeded up area scanning for multitasking setups.
- The timesread field is now (again) updated in netmail areas.
- Various fixes to the msg lister.
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The version before 2.40.P0621 was the full 2.40 release.
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