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-
- Read.ppe Version 1.20 (08/03/96)
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- New features:
-
- * ALL PPE's in this release are now compiled in PPLC 3.20! This means
- everyone with PCBoard 15.22+ can run this! Why you ask? Simple:
-
- 1. PCBoard 15.3 was dead the day it went into beta, no one uses it!
- 2. You asked for it! You wanted to use it on PCBoard 15.22, You got it! :)
-
- And NO, I didn't use any anti-decompilation tricks, but I warned you...
-
- * Complete multilingual support! Both in config files and display files!
-
- Old Filename -> New Filename
-
- READ.CFG READTEXT.<lang ext>
- READHDR. READHDR.<lang ext>
- READHLP. READHLP.<lang ext>
- READMENU. READMENU.<lang ext>
- BOOK. BOOK.<lang ext>
- BOOK.CFG BOOKTEXT.<lang ext>
- ENTER. ENTER.<lang ext>
- ENTERHLP. ENTERHLP.<lang ext>
-
- NOTE: There still is a file named READ.CFG which contains Non-Multi lang
- informations (such as the quote chars)
-
- * Fido net message format supported! The msgid, org, and seen-by lines are
- hidden, and not visiable. This is the way PCBoard does it itself, so I'm
- just building compatablity into READ.PPE!
-
- * Sysop command "!" added to see the hidden fido lines (if they happen to be
- of interest to you <g>)
-
- * Three new lines added to READTEXT for the Fido informations display
-
- * Will now strip all fido info from messages being captured and downloaded
-
- * Now displays pipe color codes! "|01" through "|15" are supported! This is
- incase your running IceEdit, now you do not have to have it convert them
- to Ansi codes (which are a pain to quote and piss fido nets off!)
- REMEMBER: Goto IceCfg and set Convert Color -> NO
-
- * Will now strip pipe codes from messages being captured and downloaded
- (just like it always has done with @X codes)
-
- * Two new lines added to READTEXT for READ.PPE's 'R Y' command, now displays
- more info when a caller does a 'read your' scan, hopefully eliminating
- some confussion!
-
- * SORT feature added to BOOK.PPE! (sorts alphabetically)
-
- * New End of Message/Command line command: NS (NonStop mode)
-
- * Read PPE now abides by the users "Clear Screen Between Messages" setting!
-
- * Read PPE now abides by the users "Scroll Long Messages" setting!
-
- * Read PPE now abides by the users "Long/Short Messages Header" setting!
- New file, READHDRS.<lang ext>, SHORT message header!
-
- * New end of message commands, "SHORT" and "LONG" to temporary use the
- message headers respectivly. Both can be abreviated down to two chars.
- (ie, SH, SHO, SHOR, SHORT, LO, LON, LONG are all valid)
-
- * Read PPE now has an option to allow a question "post in this base? yes/no"
- if the user has read a message in that conference using a READ ALL scan!
- (see POSTBAR, delete POSTBAR to disable this feature)
-
- * ReadMail PPE now has a configurable lightbar prompt! READMAIL.<lang ext>
-
- * READHDR and READHDRS support three new @ codes:
-
- @CONF@ name of the current conference
- @MTO@ mixed case of who message is to
- @MFROM@ mixed case of who message is from
- (see READHDR.DOC for more info)
-
- * Date and Time separtor chars/colors now configurable in READ.CFG!
- (ie, instead of xx-xx-xx, you can make it xx/xx/xx, ect)
-
- Changes:
-
- * New lightbar command prompt in BOOK.PPE (save, continue, sort)
-
- * All text strings/lightbar text in BOOK.PPE are configurable via BOOKTEXT!
-
- * All text strings in READ.PPE are configurable via READTEXT and POSTBAR!
- NOTE: READ.CFG's format has changed! Take note of this when upgrading!
-
- * "Message Killed" and "Cannot Kill Message" in READTEXT now uses @OPTEXT@
- for the message number rather than apending the number to the end!
-
- * The end of message prompt in READTEXT now supports @CURMSGNUM@, a macro for
- the current message (because PCBoard would update itself)
-
- * All INKEY() calls have been changed to TINKEY(0), to save on CPU keyboard
- polling slowdown as a result of inkey() loops! A BIG difference!
-
- * ENTER.PPE now allows hotkeys in the lightbar, in case the arrow or number
- keys on your keyboard are broken! :)
-
- * When doing a read all scan (R A) via read PPE it allways has displayed the
- "Ctrl-X aborts" string out of your PCBTEXT file, but it never allowed the
- user to accually abort the display! ;)
-
- Bug Fixes:
-
- * Fixed a nasty bug where you couldn't read mail FROM yourself unless you
- had sysop access! opps! I guess you can tell I beta test my own stuff! <g>
-
- * Fixed a bug when if you searched for a name with ENTER.PPE, selected one,
- and wrote a message in an external editor, that message was not being
- saved because I wasn't 'freeing' the users file. Opppss... My PPL doc's
- are from version 15.21! ;)
-
- * The read your (R Y) command has been half broken sence version 1.00! It now
- supports messages addressed to @USER@ as well as the users name OR alias!
- (if you are using the alias PSA) NOTE: To sysops (sysop security), an
- @USER@ message shows "(generic message)" in the TO field, however, to a
- normal caller, one with LESS than sysop security it releaces the TO field
- with there name/alias!
-
- * When reading messages and answering N (NO) to a More prompt in the middle
- of a message read.ppe would pause for a long time before going to the end
- of message prompt!
-
- * When reading messages and answering NS (NonStop) to a More prompt in the
- middle of a message read.ppe would not go into Non-Stop mode and still
- pause every xx lines! The way this now works is: if you enter NS at a more
- prompt anywhere duing a long message, it will display THAT message in non-
- stop mode! If you want the whole PPE in non-stop mode, enter NS at the end
- of message prompt or command line (R A NS)! (Useful for message captures
- or something <g>)
-
- * When entering a message number from the end of message prompt and including
- a - or a + for the read direction read.ppe would ignore the - or +!
-
- * The help (?,H,HE,HEL,HELP) command from the end of message prompt would
- display the help file in non stop mode, making it hard to make multi-screen
- help files. It now goes into line counting mode before displaying
- READHLP.<lang ext>!
-
- * An ansipos function was hardcoded after displaying the message header,
- making it difficult to change the READHDR file and still look right!
- NOTE: The Default READHDR included has changed from previous versions!
- If you are upgrading make sure and overwrite the READHDR file with this
- new copy!
-
- * When entering a message to @USER@ or @ALL@, enter.ppe would try and find
- it the the users file. Read.ppe would not handle messages addressed in
- this manner! (Many more thanks to Gelfling for this!) @LIST@ and @SEC-SEC@
- are not supported yet... I'm working on those though! :)
-
- * READ/ENTER.PPE will now set the messages ECHO flag correctly, on a
- conference basis! If current conference is setup to echo the mail it will!
- (It would only set this wrong if you where using an external FS editor)
-
- * BOOK.PPE would lockup if the user didn't allready have an address book.
- (Opps! Only tested it with my account which allready had a datafile!)
-
- * BOOK.PPE was not allowing a long enough input for the names!
-
- * BOOK (BOOK.PPE's backdrop file) was not displaying correctly in local
- mode. (I edited the last CR/LF out of the file to fix it)
-
- Release Comments:
-
- * Well, 40 additions/changes/bug fixes... I guess you can say this is a MEGA
- RELEASE! :) Enjoy! - Maverick
-
-
- Read.ppe Version 1.10 (06/23/96)
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- New features:
-
- * Supports node specific batch files to run an external message editor.
- See EXTERNAL.DOC for more info.
-
- * ENTER.PPE now realizes if an entered name is non-existant! User has the
- option to search, re-enter, abort, continue, or view help. Checks ONLY
- if the message is being entered in a LOCAL conference, will not check
- existance if the current conference is a FIDO/NETMAIL conf. It's search
- feature is completely lightbar drivin and seamless in ENTER.PPE!
- (Many thanks to Gelfling for pointing this out to me!)
-
- Changes:
-
- * Changed the way the PPE ends.. It now displays "Teminating READ.PPE
- version...." so you know it has finished. This is to help out those
- using the internal PCBoard editor and memory problems.
-
- * Completely revamped BOOK.PPE. Nice lightbar support and the whole
- bit... DATA files are still the same format, no conversion needed!
-
- Bug Fixes:
-
- * Reworked the way READ.PPE/CALLED.PPE work together in an attempt to
- improve the memory problem. Should work more reliablly, however, the
- memory problem still exists. The best solusion I have found is use an
- external message editor.
-
- * BOOK.PPE was saving 0 byte address books if the user had not entered
- any names. BOOK.PPE now only saves the book if there are enteries in it.
-
-
- Read.ppe Version 1.00 (05/23/96)
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- First release, Took about 5 months of coding to get this far! :)
-