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- INSTALL.DOC How to install/upgrade GoldED
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- First time, simple install:
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- 1. Edit GOLDED.CFG to match your setup. (Use the AREAFILE's!)
- 2. Run GOLDNODE.EXE if you want nodelist lookup.
- 3. Run GOLDED.EXE.
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- First time, advanced (not for the fainthearted!):
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- 1. Unpack ADVANCED.ARJ & XLAT.ARJ. Rename ADVANCED.CFG to GOLDED.CFG.
- 2. Edit GOLDED.CFG and GOLDAREA.CFG to match your setup.
- 3. Run GOLDNODE.EXE if you want nodelist lookup.
- 4. Run GOLDED.EXE.
- 5. Repeat 2. through 4. until it works ;-)
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- Upgrading, in general:
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- Please keep a copy of your old version in a safe place, just in case.
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- You should always install the new version in a new directory, instead
- of on top of the old setup.
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- Setup a fresh simple config first, and verify that everything works
- okay. Then transfer your old configs to the new version, editing where
- it may be nescessary.
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- Check if you have set the GOLDED environment variable, if you are
- installing and testing the new version in a different directory.
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- Upgrading from 2.40 to 2.41
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- The GoldED 2.41 exe files should be drop-in-able. I say "should" only
- because I haven't tried it myself. Read the manual addendum for a list
- of the new/changed keywords you can use in the configuration files.
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- The GRAND101.ARJ (cookie compiler utility for registered users) is no
- longer required for the cookie (template @random) feature. That
- functionality is now built-in using the COOKIEFILE keyword.
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- Upgrading from 2.30/2.31/2.31p to 2.40
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- You are highly recommended to start over from scratch, using the new
- example configuration files. While 2.40 is generally backward com-
- patible to 2.30/2.31, there are *a lot* of new features and changes.
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- Most of the configuration files have been given more consistent names:
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- Rename: GOLDED.ARE to GOLDAREA.CFG (also in GOLDED.CFG if INCLUDE'd)
- Rename: GOLDED.HLP to GOLDHELP.CFG
- Rename: GOLDED.KEY to GOLDKEYS.CFG
- Rename: GOLDED.LNG to GOLDLANG.CFG
- Rename: GOLDED.RAN to GOLDRAND.CFG (but see note later !!!)
- Rename: COLOR*.COL to GEDCOL*.CFG (also in GOLDED.CFG if INCLUDE'd)
- Rename: MONO*.COL to GEDMON*.CFG (also in GOLDED.CFG if INCLUDE'd)
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- Delete: GOLDED.DAT, GOLDED.HLX, GOLDED.KBD, GOLDED.LNX, GOLDED.RLN,
- GOLDED.RDX, *.ESX, *.CHX and GOLDLANG.EXE.
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- In this new naming scheme, all compiled config files have the
- extension .GED. This makes it easy to identify which files can be
- safely deleted.
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- NOTE: The Random System no longer accepts the old syntax. Please see
- the example GOLDRAND.CFG and GOLDED.DOC for details on the new format.
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- Many configuration keywords have been renamed to more a consistent
- naming scheme. The old keywords will still be supported for a couple
- of versions more... GOLDED.DOC has a list of the old versus the new
- names, as well as a complete reference of all valid keywords.
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- Some keywords are no longer supported. Just remove them from the
- relevant .CFG when GoldED reports them.
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- The syntax of the CHARSET/ESCSET keywords have changed slightly: The
- filename extensions stated in GOLDED.CFG should now be .CHS instead of
- .CHX and .ESC instead of .ESX.
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- The @cookie template token is renamed to @random, and the default
- filenames are now RANDOM.*. The cookie/random file compiler
- (GOLDRAND.EXE) is not distributed in the archive, and this feature is
- generally undocumented. GOLDRAND.EXE is distributed separately in the
- archive GRAND101.ARJ (12k).
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- The external configuration compiler, GOLDLANG.EXE is now built-in.
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- Upgrading from 2.20 and earlier:
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- Backup your old version and start from scratch with the new one :-)
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