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- VERSION 0.58
-
- - Several users reported that when they try to send mail or news, the
- DOS extender reader replaced the entire message with a single "Lines: "
- header. This problem does not happen with the real mode version.
- Until this problem is resolved, the real mode reader is should be
- used by default and is named yarn.exe. The DOS extender reader is
- named yarn-x.exe.
-
- - Changed the command key mapping.
-
- Newsgroup selection level
- New Key Command
- Alt-C Mark all articles in newsgroup as read
-
- Article selection level
- New Key Command
- Alt-U Mark articles in thread as unread
-
- Article reading level
- Old Key New Key Command
- b Scroll backward one page
- j k Mark article as read
- k K Mark articles in thread as read
- m Mail article to someone
- m u Mark article as unread
- U Mark articles in thread as unread
- z S Supersede article
-
- Mail reading level
- Old Key New Key Command
- f Post followup article
- f m Forward message to someone
- m u Mark message as unread
-
- - The package now includes a batch file to install Yarn. Also
- introduced an adduser program to set up a user.
-
- - Added yarn option -r to edit the reply packet.
-
- - When the user replies to a mail message, it is flagged with the status
- 'A' in the message selection list.
-
- - Fix: When importing messages that were read online with Pine, the
- empty line that separates the header from the body was deleted.
-
- - Fix: Yarn redirected the standard output of the spell program to
- the null device. Output from the ispell program was not visible.
-
- VERSION 0.57
-
- - The subscribe to newsgroup command (Ins) caused a memory fault in the
- DOS extender version.
-
- - Fixed To: header in outgoing mail messages to be compatible with uqwk
- version 1.7.
-
- - Removed X-Status: header from outgoing messages.
-
- - If the body of an outgoing message contains non-ASCII characters, assume
- the character set is ISO-8859/1 and add MIME headers.
-
- VERSION 0.56
-
- - The yarn program in the MS-DOS version now runs under a DOS extender.
- Included yarn-rm, which is the reader program running in real mode.
-
- - Also map ISO-8859/1 character set in article selection list and
- editor.
-
- - Display destination address/newsgroup in sent mail/news folder list.
-
- - When replying to a mail message, copy the Cc: header from the
- original message to the outgoing message.
-
- - Set the Bcc: header in outgoing messages by putting the line
-
- Bcc=<addresses>
-
- in the configuration file, where <addresses> is a list of mail
- addresses.
-
- - Should only expand aliases in To:, Cc:, and Bcc; headers.
-
- - Time zone field in Date: header of outgoing messages was incorrect
- if the time zone was more than 9 hours from GMT.
-
- - Do not load and save the newsrc file when yarn is run with the -f or
- -m option.
-
- - News format field in REPLIES file should be 'B'.
-
- - To specify the maximum keep days for newsgroups added by the import
- program, put the line
-
- max-keep=<n>
-
- in the configuration file, where <n> is the number of days.
-
- - To specify a spell check program, put the line
-
- spell=<program> %f
-
- in the configuration file, where <program> is the program name.
-
- VERSION 0.55
-
- - The rmgroup command corrupted the active newsgroup file.
-
- - For the MS-DOS version, fixed the overlay thrashing while scrolling
- in the mail message selection level.
-
- VERSION 0.54
-
- - Added search commands to newsgroup selection level. The '/', '?',
- ';' and ':' commands search for a newsgroup name containing a
- matching regular expression.
-
- - Added search commands to article selection and article reading
- level. The '/', '?', ';' and ':' commands search for an article
- containing a matching regular expression. The 'g' and 'G' commands
- search for a regular expression within an article.
-
- - If the reader selects a newsgroup containing a huge number of articles
- and there is insufficient memory to list every article, it displays
- an error message and list a subset of the articles.
-
- - Added 'q' command to go from article reading level to article
- selection level (same as '=' command).
-
- - Put the line
-
- next-screen-context-lines=<n>
-
- in the configuration file to redisplay the last <n> lines of the
- previous screen when paging through an article.
-
- - When displaying articles, the reader maps the ISO-8859-1 (ISO Latin 1)
- character set to IBM code page 850 if the configuration file contains
- the line
-
- charset=iso-8859-1
-
- - The reader program displays "You have new mail" if the user has new
- mail in the incoming message folder.
-
- - The newgroup program accepts an optional third parameter, the
- maximum number of days to keep an article. If this is specified,
- articles that have an Expires: header are kept only for this number
- of days, instead of until the date specified in the header.
-
- VERSION 0.53
-
- - Added '!' command to run command shell.
-
- - Mail aliases now stored in a separate file <user>\YARN\ALIASES.
- To specify another aliases file, use the statement
-
- aliases=<file>
-
- in the CONFIG file, where <file> is the full path of the aliases file.
-
- - Added -r option to import program, to import rnews batches.
-
- - If you unsubscribed from the last newsgroup in the newsgroup selection
- list, the highlight bar was positioned after the last newsgroup.
-
- - Check return status from zip/unzip program when packing/unpacking
- reply packet.
-
- - The OS/2 import program changed the current working directory before
- running unzip, which made unzip unable to find the packet file.
-
- - If the import program read an article header exactly 511 characters
- long, it incorrectly saw the end of the headers when it read the next
- line.
-
- VERSION 0.52
-
- - Messages in reply packet can be modified. Added the following commands:
- Newsgroup selection level and folder selection level
- Alt-R List replies
-
- - Changed keywords accepted by color statement in CONFIG file.
- menu-short-cut changed to menu-hotkey
- menu-select-short-cut changed to menu-select-hotkey
-
- VERSION 0.51
-
- - Display message count in folder selection list.
-
- - The color statement in the CONFIG file accepts these additional keywords:
- menu-border
- menu-text
- menu-select
- menu-short-cut
- menu-select-short-cut
-
- VERSION 0.50
-
- - Fix: The 'd' command to mark a mail message for deletion also tried to
- post a followup to the message.
-
- VERSION 0.49
-
- - Added mail commands:
- Message selection level
- Alt-O Save message to folder
- Message reading level
- F Post followup, quoting original article
-
- - Mark mail message for deletion after saving it to another folder.
-
- - Save copy of sent articles in a folder by putting the line
-
- sent-news=POSTED
-
- in configuration file.
-
- VERSION 0.48
-
- - Can save messages to mail folders.
- Added folder commands:
- Newsgroup selection level
- Alt-F List folders
- Article selection level
- Alt-O Save thread to folder
- Article reading level
- o Save article to folder
-
- - Moved incoming mail folder from <home>\YARN\INBOX to <home>\MAIL\INBOX.
-
- - Save copy of outgoing mail messages in a folder by putting the line
-
- sent-mail=SENT
-
- in configuration file.
-
- - Set the Cc: header in outgoing messages by putting the line
-
- Cc=<addresses>
-
- in configuration file, where <addresses> is a list of mail addresses.
-
- - Added forward mail command ('f') to mail reading level.
-
- - Added -q option to import program to disable article number output.
-
- - Added rmgroup program to remove newsgroup from active newsgroup list.
-
- - Fix: The reader did not allow the external editor to be run with any
- command line options.
-
- VERSION 0.47
-
- - Fix: The file path passed to the editor should use \ as path separators.
-
- - Disabled settings from environment variables USER and NAME.
-
- - If set, the YARNRC environment variable specifies the configuration file
- to read instead of the default <home>\YARN\CONFIG.
-
- VERSION 0.46
-
- - The import program now handles the SOUP message formats 'm', 'M' and 'B'.
-
- - Reader displays a message line at the bottom of the screen showing
- frequently used commands. To turn off the message line, put
-
- message=off
-
- in the configuration file.
-
- VERSION 0.45
-
- - The Newsgroups: header is normally hidden unless the article is crossposted.
-
- - Reader correctly displays headers that span multiple lines.
-
- VERSION 0.44
-
- - In the CONFIG file, colors for specific USENET headers are set using the
- statement
-
- color header-<name> <fg> <bg>
-
- The color statement can also set window colors.
-
- - The MS-DOS version is compiled for the 8086/8088 instruction set.
-
- VERSION 0.43
-
- - Specify mail address aliases in the CONFIG file using the alias statement.
-
- - If the import program finds a newsgroup in the AREAS file of a SOUP packet
- that is not in the active newsgroup list, it adds the newsgroup to the
- active list. The keep days for the added newsgroup is specified by the
- "keep" setting in the CONFIG file.
-
- - If free disk space runs lows while importing messages, the import program
- aborts.
-
- - Message headers containing tab characters where parsed incorrectly.
-
- VERSION 0.42
-
- - Reader subscribes to all active newsgroups if newsrc does not exist.
-
- - Reader hides headers beginning with '\t' by default.
-
- VERSION 0.41
-
- - Fixed bug in the subject truncation routine that caused reader to hang on
- subjects containing long words.
-
- - At the end of the article, the reader shows the number of articles
- remaining in the thread.
-
- - Increased maximum subject length stored in index files to 127 characters.
-