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- Apollo version history
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- 12th May 1992: v0.8b3 release (Eagle v1.1, Converter v3.2)
- • folders in the menus can now have dynamic submenus, updated
- as their contents change: however, these only work one
- level deep for now
- • folder selection dialogs more closely follow Apple guidelines
- • changes made to screen depth by Monitors control panel and
- the like (DepthGauge) now immediately reflected in default
- depth setting (previously had to wait for restart)
- • better handling of Quit and Open in non-English systems
- • added "purge" menu command
- • Application settings dialog now shows whether an app has its
- own settings or not
- • bug fixes:
- • application switching menu now works under system 6
- (was destroyed in 0.8b2)
- • apps with menu metacharacters ('(', '/' etc) in their names
- now inserted properly in app switching section of main menu
- (system 6 as well as system 7)
- • SE startup problem worked around
- • apple symbol restored on early Macs under system 6
- • conflict with TOM INIT worked around (not Apollo's fault)
- • default "open" folder can now be root folder under system 6
- • default application settings can now leave default "open" folder
- folder unchanged
- • fixed bugs in handling of folder aliases in default application
- folder and "other" document
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- 14th April 1992: v0.8b2 release (Eagle v1.1, Converter v3.1)
- • "auto-add" in DA part of configuration dialog now on by default
- • bug fixes:
- • moving a DA or an app with settings to another group
- no longer makes Apollo fail to load subsequently
- • style of new groups now a defined in preferences dialog
- • first-class documents now not disabled under system 6
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- 8th April 1992: v0.8b1 release (Eagle v1.1, Converter v3.0)
- • "application settings": each app can have its own screen depth,
- sound level, colour/b&w setting, default document (opened if no
- other document specified) and default "open file" folder
- • can now have "first-class" documents in main menu and groups
- • improved internal data structures: much reduced memory requirements
- • internal aliases for disks under system 7
- • when launching "other app", holding option key down when
- app selected from dialog now brings up "other doc" dialog
- • in "set switching key" dialog, delete without modifier
- clears the key (sets to <none>)
- • not loaded at startup if shift key or mouse button held down
- • can now exclude DAs and extensions (notably CEIAC) from
- keyboard switching rota and app popup menu (system 7)
- • now better at finding "Quit" in app's File menu (system 6)
- • if group name chosen from main menu and group contains item with
- same name, item is launched
- • can now have "Other…" and "Default" in document submenus
- • can draw the menu in any font and size
- • bug in Eagle fixed (opening disks by name)
- • bug fixes:
- • keyboard switching under 6 with DAs active now works all the time
- • serious problems with folder aliases fixed
- • fixed a bug which prevented opening of a folder when it
- referred directly to a disk
- • cosmetic bugs fixed:
- • in Configuration dialog for folders (happened when folder
- ID was very large)
- • in application switching part of preferences dialog under
- system 6 (non-colour QuickDraw)
- • when drawing small icons (configuration dialog arrows and
- menu bar icons)
- • apps with menu metacharacters ('(', '/' etc) in their names
- now inserted properly in app switching section of main menu
- • fixed a problem causing crashes with old MacWrite under uniFinder
- • missing error messages under system 6 restored
- • bug when "renaming" app with submenu fixed
- • crash when adding a running DA to the menu fixed
- • can now add DAs from alias to DA file
- • fixed further conflicts with QUED/M
- • fixed (I think) a conflict with Type Reunion which was causing
- lots of crashes at random times in applications with font menus
- • fixed further bug in group rename dialog
- • fixed bug when deleting non-empty group and its entries
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- 31st December 1991: v0.7b2 release (Eagle v1.0, Converter v2.0)
- • Eagle v1.0 introduced
- • includes application switching menu & keyboard switching
- • supports control panels and folders under system 7
- (with a little help from Eagle)
- • popup menu appears more rapidly when menu structure is complex
- • much improved configure dialog (again):
- - app & da dialogs merged: control panel and folder options added
- - "build group" option added (not folders)
- - popup menus everywhere!
- • holding down option key when choosing "Other application…" now
- allows selection of a document for the new application
- • Finder and MultiFinder now treated as applications,
- so can be included in menu and launched (no documents, though)
- • more robust handling of very low memory situations (was causing
- crashes, particularly with DarkSide)
- • much better handling of aliases
- • automatic menu drop-down added (ugh!)
- • active areas in menu bar can now extend right into corners:
- optional, as this causes problems with some other extensions
- and screen savers when auto drop-down enabled
- • bug fixes:
- • now doesn't give error -192 when DA file is lost
- and then found again
- • conflict with Nisus macros & top-left corner fixed
- • problem with Finder not saving window positions or
- emptying trash under uniFinder fixed
- • group names longer than 31 characters now rejected:
- used to cause crashes
- • launches under pre-7 systems when DA is active now work
- • fixed (or rather worked around) a problem which caused crashes
- when certain applications (Red Ryder and QUED/M) were frontmost
- • fixed problems when moving items from a deleted group when
- items with the same name were already in the main menu
- • fixed problem with document list in configure dialog when app
- with document list was selected and moved to another group and
- the same app then added to the main menu (didn't happen very often!)
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- 8th November 91: v0.6b1 release (Converter v1.0)
- • now compiled under THINK C 5
- • better handling of low memory launches under system 7
- • documents from an app's submenu now opened if app already running
- • optional icon at left of menu bar
- • active area at top left made larger
- • configure dialog changed to show groups under applications:
- also made more responsive
- • proper handling of DAs under system 7
- • nicer About box
- • groups can be renamed
- • bug fixes:
- • now works on Mac Plus/Classic under system 6
- • apollo submenu conflict with White Knight and some other apps
- • groups menu conflict with Type Reunion
- • menus with same IDs as Apollo's lost colour info: now don't
- • standard file current directory settings improved
- • groups and apps having the same name and app added after group
- • active rectangle in top right corner without icon there
- • aliases now resolved before launching
- • problem when item moved from group to main menu was new last
- item in main menu
- • conflict with ShortCut (changes not saved) fixed
- • pictures in Preferences dialog changed to PICT 1 format
- • Remove Document button in Configure Application dialog
- now disabled when new app selected
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- 26th September 91: v0.5b1 release (first release)
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