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- From: alsaggaf@athena.mit.edu (M. Saggaf)
- Subject: ANNOUNCE: Seyon 1.0 is out
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.075629.2162@athena.mit.edu>
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- Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 07:56:29 GMT
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- (The first time I sent this didn't seem to go through, sorry if you
- see it twice)
-
- Version 1.0 of Seyon is out. You can get it from the usual place,
- sipb.mit.edu at pub/seyon (I tried to put it on sunsite also, but that
- directory doesn't seem to be writable anymore). This version corrects a
- couple of bugs and adds a few features. Refer to the change log below
- for a description of the changes since the last announced version
- (0.8). Seyon is now a complete communications package and many people
- have been using it on a daily basis with no problems. I'm indebted to
- everyone who sent in any bug report (not many, I'm happy to say) or a
- suggestion. Many of the features I added were first suggestions sent be
- somebody.
-
- I have created a new channel on the linux mailing list called Seyon.
- This channel is for announcements, bug reports, bug fixes,
- suggestions, and general discussion about the use, development, and
- improvement of Seyon. To join send a message to
-
- linux-activists-request@joker.hut.fi
-
- with the following as one of the headers:
-
- X-Mn-Key: join Seyon
-
- That should do it. To get more information about how to use the
- mailing list and send to it, send a message to the above address with
- the single word 'help' as the subject and the body of the message.
-
- The following is an introduction to Seyon, followed by the change log.
-
- (IMPORTANT NOTE: starting with this version you have to do a 'make
- depend' before compiling Seyon.)
-
- Introduction:
- =============
-
- This is Seyon, an X-based communication package that has its roots
- in xcomm 2.2. Seyon is still in alpha, but is quite usable. It has
- a descent dialing directory where hosts can be chosen by clicking
- at them. Seyon has the same script language as xcomm 2.2, which is
- quite good. Seyon avoids the problematic terminal emulation of
- minicom and other communication programs by using xterm as its
- terminal emulator. Hence, Seyon can emulate vt100 and color ANSI
- (the latter only if color xterm is used). Some non-essential
- features are still not implemented but will be in the near future.
- If you use Seyon and like it, please let me know by email. This
- will give me the incentive to continue maintaining it. Also let me
- know how it works out whenever you upgrade to a new version.
-
- Please read the FAQ. I've put a lot of effort into making it
- complete and up-to-date. It serves as the documentation for Seyon
- (until a kind soul writes a good documentation for it).
-
- Changes:
- ========
-
- Version 1.0:
- * Fixed a problem with the new dialer. Now the dialer should work
- fine even if your modem behaves in a non-standard way.
- * Added five new resources. these are connectString and
- noConnectString[1|2|3|4]. You can set these up according to your
- modem, but the defaults should work for most people. See the FAQ
- for more info.
- * The delete mode (backspace sends delete) now actually works.
- * The dialer now gives more informative messages about what it's
- is doing.
- * Implemented the rtscts mode. Not sure if it works.
- * Added a new 'refresh' button, to refresh (restart) the terminal.
- * Added a new status bar, but not used yet.
- * Fixed a bug in the terminal routine and removed the kludge
- introduced in the previous version.
- * Fixed another bug that used to start a stray CIS receive in the
- terminal mode.
- * Cleaned up the code a bit and added a few comments.
- * Changed the default shape style (again!) to be more fun.
- * Added a meke depend target to the make file.
-
- Version 0.85:
- * Added the ability to send a break. You can do that via the
- 'Misc' button.
- * Corrected a bug in obtaining the dialer resources.
- * Modified the dialing procedure (introduced in the new dialer) to
- work on more modems.
- * Added the ability to disable confirmation popus for hangup end
- exit. You can set that via the resources. See the FAQ for more
- info.
- * Removed XMODEM and Compuserve CIS from the code. Those should be
- implemented though external programs.
- * Added a kludge in the terminal routine to go about the linux new
- FPU emulation problems with re-entrance.
-
- --
- /M. Saggaf
- alsaggaf@athena.mit.edu
-
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