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- From: lebay@mercury.cl.msu.edu (Jim LeBay)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: new release of NeXT Gopher client - version 1.3.2
- Message-ID: <1k28b7INNfks@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 02:40:39 GMT
- Reply-To: lebay@msu.edu
- Organization: Michigan State University
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- I have recently uploaded version 1.3.2 of the NeXT Gopher client to several
- archives. You can retrieve:
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- /pub/gopher/NeXT/Gopher_1.3.2.tar.Z from boombox.micro.umn.edu
- /pub/next/submissions/Gopher_1.3.2.tar.Z from sonata.cc.purdue.edu
- /pub/next/submissions/Gopher_1.3.2.tar.Z from cs.orst.edu
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- New features - version 1.3.2
- ============================
- - support for image type 'I' in addition to type 'g' (GIF)
- - support for binary files of types: '4' (BinHex), '5' (DOS archive),
- '6' (uuencode) and '9' (raw binary). Files are saved directly to disk.
- - fixed a bug with launching Terminal under NeXTStep 3.0
-
- Features added in version 1.3
- =============================
- * mini-icons are used in the browser to identify Gopher-types
- * added support for GIF graphics files (type 'g')
- - the Find menu is fully implemented - including a Find Panel
- - fixed-width font (Ohlfs) used in the text window
- - larger default window size
- - Gopher will remember whenever you change its window size
- - 'play' (for sounds) is bundled into an .app wrapper
- - removed limitation on size of text files
- - Alternate-clicking on an item will update its "Item info"
- without retrieving its contents
- - a default has been added to allow listing all items in the
- browser, including unsupported types. In a Terminal window
- you must do "dwrite Gopher ShowAllTypes YES".
- - "Open..." remembers previous connection information
- - double-clicks in the browser are ignored
- - window closes when Gopher fails to open a new connection
- - better error detection & notification
- - fixed bug when closing a window from the menu (Command-w)
- - fixed bug when selecting text items following an Index
- - other minor improvements and bug fixes
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- Jim LeBay (517) 353-1800
- Computer Information Center lebay@msu.edu
- Michigan State University lebay@mercury.cl.msu.edu (NeXTmail)
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