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- Version 1.6.3
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- KARA.EXE:
- Support of display from right to left.
- An Hebrew font and an example from Eyal Retter are provided.
- Minor corrections in the .kar reader, some files was
- not read with lyrics
- KDIR.EXE
- A little "bug" in the tag feature: if two adjacent files
- had the same root name, the automatic scan was halted.
-
- VERSION 1.6 1.6.1 1.6.2
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- KARA.EXE:
- Dos shell
-
- KDIR.EXE
- 1.6.2
- - First comment of a catalogue file is displayed in directory mode
- - in catalogue mode an escape go back to the directory mode
- 1.6.1
- - some minor bugs corrected (songs number ...)
- - Dos shell (key D)
- - Memory optimization: swapping of kdir in XMS or EMS memory or in file
- Many thanks to Thomas Wagner (Ferrari electronic Gmbh) for its wonderful
- free software exec33b
-
- Version 1.5 :
- -------------
- in KARA.EXE
- - Dos memory management improved
- - Mute of channels
-
- in KDIR.EXE
- - correction in scanning directory for .txk file
- - added the first meta lyric as comment for .mid file
- ( a damned good advertizing for WinJammer)
-
- Version 1.4 :
- -----------
- in KARA.EXE
- - MPU401 and serial com support added (-hd=MPU401 or -hd=COMx)
- - Light correction in the tempo code
- - mouse support (buttons only as remote control)
- - shareware screen added (too bad)
- - registration mechanism
-
- in KDIR.EXE :
- - mouse support
- - French support
- - Light corrections
-
- Version 1.3 :
- in KARA.EXE
- - Corrected a small bug in lyric display (the AWHITERS.KAR bug)
- - The lyric look is improved by unactivating the current lyric if no new one
- is selected during three quarter notes. This will improve the scrolling too.
- - added : the display of two new controllers : Volume per channel and modulation
- wheel per channel.
- - kara accept now a file name with extension if necessary.
-
- in KDIR.EXE :
- - The title in .kar file was not correctly handled in certain circumstances.
-
- Version 1.2 :
- in KARA.EXE
- - Corrected a stupid bug for midi file without tempo (default is 120 bpm)
- - More optimisations for memory usage
- - Monitor mode removed.
- - catch of control-C and break (forgotten in last version . Sorry)
- in KDIR.EXE
- - Corrected a bug for current directory without parameter
- - Corrected: the size attribut was not taken into account into catalogue
- Great News : songs may be tagged with T or untagged with U
- All tagged songs are automatically played with the space key
- without operator intervention
-
- Version 1.1 :
- in KARA.EXE :
- - keys : Page Up, Page Down , Home and right arrow (to speed up) are allowed for
- both lyrics and music.
- If no lyrics, Page up and down give + or - 10% in music.
- - The enter key which previously has the same function than the space bar,
- will now give access to a MIDI channel display (toggle).
- - The MIDI channel display shows the active notes on and the channel programs
- an pitch in activity.
- - kara starts in START mode automatically,
-
- - New Options :
- -st=[0..11] give the fill style of the background
- -hd=[GUS|SB] to force the card type.
- - The card type is needed only for the MIDI mode of output. The Synth mode is
- always the Ultramid way one (found in the GUS SDK)
- i.e. an interrupt furnished by a TSR.
- ( I include the source of my interface module if you want to write a TSR
- for your card).
- ( In this case, think to others. Please put it on internet with a kardxxxy.zip
- name xxx=card abbr. name, y the version number. example : kardawe1.zip
- (just for example)..)
- - The default options may be encompassed with options given in a kara.cfk file
- with one option per line as for example :
- #rem option example
- #ff=2
- #st=GUS
- #rem end of file
- - A bug fixed for midi file type 0.
- - Many optimizations
-
- in KDIR.EXE :
- - More informations given for each file,
- - Songs are numbered
- - A new key P for printing the catalog in a file.
- - Files not found while in a catalog are now displayed with a not found comment.
- - The first parameter is either a catalog filename or a directory (dont forget
- the \ at end)
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