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- KingCON v1.3 (31.05.94)
- =======================
-
- New features:
- -------------
- * Filename completion can be performed much faster now thanks to
- an internal directory cache. It is activated with the option
- DIRCACHE<filecachesize>/<commcachesize>/<volumes>.
- The cache is shared among all open KingCON-consoles. Please
- look in the documentation for details about this feature.
-
- * Two new menuitems under the "Console" menu to make the console
- window jump to the next public screen, or to a screen you
- select from a list.
-
- * A new substitution-string, %A, can be used to insert the
- current directory in the titlebar (or icon's title), where as
- much as possible of the path has been replaced with an assign.
- (For example, "Ram Disk:ENV/Sys" => "ENV:Sys")
-
- * The substitution-string %V inserts just the volumename of
- the current directory.
-
- * Two new line-editing keys have been added:
-
- Control-P - Repeats the previous word.
-
- Control-T - Inserts the arguments for the previus command
- stored in the history-buffer.
-
- * The select-window is opened under the mousepointer to
- make life easier for SunMouse-users.
-
- * The new NOSHORTCUTS-option removes the Amiga-key shortcuts
- for the menus. This is useful if you for example can't get
- used with the fact that the console responds to Amiga-Q.
-
- Fixed problems:
- ---------------
- * The DOS doesn't hang if KingCON is run together with xData.
- (The fault is xData's, though :) Note that a diskloaded
- font can't be used in the window if you are running xData.
- If you experience problems with diskloaded fonts in combination
- with other programs that patch the AmigaDOS Open()-function,
- then PLEASE contact me.
-
- * Several problems with different versions of the
- dir-replacement "ls" solved.
-
- * The select-window could crash and cause enforcer-hits
- on some machines. Shouldn't do that anymore.
-
- * Doesn't crash if a non-existant prefs-file was specified,
- either by putting the name right after KCON: or using
- the PREFS-option.
-
- * Empty "path-components" in the filename used to open a
- KCON-window caused enforcer-hits.
-
- * Pending packets to the handler aren't lost when the window
- is iconified.
-
- * Sometimes the review-buffer could insert line-feeds in
- wrong places.
-
- * After using the review-buffer, the console doesn't slow
- down on deep screens anymore.
-
- * The control-sequence that is generated when the close-gadget
- is pressed in raw-mode is now correct.
-
- * The raw-mode in a window opened in cooked mode reports
- control-sequences in a way that is compatible with CON:
-
- * ARexx-programs can now be stopped with Control-C.
-
- * The packets ACTION_STACK and ACTION_QUEUE returned
- ERROR_ACTION_NOT_KNOWN, even if they were supported
- by the handler.
-
- * ACTION_CHANGE_SIGNAL now has the correct returncodes.
-
- * KingCON sometimes lost track of the current dir when
- started from the OS2.0 Shell-icon.
-
- * The system's default font is always used in a window opened
- on the Workbench, instead of the screen font.
-
- * Some cosmetical misfeatures in the filename-completion
- were removed.
-
-
- KingCON v1.2 (22.03.94)
- =======================
-
- New features:
- -------------
- * Default options can be saved in an environment variable.
-
- * Added new selection-methods that don't involve opening a window
- when several files match during filename-completion.
- This is configured with the FNCMODE-option.
-
- * The memory for the review-buffer can be static if you specify a
- negative value after MAXBUF.
-
- * An extra gadget in the titlebar lets you iconify the window
- quickly using the mouse. The image comes from MUI by
- Stefan Stuntz.
-
- * The review-buffer has gone through some cosmetic changes, making
- it look better when you scroll through it.
-
- * You can now insert the current directory, process number etc
- in the titlebar by using substitution-strings, like the
- AmigaDOS Prompt-command.
-
- * A custom icon, to use when the console is iconified, can be
- defined with the IMAGE-option. An exact position on the
- screen can be specified with ICONPOS<x>/<y>.
-
- * The title for the icon can be specified with ICONTITLE.
-
- * MENUFY-option to create a menuitem in the Tools-menu when
- the window is iconified.
-
- * KEEPCLOSED-option to prevent the window from opening if text is
- ouput to the console while it is iconified.
-
- * FASTUPDATE-option for increasing the speed of the review-buffer.
- Especially useful for 68000-owners. It works by simply updating
- the scrollbar more seldom.
-
- * POPSCREEN-option to bring the screen, on which the window is
- opened, to front.
-
- * New editing- and manouveringkeys:
-
- Control-Left Arrow - Moves to the previous part of a filename.
- Control-Right Arrow - Moves to the next part of a filename.
- Control-Up Arrow - Moves up one line in the review.
- Control-Down Arrow - Moves down one line in the review.
- Control-Backspace - Deletes a part of a filename to the left.
- Control-Delete - Deletes a part of a filename to the right.
-
- * New menu-shortcuts:
- Amiga-J - Enable/disable jump-scroll.
- Amiga-. - Show/hide .info-files.
- Amiga-W - Enable/disable review-buffer.
-
- * When completing a filename and no files match your pattern,
- the devicelist is searched automatically, (just as if you
- had pressed Shift-TAB).
-
- * When you Maximize a window, it doesn't cover the first
- raster line of the screen, so you easily can drag it
- with the mouse.
-
-
- Things that should have been in earlier versions:
- -------------------------------------------------
- * RAW: works now.
-
- * The console doesn't hang if you have v36 of diskfont.library.
- KingCON can even run if some disk-based libraries are
- missing, but some features will be disabled.
-
- * The filename-completion doesn't keep any directory-locks.
-
- * KingCON doesn't crash when trying to open its window on SID2.
-
- * The window is activated when you drop an icon on it.
-
- * WINDOW-option accepts 0x in front of the address like CON:
-
- * SCREEN-option recognises * as the top screen like CON: does.
-
- * Stored command-lines are printed before they are executed when
- you have specified asynchronous typeahead.
-
- * Failing to complete a filename doesn't produce a NULL-character
- on the command-line.
-
- * Wildcards can be used when completing device-names.
-
- * The path in the window-title doesn't mysteriously disappear.
-
- * KingCON understands which process to signal better.
-
- * SetKeyMap works in a KingCON-window.
-
- * The correct font is always used when opening a window on a
- public screen.
-
- * The ARexx-commands Queue, Push and Lines can now be used
- in a KingCON-window. They all use some of the many
- undocumented features of CON:. For example, WaitForChar()
- returns the number of lines in the console's internal
- readbuffer in IoErr().
-
- * Lots of other things that you probably never noticed.
-
-
- KingCON v1.1 (15.12.93)
- =======================
-
- New features:
- -------------
- * Some more edition functions were added:
-
- Shift-BS - Deletes the line to the left.
- Shift-Del - Deletes the line to the right.
- Alt-BS - Deletes a word to the left.
- Alt-Del - Deletes a word to the right
- Amiga-Del - Deletes a whole word.
- Shift-RETURN - The current command-line is saved to
- the history-buffer, but it isn't executed.
-
- * The ALT-option allows you to specify the zoom-size more precisely
- than MINI.
-
- * Asynchronous typeahead is possible with the ASYNC-option.
-
- * When a filename with spaces is in it is selected with filename-
- completion, leading and trailing quotationmarks are added.
-
- * You can now drop Workbench icons in the console window to insert
- their filenames in the command line.
-
- * The console window can be iconified and put on the Workbench
- as an AppIcon. This replaces the Minimize-function.
-
- * AmigaDOS wildcards can be used when completing filenames.
-
- * The current directory is shown in the titlebar if you specify
- the SHOWDIR-option.
-
- * The review-buffer's maximum size can be set with the MAXBUF-option.
-
-
- Features that should have been in v1.0:
- ---------------------------------------
- * The 68000-version doesn't contain any 68020-compiled code...
-
- * The console doesn't freeze randomly in RAW-mode.
-
- * Keymaps with multiple-character keys are understood properly.
-
- * The ASL-requester no longer generates Enforcer-hits.
-
- * It is possible to use Amiga-V for pasting in RAW-mode.
-
- * The window's title can now contain ':'.
-
- * The '['-character is visible in the review-buffer.
-
- * The review-buffer understands CR better.
-
- * In addition to this, some minor bugs were fixed in the
- command-line editing and the scrollgadget.
-
-
- KingCON v1.0 (13.10.93)
- =======================
-
- * First release