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- C O M M U N I Q U É
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- Version 2.00
- July 1993
-
- Upgrade notes and
- SOME of the changes made
- to version 1.11
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- For a complete list of the features of Communiqué v2.00 please
- read the FEATURES.DOC document supplied within this archive.
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- New Features
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-
- o FILE MANAGER: A complete file manager has been implemented into
- Communiqué. The file manager allows you to do many DOS functions
- and much more without leaving Communiqué. Pressing ALT-F6 will
- bring the File Manager windows up, pressing F1 from there will
- display help on the file Manager. The file manager will allow
- you to delete, view, edit, copy and tag files. Plus you can view
- the contents of a ARJ/LZH/ZIP file, view GIF header information,
- create new DOS directories, change directories and drives and
- tag files for uploading, deleting and copying.
-
- o IEMSI FILE REQUESTS: Have now been added. IEMSI File Requests
- allow you to dial a BBS, automatically logon with IEMSI, and
- automatically download a list of files and logoff. And in the
- future you will be able to upload also. Pressing "R" from within
- the Dialling Directory will bring up this function. Help is
- available. This feature will only work with RemoteAccess version
- 2.00 and above, (non-gamma version to be released shortly). This
- This standard will become available with other BBS software in
- the near future.
-
- o IMPORT: Communiqué will now internally import dialling directories
- from other software from within the Dialling Directory. Currently
- supported are Procomm, Procomm Plus, Qmodem, Telemate, Telix, and
- the FidoNet nodelist.
-
- o SCROLL BACK BUFFER: Communiqué now stores the contentsof the Scroll
- Back Buffer on exit. So, the next time you start CU the Scroll Back
- Buffer will be as it was when you last exited CU, if the buffer file
- has not been tampered with.
-
- o DIALLING DIRECTORY: A new field has been added in the Dialling
- Directory entries. This field titled "Next Linked Entry" is the
- number of another Dialling Directory entry. If the telephone number
- of the entry dialled is busy it will go to the next entry, as
- defined in the "Next Linked Entry" field, and dial that number, if
- in turn it is busy it will once again go to the number in the "Next
- Linked Entry" field, and so on. Two or more entries can be circular.
-
- o Added the ability to AUTO-DETECT the modem instead of selecting
- a default com port. In the SETUP/DEFAULTS menu, instead of setting
- a default com port set it to AUTO and Communiqué will pick the
- first modem port it detects.
-
- o CONFIGURABLE HELP SCREENS: The help screens for the hotkeys (ALT-
- F1), keyboard macros, memo, and the file manager are now stored
- in a file called COMMUNIQ.CHF. More help screens will be appearing
- later in development.
-
- o ZMODEM UPLOADS: Communiqué will now automatically prompt you for
- a filename and automatically start an Zmodem upload if it receives
- a Zmodem download string.
-
- o COMMANDLINE: Added a commandline parameter to skip loading the
- old Scroll Back Buffer (See above), using this will only speed up
- loading CU by half a second though. The new parameter is "/N".
-
- o I have made changes to the "/T" commandline parameter which
- now requires a "+" or a "-". The default is "-". This
- parameter when used as "/T-" will ignore the modems carrier
- state when initialising and dialling the modem.
-
- o Pressing ALT-ESC will generate a file called DEBUG.CDF which
- contains all sorts of information on your computer and com port
- plus on the Communiqué setup. This will assist me in debugging.
-
-
- o After considerable pressure from a number of people support has
- been added in the new Dialling Direcoty IMPORT function for the
- FidoNet Nodelist, allowing you to import information from the
- nodelist directly into Communiqué's Dialling Directory.
-
- o Support for ARJ/LZH/ZIP file compression programs in the new
- File Manager.
-
- o Support for the CompuServe GIF 87a and 89a graphics formats
- from within the File Manager.
-
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- Other Changes
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- o I have added the facility to edit the Memo from within the
- Scroll Back Buffer. You can now also paste from the Scroll
- Back Buffer into the Memo using the Space bar.
-
- o The position of the highlite in the Dialling Directory is now
- "remembered" when you exit CU, so that the next time you start
- CU it will remember where you were.
-
- o Added configuration items for Zmodem and ASCII Transfers in the
- new menu items SETUP/PROTOCOLS/INTERNAL/ZMODEM and ASCII. This
- includes the Auto Zmodem Download trigger string.
-
- o The clock on the top right hand side of the screen is now
- updated whilst you are in the Dialling Directory.
-
- o When pressing the left mouse button over a char while online CU
- will now send a CR with the char itself, previously it just sent
- the character over the com port without a CR. This is support
- systems without hotkeys.
-
- o Added two new options to the SETUP/GENERAL menu. 1) Wait After
- Dial Connect - Will wait for a keypress after you have connected
- using the Dialling Directory, turn off if you want fast IEMSI
- connects. 2) Auto Mail Scan - Scans the download directory for
- QWK files after disconnect and if they exist will run the
- specified mail program (See below).
-
- o Added a new field in the SETUP/PATHS menu. This menu item "Mail
- Program" is used by the "Auto Mail Scan" function in the SETUP/
- GENERAL menu. If a QWK mail packet exists in the download dir
- after disconnect it will run this program or batch file. Disable
- the option in SETUP/GENERAL if you do not want this item.
-
- o Made changes to the style and reporting of the usage log for better
- cost control by external utilties. A utility for cost control will
- be released at a later date.
-
- o Added more IEMSI reporting into the usage log.
-
- o CU will now display a help line when you press the ALT key whilst
- in Chat Mode (Split or Full Screen) much the same as the one seen
- in normal mode. Most menu functions are available in chat mode.
-
- o If the usage log is set to be opened on startup it no longer
- prompts for a filename if one is already set in the SETUP/
- FILENAMES menu.
-
- o Added a new option in the SETUP/COMPORTS menu to allow you to
- reset the com port settings to that reported by the BIOS.
-
- o Added pre-programmed color sets into the SETUP/SCREEN-COLOR menu.
-
- o You can now press the ENTER key whilst CU is in its dialling
- loop and CU will return to the commandline without going back
- on-hook like ESC will do.
-
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- Bug Fixes
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- o Thanks to Mark Kerr (Beta Tester) for his help in fixing the
- Zmodem auto-download bug that was causing bad header problems
- on some systems.
-
- o Fixed a bug in the auto Zmodem download reported by Gerard van
- der Land (Beta tester), and Gerard only it seems! This was a
- problem with the auto Zmodem download, which was not starting on
- receipt of the download trigger. This was caused by extremely
- large character arrays received from the BBS software (WME) just
- before the download trigger.
-
- o Fixed an obscure little bug in the Dialling Directory which
- sometimes did not dial until you pressed ESC or SPACE. This bug
- was caused when the next number you dialled was EXACTLY one digit
- less than the last number you called.
-
- o Fixed a bug in the ASCII protocols which sometimes prematurely
- aborted the transfers.
-
- o Fixed OS/2 detection routines. Previously CU was only detecting
- and time-slicing for OS/2 version 1.x, this was caused by a
- stupid bug in the assembly coding.
-
- o Fixed a bug that was not always giving time slices away to
- MS-Windows. A small matter of a decimal number that should have
- been hex.
-
- o Fixed the bug that once returning from a DOS Shell whilst in
- CU's Split Screen Chat the cursor was placed at the beginning
- of the screen again.
-
- o The blinking attribute is now restored after returning from the
- menu system when using the mouse.
-
- o When a new HISTORY.CDF file is created the window that it is
- creating a new file no longer says IEMSI.CDF.
-
- o Fixed a small bug in the ANSI/VT102 ESC[2Y command which moved
- the cursor. I have also fixed some smaller bugs in the VT52
- emulation.
-
- o Fixed a bug in the keyboard, protocol, and other configurable
- DOS shells which was not previously allowing you to automatically
- run a batch file in a shell from CU.
-
- o You can no longer enter a nul password (CR) for the keyboard
- lock.
-
- o The ALT-F1 to F6 function keys now work whilst in the menu
- system except keys F3 and F4.
-
- o Fixed a bug with the input routines which whilst in overwrite
- mode added a ASCII char #176 to the end of the string in certain
- circustances.
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