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- Version 1.3
-
- Added a new full-screen color display to show status
- while GAP_LIST is running. It shows exactly which files
- are being generated, how many files/bytes have been listed,
- and what file is currently being processed (though this
- last bit of info will change so fast you're unlikely to be
- able to read it).
-
- Started using the new Spontaneous Assembly 3.0 library for
- all the text formatting and screen output functions. This
- new code, coupled with a number of other internal changes,
- makes this version of GAP_LIST about 50% faster than the
- previous version.
-
- Changed the format for the total bytes field in the bulletins
- and the listing headers. Because of capabilities added by
- the new Spontaneous Assembly library, the total bytes are now
- counted by bytes and not by k-bytes. GAP_LIST can now count
- in units of bytes up to a bit over 20,000,000,000,000,000,000.
- The fields are all formatted to 15 places, including commas.
- When somebody gets into the terrabyte range, give me a holler
- and I'll expand the field.
-
- Fixed a formatting bug in the treatment of the "Files: xx..."
- line in the enhanced listing. This line will now always
- appear on a line by itself.
-
- Dropped the 286-specific versions. With the other changes
- made in this version, the speed difference isn't significant
- enough to justify the hassle of so many versions.
-
-
- Version 1.2
-
- Fixed a bug in the SUBJECT filename template. The template
- was getting truncated to 8 characters so something like
- FILES%03i.LST, which should have generated a legal filename
- like FILES001.LST, was generating garbage.
-
- Aligned the c-tree file numbers to coincide with the rest of
- GAP. It's unlikely this ever caused a problem, but previous
- versions didn't provide for fully coordinated file locking.
-
- Added the NEW sub-command to the MASTER, AREA, and SUBJECT
- commands to provide listings of all files that are new
- within the last "N" days. This feature is available only
- in the registered version.
-
- Added a "N" to the status information output by GAP_LIST
- to indicate a NEW listing is being generated.
-
- If run from the GAP default directory, the MAIN command and
- the GEN subcommand of the AREA command are no longer
- necessary. If present, they will override the values
- present in GAPBBS.CNF.
-
- Generated 286-specific versions for both single- and
- multi-user. These will be available on The Cookie Jar
- to all registered users. They are NOT intended for
- upload to other systems.
-
- Added a new configuration file command, FAST. This will
- provide the fastest possible execution by bypassing the
- output of most of the status information. You won't see
- the names of the individual files as they are processed,
- just the area and subject numbers. If you need reassurance
- that the program is working correctly, don't use this option.
- FAST will reduce execution time by about 5-15%, depending
- on your disk speed and cache.
-
- Version 1.1
-
- GAP_LIST will now only generate CONDENSED and ENHANCED
- listings if there are files in an AREA/SUBJECT that are newer
- than the existing listing for that AREA/SUBJECT. This can
- speed up the listing generation significantly if many of your
- areas/subjects don't get updated on a daily basis. For this
- feature to work, the listing files must already exist. If
- they aren't there, GAP_LIST will generate a new listing. To
- avoid having uncompressed versions of all the listing files
- hanging around just to make use of this feature, I've included
- a program to truncate a file to zero bytes while retaining the
- original file date. ZERO.EXE is included with this version
- and is documented separately.
-
- Related to this change is the addition of the IGNORE command.
- It allows you to have certain files ignored when doing the
- new file scan. Basically, you want to put the names of your
- listing files, as they are in the filebase, on the IGNORE
- command line so a new listing won't be triggered if the only
- new file is the listing.
-
- The status information output by GAP_LIST while it's doing
- its thing has been changed slightly. It will now output a C,
- E, and/or R after the AREA and the SUBJECT if it's generating
- a Condensed, Enhanced, and/or Raw listing. This was primarily
- for use in making sure the new-listing-only feature was
- working correctly, but it appeared useful so I left it in.
-
- Some minor changes were made to the description wrapping
- routines. They will now put two spaces after a period,
- exclamation point, or question mark at the end of a sentence.
-
- GAP_LIST now requires a bit more memory than it did before. I
- discovered, after many hours of head scratching, that the
- default stack size was woefully inadequate if you were
- generating listings for a lot of subjects at once. I think
- the new stack size is sufficient, but if you get strange
- results or odd lockups, be sure to let us know.
-
- The demo version of GAP_LIST is now slightly crippled. I really
- didn't want to do this, but the registration rate clearly
- indicated that some form of encouragement was in order. You
- need a personalized key file to unlock all the features.
- Please leave a message to the SYSOP on The Cookie Jar at
- 714-997-0350 if you are a registered user and don't have
- a key file. Your key file will be attached to the reply.
-