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- // upgrade.txt
-
- Upgrading from timEd 1.01
- -------------------------
-
- Upgrading is pretty simple:
-
-
- ■ Make a backup of your old configs and .exe's
-
- ■ Replace the old timed(p).exe with the new executable.
-
- ■ Replace the old timed.hlp with the new one.
-
- ■ Add the files TIMKEYS.CFG, READMAPS.DAT and WRITMAPS.DAT to the timEd
- directory.
-
- ■ If you use a Version 7 nodelist, add this to timEd.cfg:
-
- V7NodeFlagBit 16 CM
-
- ■ Also add the following (if you own a color screen)
-
- color_poptitle 30
- color_findaccent 14
- color_msgbaraccent 30
- color_asaccent 14
- color_ashighaccent 30
-
- (Of course, if you made a nice colour scheme of your own, this may look
- terrible :-) But it's a start.
-
- ■ You are now ready to start the new version 1.10! There are, however,
- some things that make timEd behave differently compared to older
- versions. Some hints can be found below, but you must read the entire
- whatsnew file to know all the details.
-
-
- Some things to keep in mind with v1.10
- --------------------------------------
-
- - There is a new header editing screen. You _must_ (_must_) do attaches
- and requests using ALT-A and ALT-R.
- You must NOT write these in the subject line anymore. The subject line
- is for the subject of the message (in other words: to tell what the
- message is about), and should not be abused anymore to add filenames! :-)
-
- This takes some getting used to, but entering attaches/requests in the
- subject line will not work correctly in many cases! There's no checking
- done. Use ALT-A/ALT-R, that's what it's there for!
-
-
- - If you write messages to internet through an 'UUCP gate':
-
- * Please add the UUCPADDRESS and UUCPNAME keywords to timEd.cfg.
- * Keep in mind that timEd hides the TO: line you used to enter and see
- in the body (containing the destination internet address) from you. At
- first, this looks like it's not correct. In reality (on disk) it is
- actually there and things will work fine. If you want to change the
- internet address, just change it in the header! TimEd will take care
- of all conversions..
-
-
- - Due to the charset support, timEd will by default only write out
- messages with standard ASCII characters (unless, of course, you
- configured timEd to use a special charset for output). Characters with a
- code > 127 (usually called 'extended ASCII' or 'high ASCII' are remapped
- to standard ASCII.
-
- ┌───────┐ +-------+
- So this:└───────┘ will become: +-------+
-
- If you don't want to have anything to do with CHARSETS, but you do want
- to be able to have 'high ASCII' in your messages, add this to timEd.cfg:
-
- DefaultOutput IBMPC
-
- Be sure to put this keyword *before* the definition of any area, so that
- timEd will actually use it for those areas!
-
-
- - The (static) helpfile system cannot cope with the new features. What is
- included is a helpfile that list most of the functions, using the key
- assignments used by the default (supplied) timkeys.cfg.
-
- A future version of timEd will allow you to make your own helpfiles (or
- adapt the standard files).
-
- What you can do as a temporary fix, is to add a small macro:
-
- F1 READrunexternal "list.exe" enter "c:\timed\myhelp.txt" enter
-
- You now have a macro that runs 'list.exe' with 'c:\timed\myhelp.txt' as
- command line parameter when you press F1 (don't forget to remove any old
- assignment to the key F1). In other words: when you press F1, list will
- show 'myhelp.txt' to you. This way, you can actually make your own
- helpfile.
-
- You could even spawn an editor (instead of a viewer) and dynamically
- edit your helpfile while running timEd :-)
-
-
- - The 32 bit DOS version uses a so called 'DOS extender'. The extender
- used is the well-known DOS4GW extender made by Rational Systems. You
- need at least a 386 processor to run it.
-
- Quite a few programs already use this extender (GIGO, Squishmail,
- Fastlist), so you may already have it on your system. You need the
- runtime, DOS4GW.EXE, in order to run timEd's 32 bit DOS version.
-
- If you don't have it on your system: look around on BBS's nearby because
- they most likely have it. If you can't find it, you can at least find it
- on my system (2:281/527) and Evin Mulron's system (1:138/211) as
- DOS4GW.ZIP.
-
- A DOS extender uses the protected mode of the Intel processors to offer
- a large memory pool that can be easily accessed by an application. For
- some services (like disk access) it switched back to the real mode to
- use plain DOS for these services. This doesn't really sound too simple,
- and that's true :-) If the 32 bit version doesn't run on your system,
- try the 16 bit DOS version. DOS extended applications are known to not
- run at all, or not too well in certain environments.
-
-
- // end upgrade.txt
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