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- VLT 4.824
- =========
-
- The major new feature of this release is a complete rewrite of the
- script language. The command set was rationalized in many places, extended
- and generalized. All commands are now available at all times, multiple
- commands can be put on the same line, all commands are available from ARexx
- with error reporting, you can wait on multiple strings at the same time,
- multiple scripts can be run at the same time, one can extract complete
- information about everything from ARexx, there is a tracing facility, you
- can intercept all keystrokes to an ARexx script and thus reprogram their
- actions, and a lot more. You can also run VLT in "batch" mode (without
- windows or screens).
- There are also a lot of other changes, mostly in the VT100 section.
- Not much changed in the graphics section. The major change there is that
- you can now display graphics in the same window as the text. You can even
- set up colors and masks such that graphics and text don't interfere.
- VLT has been tested and changed to work completely and correctly
- with AmigaDOS release 2.0: it even has the "3D" look in all requesters and
- gadgets. On the other hand, it doesn't yet use many of the new functions
- that are available under 2.0. This means primarily that VLT still needs
- arp.library and screenshare.library, so don't throw those away!
- Since the changes are again major, they are all documented in the
- doc file VLT4p824.doc. As mentioned there, a new printed manual is being
- worked on and should be available by end of august. Watch BIX's amiga.user
- conference for a notice about how to obtain that manual...
-
- Willy Langeveld, 1 August 1990.
-
- VLT 4.428
- =========
-
- The most prominent new features of this release are in the Tektronix
- emulation. The VT100 part only suffered minor changes. This means, that
- VLTjr isn't very different from the previous version, 4.226.
- VLT's Tektronix emulation was rewritten to a considerable degree. In
- particular, it now supports almost all of the Tektronix 4105 escape
- sequences, with some obvious extensions to Tektronix 4107. About the only
- unsupported feature is the "dialog area" and all commands associated with
- it. A few highlights of the supported feautures: area fills (panels)
- including all 16 Tek-style textures and 125 dithering patterns; scaled and
- rotated (90/180/270 degrees) fonts using new strokefont libraries; almost
- full support of Tek-style "pixel operations" (bitmaps); and full support for
- all this in the PostScript output. Additional documentation is in the file
- vlt4p428.doc in the docs directory.
-
- Willy Langeveld, 4 January 1990
-
- VLT 4.226
- =========
-
- This version comes in two flavors, VLT and VLT jr. By popular request,
- the jr. version no longer contains the Tektronix emulation, which saves some
- 35k in the size of the executable. Except for that, the two versions are
- identical. Each version now comes with its own icon. These icons are
- considerably smaller than the previous one, but they are still pretty neat,
- if I say so myself...
- This version fixes a number of bugs and implements full XPR version 2.0
- support. The major new feature is the scrollback/review/history buffer. Since
- this is again a major release, there is a separate documentation file called
- vlt4p226.doc, in the docs directory. These docs are in addition to the ones
- contained in vlt4p058.doc.
-
- Willy Langeveld, 12 October 1989
-
- VLT 4.069
- =========
-
- This is a binary-only interim release. A number of problems are fixed
- in this version especially in the area of XPR support. In particular, the program
- no longer returns to the wrong parity after a transfer with an XPR. Aside from
- that, there was a problem when the configuration was saved with 7-wire handshaking
- enabled. The next invocation of VLT would crash the machine. The Auto-screen-
- to-back menu option had no effect on Kermit transfers. These problems are now
- fixed. Also, the CAPTURE OFF script command no longer displays a message.
-
-
- Willy Langeveld, 28 August 1989
-
- VLT 4.058
- =========
-
- This version fixes a number bugs in 4.036 and has a full (but not fully
- tested) implementation of the XPR external protocol specification.
- Changes in VT100 part: many public message ports were changed to private
- ones; echoing of the cursor keys in local echo now works; the problem with
- down-scrolling in "normal" and "color" rendering modes is fixed (thanks Charles
- Cleveland); "exit <next-script>" from vlt.init now works (again); setting
- cursor height from script has been enhanced, height 0 now allowed (see blink.rexx
- and blink.vlt for a rather processor intensive way to make your cursor blink!);
- the problem some people had opening the console window on custom screens was
- fixed (thanks Mike Cargal); and starting two identical VLT's (for example by
- twice double clicking on an icon or double-clicking a FastMenu gadget) is now
- pretty much bulletproof.
- Changes in Tektronix part: PostScript support of text output for some
- special characters now works; PostScript menu item now reads "as" instead of
- "ss".
-
- W.G.J. Langeveld, 16 July 1989.
-
- VLT 4.036
- =========
-
- This version constitutes a major revision of VLT. Because of the numerous
- added features and fixed bugs, there is a separate documentation file in the docs
- directory, called vlt4p036.doc. The ARexx support libraries rexxarplib and
- rexxmathlib are no longer included here, but distributed in a separate archive.
- In case you're wondering about the revision number: there have indeed been
- 380 relinks of VLT since version 3.656.
-
- Willy Langeveld, 5 June 1989.
-
- VLT 3.656
- =========
-
- This update differs from the previous one in a few bug fixes: the
- implementation of the insertion/deletion of characters is now done correctly,
- a problem with macro file requesters was solved. All 'beep's everywhere in the
- program now correctly DisplayBeep when the 'volume' is zero, or audible-beep
- when the volume is greater than zero. When the vloume is less than zero, the
- beep has a higher pitch. Also, the sequence to set columns and rows has been
- doubly privatized. The sequence now is <CSI>?<columns>;<rows>p, to avoid a
- conflict with usage of the <CSI>...p sequence elsewhere (see 3.626).
-
- Willy Langeveld, 9 September 1988.
-
- VLT 3.649
- =========
-
- This update differs from the previous one in that the 132 column font
- was modified (see if you can read this better - otherwise keep the other one). A
- major bug was fixed: VLT now gives back the 8k or so of memory it used to
- steal. Some minor bugs were fixed, such as the display of 132 column font. A
- 'clear screen' from the menu now resets the use of the graphics character set if
- it was in use. The sequences for insertion/deletion of characters in a line are
- now supported. The rendering of the pf gadgets was modified. Both Tektronix and
- VT100 screen now use copies of their window's rastports rather than their
- window's rastports themselves so some flakey behaviour should have disappeared
- when using Quick rendering mode on the VT100 side, or the graphic cursor on the
- Tektronix side. The Tektronix emulation now ignores spurious control characters
- in vector mode.
-
- Willy Langeveld, 23 August 1988.
-
- VLT 3.626
- =========
-
- This update differs from the previous one mainly in that 132 columns are
- are now supoported using two new fonts. They are modified versions of the one
- that came with VT100 2.6, on one of the Fish disks. Also, the control sequence
- <CSI>...p has been modified to include the number of columns as the first
- parameter. The last parameter is as before the number of lines. It no longer
- matters which parameter this is as long as it's last, but it is recommended to
- use the second one. Also the standard VT100 sequences for setting 132 column
- mode (<CSI?3h) and going back to 80 column mode (<CSI>?3l) are implemented.
-
- Willy Langeveld, 1 August 1988.
-
- VLT 3.615
- =========
-
- This update differs from the previous one mainly in improved handling of
- REXX commands. Multiple RX commands from the same .scp file are now supported,
- and REXX commands can now be sent to VLT even though an .scp script is active.
- These features have not yet been extensively tested, so let me know your
- results. Also a bug introduced in 3.598 was fixed.
-
- Willy Langeveld, 22 July 1988.
-
- VLT 3.601
- =========
-
- This update differs from the previous one only in that the Tektronix
- screen now is also public. Its name is VLTTEK. The screenshare.library is
- somewhat smaller, but is functionally the same.
-
- Willy Langeveld, 16 July 1988.
-
- VLT 3.598
- =========
-
- This is an update of VLT, as described below. If this is the first
- time you've downloaded it, read the section about the previous version first.
- This version has most reported bugs fixed, but not many enhancements, on
- the theory that enhancements usually introduce more bugs: the intention was to
- get a solid version out there first before adding new stuff.
- Among the changes are: ScreenToFront/Back() in rexxarplib were fixed,
- rexxarplib now has functions to retrieve the screen size and interlace status;
- the Tektronix (tm) emulator supports some more sequences and eats others; it now
- looks for TekStore: and will open the temporary graphics file there instead of
- in ram: (for those that have little ram: but sufficient disk space); Kermit was
- modified to work also on CDC's (thanks, s_walton!) and a host of bugs were
- fixed. Also, the script command FLUSH was added. It flushes the capture buffer
- out to disk (or wherever it was capturing to). This is useful for capturing to
- the new 1.3 SPEAK: device, for example. Not everything was fixed: the command
- parser is still the same and therefore Wait and On etc. still don't work.
- This version is a zoo archive, because it supports long filenames and
- also path specifications. Therefore, there are no more executeme files.
-
- Willy Langeveld, July 6, 1988.
-
-
- VLT 3.553
- =========
-
- You have just downloaded an archive containing the executable files for
- the terminal emulator VLT. VLT is both a VT100 emulator and a Tektronix
- emulator, currently in use at SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center).
- Although the VT100 part was originally based on Dave Wecker et al.'s VT100, many
- enhancements were made. I won't go into any details at this point. The main
- documentation file is not yet ready and will be posted later. For now, if you
- have questions, you will have to ask them on BIX in amiga.user. I expect the
- documentation to be ready by next week, though...
- This program uses ARP, so in order to run it you need arp.library in
- your libs: directory. You better make sure you have ARP 1.1, or else nasty
- things may happen!
- This program is NOT in the public domain. However, you may freely use
- this program for any purpose, and are encouraged to distribute it wherever you
- want. The author (me) does not, however, accept any responsibility for
- suitability for any particular purpose, or for any damages that may occur as a
- result of the use of this program, etc., you get the picture... 8-) .
- Bug reports are welcome, please send them to me BIXmail.
-
- This archive contains several sub-archives, one for each directory where
- you should store the files contained in the sub- archive. Besides VLT and
- VLT.info, the archive contains the following files (after executing the various
- executeme's). Be sure to read all the various readme files, too! Have fun...
-
- Willy Langeveld, April 20, 1988.
-
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