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Received: from sloth.swcp.com (sloth.swcp.com [198.59.115.25]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id HAA13105 for <executor@nacm.com>; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 07:29:16 -0700 Received: from iclone.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by sloth.swcp.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id IAA29272; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 08:29:13 -0600 Received: from beaut.ardi.com by mailhost with smtp (nextstep Smail3.1.29.0 #11) id m0sOnF6-000YbmC; Thu, 22 Jun 95 08:28 MDT Received: by beaut.ardi.com (linux Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0sOnF6-00000BC; Thu, 22 Jun 95 08:28 MDT Message-Id: <m0sOnF6-00000BC@beaut.ardi.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 95 08:28 MDT From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford Thomas Matthews) To: dan_g@ix.netcom.com (Dan Guisinger) Cc: executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: 1.99n features In-Reply-To: <199506220446.VAA17947@ix2.ix.netcom.com> References: <199506220446.VAA17947@ix2.ix.netcom.com> Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Dan" == Dan Guisinger <dan_g@ix.netcom.com> writes: Dan> What are the new features in 1.99n? NOTE: almost all of the below has already been done -- it's just that we introduced a few bugs with the new code and also have a fairly long list of annoying bugs from 1.99m that we still would like to hammer out before we release 1.99n. It's looking good for 1.99n to come out this weekend. More configuration files so more apps will run without fiddling An "-info" switch that can help us figure out why Executor misbehaves on certain platforms A better FAQ Tex-Edit 2.7.2 (shareware) will be included, will work and will launch automatically on text files Quicken 5 may run (we haven't been able to test it yet -- don't have a copy) E/L will no longer crash when installed "out of the box" Lots of Loser bugs fixed (esp. ones associated with floppy ejection) Floppy formatting New price structure (already announced) non-US keyboard low-level routines Access to DOS filesystems from under E/L Access to other partitions from E/D More printing bugs fixed Bolo runs Arashi "limps" (not yet playable, but close) Printing under E/D goes to execout1.ps, execout2.ps, ... execoutz.ps Fonts and DAs can be installed/deinstalled via the hot band Excellerated X-Windows calls LOTS of other bug fixes Dan> And what will be in 1.99o? NEXTSTEP port SVGAlib port Minimal System 7 support Color Picker 16 and 32 bits per pixel linear mapped frame buffers (will obviate -refresh in many cases) better error messages bpp adjustment through Cmd-Shift-5 Color Screenshot saving Nice way for apps to identify Executor environment (was going to be in 1.99n, didn't make it) Fun resource spoofing so programs like Speedometer know even more about you Probably more that I've forgotten [Executor/Win95 suggestsions ellided] It's too early for us to plan E/Win'95, but your suggestions sound reasonable. Dan> Thanks! Thank everyone for your phenomenal interest. --Cliff ctm@ardi.com