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The X-WinPro/Win32 4.1/Release:971130 Installation
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To install the package, run the "setup.exe" file from the first diskette .
Major differences from 4.0.6/Release:970930 version
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1. The following enhancements have been made :
1. XServer :
- displaying colors under WindowsNT with Hi/True-color was improved ;
- the "Full Screen" mode was improved ;
- the Scroll Lock key processing setting is used now ;
- the XServer System menu was extended .
2. Telnet :
- the vt200-vt240 emulations was significantly improved;
- the Sixel graphics is available now ;
- the User Defined keys is available now .
3. NFS-Server : new facility was included into package .
4. Lpd :
- the "trace" option was added .
2. The following bugs have been fixed :
1. Ftp :
- the wrong Drag&Drop action was fixed .
2. Lpd :
- the waiting time of data was increased .
Major differences 4.0.6/Release:970930 from 4.0.6/Release:970630 version
========================================================================
1. The following enhancements have been made :
1. XServer :
- the "CDE" fonts alias set was added ;
- the absence of the FontServer daemon, which is
into the FontPath, is allowed now ;
- the forced Backing Store mode was implemented ;
- the binary ".Xauthorize"- may be used for
authorization checking like file(for XDM and non-XDM clients) ;
- the "jpn106.kbd" keyboard mapping file was corrected ;
- the "Enable Animation" setting is saved setting now ;
- the special processing of the XDM/CDE "dthello" client
was implemented ;
- the local Screen Saver may be switch off now ;
- the local processing of the Numeric keypad is allowed now ;
- the "-xini IniFilePath" option was implemented
to allow the simultaneous a few XServers' running ;
- four settings may be made to remap the especial keys combinations :
"Ctrl"+"Esc","Ctrl"+"Alt","Alt"+"Esc","Alt"+"Tab" .
2. Telnet :
- the font selection dialog was improved .
3. XSettings :
- the "-xini IniFilePath" option was implemented
to allow the simultaneous a few XServers' running .
4. XStartup :
- the new "$(LOCALIP)" macros was added ;
- the "Edit..." button was added to invoke the text editor .
5. Ftp :
- the "HI-UX" type of the remote host was added ;
- the login profiles was implemented ;
- the login directory is saved now .
6. Lpd :
- the "Add FormFeed at the end of printing" ;
- the messages for Lpr were extended .
2. The following bugs have been fixed :
1. XServer :
- the list of the keyboard modifiers was changed to prevent
the delays during keyboard input (CDE/dtterm) .
2. Ftp :
- some bugs were fixed .
3. Telnet :
- wrong processing of fonts which have the space-symbols
into its names was fixed ;
- wrong processing some "at386"-type commands was fixed .
4. Network Interface :
- some problems of using the Windows NT 4 file
system was resolved .
5. Lpd :
- the loss of print-jobs was fixed ;
- the correct transferring of CR-LF symbols was provided .
Undocumented Features
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1. XServer :
- the "XSettings" utility may be run from the System menu
of Xsession window ;
- the "-xini IniFilePath" option is allowed
to provide the simultaneous a few XServers running ;
- the new "kmf" format of the keyboard definition file
is allowed now. New format uses the ScanCodes instead of
the IbmCodes of the standard "kbd" format.
- the "Enable Animation" setting is the saved setting now ;
- the special processing of the XDM/CDE "dthello" client
provode its terminating during the XDM/CDE starting ;
- the local Screen Saver may be switch off now ;
- the local processing of the Numeric keypad is allowed now ;
- the "Local Window Manager" run-time setting was added to switch on
the local Window manager (in Multiple Window mode) after
faulting of the starting the XDM/CDE ;
- the "Local NUMLOCK key Processing" run-time setting is allowed now ;
- four manual settings may be made via editing the "[XSETUP]"
section of the ini-file : "CtrlEsc2=...", "CtrlAlt2=...",
"AltEsc2=...","AltTab2=..." . For example :
CtrlEsc2=255.173 ;to send "Ctrl"+"Esc" press "Ctrl"+"KEYPAD MINUS SIGN"
CtrlAlt2=255.171 ;to send "Ctrl"+"Alt" press "Ctrl"+"KEYPAD PLUS SIGN"
AltEsc2=255.173 ;to send "Alt"+"Esc" press "Alt"+"KEYPAD MINUS SIGN"
AltTab2=255.171 ;to send "Alt"+"Tab" press "Alt"+"KEYPAD PLUS SIGN"
2. The "sp_ghbn.exe" may be run to obtain some network information .
3. XSettings :
- the "-xini IniFilePath" option is allowed
to provide the simultaneous a few XServers running ;
- the "jpn106.kbd" keyboard mapping file was added ;
- user can set any keyboard file, not only from
the internal list (include the "kmf" format of the keyboard
definition file) ;
- the "Local NumLock key Processing" setting was added ;
- the "Enable Animation" setting was added ;
- the "Local Screen Saver" setting was added ;
- the "Forced Backing Store" setting was implemented ;
- the "Authorize File" setting was added
for authorization checking (for XDM and non-XDM clients) ;
- the "Authorization Check" setting was added ;
- the "XDM/CDE Special Processing" setting was added ;
- the "Disable CDE-hello Processing" setting was added ;
- the "Local ScrollLock key Processing" setting was added ;
- the "Enable Logotype" setting was added ;
- the "Minimize on Activity Losing" Full Screen setting was added ;
- the "Old-style Window Creating" Full Screen setting was added ;
3. Ftp :
- the run-time help is only available for the new Ftp .
Known problems
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1. XServer :
- drawing of partial arcs may be very slow .
2. Ftp :
- may crash during connection to localized HP-UX machine .
3. Lpd :
- the printers on the remote Windows NT 4 hosts
are unavailable from the local host with Windows NT 4 .