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- Apollo version history
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- 20th March 1995: v1.13 release (Eagle 1.4, Converter 5.0, DropConfigure 1.1)
- • fixed or worked round conflicts with 4th Dimension and the
- system 7.5 Control Strip
- • fixed an occasional problem causing crashes on application
- startup when the Recent Apps group was active
- • added the DropConfigure <name> scripts
- • return, enter and command-period now work in Exclude dialog
- • fixed occasional failure to find icons when doing a Build group
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- 15th November 1994: v1.12 release
- • fixed the bug I'd failed to fix with v1.11. Also fixed a few others
- I had introduced in v1.11 related to the Localiser and DropConfigure
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- 14th November 1994: v1.11 release
- • failed to fix nasty bug in 1.1 concerning purging icons and the
- Volumes group
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- 1st November 1994: v1.1 release (Eagle 1.4, Converter 5.0, DropConfigure 1.0)
- • now requires at least system 6
- • "active edge" popups
- • has separate settings file
- • optional dynamic "volumes" group
- • supports proper, genuine, colour icons in all menus (system 7)
- • added "temporary desktop alias" feature to application settings
- • new Italian and Spanish translations
- • restored switch-launching support under system 6 uniFinder
- • improved implementation of the Recent apps group:
- • choosing an app from the group moves it to the top,
- so apps chosen from the group tend to stay there
- • apps already in Apollo's menus don't appear in the
- Recent apps group when launched other than by Apollo
- • the group is saved only at shutdown/restart, rather
- than after each change, so launching applications is
- faster: however, a crash necessitating a reboot means
- that any changes are lost (system 7 only)
- • background-only applications (of type appe) can now be added
- to Apollo's menus (allows relaunching of Eagle, for example)
- • window submenus now optional and have optional filtering to
- remove dubious-looking windows (such as pallettes)
- • "purge" command removed: can now just delete prefs file and restart
- • top-level dynamic folder menus now list parent folders
- • dynamic folder menus work under system 6, though rather limited
- • fixed "I can't find it" dialog to default to original folder
- • releasing mouse button now aborts build of folder submenu
- • bug fixes:
- • no longer crashes after item deleted from application's
- submenu when Other and/or Default enabled at top
- • no longer loses double-click when app with long name
- launched under uniFinder (present since 0.5!)
- • fixed some crashes with applications having MenuHooks
- (notably beta versions of Eudora)
- • fixed conflict with NewLook (by using up-to-date copy
- of Default CDEF)
- • active groups with many folders and control panels
- now work properly (used to lose some entries)
- • window-switching menus now work with ResEdit and work
- better with some other programs
- • alphabetically-sorted window-switching menus no longer
- crash with very long window names (was a problem
- particularly with Eudora)
- • no longer crashes on 040 machines after failing to load
- at startup and displaying a notification
- • fixed some problems with folder aliases in dynamic menus
- • first-class documents' application settings now work
- • no longer crashes on window popup when more than 16 windows open
- • window-switching menu now works even if modifier keys
- held down for far too long (ie until button release)
- • Eagle can now be relaunched if it has quit for some reason
- • longstanding bug in menu ordering when using Other application
- to put a new application into a group (often appeared at the start)
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- 28th November 1992: shareware 1.0 release (Eagle 1.21, Converter 4.0)
- • "active group" concept added: choosing group name launches
- all items in the group
- • folder dynamic submenus now work three or four levels deep
- (restriction imposed by Apple)
- • top-level folder submenus are saved at shutdown, so pop up
- much faster the first time after restart
- • added window-switching menu for the frontmost application,
- with its own popup modifier combination (yes, yet another)
- • application-switching menu now has submenus for each
- application containing their open windows (system 7 only)
- • added "groups at top/bottom" option for main menu
- • added "recently used applications" group
- • added 15-second timeout for auto-drop
- • optional icons in all menus (system 7 only)
- • system heap grow resource now updated as appropriate
- (may have been the cause of crashes in the past)
- • contains code to print registration form, better
- About… dialog and a little registration sermon
- • Eagle is now a system extension
- • Documentation is now in DOCMaker format
- • bug fixes:
- • keyboard switching now works under system 6 if menu
- font is not the system font
- • "Desk Accessories" now checked in switching menu
- when appropriate
- • doesn't crash when system's 'scrn' resource is missing,
- and handles invalid 'scrn' resources better (was
- causing funny depth & colour setting changes)
- • only sets sound level when needs to be changed
- • fixed conflict with BFD INIT when auto-drop on
- • folder and disk aliases no longer fail to open
- • various bugs which caused occasional crashes during
- configuration fixed
- • problem with sound volume settings fixed - it was a bug
- of quite amazing stupidity
- • problem with checkmarks and apple symbol in system font
- with non-Roman script fixed
- • crash when adding app to "excludes" list if system 6
- system folder opened in standard file dialog
- • failure to open folders in folder submenus if not on
- startup volume
- • dynamic menu for folder containing only invisible items
- now appears as "empty", not "no suitable items"
- • reversion of popup menus to 12 point after running
- some Microsoft and Claris programs
- • startup crashes when "icons in menu bar" set to "none"
- • failure to recognise "DA Handler" (system 6)
- • improved handling of low memory conditions (system 7)
- • crashes after application settings dialog
- • no longer says "volume unavailable" if user cancels
- volume mounting
- • converter no longer removes Purge… menu command when
- updating from 0.8
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- 5th May 1992: v0.8b3 release (Eagle v1.1, Converter v3.2)
- • folders in the menus can now have dynamic submenus, updated
- as their contents change: however, these only work one
- level deep for now
- • folder selection dialogs more closely follow Apple guidelines
- • changes made to screen depth by Monitors control panel and
- the like (DepthGauge) now immediately reflected in default
- depth setting (previously had to wait for restart)
- • better handling of Quit and Open in non-English systems
- • added "purge" menu command
- • Application settings dialog now shows whether an app has its
- own settings or not
- • bug fixes:
- • application switching menu now works under system 6
- (was destroyed in 0.8b2)
- • apps with menu metacharacters ('(', '/' etc) in their names
- now inserted properly in app switching section of main menu
- (system 6 as well as system 7)
- • SE startup problem worked around
- • apple symbol restored on early Macs under system 6
- • conflict with TOM√INIT worked around (not Apollo's fault)
- • default "open" folder can now be root folder under system 6
- • default application settings can now leave default "open" folder
- folder unchanged, as advertised
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- 14th April 1992: v0.8b2 release (Eagle v1.1, Converter v3.1)
- • "auto-add" in DA part of configuration dialog now on by default
- • bug fixes:
- • moving a DA or an app with settings to another group
- no longer makes Apollo fail to load subsequently
- • style of new groups now as defined in preferences dialog
- • first-class documents now not disabled under system 6
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- 8th April 1992: v0.8b1 release (Eagle v1.1, Converter v3.0)
- • "application settings": each app can have its own screen depth,
- sound level, colour/b&w setting, default document (opened if no
- other document specified) and default "open file" folder
- • can now have "first-class" documents in main menu and groups
- • improved internal data structures: much reduced memory requirements
- • internal aliases for disks under system 7
- • when launching "other app", holding option key down when
- app selected from dialog now brings up "other doc" dialog
- • in "set switching key" dialog, delete without modifier
- clears the key (sets to <none>)
- • not loaded at startup if shift key or mouse button held down
- • can now exclude DAs and extensions (notably CEIAC) from
- keyboard switching rota and app popup menu (system 7)
- • now better at finding "Quit" in app's File menu (system 6)
- • if group name chosen from main menu and group contains item with
- same name, item is launched
- • can now have "Other…" and "Default" in document submenus
- • can draw the menu in any font and size
- • bug in Eagle fixed: Eagle now v1.1
- • bug fixes:
- • keyboard switching under 6 with DAs active now works all the time
- • serious problems with folder aliases fixed
- • fixed a bug which prevented opening of a folder when it
- referred directly to a disk
- • cosmetic bugs fixed:
- • in Configuration dialog for folders (happened when folder
- ID was very large)
- • in application switching part of preferences dialog under
- system 6 (non-colour QuickDraw)
- • when drawing small icons (configuration dialog arrows and
- menu bar icons)
- • apps with menu metacharacters ('(', '/' etc) in their names
- now inserted properly in app switching section of main menu
- • fixed a problem causing crashes with old MacWrite under uniFinder
- • missing error messages under system 6 restored
- • bug when "renaming" app with submenu fixed
- • crash when adding a running DA to the menu fixed
- • can now add DAs from alias to DA file
- • fixed further conflicts with QUED/M
- • fixed (I think) a conflict with Type Reunion which was causing
- lots of crashes at random times in applications with font menus
- • fixed further bug in group rename dialog
- • fixed bug when deleting non-empty group and its entries
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- 31st December 1991: v0.7b2 release (Eagle v1.0, Converter v2.0)
- • Eagle v1.0 introduced
- • includes application switching menu & keyboard switching
- • supports control panels and folders under system 7
- (with a little help from Eagle)
- • popup menu appears more rapidly when menu structure is complex
- • much improved configure dialog (again):
- • app & da dialogs merged: control panel and folder options added
- • "build group" option added (not folders)
- • popup menus everywhere!
- • holding down option key when choosing "Other application…" now
- allows selection of a document for the new application
- • Finder and MultiFinder now treated as applications,
- so can be included in menu and launched (no documents, though)
- • more robust handling of very low memory situations (was causing
- crashes, particularly with DarkSide)
- • much better handling of aliases
- • automatic menu drop-down added (ugh!)
- • active areas in menu bar can now extend right into corners:
- optional, as this causes problems with some other extensions
- and screen savers when auto drop-down enabled
- • bug fixes:
- • now doesn't give error -192 when DA file is lost
- and then found again
- • conflict with Nisus macros & top-left corner fixed
- • problem with Finder not saving window positions or
- emptying trash under uniFinder fixed
- • group names longer than 31 characters now rejected:
- used to cause crashes
- • launches under pre-7 systems when DA is active now work
- • fixed (or rather worked around) a problem which caused crashes
- when certain applications (Red Ryder and QUED/M) were frontmost
- • fixed problems when moving items from a deleted group when
- items with the same name were already in the main menu
- • fixed problem with document list in configure dialog when app
- with document list was selected and moved to another group and
- the same app then added to the main menu (didn't happen very often!)
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- 8th November 91: v0.6b1 release (Converter v1.0)
- • now compiled under THINK C 5
- • better handling of low memory launches under system 7
- • documents from an app's submenu now opened if app already running
- • optional icon at left of menu bar
- • active area at top left made larger
- • configure dialog changed to show groups under applications:
- also made more responsive
- • proper handling of DAs under system 7
- • nicer About box
- • groups can be renamed
- • bug fixes:
- • now works on Mac Plus/Classic under system 6
- • apollo submenu conflict with White Knight and some other apps
- • groups menu conflict with Type Reunion
- • menus with same IDs as Apollo's lost colour info: now don't
- • standard file current directory settings improved
- • groups and apps having the same name and app added after group
- • active rectangle in top right corner without icon there now works
- • aliases now resolved before launching
- • problem when item moved from group to main menu was new last
- item in main menu
- • conflict with ShortCut (changes not saved) fixed
- • pictures in Preferences dialog changed to PICT 1 format
- • Remove Document button in Configure Application dialog
- now disabled when new app selected
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- 26th September 91: v0.5b1 release (first release)
-