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Version 3.0 - 1st March 1992 ============================ Bug fixes --------- 1) When started up from the Finder, Rolfe sometimes continued with the watch cursor. Rolfe will now always make sure that the arrow cursor is shown. 2) When receiving a long output (e.g <L>ist <C>ontinuous) a user's session will no longer be ended due to inactivity. Installation ------------ 1) The "Options" menu is renamed "Configure". The "Configure" menu item is renamed "Setup" and contains those items that are necesary in order for Rolfe to run. There is a new menu item named "Options" that contains optional items that enable you to configure the way in which Rolfe works. The option to have Rolfe log all changes has been moved to the "Options" menu item. User interface -------------- 1) Serial port handling is improved so that you can now send characters at full speed without any pacing being provided by the sending software. 2) The DEL character (hex 7F) is now accepted and operates as a destructive backspace. 3) The allowable input is now opened up to the full Macintosh character set instead of just the ASCII character set. This feature is optional and is configurable under the "Options" menu item. Filelists --------- 1) There is now a separate Filelists menu, invoked from the Main menu that contains all Filelist commands. 2) Since both the "<E>dit a filelist" and "<B>rowse a filelist group" menu items both could be used to edit, they are now changed to "<S>ingle filelist" and "<G>roup of filelists". Both menus now provide the same set of commands, subject to authorisation. 3) In the previous version, if a user has no authority to do anything other than list and search (browse) then, on entering Rolfe, the user is taken directly to the menu that shows the choice of groups that can be browsed. This is now extended so that, if the title of the Second Sight menu that invoked Rolfe contains one of the group names (e.g. if the menu title is "<----- Graphics Files ----->" and one of the Rolfe group names is "Graphics") then the user will be taken directly to the "Graphics" group menu. Upper and lower case are equivalent. This feature is optional and is configurable under the "Options" menu item. 4) Users with filelist authority but with an access level less that 255 are now taken directly to the Filelist menu, bypassing the Main menu. 5) In the case where the user is taken directly to a menu, quitting that menu now returns the user directly to the BBS. Formerly, the user exited via Rolfe's main menu. 6) When doing a search, there is a new option of specifying that file descriptions be searched as well as or instead of just the filenames. 7) Commands may now be terminated with a control-c (or Enter or option-c at the local keyboard). 8) There is a new menu entry "<K>wiklist all files without descriptions". This gives an abbreviated list with one file per line. It's a fast method of listing all the files. 9) The display of a filelist entry has been changed so that the "Marked for deletion" and "Clearance level" fields now show only when the user is authorized to edit the entry. 10) When you save a change to a filelist entry that you have marked for deletion, you will now be asked whether you want to delete the file that the entry refers to. 11) When a filename is changed, leading and trailing blanks are now removed. 12) When a filename is changed, the new filename will be folded to upper case if the appropriate option is set under the "Options" menu. 13) There is a new <V>erify command for access level 255, that will check for files that do not exist but which are referenced by the filelist. 14) There is a new <G>ather command for access level 255, that will search for all the files referenced by a filelist and will move them to the folder that contains the filelist. 15) An optional feature that is configurable under the "Options" menu item, allows you to specify that authority to edit a filelist includes the authority to compress it. If this option is chosen, then "[C]ompress ALL filelists" on the main menu becomes "<C>ompress all your filelists" and "[C]ompress the filelist" on the Edit menu becomes "<C>ompress the filelist". For both commands, for a user with an access level of less than 255, the compress operates only on filelists that the user is authorized to edit. Userlog ------- 1) A new menu provides several new commands that operate on Userlog. Included are the ability to compress Userlog, to list all users both in kwiklist and normal format and to search Userlog for a particular name or for bad characters (e.g. non-ASCII) in the "first name", "last name" and "calling from" fields. A command is also provided to choose whether Rolfe should read Userlog in a forwards or backwards direction. Disk Utilities -------------- 1) A new menu provides several new commands that provide Finder-like functions. Included are the ability to copy a file, to delete a file or an empty folder, to show the free-space on all mounted volumes, to list the contents or a disk or folder with the option to delve into sub- folders, to move or rename a file or to create a new folder. Version 2.02 - 20th June 1991 ============================= Bug fixes --------- 1) Fixed a problem that would prevent quitting from the Security Delete menu if only a single filelist was defined. If, while experiencing this problem, Quit was chosen from the Macintosh File menu then Rolfe would bomb. 2) Fixed a problem that would freeze Rolfe if "About Rolfe" was chosen from the Main Menu and Quit was chosen from the Macintosh File menu before the About text had finished displaying. Version 2.01 - 16th June 1991 (not released) ============================================ Bug fixes --------- 1) Fixed a problem that would prevent quitting from the Browse menu if only a single browse group was defined. Version 2.0 - 26th May 1991 =========================== Bug fixes --------- 1) It was possible for the mouse cursor to become hidden when using the menu bar. This is now corrected. 2) The "time remaining" is now shown correctly on the message that gives you a 1 minute warning of inactivity. Previously, it was unchanged from the value when the last menu was displayed. 3) When reading a large filelist, Rolfe now ensures that other running programmes (e.g. a second version of Second Sight) will obtain periodic processing time. 4) When changing a security entry, the <Q>uit command now operates correctly in cases where only a single security entry is defined. Installation ------------ 1) The programme no longer has to reside in the same folder as the BBS programme. 2) Improved config dialogue box: a) A button is now provided that lets you designate the Home Folder and the BBS programme name in one operation by locating the BBS programme via a file dialogue box. b) The checkbox had been corrected to show "Write to Callerlog" instead of "Write to Userlog". c) If you have a previous version of the programme then in order to prevent you from having to re-specify the config and security information, a button on the config dialogue now allows you to locate the previous version of the programme from which this information may be copied automatically. d) The Launch file name is no longer specified using radio buttons but is instead now specified by name. User interface -------------- 1) All menu commands are now a single character. If too many filelists are defined to fit on one menu then a continuation menu is presented. 2) Control-C (or the Enter key for a local attach) will now interrupt and cancel any pending output. 3) If a valid menu choice is entered before the display of the menu has completed, the display of the menu will be interrupted and the menu choice will be immediately acted upon. 4) When deleting security records, you will now be prompted for confirmation. 5) Rolfe now determines the user's preference for linefeeds and adds them appropriately. Access level ------------ 1) Security flags are now ignored when the user's access level is 255. If a filelist security access level is set at 255 then Rolfe will no longer ask for security flags. 2) The clearance level for a filelist entry can no longer be set higher than the user's own access level. Filenames --------- 1) The "<E>dit particular filename" command can now find filenames that contain lower case characters. Previously, you would get a "File not found" message. 2) When changing a filename, lower case is accepted as is; Rolfe no longer converts it to upper case. 3) When using the "<E>dit particular filename" command, if more than one entry matches that name (duplicate entries), then each of the entries will be retrieved in sequence. Filelist compression -------------------- 1) For users with an access level of 255, a [C]ompress command has been added to the <E>dit filelist menu. This enables you to compress the filelist. That is, it will remove any entries that are "marked for deletion". 2) For users with an access level of 255, a "[C]ompress all filelists" command on the main menu automatically compresses all filelists that are defined to Rolfe. File descriptions ----------------- 1) When editing a file description, rather than just replacing the whole description, a full set of editing commands is now supplied. Search/New ---------- 1) A new <S>earch command enables you to search for a filelist entry by specifying a character string that appears in the filename. 2) A <N>ew command (in Browse) now displays filelist entries that have been added since the user last logged on. Groups ------ 1) Filelists, in addition to being defined to Rolfe singly may now also be defined to Rolfe as being members of larger groups. For instance, several filelists that pertain to graphics may be given a "Graphics" group name. A new <B>rowse command provides full search and list facilities for whole groups at a time. Where the user's access level allows it, full editing commands are also available in this mode. Where a user's access level allows only the browse command and browse groups have been defined, Rolfe will bypass the main menu on entry and put the user directly into the browse menu. This forms a powerful file search facility across sets of filelists for the general user. For such users, clearance levels and record marked for deletion are not displayed. Miscellaneous ------------- 1) The <C>hange command had now been renamed to be <E>dit. 2) When editing the <V>ersion of a filename, a carriage return is now allowed to denote that the version should be omitted. Version 1.0 - 18th January 1991 =============================== This was the original release.