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+===== Version 1.07.2 =====
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+ ! MCFG: The New User Settings 1 -> Language file setting was backwards.
+   It'd say "Ask" when it really should have said "Use default".
+ ! MCFG: The option New User Settings 2 -> Ask Screen Size was missing from
+   the options but available from within Mystic's internal configuration.
+ ! Fixed a bug in the QWK system that would cause certain messages in a
+   packet to get scrambled.
+ ! The QWK system was creating .NDX files for bases that didn't have any
+   messages in them.  This is fine for most QWK readers, but there are a few
+   that didn't like that.  In addition, the .NDX files were not getting
+   created correctly under certain operating systems.
+ + Mystic will now restore the screen on the user's side after sysop chat
+   modes.
+ + Mystic was looking for FILE_ID.DIZ in the Linux version of Mystic.  This
+   has been changed to look for file_id.diz instead.
+ ! In line quote mode, Mystic would not allow you to quote a range of text
+   that wasn't already displayed.
+ ! MIDE: When changing the file name during a "Save As", MIDE was not
+   renaming the window to the new file name.
+ + Added new MPL function: PATHCHAR.  This will allow for MPE programs to
+   be easily written to work on both Unix and DOS type file systems.
+ ! The index files in Squish message bases were getting written incorrectly.
+   I think i've managed to nail this bug but I haven't had any substancial
+   testing done as none of my alpha sites run Squish message bases. :(
+ + MCFG: Added (ALT+S) Sort into the status line of the file base editor.
+   Sorting was always available, but for some reason I never put it on
+   the status line.  Even the help listing had ALT-S documented. =]
+ + Changed the INSTALL program to use CTRL-S to start the installation,
+   instead of the F2 key that was used.  Linux users were not able to
+   use F2 over an xterminal.
+ + MPL: Added new procedure called GETSCREENINFO.  This is used to read the
+   values of the Screen Info MCI codes.  This will come in handy when
+   creating lightbar mods which use ANSI templates similar to the rest of
+   Mystic.
+ ! Fixed a small memory leak in the DOS/WIN/OS2 versions caused when running
+   external programs (doors).
+ ! Fixed the DOOR32 problems in Windows version.  I had some code commented
+   out when I released 1.07.  I forgot to 'put things back to normal' when
+   I was done testing some things before the release. =]
+ ! Fixed the viewing of the BBS list in the Linux version.  Just the case of
+   an error in file casing.  Mystic was looking for a data file in all
+   uppercased letters when it should have been lowercased.
+ ! Fixed the error with inserting a new menu in the Linux internal menu
+   editor.
+ ! Fixed a small problem with displaying the time in twelve hour format.
+   It'd display 12:01am when it should have said been 12:01pm.
+ ! The BI mci code (User's Birthdate) wasn't being displayed correctly.
+.------------------------------------------------.
+| Mystic BBS v1.07.2 RELEASED : January 20, 2000 |
+`------------------------------------------------'
+</code>
+===== Version 1.07.3 =====
+<code>
+ + Added (Q)uit to prompt #361.  Before if you selected to add to the BBS
+   list, you'd have to fill out the entire entry before you could save or
+   abort.
+ ! Fixed a problem with the Linux MPE loader.  If you tried to run a
+   script outside of the script directory, things wouldn't work.  Mystic
+   was looking for a "\" instead of a "/".
+ + MYSTPACK: Changed the file names of the temporary files created when
+   packing bases.  Hopefully this will solve it crashing on some Linux
+   distributions.
+ ! When Mystic prompted for an upload file name, a space could be entered
+   as a valid filename.
+ ! MPL: When compiling a program, Numerical variables could be assigned to
+   a function which returned variables in the type of String.  A mismatch
+   error should have occured.
+ ! When the remote screen was redrawn after a sysop chat session, it would
+   redraw incorrectly on if the status bar was NOT in single line mode.
+ + Mystic now creates QWK packet's CONTROL.DAT file in MSDOS format even
+   in Unix type file systems.  This seems to be more compatible with all
+   types of QWK readers.
+ ! MPL: When assigning certain numerical variable types, MIDE and MPLC would
+   report a variable type mismatch when it shouldn't have.
+ + Optimized the idle sensitivity within Mystic's Windows version.  This
+   should make keyboard input a little faster/more efficient.
+ + Enhanced the method Mystic uses to determine if a line of message text
+   is quoted text.  A few QWK readers would indent quoted text within the
+   message and Mystic wouldn't see it as quoted text.
+ ! Fixed a bug in the file and message base selection listing.  When the
+   base listing was aborted, Mystic would only let an area be selected if it
+   were already displayed in the list.
+ + Mystic/Windows will now check to see if the window title was changed
+   after running a door, and restore it as "Mystic Node x" if it has been
+   changed.
+ ! If the SysOp was in two line status bar mode and the node chat template
+   used line 23 as the input line, the teleconferance wouldn't work right.
+   Fixed.
+ + Added new command into the message reading system.  The (H) key will now
+   set the current message as the high water (last read) pointer.  At the
+   moment it doesn't display anything telling you that it worked (when H is
+   pressed), but it does work.  The reason for this is that I don't like to
+   add new prompts into minor builds.  I'll add the new prompts for it in
+   the 1.08 release.  Just thought i'd include it in this form because
+   there were a couple requests for this feature.
+ + The ENTER key is now available in menus using longkey input.
+ ! The Hotkey and Longkey settings were reversed in MCFG's menu editor.
+ ! When using the lightbar file lister's previous page option, it'd skip
+   the second page (and ONLY the second page) and go directly from the
+   third page to the first page in the listing.  Fixed.
+ + The ESCAPE key in the full screen message editor will now bring up the
+   command prompt.
+ + MCFG: There is now a command to delete a ghosted user from within the
+   node manager.
+ + MCFG: Changed all the commands within MCFG to use CTRL keys instead of Fx
+   or ALT keys.  It may take a little to get used to these changes, but it
+   allows for us to have MCFG work over terminals in Linux while keeping all
+   the function keys consistant in all versions of MCFG.
+ + MCFG: The mouse cursor is no longer present in the Windows version.
+ + MCFG: The window title is now set to "Mystic Configuration"
+ + The Linux version of Mystic will now accept the D3 menu command.  This
+   allows the Linux version to write a DOOR32.SYS drop file.
+ ! MPL: Fixed a bug with the UserDeleted variable which could cause the
+   user's flags to get corrupted.
+ ! The CHAIN.TXT drop file now outputs the user's age field and a zero for
+   the gold field.  Apparently, having a blank and not a 0 for gold would
+   cause some doors to crash.
+ ! Fixed some Squish related QWK bugs, which caused QWK packet corruption
+   on all Squish format message bases.
+ + Added the (I)gnore message reading command into the lightbar message
+   index.
+ ! Squish last read pointers were not stored in records based on a
+-based user index.  This would cause problems with 3rd party SysOp
+   mail readers.
+ ! Fixed a problem with the lightbar message reader in Squish mode.  Mystic
+   was giving strange results when the previous message command was selected
+   on the last message of a base.
+ + Mystic now adds the ^AMSGID and ^AREPLY fields to all outbound echomail
+   posts and replies.
+ + Mystic will now filter any kludge lines from message text, quoting, and
+   message exporting.  Kludges lines are any line of text in which the first
+   character is a ^A (smiley face)...
+ ! Fixed small input bug in MCFG's language prompt editor.
+ ! If a user was online at midnight, their time per day wasn't getting reset
+   correctly.  Mystic will now reset their time left to whatever their
+   daily limit is for their security level.
+ + Added a new door command line MCI code: %U will now be replaced with
+   the user's alias.
+ + MCFG: Added the General Settings into the System Configuration menu.
+ + MCFG: Added the Global Message Base Editing feature into the Message
+   Base Editor.  This is a very handy utility.
+ + The online file listing editor will now allow renaming files based on
+   file casing, for operating systems that support it.
+ ! Fixed a small bug in the lightbar file lister's next page option which
+   would sometimes report the end of the listing without displaying the
+   last file in the listing.
+ + MIDE will now save its configuration file in the same path that the
+   actual MIDE.EXE file exists.  This allows for MIDE to be placed in a
+   directory on the PATH and will prevent it from making a new .cfg file
+   in each directory MIDE is used.
+ + MIDE will now also look for it's help file (mide.hlp) in the actual
+   path where MIDE.EXE exists.
+ ! Finally got around to nailing one of the two word wrapping bugs in the
+   Full screen editor.  This one would cause the BBS to lock up under
+   certain rare situations.
+ + Removed the hard coded clear screen from the standard quote mode.  You
+   will have to update prompt #452 with a |CL mci code in the beginning
+   of the prompt for it to work the same as it did in the past...
+ + MPE programs can now be executed from one of the sysop macros.  Any
+   macro which begins with a ! character will execute an MPL program.  The
+   format is !<mpepath><mpename>.  If <mpepath> is omitted, Mystic will
+   look in the SCRIPTS directory as defined in System Paths.
+ ! When an MPL program resided in the scripts path, the ParamStr(0) function
+   would only return the file name of the MPL program and not the full
+   path and file name as it should have.
+ + Added the OS/2 native version of Mystic back into the distribution.  It
+   hasn't had much testing, but hopefully it will do us well.  If you find
+   any problems with it, let me know and I'll try to fix it.  Keep in mind
+   that I no longer have an OS/2 development machine here so I will need
+   a hand testing things.
+.----------------------------------------------.
+| Mystic BBS v1.07.3 RELEASED : May 13th, 2000 |
+`----------------------------------------------'
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