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+ | ====== Mystic BBS v1.07 - What's New ====== | ||
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+ | Every Mystic BBS archive contains a WHATSNEW.TXT file that tracks the development of Mystic BBS for the version related to that archive. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This page contains notes from the author (g00r00) during the development of Mystic BBS v1.07 | ||
+ | |||
+ | It outlines what is a new or changed feature, a bug fix, or something that has been removed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In order to interpret each entry below, the following key explains the nature of each change that has been noted in the WHATSNEW.TXT for this version of Mystic BBS. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! = Bug fix | ||
+ | + = New or changed feature | ||
+ | - = Removed | ||
+ | |||
+ | Use the Table of Contents on the right hand side of this page to quickly jump between the notes that relate to each version of Mystic BBS during this development cycle. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you spot something you think looks amiss with these notes please contact us using the contact info found on this Wiki. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Version 1.07 ===== | ||
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</ | </ | ||
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+ | ===== Version 1.07.2 ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
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+ | ! MCFG: The New User Settings 1 -> Language file setting was backwards. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! MCFG: The option New User Settings 2 -> Ask Screen Size was missing from | ||
+ | the options but available from within Mystic' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! Fixed a bug in the QWK system that would cause certain messages in a | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! The QWK system was creating .NDX files for bases that didn't have any | ||
+ | | ||
+ | that didn't like that. In addition, the .NDX files were not getting | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | + Mystic will now restore the screen on the user's side after sysop chat | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | + Mystic was looking for FILE_ID.DIZ in the Linux version of Mystic. | ||
+ | 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 | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | + Added new MPL function: PATHCHAR. | ||
+ | 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' | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | + MCFG: Added (ALT+S) Sort into the status line of the file base editor. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | the status line. Even the help listing had ALT-S documented. =] | ||
+ | |||
+ | + Changed the INSTALL program to use CTRL-S to start the installation, | ||
+ | | ||
+ | use F2 over an xterminal. | ||
+ | |||
+ | + MPL: Added new procedure called GETSCREENINFO. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! Fixed a small memory leak in the DOS/WIN/OS2 versions caused when running | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! Fixed the DOOR32 problems in Windows version. | ||
+ | out when I released 1.07. I forgot to 'put things back to normal' | ||
+ | I was done testing some things before the release. =] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! Fixed the viewing of the BBS list in the Linux version. | ||
+ | an error in file casing. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! Fixed the error with inserting a new menu in the Linux internal menu | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! Fixed a small problem with displaying the time in twelve hour format. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! The BI mci code (User' | ||
+ | |||
+ | .------------------------------------------------. | ||
+ | | Mystic BBS v1.07.2 RELEASED : January 20, 2000 | | ||
+ | `------------------------------------------------' | ||
+ | |||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Version 1.07.3 ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | + 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 | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! Fixed a problem with the Linux MPE loader. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | was looking for a " | ||
+ | |||
+ | + MYSTPACK: Changed the file names of the temporary files created when | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! 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. | ||
+ | error should have occured. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! When the remote screen was redrawn after a sysop chat session, it would | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | + Mystic now creates QWK packet' | ||
+ | in Unix type file systems. | ||
+ | types of QWK readers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! MPL: When assigning certain numerical variable types, MIDE and MPLC would | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | + Optimized the idle sensitivity within Mystic' | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | + 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 | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! Fixed a bug in the file and message base selection listing. | ||
+ | base listing was aborted, Mystic would only let an area be selected if it | ||
+ | were already displayed in the list. | ||
+ | |||
+ | + Mystic/ | ||
+ | after running a door, and restore it as " | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! 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' | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | + Added new command into the message reading system. | ||
+ | set the current message as the high water (last read) pointer. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | add new prompts into minor builds. | ||
+ | the 1.08 release. | ||
+ | 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' | ||
+ | the second page (and ONLY the second page) and go directly from the | ||
+ | third page to the first page in the listing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | + The ESCAPE key in the full screen message editor will now bring up the | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | + 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 | ||
+ | | ||
+ | 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 " | ||
+ | |||
+ | + The Linux version of Mystic will now accept the D3 menu command. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! MPL: Fixed a bug with the UserDeleted variable which could cause the | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! The CHAIN.TXT drop file now outputs the user's age field and a zero for | ||
+ | the gold field. | ||
+ | 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 | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! Squish last read pointers were not stored in records based on a | ||
+ | | ||
+ | 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 | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ! 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 | ||
+ | | ||
+ | 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. | ||
+ | |||
+ | + 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' | ||
+ | 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 | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | 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. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | + 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. | ||
+ | macro which begins with a ! character will execute an MPL program. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | 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. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | 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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