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 ===== 1.11 Alpha 1 ===== ===== 1.11 Alpha 1 =====
 +
 +<code>
 +
 + + FIDOPOLL will now check the FTP and BINKP hostnames when attempting to poll and if
 +   the hostname is blank, it will print a message and skip polling for that node.
 +
 + + MPL: Records can now be passed to Procedures in both value and *by reference* using
 +   the VAR keyword as is done in Free Pascal/Delphi.  This is a HUGE quality of life
 +   improvement to MPL.  For example (also see TESTREC.MPS):
 +
 +      Procedure TestProc1 (Var T: TestRec);
 +      Begin
 +        T.Field1 := 10;
 +      End;
 +
 +      Procedure TestProc2 (T: TestRec);
 +      Begin
 +        T.Field1 := 10;
 +      End;
 +
 +      In those examples, the TestRec record passed to TestProc1 would maintain
 +      its Field1 value of 10 because it was called by memory reference using
 +      the VAR keyword.
 +
 + + Aborting an ANSI will now not abort until the current ANSI sequence is
 +   completed to prevent any ANSI code bleeding on abort (or until 10+ chars
 +   are processed).
 +
 + + Aborting ANSI file display is now based on time (checked every half
 +   second).  This was in 1.10 A62 but wasn't documented.
 +
 + + Reworked file buffering in file listings for a nice performance gain
 +   particularly when searching file descriptions and on operating systems
 +   with poor internal I/O caching
 +
 + ! Mystic was incorrectly showing the message base editor menu command in
 +   the menu command list.
 +
 + ! Typing "/topic  " in node chat would cause the node to lock up.  Fixed.
 +
 + ! Typing "/topic" should now properly reset the topic to blank in all
 +   circumstances.
 +
 + + The F2 and ESC options can now be selected with the arrow keys in the
 +   installation program.
 +
 + + Pressing ENTER on the send node message prompt will now abort the
 +   process.
 +
 + + Mystic now supports embedded ANSI in message base reading.  Any properly
 +   posted message containing ANSI codes will now be resolved and displayed
 +   appropriately in all readers.
 +
 + + Mystic's full screen editor now allows full uploading of ANSI and Pipe
 +   files into the editor, which can be edited just as it would be in an ANSI
 +   editor.
 +
 + + If a message is created with ANSI art and the message base is flagged to
 +   allow ANSI, Mystic will now convert the art into 79-character line length
 +   BBS-friendly ANSI and save it.  This means ANSI art can be created, edited,
 +   and uploaded in the full screen editor where it can be posted and read in
 +   the message bases just like any other message!
 +
 + + FTP server now responds with 502 error instead of 202 for unknown commands
 +   because Filezilla cannot handle 202 during a TLS AUTH request.
 +
 +   <ALPHA 1.11 A1 RELEASED -- OCT 16, 2015>
 +
 +</code>
 +
 +===== 1.11 Alpha 2 =====
 +
 +<code>
 +
 + + Mystic now applies TZUTC kludges to echomail messages
 +
 + ! Message quoting was broken when quoting ANSI embedded messages.  For now
 +   quoting is fixed but color will be stripped from ANSI when quoted.
 +
 + ! Fixed other quirkiness with the editor and kludges brought on by A1 changes
 +
 +   <ALPHA 1.11 A2 RELEASED -- OCT 17, 2015>
 +   
 +</code>
 +
 +===== 1.11 Alpha 3 =====
 +
 +<code>
 +
 + + MUTIL mass upload now has better logs during .diz import (log 2+3)
 +
 + ! MUTIL mass upload now purges the temp directory entirely after each mass
 +   upload to prevent .DIZ residue in case sensitive operating systems.
 +
 + ! Fixed TZUTC bug from A2 (hopefully)
 +
 + + MPL functions can now have records as result types, for example:
 +
 +      Type
 +        TestRec = Record
 +          Name  : String[30];
 +          Score : LongInt;
 +        End;
 +
 +      Function GetDefaultTestRecord : TestRec;
 +      Var
 +        T : TestRec;
 +      Begin
 +        T.Name  := 'None';
 +        T.Score := 0;
 +
 +        GetDefaultTestRecord := T;
 +      End;
 +
 +      Var
 +        MyTest : TestRec;
 +      Begin
 +        MyTest := GetDefaultTestRecord;
 +
 +        WriteLn (MyTest.Name);  // output will be "None"
 +      End;
 +
 + + New MPL function TimerMS : LongInt.  This may or may not stay but it
 +   provides a way to do millsecond timing of things.
 +
 + + New MCI code: <pipe> -Y : Forces the next Yes/No prompt to default to Yes
 +
 + + New MCI code: <pipe> -N : Forces the next Yes/No prompt to default to No
 +
 + ! Mystic now resets the inactivity timeout after an internal Zmodem transfer
 +   to prevent getting logged out for inactivity if you transfer a file for
 +   longer than the inactivity period.
 +
 + ! Fixed auto signature weirdness created by new ANSI messages.
 +
 + + Revamped the Searchlight-style prompt menus to be more compatible with
 +   different screen sizes.  They should work reliably in all situations.
 +
 + + New MPL function: formatDate(dosDate, mask) : string allows you to convert
 +   a DOS format date to a string using the mask:
 +
 +      YYYY - 4 digit year
 +        YY - 2 digit year
 +        MM - 2 digit month
 +       DDD - 3 char weekday (ie Mon Tue)
 +        DD - 2 digit day
 +        HH - 2 digit hour
 +        II - 2 digit minute
 +        SS - 2 digit second
 +       NNN - 3 char month (ie Jan, Feb, Mar)
 +
 + + MPL dateDos2Str and dateJulian2Str now accept date format paramters 4,5,6
 +   to return 4 digit year instead of two.
 +
 +      4 = MM/DD/YYYY
 +      5 = DD/MM/YYYY
 +      6 = YYYY/MM/DD
 +
 + ! Fixed file description editing that was disabled in last alpha
 +
 + ! Fixed MsgEditor MPL function that was disabled in last alpha
 +
 +   <ALPHA 1.11 A3 RELEASED -- OCT 24, 2015>
 +   
 +</code>
 +
 +===== 1.11 Alpha 4 =====
 +
 +<code>
 +
 + + MUTIL echomail export now tracks the last message it exported, and resumes
 +   where it left off on subsequent tosses.  This should speed up export functions.
 +
 + ! Fixed a problem where Mystic could detect a "false" duplicate while
 +   doing a TIC file toss with a "REPLACES" keyword.
 +
 + + Mystic no longer shows the tear/origin lines or kludge lines inside of
 +   the message editor when editing a message.  Instead, it strips them and
 +   regenerates the echomail data for that message.
 +
 + ! Quoting a message bigger than 10,000 lines could crash the node,
 +   disconnecting the user.  This should be fixed now.
 +
 +   <ALPHA 1.11 A4 RELEASED -- Nov 5, 2015>
 +   
 +</code>
 +
 +===== 1.11 Alpha 5 =====
 +
 +<code>
 +
 + + When forwarding a message to another message base, Mystic will now strip
 +   all network information from the message and recalculate everything using
 +   the configuration for the destination base.  This allows messages to
 +   easily be forwarded/crossposted across different networks without issues.
 +
 + ! Fixed a bug with using multi-dim arrays within records in MPL that could
 +   cause the wrong value to be returned when addressing the variable.
 +
 +   <ALPHA 1.11 A5 RELEASED -- Nov 5, 2015>
 +   
 +</code>
 +
 +===== 1.11 Alpha 6 =====
 +
 +<code>
 +
 + + Cleaned up the ANSI draw mode within the full screen editor.  Now ESCAPE
 +   brings up a new menu which can be used to quickly change color attribute
 +   glyph mode, glyph set, or to exit back to the standard message editor.
 +
 + ! Mystic's parser was preventing Amiga font switching in the Linux version,
 +   while it has always worked in Windows.  Fixed.
 +
 +   <STABLE VERSION 1.11 RELEASED -- Nov 6, 2015>
 +   
 +</code>
 +
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