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Read the xtree for UNIX Systems story
at the XTree Fan Page on how the predecessor of UnixTree has been evolved.
Versions
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Version
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Released
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Features
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Platforms
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Notes
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xtree for
UNIX Systems
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1.00
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1991
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Command set, user interface and hotkeys similar to
>XTreeGold for DOS 2.0
with some particular differences to meet Unix characteristics
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SCO 3.2.2,
Interactive UNIX
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See }screenshot of the
opening screen, and an image of the >"announcement flyer.
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xtree for
UNIX Systems
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1.10
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1992
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Added: tar/cpio support,
Directory link and File link resolve commands,
Checkpoint logged nodes on quit command (Alt-Quit)
Fixed: Various bug fixes
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>SCO 3.2.2,
>Interactive UNIX,
>SunOS,
>Ultrix,
>Coherent Unix
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See }screenshot
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Xtree for
UNIX
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2.00
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1992
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Added: Mouse support, FTP logging
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(See above)
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Unofficial version, not released
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Xtree for
UNIX
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2.01
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2.06
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1992
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Various fixes
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- " -
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- " -
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Xtree for
UNIX
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2.10
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2000
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Added: More configuration options, new file display options,
UNIX to DOS and vice versa file conversion commands,
more command line options,
Windows 9x/NT port
Removed: Application menu (F9) :-(
Fixed: Various bug fixes
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AIX,
Solaris (sparc),
Solaris (x86),
HP-UX,
Alpha,
SCO (Open Server),
SCO (Unix Ware),
Generic Intel SVR4,
Linux,
Windows 9x/NT
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- " -
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UnixTree
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2.20
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2000
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Changed the name to "UnixTree"
Re-Added: Application menu (F9) :-)
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(See Platforms)
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First "clone"-release
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UnixTree
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2.21
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2000
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Bug fixes
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- " -
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UnixTree
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2.22
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2000
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Bug fixes
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- " -
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UnixTree
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2.2.x
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2000
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Changed version numbering pattern from 2.xx to 2.x.x ,
Various additions and bug fixes (for details, see ChangeLog below).
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- " -
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See screenshots
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UnixTree
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2.3.x
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2000
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Various additions and bug fixes (for details, see ChangeLog below).
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- " -
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UnixTree
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3.0.0
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2001
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Releases are now Free Software and Open Source under the GNU General Public License.
Added: Full X11 support through UnixTree's own X terminal emulation "pcxterm";
this finally provides unique features like DOS/XTree-style ALT and TAG (SHIFT) keypress
detection, as well as full, native color and mouse support !
Numerous other additions and bug fixes (see ChangeLog for details).
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UnixTree
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3.0.1
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2002
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New: 64-bit support and other changes and fixes
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Unofficial version, not released
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UnixTree
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3.0.2
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2005
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New: separate executables for console mode (xt) and X11 (xtx) operation.
Changes: updates to the XVT and curses libraries and numerous bug fixes.
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UnixTree
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3.0.3
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2021
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Finally, after a 16 year hiatus, someone took over a further development of UnixTree!!
The cup goes to Dmitry from Ukraine, who released this new version (by the way, 30 years after the
original 'xtree for UNIX Systems' was released!).
New: "Treespec" command (at backslash key) and a Debian package
Changes: Improved file display in split mode and improved RMP bundling
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UnixTree
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3.0.4
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2022
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Changes: Lynx-like motion on pressing right arrow key;
Help updated to include Treespec command
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ChangeLog
Changes file for UnixTree
Note: In the "Files changed" lists, we don't note the CHANGES file,
which is always changed, or the "bldinfo" script when the
only change is to version/release/build numbers.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 24 Apr 2022
Ver: 3.0.4
Build: 2064
Changed
* Implement lynx-like motion on pressing right arrow key.
* Help updated to include Treespec command.
Fixed
* Fix corrupted keyboard input #1.
* File window colors are not properly restored after return from ShowAll / Global modes #3.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 27 Dec 2021
Ver: 3.0.3
Build: 1029
Added
* Implement Treespec command.
* Implement DEB bundling.
Changed
* Improve file display:
- Hide file node information.
- In split mode display file size and time.
* Improve RPM bundling:
- Correct package naming.
- Replace deprecated Copyright tag with License tag.
Fixed
* Improve support of wide displays and long path names.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 29 Mar 2005
Ver: 3.0.2
Build: 1028
Major changes:
Too many to list here. It's been too long...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 17 Sep 2002
Ver: 3.0.1
Build: 1027
Major changes:
1. ecurses library
Many changes to make more compatible with "standard" curses,
and to support our "screen mode" of running.
2. XVT library
Many changes to make more compatible with "standard" vt100 &
xterm emulators. Added support for vt52 commands.
3. X11 window support
The UnixTree program is designed to be able to run in a separate
X11 window, which gives full PC-like functionality. However,
many users complained that they didn't have X11 installed on
their machine (can you believe it?), so they couldn't run the
program.
Our solution is to provide two executables:
xt No X11 support
xtx Provide X11 support
4. 64-bit support
We made minor changes throughout the code to insure that the
code was 64-bit clean. It had already run on the alpha, which
is a 64-bit machine, but on the alpha a "time_t" variable, which
stores the Unix time, is an "unsigned int" (4 bytes), whereas on
other 64-bit platforms (such as Solaris), a "time_t" is a "long"
(8 bytes).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 11 Jun 2002
Ver: 3.0.1
Build: 1026
Major changes:
1. Many changes to ecurses library to make the library more
compatible with "standard" curses. Here is a summary of
the outstanding changes:
1. The "curses.h" file is now created by the make process,
so there is only the one header which needs to be included.
2. We deliver the headers "term.h" and "termcap.h" for
access to the low-level terminfo & termcap calls.
These headers are not needed by normal curses users.
3. When doing input in a window (via the wgetch() call),
that window is refreshed prior to doing the read.
The cursor position is not changed.
4. Fixed/added the following macros:
addchnstr fix
bkgdset() fix
blk_chr() fix
getnstr() fix
mvinchnstr() fix
mvwhline() add
mvhline() add
mvwvline() add
mvvline() add
5. Changed the name of the man page for the scr_*() routines
from "ecurs_scr_dump" to "ecurs_scrdump" (for better
consistency in naming).
6. Added defines for the following (obsolete) curses
calls for backwards compatability:
garbagedlines()
garbagedwin()
crmode()
nocrmode()
fixterm()
resetterm()
saveterm()
7. The following were external variables, but are now macros:
LINES
COLS
TABSIZE
stdscr
curscr
trmscr
8. Added defines for the following:
KEY_MIN lowest pseudo-key value defined
KEY_MAX highest pseudo-key value defined
9. Changed the WINDOW member "_keypad" to "_use_keypad" for
compatability with "standard" curses.
This also involved changing the macros keypad() &
getkeypad().
10. Moved the declaration of setterm() function from the
curses.h header to the term.h & termcap.h header.
This call is used only in conjunction with the low-level
terminfo & termcap routines and is not used with the
higher-level curses calls.
11. Added the following defines for compatability with
programs using "ncurses":
NCURSES_API /* nada */
NCURSES_IMPEXP /* nada */
NCURSES_CONST const
NCURSES_EXPORT(x) x
NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(x) x
12. The wbkgset() call was fixed to correctly change the
background for all chars on the screen, not just the
blank chars.
13. The following macros were changed to explicitly set
operator precedence:
clearok()
getbegyx()
getcuryx()
getmaxyx()
getparyx()
getyx()
idcok()
idlok()
immedok()
keypad()
leaveok()
nodelay()
notimeout()
scrollok()
setbegx()
setbegy()
setbegyx()
setcurx()
setcury()
setcuryx()
setdelay()
setmaxx()
setmaxy()
setmaxyx()
setparx()
setpary()
setparyx()
setyx()
syncok()
wattroff()
wattron()
wattrset()
woutch()
wstandend()
wstandout()
wstandset()
14. Initialization routines
The routines setterm() & setupterm() now just create
the low-level TERMINAL struct, but do no higher-level
creation of SCREEN & WINDOW structs. Note that,
unlike "standard" curses, the setterm() & setupterm()
calls can be used in conjunction with the termcap
calls as well as with the terminfo calls.
The routines initscr(), newterm(), & newscreen() also
create all higher-level SCREEN & WINDOW creations.
The windows stdscr, curscr, & trmscr are now specific to
a particular screen, and changing screens (via the
set_term() call) will change the global window pointers
to point to the windows for that screen.
Also, the SCREEN struct was changed to keep a linked-list
of all windows & sub-windows created for that screen, and
calling delscreen() will delete all the windows associated
with a given screen. Note that delwin() will not delete
a window if that window currently has any sub-windows
associated with it.
15. Changes in attribute macros
In keeping with the naming convention used in curses,
we originally had various w[gs]et*() macros and
[gs]et*() macros, where a particular [gs]et*() just
used the associated w[gs]et*(stdscr,...) macro.
Unfortunately, the attribute macros in "standard" curses
don't follow this naming convention, so we have bowed
to the "standard".
Thus, the following macros were deleted:
wgetattr(w)
wgetbkgd(w)
wgetcode(w)
wgetstmode(w)
wsetbkgd(w,a)
wsetcode(w,c)
wsetcolor(w,f,b)
wsetstmode(w,b)
and the following macros were changed:
getattr() -> getattrs(w)
getbkgd() -> getbkgd(w)
getcode() -> getcode(w)
getstmode() -> getstmode(w)
setbkgd(a) -> setbkgd(w,a)
setcode(c) -> setcode(w,c)
setcolor(f,b) -> setcolor(w,f,b)
setstmode(b) -> setstmode(w,b)
This provides compatability with "standard" curses,
with, of course, our extensions.
16. "Official" define
Added the define ECURSES_PRESENT, which can be checked
to see if the ecurses library is being used.
17. NOMACROS option
Added the ability to not use macros, but use external routines
for all calls (for easier debugging) by defining NOMACROS
prior to including curses.h.
18. Added the call newscreen_defs(), which is the same as
the newscreen() call but also takes a list of strings
which can be used as a "term-file".
19. By using the equivalent scr_(...) calls instead of
(...), the ecurses library can now be used in a
way that is thread-safe. No other curses implementation
can make this claim.
Files added/deleted/changed: too many to list
2. FORM, MENU, and PANEL libraries
Added the following libraries (& headers):
libform (form.h) for FORM processing
libmenu (menu.h) for MENU processing
libpanel (panel.h) for PANEL processing
These libraries are not used by UnixTree, but are included
in the source to provide a more complete curses implementation.
These libraries and headers are delivered in the libecurses
SKU package.
Files added: libform/makefile
libform/*.[ch]
libmenu/makefile
libmenu/*.[ch]
libpanel/makefile
libpanel/*.[ch]
Note that these source files were extracted from the "ncurses"
source, with minor changes to use our memory package and to
fix minor compiler warnings.
2. Changed libsys/sysopt.[ch] to make its variables separate
variables, to make it more compatible with "standard" getopt().
The external variable names are different, but defines are provided
to make source files look the same. The functions and defines
are:
name defined-name
--------------- ------------
sysopt_getopt() getopt()
sysopt_getopt_ext() getopt_ext()
voptarg optarg
voptind optind
voptopt optopt
The names are different, since the "standard" names exist in
libc.* (and stdlib.h), and a user can get conflicting definitions
and/or duplicate linked names if we don't change the names.
Also, sysopt_getopt() now displays error messages the same as
the system getopt(), but getopt_ext() does not.
Also, it is very common for a user to have the lines:
extern int optind;
extern char * optarg;
in his code, and we don't want to break that (although he really
should be using the declarations in stdlib.h). Unfortunately,
there are still some Unix platforms (such as Linux), which
do not correctly define these variables in stdlib.h.
Files changes: libsys/sysopt.[ch]
libdiff/diffmain.c
libgzip/gzmain.c
libmagic/magmain.c
libres/rest-main.c
libxvt/xvtmain.c
termutils/*.c
3. dtterm termfile
Added the capability "insert-char", which comes from the
terminfo string "ich1", which is missing in the dtterm
terminfo definition. (It does have the "ich" entry).
Files changed: termfiles/dtterm.trm
4. freebsd env file
Changed X11_LIBS & X11_INCS to point correctly to /usr/X11R6.
These changes were suggested by Dave Walton (dwalton@acm.org).
Thanks for the feedback.
Files changed: env/freebsd.env
5. dg88 env file
Set compiler to gcc & specified TARGET_BINARY_INTERFACE to
"m88kdguxelf" to correctly specify the target platform.
Also specified that pkgadd is available on that platform.
Files changed: env/dg88.env
6. Changes in sysmem package
Changed/added the following calls to provide the ability
to add user messages to the sysmem log file:
sysmem_out() -> sysmem_outstr()
added sysmem_outfmt()
added sysmem_outvar()
Also added the call sysmem_memchk() to check outstanding
mallocs, dump a usage msg, & optionally dump the chain if
any mallocs are outstanding. This call is a combination
of calls to sysmem_stats(), sysmem_count(), & sysmem_mlist().
Files changed: libsys/sysmem.[ch]
7. minor() & major() macro
Changed the defines for minor() & major() to only
define them if not already defined. This avoids a compiler
warning message.
Files changed: libos/osstatinfo.c
8. using libxvt & ecurses together
Added in the XVT_DATA struct a (returned) pointer to a
list of term-file strings, which can be used in a call
to newscreen_defs(). This results in being able to access
the advanced mouse/color/etc capabilities of xvt without
having a pcxterm-[cm].trm term-file available.
This results in the UnixTree executable being able to run
correctly in a window without having any term-files; i.e.,
the executable can be used "stand-alone".
9. scrollbars
Fixed the calls to reading the scrollbars to make "clicking"
on a scrollbar work correctly.
10. resizing windows
When the window is resized, we now invalidate the mouse
position. This avoids core-dumps when the mouse was outside
of the new window area.
We also check for the min window size (24 x 80), and close out
with an error msg if the resize is too small.
11. libxvt changes
The libxvt package has been extensively rewritten to provide
a terminal emulator which is much closer to xterm. This is still
a work-in-progress. Note that now the xterm-type options are
now specified on the cmd-line like "standard" X options. It will
also get resources from the "standard" resource locations
(~/.Xdefaults, /usr/X/lib/app-defaults/, etc).
You can do a "xt -help toolkit" (or "xt -helpall toolkit") for
a full list of options available.
Internal changes:
1. Changed logic for determining the PTY type in libxvt.
Instead of separate source files for BSD & SYSV versions,
we use a compile-time check with them combined into the
main xvtpty.c module. This reduces the required env
variables needed (we lose the required env var PTY_TYPE).
Files changed: README
build
env/*.env
libxvt/makefile
libxvt/xvtpty.c
Files deleted: libxvt/xvtpty-bsd.c
libxvt/xvtpty-sysv.c
2. We now check for the manifest define __sun to determine
if fork1() or fork() should be used to fork a process
running sub-threads. This reduces the need for setting
values in SYS_OPTS.
Files changed: env/solaris4.env
env/solaris.env
env/sunx86.env
libsys/systhread.c
3. Added the script "fsort", which sorts a list of files
with any sub-dirs listed after any files. This makes for
a "cleaner" source list.
Files added: bin/fsort
Files changed: ./makefile
bin/makefile
4. Changed the "build" script to look for the file "build.pre".
If found, it sources that file prior to sourcing any platform-
specific env file (env/.env).
Also, if the script "build.post" is found, it is sourced after
the build script finishes.
Files changed: ./build
5. libxvt variables
Made the color tables const, so as to reduce the number of
non-const external variables.
Files changed: libxvt/xvttermwin.[ch]
6. libxvt
Re-organized the source to restrict any knowledge of X stuff
to the file xvttermwin.c.
Files added: libxvt/xvtevent.h
Files changed: libxvt/makefile
libxvt/xvtterm.c
libxvt/xvttermwin.[ch]
7. creating an ecurses source directory
Added the script "mkcurses.sh [dir]", which will create a
directory with all the ecurses source files (and a makefile).
This is for users who want to transplant this library into
another source tree.
Files added: bin/mkcurses.sh
8. SCO OpenServer builds
Changed the platform name from "scov" to "os5" for consistency.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 27 Aug 2001
Ver: 3.0.1
Build: 1025
Additions:
1. Added a "help-box-bold-color" & "help-box-bold-attr" for
displaying bold words in help text.
Files changed: libprd/cfgdata.c
libprd/dflttbl.c
libprd/gblvars.h
libprd/help.c
libprd/options.h
libprd/term.c
libres/*/dflt.txt
2. When getting the default program path, we now check if the
executable we were invoked with is a symlink and resolve it
if it is. Otherwise, we get the directory the symlink is in
rather than the directory the actual program is in.
Files changed: libprd/loadenv.c
Internal changes:
1. Changed the "file-diff" cmd from being a "reg-file-cmd" to
being a "common-cmd", since it appears in more places than just
reg-file cmds. This is in preparation to adding file-diff stuff
in the help text.
Files changed: libprd/avcmds.c
libprd/dispcmds.c
libprd/pgmhelp.c
libprd/regfcmds.c
libres/*/cmds.txt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 21 Aug 2001
Ver: 3.0.1
Build: 1024
Changes:
1. In libterm/termprt.c, changed the call to term_prt_output()
to term__prt_output_str(), term_prt_output_fmt(), and
term_prt_output_var() to provide not only output of a string
but also of a formatted list and a variadic formatted list.
Also did a similar change to win_prt_output().
Files changed: libprd/diffprt.c
libprd/print.c
libterm/termcommon.h
libterm/libterm.h
libterm/termprt.c
libterm/termprt.h
libwin/curses.h
libwin/wincommon.h
libwin/winprt.c
libwin/wprtscrn.c
2. The option "run-in-window" is now ON by default. This should
have no effect if not running in an X environment, as it is
ignored in this case.
Files changed: libres/*/dflt.txt
3. Added "toggle-highlight" capability in help text. If the
text contains a "_" (m_pgm_hilite), the current attribute is
togggled with the defined hilite attribute.
Note that it is the responsibility of the person writing the
help text to toggle the attribute back.
Files changed: libprd/externs.h
libprd/help.c
libprd/xaddstr.c
Internal changes:
1. Changed defines of "V_xxxxx" to "X_xxxxx" (to avoid
collisions with some programs I wanted to add ecurses to).
Files changed: libhelp/hlpbld.h
libhelp/hlppass2.c
libhelp/hlpsymbol.c
libos/osddecmd.c
libos/osdir.c
libos/osrdlink.c
libprd/arch.h
libprd/cpio.c
libprd/dflttbl.c
libprd/help.c
libprd/options.h
libsys/sys_defs.h
libtcap/tcintio.c
libtcap/tctrmtbls.c
libterm/termexec.c
libterm/termkbd.c
libterm/termmode.c
2. Changed "curses.h" to remove includes of "sysmem.h"
and "sysopts.h". This made it easier to include it
into other programs.
Files changed: libwin/curses.h
3. In libres, added include of "libsys.h", since it no longer got
sysmem stuff from just including "curses.h" (See # 2.)
Files changed: libres/reslib-f.c
libres/reslib-r.c
libres/reslib-t.c
libres/reslib-w.c
libres/restool.h
4. In termutils, added include of "sysopts.h". (See # 2.)
Files changed: termutils/dispblks.c
termutils/dispbox.c
termutils/dispchrs.c
termutils/dispclrs.c
termutils/dispkeys.c
termutils/dispsnap.c
termutils/dispterm.c
termutils/dumpterm.c
termutils/playback.c
termutils/saveterm.c
termutils/termput.c
5. In libterm/termsys.h, changed includes to specifically
name include files needed, rather than use "libsys.h".
This made inclusion easier (See #2.)
Files changed: libterm/termsys.h
The results of these changes are that now, if you want to include
the entire libecurses source into another package, (which I just did),
you can to the following:
1. Copy all the *.[ch] files from libsys, libterm,
libtcap, and libwin into the appropriate library
directory.
2. Create a makefile, with "libcurses.a" as the
target, with a dependency on all C files (actually on
the objects).
The (Unix) makefile would look something like this:
TARGET = libcurses.a
CSRC = (list of all C files)
OBJS = $(CSRC:.c=.o)
$(TARGET) : $(OBJS)
ar rc $@ $?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 01 Aug 2001
Ver: 3.0.0
Build: 1023
Note: This is the FINAL (and official) build for 3.0.0!
Changes:
1. Windows: we now deliver the text-based man pages as xt-doc.txt.
Files changed: manpages/makefile
2. Made minor changes in various text files which are delivered.
Files changed: support/install-unix.txt
support/install-windows.txt
support/license.txt
support/files-unix.txt
support/files-ecurs.txt
support/files-utils.txt
3. We no longer deliver the INSTALL file (support/install-unix.txt)
in the termutils SKU, since it is specific to the xt deliverable.
We also assume that anyone installing the termutils package has
some knowledge of what to do.
Files changed: support/makefile
4. Made changes in the comments in various build scripts & files.
Files changed: ./README
./build
./makefile
5. Changed the location of the "rpm.root" directory when making an
rpm file to /tmp rather than the current directory, since there
seems to be some problem in find when running over an NFS directory.
Files changed: package/rpm/makefile
package/rpm/make.list
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 29 Jul 2001
Ver: 3.0.0
Build: 1022
Changes:
1. We now read a only a buffer at a time from the help file,
whereas before, to avoid keeping an open file descriptor during
the entire execution, we read the entire help file into memory.
This results in approximately 80K less memory usage.
(Remember when 640K was all you had?)
We can do this now, since the help file is opened when help is
requested and closed when it returns, so there is no persistent
file descriptor for it.
Files changed: libprd/help.c
libprd/help.h
2. Changed the names of the color & attribute entries for help
config entries as follows:
"help help link color" -> "help link color"
"help hlink attribute" -> "help link attribute"
"help glink attribute" -> "help glossary link attribute"
This was done for consistency between color & attribute entries,
and because "help help ..." was just too wierd.
Also reversed the glossary entries order in the config menu so
the glossary link entry came after the glossary entry.
Note: although the help system supports glossary entries, the
help files we currently deliver do not have any such entries in them.
Files changed: libres/*/dflt.txt
libprd/cfgdata.c
libprd/dflttbl.c
3. Added comments in the xvt library header (libxvt.h) showing a sample
of how to use that library in conjunction with the ecurses library.
Also, we now deliver the xvt library & header to $WIN_DIR. This is
with the assumption that anyone using the ecurses library may also
like to take advantage of the xvt capabilities.
Files changed: libxvt/libxvt.h
libxvt/makefile
support/files-ecurs.txt
4. xvt_run_task() now checks the cmd specified before creating the
display window, so any errors such as "file not found" or "file
is not executable" don't flash the window, which is distracting.
Files changed: libxvt/xvtprocs.c
libxvt/xvtutils.c
libxvt/xvtutils.h
5. We now always prompt for deleting a file for which we don't have
write permission, even if "prompt for delete" is turned off.
Files changed: libprd/delete.c
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 26 Jul 2001
Ver: 3.0.0
Build: 1021
Changes:
1. Added filename info to resource file, so we can query a resource
file for the filename it came from. I also changed the resource
file load routines to create a list of resource-info structs,
rather than separate lists of names & pointers.
Note that the filename info can't be added to the resource struct
at load time, since then the "linked-in" structs would have no
name associated with it, since they are not "loaded". Thus,
the "English-builtin" resource had no reference to "english",
which is needed to associate it with the proper help file,
"english.hlp".
This was needed for change #2 below.
Files changed: libprd/dflttbl.c
libprd/gblvars.h
libprd/loadres.c
libprd/resource.h
libres/resmkch.c
libres/res.h
libres/reslib-r.c
libres/reslib-w.c
libres/rest-comp.c
libres/*/makefile
2. Added support for translated help files. To do this,
the file "xt.hlp" is no longer delivered, and the files
"english.hlp" & "german.hlp" are delivered.
The help system was changed to load the help file when help
is requested, rather than at the start of the program. At
this time, the help file for the currently-selected language
is used.
Note that right now, the german.txt file is the same as the
english.txt file. It is currently just a "place holder" until
a translated help file becomes available.
Still looking for Klingon translators ...
Files added: libhelp/english.txt
libhelp/german.txt
Files deleted: libhelp/help.txt
Files changed: libhelp/makefile
libprd/externs.h
libprd/help.c
libprd/pgm.c
libprd/quit.c
support/files-unix.txt
support/files-windows.txt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 26 Jul 2001
Ver: 3.0.0
Build: 1020
Changes:
1. Fixed restool program to properly remove an extension in a
resource name. It used to erroneously zap part of the path
if a sub-directory name contained a dot.
Files changed: libres/rest-main.c
2. Changed resfile.txt parsing logic to make the fields more free-form.
Now any non-alphanumeric char is treated as a field separator.
Files changed: libres/reslib-t.c
3. Check for NULL id pointers in trees & lists before freeing them.
(Not that we would ever *need* this check ...)
Files changed: libutils/utblist.c
libutils/utlist.c
libutils/uttree.c
4. When asking if it is OK to delete a file, we check if we have
permission to write the file and, if not, we indicate that fact.
Files changed: libprd/delete.c
5. Added internationalization of color & attribute names, for display
in the config menu.
Files changed: libprd/dflttbl.c
libres/*/dflt.txt
libtcap/tcapvals.c
libtcap/tcattrs.c
libtcap/tcattrs.h
libtcap/tctrmfile.c
libutils/utdefaults.c
libutils/utdefaults.h
libutils/utfileattr.c
libwin/curses.h
libwin/winutils.c
libecurses/man3/ecurs-funcs
libecurses/man3/ecurses
libecurses/man3/ecurs_attributes
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 25 Jul 2001
Ver: 3.0.0
Build: 1019
Additions:
1. Added a top-level make target "srcsku", which packages up the
source as an SKU in $SKU_DIR. It creates two SKU files:
$PROGRAM-source-$VERSION.$RELEASE.tar.Z
$PROGRAM-source-$VERSION.$RELEASE.tar.gz
Note that the source itself is tarred up as if it were in the
directory "$PROGRAM-$VERSION.$RELEASE". This target is used to
deliver the source in preparation for posting it to the FTP site.
Files changed: ./makefile
Changes:
1. Changed the wording of the legal BS lines (which appear in the
"about" box) for the German resource file.
Files changed: libres/german/msgs.txt
2. Allowed for two different "yes" cmds and two different "no" cmds
in the resource files. This is to allow for alternate responses in
foreign languages.
For example, a German user can now use "y" (yes) or "j" (ja)
to indicate "yes".
He can also use "n" (no) or "n" (nein) to indicate "no" ;-).
Files changed: libres/*/cmds.txt
libprd/bang.c
libprd/putnode.c
3. Changed the "deliver" script to accept a "-d dir" option, for
delivering files into a specified directory. This option
is used in support/makefile to deliver the text files to
the SKU directory. (Used when creating the list of files to
post to the FTP site.)
Files changed: bin/deliver
support/makefile
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 23 Jul 2001
Ver: 3.0.0
Build: 1018
Additions:
1. Added Mac OS/X platform (platform=osx, arch=ppc).
Finally, a character-based application for the Mac! ;-)
Differences in this O/S are:
1. No poll() library call or header. We use select()
instead of poll to wait for a given number of ms.
The reason we don't use select() everywhere is that some
systems put the select() routine in the networking
library, which we don't want to force everyone to link
with when using the ecurses library.
Note that the man pages show that there is a
and a poll() library call, but it wasn't there.
(Actually, the poll() call may be there, but the header
is definitely not.)
2. Apparently, there is a problem with a C file containing only
one data pointer in a library. I had to add a function to
get the linker to find it.
3. The OS/X machine I built on had no X11 headers or libraries.
I don't know if OS/X doesn't provide an X11 SDK or if it
just wasn't installed on this machine, but the result is
that the xvt library is dummied out.
Note that OS/X doesn't come with an X11 server, but there are
third-party ones available (See www.tenon.com/products/xtools).
If anyone out there knows where/how to get an X11 SDK for
Mac OS/X, please let me know.
4. ranlib is needed for building libraries. This is a real
step backward, IMHO. Probably, this is for compatibility
with OS/X libraries, but who knows... (Think different?)
Basically, this O/S is the same as the FreeBsd O/S.
Files added: env/osx.env
Files changed: libterm/termnap.c
libprd/externs.h
libprd/gblvars.c
libprd/loadenv.c
Changes:
1. Updated the Unix install instructions.
Files changed: support/install-unix.txt
2. Added better sysmem (malloc interface) debugging. Now the
debug messages contain the name of any routine using the
interface routines directly.
Also removed the option to compile out the sysmem interface
and call the malloc() routines directly. We now ALWAYS use
the interface. This results in fewer files referencing the
malloc() directly, which simplifies the build process.
Note that the run-time option of setting the environment
variable V_MALLOC_NODEBUG= will still bypass
most of the interface and only do a count of mallocs & frees.
Also removed the include of , since, according to
ANSI C standard, malloc() & friends are also (officially)
defined in . This turned out to be necessary,
since OS/X doesn't even have a header.
Files changed: libsys/sysmem.h
libsys/sysmem.c
libos/osmnt-bsd.c
libos/osmnt-osf.c
libutils/utblist.c
libutils/utlist.c
libutils/uttree.c
3. Changed the libhelp routines to use the sysmem interface, rather
than using malloc() directly. This is to better isolate malloc
calls (see #2 above). However, this results in helpbld requiring
the libsys library, which it didn't need before.
Files changed: libhelp/hlpsymbol.c
libhelp/makefile
4. The TERMFILES files for the libecurses delivery are now built
and delivered in the support directory, rather than in the
libecurses directory. This simplifies the builds, since the
source file was always in the support directory. It also
removes the need in the libecurses directory for the use of
the textsub script (which can reference resource files which
are not built until later).
Note that the TERMFILES file delivered in the $DST_DIR directory
is different from the one delivered in the $UTL_DIR & $WIN_DIR
directories. The former references xt-specific use of the term-files,
whereas the latter references the ecurses calls.
Files changed: libecurses/makefile
support/makefile
5. The makelib script in the bin directory now creates the directory
the library is to be created in, if needed, thus removing the
requirement for all the library makefiles to make that check.
Files changed: bin/makelib
lib*/makefile
6. We now build & deliver the xtx script in the support directory,
rather than in the libxvt directory. This results in the
libxvt directory being more "stand-alone", with xt-specific
stuff being in a different directory.
Files changed: libxvt/makefile
support/makefile
Files deleted: libxvt/pgm
Files added: support/pgm.sh
7. Changed the mechanism for generating resource files to make
it more generic, rather than hard-coding the lists of files.
The process is now much more dynamic, and it will be easier to
add/change/delete resource lists.
Note that now, when using restool to extract the text files
from a resource file, that the file "resfile.txt" is always
created, which contains the names of all the other files.
The compile function uses this file to know what files to
include in the resource file.
The unique feature of these resource files is that each language
has its own resource file and a library containing the compiled
structs which can be linked with as a default language (this
enables xt to run without the presence of any resource file).
This is why you see three languages in the config menu:
English-builtin is the linked-in default language
English is the english.res resurce file
Deutsch is the german.res resource file
Files added: libres/*/resfile.txt
libres/reslib-t.c
Files renamed: libprd/resfile.h -> libprd/resource.h
Files deleted: libres/res_file.c
Files changed: libprd/resource.h
libres/*/makefile
libres/libres.h
libres/makefile
libres/res.h
libres/resmkch.c
libres/rest-comp.c
libres/rest-extr.c
libres/rest-hdrs.c
libres/rest-main.c
libres/restool.h
8. Removed the env vars SLOGAN & COPYRTE from pgminfo, and added the
text into the resource files, so they could be internationalized
properly. Removed the output of SLOGAN in the build script,
since it is not available there.
Also modified the textsub script to take a "-l lang" option,
which tells it to load all the variables from the named resource
file.
Files changed: ./build
./pgminfo
bin/textsub
libres/*/prog.txt
libprd/loadenv.c
9. Removed the copyright message from the opening credits display,
and moved the version & release info to that line. This looks
a lot better, and it is dorky to flaunt copyrights in front of
everyone. The copyright message is now displayed in the about
box (where it belongs).
Unfortunately, since we are limited to 17 lines of text in the
about box (due to the 24-line minimum), a line had to be deleted.
I deleted the credit line for Mike Elkins, since the beta testing
is long over. He still gets credit here in the CHANGES file.
Files changed: libres/*/msgs.txt
libprd/about.c
libprd/credits.c
10. Updated the list of files delivered to the $UTL_DIR directory.
Files changed: support/files-utils.txt
11. Updated the list of files delivered to the $DST_DIR diretory
to include the restool program and the *.res resource files.
Files changed: support/files-unix.txt
support/files-windows.txt
12. Fixed logic in compare-dirs where a selection in a new node
was not set properly, resulting in a "Can't compare current dir"
message.
Files changed: libprd/dest.c
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 16 Jul 2001
Ver: 3.0.0
Build: 1017
Note: Version.release bumped to "3.0.0".
Additions:
1. Added German language resource file (german.res). This also results
in delivering the english resource file (english.res) and the
program for manipulating resource files (restool), since they are
automatically delivered if any language other then English is
built.
Note that the German translation was done by Mathias Winkler.
Sehr gut, mein Herr!
We are looking for volunteers to do other languages, such as
Spanish, French, Klingon, etc.
Files added: libres/german/makefile
libres/german/cmds.txt
libres/german/dflt.txt
libres/german/errs.txt
libres/german/msgs.txt
libres/german/prog.txt
Files changed: libres/makefile
2. The xvt library now checks for the presence of the env variable
XVT_NO_DETACH, and, if found, does not detach, but stays in the
foreground. This is for debugging purposes, where it is
sometimes difficult to chase down forked processes.
Files changed: libxvt/xvtprocs.c
3. Added text about obtaining source code to license file.
This also resulted changing the build env variable URLADDR
to WWWADDR and adding a new build env variable FTPADDR.
Files changed: support/license.txt
bin/textsub
./pgminfo
Changes:
1. To accomodate multiple languages, the "any" keyword is now NOT
valid in the application file (xt.mnu). Use the keyword "*"
instead (which was always valid).
Note that there is still a problem with weekday names (Mo, Tu, etc.),
but I doubt that anyone is using that functionality. (I never
wanted it in the product anyway ...)
Files changed: libprd/menu.c
support/pgm.mnu
2. Changed the OS5 (SCO) build to not use vmin/vtime when reading
from the terminal, but to use alarms to control the reads.
This is because when reading from a PTY the vmin/vtime is
not honored. This was done to support the running in a window.
Note that, in a streams environment, the vmin/vtime processing
is supposed to be done by the "ldterm" module. But on OS5,
it doesn't work, even though "ldterm" is present on the stream.
It is interesting to note that OS5 apparently does not have
the "ttcompat" module, since it does not appear on the stream,
although the "ttcompat" module is just supposed to handle
flow control.
Files changed: env/scov.env
3. Added version information in the about box.
For your information, the names listed in the about box are:
Rob Juergens:
Me. The author.
Mike Elkins:
Mike is a good friend and is a very enthusiastic
supporter of XTree/UnixTree. He did the original
beta testing for "xtree for UNIX Systems"
(XFUS, as it was internally called at the XTree
Company), and has been an ardent supporter &
source of ideas ever since.
Rick Juergens:
Rick is my twin brother, who, at the time of XFUS,
was a VMS user (as well as a SunOS user) and provided
all the information necessary to do the FTP access
to VMS. He is also a valuable source of ideas on
improving the UI and the functionality of the product.
Becky Juergens:
Becky is my wife, who supports me in this endeavor.
Her support and input is invaluable.
Ray Tayek:
Ray is my oldest friend (since the ninth grade).
He helped me in the original design of XFUS, and
provided the concept of containing the file-system/
directory information in a TREE structure (and
provided the code to do it). He also provided the idea
(and the code) for the linked-lists of file information
which the directory TREE entries point to.
Of special interest is his (very elegant) code
to convert a TREE structure to a list and vice-versa.
Mathias Winkler:
Mat is the "Keeper of the Flame". Mat is the creator
of the Xtree Fan Page and the webmaster for UnixTree.
Without Mat, there would be no UnixTree available to
the world (or probably XTree either, anymore).
As noted above, Mat also did the German translation
of UnixTree.
Files changed: libprd/about.c
4. Added some entries in the resource files for strings in the
about box, which were hard-coded as English strings. Also moved
some entries from the "pgmi" res file to the "msgs" res file.
This will result in the about box being properly internationalized.
Files changed: libres/*/prog.txt
libres/*/msgs.txt
libprd/about.c
libprd/credits.c
5. The "name" of the language for a resource file can now be
different from the filename. Thus, "german.res" has the
language name "Deutsch".
Files changed: libres/rest-main.c
libres/rest-comp.c
libres/*/makefile
Fixes:
1. Changed logic in determining whether a file-descriptor
is set to blocking/nonblocking. It was returning TRUE
when nonblocking, when it should have returned FALSE.
This affected correct setting of blocking/nonblocking mode.
Files changed: libterm/termmode.c
2. Fixed the playback logic for looking-up a color name. This
got broken when support for mapped/unmapped color strings
was added. The fix is currently a kludge, and hopefully
it will become more elegant later.
Files changed: libtcap/tcapvals.c
3. In libxvt, we no longer "fix" the fonts that are loaded to
force them to being mono-spaced, but instead we deal with the
character sizes when drawing them. This avoided problems on
some X11 implementations which core-dumped when changing
loaded fonts. We also changed the check of the bold font (to
check if it is the same size as the normal font) to only
check the max char width instead of the max left- & right-bearing
values.
Files changed: libxvt/xvttermwin.c
4. When ignoring multiple resize events in libxvt, we now defer
the check for a duplicate resize from the top-level event routine
to the resize-event routine. This is to enable logging that
the event happened (for debugging purposes).
Files changed: libxvt/xvtterm.c
5. Added $NET_OPTS to the CFLAGS when compiling libxvt, since it
uses select() and FD_* macros, which are only defined on some
systems when certain compile-time options are set.
Files changed: libxvt/makefile
6. Make search for termcap entries more robust. It was core-dumping
when an invalid line was encountered (like when a continuation
line is encountered without a prior name line). This problem
was encountered on DG/ux.
Files changed: libtcap/tctermcap.c
7. We now clear stdscr before doing any other output. Hopefully,
this will solve the problem on some systems where the pathline
window is not completely filled with color at initial startup.
(BTW: it did.)
Files changed: libprd/pgm.c
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 05 Jul 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1016
Changes:
1. Fixed core dump in compact when error occurs.
Files changed: libprd/compact.c
2. Changed " " to the resource entry msgs(p_pgm_separate) for
easier translations of the command menu.
Files changed: libres/english/msgs.txt
libprd/dispcmds.c
4. Node-relog now just does the current node (after asking if OK).
Files changed: libprd/newnode.c
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 29 Jun 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1015
Changes:
1. Removed "F2 choose dir" from "compare-dir" & "graft" cmd menus,
since they were confusing (those cmds automatically start
in "choose-dir" mode).
Files changed: libprd/cmp.c
libprd/dest.c
libprd/externs.h
libprd/graft.c
libprd/xgetstr.c
2. Fixed problem where the cmd menu was not redisplayed properly
when an error occurred in trying to print.
Files changed: libprd/arcdcmds.c
libprd/arcfcmds.c
libprd/ftpdcmds.c
libprd/ftpfcmds.c
libprd/print.c
libprd/regdcmds.c
libprd/regfcmds.c
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 29 Jun 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1014
Additions:
1. Added cygwin.trm (term-file for cygwin-gcc). Note that when
running under cygwin, the TERM env variable is set to "cygwin".
Files added: termfiles/cygwin.trm
Changes:
1. print_win() function in ecurses now converts all alternate
characters encountered to their ASCII equivalents.
Files changed: libwin/wprtscrn.c
2. If the env variable XTPRINTER is in form "> name", then
"name" is assumed to be a file to write to.
Files changed: libprd/diffprt.c
libprd/externs.h
libprd/print.c
3. The package name "WinTree" has been dropped, and is now "UnixTree"
even in Windows. Hopefully, this will bug BillG to no end. :-)
Files changed: ./pgminfo
bin/textsub
libres/english/prog.txt
support/files-ecurs.txt
support/files-unix.txt
support/files-utils.txt
support/files-windows.txt
support/install-unix.txt
support/install-windows.txt
support/license.txt
4. Added configuration option "use mouse" to indicate whether
the mouse should be used. Also rearranged config entries,
with all window-related entries in a "window" section and
the "printer" entries put at the end.
Files changed: libprd/cfgdata.c
libprd/dflttbl.c
libprd/externs.h
libprd/options.h
libprd/term.c
libres/english/dflt.txt
libwin/curses.h
libwin/wcurses.h
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 27 Jun 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1013
Additions:
1. Added support for CYGWIN for building WinTree.
The CYGWIN package can be used in two different ways:
1. Use it only for the shell and utility cmds, but still
use the Microsoft development package (MSVC) to do
the builds.
2. Use the gcc system included to do the build. In this
mode, there is no access to the low-level Windows
functionality such as mouse & full-color support and
file-system support (i.e. getting free-space and native
file-names).
To use CYGWIN, do the following:
1. Using MSVC for building:
$ export MSVC_DIR=
$ . build [options] cygwin
$ make ...
2. Using gcc for building:
$ . build [options] cygwin-gcc
$ make ...
Files added: env/cygwin.env
env/cygwin-gcc.env
libos/osmnt-cygwin.c
Files changed: ./build
./pgminfo
./guess
./makefile
bin/makesku
libos/makefile
libxvt/makefile
libres/makefile
product/makefile
termutils/makefile
package/makefile
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 24 Jun 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1012
Changes:
1. Changed rpm makefile to use `pwd` rather than $(PWD). It appears
that BASH sets the PWD variable but does not export it, so it
doesn't get included in make's environment.
Files changed: package/rpm/makefile
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 17 Jun 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1011
Changes:
1. Added $(PWD) to makefile to always use absolute paths in rpm creation.
Files changed: package/rpm/makefile
2. In looking for a domain-name in "build", we now look for either
a "domain" line or a "search" line, using the first such line found.
(There may be multiple search lines).
We also default to "noname.foo" if no domain-name is found.
Files changed: ./build
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 06 Jun 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1010
Changes:
1. Updated the man pages to reflect the current cmd-line options.
2. Added missing ecurses functions to the ecurses man pages.
Also added -help to the "ecurs-funcs" script.
3. Added logic to enable continuing execution in the normal
window if possible when running in a separate window failed
(i.e. "xt +w"). It is not always possible, since at a certain
point the normal streams stdin/stdout/stderr are changed to
point to the pseudo-tty for the window, and after that point,
if the rest of the initialization fails, there is no input
or output stream to use.
4. Changed logic of creating rpm spec file to specify an absolute
path rather than ".".
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 31 May 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1009
Fixes:
1. Fixed coredump when getting an invalid xvt arg "-X...".
2. Changed wording in license from "freeware" to "Free Software"
(per GNU dictum about wording).
3. Fixed shell construct in libres/makefile, which works in
Korn shell but fails in BASH.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 30 May 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1008
Additions:
1. Added the GPL (GNU General Public License) as the file "COPYING".
This program is now "officially" considered as an "Open Source"
program.
Changes:
1. Changed advertised email-address to "info@unixtree.org".
2. The terminal-utility programs and the pcxterm program are now
delivered to a separate delivery directory, with the following
SKU packages being created:
xt--.tar The "normal" SKU package
termutils--.tar Terminal utilities
This will result in a much smaller SKU for normal users to download,
but will make available the terminal-utility programs for those
users who need them.
3. The following SKU names were changed:
xt-x86-sco-os5.tar -> xt-x86-os5.tar
xt-x86-sco-unixware.tar -> xt-x86-unixware.tar
This was to simplify SKU names as just --
with the "platform" part not having any dashes in it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 29 May 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1007
Fixes:
1. More fixes in Add-Line & Delete-Line cmds in xvt to behave properly
in a scrolling region.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 29 May 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1006
Fixes:
1. Changed mechanism for getting major/minor numbers from a stat struct.
2. Fixed Add-Line & Delete-Line cmds in xvt to behave properly in a
scrolling region.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 25 May 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1005
Fixes:
1. Next-node & Prev-node cmds now revert to dir display.
2. Fixed repaint logic in xvt to avoid "dropped" pixels.
Additions:
1. Added more legal bs in about box (to avoid hassles):
"Unix is a registered TM of The Open Group."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 24 May 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1004
Fixes:
1. The clone cmd now creates a new window the same size as the current
window, not the same size as the original window.
2. Fixed core dump in magic routines when processing text files.
Changes:
1. xvt now sends the string "\e[3~" for a delete key instead of a "\177".
Hopefully, this will better enable apps to recognize a *real*
delete key.
Linux appears to be hopelessly confused between BS & DEL keys. You
can see this by doing a "stty erase '^h'" cmd and a "stty erase '^?'"
cmd and note that, in either case, either a BS or a delete key will
behave the same (at least on the cmd line).
Also, you can note that the BS key when on the "console" generates
a "\177", but when in an xterm window generates a "\010". Also,
when in an xterm window, the DEL on the keypad generates a "\e[3~",
but the DEL key in the "cursor-keys" section generates a "\177".
So, if your terminal is in the mode "stty erase '^?'" (the Linux
default), one key acts as an erase and the other doesn't.
So much for consistency.
There are keyboard-mapping capabilities in Linux (see the file
/etc/sysconfig/keyboard), but casual users should not be *required*
to know about this.
The bottom line:
1. xvt always sends a 0x08 ("\010") for the BS key.
2. xvt always sends a "\e[3~" for a DEL key, regardless
of whether it came from the keypad or elsewhere.
3. xvt always sets the terminal mode as if the cmd
"stty erase '^h' intr '^c'" was issued.
This, of course, is the behavior when running "in a window".
When you are in a regular xterm window, or on the console, you
are subject to the vagaries of your system setup.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 21 May 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1003
Fixes:
1. Fixed core dump in JFC with files with long lines.
2. Fixed core dump when the window is sized to wider than 108 chars.
3. Fixed "/" cmd when in "window" mode and on a German keyboard (i.e.
the "/" cmd is now available in tag & alt mode).
4. xvt now forces a BS key to be 0x08 and a DEL key to be 0x7f.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 16 May 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1002
Changes:
1. "Expert" mode option removed, as it no longer serves any useful
purpose. It was to support quicker displays over a slow tty line.
2. Some options were changed, in order to enforce a "standard" that
all "normal" options are lower case and all "helpall" options
are all upper case, as follows:
exclude directories Changed from "helpall" option
"-E dir" to "normal" option "-e dir".
display version Changed from "-V" to "-v" (although
"-V" is still recognized for backward
compatability).
checkpoint filename Changed from "-f name" to "-F name".
FTP debugging Dropped as cmd-line option. It
is still available as a config option.
XVT options Added as "-X ..." as a "helpall" option.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 14 May 2001
Ver: 2.4.0
Build: 1001
Note:
Starting with this build, we now have a concept of "build" number.
This number is monotonically increasing, and may be bumped several
times between "releases". This is to aid in identifying specific
builds which have the same release number.
To summarize, we have:
info cur-val description
------- ------- -----------------------------------
version 2.4 Major version number.
1.x old "xtree for UNIX"
2.[01] internal releases
2.2 1st UnixTree version
2.3 1st UnixTree change
2.4 2nd UnixTree change
release 0 Minor version number, resets to 0
at next "version" change.
build 1001 Monotonically increasing build number.
A particular "version.release" will
contain a range of build numbers.
Each "official" version & release
will have an official build number.
Additions:
1. Added "-t term" option. This can override the terminal type to
use, which is usually taken from $TERM (or $XTTERM).
2. Added the following terminal utility programs:
dispblks display strings as block letters.
dumpterm dump a term database entry.
3. Allow the use of "on/off", "yes/no", "true/false" as well as
numeric values to be used for boolean term-file entries.
4. Added the following "hidden-keys":
KFUNC-( start logging key-strokes to keys.log
KFUNC-) stop logging key-strokes to keys.log
KFUNC-< start logging key-strokes to keys.txt
KFUNC-> stop logging key-strokes to keys.txt
KFUNC-[ start logging screen output to scrn.log
KFUNC-] stop logging screen output to scrn.log
KFUNC-{ start logging screen output to scrn.txt
KFUNC-} stop logging screen output to scrn.txt
The files "keys.log" and "scrn.log" are the raw key-strokes
and output (with escape-sequences).
The files "keys.txt" and "scrn.txt" are text files with
the key-strokes and escape-sequences converted to the
appropriate names.
5. If running on linux, do the following:
1. Change the default compression-type from "compress" to "gzip".
We determine that we are on a linux system by checking for the
presence of the file "/etc/lilo.conf". This check is done at run-time.
6. We now deliver the file "TERMFILES", which contains the
documentation for term files.
7. Added the "helpall" option "-T ", where the
can be:
"auto" auto-detect (Unix only)
"all" use all databases (Unix only)
"terminfo" use terminfo database (Unix only)
"termcap" use termcap database (Unix only)
"termfiles" use term-files only
"windows" use Windows console (Windows only)
The default type is "windows" for Windows, and "auto" for Unix.
This specifies the terminal database-type to be queried at run-time
to set default terminal capabilities. (See the TERMFILES file for
further documentation.)
8. Added the "helpall" option "-ZC" ("Save all config values").
This causes the config menu routines to save all config values
into the specified file, not just the ones which are different
from the default (the default behavior).
9. Added the following configuration entries:
ftp debug ON to log all FTP communication to file
"ftp-.dbg".
(Same as +F cmd-line option.)
ftp timeout Timeout in seconds for FTP connections.
(Default is 10 seconds.)
10. Added the ALT-FILE-What command, which displays the type of the
current file, similar to the "file" command.
11. Input string processing now supports a "sliding-window" for
strings which are longer than the display size.
12. Added the config option "ignore search case" which sets the default
for case sensitivity in searches.
This option is changed to the current value whenever the case is
changed in the menu to specify a search string.
13. Changed the default environment variable for specifying the
path for term-files from $TRM_PATH to $TERMPATH.
14. Allow TERM entry (from $TERM, $XTTERM, or -t ) to be in
form "term-name:alt-name" to enable trying a term-type first
and dropping back to a different entry if not found.
Also, when processing a "term=name" entry in a term-file,
we load that name from the appropriate database first.
15. The program "pcxterm" (aka xttool) is now delivered on all
Unix platforms. This is an xterm clone which provides full
color & mouse support. We also deliver the script "xtx", which
runs "xt" under "pcxterm".
16. Added the option "+w", which will tell xt to run in a separate
X11 window (similar to the "xtx" mechanism, but without needing
a separate task).
The following config menu options were added to support this
option:
"run in window" Set ON to run in a separate window
(default is OFF)
"norm font" Normal font to use
(default is "7x14")
"bold font" Bold font to use
(default is "7x14bold")
It is not needed that an O/S support threads to provide this
functionality, but if present will make it much more efficient.
17. Added the command CLONE (&) which is available from any command
window (just like EXEC (!), REFRESH (@), etc.). This command
will, if running in a window, create a "clone" of the current
program running in a new window.
Fixes:
1. When getting the "root-name" of a filesystem, prefix it with
the drive letter if in Windows (if applicable).
2. When getting the nth sub-dir of a DOS pathname, skip over
the drive letter. (This fixes being able to view archive files
in Windows).
3. Disabled the key sequence "" being recognized as a single
escape in Windows, since Windows uses ReadConsoleInput() for getting
keystrokes, which does not interpret "escape sequences" but processes
scan codes.
4. Fixed bug in looking for files in the user's "home" directory,
where, in Windows, the path could end up with a "//" in it, which
prompted a network search which took a lot of time.
5. When executing a sub-task, we catch (& ignore) any SIGINT signals
which may be received by the parent.
Changes:
1. The following syntax changes were made to term-files:
1. Changed the following color names (to be more
compatible with curses color names):
brown -> yellow
yellow -> lt-yellow
2. Changed the following capability names:
session-init -> session-beg
2. The term-files "test.trm" & "testc.trm" are no longer delivered. They
were for testing only, and there is now better testing mechanisms
with the addition of text-based screen logging.
3. The term-files for use with the "xttool" program were
changed from "cons-m.trm" & "cons-c.trm" to "pcxterm-m.trm" &
"pcxterm-c.trm". The "xttool" program was renamed to "pcxterm".
4. Max input length of a "shellscript" cmd not 255 chars, not 51.
5. CR from FTP directory menu now bahaves same as regular dir menu
(i.e. logs dir if not logged & moves into it if logged).
6. When saving the history list, the config entry "max saved entries"
tells how many "non-keep" entries to save. If "max saved entries"
is zero, all entries are saved, otherwise, the last "max saved entries"
"non-keep" entries are saved. Entries marked "keep" are always saved,
regardless of the max.
7. The following config items (in the "file compare" section)
changed names:
"ignore case" -> "diff ignore case"
"ignore white space" -> "diff ignore white space"
"show line numbers" -> "diff show line numbers"
"show only diff lines" -> "diff only show diffs"
8. Removed the "-s" cmd-line option and the "log special files"
config option. We always log all files in a directory.
9. We now deliver all the "terminal utilities" to the "trm"
directory to avoid clutter in the main directory.
10. We no longer strip symbols in a release build, so we can
debug user's problems easier.
Internal changes:
1. We no longer use the "system" routines to query/use termcap/terminfo
database info, but use our own routines. This enables us to switch
at run-time between the two database types. This also removes the
requirement of knowing what system libraries to link with for various
platforms (i.e. it simplifies porting to new platforms).
This also involves changes to the term-file syntax. See the file
TERMFILES for details.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 06 Oct 2000
Ver: 2.3.4
Additions:
1. Added FreeBSD port to list of available ports.
2. Added config entry "ftp logging", which will display in the msg line
all communications between the program and the FTP server.
Note: these lines change very quickly as the logging proceeds.
3. Added the key sequence "" to always be interpreted as an
"escape" key. This can be used to avoid the 1 second wait for
a single "escape" to be recognized.
4. Added "directory" keyword to the file-attributes list in the
xt.fc file.
5. Added "hexedit" cmd to full-view & auto-view windows. It also
exists as a "hidden" cmd in the reg-file window.
Changes:
1. When using gzip compression, a file named "foo.tar" will be
compressed to "foo.tgz", not "foo.tar.gz". Also, the file
"foo.tgz" will be recognized as equivalent to "foo.tar.gz".
2. Changed "ignore case" option in search-string input to toggle
off F9 rather than having a separate input query.
3. Windows: the delivered package has been renamed "xt-x86-windows.zip"
instead of "xt-windows.zip". This is for filename consistency and
offers the possibility of other architectures for NT.
4. Entry-menu processing:
1. If an entry is selected from the list, that entry is moved to
the end of the list (i.e. it becomes the "default" choice for
the next entry-menu call).
2. The list is no longer "sorted" with "kept" entries floating
to the top.
3. The hot-key "/" to insert the default filename has been changed
to F4.
4. The hot-key F3 now automatically chooses the "default" (last)
entry in the history list.
5. FTP logging:
1. User-name input: No default name is presented, but F4 will
enter the user's login name.
2. If no user-name was entered, the name "anonymous" will be
assumed, and no password prompt will be issued.
The default "anonymous" password will be
"@".
3. Remote directory: no default is presented, and if no directory
is entered, you will be in the "default" directory the FTP
login put you in.
6. "Open" cmd: if the file to be opened is compressed and "expand
compressed files" is on, the file will be uncompressed into the temp
directory rather than the file's directory (since you may not have
permission to write in the original directory).
7. View/Autoview: the "masked" option now controls whether high-order
chars are displayed as is or as a ".". Note that chars in the
range 0x00-0x1f and 0x80-0x9f are always displayed as a "."
(Since we have no control over how control chars will be handled
by the display and if a terminal is running in "stripped" mode
(7 bits only) it will interpret chars 0x80-0x9f as control chars).
The original use of "masked" was to just "mask" off the high-order
bit, because WordStar used to turn that bit to indicate something-
or-other, and there was no idea of "real" high-order chars. But
nowadays, we have a true 256-byte charset, so I thought this was a
better use of "masking".
The mask status can now be controlled by the "mask display" option
in the config menu. Note that this value is persistent, i.e., if
it is changed (via the "window-m" cmd) is stays set/unset until
changed again by the user.
Fixes:
1. Fixed bug in gzip compression where it would fail after doing
a gzip uncompression.
2. FTP logging:
1. Added logic to deal with multiple-line responses.
2. Added logic to deal with non-standard responses to "NLST -ali"
where the inode is not reported.
3. Changed all calls to send/recv to deal with interrupted calls
due to the clock ticking.
4. Store proper sym-link info for file info display.
Internal changes:
1. UNIX: use POSIX termio instead of native termio. Note that
FreeBSD has only POSIX termio available.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 27 Sep 2000
Ver: 2.3.3
Additions:
1. Added env variable $XTINIT to specify an alternate init file
to use instead of the standard configuration file.
Note that if this is specified, no TERM-specific file will be
looked for.
This can be used for testing a new configuration file.
2. The "Open" cmd will now uncompress the file before processing it
(if "expand compressed files" is on).
3. Allow "/" as (hidden) alias for Goto cmd in file windows.
4. In tag-move, copy other directory name as default if in split window.
5. Added "Paste" cmd (F3) in text-entry to paste last-entered entry.
This cmd will be ignored if the last-string is longer than the
max allowed for the current entry.
6. Added "ignore-case" option to searches.
7. Added "Open" cmd to archive-file window. It will also automatically
uncompress files if "expand compressed files" is on.
Also added "Copy" as a hidden alias to "Extract".
Changes:
1. Alt-node now only deletes the current node, not all nodes.
2. The "Quit" cmd in the full-view window now quits the view, NOT
the entire program.
Fixes:
1. When printing to the print-spooler, check if "/usr/bin/lp" exists,
and use it if so (with a "-d dest" option), otherwise use "/usr/bin/lpr"
(with a "-P dest" option). This supports the BSD-like print mechanism
used in Linux.
2. When returning from a shell-escape, force the cursor to (0,0).
This makes sure the entire window is redrawn correctly.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 22 Sep 2000
Ver: 2.3.2
Additions:
1. Added "file-compare" command ("JFC"). The name "JFC" originally
stood for "Jeff's File Compare" (from the original XTree).
The name was kept for compatability reasons.
Note: the on-line help does not yet have help about this feature.
2. Allow node-select cmd to be used from the file-menu.
Changes:
1. Alt-link now uses only one input to specify either a file
or a directory to point to.
2. The delivered text file "README" has been changed to "FILES".
Fixes:
1. Fixed core-dump in alt-compact.
2. Quote all file/path names in cmd-lines.
3. Fixed problem with msg-line getting lost when cascading calls
to menu-history routine.
4. Now, any dialog which takes a pathname will be resolved. This
means ~, ~name, $NAME, etc. will be processed correctly.
5. Filenames now are allowed to use "~" char.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 18 Sep 2000
Ver: 2.3.1
Changes:
1. In text-entry, we now display either "INS" or "OVR" to
indicate whether we are in "insert" or "overlay" mode.
Fixes:
1. Fixed core-dump in alt-relog dir.
2. Fixed empty list display when entry history had only one entry.
3. Fixed missing load of node names into history list.
4. Added abs/rel symlink stuff to linking directories.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 15 Sep 2000
Ver: 2.3.0
Note: this is a new version & release, since the names of some
files have changed.
1. Added menu-style history mechanism.
Added F10 as a "keep" cmd to flag entries to be kept.
The "delete" key will delete entries from the list.
Now setting "max saved entries" to 0 will save all entries.
Note: "max saved entries" only counts non-kept entries.
2. URL changed from .../unixtree to ../utho.
3. Linux build now linked with libncurses instead of libtermcap
to avoid core-dumps on Debian systems.
4. Fix in output-attribute routine to re-output any alt-char state
after changing colors or attributes to deal with bug in "eterm"
on Suse Linux.
5. Added the loading of a "user.trm" file (if found) after loading
any term-specific file to facilitate users storing their custom
definitions and keeping them across update installs.
6. Linux build now delivered as "*.gz" rather than "*.Z".
7. The "home" directory has been changed from "~" to "~/.xt" to facilitate
putting all xt-associated files in one place. Also, the user's
configuration filenames are now changed to match the ones in
the system directory:
.xtrc is now xt.rc
.xtfc is now xt.fc
.xths is now xt.hst
The man pages were changed to reflect this change.
Also, added a new env var XTHOME, which will override the name of
the "home" directory.
8. Fixed pattern matching routine so "foo*" would match file "foo".
9. Added support for special-file type "door" (used in SVR4 systems).
10. Added support for recognizing "broken" symlinks, i.e., symlinks
which do not point to a valid file/dir. Broken symlinks are displayed
with the char "?", rather than the char "@", which is used for valid
symlinks.
Support was also put in to the alt-tag-by-type to tag such files,
and in the file-color mechanism to recognize them.
11. Added alt-link to file menu (if file is a symlink) to enable
changing the value of the link.
12. In alt-file menu, only display the "F10 Resolve" cmd if current file
is a symlink.
13. Added ability in link & alt-link (for symbolic links) to create
either absolute or relative symlinks.
Note: you can create a symlink to a directory by specifying "."
as the filename.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 12 Sep 2000
Ver: 2.2.8
1. Fixed dest-dir logic to correctly display node/file info &
path-line when in split screen.
2. Added info cmd ("?") for normal dir/file displays.
3. Added cmd-line option "-h" as synonym for "-?".
Also added "-help" & "--help" as synonym for "-?" and
"-helpall" & "--helpall" as synonyms for "-??".
4. In full-view mode, a CR will return to previous menu
(just like an ESC or BS).
5. Input history will collapse duplicate entries.
6. Added config entry "insert mode" to set whether data input
begins with insert mode on or off.
7. Added config entry "ignore case" to ignore case when sorting
dir/file names by name.
8. Split-screen info window: now persistent until new info-cmd issued.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 08 Sep 2000
Ver: 2.2.7
1. FTP passwords are not saved in history list.
2. History file (~/.xths) is now set to mode 600 (rw-------).
3. Added support of file display in color. File colors are defined
in either /xt.fc or ~/.xt/xt.fc, with the latter taking
precedence if present. Note that "show file colors" must be
turned on in the config screen (by default it is off).
Errors in the file-color file are silently ignored, unless the
"-ZF" option is specified, in which case errors are displayed
to stderr, and the program will terminate if any errors are found.
4. dir stats now updated properly when doing an alt-relog.
5. Fixed "CWD in path" message in graft/compact being erroneously issued.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 06 Sep 2000
Ver: 2.2.6
1. Enable cross-device moves.
2. Added multi-history capability on all input.
History is saved at exit into ~/.xths & is loaded at startup.
The max entries saved is configurable in the config screen
as "max saved entries".
3. Added secondary search-next key ('/') & search-prev key ('.').
Also added "search-back" in view cmd window.
4. When entering a filename (for copy/move/rename/etc) and not
in tag mode, a hotkey ('/') will fill in the current dir/file name.
5. Added percentage displayed in view windows.
6. Added the ability to log new nodes in the dest-dir window.
7. Added ability to log ('+') / log-recursive ('*') / unlog ('-') /
hide (F5) /show (F6) sub-dirs in the dest-dir window. These cmds
work, but are not displayed in the prompt.
6. Changed filename of the system config file from "xt.cfg" to "xt.rc".
This is for consistence in naming.
7. Names of ancillary files (xt.hlp, xt.dev, ~/.xtrc, etc.) remain
the same if the "xt" executable is renamed. It used to use the
basename of the executable for the basis for the names.
8. Added Dir GOTO cmd ('/'). This works in dir menu & dest-dir menu.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 30 Aug 2000
Ver: 2.2.5
1. Issue "xxx not allowed in read-only mode" msg only if invoked
with read-only option.
2. If "log archive node" cmd is issued from the file window, default
the filename to log to the current file.
3. "release-node" cmd now only releases the current-node. It no longer
loops through all nodes, asking about them also.
4. In "tag-copy/link" cmd, if in split-screen mode default the dest
directory to the other window's dir.
5. Changed directory display so only the dir-name plus one space is
highlighted for the current directory. This is to make it more
compatible with the mouse highlighting.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 24 Aug 2000
Ver: 2.2.4
1. Fixed bug in put/save node (used with alt-quit).
2. Added support for gzip files and logging gztar files.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 21 Aug 2000
Ver: 2.2.3
1. Changed from "verson 2.23" to "version 2.2 release 3".
This is to provide separate version & release strings which is
needed by rpm.
2. Added rpm file to deliverables.
This rpm is a streamlined install which is hard-coded to install
into /usr/local/xt with an xt script put into /usr/local/bin and
the xt.1 man page put into /usr/local/man/man1.
This removes any need to adjust PATH or MANPATH.
The /usr/local/bin/xt script also sets XTTERM if running in an xterm
window.
3. Fixed problem with Windows where it would exit with "~ does not exist"
message if no HOME env var was found (it now defaults to "c:\").
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 18 Aug 2000
Ver: 2.22
1. Mouse movements now highlight the dir/file the mouse is on.
Also, default mouse-cmd color changed from black/white to black/cyan.
2. More changes to linux.trm file for various function keys.
3. Added xterm-c.trm file for linux users with color-xterm.
4. default exit-color is changed from white/black to black/white
if in a window.
5. Split up INSTALL file into README & INSTALL files.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 16 Aug 2000
Ver: 2.21
1. Changed xterm trm files. Also changed way the ACS chars are handled
internally, so alt chars are displayed correctly.
2. Fixed bug in finding font path in xttool.
3. Changed credits window to show homepage.
4. dispterm now dumps out all character set changes.
5. Added INSTALL, LICENSE, and CHANGES to deliverable.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: 15 Aug 2000
Ver: 2.20
1. Changed name from "XTree for Unix" to "UnixTree".
The Windows version is named "WinTree".
The executable name for all versions is still "xt".
This allows us to distribute the program as freeware, as
Symantec is still the registered owner of the trademark
name "XTree".
2. Added back in application-menu and "-a" (enter-app-menu)
cmd-line option. "Enter application menu" also put back in
configuration screen (and in the configuration file) for automatically
entering the app-menu at startup.
3. Changed dir-menu cmds so a CR from the dir-menu will log
a non-logged directory but not enter it, and will enter
a directory if already logged. This is to make it more
compatible with other XTree versions.
4. Added icon to Windows executable.
5. Added mouse scroll-wheel support for Windows.
The scroll-wheel doesn't work on Win9X (don't know why),
but it does work on Win2000.
6. Fixed bug with reading scroll-bar in file window when there
were no files.
7. Windows: removed annoying error box if no disks were present
in the floppy drive or the CD drive.
8. Windows: the "open" command will now launch any app associated
with a file extension if no "bat" or "cmd" file was found.
9. Posted builds for the following platforms:
deliverable build platform
------------------------- ---------------
xt-alpha-osf.tar.Z OSF 4.0
xt-parisc-hpux.tar.Z HP/ux 10.20
xt-rs6000-aix.tar.Z AIX 4.1
xt-sparc-solaris4.tar.Z Solaris 5.4
xt-sparc-solaris8.tar.Z Solaris 5.8
xt-x86-dgux.tar.Z DG/ux 4.10
xt-x86-linux.tar.Z RedHat 2.0.34
xt-x86-sco-os5.tar.Z SCO OpenServer 5.0.5
xt-x86-sco-unixware.tar.Z SCO UnixWare 7.1.1
xt-x86-solaris7.tar.Z Solaris 5.7
xt-windows.zip Win2000
This was the first official posting.
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