Release Notes AMADEUS Version 0.7 ALPHA 09/05/94 tdieting
New Features
------------
This is the first version of AMADEUS. The improvments to the previous
PC-Client for Hyper-G ("uniinfo") are too numerous to mention.
Bug Fixes
---------
Same as above.
Known Bugs/Shortcomings
-----------------------
o There is (almost) no on-line documentation yet
o Some functions are not implemented yet.
o The user interface needs improvement.
o More configuration options in amadeus.ini and docman.ini.
o Text Viewer: Works only with fixed fonts (such as Courier).
Printing is not implemented yet
Does currently not display inline images.
o Image Viewer: Starts up as seperate process. Will be included in the
main module in the future.
Does not always display correctly on 16-colors display
(256 color or more recommended)
o WWW gateway: Does not really work, because links are not yet supported
(will be fixed very soon!)
Release Notes AMADEUS Version 0.71 ALPHA 13/05/94 tdieting
New Features
------------
o WWW gateway: Supports links now
o Gopher gateway: GIF-viewer program (default: viewer.exe) is user
configurable through 'docman.ini'
o Text viewer: text color/background, link color/background,
marking color/background configurable through 'amadeus.ini'
(no direct configuration support (eg. menus) yet)
Bug Fixes
---------
o Text viewer: some minor bugs removed, printer support disabled (not
supported in this version)
Known Bugs/Shortcomings
-----------------------
o There is (almost) no on-line documentation yet
o Some functions are not implemented yet.
o The user interface needs improvement.
o More configuration options in amadeus.ini and docman.ini.
o Text Viewer: Works only with fixed fonts (such as Courier).
Printing is not implemented yet
Does currently not display inline images.
o Image Viewer: Starts up as seperate process. Will be included in the
main module in the future.
Does not always display correctly on 16-colors display
(256 color or more recommended)
Due to a bug in Win32s, the Win32s-subsystem will crashe, if
you open too many viewers simultanously, depends on the built
in memory (eg. 8MB: not more than 3 viewers ...)
This problem will vanish, if the viewer is included in the
main module.
o WWW gateway: Due to limitations in the text viewer, inline images are
currently not displayed.
Forms are not supported.
Release Notes AMADEUS Version 0.72 ALPHA 26/05/94 tdieting
New Features
------------
o RTF-parser: RTF to HTF convertion totally new (thanks to G. Mesaric)
o new commands: "new collection", "new cluster", "Find" allows now search in
whole database
o some minor user interface improvements
o Hyper-G protocol updated to version 0.07
Bug Fixes
---------
o some minor bugs removed
Known Bugs/Shortcomings
-----------------------
o There is (almost) no on-line documentation yet
o Some functions are not implemented yet.
o The user interface needs improvement.
o More configuration options in amadeus.ini and docman.ini.
o Text Viewer: Works only with fixed fonts (such as Courier).
(Proportional fonts: new release)
Printing is not implemented yet
Does currently not display inline images.
o Image Viewer: Starts up as seperate process. Will be included in the
main module in the future.
Does not always display correctly on 16-colors display
(256 color or more recommended)
Due to a bug in Win32s, the Win32s-subsystem will crash, if
you open too many viewers simultanously, depends on the built
in memory (eg. 8MB: not more than 3 viewers ...)
This problem will vanish, if the viewer is included in the
main module.
o WWW gateway: Due to limitations in the text viewer, inline images are
currently not displayed.
Forms are not supported.
Release Notes AMADEUS Version 0.73 ALPHA 01/06/94 tdieting
New Features
------------
o some minor user interface improvements
Bug Fixes
---------
o RTF2HTF: this is the reason for this release: rtf2htf did not work in
most cases (especially, if it's called more than once), now
called as an external program (until the bugs are fixed), new
version also converts tables.
Known Bugs/Shortcomings
-----------------------
o There is (almost) no on-line documentation yet
o Some functions are not implemented yet.
o The user interface needs improvement.
o More configuration options in amadeus.ini and docman.ini.
o Text Viewer: Works only with fixed fonts (such as Courier).
(Proportional fonts: new release)
Printing is not implemented yet
Does currently not display inline images.
o Image Viewer: Starts up as seperate process. Will be included in the
main module in the future.
Does not always display correctly on 16-colors display
(256 color or more recommended)
Due to a bug in Win32s, the Win32s-subsystem will crash, if
you open too many viewers simultanously, depends on the built
in memory (eg. 8MB: not more than 3 viewers ...)
This problem will vanish, if the viewer is included in the
main module.
o WWW gateway: Due to limitations in the text viewer, inline images are
currently not displayed.
Forms are not supported.
Release Notes AMADEUS Version 0.74 ALPHA 21/06/94 tdieting
New Features
------------
o new textviewer
o limited save text (only HTF)
o multimedia documents now work also over distributed servers
The helper program 'docman.exe' exists no longer.
The settings specified in 'docman.ini' reside now in 'amadeus.ini'
o Amadeus now works also with Daytona
Bug Fixes
---------
o RTF2HTF: works now quite well (including tables!)
Known Bugs/Shortcomings
-----------------------
o There is (almost) no on-line documentation yet
o Some functions are not implemented yet.
o The user interface needs improvement.
o Text Viewer: Printing is not implemented yet
Does currently not display inline images.
o Image Viewer: Starts up as seperate process. Will be included in the
main module in the future.
Does not always display correctly on 16-colors display
(256 color or more recommended)
Due to a bug in Win32s, the Win32s-subsystem will crash, if
you open too many viewers simultanously, depends on the built
in memory (eg. 8MB: not more than 3 viewers ...)
This problem will vanish, if the viewer is included in the
main module.
o WWW gateway: Due to limitations in the text viewer, inline images are
currently not displayed.
Forms are not supported.
Release Notes AMADEUS Version 0.75 ALPHA 24/06/94 tdieting
New Features
------------
o ImageViewer now directly implemented in Amadeus
o a bit of online help (written by Ch. Huber)
Bug Fixes
---------
o TextViewer: some severe resource leakages removed
(winhelp crashes no longer!)
printing menu entry disabled (does still not work)
Known Bugs/Shortcomings
-----------------------
o There is (almost) no on-line documentation yet
o Some functions are not implemented yet.
o The user interface needs improvement.
o Text Viewer: Printing is not implemented yet
Does currently not display inline images.
o Image Viewer: Starts up as seperate process. Will be included in the
main module in the future.
On 16-colors displays images are sometime not displayed
initialy
(256 color or more recommended)
o others: Due to a bug in Win32s, the Win32s-subsystem will crash, if
you open too many viewers simultanously, depends on the built
in memory (eg. 8MB: not more than 3 viewers ...)
This problem will vanish, if the viewer is included in the
main module.
o WWW gateway: Due to limitations in the text viewer, inline images are
currently not displayed.
Forms are not supported.
o PC/TCP 2.2: MultiMedia documents cause a crash with this version, but
PC/TCP 2.30 works perfectly
Note: The hostname of your PC must be listed in the TCP/IP host file
(Otherwise the document cache server can't connect to the PC !)
Release Notes AMADEUS Version 0.76c ALPHA 23/07/94 tdieting
Note: version 0.76c is a bugfix-version to 0.76, differences shown below
refer to 0.75 vs. 0.76c !
New Features
------------
o new commands:
new image (File/New)
new movie (File/New)
new scene (File/New)
new sound (File/New)
new postscript (File/New)
new generic document (File/New)
send message (Administration)
o ImageViewer improved
o much more online help (written by Ch. Huber)
o new Win32s version (v1.15a)
Bug Fixes
---------
o many, many bugs removed (Amadeus should be much more stable now !)
Known Bugs/Shortcomings
-----------------------
o The following functions are not implemented yet:
new remote (File/New)
new attributes (File/New)
modify attributes (File/Modify)
copy (File)
move (File)
unlink (File)
print (File)
print preview (File)
make link (Edit)
cut (Edit)
copy (Edit)
paste (Edit)
set bookmark (Navigation)
sort order (Search)
full text option (Search)
o The user interface still needs improvement.
o Text Viewer: printing is not implemented yet
does currently not display inline images.
o Image Viewer: does not support links yet
Dithering speed should be improved
o others: Due to a bug in Win32s, the Win32s-subsystem will crash, if
you open too many external viewers simultanously (depending on the
built-in memory (eg. 8MB: not more than 3 viewers ...)
This problem will disappear when most viewers are contained within
the main module.
o WWW gateway: Due to limitations in the text viewer, inline images are
currently not displayed.
Forms are not supported.
o PC/TCP 2.2: MultiMedia documents cause a crash with this version, but
PC/TCP 2.3x works perfectly
Note: The hostname of your PC must be listed in the TCP/IP host file
(Otherwise the document cache server can't connect to the PC !)
Release Notes AMADEUS Version 0.77 ALPHA 27/07/94 tdieting
New Features
------------
o new commands:
move (object to other location) (File)
copy (link object to an additional location) (File)
unlink (remove link to this object from a parent collection)
(File)
Bug Fixes
---------
o bug in inserting multimedia documents removed (was only in v0.76c/d)
Known Bugs/Shortcomings
-----------------------
o The following functions are not implemented yet:
new remote (File/New)
new attributes (File/New)
modify attributes (File/Modify)
print (File)
print preview (File)
make link (Edit)
cut (Edit)
copy (Edit)
paste (Edit)
set bookmark (Navigation)
sort order (Search)
full text option (Search)
o The user interface still needs improvement.
o Text Viewer: printing is not implemented yet
does currently not display inline images.
o Image Viewer: does not support links yet
Dithering speed should be improved
o others: Due to a bug in Win32s, the Win32s-subsystem will crash, if
you open too many external viewers simultanously (depending on the
built-in memory (eg. 8MB: not more than 3 viewers ...)
This problem will disappear when most viewers are contained within
the main module.
o WWW gateway: Due to limitations in the text viewer, inline images are
currently not displayed.
Forms are not supported.
o PC/TCP 2.2: MultiMedia documents cause a crash with this version, but
PC/TCP 2.3x works perfectly
Note: The hostname of your PC must be listed in the TCP/IP host file
(Otherwise the document cache server can't connect to the PC !)
Release Notes AMADEUS Version 0.78 ALPHA 13/08/94 tdieting
New Features
------------
o new commands:
play (plays a multimedia document, if it's
handled by an internal viewer) (File)
stop (stops a multimedia document from playing) (File)
print (currently prints only a text document) (File)
page setup (change page layout settings for
printing) (File)
print preview (let's you preview what will come
out of the printer) (File)
make link (generates a link within a text doc.) (Edit)
attributes (get info/modify/add document
attributes, this substitues
File/Modify/Attribute,
File/Add/Attribute and
File/Info) (Edit)
hyperroot (show all Hyper-G servers) (Navigation)
o internal MPEG viewer (without size limitations)
o several enhancements concerning the text viewer
Bug Fixes
---------
o many small bugs removed
Known Bugs/Shortcomings
-----------------------
o The following functions are not implemented yet:
new remote (File/New)
cut (Edit)
copy (Edit)
paste (Edit)
set bookmark (Navigation)
sort order (Search)
full text option (Search)
o The user interface still needs improvement.
o Text Viewer: does currently not display inline images.
o Image Viewer: does not support links yet
Dithering speed should be improved
o others: Due to a bug in Win32s, the Win32s-subsystem will crash, if
you open too many external viewers simultanously (depending on the
built-in memory (eg. 8MB: not more than 3 viewers ...)
This problem will disappear when most viewers are contained within
the main module.
o WWW gateway: Due to limitations in the text viewer, inline images are
currently not displayed.
Forms are not supported.
o PC/TCP 2.2: MultiMedia documents cause a crash with this version, but
PC/TCP 2.3x works perfectly
Note: The hostname of your PC must be listed in the TCP/IP host file
(Otherwise the document cache server can't connect to the PC !)
Release Notes AMADEUS Version 0.79 ALPHA 24/08/94 tdieting
New Features
------------
o new commands:
new remote (insertion of telnet/gopher/www/
wais/ftp links in the database) (File/New)
full text option' (Search)
viewer options' (Options)
o extensions:
goto command extended: allows now to specifiy not only collection
names, but also links with different protocols.
The format is: <protocol>://<host>{:port}/path
E.g.:
http://www.tu-graz.ac.at/
gopher://gopher.tu-graz.ac.at/1~anonymous
For 'hyperg':hyperg://<host
>{:port{:<binary>{:<distributed>}}}/path
hyperg://hyperg.tu-graz.ac.at:418;0;1/~anonymous
Amadeus can now be used to directly access a Gopher server by
specifiying '-r gopher://<host>{:port}/1path' in the commandline
e.g.: -r
gopher://gopher.tu-graz.ac.at/1
P.S.: this should also work with the other protocols supported
in the 'goto' command, but they are NOT tested so far !
added 'CollectionHead' feature (info page describing collection)
Bug Fixes
---------
Known Bugs/Shortcomings
-----------------------
o The following functions are not implemented yet:
cut (Edit)
copy (Edit)
paste (Edit)
set bookmark (Navigation)
sort order (Search)
o The user interface still needs improvement.
o Text Viewer: does currently not display inline images.
o Image Viewer: does not support links yet
Dithering speed should be improved
o others: Due to a bug in Win32s, the Win32s-subsystem will crash, if
you open too many external viewers simultanously (depending on the
built-in memory (eg. 8MB: not more than 3 viewers ...)
This problem will disappear when most viewers are contained within
the main module.
o WWW gateway: Due to limitations in the text viewer, inline images are
currently not displayed.
Forms are not supported.
o PC/TCP 2.2: MultiMedia documents cause a crash with this version, but
PC/TCP 2.3x works perfectly
Note: The hostname of your PC must be listed in the TCP/IP host file
(Otherwise the document cache server can't connect to the PC !)
