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Topic       : TosWin2
Author      : Christian Felsch
Version     : 2.7
Subject     : Documentation/miscellaneous
Nodes       : 31
Index Size  : 838
HCP-Version : 3
Compiled on : Atari
@charset    : atarist
@lang       : en
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 Version 2.7 from 07.04.01

   ∙ changed default cursor to underline (ugly block cursor is still
     available as "very visible", i. e. "tput cvvis")

   ∙ colors are now fully ansi-compatible

   ∙ terminal capabilities `bold' and `dim' are now represented using
     light resp. half-bright colors where applicable

   ∙ support for alternate character set (pc graphics)

   ∙ TERM is automatically set to `tw52-m' or `tw100-m' if less than
     8 colors are available

   ∙ terminfo source files updated (many bugfixes), recompile
     it with tic on the target system

   ∙ environment variable COLORTERM is set to 1 if color support available

   ∙ The horizontal slider has vanished.  If you want to get it back
     call me at office hours and keep your credit card at hand.  Please
     allow six weeks for delivery.

   ∙ The checkbox for so-called auto-wrapping has vanished.  Explanation:
     It really enabled semi-automatic margins, i. e. printing in the
     last column caused a line-break.  Now both tw52 and tw100 have
     proper automatic margins and there is no more need for such a
     user-definable feature.

   ∙ Ultra-smart srcolling. ;-)
     Displaying large amounts of data is now 3-9 times faster.

   ∙ Implemented origin mode.

   ∙ Implemented full (RSI) and soft (DECSTR) terminal reset.

 Version 2.6 from 09.09.00

   ∙ If no font selector is available and you try to change the font
     anyway, the font data will no longer be destroyed.
   ∙ Fixed the tw100 emulation 'bell' problem.
   ∙ Timeout when tw-call does not answer.
   ∙ NULs in outputs are ignored.
   ∙ TW2 uses the new color popup from Heiko Achilles (CF-Lib).

 Version 2.5 from 19.09.99

   ∙ Since TW2 does not completely map vt52 and vt100 emulators, TERM is
     set to tw52 or tw100 again.
   ∙ Window icons redraw corrected.
   ∙ Marked text can be dragged into other windows using D&D, and ".TXT"
     D&D files are now also accepted.
   ∙ tw-call logs onto the AES using the TOS program name, so an appl_find
     (TOSName) returns the tw-call ID and can therefore be reached via the
     window.

 Version 2.4 from 16.04.99

   ∙ TW2 is now compiled with PureC, resulting in significantly smaller
     code.
   ∙ Text marking beyond window borders.
   ∙ "Auto close window" is now a local option.
   ∙ New console functions: Open at output, Log output to file, visually
     display new output on the icon.
   ∙ TW2 now uses vt52/vt100 standard terminals instead of tw52/tw100.
   ∙ Various bug fixes and corrections.

 Version 2.3 from 29.10.98

   ∙ Marked blocks can be sent to ST-Guide or to StringServer (thanks to
     Jo Even Skarstein)
   ∙ Selectable character table (Atari, ISO Latin1) (thanks to Jo Even
     Skarstein)
   ∙ Windows foreground/background colors can be configured.
   ∙ RSC version control

 Version 2.2 from 19.07.98

   ∙ Switched to CF-Lib
   ∙ Menu shortcuts are now setup in the RSC.
   ∙ Windowed font selector (xFSL, FONTSERVER, MagiC)
   ∙ TW2 answers to VA_START with AV_STARTED, so that the calling
     program may free the memory. (in version 2.1 there was memory
     corruption which lead to faulty font data or crashes)
   ∙ Dialogs are now also taken into account when cycling windows.
   ∙ Window cycling made possible by using AV-Server.
   ∙ New menu switch for menu shortcuts usage.
   ∙ New menu switch to start shells as login shells.
   ∙ Current window size saved in the CFG, previously the window was
     always opened at maximum size (rows/columns).

 Version 2.1 from 19.02.98

   ∙ Parameter change:
      If tw-call.app is started without paramaters it will only launch
      TW2.
      "-l" (toswin2.app and tw-call.app) starts the login shell.
   ∙ There was windows management issues when topping/untopping windows
     that led to key strokes being sent to the wrong window.
   ∙ D&D corrections when dragging multiple files.
   ∙ New termcap/terminfo and a few color display patches by Petr
     Stehlik.
   ∙ A few corrections to USERDEFs for proportional system fonts.
   ∙ Window redraw correction in high/truecolor resolutions.
   ∙ Font protocol (Thanks to Jo Even Skarstein).
   ∙ Window dialogs.
   ∙ No English Hyp yet, but at least a RSC.


 Version 2.0 from 05.08.97

  First public version. The following things have changed since the
  previous version ("-": removed, "+": new):

   - The "Application Menus", i.e. the menus that were defined for
     each program in a MNU file, have been removed.
   - The copyright box has been replaced by a normal one.
   - There is no more distinction between "Std Window" and "Alt Window".
     Additionaly, TosWin2 no longer makes any direct access to Line-A.
   - The clipboard can be configured without erasing its contents.
   - Menu shortcuts can no longer be set in the program.
   - Environement configuration is no longer possible.
   - Several global options ("Florishes", "Point to type" and "Smooth
     scrolling") have been removed. "Align Windows" is now a default
     setting that cannot be switched off.
   - New menu for triggering window actions (Gadges).
   - Because it led to a waste of computing time, the cursor no longer
     flashes.
   - The TOSRUN pipe is no longer required.

   + External resource.
   + New and smaller Menu.
   + Hypertext and menu help.
   + New, more modern dialogs.
   + New Clipboard management.
   + New function: Shell.
   + New function: Console.
   + New concept for Window settings.
   + TosWin2 can now read its command line.
   + TW-Call
   + TosWin2 can now use VT52 and VT100. VT100 can be used with a suitable
     font.
   + Drag&Drop.
   + Recognizes UFSL font selectors (XUFSL, Calvino, HuGo).
   + Various little things such as real iconify, used in MiNT , that
     allows windows to be reduced at the bottom of the desktop.