klute@tommy.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute) (12/11/90)
I just sent Arcgsh 3.5 to Steven Grimm, the moderator of comp.binaries.atari.st, and also uploaded it into the "new" directory on atari.archive.umich.edu. It comprises several bug fixes and extensions (see below). Arcgsh is a program that eases the calling of the well-known archivers Zoo, Arc, LHarc and Shar. Furthermore the programs Uud and Uue are supported to let you decode resp. encode binary files for handling with e-mail. You can use your favorite file viewer and your favorite editor from Arcgsh without any need to leave the program. New in this version (since Arcgsh 3.2): - Arcgsh now supports the ARGV extended parameter passing scheme in addition to the xArgv parameter passing scheme. This is especially useful for working with Zoo, because parameter strings longer than 125 characters can be handed over now. The ARGV and xArgv parameter passing schemes are available to registered users only. - Zoo did not work properly when Arcgsh was called from the Gemini shell by dragging a Zoo archive file to the Arcgsh icon on the Gemini desktop. Fixed. (Technical note: This problem was due to the fact that Gemini supports the ARGV parameter passing scheme and Arcgsh did not. Furthermore Zoo did not notice the ARGV environment was not set up for itself but for Arcgsh.) - A new option "Zoom boxes" has been introduced. If this option is active a growing box is drawn when a window is opened and a shrinking box when it is closed. This was Arcgsh's normal behavior in former versions. When you disable this option the "zoom" boxes are not drawn and you will get a little speed gain in the dialogs. - The dialog boxes for Zoo, Arc, LHarc, Uud, and "other program" as well as the file selector for "show file" and "edit file" can be invoked from the keyboard now. The keys that start a certain function are listed at the right hand side of the menu entries within the "File" menu. - A new option "Repeat last dialog" has been introduced. If this option is active the dialog that was called last will be repeated automatically until it is left with the "Cancel" button. Example: After Zoo has executed the Zoo dialog box appears on the screen again automatically. - Under certain circumstances the automatic startup inserted "arcgsh.rsc" as the archive file. Fixed. -- Dipl.-Inform. Rainer Klute klute@irb.informatik.uni-dortmund.de Univ. Dortmund, IRB klute@unido.uucp, klute@unido.bitnet Postfach 500500 |)|/ Tel.: +49 231 755-4663 D-4600 Dortmund 50 |\|\ Fax : +49 231 755-2386