ireland@ac.dal.ca (11/14/90)
I heard there's a new version of White Knight, 11.10 I believe. How is it different than 11.08? Thanks, Keith
johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (11/14/90)
In article <2265@ac.dal.ca>, ireland@ac.dal.ca writes... >I heard there's a new version of White Knight, 11.10 I believe. How is >it different than 11.08? I sent a complete list of new features to <ireland@ac.dal.ca> by e-mail, but the following excerpt from Watson's 'WK 11.10 New Features' file may be of general interest. Basically, version 11.10 has added hooks for StuffIt deluxe, allowing for StuffIt operations from WK menus as well as the inclusion of automated StuffIt operations in WK scripts. I can't say enough good things about FreeSoft and White Knight! This is an incredible product. I'll add that the automated StuffIt support was reason enough for me to order 'Deluxe', despite being generally satisfied with StuffIt 1.5.1 and 'Classic'. -- Bill (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu) Here is the excerpt: 18) Added support for the Stuffit Deluxe archive/unarchive engine. If you own the Deluxe version of Stuffit, I think you'll really appreciate how easy it is now to work with archiving and unarchiving files without having to leave White Knight. If the Stuffit engine is present, three new menu items will appear in White Knight: File->Stuff Files ----------------- This item allows you to create Stuffit archives. You may select files either one at a time, or you may choose to archive the contents of entire folders, or you may do a combination of both as many times as you like. A scrolling list will show you the files that you have selected. All of the types of compression offered by the Stuffit Engine are available, but the "Optimal" and "Best Guess" compression types will only be available if the version of the Stuffit Engine you are using is higher than 1.0. File->Unstuff Files ------------------- This item allows you to convert a Stuffit archive into its original component files. Customize->Options->Unstuff --------------------------- There are two choices in this dialog box. You can tell White Knight to automatically unstuff received files either at the end of a file transfer, before quitting White Knight, or not at all. Unlike the File->Unstuff Files choice, you will not be given a dialog box asking you to name the resulting files as they athat file will be placed in the same folder as the archive file. If it contains more than one file, a new folder is created (using the archive name minus any ".sit" extension) in the folder containing the archive file, and the unstuffed files are placed in that new folder to help you locate them. As an aside, I _could_ have added a auto-stuff before send feature, but after doing so and testing it, I found that all too often it created problems with time-sensitive file transfer protocol startups, and so I hacked it back out. The other option in this dialog box will allow you to instruct the Stuffit engine to delete the original archive file after unstuffing it (either through auto-unstuffing through a protocol file receive, or by use of the File-> Unstuff files menu choice). 19) I liked the dialog box I created for stuffing files (not to mention that the FolderBatch RCMD won't work under MultiFinder) so much, that I incorporated it in the File->Create Batch File menu choice. As when Stuffing files, you can add files to the Batch either one aof these techniques. A scrolling list will show you which files will be specified in the Batch File. > >Thanks, Keith
macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg) (11/15/90)
In article <2265@ac.dal.ca> ireland@ac.dal.ca writes: >I heard there's a new version of White Knight, 11.10 I believe. How is >it different than 11.08? A few minor things like printing bug fixes for laserwriters, and one excellent feature.... if you have Stuffit Deluxe, it has two options from the file menu. Stuff and Unstuff. In addition, as an option, immediately after recieving a download, it will unstuff it, and optionally delete the archive. This is good stuff! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Chris Silverberg INTERNET: macman@wpi.wpi.edu Worcester Polytechnic Institute Main Street USA 508-832-7725 (sysop) America Online: Silverberg WMUG BBS 508-832-5844 (sysop) "Ask me about TeleFinder... A Macintosh BBS with a Macintosh interface"