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Since the release of Opus Magellan II, development of Opus has continued and
from user feedback we have added some new features and squashed a couple of
small bugs.
We released Opus Magellan 5.8 at the Cologne show in November 1998. This current
release of version 5.81 completes all known bug fixes for the Magellan version
and adds some new changes and features suggested by users.
Directory Opus Magellan II Version 5.81 Update Notes
NOTE: You must have a registered version of Opus Magellan II version 5.8
installed on your Amiga before applying the patch archive. Do not attempt to
apply or use the patch files if you do not have a registered 5.8 version
installed, otherwise you program may no longer function correctly.
The following changes have been made to Opus Magellan II (version 5.8) for this
update release to version 5.81.
* Fixed problem with BuildTheme command which wrote sound files to the
Screens directory.
* Fix icon text problems; text was too close to the icon image, and also
Outline mode text could leave some pixels behind when the icon was moved.
* Fixed problem with clipboard copy filenames from lister; would lose the
last character and cause hits/crashes in FTP listers.
* Fixed problem where the icon for an iconified lister would move when the
lister was repeatedly iconified/de-iconified
* Fixed problem with iconify to title bar when fuel gauge is turned on.
* Fixed problem where Opus wouldn't correctly identify a startmenu if it had
a background picture set.
* Fixed problem with lister memory not being cleared; when one lister was
closed and a new one opened, some parts of the old lister could be left behind
(like custom handler, header text, etc).
* When dragging a lister field header the label displayed in the drag image
could be wrong.
* Fixed icon flickering problem when moving a lister.
* Fixed a hit when you try to run Opus twice and then cancel the second
copy.
* Fixed the crash caused by having start menus/button banks with background
pictures open on startup (note: This is fixed but problems may still exist with
some particular datatypes, eg ilbm.datatype 44.15, this is a datatype problem
and you should update to 44.17 and consult the datatypes author)
* Fixed the proportional font problem (crashes/hits could result if you were
using a prop font in a lister and a file beginning with 'j' was visible, maybe
other situations -> caused by a Amiga OS font layout bug!)
* DOpus now supports the CX_PRIORITY tooltype to set the priority of its
commodity. You may be able to use this to resolve conflicts with other
commodities like MagicMenu.
* Trying to use 24bit ILBM images in buttons/startmenus will no longer crash
(Note: These are still not supported, but at least they won't crash)
* The ConvertTheme command will now work if the filename you give it doesn't
end in ".theme".
* ConvertTheme now handles files containing apostrophes correctly.
* The DiskInfo module pie chart should now be accurate for disks over 2gig.
* The text viewer search function would get confused by double letters (eg
it wouldn't successfully find "scan" in "sscanf")
* Fixed scrolling bug in simple-refresh listers caused when the lister was
partially obscured by another window.
* The Disk filetype will now support volume names containing spaces (put
quotes around it)
* Fixed 'var' return option in lister query commands, this also fixes the
problem of DOPUSRC not being set when it should. Also, the 'dopus getstring' and
similar commands now return an empty string in RESULT if no string is entered.
For functions that use DOPUSRC to return a result code, RC is ALWAYS 0 now.
* Deleting files in icon action mode now correctly deletes the icon as well.
* IconInfo will now show an error if you try to save an icon that is write
protected.
* Fixed start menu bug that caused graphical errors when moving from a
sub-menu item back to a main menu item.
* Various fields in the configuration editors now support drag'n'drop - The
'Image' field in Function Editors, and the Background picture fields and Sound
Event path field in the Environment.
* Drag-select of text in text viewer now selects the first character as soon
as you click, rather than waiting for you to move and then selecting the first
two characters.
* Fixed the problem with which caused an occasional 'Object in use' when
deleting recursive directories.
* Most requesters, such as the selection list (Select Command, Select
Argument, etc), HotKeys, Filetypes and FTP Address Book now remember their
sizes.
* Added flags to the LoadButtons and CloseButtons commands.
o LoadButtons <name> HIDDEN - this will load the button bank but not
display it
o LoadButtons <name> SHOW - this will reveal a hidden button bank
o CloseButtons <name> HIDE - this will hide a visible button bank
* Fixed problem with 'command wait <cmd>' which wasn't returning the correct
result code in some circumstances.
* Clicking the close gadget of a lister no longer acts as an abort for
directory reads, but will now close the lister in all cases.
* We have removed the old AllocBitMap() patch completely. This was
originally added to support older datatypes to force images to be loaded into
FAST RAM and not CHIP. However, after several reports and extensive testing we
found that there were weird problems with the new versions of datatypes and
Picasso RTG software. The only way now for your background pictures to be loaded
into fast ram is if you are using v43 picture.datatype or another version which
supports it.
* Added support for the defined NewMouse standard for wheel mouse to scroll
up & down in listers. If you wish, you can set the environment variable
DOpus/WheelScrollLines to control the number of lines each wheel turn
corresponds to. The default is 3.
Shift + mouse wheel scrolls in the lister by a page at a time, and ctrl +
wheel will scroll to top or bottom
* The 'dopus request' function now correctly returns RC, this broke when the
change to 'dopus getstring' was made above (getstring still returns in DOPUSRC,
RC will always be 0 for this call).
* Fixed the lister crash on close bug
* Icon label outline fonts are now rendered correctly.
* Fixed problem where iconified listers icon would creep down the display on
repeated iconify/deiconify.
* Fixed GetSizes to now support >2GB correctly
* Left Outs - If you set the dopus/ReturnOfBenify environment variable to 1,
then icons you leave out by dropping onto the desktop will automatically be
saved as permanent rather than temporary leftouts.
* Fixed unusual problems where DOpus would lose track of some changes caused
by a filetype action on more than one type of file. For example, if you dragged
files and folders together from one lister to another (or into a sub-directory),
then both files and folders would be moved but only the files would be refreshed
(Trevor's problem).
* Fixed refresh bug in icon action smart refresh listers (status bar wasn't
refreshed properly when lister was resized larger).
* Added %it% display item for screen title, shows Swatch Internet Time
* We now uses sysinfo.library from Executive (if present) to do CPU usage
calculation.
* Fixed a problem with the 'perform all actions' flag and drag/drop copying
of directories.
* With 'perform all actions' flag enabled, DOpus will no longer complain
about a file already existing if you drag/drop a file and icon to copy (it used
to try to copy the icon twice).
FTP Module
* Fixed problems with Send() command causing problems logging into some
sites such as freeserve and ftp.thule.no etc.
* Fixed problems with SHIFT DnD in Addressbook causing crash
* Fixed problems with HELP key in Options causing crash
* Fixed problems with deleting entries from the Addressbook causing crash.
* Fixed problem when a site address was entered directly into the lister
path gadget using FTP:// ...., the lister did not scan the remote directory
correctly after login.
* Fixed problem with FTP when viewing remote site directories where dates
were not in English. Any such dates are now set at Amiga time 0 or 1/1/78.
* Fixed problem where small blank error requesters could appear on some
occasions.
* FTP Addressbook window not remembers its size and position.
* Fixed problems with lost connections (421) causing errors on passive and
other modes by sending checking if the connection is alive prior to commands and
transfers.
Notes on Lost Connections and site to site transfers etc.
To eliminate the problem of a remote site timing out and the connection
being closed under the lister handle itself, the code now sends a preliminary
NOOP command before the main command to check if the connection is still alive
if :-
Send NOOP IS NOT selected. (If this is on then there should be no need
to check the connection.)
and
Passive mode is selected,
or
Auto reconnect is selected,
or
site-site transfers are attempted.
If the the NOOP command fails, indicating that the connection has timed out,
a requester (server closed connection) will appear and the command you think you
have sent will fail. But, at least you will be warned.
Because of the way the module was originally coded, it is not possible to
remember what the failed command was if a timeout occurs. The main "object" of
the module not the lister itself but the "connection". If the connection is lost
then the handler is closed down. If a reconnect is performed then and a new
handler is spawned (the user does not see this since it happens in the same
lister but all prior memory, data, history is recycled when the "connection" is
closed).
The method now used seems to be ok. Only problem I see at the moment may be
it is doing the preliminary NOOP too often to check the connection before too
many commands. This will result in slower performance over slow connections.
NOTE: You can disable this stayin' alive behaviour totally by setting the
Environment variable dopus/NoBeeGees which will disable check.
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