FreeTerm v1.44

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Version 1.44

Some stuff happened between v1.41 and v1.44 - see the ChangeLog.

Changes since v1.20

Manual covers scripts.
Connect to remote host window now grabs input focus
Connect to remote host window remembers port and host of last connection.
Scripting features reasonably stable, memory leak probably still present but not for long.
Scripts can now be put into the AutoRun directory without FreeTerm running itself <n> times.
ArcWeb telnet URL passwords and logins are supported through script routines.
MTTermSupport module added, allows keypad to be used properly for VT keys, although yet to be put through.
Rough attempt at fixing load/crash bug reported by some users.
This version has a known memory leak, I just haven't got round to de allocating script processes which are never started.
Extra script loader program added to forward freescript runs appropriately. Scripts use officially allocated type 0x133.
Script language added (thanks to those on #acorn for putting up with the testing)
Hopefully fixed icky bomb-out-on-socket-fail behaviour
Terminal test window added
Larger history sizes now allowed, up to 9999 lines
stderr redirection detected and buffering disabled automatically
No longer crashes if palette could not be written
Please close window message no longer displayed before autoclose
HostlistH now actually included when saving hostlist

Changes since v1.26 beta

Changes since v1.27 beta

bug fixed in iconiser handling code which caused a crash when the iconiser changed.
for some reason the 1.27 distribution had ic_freeterm instead of ic_term - this is fixed.
command line switch added - "vtlie" which forces FreeTerm to report itself as a vt100 rather than vt102 terminal to the remote end.

Changes since v1.28 beta

task and sendf commands added to freescript
NOTE: these don't work yet. Work in progress.
another fix of iconsier handling code, hopefully got it sussed now.

Changes since v1.29 beta

user is now shown a window whilst connections are in progress, this will probably be improved soon to allow aborting connections.
a couple of memory nasties fixed. finger session deallocation could previously muck up telnet sessions and/or try to free invalid blocks (thus resulting in a complete quit).
now compatible with ANT's URL launch protocol (intercepts telnet: and finger: requests) - this hasn't been tested with indirected URLs yet.
now intercepts render requests for finger: urls from arcweb
new script command "title" allows terminal window title to be changed
now confirms quit if sessions are still open.
fixed crashes when long (over 512) URL requests are recieved
rudimentary looping commands (jump and label) added
task and sendf commands now work

Changes since v1.30 beta

Scripts in <FreeTerm$Dir>.Script now appear in the hot list, hot list code was generally improved.
FreeLoader now deals with URLs passed in CLI to allow ANT's URL protocol to launch telnet and finger URLs when FreeTerm isn't loaded.
New fonts from Reuben Thomas: (Sys08x08, Sys08x16 and Z88/06x08)
> Sys08x08, Sys08x16
>
> These fonts are not really useful with Zap, but are with FreeTerm
> if you want to use the system font. Zap can supply the system bitmaps
> when parts of a font are missing (as with e.g. SysDec, SysDom), but
> FreeTerm can't. In fact, the control characters are all blank in
> these fonts, as I couldn't be bothered to put them in.
>
> Z88/06x08: the Z88's font
>
> This bears a marked resemblance to 06x08.C, which I used as my model.
> I suppose that when you get this small your choices as a designer
> are limited. Anyway, this is a faithful copy of the Z88 font.
>
> Note: the System fonts are probably (c) Acorn Computers Ltd, and
> the Z88 font (c) Cambridge Computers Ltd.
>
> Reuben Thomas (rrt1001@cam.ac.uk until at least July 1998).

Changes since v1.31

Changes since v1.32

German resources from Richard Atterer <atterer@augsburg.baynet.de> now included in standard distribution.
New default sprites designed by Richard Atterer, the old sets are still included.
A couple of problems with the messages file fixed, so the spool submenu etc work almost correctly, there's still a slight problem with Spool->Open and Selection->Open, the submenu tags seem to be ignored, they still work as normal menu entries though.
shutdown(socket,2) now called before socket close
FreeTerm doesn't interpret some finger URLs correctly, and generally doesn't show the output as nicely as some web browsers, so it can be prevented from responding to ArcWeb & ANT finger URL broadcasts by using the new -nofingerurl command line switch.
Finally scrapped Ttylinkd

Changes since v1.34

Ctrl-c now sent as out of band data
used to prompt are you sure you want to quit when closed connections had windows open. fixed.

Changes since v1.39

shouldn't ack URLs when -nofingerurl specified.
cancel behaviour of dboxqueries now as follows :
- in NC interface mode a cancel/default action is taken as being a confirm action - this allows NC keyboard only users to close windows.
- in normal mode behaviour is as before, cancel/default is taken as being a cancel.
Query boxes now get caret
NC interface introduced, with allowances for no task manager etc
mtitle1 changed from "Telnet" to "FreeTerm". Attention to detail, oh yesh.
potential problem in debug mode fixed
altered iconised sprite name to ic_term
cancel in configure window would load another set of freeterm scripts on hot list. doesn't any more.

Version 1.41

Now works rather nicely in STB style environment, can be set up by just dropping into Apps directory of baseline and uncommenting FreeTerm$Interface line in !FreeTerm.!Boot. Typing telnet urls into Fresco to start connections.
Shift-insert will now type a marked block in a terminal at the cursor. Note that this will only work in the same window as the block is marked in.
Finger code tidied, potential null pointer access fixed.
Iconisation fixed (finally?)
Some dodgy callbacks on terminal deletes altered, hopefully avoiding free failures and other such nastyness.