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Changes since release 1.89;GPL,386+
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1.90J1 stable for DOS
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Release date: Aug 14, 2006

* Excluded (via conditional compilation, EXPerimental only)
  e-mail download termination on CR/NUL/CR/./CR, per Glenn.
* Incorporated code from Werner Scholz to support NNTP (news)
  protocol. Werner has done a lot of work on this, including
  changes to Insight, a helper application ('newsman'), and
  a bunch of HTML stuff. I have prepared an APM with this
  extra stuff for those interested, called 'aranews.apm'. New
  keywords are: "NNTPserver", "NNTPusername", "NNTPpassword"
  and "NNTPeMail".
* Incorporated code from Werner Scholz to support IRC (chat)
  protocol. According to Werner, "ArachneChat runs on undernet
  and some german ircservers, but (still) cannot link to
  dalnet and efnet". Additional HTML files by Werner required
  for IRC, are packaged as 'arachat.apm'. New keywords are:
  "IRCserver", "IRCuser", "IRCnick" and "IRCport".
* Optimized memory model and overlays, to allow this NNTP and
  IRC code to fit into available memory.
* Added support for link fragment names for non-cached HTML
  pages, to provide enhanced navigation with 'wwwman' 1.91'
  (see below). When a file or directory link is selected from
  a 'wwwman' directory listing, the fragment name is added
  to the current page URL in history. When going back, this
  directory listing will then be repositioned at this link.
* Added table count limit (10*MAXTABLEDEPTH), per Glenn.
* Added conditional compilation (disabled via NORDLC) for
  "QuicknDirty RDLC bug fix", per Glenn.
* Kill images wider than "MaxImgWidth" (new keyword), with
  2048 as default, per Glenn.
* Added "WrapPre" configuration option (new keyword) to
  force line wrap of preformatted text in HTML, per Glenn.
* Avoid METAtag() after <FRAMES> element - bug fix by Ray.
* Fixed "blank page" bug caused by '>' or '<' characters in
  HTML comments, based on investigative work by Glenn.
* Zap total online timer if it's rubbish (goes negative).
* Doubled maximum supported (via 'hotlsman') hotlist size.

Note : For source file details, see "srcfiles.lst".


  WWWman 1.91
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* Extensive tidy-up and corrections to code indentation.
* Corrected HTTPrecord structure (used for cache decoding) to
  match that of Arachne, for code safety.
* Fixed 'HTTPrecord' length test (used for verification of
  'cache.idx' file compatibility).
* Localized header/footer version strings in one place, to
  avoid a multitude of changes for the same information.
* Increased 'maxdiritems' from 1536 to 2000, eliminated most
  unused 'Tdiritem' fields to accommodate.
* Fixed display format problem with the "out of memory"
  error message (which we hope never to see;-).
* Re-instated the "nocache" option for directory listings,
  to avoid displaying out-of-date information.
* Fixed inadequate allocation of memory for directory
  listing in readdirectory(), for code safety.
* Eliminated invalid closure of null file pointer (should
  get trapped by the compiler's RTL, but best to be safe).
* Added NAME attribute to all directory and file links
  for directory listings. Used by Arachne 1.90J1 for
  enhanced navigation, (now that we don't cache directory
  listings, we needed a new method to reposition the page).
* Replaced the hideously slow "bubble sort" algorithm with the
  much faster "Shell sort" algorithm for directory listings.
* Rounded the "icon limit" down to 500 (was 512).
* Major rewrite of the readdirectory() loop. Split listings
  for directories exceeding 'maxdiritems' now works! Large
  directories will now be listed _in_full_ (not truncated),
  with headings for each split in the listing. Sorting of
  such directories is no longer bypassed. Rather, each
  section of 'maxdiritems' items is sorted individually.

Note : For WWWman source code, see 'w3man191.zip'.
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1.90JG stable for DOS
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Release date: Apr 17, 2006

* Implemented %DNS1 and %DNS2 TCP/IP parameters, per Glenn.
* Added compile option for 2048 configuration lines instead
  of the standard 256 lines, per Glenn, slightly modified.
* Renamed 'user_interface.nohtt' as 'user_interface.keephtt',
  per Ray and Glenn.
* Increased e-mail "Subject" limit from 127 characters to
  255 characters, per Glenn.
* Return null when <option value="">xxxx</option> is
  encountered in remote HTML, instead of "xxxx", per Glenn.
* Added some optional Arachne title text appearance/styles
  (selected at compile time), per Glenn.
* Added some compilation options for CAV and ERIC, per Glenn.
* Ignore video resolution shift keys for 'vga.htm' and
  'hgcgevga.htm', per Glenn.
* Increased retries in "Q&D RDLC" bug fix (runaway problem
  when downloading a file of unknown size), per Glenn.
* Added "IgnoreImages" option, per Glenn, modified for case
  independence.
* Added "IgnoreActive" option, per Glenn, modified for case
  independence.
* Rewrote the code for handling the 'Action' attribute of the
  'Form' element, partly based on code suggested by Glenn for
  dealing with a null 'Action' string.
* Added code for handling <base href=""> in HTML, per Glenn.
* Added code to retry HTTP without "keepalive", in case this
  is giving trouble, per Glenn.
* Fix for intermittent freeze on final image with "keepalive"
  or "multitasking", per Glenn.
* Added "define:" pseudo-protocol (Webster lookup), per Glenn.
* Further refinements to link hover code, per Ray and Glenn.
* Further refinement to e-mail disk space handling and e-mail
  end handling, per Glenn.
* Added "MailTop" keyword, per Glenn.
* Added "SendHelo" keyword (superseded "NoHelo"), per Glenn,
  modified for case independence.
* Revised AuthSMTP password handling, per Glenn, modified for
  case independence and to prevent "SendHelo No" being ignored.
* Changed AuthSMTP domain from "user" to "host", per Glenn.
* Tidy-up and indentation correction in various places.
* Revised code for cache-full checking, per Glenn.
* Prevent downloading of inline SWF files (crap;-), per Glenn.
* Skip all leading non-alphabetic characters in the "protocol"
  string, based on suggestion by Ray.
* Added "SMTPport" and "POP3port" keywords (alternative SMTP
  and POP3 port numbers), per Glenn.
* Don't add port number for HTTPS URL's, per Glenn.

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Complete history of all previous releases....
http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/ara-gpl/history.txt
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