From zerkle Tue Dec 13 15:27:21 1994 Received: by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.6) id AA18291; Tue, 13 Dec 94 15:27:20 PST Received: from pg2-srv.wam.umd.edu by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.6) id AA18284; Tue, 13 Dec 94 15:27:13 PST Received: from rac8.wam.umd.edu (walrus@rac8.wam.umd.edu [128.8.70.124]) by pg2-srv.wam.umd.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA10894 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 1994 18:27:12 -0500 From: Udo K Schuermann Received: (walrus@localhost) by rac8.wam.umd.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id SAA01055 for announce@cs.ucdavis.edu; Tue, 13 Dec 1994 18:27:11 -0500 Message-Id: <199412132327.SAA01055@rac8.wam.umd.edu> To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu (comp.sys.amiga.ANNOUNCE) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 18:27:09 -0500 (EST) X-Department: Department of Redundancy Department X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 4210 Subject: SUBMIT KingFisher 2.6 Errors-To: zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu X-Server: Zserver v0.90beta Status: RO submit NAME KingFisher VERSION 2.6 NEW FEATURE OVERVIEW ----- KingFisher 2.6 ------------------------------------------ Clipboard - Reads & Writes clipboard unit 0 Center window option - Keep main window always centered Show all fields - Shows ALL, even non-standard fields Select larger fonts - Now lets you select fonts > 24 pixels Fast Reverse QuickIndex - Now as fast as Forward QuickIndex Trashed/vanishing Menus - Bug fixed Trash in .prefs file - Bug fixed FD/Registered messages - Actual distinction of messages :-) KingFisher2.guide - Should now work again for KS2.x users ----- KFServer 2.6 -------------------------------------------- Improved %usage report - Provides uptime and accurate %use kfcSELECTDATABASE - Cleaned up and fixed Creating New Database - MAJOR cleanup. Should work fine now! System Requesters - No longer suppressed (option avail.) ----- RexxFisher 1.7 ------------------------------------------ RF_ADDFISH - Adds contents of file to database RF_SETVLINK - Sets previous/next VersionLink values PURPOSE KingFisher is a tool specifically designed to maintain and search one or more databases for software. The program permits manual browsing, but offers a powerful expression parser through which you can explain to KingFisher exactly what you are looking for. The layout of database records for display is programmable, as is the format used for printing and that for writing records to a file. KingFisher uses a resizable GadTools window on the default public screen or on a custom screen, offers the choice of both smart and simple refresh windows, and supports proportional fonts (including scalable fonts) of nearly any size. KingFisher supports more than one database, and databases that are larger than a single disk volume, which are spread over any number of disks to be mounted on request. Using advanced Client-Server Technology, KingFisher supports multiple simultaneous users with a minimum of memory overhead (as little as 25K) for each user. An ARexx-based interface, named RexxFisher, provides a BBS with the means to serve many databases to many users! KingFisher is localized. Catalogs are supplied for Dansk, Deutsch, Espanol, Nederlands, Suomi, and Svenska. More are expected as translators are found (hint, hint!) Context sensitive and fully integrated AmigaGuide provides help on gadgets, menu items, reference sections, etc. in over 150K of widely cross-linked text. KingFisher comes with a complete, read-to-use database of descriptions for Fred's "Fish Disks" 1-1000! REQUIREMENTS With Fish Disk Database (1.5MB), approximately 2.2MB of harddisk space is needed. The program requires about 400K of memory to run, depending on the size of the database index files and some other factors. Kickstart V37 (2.04) is required; V38 (2.1) is required for localization. COMPATIBILITY Tested with 68000 through 68040 CPUs, V37, V38, V39, and V40 system software, Picasso II graphics board. Enforcer and Mungwall used during testing. PRICE Shareware registration fee is $20(US) or DM30. A registration site in Germany is available for European users. RESTRICTIONS The freely distributable, unregistered (EVALUATION) version remains at version 2.3 with an update yet to be announced. The unregistered version is limited to a maximum of two simultaneous users. Register for the full version and show your support! AUTHOR & AUTHOR'S ADDRESS (inquiries, registration, technical support) Udo Schuermann 6000 42nd Avenue, Apt. 405 Hyattsville, MD 20781-1518 USA email: walrus@wam.umd.edu LOCATION A patch file for the REGISTERED version of KingFisher 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5 (but not 2.2) is available on Aminet in 'biz/dbase' by the name 'KF-REGS-pch-26.lha' The EVALUATION version is available on Aminet in 'biz/dbase', as 'KingFisher21.lha' as well as 'KF-21-22-patch.lha' and 'KF-22-23-patch.lha' Aminet's main ftp site is wuarchive.wustl.edu [128.252.135.4] Please use Aminet's mirror sites whenever possible! ._. Udo Schuermann "The future is not what it used to be." ( ) walrus@wam.umd.edu -- G'Kar, Babylon-5, "The Long Dark"