From zerkle Tue Mar 28 08:52:43 1995 Received: by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.6) id AA25561; Tue, 28 Mar 95 08:52:41 PST Received: from wor-srv.wam.umd.edu by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.6) id AA25554; Tue, 28 Mar 95 08:52:31 PST Received: from rac7.wam.umd.edu (walrus@rac7.wam.umd.edu [128.8.70.123]) by wor-srv.wam.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA06890; Tue, 28 Mar 1995 11:52:20 -0500 From: Udo K Schuermann Received: (walrus@localhost) by rac7.wam.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.10) id LAA29954; Tue, 28 Mar 1995 11:52:17 -0500 Message-Id: <199503281652.LAA29954@rac7.wam.umd.edu> To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu (comp.sys.amiga.ANNOUNCE) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 11:52:14 -0500 (EST) X-Department: Department of Redundancy Department X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 4999 Subject: REVISE KingFisher 2.8 Errors-To: zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu X-Server: Zserver v0.90beta Status: RO revise dan NAME KingFisher VERSION 2.8 SYNOPSIS An update to the PREMIER "Fish Disk" & CD-ROM software catalog maintenance and search tool available to all Amigas with KS2.04 or later. See PURPOSE section below for more details. NOTE: This is a *MAJOR* release! Many, many problems fixed. NEW FEATURES ----- KingFisher 2.8 ------------------------------------------ Many problems fixed - index, add/append fish, expressions Non-mounted volumes - Now handled gracefully with requester Reindexing database - Operation sped up significantly Search Expressions - Now supports DOS patterns QuickIndex - Now sortable by .version field Clipboard - Now clip search result to clipboard Install database... - Easy adding of databases from CD-ROM Delete fish... - Actually truncates involved files ----- KFServer 2.8 -------------------------------------------- Many problems fixed - sanity check added, speed increased Many small enhancements - Connect/uptime status, SETTINGS param ----- RexxFisher 2.8 ------------------------------------------ Search Expressions - Now supports DOS patterns New command - SELECTFISH fishnumber (see the docs!) New demo program - Versions.kfrx traverses VersionLinks 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. This permits complete customization, separately for each database. 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 30K) for each user (an ARexx-based interface named RexxFisher provides a BBS with the means to serve many databases to many users!) KingFisher's multi-user support in NO WAY hinders its value in a single-user environment! KingFisher is localized. Catalogs are supplied for Dansk, Deutsch, Espanol, Nederlands, Suomi, and Svenska. More are expected as translators are found (hint, hint!) Fully integrated AmigaGuide help provides context sensitive assistance and information on menu items and gadgets under the mouse pointer. Hundreds of links cross-reference over 150K of documentation. KingFisher comes with a complete, read-to-use database of descriptions for Fred's "Fish Disks" 1-1000! A new command, "Install database..." helps adding existing databases from CD-ROM. REQUIREMENTS With Fish Disk Database (1.5MB), approximately 2.2MB of harddisk space is needed. The program requires about 300K 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, EGS Spectrum, and CyberGraphics (on Picasso.) 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. --------------------------------------------------------------- NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW --------------------------------------------------------------- USERS GROUPS and their members are eligible for a 20% discount! You must provide name and mailing address for your users group to be eligible for the discount price: $16(US) or DM24. --------------------------------------------------------------- RESTRICTIONS The freely distributable, unregistered (EVALUATION) 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, 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 (but not 2.2) is available on any Aminet site, for example: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/biz/dbase/KF-REGS-pch-28.lha (547896) The EVALUATION version is also available on Aminet: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/biz/dbase/KingFisher28.lha (842871) ._. Udo Schuermann "The future's not what it used to be." ( ) walrus@wam.umd.edu -- G'Kar, Babylon-5, "The Long Dark"