From zerkle Fri Feb 3 23:39:52 1995 Received: by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.6) id AA17594; Fri, 3 Feb 95 23:39:51 PST Received: from pg2-srv.wam.umd.edu by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.6) id AA17584; Fri, 3 Feb 95 23:39:45 PST Received: from rac4.wam.umd.edu (walrus@rac4.wam.umd.edu [128.8.70.120]) by pg2-srv.wam.umd.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id CAA14938 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 1995 02:39:44 -0500 From: Udo K Schuermann Received: (walrus@localhost) by rac4.wam.umd.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id CAA12377 for announce@cs.ucdavis.edu; Sat, 4 Feb 1995 02:39:41 -0500 Message-Id: <199502040739.CAA12377@rac4.wam.umd.edu> To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu (comp.sys.amiga.ANNOUNCE) Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 02:39:39 -0500 (EST) X-Department: Department of Redundancy Department X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 3889 Subject: SUBMIT KingFisher 2.7 Errors-To: zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu X-Server: Zserver v0.90beta Status: RO submit NAME KingFisher VERSION 2.7 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. NEW FEATURES ----- KingFisher 2.7 ------------------------------------------ Clipboard - Now write Search Sets, too Version Links - Scan to build Prev/Next version links Adding Fish - fixed bug where 'No' == 'Cancel' Server interaction - No longer restarts when server quits System Requesters - Now show up on same (custom) screen Miscellaneous - Some options available through menu ----- KFServer 2.7 -------------------------------------------- kfcSETPOS - Index referencing bug fixed ----- RexxFisher 1.9 ------------------------------------------ RF_TRUNCATE - Permits truncation of database 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 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. 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 is limited to a maximum of two simultaneous users. Register for the full version and give your support for future development! 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, and 2.6 (but not 2.2) is available on Aminet in 'biz/dbase' by the name 'KF-REGS-pch-27.lha' The EVALUATION version is available on Aminet in 'biz/dbase', as 'KingFisher27.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"