PushPull

INTRODUCTION
INSTALLATION
USEAGE
HISTORY
KNOWN BUGS
THE FUTURE

V0.15
  • Pressing HELP now automatically loads the docs. Its not YET context sensitive though.
  • Added GTHelp for all gadgets in PushPull Editor window.
  • Corrected small error in windowsizing calculations for PushPull and Editor windows.
  • Wrote HTML docs for PushPull.
  • Added experimental code to compare two documents if Last-Modified date is not found
  • When the "document not found" error message is returned Puller now immediately moves on to the next URL
  • SIZE string in Puller is now only updated when the size changes. Removes flickering.
  • Puller is a little more tolerant of faulty downloads now.
  • GTList wasn't displaying new entries properly.
  • Corrected problems caused by use of Windowtags when running VisualPrefs.
  • New XEN look for UP and DOWN arrows in PushPull.
  • Puller and PushPull GUI's made fully font sensitive. Buttons adjust to size of text as does the placing of string gadgets. Allows for smaller windows with small fonts.
  • Check for </HTML> tag was case sensitive. Doh!
  • Corrected bug that stopped downloading of files over 32K in size,

V0.14
  • Minor GUI improvements. Scrollbar on Listview is now sized to match chosen font. UP and DN buttons have been replaced with 3d look up and down arrows.
  • LABEL's are now highlighted so they are not confused with actual URLs in the listview.
  • Speeded up downloads of HTML pages.
  • Shrank Puller GUI by reducing the height of the progress bar to half fontsize.
  • Puller now chops off any extraneous text in HTML files (anything before or after .
  • Added CPS counter. And file size indicator to the Puller GUI. This makes it more obvious if a download has got stuck.
  • Puller can now deal with SOME instances of ../ as part of a URL. Has only had limited testing.
  • Puller now correctly follows index.html#part2 style virtual links.
  • Cool new look for HTML update page.
  • The HTML update page now splits its information up according to the labels you use in PushPull
  • Arrays to store URL data in Puller are now allocated after the prefs have been read and defined at the exact size needed thus saving a little memory.
  • You can now add LABEL's to split your URLs into groups.
  • GTCheckboxes now re-size to match your chosen font.
  • Fixed bug where datestamp wasn't set when local graphics or links were also downloaded.
  • GetFile gadgets now scale to match font size.
  • Added UP and DN buttons so you can re-order the URLs in the listview.
  • Extended QuickHelp to include the Config window.
  • The time allowed between clicks for a doubleclick to be recognised is now the same as that set in WB prefs.
  • If you press cancel in the ASL requester when selecting Rexx path, Browser or Editor it will keep the previous values
  • Puller now sends the User-Agent: header as recommended in the RFC
  • Puller should not hang after sending the update page to the browser
  • VIEW and UPDATED now work asynchronously.
  • Re-compiled with latest version of Paul Burkey's TCPFunc extension. Downloading is several times faster now!
  • Fixed bug in routine to compare Last-Modified dates.

V0.13
Internal release
V0.12
    New code to solve VirtualPrefs incompatibility problems
  • Now correctly displays the Busy pointer when the main PushPull window is locked (When the Config window is open or a requester is up)
  • Reduced minimum width requirement since URLs are listed by TITLE now.
  • Added text gadget to display quick help. Currently displays simple messages for all gadgets in the main PushPull window.
  • The location of the Edit window is now saved so you don't have to keep dragging it out the way.
  • The PushPull window is now only re-drawn if the font is changed in the Config window rather than every time the Config window is closed.
  • Pressing ESC when the main PushPull window is active will simply close the Edit window if it is open.
  • No added "Are you sure?" requester when you try to delete a URL in PushPull.
  • Removed a couple of small bugs that could cause problems when editing URL information
  • Updated the addurl.ibrx to send the page title as well as URL.
  • The URL list now stores page titles as well as URLs. Makes it easier to remember what URL is what.
  • Restructured directories. Now Arexx files are in rexx, websites in websites and prefs in prefs. Makes for a much tidier directory structure.
  • Removed bug that allowed the main PushPull window to be resized to less than the height needed to display the buttons after bringing up the Config window.
  • Test code to compare LAST-MODIFIED: dates on servers that send them.
  • Holding down shift while pressing the down arrow key will take you to the bottom of the URL list in PushPull. similarly Shift+Up will take you to the top.
  • Doubleclicking on a URL in PushPull will send it to the browser.
  • Added more keybord shortcuts (S - START, C - CONFIGURE D,DEL - Delete U - UPDATED A - ADD)

V0.11
    Added test code to address "Unable to Free Memory" error that occurs when running Visual Prefs in conjunction with PushPull. If this works then no such errors should occur when re-sizing the PushPull window.
  • Selected URL will always be visible in the Listview now, even when using the keyboard shortcuts.
  • Rewrote the readme. I think its more comprehensive now.
  • Began to add keyboard controls.
  • Puller now indicates if one of the URLS cannot be found on the server.
  • Added UPDATED button which allows you to view the list of most recently updated pages.
  • Fixed INCREDIBLY stupid bug in the date routines (I was subtracting instead of adding) which caused date stamp to be wrong which in turn caused problems checking last-modified dates.
  • Sorted bug in ONLINE mode which meant that the titles of updated pages were not displayed.
  • PushPull's AREXX port (PUSHPULL) now recognises 1 command, ADDURL. This command tells PushPull to add the specified URL to its database.
  • Wrote simple Arexx script for IBrowse which allows you to add the current URL to PushPull's database. If PushPull is not running then the script starts it.

V0.10
    Added resize gadget to Puller window.
  • Added Online mode to Puller. When in online mode Puller checks pages and compiles the index.html file, but does not download the pages.
  • Added Online mode checkbox to PushPull
  • Added ARexx port to PushPull (it doesn't do anything yet though) Feel free to suggest AREXX commands to add.
  • Added ability to set path of RX command
  • Fixed bug in GUI system that failed to include the WindowBar height in window size calculations.
  • Fixed bug in Puller GUI that caused the window length to decrease with successive uses.
  • Shrank size of buttons in PushPull GUI making for a more compact window.

V0.9
    Renamed PushPullGUI to PushPull and PushPull to Puller. This seemed a more logical naming system.
  • You are no longer limited to the screen font but can pick your own font and size. The windows will adapt.
  • The window size and position for PushPull is now saved.
  • The window size and position for Puller is also saved. However, window height is automatically calculated according to the font used and in this version the window width can only be set from the puller.gui text file.
  • Added code to make file and font gadgets work finally!
  • PushPullConfig is now re-saves the prefs everytime anything is altered.
  • PushPull can now traverse frames pages using the DOWNLOAD LOCAL LINKS option. This is of limited use since the frames page is unlikely to change very much. Full frames compatability will require a restructuring of the database in future versions.

V0.8
    PushPullGUI is now fully font sensitive and re-sizeable
  • PushPull is also font sensitive but currently not re-sizeable
  • Added option to download all local links as well. Use with caution!! AWD for example has 60+ local links on its news page.
  • Added SKIP and ABORT buttons to PushPull. THESE HAVEN'T BEEN TESTED MUCH YET

V0.7.1
    Resized window as temporary solution to crashing of PushPullGUI on small screens.
  • Sorted small bug that causes Overflow errors

V0.7
    Increased limit on URLs to 1000 (surely no-one will need more than that?)
  • Improved download error checking. Less half downloaded files now I hope.
  • Speeded up image link parsing
  • Speeded up changing local links to absolute links
  • Linkchange will no longer mess up local # HREFs
  • PushPull now has a status Window and can be run from the workbench
  • Can now switch off the download of graphics for individual URLs
  • No longer outputs text to CLI, but stores it in the file PushPull.log

V0.6
    Fixed bug that caused certain pages with non-standard headers to have the first 4 characters of the message body removed
  • Fixed bug in image downloading routines that caused some images to be downloaded to the wrong directory.
  • Improved loading routines in PushPull and linkchange. Should be a noticeable speed increase.
  • Added Config window to the GUI. You can now set the GMT offset, your chosen browser, and edit the begining and end of the HTML contents page.
  • GUI now uses whatever font you are using for your menus etc.
  • PushPull will now only check at the intervals specified in PushPullGUI.


© Eoghann Irving 1998