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THIS SOFTWARE MAY NOT BE REDISTRIBUTED. ************************************************************************ * * * DISCLAIMER * * * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS". * * NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ARE MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE * * ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, PERFORMANCE, CURRENTNESS, OR OPERATION * * OF THIS SOFTWARE, AND ALL USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. * * NEITHER COMMODORE NOR THE AUTHORS ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR * * LIABILITY WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO YOUR USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. * * * ************************************************************************ Mon Jan 30 11:53:42 1995 o Changed hunk names in Headlines,Quotes,Mig blanker, will cause some setings to revert to default values. Wed Jan 25 19:06:52 1995 o Reblank or set as unblanked the mouse pointer if moved with arrow keys or a window is activated or inactivated? ****####**** o Started adding Tags to the copperlist routines in swazblanker.library. Sun Jan 22 20:38:08 1995 o Help will close when the preferences window is closed. o When closing the main preferences window each of the blanker preferences can be requested to shutdown. Doesnt quite work if the blanker preferences window is busy (ie. Has a file requestor open or something). Thu Jan 19 23:04:24 1995 o Help for SwazBlanker is now Asyncronus in all modules and the main server. Wed Jan 18 21:14:18 1995 o Quotes now doing the BY and FROM lines again. Tue Jan 17 18:46:31 1995 o Pattern goes to a black screen when finished drawing rather than starting again. Fixed, omitted one line of code when adding in the test function. o Quotes needs #BY and #FROM coded again. o Can DELETE the blankers from your HD by pressing DEL in the main SwazBlanker preferences window when you have selected a blanker. o Headlines, Mig, Pattern and Plasma when chosing the default screen mode pick the display mode with the most colors. Sun Jan 15 20:50:43 1995 o Install script updated to install 'suomi' locale files. Sat Jan 14 10:21:36 1995 o Fixed length of some translation strings. Fri Jan 13 23:25:13 1995 o Quotes bug fixed when using test mode. o Quotes crashes when saving config! Ok so i was not opening iffparse.library :) oops! Tue Jan 10 00:37:28 1995 o Single Color cycling code now working better. Mon Jan 9 02:01:36 1995 o Have coded a rather crude 'random' color cycling routine in swazblanker.library. o When doing 'Test' in the configuration for a blanker module the blanker now runs at the correct task priority. Sun Jan 8 01:56:51 1995 o Updated Headlines, Labyrinth, Lines, Quotes to handle the new copper list setup. Currently i still need to do the color cycling code in swazblanker.library ... may even update the copper list for AGA. ****####**** o Fixed NewPrefsUpdate bug in Headlines and Quotes - it woulnt check the path and update the list. o CHANGES TO swazblanker.library BASE * In an effort to stop direct references into the library base for stuff like getting font names etc, i have made these fields private and created two functions to read/write to the library base. o Updated all blankers and main SwazBlanker to require the current versions of swazblanker.library and matrix.library. o Updated all blankers to get the Interface Font properly. Sat Jan 7 02:02:36 1995 o Fix SkyLine to have proper clipping and possibly borders around buildings ****####**** o Added New Screen mode hook into mxlib screen mode gadget. So can disable/enable the copperlist button if mode does not support it. NewMode( mxsm, displayinfo ); Fri Jan 6 12:22:17 1995 o Information window text clipping problem fixed. Was not allowing for the border inside the listview display area. o Stars screen not comming to front if a 'Grapevine' (IRC) window is active. Fixed, was a problem with AllocScreenBuffer() waiting while the GV window was active. Set the flags to 0. Wed Jan 4 23:39:07 1995 o Stars only will let you select screen modes that support double buffering. o Stars not opening screen properly occasionally Could be a problem with double buffered screens? o Reset to default working for sliders in the tab box in Stars Tue Jan 3 15:12:47 1995 o Renamed Labrynth to Labyrinth o Test implemented, major changes to swazblanker.library and SwazBlanker main program. o Test working in all modules. o Blanker 'Descriptions' too long. o Increased blanker information window width and reduced length of Headlines description. o Stars causing enforcer hit when unblanking. Well its only if an EGS screen is the frontmost screen at the time of blanking. ****####**** Dont know how to fix this one at the moment. Could be a problem with double buffered screens? Have documented this in the 'Stars.guide' file. Sun Jan 1 11:20:49 1995 o EGS problem solved, coded small work around. o DisplayClip on OpenWindow() needs to be fixed in matrix.library as it was fixed in swazblanker.library o Font not saving in SwazBlanker preferences o Pointer no longer blanked on exit Fri Dec 30 23:25:57 1994 o Headlines updated. Will move onto a new data file after a configurable number of generated phrases. o Quotes updated. Will also move onto new data files when all the quotes in the current file have been used. o Headlines and Quotes need display mode configurable Thu Dec 29 22:44:57 1994 o Keyblank enabled, only currently works on Amiga screens o Quotes file format changed. See guide file for details. o Quotes blanker re-written, now has basically the same engine as Headlines blanker. o Bug in matrix.library when saving preferences files it was not creating the path to the file if it did not exist. o SB_CloneFrontScreen() fails for EGS cards. o Updated Programmer.guide and Example.c for new swazblanker.library functions for changing to the blanker directory. o Quotes not switching to additional text files on SHIFT TAB Wed Dec 28 01:42:46 1994 o Library updated with functions to change directory to the blanker module directory o Problems still being experienced under EGS with the blankers that clone the top screen, may be problem with the DisplayClip ? o Quotes needs an interface like Headlines o KeyBlank OFF not using locale Sun Dec 25 00:29:44 1994 o Changed name from BlankerServer to SwazBlanker o swazblanker.library writes a log of blanker modules to "sblog:swazblanker.log". Sat Dec 24 02:12:01 1994 o Fixed a whole bundle of spelling mistakes in the guide file o Documentation Path selection now works. o Tooltypes slightly modified. Now has HELPFILE/K and DOCPATH/K o When unblanking the blanker tasks priority is increased to the same priority as the server task. Sat Dec 10 12:10:04 1994 o Reset to Default not setting Array Size correctly o Toaster images still corrupt Tue Dec 6 01:33:16 1994 o Stars : Reset to def not work for slider in tab box o MxLib HorizLines drawing into window border and do no use the correct draw pens Mon Dec 5 00:53:55 1994 o Updated main guide file to reference blanker help files exclusively. Only 5 help files done so far, but will have the reset converted over soon. Mon Nov 28 02:34:02 1994 o Each blanker also now has its own help file as docs/blankers/#?.guide. Can display the .guide either through pressing HELP or selecting Help from the menu of the specified blanker or by selecting the reference to the blanker in the main BlankerServer.guide file. Sun Nov 27 14:42:33 1994 o Pyro now displays the title when blanking o Re-localization of all modules and main server begun; will remove locale from library when this is complete and then distribute for final translation. May have a few interim translations available. Thu Nov 17 23:26:00 1994 o Fixed enforcer hit in Stars when the Change rate was NEVER. Fri Nov 11 01:06:41 1994 o Pyro now draws into the screens rast port, should be faster... Sun Nov 6 14:20:28 1994 o Font layout slightly changed o ToolTypes and CLI Args are now accepted Sun Oct 23 19:39:30 1994 o Fixed mungwall hit in Mig o Fixed default setting problem in several blanker modules o Now include blankerserver.library autodoc in archive Sat Oct 22 19:38:29 1994 o Updated install script, should at least work fairly well now o MAJOR changes blankerserver.library and BlankerServer. DO NOT run old versions of these together. Sun Oct 16 14:37:28 1994 o Updated blanker modules, now have better fallback code when insufficent memory to open preferred screen mode, first will now drop back to default mode, then to minimum mode. o Each blanker module has had version set to 1.0 Sat Oct 15 23:44:05 1994 o blankerserver.library no longer requires V40. o Caps Lock no longer unblanks when the mouse moves. o Removed old debugging code from BlankerServer. o blankerserver.library writes a log of blanker modules to "bslog:blankerserver.log". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ swaz@iconz.co.nz or dswasbro@csaix.ait.ac.nz