* AmigaWorld * created by Wolfgang Lug program history, known bugs & future plans System-Configuration ==================== AnigaWorld was developed with an Amiga 2000. Technical data until version 3.0: Processor MC68000 (7 Mhz) · Fat Agnus · 5 MByte RAM · GVP-Serie-II-SCSI with Quantum LPS 120 · Kickstart 1.3/2.0 · m2Amiga 3.32d Since version 3.0 this new equipment is used: Processor MC68000 (28 Mhz) · Kickstart 1.3/2.1 · ECS-Denise · m2Amiga 4.3 All new hard- and software could be paid with registration fees. Thanks to all registered users! History ======= Version 1.0 o The first working and useful version of AmigaWorld. (01-jan-1993) Published as a freeware version with some limitations [Fish #804] on AmigaLibDisk #804. Version 1.01 o Added manual selection/deselection of countries (with the (24-mar-1993) right mouse button) [internal] o Most menu selections are restored after changing font, screen mode or language. o Some internal improvements that are not visible to the user. Version 1.02 o Invented code numbers for the countries. See the chapter (28-mar-1993) 'awo.data' in the documentation file for details. o Some minor optical bugs were fixed. Version 1.03 o AmigaWorld does now also contain Swedish data files. They (01-apr-1993) were written by Bo Arnholm of Mölndal near Gothenburg. Thank you Bo! Version 1.1 o Added data about currencies. (07-apr-1993) o AmigaWorld can now also express itself in Dutch. The Dutch [Fish #851] data files were created by Ruud Hoekzema of Driebergen near Utrecht. Thank you, Ruud! o The numbers that appear in the country window are now displayed as groups of three figures. That makes them more readable. o Fixed a bug that caused the program to terminate when you changed from a language with a long name to a language with a short name. (e.g. "Nederlands" (10 chars) -> "Deutsch" (7 chars)) o Removed the menu short cuts. They seemed quite useless to me in the end. Version 1.11 o Fixed a bug that caused the program to quit if you tried to (13-arp-1993) use a font with a name longer than 10 chars. o Fixed a bug that made topaz font look rather strange if you had already used another font before. o If there are open country windows when you change language, font, or screen mode, the country windows are adapted to your new selections. o You can close info and config windows via the keyboard now: Press return to confirm changes or any other key to undo and exit. o The width of the menus in the screen title bar is adapted to the length of the texts they contain, making the Swedish version look better. Version 2.0 o The flags of all independent countries and some dependencies (13-jun-1993) are displayed together with the other data. [Fish #893] o The religions which are most common in a country are listed. o AmigaWorld tells you about membership in important inter- national organisations (independent countries only). o You can also get a short description and all members of these organisations by selecting the menu item "Search for" / "Organisation". o The data about languages has become more precise. o AmigaWorld first calculates the size of a country window and THEN opens it. No more giant windows that are shrinked later on! o If the data about a country is already displayed, you cannot open its window again. o Minor optical improvements, e.g. in the window that pops up when an error occurs in the country data. o The freeware and the full functional version use the same output file now. The few different output texts are held internaly. o Every text in 'awo.data' had a maximum length of 80 chars in older versions. Now those texts that are displayed in the country window can be 120 chars long, the other ones (for the search funtcion) only 30 chars long. That's why some data became more precise, without eating up more memory. o A new country is born: Welcome, Eritrea! Version 2.01 o It is now possible to get a list of a country and all its (01-jul-1993) dependencies by typing its abbreviation in the search gadget (when "Search for"/"Name" is selected). Version 2.02 o A Finnish translation of AmigaWorld was created by Mika (11-jan-1994) Leinonen of Ylitornio, Finland. Thank you Mika! o Four Australian Island Territories were added. o All numeric data was updated. o The font has got a better name now: It's called "Beatles". Version 2.03 o Two new translations are available: French and Italian users (28-feb-1994) can "talk" with AmigaWorld in their native languages, too. Version 2.1 o AmigaWorld is now available in Danish. (07-mar-1994) o Line two of 'awo.output' does now contain the char which [Finnish PD divides decimal numbers, i.e. either point or comma. series] o Three dependencies were added: Åland, Ashmore/Cartier and Galapagos. o The flags of several dependencies were added. o The location line in the data file can contain more than one entry now, making the search function more efficient. o The source code is not included in the fully funtional version anymore. Nobody was interested anyway, and I spend one diskette and a bit of copying time less. o The price of AmigaWorld has increased (it's the inflation, you know?). You have to pay ten more Deutsche Mark to receive the fully functional version. Clever users can claim to have read the doc files of an older version. Version 3.0 o If you click on the little map with the left mouse button (02-jun-1994) a big world map pops up. Now you can select a continent that does also appear on a map. When clicking on a country its data will be displayed. o The map window contains a little menu. When you select the item "description" a text about the continent on the map will be displayed. o Until now, the selection in the country list was restored by clicking the little map. This function belongs to a new item in the "Selection" menu now. o The country windows also have got a little menu: The first item is not implemented yet, the second one makes Amiga- World display one of its ten maps, showing the country's location. o The third item enables you to get a list of all dependencies of a country; or to call the data of its mother country. o The "Sort" menu of the main window contains one more item: It enables you to turn around the order of the country list. o The procedure that displays text about continents, organiz- ations (and soon countries) works with bold, italic and red text now. o You can softly scroll up and down in these text by using two arrows. I like it better then the proportinal gadget. o The arrangement of the interlace screen has been extremely improved, waste of space was reduced. All countries of a continent can now be displayed in the list at once. o The file "awo.output" contains 50 more lines, for new output texts. Therefore it is not compatible with older versions of AmigaWorld. Version 3.1 o This new version was developed with version 4.3 of the (30-jul-1994) m2Amiga system. [Fred Fish, o It contains a new routine for reading IFF files that replaces other the old one which was faster but contained a bug. PD-series, o If Kickstart 2.0 is available windows have got the "new look", several i.e. they are somewhat 3d-like. mailboxes] o The font requester of ASL.library is used if this library is provided in the libs: directory. o A bug was fixed: The memory for menu strips and items is deallocated as soon as a window is closed, not any more at the end of the program. Version 4.0 o AmigaWorld displays a text about nature, population, economy (30-aug-1994) and history of a country. About 80% of the texts are done, the other ones will be finished in a few months. Author of these informative texts is Bo Arnholm who has already translated AmigaWorld into Swedish! o Includes data on Palestine. Version 4.1 o Includes a text about each and every country! But some do not (27-sep-1994) contain information on economy and history. o All continent descriptions have been translated into English. Version 4.2 o AmigaWorld co-operates with graphic expansions in a better (18-oct-1994) way now, at least if you have got Kickstart 2.1 or greater: [Westium Data, At the start and every time you select the menu item mailboxes] "Configurartion"/"Screen Mode" a requester comes up that asks you for screen mode, width and height. Version 4.3 o You can now modify the size of the window where country and (22-oct-1994) other text descriptions are displayed. [Fred Fish, o A bug was fixed: Text does not flow outside this window AMOK, etc.] anymore. Version 4.31 o All numeric data was updated (for all languages), some of the (01-jan-1995) other data was made more precise in the English and German files. Known bugs ========== o None at all. Should you find one then please tell me! Plans for the future ==================== o Information about major cities. o Option to print out the description of a country, continent or organization. o Option to save these descriptions as ASCII-files, either with or without printer codes for bold text etc.