rosapps/net/telnet/doc/changes.txt

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   2                 *** Console Telnet version 2.1 Change log  ***
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   4
   5 Version 2.1b2 -- October 16, 2000
   6   Redirection fix (Mark Miesfield)
   7   Allow "o" to open a connecton on the command line
   8   Fixed problem with special keys (ALt-[, Alt-], Alt-\, etc.)
   9   Added MTE Support (Ziglio Frediano)
  10   Speed improvements in ttelhndl.cpp -- may be buggy?
  11   Wrap_line option is now modifiable via telnet command line
  12   Lock_linewrap option added
  13   Cleaned up console code
  14   Fixed some color issues with nonstandard consoles
  15   Tab setting/resetting
  16   Fixed "telnet.exe" installer problem
  17   Fixed miscellaneous parsing bugs
  18   Fixed vt100-compliance
  19   Added NAWS support, but it doesn't work (RFC 1073)
  20   Added X Display Location support (RFC 1096)
  21
  22 Version 2.1b1 -- April 5, 2000
  23 -Bugfixes
  24   Console code writes to bottom of buffer (W2K scrollback buffer now works)
  25   Updated Winsock error messages (Craig Nellist)
  26   Sleeping while thread paused, to give up CPU time (Craig Nellist)
  27   Ctrl_Break_as_C now works properly
  28   Restore original screen colors; use initial screen colors as default
  29
  30 -New features
  31   Cursor size sequences (Jose Cesar Otero Ridriguez)
  32   Network piping
  33   Line mode support added
  34   Support for telnet:// URLs
  35   Command-line history (Craig Nellist)
  36   Connection Aliases
  37
  38 -Translator updates
  39   New code structure
  40   Unified character map class
  41   More configurable "special" keys:
  42     tn_escape, tn_scrollback, tn_dial, tn_paste, tn_null, tn_cr, tn_crlf
  43   Transmission of NUL character possible
  44   Czech keyboard definition (Jakub Sterba)
  45
  46 -New INI options
  47   Window_Width, Window_Height
  48   Scriptname (not functional), Script_Enable (not functional)
  49   Netpipe (functional), Iopipe (not functional)
  50
  51 Version 2.0 -- July 5, 1999
  52 -Bugfixes
  53   Save/restore console title, character mapping fix (Pedro Gutierrez)
  54   Telnet prompt fix, suspend telnet, string-based port (Craig Davidson)
  55   Mutt/Lynx colors/underline fix, repeat character fix
  56   Color display problem fixed (I.Ioannou)
  57   Newline properly handled, added APP4_KEY, better key translation
  58   Problem with icons not displaying properly fixed
  59   Small bug with telnet crashing at exit (Sam Robertson, Daniel Straub)
  60   Bug getting name of executable (Thomas Briggs)
  61
  62 -Updates
  63   Better key translation
  64   Spanish keyboard definition (Cesar Otero)
  65
  66 -New ini options
  67   Set_Title (Adi Seiker)
  68   Scroll_Enable/Scroll_Size
  69   CtrlBreak_as_CtrlC (Bryan Montgomery)
  70   Clear_on_Tabset removed
  71
  72 Version 2.0b7.1 -- Dec. 5, 1998
  73 -Minor changes
  74   Fixed problems with Scrollback and Clipboard
  75   Minor updates to terminal emulation
  76   Keyboard init improvements (Vassili Bourdo)
  77   Repeat sequence support, German key config (Titus von Boxberg)
  78
  79 Version 2.0b7 -- Oct. 21, 1988
  80 -To do still:
  81   ZModem support
  82   Update key translator/character maps
  83   Finish scrollback
  84
  85 -Changes
  86   Options added: Term_Width, Term_Height, Wide_Enable, Buffer_Size, Dial_key,
  87         Keyboard_Paste, Status_bg, Status_fg, Input_Redir, Output_Redir
  88
  89   Application keypad mode support
  90   Numlock/scroll lock support in KEYS.CFG
  91   Del/. key now works properly
  92   Ctrl-break bugfixes (Thomas Briggs)
  93
  94   Added suspend and fast quit to the command line (Thomas Briggs)
  95   Error message for unable to load ini file (Thomas Briggs)
  96   Fixed TELNET_INI environment variable (BK Oxley)
  97
  98   Support for changing screen size
  99   Support for switching to 132-column mode via ANSI sequences
 100
 101   Fixed minor memory leaks
 102   Mouse speedups/bugfixes, scrolling speedups/bugfixes
 103   Miscellaneous ANSI parser fixes
 104
 105   Added support for changing the icon in the corner of the window
 106   Fixed bug with mIRC
 107   Fixed "try again" error message
 108   Input and output redirection now separate (TELNET_REDIR still supported)
 109   Modified "set" command to operate on groups
 110   Character mapping now works again
 111
 112 Version 2.0b6 28 Jul 1998
 113 -To Do still:
 114   ZModem support
 115   Finish mouse support
 116   Fix character maps
 117
 118 -Changes:
 119   ANSI Parser should be almost complete
 120   Reorganized source
 121   Display speedups
 122   Preliminary mouse support
 123   Enhanced scrollback support
 124   Miscellaneous bug fixes
 125
 126 Version 2.0b5 05 Jun 1998
 127 -Version 2b5 released from I.Ioannou <roryt@hol.gr>
 128 -To Do Still:
 129   Too many to mention :-)
 130 -To Do, Maybe:
 131   Mouse cut/paste support.
 132   Support secure telnet options.
 133   Real blinking attributes.
 134   Zmodem & Kermit DL Protocols.
 135   Any ideas acceptable :-)
 136
 137
 138 May 1998
 139 -Changes
 140    Paul Brannan <pbranna@clemson.edu> add telnet.ini code
 141    improve telnet's speed, add some VT emulation, port telnet to
 142    MSVC, rewrote the command line options processing with GNU getopt,
 143    fix many bugs, and more.  Good work Paul :-)
 144    I.Ioannou <roryt@hol.gr> . A few bugs fixes, and a icon.
 145    Also I convert tnmsg files to use a resource compiler.
 146
 147 December 1997
 148 -Changes
 149     Andrey V. Smilianets (smile@head.aval.kiev.ua)
 150     rewrote the keys translator to support many different
 151     keymaps, charmaps and configurations.
 152     Also add editing support to telnet> prompt.
 153
 154
 155 Version 2.0b4 10/6/97
 156 -Updated by Brad Johnson who can be contacted at
 157   <jbj@nounname.com>  http://nounname.com
 158 -Changes
 159   Added command line history at the telnet> prompt.
 160   Added ability to "unmap" a key by setting it equal to \000 in the key.cfg.
 161   Added log-file option '-dFILENAME'.
 162   Added print screen/line commands by I.Ioannou <roryt@hol.gr>.
 163   Added Support for running in an emacs buffer <mauch@unidui.uni-duisburg.de>.
 164   Added better support for international character sets
 165      <mauch@unidui.uni-duisburg.de>.
 166 -To Do Still:
 167   Support for local echo.
 168   Scrollback buffer.
 169   Fix Scrolling bug.
 170 -To Do, Maybe:
 171   Change the telnet options to initiate the negotiation.
 172   Mouse cut/paste support.
 173   Support secure telnet options.
 174   Real blinking attributes.
 175   Zmodem & Kermit DL Protocols.
 176
 177 Version 2.0b3  12/25/96:
 178 -Updated by Brad Johnson who can be contacted at
 179   <jbj@nounname.com>  http://nounname.com
 180 -Changes
 181   Screen colors and buffer settings are now preserved on exit.
 182   Fixed WindowSize height/width 255 exception :-).
 183   Found out that the paste problem is a bug in Win 95 (not my problem)!
 184   Fixed screen buffer problems under NT when the window
 185     was smaller than the buffer.
 186   Added custom key maps by I.Ioannou <roryt@hol.gr>.
 187 -To Do Still:
 188   Fix advance to next line error when writing past column
 189   Extend NAWS window negotiation to include buffer size changes.
 190   Change the telnet options to initiate the negotiation.
 191   Add print screen/line commands.
 192 -To Do, Maybe:
 193   Support for running in an emacs buffer.
 194   Mouse cut/paste support.
 195   Support secure telnet options.
 196   Real blinking attributes.
 197   Zmodem & Kermit DL Protocols.
 198
 199 Version 2.0b2  09/29/96:
 200 -Updated by Brad Johnson who can be contacted at
 201   <jbj@nounname.com>  http://nounname.com
 202 -Changes
 203   Added code to move cursor to end of screen and reset attributes on close
 204   Fixed potential IAC parsing problem
 205   Fixed ClearScreen Last line problem
 206   Fixed parse problem that prevented line clears on unix history
 207   Changed scroll code to scroll the entire buffer
 208   Removed destructive backspace. May cause problems with terminals that want
 209     destructive backspaces.
 210   Added binary telnet option to use 8bit.
 211 -To Do Next
 212   Paste still doesn't work!
 213
 214 Version 2.0b1  09/22/96:
 215 -Updated by Brad Johnson who can be contacted at
 216   <jbj@nounname.com>  http://nounname.com
 217 -Changes
 218   Added Color ANSI support. It works!
 219   Added option for user specified port addresses on the command line.
 220   Added ANSI keyboard mapping support for cursor keys.
 221   Added destructive Backspace.
 222   Added escape key 'ALT-]'.
 223   Added TermType and WindowSize telnet options.
 224   Added/Fixed various other ANSI codes.
 225   Now (I hope) all ANSI codes handled correctly!
 226   Fixed cursor left/right/save/restore commands.
 227   Fixed clear line and clear screen command.
 228   Expanded and altered network buffer to prevent some lockups :-).
 229   Added Unix style telnet prompt "telnet>" with options.
 230 -To Do Next
 231   Should parse for IAC separate from ANSI.
 232
 233 Version 1.0a:
 234 - This release fixes a bug which caused it to hang when connecting to
 235   UNIX boxes. The program simply ignored Telnet DO instead of replying
 236   with WON'T as required by RFC 854.
 237
 238 Version 1.0:
 239 - First release