GammaTech Internet Relay Chat Readme.Csd CSD 1997135 Version 2.05 NOTE: You MUST use binary mode to download the CSD file. If you fail to use binary mode then installation of the CSD will fail. This CSD file contains corrective service for the GammaTech Internet Relay Chat Version 2.0 To install the corrective service, follow the procedure described in the GammaTech Internet Relay Chat printed manual. NOTE: This CSD may only be applied to the commercial release of GtIrc version 2.0 software. If you are running version 1.x or a beta or demo version of GammaTech IRC do not download the CSD file because you will be unable to install it. Corrective Service files are cumulative. The latest CSD file contains fixes found in all previous CSD files. To determine if you should apply this CSD, go to an OS/2 command prompt and CD to the GTIRC directory. From there execute the GtLevel command. If the CSD level shown there is less than this CSD level there are fixes here you may wish to install. A list of fixes and their dates are shown below. If while attempting to apply this CSD you encounter the error message pop-up with the title which reads "Base Level Invalid", it means that the version information stored in the INI files could not be found. This information was placed there during the installation of the base product, but is no longer there. You must reinstall the base product and then apply this CSD. If you are applying this CSD over the base 2.00 level of the product then after installation of CSD 1996221 you will need to re-enter information on the Settings, Query and Notify dialogs. If you are applying this CSD to version 2.01 or later only changes to the server list will be reset. Documentation Errata The online help is up to date. Some features have been added which do not appear in the printed documentation. See the section below to identify those new features. Corrective Service List --Date-- --CSD-- Filename Description 03/14/96 1996075 n/a Base release Version 2.00.0 05/01/96 1996122 grc96122.csd CSD release Version 2.01.0 07/22/96 1996204 grc96204.csd CSD release Version 2.02.0 08/08/96 1996221 grc96221.csd CSD release Version 2.03.0 05/15/97 1997135 grc97135.csd CSD release Version 2.05.0 GammaTech Internet Relay Chat Enhancements Version 2.05 * NOTE: It is strongly suggested that you read the entire help panel on the new Server Dialog before attempting to configure your servers for automatic connection and reconnections! * Outgoing Oper Wallops are no longer displayed since they are returned to us. This eliminates the double message when doing wallops. * CTCP CLIENTINFO requests now support a parameter although it is very limited. This change is intended to keep IRC Operators from mistaking the client as a bot. * Added a new message thread to offload the main input thread and hopefully improve respose time on server PING messages. * The /Query command will now accept multiple nicknames. * User mode is now reset when a reconnect is done. An attempt is made to reestablish the usermode when the reconnect is finished. * If Options->Preferences->Rejoin Chans On Reconnect is selected open Query windows will now be reopened on reconnects also. * The connection closed message is now timestamped. * Connected time is now reset when a reconnect is performed. * Any trailing carriage return characters are now stipped from DCC Chat input. * The On Message feature now has an option to specify if the matching text may occur anywhere in the message line or only at the start. The default is that it must begin at the start. Previously the text could appear anywhere so you may need to update your config. * Leaving a channel no longer generates a leave message if it is us that is leaving. * If the server name is an IP address, DNS lookup is automatically bypassed. The Bypass DNS option will force the specified IP address to be used even if a server host name is provided assuming the IP address is known. * Completely reworked the connection dialog and processing. The old Connect Dialog has been replaced with a new Servers Dialog. From this dialog you may configure a number of servers in a prefered order and specify automatic retry for connecting to a server and automatic reconnect if an existing connection fails, Additional features are also provided. See the help from the Servers Dialog window for additional details. * The Ident daemon is now terminated when the server message of the day has been displayed. This makes it easier to run multiple clients with different idented user names. * Increased the number of possible server entries to 100. * Added message routing and supression feature. The suppression options in the Preferences Dialog has been replaced with a new Message Routing feature. See the help from the Preferences Dialog for details. Basically, the user now has the ability to route or supress several kinds of messages to windows of their choice. Related options were also removed from the CTCP Dialog. * Correct problem where supressing signoff messages did not supress the message. * Added a timestamp to the end of Notify, Join, Leave, Signoff and Kick messages. * Added the /DNS command to do online DNS lookups. * Corrected a security hole in DCC GET. * A default signoff message my now be specified in the Preferences Dialog. * Corrected trap when attempting to join a channel with a name exceeding the limit of 200 characters. * Corrected problem where we were replying to unknown CTCP NOTICES. * Added logic to drop invalid CTCP's. * Correct problem when the server does not have a MOTD file. * Increased the maximum number of entries in the NickList to 200. * A new Msg option has been added to Nicklist pop-up menu. Selecting a nickname in the list and then selecting the Msg option will place a /MSG command in the input area and position the cursor so that you simply type the text to send and press Enter. * Correct trap which occurs when notify list exceeds approximately 25 entries. * Correct trap which occured on some modified servers which resulted from invalid ISON reply messages from the server. * Text entered to the channel or a private message is now prefixed with instead of the customary ">" or "->" symbols so as to make it easier to see the text you entered and make log files easier to read. Changes and Enhancements in Version 2.03.0 * Added functionality for setting and using IRC variables via the /VAR command. These variables can be used in /Commands, CTCP reply overrides, and in REXX scripts. See the online help for additional information. Particularly the help for /VAR, Variables and in Script Programming the IrcRexxVariable() function. * Added the IrcRexxVariable() function for use in REXX scripts. See previous note. * Added a simple mass ctcp flood protection scheme that will block all incoming CTCP's if a flood is detected. The user is notified if this event occurs and it lasts for 3 minutes after which it will be deactivated permitting CTCP's once again. A later release will provide options to control this feature. * The /Ignore command now permits you to purge the entire ignore list by specifying a single "-" as a parameter. i.e. /ignore - * The /DCC Send command now permits path and file names with embedded spaces. However, a file name with embedded spaces will have the spaces replaced with underscore characters (_) at the receiving end. * Corrected trap condition when an invalid DCC command is received. * Corrected /DEOP command which failed to deop. * Added /KLINE command. * /KICK now permits multiple nicknames. * Added /REXX command which is functionally equivalemnt to /SCR. * The maximum DCC block size has been increased to 28KB. 4KB is still the default and the recommended value since the DCC protocol specifications limit it to 4KB. Using a larger block size may improve performance or it may cause problems. Changes and Enhancements in Version 2.02.0 * Corrected trap when joining some channels where the TS timestamp for channel creation is an invalid value. * Corrected problem where some server notices were routed to the wrong window on ef_net if the user had a user mode of -s. * Corrected problem where pasting of multi-line text in a DCC Chat window did not break the lines correctly and left carriage return and line feed characters in the text. * Corrected trap when data was sent to a DCC Chat peer but the connection had not yet been established. * ClientInfo CTCP now returns "SOUND" as an available option. * /KILL now displays a message in the current window indicating the command was executed since this command does not reply with a standard acknowledgement. Changes and Enhancements in Version 2.01.0 * MultiMedia PM is no longer required. However, all MM sound support will be disabled if MMPM/2 is not installed. * Up to 25 wav path's may now be specified in the sound dialog. * Correct error in IP Address for outgoing DCC requests after a link failure has occured and the IRC client is reconnected without restarting it. * Correct problem where nicklist leaves names in the list of clients who have signed off if signoff message suppression is requested. * Support for nick names up to 30 characters long is now provided. This should correct the traps with dal.net IRC servers. * We now format the URL message received by dal.net servers. * Corrected problem where sounds could not be sent to channels with names greater than 9 characters in length. * Correct problem where /OMSG causes the server to disconnect you due to flooding. * Correct trap when a CTCP Sound message is received but a file name is not present.