GammaTech Internet Relay Chat Readme.Csd CSD 1996221 Version 2.03 MOTE: 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 no changes are required. 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 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.