UNOFFICIAL (SUPER) GRAVITY VERSION 2.6 CHANGE LOG January 15, 2004 Revised February 12, 2004 ************************************************************************ Legend [+] Additions [-] Fixes [B] Bug ************************************************************************ WARNING: Database format change! Builds 2052 and up share a common database format which is not compatible with earlier versions! You should save a backup if you want to return to earlier versions. ======================================================================== ** Build 2060 (February 2004 same build number as January 18) ( also see Builds 2058 and 2059 for changes ) [-] FIXED - Bug that caused Gravity to crash while fetching certain articles (originally found on Opera newsgroups) [+] NEW - The splash screen (or Help - About) shows "lastbuild 2060" You can identifiy this build by the splash screen or the file date (after January 2004) ** Build 2060 (January 18, 2004) [-] FIXED - Some longs URLs caused the "Repair URL" function to crash the application [+] NEW - "Back to Draft" command sends an article from the Outbox back to the draft folder for re-editing. It is intended to replace the "Back to Editing" button that was in earlier versions [B] Bug - gravity will croak on some articles found in Opera news groups (I think if one of the headers contains Quoted Printable ISO-8859-13 e.g. =?ISO-8859-13?Q?xxxxx=E4xx?=) This affects all builds back to build 2052 (when the database change occurred). Also affects the open source version 2061 ** Build 2059 (beta January 15, 2004) [+] NEW - "Decode to" command overrides the decode directories Command: "Article - Decode to .." [+] NEW - Check box to turn on/off X-Faces Command: View - Global Options - Display - Show X-Faces [-] FIXED - Created date in draft message window [B] Bug - Some longs URLs caused the "Repair URL" function to crash the application ** Build 2058 (beta January 11, 2004) [-] FIXED - URL highlighting works as it did before. Copying an URL with the mouse does not cause the link to open the browser. [+] NEW - "Repair URL" command (right click in article pane) allows you to send a wrapped URL to the browser. Usage: Highlight the entire URL - right click - select "Repair URL" [+] NEW - X-Face support ======================================================================== ======================================================================== ** Build 2057 (September 8, 2003) [-] Changed - Gravity now accepts y n m g from the List Command, there was a problem with Hamster and gateway groups (Gravity did not accept g) [+] New - Gravity sends User-Agent header instead of X-Newsreader, with the version/build number [+] New - added commas to the line count [-] Re-encode subject lines that "accidentally" already look like quoted-printable junk. ** Build 2056 (May 11, 2003) [-] Custom signature over ride is fixed ** Builds 2053 - 2055 (not released) [+] 2055 adds "source" view to show raw article with Full Headers [-] Add spaces between RFC 2047 "words" [-] Fixed RFC 2047 quoting "Re: " (doesn't encode it now) [B] Custom signature over ride is not retained [B] A few miscellaneous RFC 2047 bugs ** Build 2052 (May xx, 2003, not released) WARNING: Database format change! [+] Adds setting to link a signature to any group [+] Adds settings to send Raw 8 bit, From and Subject headers [+] Addresses are split; the name part is RFC 2047 decoded and saved (hence the database change) [-] Fixed the spelling and "Gravity Lite" Bug in 2051 [-] Fixed the Bozo crash bug [B] From displays email address only [B] When posting, part (or all) of the sender's email is not sent ** Build 2051 (April 30, 2003) [+] Uses RFC 2047 encodings on the "Subject" and "From" lines. [-] Compiled on the old trusty compiler - much better now thanks [-] Skips encoding From and Subject if no extended characters are used [B] Crash when clicking OK or Cancel in Bozo Bin (only some systems) [B] Global Options - Spelling, options grayed out ** Build 2050 (April 16, 2003, Not released) [+] Uses RFC 2047 encodings on the "Subject" and "From" lines. [-] saved the .MAP file to look up crash addresses. [-] Fixed "Save As" and "Open File" dialog boxes [B] Uses fancy encoding even when only 7bit chars used [B] Some Gravity threads do not terminate on shutdown. Will go back to the old compiler instead of .NET ** Build 2049 (April 10, 2003) tested by some French usenauts [+] Adds option to send 8-bit chars (7 bit was a problem in fr.* groups) (Global Options Encoding) [-] Changed some char set tables (looks better) [-] Changed the about box to update the copyright dates [-] Al: Using a "faded MicroPlanet" logo, just to amuse myself [B] "Save as" Dialog doesn't work ** Build 2048 (March 29, 2003, Not released) [+] Adds autosave decode jobs (Image Factory) [+] Totally recompiled with Visual Studio .NET [-] Fixed bug in the re-edit drafts [-] Removed the code to check the MP website for updates, so Gravity no longer needs WinInet.dll ** Build 2046 (March 21, 2003) [+] New - Complete install package available (pkzip compatible) [+] Added more error handling to reduce database corruption [+] New - Export message(s) from Outbox [+] When thread sorting by score, for 0 scored articles secondary sort is date (descending) tertiary is subject [+] Modernized sorting code [-] Manual Decode is fixed [-] Increased the height of the middle listbox in the Image Factory [-] Fixed bug in the logic for the quick filter [-] Fixed hang when closing Gravity during decode [-] Filters - Corrected Sort Order when Threading by Score, Ascending/Descending [B] Re-edit drafts has a bug ** Build 2043 (March 9, 2003) [+] News URL and Message IDs open in Google. Requires small registry modification for proper URL recognition [+] Sends MIME-Version: 1.0, Content-Type and 7bit Content-Transfer-Encoding headers [+] Saves Drafts in a separate folder (View - Draft Messages) ** Build 2039 (April 25, 2002) [-] Fixes decoding multi part yEnc articles posted with Hogwasher [-] Fix for the crash when using a Complete_Binaries filter and an article subject contains 0/0 or 0/00 ** Build 2037 (March 24, 2002) [+] Handles Base 64 encoded headers for ISO-8859-1 [+] Minor addition to the "about" screen - shows the current ANSI code page ** Build 2036 (February 2002) [+] Adds SMTP server authentication. Server - properties tabs are altered to allow the SMTP configuration. [+] Adds additional code to display ISO-8859-1 accented characters in the article bodies. [-] Gravity now decodes certain multi part binary posts from Hogwasher that previously failed. ** Build 2035 (February 2002) [+] Adds the character set support ISO-8859-1 for Quoted-Printable headers. [-] Fixed a little bug where Image Factory would report an incomplete yEnc attachment, even if it was ok ** Build 2034 (Jan 2002) [+] Adds yEnc decoding ** Build 2032 (Sept 2001) [+] Added a friendly warning when using a 'lines' rule condition [-] Fixed crash for invalid regular expression in the Quick Filter dialogue ** Build 2031 [+] Adds a Quick Filter floating dialogue box [+] Adds The ability to copy a filter [+] Adds speed meter in status bar. Average speed over the last 60 seconds [-] Article commands apply to all articles in the complete binary, instead of the first article ** First Unofficial Release (August 2001, version 2.5, no new build number) [+] Shows complete multi-part binaries with user-defined filters *************************************************************************** END LOG **************************************************************************** Gravity's online Help has not been updated to include Super Gravity features. Super Gravity is developed by Al Choy. Al provided the above changes at no charge and in his own time. If you enjoy Gravity and want to show your appreciation please consider sending a donation to Al's Pay Pal account. Al's Pay Pal Link https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=alchoy%40bellsouth.net&item_name=Gravity%20donation The Unofficial Gravity Page http://lightning.prohosting.com/~tbates/gravity/ also mirrored at http://gravity.tbates.org/ Log written by Tom B. nfn03862@naples.net