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From: Steffen Kaiser <Steffen.Kaiser@fh-rhein-sieg.de>
Subject: ANN: New Maintainer and new FreeCOM version
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Hello all,

the maintainer of FreeCOM has changed, now it's me.

The sources had been already uploaded to SourceForge within the FreeDOS
space at:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freedos/

You can directly browse the CVS tree at:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/freecom/?cvsroot=freedos

BTW: If you search SourceForge for "freedos", don't confuse with the
result "Free DOS" (<Note the space>).

Where the WWW pages will show up will be decided in the near future, for
now, only the CVS repository is available.

===

The newest FreeCOM version is v0.79b; the associated CVS sources have been
tagged with "com079b". To download go to:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/freecom/command.com?cvsroot=freedos
and click "download".
There is a precompiled variant with debugging support enabled, too:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/freecom/cmddebug.com?cvsroot=freedos
Note: You must execute the command "fddebug on" to actually see any debug
information.

Changelog:
chg: PTCHLDRV: gone into TOOLS section
sub: the *.prj (IDE project) files are no longer maintained
chg: ECHO, FDDEBUG, BREAK, VERIFY: share ON/OFF recognition code
chg: shellname & shellver: type change: * --> const[]
add: DIRS, PUSHD, POPD, CDD, FEATURE_LAST_DIR
add: MISC.C: changeDrive(), cwd(), drvNum()
chg: Display text: CMDHELP_CD, ERROR_INVALID_DRIVE
bugfix: option are peristent for VER command
bugfix: "CD C:" must display current working directory of drive C:
bugfix: unquote(): calculation of portion before left quote

A more verbose changelog:
+++ NEW: 4/Ndos style directory stack
01-Jun-2000 (D. Lucas Parker <fuerve@yahoo.com>)
Add: PUSHD, POPD, and DIRS commands similar to 4/NDOS, in file DSTACK.C

Now you can:
- PUSHD dir1 to change into directory dir1
- do something, e.g. CD dir2 or "X:" (change drive)
- and POPD returns you the drive and path where you invoked PUSHD!
- Can be nested as long as the internal buffer runs out of space

+++ BUGFIX: VER command
1-Apr-2000 0.79 Henry Voigt <Henry.Voigt@gmx.de>
ver.c : options uninitilized - every second output of ver with the

+++ NEW: 4/Ndos style CDD command
- As CD, but also changes the drive, e.g. CDD X:\DIR1 changes to drive
X:, path DIR1 regardless what drive is current.
Note CD X:\DIR1 changes the current working directory of drive X:, but
does _not_ change to drive X:.

+++ NEW: 4/Ndos style last directory command
- Run "CD -" to switch back to the directory you came from.
- Works with all internal commands, e.g. PUSHD, POPD, CD, CHDIR, CDD,
even CD - itself

For instance:
CD \dir2
cd \dir1
cd -
cd -
cd -
the last three "cd -" commands change you from/to \dir2 and dir1


+++ BUGFIX: "CD X:" now displays the current working path of drive X:


+++ BUGFIX: quotes don't cause FreeCOM to crash anymore


+++ NEW: single-line tracemode
- Write "?command arguments" and you get prompted if this command shall
really be executed. If the tracemode is currently active, it remains
active.
- The "?" command (neither command nor arguments) works as before and
displays the help overview.


+++ NEW: the very start of a FAQ
- See the single QA at docs/faq.txt :-)


+++ A new directory TOOLS has been created. It will contain all secondary
sources more or less connected to FreeCOM, but not required to _build_
FreeCOM. Currently PTCHLDIR (Patch Log Directory) is the only resident.

+++ I use no IDE nor do I have one installed. Therefore the .PRJ files
won't be maitained any longer.


Enjoy!
Bye,

-- 

Steffen Kaiser

FH Bonn-Rhein-Sieg        | e-mail: Steffen.Kaiser@FH-Rhein-Sieg.DE
FB Angewandte Informatik  |
Grantham Allee 20         | phone : +49 2241/865-203
53757 Sankt Augustin      |
Germany - Deutschland     | fax   : +49 2241/865-761

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