
                       What's New in the World of
                               Psych0Tag



-= This Release

  I have chose to finally release the source code.  I don't have any interest
  in developing this any further, atleast as in the form of Pascal code.  I
  may pick up on this in C, but I'm so mind-boggling lazy, I'm suprised I got
  this far with this.  =)


-= Known Imperfections

  * Psych0Tag will not wrap lines if periods are to be added and the line is
    shorter than the limit, 79 characters, without the periods.


-= Major Things on the "To-Do List"

  * user interaction:
     - pick taglines with modem support (for BBS's)
     - duplicate taglines filtering

  * multilingual support

  * direct output to devices (console, comm ports, etc.)

  * "packed" structures

  * nicer colors


-= History

  Key

   b bugfix         c change
   + added          r removed
   n note           u updated

Version 0.491, Bureaucracy 25th, 3163 (September 1, 1997)

 c Command-line handling redone, the old command-line set is no longer
   available!  YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR SETUP!!!  I believe this was something I
   should have done earlier.
 c Maximum command-line length increased to 255 characters from 128.
 + Reports change in amount of taglines during update.
 r Extended help from the executable.
 + Eight-ball sample configuration.
 + Source included.
 b Psych0Tag would overlook the first tagline in each file.
 c Released in ZIP format (instead of ARJ).

Version 0.49, August 09, 1996
 n Blue Wave ("John Hancock compatibility mode") installation help
 n new FILE_ID.DIZ, hopefully nicer and more descriptive.. =)
 n miscellaneous reorganizing and optimizing
 b [OS/2] Psych0Tag/2 would start writing the tagline about 512 bytes into
   the message.  This was a bug in the compiler, and it wasn't my fault.  =)
 u documentation, much nicer looking
 u color scheme (slightly)
 n My new Internet service providers (ISP) is pcisys.net, so my new email is
   ziem@pcisys.net.  Check the documentation for the rest of my addresses.
 n corrected documentation error (/O is a command, not a option)

Version 0.48, June 10, 1996
 c string "WARNING: tagline file <filename> does not exist" changed to
   "WARNING: tagline file "<filename>" does not exist"
 + TerMail and TimEd installation help
 u style in INSTALL.HLP, "text files" installation help
 + "Sorting taglines" to PTAG.DOC
 r EXAMPLES.ARJ - moved into main PTAG???.ARJ archive
 u GoldED Psych0Tag support
 n used a spell checker =) and manually improved grammer
 n available via Franz's freeware list page and the Psych0 home page
 r quiet mode - old forgotten switch
 c will warn if a numeric converstion error takes place instead of halting
 + when compiling configuration, if quantity is set to 0 Psych0Tag will
   attempt to automatically find the number
 + when compiling configuration and debug mode is on, Psych0Tag will display
   the tagline file and the number of taglines it contains
 b forgot to mention switches should come before the commands on the command-
   line
 + "Getting started" to INSTALL.HLP

Version 0.47, May 22, 1996
 + /CL commandline parameter (see documentation)
 + nice little file comment with product information
 c FILE_ID.DIZ hopefully more descriptive
 c documentation updates, some documetation cosmetics (as always...)
 c significant internal work, parameter/cosmetic updates
 b carriage return and line feed were backwards (wrong ASCII codes), used for
   signifing new lines
 c improved config file error checking
 c debug mode and warning messages should look better
 + OS/2 version uses "/2" in creditline
 r VDM support from OS/2 executable

Version 0.46, April 27, 1996
 c maximum tagline length increased to 160 characaters
 + /U updates amount of taglines in compiled tagline file
 c detects existance of files better
 + restores original color when exiting
 c will not warn you it can't write to file
 b OS/2 version cosmetic problem in update mode, spacing ackward
 + EXAMPLES.ARJ introduced

Version 0.45, February 27, 1996
 n no longer uses EMS.  tagline files limited to 256.  will once again compile
   under OS/2.
 + update mode, recalculates number of taglines in compiled tagline file
 n CTRL-C only checked for if debug mode is on
 n improved speed
 n more colourful.  Hope it doesn't look too bad.  =(
 n very little information show without the /D (debugmode) paramater on.
 n document updates
 b miscellaneous bug fixes.  handles appending taglines better.
 + "-=- Psych0Tag" is now appended to the file before the tagline, and the
   "-=-" is new.

Version 0.40, Januray 26, 1996
 + tagline files limit is set by available memory
 b fixed the "empty config file" bug
 + if PTAG.CFG not found in current dir, searchs path.  Commandline
   specification still overrides this.
 o OS/2 version is still v.35, beware!

Version 0.35, December 25, 1995
 + ignores lines starting with a semicolon ; in the text config files.
 n each PTAG.CFG record is now 111 bytes instead of 256 [57% smaller]
 o found a old WHATS.NEW I've forgotten and added it on
 + OS/2 version supports 200 tagline files
 n 286 version removed, it's pointless
 n PTAG.DOC now includes features

Version 0.32, December 24, 1995
 o started this file
 + /M[+/-] creates output file if it doesn't exist.  Default is NO.
   Diffrence is now it has + for ON and n for OFF.
 + /P[+/-] adds periods if they don't exist.  Default is YES.
 o Two above command line paramaters for use with Psych0Liner v.32+.
 b Doesn't screw up if output file doesn't exist.
 o added "Included files" to the PTAG.DOC
 o added Psych0Liner to HOW_TO.DOC
 + 286 optimized version introduced

Version 0.31, December 10, 1995
 + OS/2 version introduced
 n no longer halts during numeric conversion errors, just warns
 n checking for config and outputing files is "smarter"

Version 0.30, October 21, 1995
 n better commandline checking
 n better proccessing of output file
 b no longer looks for line 0 and locks up
 + /M to create output tagline file if doesn't exist

Version 0.215, October 7, 1995
 + debug mode

Version 0.21, October 3, 1995
 n configuration file checking removed temporarily

Version 0.20, October 2, 1995
 n much improved file existing checking
 n more reliabale compiliation
 n "... " instead of "..." for compadibility with tagline stealers =)
 n record size increased for upgradability (record is saved compiled files)
 b fixed configuration file checking (if it is a real config file)

Version 0.15, September 30, 1995
 + ... detection, forced to check and add if not found
 n upcase procedure 83% faster
 n losts of cosmetic changes
 + improved command line handling
 + /ac works

Version 0.10, September 9, 1995
 + multipal tagline file support
 + compiled tagline config file support

Version 0.05, Septemeber 26, 1995
 n first release


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