• You can use the TAB key to tab between fields in the login boxes and between the blurb box and the yes button.
• Pausing
  • You can use "Window / Pause Reset" to have the system compute the number of lines displayed in the window (for pausing)
  • You can use the F12 key to act the same as pressing the MORE button
• Quitting
  • The "Bail Out" button on the title window will kill everything immediately.
  • The menu item File / Quit will kill everything after prompting you. It does not quit lily politely.
  • The menu items under File / Disconnect... are the preferred way to end your lily session.

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Version Information

0.3.8

New

• Changed default host to eclipse.its.rpi.edu instead of the raw IP address. This may fix the 1.0.1 JDK problem, but is definately not the preferred way to address the machine.
• The -h command line parameter can now be used (in applications only) to set the host address of the server. (Applets have their own way to get this information.)
• Return anywhere on the entry line now works correctly.
• Fixed a problem with one-character names before the semicolon.

• People will hate the text entry area.
• People will hate the oversided window used to tell you the result of commands. Some of these results should be in their own kind of window anyway.
• Commands do not thread well. It is not wise to run more than once WHO/WHAT window or try to send messages while a WHO/WHAT update is taking place.
• Keyboard inputs
  • People will complain about the behaviours of ;:= and tab. Some day these will be configurable.
  • Can't get focus to go to text entry area, either automatically or through F11. (Typing something when the focus is elsewhere will drop the first character)
  • F12 doesn't work everywhere
  • Menus broke when handleEvent in the window was created, so I removed it (which I guess makes this a potential bug)
• Reports of exceptions while closign windows. (Unconfirmed)
• In Netscape, Motif errors appear to be generated when windows are closed. menu_bar
• Need other command line parameters and a usage page.

0.3.7

New

• :;= expansion works, but only if there is nothing else on the line
• Tab and shift-tab will rotate through a list of people and groups you have sent to
• The up and down arrows will scroll through a list of previous lines you have entered.
• Self-updating WHAT list
• WHO and WHAT list buttons work (at least when active)

0.3.6

New

• Added List / Who / All to the menus
• Can no longer close the Default window from the menu.
• Runaway CPU problems should now be solved... Again.
• WHO table
  • WHO table headers and footers are not in the scrollable list
  • Ignore/Unignore, Notifications, and Conversation buttons added, but they still don't do anything but blink
• Title window now displays for applications

0.3.5

This version was released mostly unfinished due to a showstopper in 0.3.4.

New

• Fixed typo on html page
• Long output now has a better chance of both getting to the correct window, and getting everything back to the default window when its done.
• Preliminary implementation of an updating, scrolable, command WHO list.

0.3.4

New

• Changed the default address on the HTML page
• Connect to another port besides 7777
• Quitting CaL
  • Quitting from appletviewer or Netscape doesn't cause exception, but will print message about what to do.
  • Quit CaL directly from the DETACH/BYE box
  • Quit CaL from the title window. (Emergency bail-out)
• Fixes to more login problems
  • Review detach now takes place at a different time
  • Works correctly if you have /SET AUTOREVIEW NO (but you get the detach review anyway)
  • %connected in a text message no longer causes problems
  • Login timeouts will send CaL to a shutdown state
  • "lilyCore" logins caused problems.
• Fixes to signaling
  • Signaling now works for more than just messages
  • Signaling will not swallow up other events
  • Blank lines before messages are now correctly tied to the message
  • Signaling now goes to a different pipe and shouldn't print a blank line in the start screen/Java log.
• Status buffer is now viweable
• Prototype help menu
• More whitespace added to the MOTD screens
• After a screenfull but no pending output, the output from text entry no longer gets paused (I think)
• Connection closing should now terminate the thread. This may have side effects I havent noticed yet - please report anything unusual.

0.3.3

This is mostly a bugfix release.

New

• Line wrap system fixed
  • No longer causes exceptions
  • Last character on the line are now retained
• Removed some unknown commands that were quite well known.

0.3.2

This is mostly a bugfix release.

New

• Removed random newlines in long output (particularly the review)
• Redirecting connection from previous session now works
• Blank lines before messages are now there
• Signals happen (untested under Netscape)
  • Signals will correctly beep when they arrive, not when printed in the buffer
• Long lines (either typed in or from lily) wrap
• Windows now close even if there is stuff not yet viewed

0.3.1

• Fixed incomplete review buffer problem
• Created WHO and WHAT prototype windows
• Can now quit CaL from the menu
• Can now /BYE and /DETACH through the menus (will not close CaL)
• F12 Hotkey to do MORE
• Fixed blank line after outgoing commands
• Improved login parsing
  • Doesn't barf without name or password
  • Removed double messages
  • Won't lock on login

0.3

• Fixes for JDK1.0b2 and Netscape1.0b4
• Internal restructure to imrpove parsing
• Added Login windows
• Added Review windows
• Reorganized menus
  • File menu removed windowing options
  • New windowing menu, including the Close option
  • List menu, with stubs for who and what

0.2

• Improved threading (speed improvement)
• New text viewing area
• Added menus
  • File menu, with stubs for detach, bye, and logging
  • ???
• Added status frame
• Can run as application or applet

0.1

• Initial release.
• Basic text entry widget, text area widget, and more button

• Help menu
• Configuration settings
• Settable title bars
• Improved Conversation window
  • Select and Cut
  • Hot regions
  • Word searching
  • Font/colour selection
  • Clear buffer ability
  • Clone buffer ability
  • Multi-line paste/entry into send
• Editable info files
• Startup configuration
• Windows for per-person discussion (pending server modifications)
• Whiteboard via lily
• Full audio support (needed for Netscape)

Netscape

• No audible signaling. (Will be corrected when we have real audio support.)
• Yellow security bar messes up the formatting of the window.

Appletviewer

• Yellow security bar messes up the formatting of the window.

Java Applications

• Windows like to show up in the upper left hand corner
• No command line ways to set machine or port