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From: syd@dsinc.DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: User Interface Changes Between 2.2 and 2.3
Keywords: user-interface
Message-ID: <1990Mar15.003426.22596@DSI.COM>
Date: 15 Mar 90 00:34:26 GMT
References: <3264@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU>
Sender: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
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Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc., Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
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tperala@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Tim Perala) writes:
>Can anyone please describe the type of changes to the UI
>in 2.3 and tell me if it in fact will be released by
>June.  (The last speculative date I saw was May.)
Elm 2.3 is still scheduled for a 5/1/90 release.  That date was
choosen to be generous, but does not allow for time for it to appear
in comp.sources.unix, thus it will be available for ftp on 5/1/90
but not in the news group probably by that date.

As to the user interface changes.  There are a couple:

DEL is no longer a syn. for x (exit) command.

Add BSD style screen sizing when the IOCTL calls exist.

Add -v option for Elm version and options information.

Allows specifying the temp directory to be used by Elm.

Allow for restricting shell escapes from Elm.  (But of course, not
from any pager or editor Elm would invoke)

Add PID type locking to the lock file.

Make Elm confirm an x command if changes pending, allow X to be the
old non confirming x command.

Add some checking for space problems and force an emergency exit in those
cases.

Allow the alias file to be used across heterogenous networks by
keeping it in network byte order if NFS is available.  (requires all
users to rerun newalias)

Add support for MMDF style mailboxes.

Aliases are now case insensitive as per survey results

I hope that helps.
From: syd@dsinc.DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
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Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc., Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
Subject: Re: User Interface Changes Between 2.2 and 2.3
Keywords: user-interface
References: <3264@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU>
Reply-To: syd@DSI.COM

tperala@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Tim Perala) writes:
>Can anyone please describe the type of changes to the UI
>in 2.3 and tell me if it in fact will be released by
>June.  (The last speculative date I saw was May.)
Elm 2.3 is still scheduled for a 5/1/90 release.  That date was
choosen to be generous, but does not allow for time for it to appear
in comp.sources.unix, thus it will be available for ftp on 5/1/90
but not in the news group probably by that date.

As to the user interface changes.  There are a couple:

DEL is no longer a syn. for x (exit) command.

Add BSD style screen sizing when the IOCTL calls exist.

Add -v option for Elm version and options information.

Allows specifying the temp directory to be used by Elm.

Allow for restricting shell escapes from Elm.  (But of course, not
from any pager or editor Elm would invoke)

Add PID type locking to the lock file.

Make Elm confirm an x command if changes pending, allow X to be the
old non confirming x command.

Add some checking for space problems and force an emergency exit in those
cases.

Allow the alias file to be used across heterogenous networks by
keeping it in network byte order if NFS is available.  (requires all
users to rerun newalias)

Add support for MMDF style mailboxes.

Aliases are now case insensitive as per survey results

I hope that helps.
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Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP                   Elm Coordinator
Datacomp Systems, Inc.                          Voice: (215) 947-9900
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