NeXtMidas 1.5.6 Release Notes

Tested on:
Platform OS Version JDK Netscape DLLs
Dec Unix Compaq Tru64 UNIX V4.0F 1.3.1-1
4.5
(n/a)
Linux RedHat 7.1 1.3.1-b24
4.76
(n/a)
Sun Solaris 2.7 1.3.1-b24
4.5
(n/a)
Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 1.3.1-b24
4.76
cygwin: gcc 2.95.2-6
egcs: gcc 2.95.2

New Features Added

Bugs Fixed

(listed in ascending DR order)
Bug Num Description
1340-1 Multi-colored text for message log
nxm/sys/prim/messagelog.java
nxm/sys/libg/ColorListBox.java (new)
nxm/exp/messagelog.exp
nxm/sys/test/messagelogdemo.mm
nxm/sys/test/messagelogdemo.mmp1
2294-1 Shell.java needs to read in user nmstartup.mm again
nxm/sys/lib/Shell.java
nxm/sys/lib/Terminal.java
nxm/sys/lib/DebugSettings.java (new)
readmeMaint.txt
2461-1 Need Capability to specify JRE version in browser.
nxm/sys/lib/Shell.java
nxm/sys/lib/BrowserIF.java
4086-1 Update utility uses its own debug flag -vs- NM flag
nxm/sys/intr/Update.java
4270-3 PLOT and ZOOM and PAN
fixed by Schoen
4625-1 GMenu method (getValue) needed to return index
nxm/sys/libg/GMenu.java
4640-1 AUX does not recognize an http response from Tomcat
nxm/sys/lib/CoreIO.java
4644-1 Entering a '!' at nM prompt caused core dump
nxm/sys/lib/Shell.java
4749-1 Temporary button gcontrol, fails to go away
nxm/sys/libg/GMenu.java
nxm/sys/libg/GButton.java (removed)
nxm/sys/mcr/demo.mm
4781-3 Lost NeXtMidas messages, again...
nxm/sys/lib/MessageQueue.java
nxm/sys/lib/Registry.java
4789-1 Need PEAKPICK primitive
nxm/sys/cfg/commands.cnf
nxm/sys/exp/peakpick.exp (new)
nxm/sys/exp/Peakpick.java (new)
nxm/sys/lib/Sorter.java (new)
nxm/sys/prim/peakpick.java (new)
nxm/sys/test/test_peakpick.mm (new)
4977-1 files primitive fails to limit http:// listing by filetype
nxm/sys/lib/CoreIO.java
4992-1 FCALC doesn't work properly with inconsistentfile lengths
nxm/sys/prim/fcalculator.java
5003-1 Better type-3000 support (group primitiveadded)
nxm/sys/cfg/commands.cnf
nxm/sys/prim/split.java
nxm/sys/prim/group.java (new)
nxm/sys/exp/split.exp
nxm/sys/exp/group.exp (new)
nxm/sys/exp/Group.java (new)
nxm/sys/test/test_group.mm (new)
nxm/sys/test/test_split.mm (new)
nxm/sys/test/test_split_group.mm (new)
5004-1 table result GETSIZE does not work
nxm/sys/lib/Results.java
nxm/sys/lib/Table.java
nxm/sys/test/test_results.mm
5045-1 NXM155 broke GControl TVALs
nxm/sys/lib/Time.java
nxm/sys/test/unit/lib/TimeTest.java
5056-3 GEO Plot aspect problems
fixed by Schoen
5112-1 update dlls and nmsf.exe due to native codechanges
os/dos/dlls/NTerminal_win.dll
os/dos/dlls/DataOp_win.dll
os/dos/dlls/Convert_win.dll
os/dos/dlls/nmsf.exe
os/dos/nmstart.bat
os/dos/nmmake.bat
readmeMaint.txt
5169-1 Fails to properly read a Tomcat v4 directory
nxm/sys/lib/CoreIO.java
5183-1 Need to run MApplet from another applet
nxm/sys/libg/MApplet.java
5193-1 shell background tasks killed prematurely
nxm/sys/lib/Foreign.java
5332-1 Bug in libg component MButton.java constructor
nxm/sys/libg/MButton.java
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