Citadel/UX release notes -- version 5.50 ALL FURTHER CHANGES WILL BE IN THE "ChangeLog" FILE. Please view that file for further information. Citadel/UX release notes -- version 5.01 ("Scooby") Major overhaul. The server is now multithreaded; you run one copy of it when you bring up your system, rather than having inetd start a separate server process for each session. Access level 0, which was formerly "marked for deletion," has been changed to "deleted." When a user record is marked access level 0, it is then considered a vacant space in the userlog rather than a user entry. When new users are added to the system, the server first searches for these vacant slots before appending to the end of the file. The setup program has been overhauled. It can now operate in three different modes: a curses-based mode, a mode based on Savio Lam's "dialog" program, and of course dumb-terminal mode. All system messages (hello, newuser, etc.) can now be edited from a client program. We now also have support for graphics images, including graphics tied to various system objects (such as pictures of each user). Much more support for server graphics is in place. This is currently used in WebCit; expect other clients to do more with graphics in the future. There really is too much to list here. More documentation will be written as time permits. Citadel/UX release notes -- version 4.11 Smarter usage of external editors. EDITOR_EXIT is no longer needed. Instead, the program examines temp files before and after they are edited, in order to determine whether the user saved the file. Modified files are saved, unchanged files are aborted. External editors work for Bio and Room Info files as well. The TCP/IP based client (citatcp, linked against ipc_c_tcp.o) now supports connection to a Citadel server from behind a SOCKS v4 firewall without having to "socksify" the program first. Added a few more commands to the chat server. Citadel/UX release notes -- version 4.10 Floors now fully supported in both client and server. Now supports "bio" files for each user - free-form text files in which users may record personal info for others to browse. <.G>oto and <.S>kip now have more advanced logic for partial matches. A left-aligned match carries a heavier weight than a mid-string match. For example, <.G> TECH would prefer "Tech Area>" over "Biotech/Ethics>". Citadel/UX release notes -- version 4.03 There are now commands available for users with their own copy of the client to upload and download directly to their local disk, without having to use a protocol such as Zmodem. These commands are disabled by default, but can easily be enabled by changing citadel.rc. Multiuser hat is now fully integrated into both the client and server. New

aging functionality allows users to send each other near-real-time "express" messages. Citadel/UX release notes -- version 4.02 The "rnews" program has been renamed to "rcit". Its usage has not changed; it still accepts UseNet-style news by default. Use the -c option to read in Citadel (IGnet) format data. The text client now compiles and works on systems using BSD-style in addition to SysV-style . This should be a big help for many. Citadel/UX release notes -- version 4.01 Remember to always run setup again when using a new version of the code, to bring your data files up to date! No data will be lost. This release is primarily to clean up loose ends and fix assorted small bug reports from the users of 4.00. Also, the code is slowly being reworked to compile cleanly under ANSI C compilers even when warning messages are set to the highest level. -> The client now sends periodic "keep-alive" messages to the server during message entry, with both internal and external editors. This should keep sessions from locking up when a user hits ave after typing for a long time. -> Stats now has a "-b" option for batch mode (see utils.doc) It also has a "-p" option to only print the post-to-call ratios. Citadel/UX release notes -- version 4.00 This is the long-awaited client/server version of Citadel. Feedback is encouraged! NOTE: if you are upgrading to 4.00 from a 3.2x release, you should run setup to bring your data files up to date. Setup will prompt you to run the "conv_32_40" program; go ahead and do that. If you are upgrading to 4.00 from a 3.1x release, setup will not tell you what to do! Here is the correct procedure: 1. Run the "conv_31_32" program 2. Run setup 3. Run "conv_32_40" If you are currently running a version earlier than 3.10, you must erase your data files and bring up a new system. A new series of commands to manipluate files in a room's directory: <.A>ide ile elete -- delete it <.A>ide ile ove -- move it to another room <.A>ide ile end -- send it over the network Changed the way the main Citadel program sends network mail, both to other Citadels and through the RFC822 gateway. Everything now gets fed through netproc, which is responsible for figuring out the routing and doing the actual processing. It also gets rid of quite a bit of redundant code. Citadel/UX release notes -- version 3.23 NOTE: if you are upgrading to 3.23 from another 3.2x release, you MUST run setup to bring your data files up to date. Run setup and answer "no" when it asks you if you want to create the various files. It will see your old files and bring them up to date. (If you are doing a new installation, of course, you'll be creating all new files anyway.) The built-in message editor has been completely rewritten, and is now the preferable editor to use. It generates messages that will be formatted to the reader's screen width, as in other implementations of Citadel (and as Citadel/UX used to do until a few versions ago -- there was a need to put that functionality back in). Users are now prompted for their screen width AND height. We can now talk to C86NET compliant networks. Get the "cit86net" package if you wish to do this. Rooms can now optionally be "read only," which means that only Aides and utilities such as the networker and aidepost can post to the room. Kernel-based file locking is now fully supported for the purpose of locking the message base during writes. If your kernel supports the flock() system call, you can tell the compiler to use it by setting a flag in the Makefile. If your kernel supports file locking using fcntl(), this will automatically be detected and utilized. If your kernel supports neither, the program will use a fully portable (but less reliable) file locking scheme. An external editor is no longer required for the .AI command. Citadel/UX release notes -- version 3.22 The "setup" program is now a curses-based, full-screen utility that's very easy to use. Of course, if you have trouble compiling curses-based programs on your system, you can compile it to run the old way. Citadel/UX release notes -- version 3.21 I'm now running my system under Linux, since that seems to be what everyone is using these days. As a result, you'll find that version 3.21 will compile very cleanly under Linux. Citadel/UX release notes -- version 3.20 Lots of improvements and new features are here. It seems that assorted hacks and variations of Citadel/UX have percolated around the country -- this 3.2 release should supersede them and get everyone running (hopefully) off the same code. I've looked around at the various mods people have made to Citadel/UX and tried to implement the most-often-added and most-requested features to the stock distribution. If there's a feature you want/need that still isn't here, drop me a line and I'll see what I can do about adding it to the next release. For more information, visit the Citadel/UX web site at UNCENSORED! BBS http://uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us