From: alsaggaf@athena.mit.edu (M. Saggaf)
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Seyon 1.0 is out
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 07:56:29 GMT

(The first time I sent this didn't seem to go through, sorry if you
see it twice)

Version 1.0 of Seyon is out. You can get it from the usual place,
sipb.mit.edu at pub/seyon (I tried to put it on sunsite also, but that
directory doesn't seem to be writable anymore). This version corrects a
couple of bugs and adds a few features. Refer to the change log below
for a description of the changes since the last announced version
(0.8). Seyon is now a complete communications package and many people
have been using it on a daily basis with no problems. I'm indebted to
everyone who sent in any bug report (not many, I'm happy to say) or a
suggestion. Many of the features I added were first suggestions sent be
somebody.

I have created a new channel on the linux mailing list called Seyon.
This channel is for announcements, bug reports, bug fixes,
suggestions, and general discussion about the use, development, and
improvement of Seyon. To join send a message to

           linux-activists-request@joker.hut.fi

with the following as one of the headers:

            X-Mn-Key: join Seyon

That should do it. To get more information about how to use the
mailing list and send to it, send a message to the above address with
the single word 'help' as the subject and the body of the message.

The following is an introduction to Seyon, followed by the change log.

(IMPORTANT NOTE: starting with this version you have to do a 'make
depend' before compiling Seyon.)

Introduction:
=============

	This is Seyon, an X-based communication package that has its roots
	in xcomm 2.2. Seyon is still in alpha, but is quite usable. It has
	a descent dialing directory where hosts can be chosen by clicking
	at them. Seyon has the same script language as xcomm 2.2, which is
	quite good. Seyon avoids the problematic terminal emulation of
	minicom and other communication programs by using xterm as its
	terminal emulator. Hence, Seyon can emulate vt100 and color ANSI
	(the latter only if color xterm is used). Some non-essential
	features are still not implemented but will be in the near future.
	If you use Seyon and like it, please let me know by email. This
	will give me the incentive to continue maintaining it. Also let me
	know how it works out whenever you upgrade to a new version.

	Please read the FAQ. I've put a lot of effort into making it
	complete and up-to-date. It serves as the documentation for Seyon
	(until a kind soul writes a good documentation for it).

Changes:
========

Version 1.0:
	* Fixed a problem with the new dialer. Now the dialer should work
	  fine even if your modem behaves in a non-standard way.
	* Added five new resources. these are connectString and
	  noConnectString[1|2|3|4]. You can set these up according to your
	  modem, but the defaults should work for most people. See the FAQ
	  for more info.
	* The delete mode (backspace sends delete) now actually works.
	* The dialer now gives more informative messages about what it's
	  is doing.
	* Implemented the rtscts mode. Not sure if it works.
	* Added a new 'refresh' button, to refresh (restart) the terminal.
	* Added a new status bar, but not used yet.
	* Fixed a bug in the terminal routine and removed the kludge
	  introduced in the previous version.
	* Fixed another bug that used to start a stray CIS receive in the
	  terminal mode.
	* Cleaned up the code a bit and added a few comments.
	* Changed the default shape style (again!) to be more fun. 
	* Added a meke depend target to the make file.

Version 0.85:
	* Added the ability to send a break. You can do that via the
	  'Misc' button. 
	* Corrected a bug in obtaining the dialer resources.
	* Modified the dialing procedure (introduced in the new dialer) to
	  work on more modems.
	* Added the ability to disable confirmation popus for hangup end
	  exit. You can set that via the resources. See the FAQ for more
	  info. 
	* Removed XMODEM and Compuserve CIS from the code. Those should be
	  implemented though external programs.
	* Added a kludge in the terminal routine to go about the linux new
	  FPU emulation problems with re-entrance.

--
/M. Saggaf
 alsaggaf@athena.mit.edu


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