From: rittle@supra.comm.mot.com (Loren James Rittle)
Subject: NewPop-4.0-AGA Released Today
Organization: Land Mobile Products Sector, Motorola Inc.
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:12:32 GMT
Keywords: n

I placed the package on amiga.physik.unizh.ch at 10:40 am local time.
It was uploaded to /amiga/new with the hint that it be put into os20.

From the README:

README file for NewPop v4.0AGA:

This is a recompile for the AGA chipset.  We still open a two bit screen,
but now allow 24 bit colors.  This is a quick hack to allow NewPop users
that have upgraded to OS-3.0 and AGA machines to take advantage of the
new color abilities: it doesn't check to make sure the correct version
of the OS is under it.  Please use v4.0 if this fact concerns you...

Also, the included .newpoprc file is the one I use on the A4000.

Thanks,
Loren J. Rittle <rittle@comm.mot.com>
Fri Nov 20 00:44:54 1992



OLD README file for NewPop v4.0:

Please read all the notes in this file BEFORE starting up NewPop v4.0!
Thanks to all the beta testers; Ed, Ken, Aris, Chris, Thomas [ordered
from smallest name to biggest].

Lots of things have changed [again] for this release.  The NewPop manual,
NewPop.doc, has not changed drastically since the v3.0 release.  If you
have not read the v3.x manual, I suggest that you do so now.  The most
important new feature [since pre-v3.0] is the user configuration file,
[s:].newpoprc.  All configurable features are listed in .newpoprc.

*NOTE*:  Be sure to look at .newpoprc before running the new version of
NewPop!  Copy it to s: and then edit it to taste.  Please pass the
unmodified version of .newpoprc to other users.

New notes for NewPop 4.0:
Some things have changed, most have to be enabled by the user by setting
options in [s:].newpoprc.  This release works better with 2.0 by using the
System() call instead of Execute(), if available, to startup a new shell.
In conjunction with the use of 2.0's System() call, where available, I have
decided to junk the auto-detach `feature' of NewPop (was done by linking
with with cback.o), this will allow more information to be copied to the
pop'd shell --- this is most desirable.  This means you will want to use
one of the following command lines to start NewPop up now:

run newpop
newpop <nil: >nil: & (for those blessed with the WShell)
run <nil: >nil: newpop
run <null: >null: newpop (for those blessed with the null: device)
runback <null: >null: newpop (for those with runback...)

Some of these command lines will cause NewPop to keep a lock on the
console window from which it is started.  Under 1.3.2+,
`run <nil: >nil: newpop' should run fine and detach NewPop from the
starting window with no problem.  If you don't have WB 1.3.2+ and
thus can't get NewPop to detach, then I don't feel sorry for you...
Life is moving on and NewPop will most likely be 2.0 only within
months of the official release from Commodore...

'newpop -q' is considered to be obsolete, and `break [cli number of
NewPop]' is now the official way to stop a running NewPop from the cli.
In fact, NewPop now takes NO command line options ('-q', the last command
line option, has been removed).

From the WorkBench, a double click on the NewPop icon will start NewPop if
not currently running or stop a running NewPop.  Those blessed with 2.0 can
just copy NewPop over to their WBStartUp directory and copy .newpoprc to s:
(and then edit it!) and everything will magically work the next time you
boot.  [Note:  NewPop has been runnable from the WorkBench for some time, I
just never bothered to tell anyone, as it seemed kind of silly that you
would want to...  With the 2.0 WBStartUp directory, it makes sense to
explain that NewPop is Workbench friendly.]

Be sure to use your old version of NewPop to halt an old version that is
running, as the 'quit' mechanism has changed quite a bit in recent
releases.  Actually, as some have found out, there was a problem with
past releases of NewPop that could cause a system crash if NewPop was
stopped on an A3000 (while running 2.0) machine (or, it appears, any
machine with a C= SCSI controller) under some circumstances.  This problem
has been found and fixed, but it may cause you trouble while stopping an
old version to install this new one.  Thanks to the above listed beta
testers, NewPop is quite stable, just be careful getting rid of an old
version if you fall into the class described above (i.e. you may want to
reboot to get rid of a running NewPop, sorry...).

This version can now be compiled with 2.0 includes (and must be as it uses
some of the new features if it finds you are running AmigaOS 2.0).  Please
see [s:].newpop and ChangeLog for more details and the full list of new
features.

Currently NewPop just quits with no error message if it encounters any
error condition at startup time.  The one exception is a parse error on
the [s:].newpoprc file; these are pointed out as stated in .newpoprc.
No errer messages of any kind are emitted if NewPop is started up from
the WorkBench.  Better error reporting is slated for a future upgrade as
are some other neat things I don't want to reveal just yet...  :-0

It makes me happy just to know you use and like NewPop.  I would like to
hear from everyone who uses NewPop (and from people who see it, but decide
not to use it).  This is not guiltware, this is totally free software (see
NewPop.doc for more information).  If you decide you want to do something
nice for me and you live in the ChicagoLand area, you could take me out for
a pizza sometime.  :-)

Thanks,
Loren J. Rittle
Sat Apr 27 07:13:31 1991
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