Subject: New Release of GBList (version 2.0)

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1993 12:18:14 -0600

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Announcement of release of GBList 2.0:
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    The upgraded version of Chinese text file viewer/browser GBList v2.0
is now released to the public.  I have added support for more video cards,
including CGA, HERCULES, ans SuperVGA in addition to EGA anc VGA.
Continous text scrolling is also added.

I have uploaded it to anonymous ftp site:

    ifcss.org under /incoming
                   (soon will be moved to /software/dos/viewer)

as GBLIST20.ZIP. The two display font files CCLIB16.SCN and CCLIB16F.SCN
are still the same, which should be with the previous version zip file
GBLIST.ZIP at ifcss.org

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  ** New Features in GBList 2.0 **
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GBLIST 2.0 has been rewritten to support more video cards and
continuous text scrolling.  The following features have been
modified and/or discontinued:

  - Guiding line is replaced with a blinking cursor;

  - File selection window is accessed by <Alt-F> and not by <F1>;

  - Pressing <Esc> will also exit GBLIST to DOS;

  - Config file GCZW.INI is NOT needed any more, but you must
    keep the Chinese library files (*.SCN) in the same directory
    as GBLIST.EXE;

  - Chinese character library display is not supported any more.
    Instead, a Chinese coding check-up is added.

  - Color settings are fixed, changes are not allowed.

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Here is a brief list of new features in GBLIST 2.0:
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  - New support of CGA, Hercules, and Super VGA:
    Now, GBList can be run on almost any PC, equipped with a CGA, EGA,
    VGA, Super VGA, or Hercules graphics monitor.

  - Window split:
    If you are reading a long article, you probably want to refer to two
    far-separated paragraphs at the same time.  You can split the entire
    screen into two windows, and then switch to any of these windows to
    read the text while keeping the other one "frozen".

  - Support of both UNIX and DOS text files:
    UNIX and DOS use different codes at the end of a line, for the former
    it is LF and the latter CR/LF.  GBLIST now is able to handle both
    formats correctly.  So even when you download a Chinese text file
    from UNIX and the LF's are not converted to CR/LF's, you can still
    read Chinese text without any problem.

  - Disk drive list added in file selection window:
    In the file selection window, you will see a list of disk drive names
    at the end.  This allows you to browse/view any file under ANY directory
    in ANY disk drive in your system.  Separate alignments for file names
    and extensions are added.  Also, file list can be sorted either by
    extension or by file name.

  - Blinking cursor:
    A blinking cursor has been implemented in this new GBList.  The "guidling
    line" in previous versions is not supported any more.  This cursor brings
    a few very useful features into GBList.

  - Continuous Text Scrolling:
    Using a blinking cursor, you can scroll the text line by line, page by
    page, both downward and upward.

  - Bookmarkers:
    You can set up to 10 bookmarkers in the file you are reading. Later,
    you can go to any of these bookmarkers with a keystroke.  This feature
    is particularly powerful when you read a large file and want to quickly
    jump to various places in the file.

  - Easy marking of text block and text search in both ways:
    You can now mark a block of text very easily, and let GBList search
    the marked text both downward and upward in the file.

  - Chinese coding check-up:
    You can also obtain the Chinese coding of any Chinese character at cursor
    in QuWei, GuoBiao and HZ formats.  This feature is very useful if you
    want to do some Chinese programming, or to put some HZ or zW coded
    Chinese characters in your e-mails.

Chen, Gongquan
1993,2,8 - Norman, OK