Revision History

Version 1.30 Beta 9

New option -soadr - Import Newton cards for StarOffice addressbook.
Option -kmailadr - Newtonlink gets now multiple email addresses.
Thanks to Steffen Macke for these changes.

Version 1.30 Beta 8

Bugfix in serial initialization module for Solaris.
Option -kmail : New date string containing the transfer time
Toolstip function for option buttons added
Option -korganizer imports now Newton ToDo lists

Version 1.30 Beta 7

New option -kmail : Get Newton outbox entries for KMail
Option -kmail from 1.30beta6 now renamed to -kmailadr
New debug function : Edit ~/.newtonlink/newtonlink.config and set $debug = "true", Newtonlink will then log all activities to a log file.
Improved timeout section in the serial device module, Newtonlink should no longer hang up when the connection to Sloup failed.
During the connect module GreetUser.pl Newtonlink accepts the OK string with and without hashmarks.

Version 1.30 Beta 6

New option -kmail : Import Newton cards for kmail addressbook
New option -cardsall : Get Newton card entries for all supported applications
New option -notesall : Get Newton notes for all supported applications
New option -datesall : Get Newton dates for all supported applications
New serial initialization for SunOS

Version 1.30 Beta 5

New option -kab : Import Newton cards for KDE addressbook

Version 1.30 Beta 4

Documentation now complete for release 1.30

Version 1.30 Beta 3

New HTML documentation, comes now with the Newton and Linux mini-HOWTO
Improved option -korganizer
Bugfix: File select box works with blanks in filenames
The option -socal is not implemented yet, but it is possible to import the by Newtonlink imported vCalendar files to StarOffice.

Version 1.30 Beta 2

New option -pour
New option -korganizer, Interface for vCalendar tools implemented

Version 1.30 Beta 1

Options -adr and -kjots now with the additional options -e (export), -i (import) and -s (synchronize). The synchronize feature is not realized in this beta, but now it is possible to send an Addressbook data file to the Newton cards and to send a Kjots file to the Newton notes.

Version 1.29

Reorganized data handling : All Newtonlink relevant files are now stored into an own directory ~/newtonlink, including the Newtonlink config file newtonlink.config. Newtonlink gets all Newton card datas and writes them into separate files in this directory. All other modules can afterwards work with these datas.
- Config file -> ~/.newtonlink/newtonlink.config
- Cards -> ~/.newtonlink/newtonlink.cards
- Notes -> ~/.newtonlink/newtonlink.notes
- Dates -> ~/.newtonlink/newtonlink.dates (not implemented in version 1.29)
- Package Names -> ~/.newtonlink/newtonlink.packagenames
During startup Newtonlink tryies to connect to Sloup and get it's version number (available since Sloup 2.2d).
New option -ksendfax
New (and hopefully better) X-Windows mode.
Bugfix for option -xfmail : Commas in addressbook names are removed.
The Newtonlink homepage changed to http://misf67.cern.ch/~reinhold/Newton/newtonlink-doc-en.html, please update your bookmarks.
New CVS developer archive available.

Version 1.28

New initialisation for the serial device under Solaris. Thanks to Mark Bowyer for his help.
Bugfix : Option -input now works again.
The personal config file ~/.newtonlink will now automatically be replaced while upgrading to a newer version.

Version 1.27

Complete recoded serial interface - now with timeout if there is no response from the Newton. Thanks to Stephan Kauss for this work.
Fax-Option now implemented.
New option -soupinfo
New soup parameter for the -send option to send a file direct to a Newton soup. Useful for to to send a Latex file to ViewMP, a nice Latex interpreter for the Newton by Roger Golz.
New option -lpkg. Thanks to Filip R. Zawadiak for his permission to use lpkg as a package install tool.
New option -kjots. Thanks to Torsten Uhlmann for his help.
For faster install/remove Newtonlink and for building Debian and RPM packages you can now call install.pl with two options :
- -lfs for install due to the Linux filesystem standard.
- -rmlfs for remove due to the Linux filesystem standard.
Running under FreeBSD and Linux/PPC
Running under OS/2. Thanks to Ralph Scharf for doing this (complex) port. Look at the OS/2 specific parts under Platforms and Download/Install.
RPM archive available.

Version 1.26

Newtonlink is now completely written in Perl and Tk. As a replacement of the convdate tool it uses now the TimeDate Perl-Lib by Graham Barr. Thanks to Christian Leutloff for his help.
New interactive install procedure install.pl. You can now select if you want to install Newtonlink due to the Linux Filesystem Standard or you can select your own preferred directories.
New option -xfadr. Thanks to Zoran Cutura for his help.
New option -webadr.
For the -mail and -nsmail options you can now select the type of your Newton Mailreader. Thanks to Jack Snoeyink for this suggestion.
For the -plan option you can now select if you want to use the normal plan file or your private plan file. Make this selection into your .newtonlink config file.
Steve Weyer renamed his Slurpee application to Sloup (due to trademark conflicts), so don´t worry about using Sloup instead of Slurpee in the documentation.

Version 1.25

New X-Windows mode written in Tk. Previous versions used a GUI software called finesse, which is only freely available for Linux.
Option -plan : Global config options such as the spoolerstring or time adjustments are no longer overwritten.
Newtonlink now writes its process-ID in a file under /tmp/newtonlink.pid to detect if another newtonlink process is running.
Better adaptions for running under Solaris and IRIX. Thanks to Mark Bowyer for his help.
Enhancements for running under HP-UX. Thanks to Roland Tanglao for his help.

Version 1.23

Newtonlink now detects under which OS it's running.
Enhancements for running under SGI IRIX.
Option -nsadr : Email groups are now supported.
Option -plan : Stoptime for repeat meetings now supported.

Version 1.2

Adaption to German, British and US date format's in the Newtonlink config file. This caused problems with non German Newtons and the -plan option.
Bugfix : Repeat meetings are now correct transferred to Plan.
Better install procedure with make install.
Newtonlink man page.
Newtonlink documentation as Newton book included.

Version 1.1

User specific config file .newtonlink in your home directory.

Version 1.0

Better package install procedure now via Sloup.
New option -getpkg.
New option -getpnam.
These features need Sloup 2.0 and newer, which is currently available as a beta version only for registered users. Thanks to Steve Weyer for his help.

Version 0.96

New option -mail.

Version 0.95

Newtonlink now supports multiple entries in Netscape email TO, CC and BCC.
This feature needs Sloup 2.0 and newer, which is currently available as a beta version only for registered users. Thanks to Steve Weyer for his help.

Version 0.94

Bugfix : New serial initialisation in SetSloupBaudRate.pl.
Newtonlink distribution now contains the Convdate Linux and Solaris binary. Thanks to Mark R. Bowyer for his help.

Version 0.93

New option -nsadr.
New button for HTML online help.
Newtonlink distribution now contains the Convdate Linux binary.

Version 0.92

New option -inst.

Version 0.91

Advanced X-Windows mode (send button, file select box, Ghostview option).
New options +ps|-ps and filename in -xrolo and -pr commands.
Conversion of German Umlaute during -send command.
Send option in X-Windows mode.
Advanced -plan command.

Version 0.90

X-Windows startup mode added.
New option -send.

Version 0.89

Initial version.