[MiNT] What's new in 1.18?

["Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>]

I've tried to collect some things that are new/changed/fixed in 1.18 vs.  
1.17, most I got by diffing the .txt, and .cnf-files in the 1.17 and  
1.18-archives. It is surely not complete, so please add any missing stuff.

Someone might also make a nice document for the wiki or a relase-text.


Name				Config/Doc
===========================================

=================== MiNT: =================

WRITE_BOOT			mint/1-18-0/mint.ini

bootmenu-entry: WRITE_BOOT (0..2): if not 0 write boot-log to
<bootdrive>/mint/boot.log instead of console. If 2 also write to
host-console (aranym only).

ALLOW_TRP_CHG 			mint/1-18-0/mint.cnf

new config-variable: ALLOW_TRP_CHG (default 1): if 0 only
kernel-processes may change sys-vectors using ssytem

Ssystem(S_SETEXC,arg,0)
- possible values for arg
 -1: return current setting
  0: deny all
  1: deny trap-changes (numbers 0-15)
  2: allow all (default if not set by user)

arg=-1 (ask value) in Setexc is always allowed.

=================== XaAES: =================

			doc/xaaes/xa_lang_notes.txt
==========================================================
XaAES multi language support

			mint/1-18-0/xaaes/example.cnf
==========================================================
===== New ======
include <file>
eiffel_support
back_col
hideable menubar
menu_layout
menu_ontop
leave_top_border
logfile
loglvl
focus
allow_setexc
et4000_hack
xa_bubble
describe_widgets
gradients
textures
palette
icn_pal_name
rsc_lang
ignore_rsc_size
lang
keyboards
infoline_point

===== Changed =====
clwtna (default:0)

			mint/1-18-0/xaaes/xa_help.txt
==========================================================

Remap Ctrl-Alt-Shortcuts

==New Shortcuts:==
.             Make current window-content full-screen
:             Make background from current screen
+             Increase log-level
-             Decrease log-level
SHIFT+L       Load Config
J             Restart XaAES
N             Load gradient
SHIFT+N       Change background-image
SHIFT+P       Load palette
U             Close current window
SHIFT+W       Top top-window of previous application
SHIFT+TAB     Top previous application
CURSOR-UP     Grow current window
CURSOR-DOWN   Shrink current window
CURSOR-RIGHT  Grow width of current window
CURSOR-LEFT   Shrink width of current window

SHIFT+
 CURSOR-UP    Move current window up
 CURSOR-DOWN  Move current window down
 CURSOR-RIGHT Move current window right
 CURSOR-LEFT  Move current window left


Shortcuts/navigation in XaAES fileselector:

CTRL+B        Realtime build directories
CTRL+T        Tree view
CTRL+N        Sort by name
CTRL+D        Sort by date
CTRL+S        Sort by size
CTRL+E        Sort by extension
CTRL+X        No sorting
CTRL+SPACE    Reverse sort-order

CTRL+F        Create folder (type name in editbox)
CTRL+R        Rename selected file/folder
              (type new [path]name in editbox)
CTRL+V        View selected file
DELETE        Delete selected file/empty folder

ALT+ " + "    Increase the fontsize in listbox
ALT+ " - "    Decrease the fontsize in listbox


Shortcuts in the taskmanager:

DELETE    Terminate selected program (same as trashcan)
SHIFT+
 DELETE   Kill selected program  (same as skull)
TAB       Top selected program or window

Menubar:

If configured, the menu may be switched on/off by
clicking on top of the screen. If click goes to
top-left then menu is on/off permanentely  (CTRL-ALT-0),
else temporarily on (CTRL-ALT-SPACE).


==================== fixes/changes =================

=================== XaAES: =================
redraw when untopping a window with an open menu fixed

filename-display in fileselector-listing improved.

Fix XaAES for EmuTOS and GEM=ROM
Fix wrong XaAES logo colors in ARAnyM/fVDI
Provide sane clwtna defaults for all applications

=================== MiNT/lib: =================

 Fix open("/") for tar (Bug #194)
 Fix EmuTOS / FreeMiNT initial key repeat
 Fix the "make" assert bug
 Allow any UI language in the _AKP cookie
 Remove MINTNP.PRG from MMU initialization failure message and deactivate  
memory protection if there is no PMMU present
 Console output: fix stairs effect
 Fix Russia country code to match EmuTOS
 Support for the FireBee (FireTOS and EmuTOS)
 On plain TOS, stat() succeeds on non-existent path terminated by a  
backslash (Bug #191)
 Fix startup copyright banners
 mintv4e.prg: Add FPU support in context switch
 Use FireTOS internal PureC patcher
 Use Left Shift to enter the FreeMiNT menu on ARAnyM
 Fix reentrant_trap for ColdFire FPU

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Helmut Karlowski