Merry Christmas GatorFTP Users:

	GatorFTP_1.8 has several new features conveyed by the new Suggestion option in Version 1.7.

BUGS:

	1) In the past, it was possible to confuse GatorFTP by making Browser selections before the previous selection had finished its display.  Now, the Browser becomes disabled (grey entries) until the current request is complete. This should help the new users - the old faithful have known about this for quite some time. Fixed.

	2) If you define a :Directory: for the highlighted site in your FTP Sites and if you type an entry into the Site text field (below the Add ftp site button) and don't Add that site but just click Login, then the :Directory field from the highlighted site gets used, the remote server probably says 'No such directory', and Gator gets very confused. Fixed.

NEW FEATURES:

	1) A change has been made to some Command key equivalents in the menus.

		Command - d is now defined to mean "Delete Remote File".
		Command - r is now defined to mean "Rename Remote File".
		Command - t  means "Sort Sites".
		Command - y means "Display Comment".

		These should remain stable from now on!

	2) All Login Name and Password fields are now left justified to permit proper scrolling for long entries. I know it looks strange, but at least it functions properly. Also, references to Logon name have been changed to Username throughout the app.

	3) On the Password panel, you may now ask that the Password be displayed by pressing the button labeled "Display. Some of us must see the characters.

	4) The automatic handling of links, introduced in Version 1.7, produces unwanted results for some sites, most notably ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de. However, it is exactly what you want for other sites like mathsource.wri.com. Therefore I have made displaying links a switch option called "Show Links".

	5) Another switch option called "Automatically Logon Using Defaults", located above the sites list, will attempt to log you on using the values defined in the Preferences window. If the Username or Password are not defined, then you are prompted as before.

	6) Prior to a directory fetch, you may now ask to have the entries in the Browser sorted by Name or by Date. The setting of this Pop-Up-List is checked each time a fetch is done; therefore you may mix the display on a column-by-column basis. Changing the setting will not affect the current display unless you perform a directory update.

	7) In addition to the Preferences option, you may now Set the local directory by pressing the button to the right of its display. This invokes the usual directory browser from which you may choose the desired location.

	8) I have enhanced the Comments window (Command-y) with some additional key words. They are designed to further automate the logon sequence and to enable the use of aliases for site names. When these fields are defined, they ALWAYS  take precedence over other values. The complete list is defined as follows:

		:SiteAddress:	-	If this field is defined, GatorFTP will attempt an ftp connection to it rather than
						using the name appearing in the Site list. This allows one to use aliases in the 						Site list. For example, you could have "Munich" in the Site list and

							:SiteAddress:	   ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de

						in its Comment window. When this field is defined, it always takes precedence 						over the Site name.

		:Username:	-	If this field is defined, GatorFTP will use it rather than the Logon Name defined 						in Preferences and you will not be prompted for an entry.

		:Password:	-	If this field is defined, GatorFTP will use it rather than the Password defined 						in Preferences and you will not be prompted for an entry. Since this is a
						security risk, you should use it with caution. However, if your computer is 
						secure, these fields enable you to automatically logon to sites for which you
						have a personal account.

		:LocalDirectory: -	If defined, this will be the local directory after connecting to a site. Although 						there is a Preference option for this field, you may further refine it on a 						site-by-site basis with this new key word. Some users, for example, keep files 						obtained from certain sites in site specific directories on their computer. 

		:RemoteDirectory: - This was called :Directory: in version 1.7 and has been renamed because of 						the previous new directory option. After logging into, say 						sonata.cc.purdue.edu, you will be immediately positioned to the submissions 						subdirectory in the browser if you include

							:RemoteDirectory:               /pub/next/submissions

	     					in the comment window. The submissions subdirectory will be the first column 						in the browser after logging on. The Home Directory and Root Directory 						buttons still function in the usual way.

USEFUL INFORMATION:

	Occasionally, GatorFTP must change the format of its resource file, called ".gatorftprc" located in your home directory. Every attempt is made to make this file upgrade automatically with a new release. If for some reason, GatorFTP does not launch, you may have an old version which I did not anticipate.  There will usually be a message in the console indicating this kind of problem. However, all is not lost. You may save your existing Site list and force GatorFTP to build a new resource file by performing the following steps:

	1) Open .gatorftprc using Edit
	2) Find the phrase Version x.x near the bottom of the file (x.x will be a decimal number like 1.7)
	3) Change the number corresponding to x.x to 1.2
	4) Save the file and relaunch GatorFTP

	This will preserve your existing Site list thereby requiring you to only redefine your Preferences and various switch settings on the main interface.

Enjoy,

Mike Mezzino
gatorftp@gauss.cl.uh.edu