APRIL: A FidoNet Technology compatible tosser and editor for the Commodore
Amiga line of personal computers, specially aimed at points. A lot of
time was used to make April as user-friendly as possible, without
making her too slow or too inflexible. Together with a mailer like
Trapdoor it's simple to set up a good working pointsystem.
Version 1.08 SAS C source code release
Copyright (C) 1992 - 1994 Nick de Jong
Copyright (C) 1995 Jasper Bouwhuis
Copyright (C) 1996 - 1999 Jasper Bouwhuis & Wilfred van Velzen
Intro by Jasper Bouwhuis
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Hello,
Dear April user, this is the source that is used to create the
complete April program. The source is now available in this package and
comes as it is. You are free to change any part of it, as long as you
take in mind that you agree to the terms of the GNU license.
We hope that you have enjoyed the use of April as we have enjoyed to
create the program. Special thanks go to: Nick de Jong the main
programmer of April, Wilfred van Velzen who converted the complete
version from AZTEC C to SAS, Rob van Schaik the moderator of April area,
Thomas Newsom English support and connection.
Last words about April, most updates are bug fixes and minor changes.
Hope This source can be of any use to you.
And do not forget the terms of the GNU license.
Bye,
Jasper.
Intro by Wilfred van Velzen
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3 September 1999
Hi,
This is the source code release of April. We (Jasper and Wilfred)
decided to release the sources, because we don't have the time any
more to develop it further, and our interests have shifted to other
things. And since we couldn't find anyone who wanted to continue
development, the decision was easy.
But I'm still using April on an allmost daily basis, to read my fido
and internet mail, and enjoying every minute of it. So if you do
intend to do some devellopment on the april sources I would like
to hear about it!
Thanks, Wilfred.
Status
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This source is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
How to compile to a working April
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Use the SAS 6.58 C compiler.
First execute the 'mgst' batch file in the source directory to build the
'april.gst' file. This speeds up the compiling of the modules
considerably. (Btw, if you change any of the .h files you should
repeat this!)
Second just compile it by running 'smake' in the source directory.
There will be one compiler warning:
april.c 32 Warning 72: conflict with previous declaration
See line 104 file "include:dos.h"
But you can ignore it.
Known bugs
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- Sometimes "Amiga + Some other key(s)" functions, call the wrong
functions.
- The Rescan function marks some areas with the Export flag, while
there aren't any messages to export.
(If you do export with these bogus flags still on, you get memory
leaks.)
- After you do a forward of a message, April might crash afterwards if
you use some functions.
- If you reply to a message with a '"' character in the From: field
the quoting function makes a mess of it.
- After you reply to a message you should go back to the AreaMenu or
the NamesMenu and specialy don't hit the down button for the next
message, because april will crash the machine otherwise.
Support
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Well actually there is none or very little, at least not by us (Jasper
& Wilfred). Jasper stopped programming for april because he has moved
to the PC mainly, and there isn't much interest in April anyway.
But questions about this source and april can still be asked:
1) There is a mailing list. To subscribe send an email to
<april-subscribe egroups.com>.
2) In the Netherlands there is a Fidonet Echomail area called
'APRIL' that's still spread through the network (a link with the
English Fidonet can also be made if there's a need?).
But I don't know how long this area will still be active.
3) You can mail us direct:
Email : Wilfred van Velzen <wvvemail.com>
Fido net- or crashmail: Wilfred van Velzen, 2:280/464
AmigaNet " : Wilfred van Velzen, 39:150/200
Email : Jasper Bouwhuis <jabotronethermail.demon.nl>
Additional things available
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An installable compiled version of April v1.08 including utils and
arexx scripts is available on the web:
<http://redrival.com/aobl/software.html>
There are also additional sources available if you want them:
- The original sources by Nick de Jong upto 1993 (or 1994?).
- The sources for Aztec C April version by Jasper Bouwhuis upto 1996.
- Development snapshots of the SAS version from 1996 - 1998.
- Sources for some support utils by Mark de Jong.
- Sources for some support & conversion utils by Wilfred van Velzen.
(These can only be requested at <wvvemail.com>)
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