WELCOME2L - CHANGES HISTORY =========================== v3.04 28-JUN-99 --------------- - Applied a patch from Joerg Dorchain to make Welcome2L display right substitution characters with getty_ps-2.0.7j ( Use -gettps argument instead of -getty ) v3.03 02-JUN-99 --------------- - Added a -scrrand arg to display a screens randomly. - Added additionnal installation information for SUSE systems in the INSTALL file. [Thanks to Robert M. Taylor] v3.02 26-MAY-99 --------------- - Because "A 'welcome' page has been proven to be an invitation to come your system, thus making it legal to hack into your box." added a -private arg to display an "Unauthorized access is prohibited" line at the bottom of the ANSI screen. [ Thanks to Zot O'Connor ] - Put a Note about this in README, INSTALL and man file. - Some changes to the help screen. - Little fixe to the xmas screen. v3.01 03-MAY-99 --------------- - Corrected Slackware installation instructions [ Thanks to Elisa from Verona ] - Based on a patch contributed by Barthel : o Fixed some things that were broken with the introduction of the last ANSI screen ( principally the -xmasauto arg) o Added a new -cpu"name" arg to specify an alternate CPU name. o Corrected "Logging on" by "Login on" o Added instructions about the -xmasauto arg in the INSTALL file. v3.00 01-APR-99 --------------- - *** A NEW ANSI SCREEN *** Enable it with -scr2 argument, and enjoy :) - Some screenshots are now included in the distrib. - This version is *supposed* to be stable ;) No more call it a Beta. v2.04 24-FEB-99 --------------- - Added installation information for SUSE 6.00 systems in man page as well as in the INSTALL file. [Contributed by Ronny Ziegler] v2.03 10-JAN-99 --------------- - Updated all docs and code copyrigth to point on www.littleigloo.org and my email address to jm@littleigloo.org - Sources as binairies distrib are now available as tar.bz2 as well as tar.gz v2.02 03-JAN-99 --------------- - Added installation information for SUSE systems in man page as well as in the INSTALL file. [Thanks to Ronny Ziegler] - Little changes [ suggested by Christoph Berg ] to make Welcome2L compile on Alpha systems. Support of Alpha architecture with TGA board is now mentionned in Welcome2L description text. v2.01 07-DEC-98 *XMAS SPECIAL EDITION*(b) ------------------------------------------ - Forgot in the last release to erase my hostname from the ANSI screen template. As this can be annoying if your hostname is less than 11 characters lenght, release this one. [ Thanks to Ross Younger ] - Added a patch from the same Ross to automatically revert to the default screen outside of Jan/Dec. (enable it with -xmasauto) - Added snow in the background of the Xmas ANSI screen to make it more ... "xmas" v2.00 01-DEC-98 *XMAS SPECIAL EDITION* --------------------------------------- - Included a new ansi screen for xmas Type "Welcome2L -xmas" and enjoy! - Added support of blinking ANSI characters (heavily used in xmas screen) - Make more easy to include additional ANSI screens. So, don't hesitate to send me yours ;) - Corrected "Welcome on" by "Welcome to" Let's say that whas a typo... - BTW, I wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS. v1.02 12-NOV-98 --------------- - RPM (RedHat packages) are now available on : http://www.chez.com/littleigloo - Corrected "loging on" by "logging on". - Added minimal support for screen > 80 cols ( you will not get a true 132 cols ansi screen, but a 80 cols ansi that will be correctly displayed ) - Added usage information when invoked with -help (or --help). - Added installation information for DEBIAN and SLACKWARE systems. (contributed from users) - A man page is now available. - Little code clean-up. - Some changes made in the Makefile. - As W2L seems to work as expected, this release got the BETA status. v1.01 16-OCT-98 --------------- - Added a -getty switch. You are encouraged to use it when invoking W2L in rc.local Will give you more accurate information. [Thanks to Donald (Don) Molnar - When invoked with -help W2L will display a summary of color numbers. Useful for some argument like -lcolxx (see below) - Added the -lcol argument to set the prompt color. Usage is -lcolxx where xx is the color number. In example, -lcol14 will set the login prompt color to yellow. - Nodemane longer than 15 characters are now truncated to their first part (i. e. littleigloo.big.organization will be truncated to littleigloo ) [Thanks to Dan Morrison ] v1.00 3-OCT-98 -------------- First beta release. So, no changes.