Ganymede dev4e released

[Jonathan Abbey <jonabbey@arlut.utexas.edu>]

Ganymede developer pre-release 4e, dev4e.tar.gz, is now available from

 ftp://ftp.arlut.utexas.edu/pub/ganymede/

 or

 ftp://129.116.212.1/pub/ganymede/

if your client has trouble resolving a proper address for
ftp.arlut.utexas.edu.

This release includes cosmetic fixes and new features in the client,
new support for a message of the day on the server and client, and
some fixes to the Linux and BSD schema files.

-------------------- Changes from dev4d to dev4e -------------------

Ganymede Developer Release 4e
September 21, 1998
CHANGES

RELEASE DATE: September 21, 1998

1. [CLIENT] Tooltips Not Set If Blank

In 4d and prior, the client would set tooltips on all field
components, even if those components did not have comments registered.
This left mysterious little blue boxes floating around the field.  Now,
the client will only set tooltips if the comment for that field is
actually defined.   Thanks to Matt Bush for pointing this out.

2. [CLIENT] Toolbar added, persona menu moved, dialogs added.

The client now has a nifty toolbar, both to facilitate users creating
new objects intuitively, and to allow for easier single-button
operation on Macs and the like.

3. [CLIENT/SERVER] adminPersonae may no longer be created out of context

Previously, it was possible to use the tree in the client to create
new admin Persona objects.  This was an oversight.  Admin Persona
objects should only be created in the context of a user, using the
create button in the Personae panel, which takes care of linking
the persona to the user, behind the scenes.

4. [SCHEMA] Parser, script fixes for linux and bsd schemas

Fixed up the sample builder scripts, and modified the parser for Users
so that trailing commas in the gcos field won't break things.

5. [CLIENT/SERVER] Added support for a message of the day, other messages

We added the property ganymede.messageDirectory to the server.  This
property is set by default to <installdir>/db/text.  Files placed in
this directory can be retrieved by the client using Session.getMessage()
and Session.getMessageHTML().  So far, the client only ever looks for
motd.txt and/or motd.html in this directory.

6. [CLIENT] Pruned Client's Category Tree Display

The client will now omit category nodes in the server's category tree
if the category has no siblings.  That is, the 'Categories' node will
no longer show up in the client, and if the user is logged in without
privileges to see the Admin Level Objects or Configuration categories,
they will just see the user level object subtrees at the top level.

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Jonathan Abbey				              jonabbey@arlut.utexas.edu
Applied Research Laboratories                 The University of Texas at Austin
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