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OpenGEM GEMWeb pre alpha v.03b written by Heinz Rath

0. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

The code of GEMWeb is by Heinz Rath
Slight updates by Owen Rudge
Some of the Icons where originally from John Elliot
HTGET by Ken Yap
LSPPP by David Lindauer
GEMWeb is NOT released under the GNU Public License!
GEMWeb is simply free as freeware!
HTGET is freeware by Ken Yap.
LSPPP is Copyrighted by LADSoft

1. WARNING.

THIS PROGRAM HAS STILL BUGS AND ISN'T
WORKING CORRECTLY. I WILL NOT ACCEPT
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY KIND OF DAMAGE
DUE TO THE USE OR MISUSE OF GEMWeb.

2. CONFIGURATION

In the folder GEMAPPS\PPP you find LSPPP.ZIP from LADSoft.
This can be used to get GEMWeb online. Before you can go ointo
internet you have to copy the ZIP file from GEMAPPS\PPP into
the GEMAPPS directory so that the LSPPP.EXE is also in the
GEMAPPS directory. Also you have to set the correct dialer in the
GEMWEB.INI file. To use LSPPP simply change the information in
the DIAL.BAT file located in GEMAPPS.

If you want to use a Network card for connection threw the net use a
packetdrvr for your card and set it up to use interrupt 0x60. Insert a
file called WATTCP.CFG into the GEMAPPS directoy which includes
the following information at least:
IP=1.1.1.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=11.1.1.1
NAMESERVER=1.1.1.1
Change the adresses to meet your needs. If you need other settings
please check the wattcp info which can be found on the internet.

NOTE: LSPPP will not work while WATTCP.CFG exists in
GEMAPPS

After this you must configure the GEMWEB.INI file.
Comment lines begin with a # in the first position.
With the OffLine parameter you can specify if GEMWeb should try to
connect to internet.
-On means that there is no network.
-Off means that there is a network.
The default setting is On, which means GEMWeb does not try to connect
to the network. You should change this if you want to use LSPPP or a
LAN. With the options menu you can set if GEMWeb should wait until
the socket is closed or not when a page is donwloaded from net.
(If it doesn't wait it goes faster but sometimes crashes. You should try
what work best for you).

3. WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT...

GEMWeb has been tested on GEM 1.2, GEM 2.2u with and without
XMGEM,GEM 3, FreeGEM, OpenGEM 1.x, OpenGEM 2.x and
OpenGEM Release 3. It's tested with EGA 640x200x16,
EGA 640x350x16,VGA 640x480x16 and SVGA 800x600x16.
All other modes are untested! (Please report if there are errors in
other modes).
It was reported that GEMWeb (v0.3) also works under ViewMAX/2.
I also have tested GEMWeb (v0.3a) under GEM/5 it works but there
are several problems for example the font size is always the same and so.

GEMWeb was developed on a PC with GEM/3 (with original AES) and
FreeGEM VDI.

When you started GEMWeb you can enter a HTTP adress and GEMWeb
will surf to it. FILE:// is also working. If you don't enter FILE:// or HTTP://
GEMWeb will try to surf to the page in internet. FTP:// isn't implemented now!.
The scrolling on pages works but is still buggy and slow. Pressing Page Up
and Page Down works under GEM and under FreeGEM. JPG,GIF and
PNG files can't be viewed at the moment only BMP is supported. Email
support isn't implemented now. It is a extra program. And so on....

As you see there are at the moment only a few things that already work but also
that things are still buggy. The network functions did I test in a intranet between
my computer and a Laptop which runs BOA_DOS (Dos port of a unix web
server) and with KA9Q.

Starting with GEMWeb v0.3a I am now testing GEMWeb also on the real internet
because with LSPPP I am now also able to connect to my ISP don't ask why but
with DOSPPPD (also tested with Arachne) it didn't work. If you go to a link and
press the left mouse button GEMWeb surfs to this link. If you go to a download
link and press the left mouse button GEMWeb downloads the file. If you want to
download HTM files or GFX files you need to press the right button. If you want
to enter a URL click first on the URL window or press CTRL+U. Many things can
only be switched inside of the GEMWEB.INI file so look there for closer infos on all
the possible switches (like switching between GEMWeb and normal GEM Icons and
so ...) Some pages which mainly contain only text look already like the originals. If you
want to use HTGET.EXE instead of GET.EXE you can simple change it in the
GEMWEB.INI file.

4. PARAMETERS OF THE GEMWEB.INI FILE

# and ; can be use to write a Comment line
The following commands exit:
IconType, Warning, OffLine, 3DLook, Style, BigColor LinkColor, ShowImages,
Get, Dialer, End, Search, Home

Search x
x - Search machine to surf to

Home x
x - Home url

IconType
0 - GEMWeb Icons (GIC)
1 - GEM Icons (ICN)

Warning
On - Warning message when starting
Off - No warning message when starting

OffLine
On - Offline
Off - Net Connection

3DLook
Off - 3d look Off
On - 3d look On

Style
New - FreeGem
Old - Gem 3
If no style is defined autodetection is used

BigColor
Color for line with style <link>

LinkColor
Color for line with style <link>

ShowImages
On - Images are shown
Off - Images are not shown

Get Modul
0 - Get
1 - Htget
2 - ??? No idea at the moment

PPP Dialer
0 - DOSPPPD
1 - LSPPP

End
End - Must be last entry

5. ICONBAR OF GEMWeb

The Icons in the Iconbar of gemweb have this meaning.
* Left arrow
Go one page back in history buffer.
* Right arrow
Go one page forward in history buffer.
* Telephon
Hangs up telephon. The Internet Connection is switched off.
* Folder
Shows the favorites
* Magnify glass
Jumps to the page which is defined with the Search parameter in GEMWEB.INI
* House
Jumps to the page which is defined with the Home parameter in GEMWEB.INI
* Reload
Reloads the page from the disk

6. TODO

* Too many things...

7. NEWS

GEMWeb v0.1 First release version

GEMWeb v0.2 GEMWebEd is a demo of the GEMWebEditor for homepages.
At the moment you can only load HTM files and look to it nothing else works now.
The MAIL.APP is not included now but I have donwloaded some example sources
from internet and so Ithink I will be soon so far to release it. I have corrected some
errors in keyboard handling. Added support for Links and downloading. Page history
with Left and right arrow works. Added a Iconbar.Added Bookmarks.Added some
new HTML commands (<GEMWEB MSG>, <ARACHNE MSG>, <I>, <B>,
</I>, </B>).Corrected the loading bug. Correct bugs in the following
html commands: <H1>, <H2>, <H3>

GEMWeb v0.2.1 (also called GEMWeb development was not publically available!!)

GEMWeb v0.3 Many changes....

GEMWeb v0.3a (Was not publically available!!) Simple modification to use a different
download module instead of GET.EXE. At the moment only GET.EXE and HTGET.EXE
are supported. Corrected bug which made downloading impossible. Adding of LSPPP
dialer. Removing of a Debug function which was still inside.

GEMWeb v0.3b Some bugs removed. Reload button added. RSC files for German and
English Offline surfing works now better (links to on Offline pages to Offline pages should
now work for example for HTML documentations). Feature to simulate other Browsers
(needed for some servers). A List of the available HTML commands (in HTML.TXT)

8. WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR

If you have suggestions to make GEMWeb better send it to me. Every help is welcome.

9. IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT ME (BUG REPORTS ETC.)

Please send no mails like "GEMWeb is shit" as that will not help me to make things better.
If I don't answer soon don't be afraid but I have to study and learn and so I not always have time
to sit in front of my computer.

Heinz Rath
heinz.rath@gmx.at
www.geocities.com/heinz_rath

This file was updated by Shane M. Coughlan in August 2004
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk