1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
|
NOTES ON THE NEW TKMASQDIALER -
As of version 1.1 tkmasqdialer is currently in the grips of a major
rewrite . Things have changed , code has changed and the doc's
havent been keeping up to date ( I got a life to try and lead at the
same time ) .
Currently the tkmasqdialer has a few problems with telnet zombies
that must be addressed . I could hack away at it for several hours
to try and work around it , but what the heck , its going to get a
complete re-write from the ground up .
NEW INTERFACE -
The new interface will have only the bare essentials for doing the
actual dialing to an outside connection . Facilities must be allowed
for to include the newer features of mserver where mserver will not
disconnect until all masqdialer clients have disconnected . However
the main panel will only have eight buttons .
DIAL - The main purpose of the tkmasqdialer client no?
SELECT SERVICE - Next to the dial button son one can select
SERVER NAME / PORT - A couple of texy entry areas for such
what to dial . Clearly a primary button to have.
CONFIGURE - This is where most of the maintainence functions will
go . To keep the primary function of masqdialer small and
fast , all Utility type functions will go in here . Masqdialer
will call the utility functions as a seperate process but will
read and modify the same configs as the primary panel .
SERVER STATUS / TIMER / SERVER LIST - The three were labels but
are linked to the internal routines that check the same .
MUTE - To be implemented ...
QUIT - Gotta go sometime ...
There are two reasons for dividing the program in this manner .
First and foremost the configure panel can 'soak up' feature bloat
whilst the primary panel can keep on with getting the job done without
bloat . Secondly by separating the program , a smaller text can be used
for the opening panel . Most people just want this client to do the deed
and get out of the way . This is the way I use it myself so I hope I dont
inconvenience too many people with these changes .
Another important point is that I am looking at making the extra
functions launch off from configure so that you can select what panels
you want too see from the configuration . I can even add these to the
main panel if needed . However , at this stage most of the extras are
still a work in progress .
|
