Current version: 0.41 Based on their Web-based Demon Pager (found here, this utility runs as a stand-alone application on any platform for which Tcl/Tk is available. It has been tested on Linux, Win95, WinNT (Windows platforms using ActiveState's port of Tcl/Tk and using Cygwin*) and WinXP (only the standalone executable has been tested). *Cygwin users need to do:    ln -s /bin/cygwish80.exe /bin/wish Download it here. Windows users who don't have Tcl/Tk on their machines can use this stand-alone version made using FreeWrap. There are no controls in the window, however from version 0.30 it offers some command line options. use dpager --help to see the current options available. (For the cynics - no, I didn't fake the screengrabs :-) For those of you who found this page looking to find the version of Tcl running, see the tclvars(n) man page.

Tech Info: dpager calls out to gate.demon.co.uk port 79 (finger) to get the latest status report, and periodically calls out to www.eridani.co.uk port 4199 to check for updated versions. It does NOT download the new version, just updates the latest-version box at the bottom of the window.

ChangeLog: * Version 0.41 (24 May 2002) - Got the barebones option right this time. * Version 0.40 (23 May 2002) - Add a -barebones option. Real miminalistic output. * Version 0.32 (13 Jan 2002) - Altered the stream reading, so network hangs on the recv() call no longer - hang DPager. * Version 0.31 (19 Dec 2001) - Added support for mono and low-colour displays. - Added -topright and -noclock command line options. * Version 0.30 - Added command-line option support (-min, -del, -notitle, --help) (-help is intercepted by Tcl :-( ) - Lock the window from being resizable, allows Tcl/Tk to manage the size. (Tk bug? After a user resizes the window the app no longer can...?) * Version 0.25 - Tidied up the display window a bit. No functional changes. * Version 0.24 - Collapse the window when offline. - A few code cleanups. * Version 0.23 - Check for version number change from the server only every 100 updates. * Version 0.22 - Request version information from the Eridani server - the app now shows when a new version of DPager has been released, unobtrusively. * Version 0.20 (28 Nov 2001) - Complete rewrite... no longer requires external binaries so will work on platforms (e.g. Win9x) where there is no finger command. * Version 0.10 (way back when report@gate was first introduced) - The less said about this version the better....