The following is a listing of features in my (PanaSonic)'s client.  I have
just recently ported it to Linux (not yet released, as I write this, Aug 30
1995) and have received several questions along hte lines of "Why not use
the regular client, since it works in Linux?????" Well, here's the answer..
the listing of things that I have added to the client from the early version
of Ayourk's source code that it is based from...)
 
  Sep 19, 1995:
  Most of the known bugs have been fixed.  Color scheming is in.

  Aug 30, 1995:
 
  The ability (client config->other options) to send a PING instead of a blank
X message, if you hit enter on the first line of sending an X.
 
  Completely re-written internal representation of the friends list.  Your
friends list can now be an unlimited size (limited in theory by available
memory, although this hasn't been tested beyond about 110 entries), and is
much faster to access.

  You can press the TAB key at any prompt for a name, and that name will
  be completed out of (a) your friends list, or (b) the listing of the last
20 people to send you an X message.  (as of this writing, the last 20 list
is bugged, and will only properly store names that do not have a SPACE in them)

  Client binary is much smaller than it used to be.  (stock linux client is
something like 70k, original port of OS/2 client was something like 110k,
linux client is now at 64k, and os/2 client is at 94k)

  Client is generally a lot faster all over the place.
 
  CTRL-F at any point in the client should take you to editing your friends
  list.  (once you exit the friends list editing, a prompt will NOT (yet) be
  reprinted)

  Much more efficient screen output and ANSI handling over the Ayourk client.
 
  Pressing Ctrl-N at any point will reveal the name of the last person
to send you an X message. (limited by the bug on the TAB completion list)
 
  This client has several command line parameters:
   ansi - forces ANSI on
   noansi - forces ansi off
   askansi - forces Autoansi detection disabled
   bold - Forces BOLD ansi color
   nobold - Forces NON bold ansi color
   config - Offline configuration of the client
   help - a listing of these options.
 
(For those of you more familiar with the stock client, as opposed to Ayourk or
Isoroku's clients, this client has Autologin, Auto queue bypass (it'll log you
in automagically and tell you how much mail is waiting before you have to sit
in the queue - this is a BBS feature, that on normal systems is done manually
by pressing 'L' 5 times at the queue message.), it's own ANSI coloration for
config menu and several other things if ANSI is detected from the BBS, Auto
answering of the login prompts (Do you want ANSI? and a reminder prompt, if 
set), and probably some more features in the client configuration that I can't
recall at the moment)
  
  If no one is on the BBS that is in your friends list, at the time you press
Ctrl-W, this will be reported, instead of just giving you a dumb looking
prompt again. :)

  Client text capturing has been completely rewritten, and nearly everything
that you see on your screen is captured to the capture file (which can be
set in Client Config->Local options .. ).  The capture is, however, stripped
of all ANSI codes, making it excellent for cutting and pasting a capture into
a post or X message. :)
 
  If you define a macro that begins with the word "shell", then specify a
system command to execute, when you press that macro key, a shell will be
executed with that command.  (you must have a valid shell set up in Client
Config->Local options!)