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NED(tm) v1.7x Release Notes
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This is shareware software.
If you intend to use NED on a regular basis, please
register and show your support for the author.
Commercial, business or governmental use by non-
registered users is prohibited.
NED(tm) v1.7x (C) Copyright 1987-94 David L. Dight
All Rights Reserved.
Additional analysis by Francis C. Crisp
P.O. Box 280, Kings Cross, N.S.W. 2011 AUSTRALIA
Fax: +61 2 233 2929, On CompuServe:100033,2563
Internet: davidd@interconnect.com.au
Revision 1.7.x.2 08-Sep-1994.
*********************************************************
INDIVIDUAL USERS
Individual and Company Users: Please refer to
LICENSE.DOC and REGISTER.FRM for information.
VENDOR AND BBS SYSOPS
Please use the VENDINFO record or refer to the file
VENDOR.DOC if you wish to distribute this software.
*********************************************************
RELEASE NOTES
Outlined below is a summary of changes and new feature
additions in this release, in subsections, these are:
A. Changes in version 1.7x 08/09/94
1. Changes in version 1.7a 01/06/94
2. New features in version 1.7a
3. Changes in version 1.6x 23/05/93
4. New features in version 1.6x
5. Changes in version 1.6e 21/12/92
6. New features in version 1.6e
7. Changes in version 1.6b 23/03/92
8. New features in version 1.6b
9. New features in version 1.5x 11/02/92
(initial shareware release).
*********************************************************
A. Changes in version 1.7x
What's New
----------
This release uses decryption to facilitate easier
registration. The copy of NED you now have is
'upgradable' to the registered version upon receipt
of your payment.
You will be sent a validation key by e-mail (or mail
if not available) which is then used with the utility
VALIDATE.EXE supplied in this release. The registered
version will not display any 'nag' screens.
The advantage of this system is that you don't need
to reinstall the software. The version you currently
have is all you need. Additionally, should new
versions be released, you need only obtain the new
shareware copy and apply your user key. There will be
no physical distinction between registered and
shareware releases of NED.
VIRCHK.EXE SF.EXE
These files are no longer included. SF can be found
on Compuserve IBMSYS LIB 6 SF70.EXE and on the
internet (garbo, SimTel).
How to register
---------------
Fill in the REGISTER.FRM and post with your payment.
With foreign registrations please do not send
personal cheques. Although not strictly kosher, you
can send cash (wrap a $A20.00 or $US10+5). This
is the next best method after credit cards. ;-&
Credit card orders
------------------
I can now process credit card orders (MC VISA AMEX).
Fill in REGISTER.FRM with your cards details, sign
and mail or fax to me. If you don't mind your card
details being the subject of an e-mail message, then
you can e-mail me your details without the signature.
What next?
----------
I will send you your registration key by e-mail if
possible. Alternatively, I will phone or write.
You will receive a message with your user id and the
file USER.CTX. Copy this file to the directory that
contains VALIDATE.EXE. Alternatively, you can enter
the ciphertext from the file on the command line or
specify a source path. In some cases I will e-mail
the cipher text and you can enter this text at the
prompt. See below for more details.
Execute VALIDATE from the DOS prompt (no parameters).
See description below for a list of other options.
VALIDATE will ask for your user id. Enter the id
exactly as it appears in the message (without the
double quotes).
VALIDATE will produce a file called USER.NED. If NED
cannot locate this file when it starts, or if the
file has been modified or copied, the program will
revert to the shareware version. Use DOS move to
relocate this file somewhere on your PATH or use the
options described below to create the key file in the
desired directory.
Save the message I sent you and USER.CTX (or a copy
of the ciphertext) somewhere safe. This can be used
again with subsequent releases.
VALIDATE.EXE
------------
(v1.0) usage: VALIDATE [{-/}cfhit]
-c <cipher text>, default (from file)
-f <ciphertext file>, default user.ctx
-h print usage
-i <user id>, default (from console)
-t <target key file path>, default current directory
With no parameters, VALIDATE expects the file USER.CTX to
be in the current directory. By default, the program will
ask you to enter your user id. If your ciphertext file is
in another directory or under a different name you can
specify the file with the -f option, for example:
validate -f c:\cserve\noname.001
There are a number of ways you can use VALIDATE depending
on what is most convenient for you. The program can take
as parameters all the information it needs. Example:
validate -i "John M. Citizen" -c jkjdMjbd1Lpkwoqdgfwk473x
validates the user id against the given ciphertext. If
the -i flag is not passed, the program will prompt for
your id. If successful the file USER.NED will be created
in the current directory.
The -t option allows you to specify the target path for
USER.NED. For example, if you keep your executables in
c:\bin, you could use the following command:
validate -t c:\bin -f c:\cserve\noname.001
Which will create USER.NED in c:\bin using the ciphertext
file in the compuserve directory as source. By default
the target path is the current directory.
VALIDATE will look along your path for USER.NED before
creating the key file. If the program is run after the
initial key file has been created, VALIDATE will attempt
to update the original key file.
Updates
-------
Updates will be posted to CompuServe. This release was
posted at:
IBMAPP LIB 1 NED17X.EXE
and on the Internet in a few of the main public access dos
archives. This release is available at the following
anonymous FTP sites:
garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/msdos/editor/nedit17x.zip (and mirrors)
oak.oakland.edu:/SimTel/msdos/editor/nedit17x.zip
and /SimTel/msdos/editor/nedit17x.zip (mirrors)
Updates will be announced in comp.archives.msdos.announce
with follow up in comp.archives.msdos.d
If you require a copy of XED or NED and only have e-mail
access, I am happy to e-mail uuencoded copies.
*********************************************************
Other changes
A number of bug fixes have been made. For operation under
Windows, NED will issue a DOS idle signal when no activity
is detected. This improves performance when using NED in
a DOS or Windows shell.
A bug in Keep macro file has been fixed. A bug in File
display mode in the file list directory listing has been
fixed.
*********************************************************
1 Changes in version 1.7a
1.a A NEW configuration utility in this release.
CONFIG.EXE
usage: CONFIG [-hdcf]
-h print help message
-d force default settings, default False
-c show commands, default False
-f <file to edit>, default CONFIG.NED
This utility can be used to quickly edit the
configuration file CONFIG.NED. NED will search the
current directory and then along the PATH for CONFIG.NED.
If not found, a new CONFIG.NED will be created with
default values in the current directory. To force the
creation of CONFIG.NED in the current directory, CTRL+F4
can be used instead of F4. CONFIG also accepts a switch
allowing you to edit other config files either not on the
path or that use other names other than CONFIG.NED.
1.b Maintenance release with various bug fixes, including
insert above display; closing the second last file in a
session. NED correctly determines your video mode so that
VGA50 or EGA43 are selected according to the capabilities
of your card. (see note 1.c).
1.c If you are in EGA43, VGA28 or VGA50 modes, changing
to any of the system windows (e.g. F10) will cause NED to
revert to 25 line mode. Returning to the edit window will
revert back to the original mode.
1.d The DATEFMT statement in CONFIG.NED is no longer
supported. NED determines the date format from your
systems' country specific information.
1.e If NED cannot find a file to open (either from the
FILES.NED or CONFIG.NED FILE= statement or from the
command line) the name "UNTITLED.TXT" will be used as the
current filename.
1.f The bookmark system has been changed. (see 2.a).
1.g NED will ignore any line containing a " when entabi-
ng a file. This will avoid format corruptions in lines
that contain embedded spaces within strings.
1.h If you are editing small to medium length files (say
less than 2500 lines), set the MAXLINES statement in
CONFIG.NED to "MAXLINES=2500" (you can use CONFIG.EXE).
1.i Extension sort in FILE DISPLAY MODE sorts by extens-
ion THEN filename.
*********************************************************
2 New features in version 1.7a
2.a NED now supports 10 bookmarks per open area. To
set a mark, press SHIFT F9 then 0 to 9. You can simply
enter 'n' or 'p' for the next free bookmark. When
retrieving a mark, press F9 and the bookmark number or
'n' or 'p'.
2.b NED now supports VGA 28 line mode. To use this mode
set the MODE statement in CONFIG.NED to:
MODE=VGA28
NED will default to selecting VGA50 line mode when you
use ALT+= to toggle. The above statement causes NED to
use VGA28 mode instead.
2.c CALENDAR is now available with CTRL F6. This graphic-
ally displays each month. Movement keys are active, with
the current day hi-lit. A mark can be set with the usual
SHIFT F9, goto mark F9. From the DOS prompt, enter 'd'.
2.d NED will recognise DOS \ and UNIX / characters in a
pathname - but the path must contain either all DOS \ or
all UNIX / - not both.
2.e For WINDOWS users, a NED icon and
PIF file have been included.
2.f NED will save the state of your screen before loading
by default. This will be restored on exiting. If you wish
to turn this feature off, set the SAVER statement in
CONFIG.NED to:
SAVER=OFF
2.g An alternative printer device may be specified either
in CONFIG.NED with the PRINTER statement:
PRINTER=LPT?
where the default is LPT1. The '6printer' command allows
the default printer to be set. With no parameters, the
default printer is set to LPT1. The current printer
device is indicated on the F10 screen near 'Spooler'.
Some systems may experience conflict problems when two
or more processes set their printer to the same alterna-
tive device. This should only be a problem when running
multiple DOS shells (e.g. under WINDOWS 3.XX).
2.h The ruler now displays a reverse video block over
the ruler position indicating the current x cursor value.
2.i An ALARM can now be set to ring at a specified
time (or date and time). The '7alarm' command accepts a
time string ( hh:mm:[ss] ) and optionally a date string.
Enter the date string in your usual date format order.
The time/date must be valid (i.e. greater than today's
time (date). For example:
<esc>723:54<enter>
sets an alarm at 23:54. Whereas:
<esc>723:54 5-16-94<enter>
sets an alarm at 23:54 on the specified date.
*********************************************************
3 Changes in version 1.6x
3.a The problem with NED detecting certain printer's
status flags has been corrected. The spooler will operate
more reliably.
3.b For operation under WINDOWS 3.XX, SHIFT CTRL F10
can be used instead of ALT SPACE BAR to toggle the RULER
on/off.
*********************************************************
4 New features in version 1.6x
4.a LARGE DOS applications can now be run under a DOS
shell. NED will swap itself out of memory to either
extended memory, expanded memory or to disk, depending on
which is available. If no extended/expanded memory is
available, a disk swap file will be created in the TMP or
TEMP subdirectories, or to the current directory if
these are not set. Use a ramdisk if necessary.
The swapper can be disabled by setting SWAP=OFF in
CONFIG.NED. This may be necessary on systems that
experience problems when loading help, ASCII tables,
Calculator, Calender or a DOS shell.
4.b COMPILE from within NED. Using the swapper outlined
above, NED will execute a pre-defined compile string on
the current filename. The compile string is defined with
COMPILE= in CONFIG.NED (eg. COMPILE=cl /c /Os $). The '$'
character is used as a placeholder for NED to substitute
the current area's filename. You can omit the '$', in
which case NED will simply execute the compile string.
This permits the execution of make and batch files. The
compile string can also be set from within NED with the
'5' Compile command. When in command mode, the up/down
arrows return the current compile string for editing. To
execute a compile, press CTRL F9.
4.c The current compile string and the swap enable flag
are displayed on the F10 status screen.
*********************************************************
5 Changes in version 1.6e
5.a File timestamps are now in 24 hour format (DD:MM:SS).
5.b AUTOSAVE intervals are now calculated from the time
of the first modification since the last time the file
was saved. An upper case delta appears next to the
filename of a file that has changed and not been
autosaved on the F10 status screen. This symbol is
cleared when NED autosaves the file.
5.c NED warns and prompts to continue when writing files
that contain more lines than read.
5.d NED and WINDOWS 3.XX will co-exist ok. NED can be run
from a PIF or under an MS-DOS shell. NED will not
interfere with WINDOWS hot keys. In one shell run NED and
your current work files, and compile and execute in the
other.
*********************************************************
6 New features in version 1.6e
6.a A REAL TIME CLOCK can now be displayed in the system
window. CTRL SHIFT F5 toggles the clock on/off. This can
be set in CONFIG.NED, with "CLOCK=ON/OFF".
6.b LONG FILENAMES can be viewed in F10 STATUS SCREEN by
scrolling LEFT or RIGHT when the file pointer is over a
filename.
*********************************************************
7 Changes in version 1.6b
7.a The ALT 0 (change colours) key is no longer
supported. Use the COLOUR and INTENSITY statements in
CONFIG.NED to set your colour preferences. ALT 0 is now
used to change to area number 10.
7.b The CTRL F9 and CTRL F10 auto-entab/detab toggles are
no longer supported. Use the DETAB and ENTAB statements
in CONFIG.NED to set your preferences.
7.c SHIFT F4 no longer shells to DOS. Use ALT X. SHIFT F4
now forces entry to block mode in INTERLINE mode.
7.d CTRL LEFT/RIGHT (previous/next word) bug has been
fixed.
7.e The 'p' option with the Laundry command is no longer
supported.
*********************************************************
8 New features in version 1.6b
8.a If the FILE statement is set to nothing in CONFIG.NED
and no file has been specified on the command line, NED
will attempt to open the first file in FILES.NED if this
file is found. ("FILE=").
8.b NUMBER OF CHANGES - for each open file area are now
displayed on the status screen (F10). A change means any
single block mode cut/paste operation or any line change.
Numerous individual character edits within a line will
result in a single change increment when the cursor is
moved off the edited line. Keeping track of this should
help you to decide when to save your edits. Files with
changes will display the number recorded in bold/blinking
attribute; files with no changes display nothing in this
column. If AUTOSAVE is on and the file has changed since
it was last autosaved, the LOWERCASE DELTA character will
appear next to the number of changes value.
8.c NON-CASE SENSITIVE SEARCH - this is now the default.
To force a CASE SENSITIVE search, press SHIFT ENTER when
you enter the search string in command mode.
8.d NEW KEY ALT J - this key allows you to JUMP BACK TO A
PREVIOUS POSITION IN THE CURRENT FILE. The previous posi-
tion is updated whenever the cursor is moved off the
current line. For example:
<esc>G300<enter><esc>G150<enter><ALT J><ALT J>
by pressing ALT J, the screen is positioned at lines 150
or 300.
8.e The RULER now displays the WIDTH OF THE CURRENT line
marking the start and end of the line with the [ and ]
characters. These will appear in bold attribute. If the
start of the current line is outside and to the left of
the edit window, a bold left arrow will appear in the
first column; if the end of the current line is outside
and to right of the edit window, a bold right arrow will
appear in the last column.
8.f AUTOSAVE - this can be set to occur at a predefined
interval between 1 and 1440 minutes. The '4auto' command
accepts either the new interval or 0 to set autosave off.
The AUTOSAVE statement in CONFIG.NED allows you to set up
the autosave interval on startup. The default is off.
Autosaved files have the first character of their
extension set to the carat (^) and any characters after
are moved to the right, the last character of the
extension if any, is dropped. These files will appear in
the current directory or in the backup directory if one
has been set. NED only autosaves a file if it has
recorded any changes since the last autosave. The
statement:
AUTOSAVE=5
forces NED to save any changes to any file every 5
minutes.
8.g The LAST 10 SEARCH strings and the LAST 10 REPLACE
strings are available in command mode by pressing the up
or down arrows on the S and R commands respectively.
8.h The MAXIMUM WIDTH of a line has been increased from
256 to 1024 characters.
8.i Symbols representing the left/right shift, ctrl and
alt keys now appear in line 1 of the system window.
8.j After executing a command, NED remains in command
mode. To force NED to return to the edit window by
default, set the statement:
CMDEXIT=ON
in CONFIG.NED. The default is OFF.
8.k The time is continually displayed on the status
screen.
8.l NED NOW HANDLES 10 FILES. The quick key to change to
area number 10 is ALT 0 (ALT 1-9 for areas 1-9).
8.m COLUMN BLOCK OPERATIONS. NED now supports column
block cut/copy/paste. There are now three types of block
modes - INTRALINE, INTERLINE and COLUMN. Blocks that are
cut or copied in one of these modes will be available for
pasting in the mode in which they are cut/copied. Column
pastes will occur at and below the cursor. If insert is
on, the column is inserted at the cursor; if off, the
column will overwrite at the cursor.
8.n JOIN LINE now strips any leading whitespace
characters except one character on the next line before
joining it to the current line.
8.o To force NED to enter BLOCK MODE in INTERLINE mode,
press SHIFT F4.
8.p CTRL SHIFT F8 searches for the current search expres-
sion from the bottom of the file up.
8.q File I/O has been improved. The time needed to read /
write files is considerably reduced.
8.r The calculator now supports BINARY and OCTAL modes as
well as DECIMAL and HEX. The space bar/shift space bar
toggles the current value between these modes. New
functions: '>' and '<' allow bit shifting; 'n' gives the
exponent; 's' the square root; 'S' the square.
8.s You can PASTE FROM THE CALCULATOR to the file called
"paste.cal". The result of an operation or a conversion
is written to this file when you press 'p' and enter.
8.t SAMPLE MACRO FILE - this will be loaded by default if
MACRO statement in CONFIG.NED is set to path SAMPLE.MCR.
This file contains some useful keystroke macros. Press
SHIFT F7 for a summary of their functions.
8.u For PC's with extended keyboards, SHIFT INS forces
insert mode off. This is useful when recording macros.
(note: if available, use the left INS key with extended
keyboards.)
*********************************************************
9 New features in version 1.5x
9.a VIRCHK no longer used. Not included in this release.
9.b COMMAND '2'
This allows you to execute DOS commands from within NED.
For example,
<esc>2dir/w<enter>
will execute the DOS dir/w command. When the command has
been completed, press any key to return to editing. See
item 10 below. With no parameters, this command invokes a
DOS shell (same as ALT X).
9.c COMMAND '3'
This allows you to set the keyboard speed. 0 for no
change, 1 is fastest, slowing down to 5 (a crawl).
<esc>31<enter>
will set the keyboard speed to the fastest setting.
Keyboard rate can be set on startup in config.ned,
KEYSPEED=1
9.d The DATE FORMAT has been changed with ALT Y to:
dayname, dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm {am|pm}
Changes to the date string format via the DATEFMT command
in CONFIG.NED will be reflected in the above string.
9.e The software REGISTRATION ADDRESS can be found on
page 9 of the help screen.
9.f FIRST LETTER FILE SELECTION IN FILE DISPLAY MODE. If
files are sorted by extension, first letter refers to
the first letter of the extension. In either case the
file selector bar will be moved to the first matching
filename.
9.g NETWORK DRIVES should appear in File Display Mode.
9.h THE USER'S GUIDE. This is the roughly formatted text
of the NED v1.5x user's guide. To get a fast printout of
the manual you can use the FASTPRN.EXE utility supplied
with this release and described below.
** Printing the User's Guide **
Note: NED.DOC is already formatted to 66 lines/page, with
page breaks embedded. This file should be printed using
the DOS print command. FASTPRN can be also be used if you
use the -a option. Tabstops are set to 4.
FASTPRN.EXE
usage: fastprn [-aefhlmpst?] <input filename>
-h|? usage banner
-l<lines per page>, default 66
-t<top/bottom margin (lines)>, default 3
-m<left hand margin>, default 0
-f<output filename>
-s<starting line>, default 0
-e<ending line (-1=all file)>, default -1
-a no formatting, output only
-p pause for keystroke after page
FASTPRN takes the name of the file to print and formats
it for printing (page/line layout) to the screen
(default). You may redirect the output to a file or to
the printer directly. Alternatively you can use the -f
option to specify an output file. This could also be
'PRN'. The -t option allows you to set the number of
lines from the top of the page to begin printing (default
3). The -l option sets the number of lines to a page
(default 66). The number of lines printed on a page is
always:
linesprinted = linesppage - (2 * margin)
this defaults to 60. Printing begins on line 4.
The -s and -e options allow you to specify a starting and
ending input line range to process. If either are
omitted, processing commences from the start or to the
end of the file.
The -m option allows you to set a left hand margin. The
default is 0. For example to print this file, centred on
standard continuous page,
fastprn read.me -m11 -fprn
outputs directly to the printer.
fastprn read.me -ap
Suppresses formatting. When -a is used, lines per page
will default to 24 and margins will default to zero. The
-p pauses after each 24 lines (useful for examining the
file from the screen.
fastprn ned.doc -a -fprn
Formats the file ned.doc to the printer(note that this is
already formatted and needs only to be printed).
fastprn read.me -l84 -t4 -p > prn
Formats the file read.me directly to the printer. 84
lines per page are set with top/bottom margins 4. The
program after each page.
fastprn read.me -e250 > intro.txt
Formats only the first 250 lines from the input file.
Output is redirected to intro.txt.
fastprn ned.doc -s1456 -e1760 > file.txt
Formats lines 1456 to 1760 inclusively from the input
file. Output is redirected to file.txt.
If the first character on any line is a page break (chr
12) it is printed and the current line number is reset to
9. This permits hard page-breaks to be inserted and
printed in a file.
9.i When in File Display Mode,if the file selector bar is
placed over the '\', NED will display the VOLUME LABEL of
the current drive. When the file selector bar is over the
current drive letter, NED displays number of BYTES FREE.
9.j You can enter FILE DISPLAY MODE on the 2DOS COMMAND.
If you select a file by pressing return, the full
pathname of the file is copied to the command parameter
string and you are returned to command mode and the
cursor is placed at the end of the string. You may edit
the command, add parameters or attempt to execute it (if
it is a valid DOS command). See note 9.b).
9.k F5 brace matching now recognises the CHEVRON
characters « and », the BANG(!) and INVERSE BANG(¡), and
the QUESTION MARK (?) and INVERSE QUESTION MARK (¿).
9.l DIRMAX statement in CONFIG.NED
This defaults to 512 filenames for the file list, and for
the maximum number of directory entries under File
Display Mode.
DIRMAX={64-10240}
If you are working with directories that contain numerous
files, increase DIRMAX accordingly. Keeping DIRMAX low
saves on internal buffer space.
9.m CALCULATOR/ASCII TABLES
These can be run from within NED with F6 and SHIFT F6.
You can also execute NCAL.EXE from the DOS prompt. NCAL
prompts:
Press (c)alculator, (a)scii tables or esc:
9.n SOUND statement in CONFIG.NED
Error beeps and blips can be suppressed by setting this
statement to OFF:
SOUND=OFF
The default is ON.
9.o HOME DIRECTORY - when you enter FILE DISPLAY MODE,
the current (home) directory is displayed. If you change
to another directory, NED will change to this directory
the next time you enter File Display Mode. To force NED
to select the home directory, press SHIFT F1 instead of
F1 when you enter File Display Mode.
9.p SEARCH INTERRUPT - you can now INTERRUPT a search by
pressing ESCAPE.