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- From: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
- Newsgroups: comp.binaries.amiga
- Subject: v02i105: tsnip - text cut/paste to/from windows v1.4a, Part01/02
- Message-ID: <10949@swan.ulowell.edu>
- Date: 28 Dec 88 21:13:24 GMT
- Organization: University of Lowell, Computer Science Dept.
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- Approved: page@swan.ulowell.edu
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- Submitted-by: john13@garfield.mun.edu (John Russell)
- Posting-number: Volume 2, Issue 105
- Archive-name: intuition/tsnip.uu1
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- - works with any window, whether opened by the console device or not
- - flexible output options; output destination can be changed at any time
- - source is included so you can customize to your heart's content
- - works with any 8 x 8 font; you can use the supplied TSnipGen program
- to create a font definition file for TSnip to use
-
- And now, brings ancient mainframe editors into the modern era! Amiga users
- can log on to a mainframe and use the mouse to control the cursor position
- within vi and emacs.
-
- ** Minor enhancements in 1.4a **
-
- - Emacs bindings while in editor mode:
- - command line options -vi and -emacs to set editor type
- - additional tooltype EDITOR=vi or emacs
- - sendline routine now handles control characters
- - bug fix for output to stdout and pipe files -- extraneous null
- characters no longer added (this caused problems for editors like DME)
- - bug fix for clipboard output -- previously each line cut was over-
- writing the last one
-
- ** New features in 1.4 **
-
- - everything now compiles under 16 bit Aztec
- - control panel lets you change font, output file, text colour,
- output destination on the fly; position of the control panel
- is remembered when it's closed
- - plain English explanations of what is happening printed while
- control panel active
- - TSnip will no longer interfere with mouse handlers which auto-
- activate windows, via control file "handler-commands". This
- option can be set by "-m" command switch, and toggled by the
- "m" key while TSnip is running.
- - TSnip window(s) can be switched between multiple screens via new
- keyboard option, <spacebar>. Repositioning of windows is
- reasonably intelligent when moving to a screen of different size.
- - new keyboard option "q" tells you the colour of the pixel underneath
- the mouse; if you have some text printed in JAM2 mode, ie 2 solid
- colours, you can use the TextPen gadget on the control panel to
- make TSnip recognize only a single colour as legal text.
- - location of the 8x8 square recognized as a character can be reset
- to default position by new keyboard option <return>
- - TSnip no longer detaches from the CLI, you must use "run" again;
- this is due to the workings of the mouse-handler option
- - added ability to run from an icon, with customizable set of options
- - new CLI option / keyboard command "e" to toggle vi edit mode, where
- mouse is used for cursor positioning; setup options from CLI or
- Workbench for using vi along with VT100 or Z
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- --
- Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept. page@swan.ulowell.edu ulowell!page
- Have five nice days.
-