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- WinEd Version History
- =====================
-
- Version 2.80 (20 May 1998)
- ============
- * Flags can be edited for several icons simultaneously.
- * Working out which edge is nearest pointer for dragging takes proportions into
- account if near a corner.
- * Updates templates with old format window flags.
- * Got rid of some lingering menu event errors.
- * Select all now sets fill flag as with other forms of selection.
- * Monitor now works with Interactive Help running.
- * Validation string faded when editing non-text indirected icons.
-
- Version 2.78 (19 April 1998)
- ============
- * Anomalies in menu handling hopefully laid to rest.
-
- Version 2.77b (18 April 1998)
- =============
- * Fixed passing on of unhandled key presses.
-
- Version 2.77a (4 April 1998)
- =============
- Fixed bugs introduced in 2.77:
- * Bugs when opening SaveAs windows from menu.
- * Auto-scrolling was incorrectly always being reset after moving icons.
- * Keyboard short-cut incorrectly shown for Export icon names menu entry.
-
- Version 2.77 (31 March 1998)
- ============
- * Default group box label has new flags and aligns slightly further to the
- left relative to border.
- * String length limit for non-indirected icons now includes terminator.
- * Option to exclude borders when making icons same size.
- * Editable windows now regain caret after being edited.
- * Now only rounds work area coords, not windows' screen coords.
- * Alt-drag when moving/copying icons constrains movement to horiz/vert only.
- * Fixed problem with recently created windows not handling user sprites
- correctly.
- * Pointer now moves with cursor keys even when "Move selection without mouse"
- option is enabled (now enabled as default option).
- * Editable window tool pane now behaves like Draw and Toolbox tool panes.
- * Use of dynamic areas on Risc PCs may be disabled (see !Run).
- * Cursor keys only move pointer if an editable window has focus.
- * Minimum size icons can be resized to is now 1 OS unit - not recommended hence
- everything except typing into coords dialogue box is still limited to 4.
- * Better protection against loading corrupted templates.
- * Editable window furniture option (renamed from "...tool icons") now works
- even when window frame is transparent.
- * Escape cancels drags immediately.
- * Allows nested wimp furniture flag to be edited.
- * Allows extra colours to be displayed under nested wimp.
- * Added "Strict with panes" option (see interactive help message).
- * Ctrl-F3 now does quick save instead of export icon names.
- * Got rid of annoying error message when dragging templates into themselves
- (now simply ignored).
- * Improved registration code.
-
- Version 2.76 (15 December 1997)
- ============
- * Largest required buffer size highlighted in statistics.
- * ADJUST-click on browser save tool performs quick save to existing path.
- * Fixed "estimated size" for DataSave messages.
- * Fixed choice of sprite name mode suffix.
- * Removed redundant clear selection icons from Sprites file.
- * Empty User files now detected as illegal, illegal ones can be deleted.
-
- Version 2.75 (21 October 1997)
- ============
- * Corrected icon name export to use correct part of validation string.
-
- Version 2.74 (17 August 1997)
- ============
- * Icon minimising rounds up if Round option set.
- * PreQuit messages are now just acknowledged instead of replied to.
- * Removed stderr redirection (debugging aid that got left in) from !Run.
-
- Version 2.73 (8 August 1997)
- ------------
- * Fixed frame feature to affect scroll bars permanently.
- * Frame feature no longer constrained by window's work area.
- * Improved warning messages for frame feature.
-
- Version 2.72 (3 August 1997)
- ------------
- * Corrected bug in outline font string width calculation.
-
- Version 2.71 (1 August 1997)
- ------------
- * Corrected a couple of problems with non-zero terminated strings.
- * Allowed icons to be centred in visible area (using Align).
- * Corrected small memory leaks in Align and Space out features.
-
- Version 2.70 (25 July 1997)
- ------------
- * Minor improvement to desktop font detection code.
- * Option to use CR string terminators for compatibility with FormEd.
- * Monitor updates properly when icons move.
- * Takes half-size sprite flag into account for minimum icon size.
- * URI buttons added to ProgInfo dialogue box.
- * Added drag & drop to browsers.
- * Files loaded from Scrap are flagged unsaved.
-
- Version 2.61 (25 June 1997)
- ------------
- * Fixed minimising of icons with non-null terminated text.
- * Fixed minor selection problems.
- * Fixed bugs in !Boot file.
-
- Version 2.60 (08 May 1997)
- ------------
- * Removed serious bug when deleting a window's last icon.
- * Added confirm deletions option.
- * Added always show borders option.
- * Added icon name exporting feature.
- * Made 'selection' menus open even if parent is shaded (a la filer).
- * Slightly modified behaviour when selecting with Menu button.
- * Change to !Run file for better handling of very long path names.
- * Minor improvements to !Boot and !Run files.
- * Squeezed IfThere.
-
- Version 2.54 (20 March 1997)
- ------------
- * Outline fonts are now reallocated to correct resolution after a mode change.
- * Choices file handling improved.
-
- Version 2.53 (3 February 1997)
- ------------
- * Allowed files with invalid headers to be loaded after query.
- * Fixed indirected sprite only icon name length bug.
-
- Version 2.52 (17 January 1997)
- ------------
- * Fixed serious bugs in outline font handling.
- * Prevented corruption of colour icons in edit window dialogue when
- opened with transparent values.
- * Now possible to switch between editable and preview windows without going
- back to the browser.
- * Saves choices in Risc PC !Boot structure when present.
- * Undersized editable windows are displayed without scroll bars etc.
- * Stray menus are no longer left open when closing windows.
- * Clicking with Menu causes target windows to gain input focus.
- * Rename and Copy dialogue boxes are filled in with old window identifier.
- * Corrected slight redraw problem when moving odd-sized icons.
- * Removed embedded names again, nobody ever seemed to find them useful.
- * Corrected bug which prevented input focus from being returned to the parent
- browser of an editable window being closed.
-
- Version 2.51 (6 November 1996)
- ------------
- * Corrected bug introduced in 2.50 which prevented pop-up menus opening.
-
- Version 2.50 (1 November 1996)
- ------------
- * Corrected bug introduced in 2.45 where cursor keys wouldn't move pointer.
- * Made sure only one WinEd window can contain a selection at a time. Selecting
- with Menu behaves like in filer windows.
- * Removed superfluous icons from toolbars. Made one double-function select
- all/clear selection icon.
- * Monitor now only updates 4 times/second to reduce load on processor.
- * Prevented icon picker from trying to return input focus to non-existent
- parent browser.
- * Unexpected termination (technical term: crash) will cause attempt to save
- altered files to Scrap.
- * Made scroll event radio buttons in Edit window dialogue more conventional.
- * Removed even more superfluous waffle from the manual.
- * Left embedded function names in this time. They don't save much memory and
- they can help in bug reporting.
-
- Version 2.45 (22 August 1996)
- ------------
- * Added option (off by default) to allow selections to be moved with the
- cursor keys without holding the mouse button.
- * Linked with dynamic area version of flex.
- * Recompiled without embedded function names to reduce memory requirement.
- * Corrected iconising behaviour.
-
- Version 2.44 (15 July 1996)
- ------------
- * Made visible area dialogue box close when editable window closes.
- * Added close icon to icon Resize dialogue box.
-
- Version 2.43 (13 June 1996)
- ------------
- * Corrected bug with the fade status of the icons at the top of the Edit
- window dialogue box not being updated when it's reopened.
-
- Version 2.42 (8 June 1996)
- ------------
- * Prevented 'auto-sprites' feature from overflowing a buffer if the templates
- filename is shorter than "Sprites<22>"
-
- Version 2.41 (7 May 1996)
- ------------
- * Added check for erroneous Message_FontChanged when changing to System font.
-
- Version 2.40 (20 April 1996)
- ------------
- * Prevented flicker when clicking in editable windows.
- * Corrected bug when opening already open windows via a shortcut.
- * Made monitor and picker open behind editable window.
- * Made change in selection state close menus.
- * Allowed larger ranges of coordinates to be handled.
- * Moved setting of an individual icon's size into a new dialogue box with
- ability to also enter position coordinates.
- * Added dialogue for editing a window's visible area.
- * Discovered how to make Kta validation work properly and removed custom
- code previously used instead.
- * Removed bug of heap corruption when editing a window after deleting
- some icons.
- * Added optional action button panes to icon and window editing dialogue
- boxes.
- * Removed much superfluous information from the manual.
-
- Version 2.34 (13 March 1996)
- ------------
- * Made click on Save in browser menu save file if it has a pathname.
-
- Version 2.33 (03 March 1996)
- ------------
- * Simplified drag rounding to avoid inconsistencies when windows are forced
- on screen.
-
- Version 2.32 (14 February 1996)
- ------------
- * Added protection against indirected icon strings overrunning their
- buffers.
- * Changed statistics to match figures given by Wimp_LoadTemplate.
- * Editable icons are now filled when selected to ensure that their
- selected status is always visible.
-
- Version 2.31 (11 February 1996)
- ------------
- * Corrected submenu-opening message handling.
- * Corrected bugs in outline font management
- * Amended counting of indirected data in statistics.
- * Corrected appalling mistake of not properly updating distribution
- archive from bugged intermediate version.
-
- Version 2.30 (4 February 1996)
- ------------
- * Replaced writable sub-menus with small dialogue boxes for Style Guide
- compliance. And they look a lot nicer when popping up from a tool button or
- keyboard shortcut.
- * Switched to a more reliable memory management library.
- * Removed distinction between Wimp and user sprite areas.
- * Added option to auto-load sprites with templates.
- * Added feature to clear user sprites.
- * Browser tool bar is now switched off by default; it looked a little out of
- place.
- * The panes no longer flicker when changing a selection.
- * The editable window tool pane now behaves the same as Draw's ie will move
- partially off screen with its parent, but jumps fully back on if it goes all
- the way off.
-
- Version 2.22 (14 January 1996)
- ------------
- * Fixed browser redraw bug.
- * Fixed Edit window dialogue box code to read/write pane icon properly.
- * Removed redundant Banner template from main Templates file.
-
- Version 2.21 (6 January 1995)
- ------------
- * Reorganised registration/banner code to eliminate separate WinEdReg
- application.
- * Changed rounding code so window size doesn't jiggle about when moving
- them.
- * Changed Stats templates to improve appearance with anti-aliased fonts.
-
- Version 2.20
- ------------
- * Browser windows behave like filer windows (minimum size no longer dictated
- by title bar).
- * Minimising icon sizes now takes RISC PC Desktop font into account as well
- as System font (defaults to Homerton.Medium).
- * Validation of outline font colours corrected.
- * Click in Icon picker work area clears selection.
- * Tool bars are on by default, so new users know they exist (and I still like
- using them anyway).
-
- No history available for earlier versions.
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