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- Changes to dbWRITER 1.5
- ================================
- Copyright 1991,1992 David Becker
- GEnie D.Becker8
- Compuserve 73030,3562
-
- Here is another update to my freeware text processor, dbWRITER.
-
- Bugs fixed
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- - The fileselector save path now initially defaults to the same path
- as the last loaded file
-
- - Using the delete key on the last line produced unexpected results
- sometimes deleting lines above! This has been fixed.
-
-
- Changes and additions
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-
- - The configuration file DBWRITER.CFG now contains a flag to automatically
- display the "block options dialog box" after you set a text block by
- dragging with the mouse. You can manually edit this file by loading
- it into dbWRITER and changing the flag to 1 for automatic display.
- Save the file back to disk as DBWRITER.CFG
-
-
-
-
- Changes to dbWRITER 1.4
- ================================
- Copyright 1991,1992 David Becker
- GEnie D.Becker8
- Compuserve 73030,3562
-
- Bugs fixed
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- - The fileselector now defaults to *.* instead of *.TXT
-
- - Backspace sometimes skipped up one line, this has been fixed.
-
- - F10 now correctly searches for the next occurance of your text string
- from the cursor position to the end of the document.
-
- - Automatic importation of Wordwriter and First Word Plus documents
- has been improved.
-
-
- Changes and additions
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-
- - When clicking 'P' within the quick pick grid or pressing <A>P you will
- be presented with the new PRINTOUT CONFIGURATION screen. Important
- additions include multiple copies, form feeds after printing pages or
- after printing the entire document, top and left margin settings for
- only the printout, user selectable spacing between pages and printouts
- beginning from any page number you choose. I have also included an
- indicator box displaying the amount of complete copies printed, not
- pages but entire documents (I wanted to print 3 page resumes the other
- day and I kept losing track of how many had been output).
-
- - The PRINTER DRIVER CONFIGURATION screen <A>W no longer includes a MARGIN
- button. This has been replaced by a FORM FEED button for ejecting a page
- from your printer. Printer margins are now handled within the new
- printout configuration screen.
-
- - The configuration file DBWRITER.CFG now contains a command line colour
- flag. You can manually edit this file by loading it into dbWRITER and
- changing the flag to 1 for a light command line (desktop fill pattern)
- instead of the default black. Save the file back to disk as DBWRITER.CFG
-
- - The configuration dialog <A>C contains a new choice called "Memory saver
- spell check". This feature is meant to help those with a megabyte or less.
- Instead of the normal single pass spell check, dbWRITER will spell check
- your document in two passes, loading only half the dictionary for each
- pass. After the second pass the remaining dictionary is purged from memory.
- This type of spell check uses only 190K compared with 380K the normal spell
- check requires! If you wish to view a word within the dictionary, dbWRITER
- will not load the entire dictionary resident but will instead scan the disk
- file and load only a small section into memory. This takes between 5 and 30
- seconds depending on the word but does not require very much memory.
-
- - The clipboard will now accept multiple entries. If you keep copying blocks
- of text to the clipboard you can stack them on top of one another or you
- can still replace a block, erasing the original clipboard content (I use
- this new clipboard to gather messages from BBS systems as I scan the topic
- and catagory listings).
-
-
- The main documentation file QUICKDOC.TXT has been updated to reflect these
- changes and additions. The dictionary file remains unchanged.
-