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BREEZE Copyright (c) Kevin Solway, 1989-91
UPDATES
(Since 1990)
Version 2.1
- Added paragraph sorting
- Added statistical analysis of columns of numbers.
Version 2.2
- Improved dictionary. Increased number of words to 37,000.
- Compressed BREEZE.EXE to about half its original size on
disk.
Version 3.0
- Added the text to .EXE file converter.
- Improved dictionary. Increased number of words to 67,000.
If you misspell a word the list of words you are prompted
with to replace the misspelled word are now listed in
order of similarity to the word you typed. I also
improved the dictionary compression algorithm.
- Added screen saver.
- Frees-up a lot more memory when you shell out to DOS,
making more memory available to your applications.
- Double spacing can now be set from the print menu as well
as from the page settings menu.
Version 3.1
- Added print spooling. This does printing in the
background while you get on with something else. You
don't need to wait for printing to finish before you can
start typing again.
- Added mail merging (enabling you to print form letters).
This includes the new program BRZMERGE.EXE which creates
and maintains a database for use in mail merging.
- Added auto reformatting option. Automatically reformats
the text while you edit it.
- Added the option to turn the screen saver on or off, and
to save this in the configuration file. Fixed bug with
screen-saver - it sometimes made characters blink on
restoring the screen.
- Executable files created with the text to .EXE converter
now give you the option to pause after each page of
printing, especially useful when printing to single
sheets. The line editor used to input the search string
now supports both insert and overwrite modes. A far
greater range of colours are available in the resulting
viewer program. Up to nineteen default colour
combinations can be set at the time of creating the viewer
program. In addition, users are given the option to
select their favourite colour combination at the time of
running the viewer program, A new program COLOURS.EXE is
included, which displays all the colour options available,
and how to access them. You are encouraged to distribute
the program COLOURS.EXE with all the text viewer programs
you create with BREEZE. When creating viewer programs you
now have tho option to enable or disable permission for
the user to send the contents to a disk file instead of to
the printer.
- Maximum size for text that can be made into an executable
file is now 63,000 bytes (after automatic compression)
instead of 61,000 bytes.
- BREEZE used to write empty lines to get to the end of each
page when printing, this is now achieved by sending
genuine form feed instructions to the printer.
- Added an option to print only the odd numbered pages or
only the even numbered pages. This enables you to print
on both sides of fanfold paper, book fashion, by printing
all the odd numbered pages first, turning the paper
around, and then printing all the even numbered pages
(good conservation - set an example!).
- Added a go-to-page function.
- Added a restore line function. Lets you restore a line
back to its original state, provided you have not left
the line.
- Added the option to print with proportional letter spacing
or with micro-justification if your printer supports these
functions.
- Added the option to select a line spacing of 4 lines per
inch or 5 lines per inch when printing.
- When sorting you are now given a countdown, giving you a
rough idea how long the sorting process will take. And
you are now able to interrupt the process at any time by
pressing the escape key.
- Added automatic line and box drawing.
- When marking blocks, the block now follows the position of
the cursor until the end (or beginning) of the block is
marked, or until a block operation is selected.
- Auto screen save and auto save can now be set to any
period up to 255 minutes.
- Files can now be quickly selected from the directory
window by pressing the first letter of the file. The
highlight bar will immediately move to the first file
or directory starting with that letter. Pressing the
same letter again will move to subsequent files starting
with the same letter.
- Inserting and deleting columns can now be done with
multiple columns for speed.
Version 3.2
- Much faster sorting, especially noticeable on large files.