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- From: Michael Loader <76711.2617@CompuServe.COM>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: PageStream 3.0i Changes
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 22:59:38 GMT
- Organization: Soft-Logik
- Message-ID: <4hl5cq$c7f$4@mhadg.production.compuserve.com>
-
- LIST OF CHANGES IN PAGESTREAM FROM 3.0h2 TO 3.0i:
-
- TEXT:
- - Implemented text style (tag) features and fixed related problems:
- - Renaming a style now propagates the style to all text formatted
- with that style.
- - Applying a paragraph style no longer propagates the attributes
- of that style to subsequent un-styled text.
- - Implemented the "Next Style" feature.
- - Placing the cursor in text that is tagged with a "Based On"
- style will now show the correct style in style lists.
- - Implemented the ability to override a style.
- - Implemented character styles.
- - Attributes are now listed for character styles in the Text Style
- Tags requester.
- - Implemented the + signs in style lists beside styles that are
- currently overridden.
- - Fixed known text color problems:
- - Renaming a color now propagates the color to all text formatted
- with that color.
- - Implemented font caching. In previous versions, PageStream
- allocated memory for fonts as you used them until you ran out of
- memory. It now caches the last 10 fonts used. When you use the
- 11th font, the first one is uncached.
- - Changed the <As Is> text displayed in lists when attributes were
- indeterminate (see page 25 of the manual) to more specific text:
- <Mixed> Means that the selected text or objects have mixed
- attributes.
- FontName A fontname above a divider in a font list means that
- the font is not currently installed. PageStream will
- display the text in another font, but will remember the
- font name so that you know which font to add.
- Additional text strings will be added as required in the future.
- If the font attribute is not mixed, <As Is> or <Mixed> will no
- longer be shown in the font popup menu control.
- - Fixed the problem with cursor movements being acted upon before
- the last buffered text.
- - Fixed the problems with paragraph attributes at the top of linked
- columns. (ie, First Line indent didn't work at top of linked
- columns.)
- - The page will now change when the cursor is moved to a text frame
- on a different page.
- - Improved the scrolling of the page within the window for the
- current cursor position.
- - Fixed the hyphenation rules problems; before and after character
- rules were being ignored.
- - AGaramond and ABembo Expert families will no longer be re-encoded.
- (ie, the characters will now be in the right positions.) Other
- Expert families will continue to be re-encoded, so if you use a
- different one, contact Soft-Logik Technical Support at
- 76004.1676@compuserve.com.
- - Fixed a problem with inserting user variables.
- - Fixed a serious crash bug with moving to the end of an article
- with additional linked frames beyond the current partially filled
- frame.
- - Fixed a hyphenation bug with the number of characters allowed
- before a hyphen. Note that this fix could change your line breaks!
- - Renamed SoftLogik:Engines/English.dictionary to
- American.dictionary because it is the American variant of the
- dictionary. (Other variants are not available at this time, and
- spell checking is only implemented in PageLiner so far.)
- - Added the American.hyphenation file to the SoftLogik:Engines
- directory. This is an ASCII file containing exceptions to the
- hyphenation algorithms. The Edit Hyphenation requester is not
- implemented yet, but you can add and remove exceptions manually by
- editing this file. (Note that the Break button in Edit Hyphenation
- is implemented, so you can type a word into the text gadget and
- see how the algorithms would break it.) Note that an improved
- version of this file will be included with 3.1, so if you make
- changes to it, please make a note of them so that you can change
- the 3.1 file, too.
- - Editing a color's values will now update text using that color.
-
- LINKING TEXT FRAMES:
- - Linking frames with text in both frames no longer loses the text
- in the second frame.
- - Linking frames now updates the document changed status.
- - Choosing Link Frames and then clicking on a blank part of the page
- will no longer change the mouse pointer from the empty fram pointer
- to the full frame pointer.
-
- OBJECT DRAWING & MANIPULATION:
- - Completely implemented the Pen tool!
- - Completely implemented the Reshape tool for reshaping paths!
- - Completely implemented the Reshape tool for reshaping pictures!
- - Partially implemented the Reshape tool for reshaping drawings.
- (Object strokes are not cropped---only fills.)
- - Partially implemented the Reshape tool for reshaping EPS objects.
- (Bitmap previews are not cropped---only the EPS object.)
- - Implemented the Reshape tool for reshaping grid objects. (Not in
- manual, new featurette.)
- - Copy/paste/duplicate/transform text frames is fixed!
- - Fixed the scale problem with dissolving scaled drawings.
- - Fixed the problem with transforming when the offsets were zero
- but scale or rotation was not zero.
- - Fixed the problem with resizing drawings with the Edit palette
- or Edit requester.
- - Fixed the problem with importing ILUS files containing drawing
- objects.
- - Fixed the problem with Distribute when using bounding box and
- either left, center or right spacing.
- - Fixed the stroke problem with imported Illustrator drawings.
- - Editing a color's values will now update objects using that color.
- - Fixed a crash bug if you tried to undo the cutting of an object
- that had been previously manipulated. (Undo Cut cannot be undone
- in the current version.)
- - Fixed the problem with custom colors changing to other named
- colors when other attributes were modified in Line/Fill.
-
- OPEN/SAVE/IMPORT/EXPORT:
- - When you open a PageStream2 document, a requester will now open
- with five options to help you convert the text to use the new
- formatting commands in PageStream3. This requester is documented
- in the online help system.
- - Fixed the crash bug with Revert to Saved.
- - When you open a document, a second progress meter will now appear
- after the first one closes while the document is processed into
- PageStream's internal format. Some people thought the program
- had locked up because this can sometimes be a lengthy process.
- - Overall, the time to process a document into PageStream's internal
- format is about 8-10% faster for average documents. Processing
- most objects is only a small amount faster, but processing paths
- is about one third faster. Processing TextFX objects is much
- faster.
- - Fixed the problem with opening a document and getting a second
- view of the current document instead.
- - Changed the default path for Backups to Documents/Backups from
- just Backups. If you have already saved your settings, this will
- not affect you.
- - NEW FEATURE! Added a PICT filter. This filter can only import
- bitmapped pictures from PICT files at this time, but this is the
- most common type. Export is not available yet.
- - Fixed a bug with importing TIFF pictures that were non-24 bit RGB
- or non-32 bit CMYK, and with exporting the same. Important: if you
- saved out an incorrect TIFF before, the new filter will not be
- able to import it back in! Use the previous version of BME and
- this filter to save it out in 24 bit RGB or 32 bit CMYK format
- before upgrading to 3.0i.
-
- DOCUMENT STRUCTURE:
- - Inserted pages will now have the Show Master Page Objects option
- set to In Back instead of Do Not Show.
- - Fixed related bugs with showing master page objects and inserting
- pages.
-
- INTERFACE:
- - NEW FEATURE! Added support for CyberGfx. You can now work in up to
- 24 bit mode on a CyberGfx compatible system! Note that the problem
- with crashing when changing screen modes and quitting is due to a
- bug in the CyberGfx software, not PageStream. This has or will be
- fixed in the next update.
- - Redesigned the New Document requester:
- - Removed the Master Page Name and Description, and Document
- Description text gadgets. These options can still be set with
- the Edit Master Page and Edit Document requesters, but removing
- them makes the New Document requester simpler. (This change and
- the following are part of the upcoming 3.1 interface, but have
- been done now to keep PageStream Amiga and Mac in synch.)
- - Changed the Portrait/Landscape toggle to a Landscape checkbox.
- - Changed the Single/Double toggle to a Double-Sided checkbox.
- - Redesigned the Edit Master Page requester:
- - Changed the Portrait/Landscape toggle to a Landscape checkbox.
- - Changed the Single/Double toggle to a Double-Sided checkbox.
- - Redesigned the Tabs requester:
- - Unselected tab stops are now gray, while the selected tab stop
- icon is black. The triangles that formerly indicated the
- selected tab stop are no longer shown.
- - Arrow gadgets are now provided to scroll the tab ruler; the
- scrollbar has been removed so that the tab ruler can be
- positioned closer to the text you wish to modify.
- - The tab ruler now scales to match the page size. The requester
- does not open above the column, but can be moved above it.
- - The Del key can now be used to delete the selected tab.
- - You can drag the selected tab to scroll the tab ruler.
- - Redesigned the Set Guides requester:
- - Unselected guides are now gray, while the selected guide icon is
- black. The triangle that formerly indicated the selected guide
- is no longer shown.
- - Arrow gadgets are now provided to scroll the guide ruler.
- - The Del key can now be used to delete the selected guide.
- - You can drag the selected guide to scroll the guide ruler.
- - Guides are now shown as solid lines, rather than dashed lines.
- - Guide and grid colors may now be set to any RGB color, not just
- one of the 4 interface colors. On a low color screen, you may
- not notice any immediate change in their colors due to the way
- pen colors are allocated on the Amiga.
- - You can now set the guide and grid color as part of your program
- defaults with the View Preferences requester, as well as the
- page shadow color.
- - Document rulers now draw 50% faster.
- - Ruler ticks no longer crowd together at low magnifications.
- - The vertical ruler is now two pixels narrower.
- - The splash screen (startup and About requesters) now displays
- much faster. The picture now has the actual logo colors, and they
- look best on 16 color and better screens.
- - Fixed the problem with the Auto Kerning command becoming unchecked
- when cancelling the Auto Hyphenation requester.
- - Removed the "framed" options from the Edit Group and Edit Compound
- object requesters, because these objects are not framed.
- - Removed the unimplemented Apply button from Paragraph Format. It
- didn't make sense that this requester should have one and other
- attribute requesters didn't. (Tabs has one because settings tabs
- without it can be difficult.)
-
- PRINTING:
- - The user is once again prevented from modifying documents during
- printing. (This was accidentally changed in recent versions, and
- this could lead to disastrous results.)
-
- POSTSCRIPT PRINTING:
- - Fixed arrowhead printing to PostScript printers.
- - Fixed the quotesingle problem with DMF fonts such as LinePrinter.
-
- HEWLETT-PACKARD PRINTER DRIVER:
- - added HP310, 320, 600C and 850C models to the model list.
- - implemented RET (Resolution Enhancement).
- - changed the default margins for most DeskJet models. You may have
- to adjust your custom offsets if you have set them.
-
- EPSON PRINTER DRIVER:
- - Completely rewrote the Epson driver to take into account the
- varying margins of newer models.
- - Added XPD files that describe Epson printer standards in the
- SoftLogik:Printers/XPD directory. XPD/EpsonModels is a table of
- each model and the XPD file that matches it. All XPD files are in
- ASCII format, so you can add your own. If you add or modify one,
- or use an Epson compatible model that is not in the table, please
- provide us with the details via email (76004.1676@compuserve.come)
- so that we can update our master files.
- - Added many more brands and models to the Epson compatible model
- list. If you had selected a Generic model, please reset your
- settings because there are additional generic variations now.
- - NEW FEATURE! Added the Epson Stylus Color series to the Epson
- driver.
- - Printing on Esc/P2 printers (most post 1991 printers) should now
- be faster. It won't send data for blank lines, and blank lines are
- now cued up.)
- - Printing on all Epson printers should now be faster. It no longer
- dithers blank data at the end of each row. (So if the row is
- blank, it won't dither anything.)
-
- FARGO PRINTER DRIVER:
- - Modified the Fargo Primera Pro wax option to look for the correct
- file. Please report any problems with this option.
-
- PREFERENCE PRINTER DRIVER:
- - Made a change in the way the driver sets the paper size. This
- should fix a problem with some Preference printers.
-
- MACROS:
- - IMPORTANT: Changed parameters for: display, settoolmode,
- displaygrid, displayguides, insertname.
- - New Commands: createpoint, deletepoint, editpoint, movepoint,
- nudgepoint, selectpoint, splitpoint.
- - New Parameters for: nudge, move, display, settoolmode, print,
- createdrawing, addpoint, displaygrid, displayguides,
- getgriddisplay, getguidedisplay, setviewdefaults.
- - Removed arcto and arcnto parameters from addpoint.
- - Removed the highdata parameter from addarexxgadget. Remove this
- from any scripts you have created.
- - Removed unused parameters from selecttext.
- - Corrected the parameters for editgroup.
- - Reformatted the entire script command reference in the online
- help system. Corrected numerous typos and changed the format to
- make it easier to maintain. The files are a bit shorter now so
- they should load faster.
-
- BME:
- - Implemented an internal clipboard in BME. BME now copies to the
- system (external) clipboard only when another program needs to
- copy from it. The implications are:
- - copy/paste inside of BME is =much= faster than before.
- - pasting into another program when BME's internal clipboard
- contains newer data than the system clipboard will be delayed
- until BME has copied its data to the clipboard.
- - Changed the way pictures are displayed. Instead of drawing one
- row of pixels at a time, BME now displays the pictures in blocks.
- - Very large pictures should display a bit faster now. (Technical
- note: BME uses chunky only now, no more planar.)
- - NEW FEATURE! BME now has virtual memory support built-in! If you
- load a picture larger than available memory, it will use your
- hard drive for virtual memory as required.
- - Fixed a serious problem with pasting a bitmap larger than the
- current image. This could also affect rotating a selection so that
- the selection was now larger than the image in one direction.
- - Changed the Emboss filter so that the lightsource is in the upper
- left corner.
- - Fixed a problem that would crash if you moved an area whose edges
- were outside the visible region.
- - BME now has a black frame around the picture.
- - Improved conversion between color depths.
-
- PAGELINER:
- - The program now looks for the American.dictionary file instead of
- English.dictionary.
-
- --
- Regards,
-
- Michael
- Soft-Logik Publishing
-