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NED(tm) v1.5x Release Notes
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This is a shareware product.
If you intend to use NED on a regular basis, please
register and show your support for the author.
Commercial, business or governmental use by non-
registered users is prohibited.
When you register you receive a 250 page manual and the
latest version of NED and utilities as well as info about
new versions when they occur. See the file WHATUGET.DOC
with this release for details.
To register, fill in REGISTER.FRM included with the
distribution below and send and $50 to the address
below.
NED(tm) v1.5x (C) Copyright 1987-92 David L. Dight
All Rights Reserved.
P.O. Box 280, Kings Cross, N.S.W. 2011
AUSTRALIA. +61 2 3314521, CIS:100033,2563
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INDIVIDUAL USERS
Individual and Company Users: Please refer to
LICENSE.DOC and REGISTER.FRM for information.
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VENDOR NOTES
If you wish to distribute this software, please read
DISTRIB.DOC and VENDOR.DOC for details.
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BBS SYSOPS
BBS SYSOPs should refer to the SYSOP.DOC file for
complete information relating to them.
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RELEASE NOTES
To unpack, execute the program NEDIT.EXE in the
directory you wish NED to reside. NHELP.EXE and NCAL.EXE
must be on the PATH if you wish to use help, ASCII tables
or the calculator.
Read the section on configuring NED to learn how to use
CONFIG.NED in the manual NED.DOC
NED will search the PATH for CONFIG.NED so put this with
NED.EXE
Files in the release:
NEDIT.EXE(*) Self-extracting archive
READ.ME This file
NED.EXE Main program
NHELP.EXE Help system
NCAL.EXE On-line Calculator/ASCII tables
FASTPRN.EXE Document printing utility (see below)
VIRCHK.EXE Executable virus scanner (see below)
CONFIG.NED Example configuration file
SAMPLE.MCR Sample Macro file
NED.DOC User's guide
VENDOR.DOC Distributors, vendors and ASP vendor information
DISTRIB.DOC Application for distribution licence
LICENSE.DOC Licensing agreement for individual use
SYSOP.DOC Info about posting NED on BBS's
WHATUGET.DOC Describes what you get when you register
REGISTER.FRM Software registration form
OMBUDSMN.ASP ASP ombudsman statement
PACKING.LST This list in a seperate file
(*) PKSFX (R) Self Extract Utility Version 1.1 Copyright
1989-1990 PKWARE Inc. All Rights Reserved. PKSFX Reg.
U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off.
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New features in version 1.5x
1. Checking the executables for viruses/unauthorised
mods. Execute VIRCHK.EXE after you extract this release.
This needs to be in the same directory as the executables
to test.
VIRCHK.EXE checks the files NED.EXE, NHELP.EXE, NCAL.EXE
and FASTPRN.EXE for any possible attached viruses or
unauthorised modifications. If any problems are found,
the offending file is reported.
Do NOT attempt to use any executable reported as bad.
Contact David L. Dight or your distributor for advice.
VIRCHK could be run periodically on systems that are
known to be exposed. If the NED system has picked up any
virues, delete the executables and re-extract (as long as
the release files were checked when you first received
them and were found to be ok.
2. Command '2'
This allows you to execute DOS commands from within NED.
For example,
<esc>2dir/w<enter>
will execute the DOS dir/w command. When the command has
been completed, press any key to return to editing. See
item 10 below. With no parameters, this command invokes a
DOS shell (same as ALT X).
3. Command '3'
This allows you to set the keyboard speed. 0 for no
change, 1 is fastest, slowing down to 5 (a crawl).
<esc>31<enter>
will set the keyboard speed to the fastest setting.
Keyboard rate can be set on startup in config.ned,
KEYSPEED=1
4. The date format has been changed with ALT Y to:
dayname, dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm {am|pm}
5. The software registration address can be found on
page 9 of the help screen.
6. First letter file selection in File Display Mode. If
files sorted by extension, first letter refers to
extension.
7. Network drives should appear in File Display Mode.
8. The user's guide. This is the roughly formatted text
of the NED v1.5x user's guide. When you register you'll
get the finished product. This file should still be
useful to learn how use NED. To get a fast printout of
the manual you can use the FASTPRN.EXE utility supplied
with this release and described below.
Note: NED.DOC is already formatted to 66 lines/page, with
page breaks embedded. This file should be printed using
the DOS print command. FASTPRN can be also be used if you
use the -a option.
FASTPRN.EXE
usage: fastprn [-aefhlmpst?] input filename
-h|? usage banner
-l<lines per page>, default 66
-t<top/bottom margin (lines)>, default 3
-m<left hand margin>, default 0
-f<output filename>
-s<starting line>, default 0
-e<ending line (-1=all file)>, default -1
-a no formatting, output only
-p pause for keystroke after page
FASTPRN takes the name of the file to print and formats
it for printing (page/line layout) to the screen
(default). You may redirect the output to a file or to
the printer directly. Alternatively you can use the -f
option to specify an output file. This could also be
'PRN'. The -t option allows you to set the number of
lines from the top of the page to begin printing (default
3). The -l option sets the number of lines to a page
(default 66). The number of lines printed on a page is
always:
linesprinted = linesppage - (2 * margin)
this defaults to 60. Printing begins on line 4.
The -s and -e options allow you to specify a starting and
ending input line range to process. If either are
ommitted, processing commences from the start or to the
end of the file.
The -m option allows you to set a left hand margin. The
default is 0. For example to print this file, centred on
standard continuous page,
fastprn read.me -m11 -fprn
outputs directly to the printer.
fastprn read.me -ap
Suppresses formatting. When -a is used, lines per page
will default to 24 and margins will default to zero. The
-p pauses after each 24 lines (useful for examining the
file from the screen.
fastprn ned.doc -a -fprn
Formats the file ned.doc to the printer (note that this is
already formatted and needs only to be printed).
fastprn read.me -l84 -t4 -p > prn
Formats the file read.me directly to the printer. 84
lines per page are set with top/bottom margins 4. The
program after each page.
fastprn read.me -e250 > intro.txt
Formats only the first 250 lines from the input file.
Output is redirected to intro.txt.
fastprn ned.doc -s1456 -e1760 > file.txt
Formats lines 1456 to 1760 inclusively from the input
file. Output is redirected to file.txt.
If the first character on any line is a page break (chr
12) it is printed and the current line number is reset to
0. This permits hard page-breaks to be inserted and
printed in a file.
9. When in File Display Mode, if the file selector bar is
placed over the '\', NED will display the volume label of
the current drive. When the file selector bar is over the
current drive letter, NED displays number of bytes free.
10. You can enter File Display Mode on the 2dos command.
If you select a file by pressing return, the full
pathname of the file is copied to the command parameter
string and you are returned to command mode. You may edit
the command or attempt to execute if (if it is a valid
DOS command).
11. F5 brace matching now recognizes the chevron
characters « and ».
12. DIRMAX statement in CONFIG.NED
This defaults to 512 filenames for the file list, and for
the maximum number of directory entries under File
Display Mode.
DIRMAX={64-10240}
If you are working with directories that contain numerous
files, increase DIRMAX accordingly. Keeping DIRMAX low
saves on internal buffer space.
13. Calculator/ASCII tables
These can be run from within NED with F6 and SHIFT F6.
You can also execute NCAL.EXE from the DOS prompt. NCAL
prompts:
Press (c)alculator, (a)scii tables or esc:
14. SOUND statment in CONFIG.NED
Error beeps and blips can be suppressed by setting this
statement to OFF:
SOUND=OFF
The default is ON.
15. Home directory - when you enter File Display Mode,
the current (home) directory is displayed. If you change
to another directory, NED will change to this directory
the next time you enter File Display Mode. To force NED
to select the home directory, press SHIFT F1 instead of
F1 when you enter File Display Mode.
16. Search interupt - you can now interupt a search by
pressing ESCAPE.