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┌───┐┌─────┐┌─────┐ ┌─────┐┌───────┐┌───┐┌───────┐ │░▒▓││░▒▓┌─┘│░▒▓┌─┘ │░▒▓┌─┘│░▒▓┌┐░▒││░▒▓│└─┐░▒▓┌─┘ │▒▓█││▒▓█│ │▒▓█└┐ │▒▓█└┐ │▒▓█││▒▓││▒▓█│ │▒▓█│ │▓██││▓██│ │▓██┌┘ │▓██┌┘ │▓██││▓█││▓██│ │▓██│ │███││███└─┐│███└─┐ │███└─┐│███└┘██││███│ │███│ └───┘└─────┘└─────┘ └─────┘└───────┘└───┘ └───┘ Deluxe Fullscreen ANSI Message Editing Utility For RemoteAccess v2.xx, Telegard 3.0x & QuickBBS Compatibles ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ IceEdit Feature & Fix History ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ v2.35 ----- * IceEdit can now exit on 3 errorlevels, the 3rd being errorlevel 2 when the user keyboard timeout limit is reached. * Some BBS packages do not support kludgelines, such as EzyCom which results in the IceEdit NOTE kludge being visible when reading messages. This can be disabled which will leave a visible, more tidy program tagline such as: -+- IceEdit 2.40 [Eval] * IceEdit will now allow for a message header for each individual area, configured in the area override manager. * IceEdit now has an auto-save feature which can be enabled to save messages once the user's total time has elapsed. It has 3 settings: "Always", "When Prompted", and "Never". This is configurable in the user profile editor. * If Autosave is set to "Always" for a particular user, and that users keyboard inactivity timeout has been reached, IceEdit will autosave the message. If this setting is not "Always", the message will be aborted. * The message-area name co-ordinates can now be configured in EDITCFG. ! When manually adjusting the users time, the time would be displayed on the wrong location of the editing screen. Fixed. * The message-area name co-ordinates can now be configured in EDITCFG. * The message-area name will no longer be truncated to 35 characters. * Documentation updated to include new USA, and European based registration sites. v2.30 ----- * Signature introduction screen can now be disabled, so that all new program users don't get a help screen to configure their signatures. * Signature usage can now be enabled/disabled for each individual message base, using the override manager. * If RemoteAccess was selected as the BBS type, but a QBBS exitinfo.bbs file was present, or vise-versa, a runtime error 100 would be generated. Fixed. * IceEdit will no longer spellcheck quoted text. * IceEdit can now import quoted text directly into the message buffer when the program is executed. Configurable in the user profile editor. [+] * Definable censoring modes added (Full, Partial, Random) * Minor changes to EDITCFG configuration program colours. * Updates in documentation; support/registration sites. There is now a new USA based registration site, accepting Credit Cards. v2.20 ----- * EDITCFG will no longer give registered users the unregistered user notice when the tagline setup section is entered. * IceEdit now has a user database which contains personal user signatures, and specific user overrides! * When executing a commandline or importing a file using ALT Function keys, special (*) codes can now be interpreted ie: *N *P *T * IceEdit will now call on specific BBS dropfiles, such as EXITINFO.BBS. * IceEdit has new '/' keys, /i for program information and /? for help. ! If path to language file was changed, and then SysOp attempted to edit the language file, EDITCFG would fall out with a runtime error. Fixed. ! If the user was viewing a help screen and some of their time elapsed, the time would be updated on the screen even though there wasn't a timeleft field in the screen header. Fixed. ! Full path and filename of language file must now be specified in EDITCFG. v2.10 ----- ! When user was presented with time limit warning, if any text was being typed immediately after the warning was given, it would be placed on the bottom line of the screen. Fixed. ! When quoting, if IceEdit was configured to use CTRL-W as the quote window control character, you could only *exit* the window using ESC or CTRL-Q, instead of CTRL-W. Fixed. * Documentation updated. * Updates to EDITCFG to improve visual appeal and efficiency. * Swedish is now an available language. * Language file name is now configurable in EditCFG. * Tagline confirmation prompt removed, due to an overwhelming number of complaints that it only slows processing time down. * Custom tagline feature will now allow you to enter high-bit characters. * Overlay files removed. * External utilities can now be executed from the function keys! (F1-F10) * Tagline functions are now available in unregistered mode! * Override Manager will now allow you to edit areanames and group numbers. v2.00 ----- ! When a great deal of re-editing occured (such as deleting, pasting, and inserting new lines) sometimes blank lines would have a soft-return appended to them. As a result, when the message saved the blank lines would disappear. Fixed. ! Occasionally, when quoting a message and the quoted text exceeded the screen length, the quote lines would be placed out of order. Fixed. * IceEdit will now scroll the text in the editing window whenever the end of the page has been reached, rather than flipping pages. The scroll length is configurable in EDITCFG. * IceEdit now has a sysop-configurable language file! * IceEdit will now prompt the user if they'd like a tagline after they save, rather than loading the tagline browser automatically. * Users can now create a custom tagline! * If tagline *scrolling* has been enabled, IceEdit can now be configured to start at a random location. * IceEdit will no longer strip destinations from internet e-mail addresses. * Since IceEdit will now scroll all text, page number display has been removed. * If LineDraw mode is active, it can be more easily disabled by hitting ESC once, rather than returning to the linedraw menu and disabling it. * The colour conversion routines have now been re-written to use a more advanced system which will allow for foreground AND background colours. * IceEdit now uses overlay files to increase available memory during execution. v1.75 ----- ! EDITCFG would not allow you to edit the last three fields in the display location setup. Fixed. ! If CTRL-W was enabled to activate quote window, then quote option on the help menu wouldn't work. Fixed. * IceEdit can now be configured to suspend time while the user is writing a message. * INSERT MODE status field can now be enabled/disabled, and moved to different screen locations. * Time limit field can now be enabled/disabled. * Added definable brackets & colours around menu options. * Field headers will now move with actual field information. ie. If you were to move the entire "FROM" information over 3 spaces, the actual "FROM" would move aswell. v1.70 ----- * Completely configurable program header (MSGHDR.ANS)! * Information fields now have configurable screen locations! * Look 'n feel of configuration changed slightly, windows are now highlighted/darkened depending on whether or not they are active. * Quote activation code can now be configured as either CTRL-Q or CTRL-W * Documentation updated to reflect new registration and support sites. * Errorlevels can now be disabled for BBS packages which use the errorlevels for other purposes (ie TeleGard). * Speller scan order on menu re-arranged to default to entire message rather than single page. * REMOTE FILE IMPORTING! (SysOp only) v1.60 ----- ! Multitasking routines which were introduced in last version have been re-organized, due to lag created when run under some multitasking environments. ! IceEdit would not correctly read in the true QBBS MSG.INF file, as format differs slightly from the RemoteAccess format. Fixed. * Option added to allow the sysop to configure whether or not pipecodes should be left as normal (TG users), or converted to ansi (RA users). * Colour codes ( ` and | ) will now be stripped from override configuration, and from areaname when the main program is run (TG users). * Tagline database name has been taken out of the configuration program, filename is now hardcoded as ICETAG.[group] * Toggles added to allow SysOp to turn certain fields on the screen on and off. * IceEdit will now terminate with an errorlevel - 0 if message was saved successfully; 1 if message was aborted. * Kludgeline filtering is now available for BBS packages which export kludges to quoted text (ie. QBBS and TG) * Added additional colour configuration. v1.50 ----- ! Double space indent when quoting non-formatted text has been fixed. ! Extra long macros would get truncated when typed on main editing screen. Fixed. ! Using DOOR.SYS support would intermittantly cause the screen to blank and/or random ascii to be displayed. Fixed. * Added dorinfox.def support for ProBoard users. * Added message override configuration for ProBoard users. * Configuration program has been re-organized. * Macro trigger configuration added. * Commandline parameter help added. (/?) * IceEdit will no longer censor those with SysOp security, as defined in EditCfg. * Tagline database scrolling added! Users can scroll through entire database, perform line jumps and keyword searches! * Message header support added for BBS packages which do not have configurable message headers. v1.40 ----- * Lockup in quote window fixed. * PathScan routines added, IceEdit will scan it's execution path to find configuration files if environment variable doesn't exist. * IceEdit will not delete the quote text file if being run from BlueWave. * Dictionary "Word Selection Window" now uses a scroll similar to the quote window. v1.30 ----- * Spellcheck at save can be disabled using EditCfg. * Built in colour scheme configuration added to EditCfg. * PgUp & PgDn fixed in Quote window. * When you hit enter in the quote window, the text would be placed in your main editing buffer but intermittantly wouldn't be drawn on the screen. Fixed. * IceEdit used to leave an "In Use" type flag in it's directory if it crashed, resulting in failed attempts to execute IceEdit once system was rebooted. Fixed. * Menu option system completely redesigned; lightbar selector as well as hotkeys are available. * Lightbar color configuration added. * Color configuration routines in EditCfg reorganized. * IceEdit will now keep the original "Quote Initials" when it reformats text to prevent "chainsaw effect". * Program Registration Status and Information screen added into help menu in ICEEDIT.EXE. * Status Line added to help screens so that the SysOp can still identify the user even if they are not on the main editing screen. * Menu system in ICEEDIT rearranged to improve organization. * Help system in EDITCFG has been improved. * Occasionally tagline selecting routine in IceEdit.Exe would give the file header information ("IceEdit Tagline File - By Jeremy Landvoigt") as a possible tagline to select. Fixed. * Conversion utilility would give RTE #5 if a tagline file existed. Fixed. * Keyboard timeout disabled in local mode. v1.20 ----- * The node number which the user is currently logged into is now displayed on the main editing screen. * IceEdit will now report that one node is in use if the program is accessed with the same node number in a different window, rather than reporting RTE #162. * Quote Buffer expanded to hold as much quoted text as there is, rather than the 300 line limit. * Quote routines re-written to allow the user to choose line to be quoted without scrolling the entire buffer up or down every time up or down is hit. * Up to ten random taglines can be selected when user opts to save the message, rather than only displaying a single tagline. * Message override file option created so that SysOps can toggle taglines, ANSi, Censoring, etc for specific message bases. * EditCfg macro editing routine re-written to allow for a continuous scrolling window rather than five pages. * Unregistered SysOps are limited to 23 macros. (Registered version allows 115 macros). * Tagline Manager added to Add, Delete, Import, and Edit available taglines. * If quoting text, and quoted text exceeded the screen length, IceEdit would change pages once quote selector was exited. In addition, the page change would not position the cursor directly below quoted text. Fixed. * Routines added to reformat quoted text. Some editors (such as DOS EDIT) when used in conjunction with BlueWave cause messages to be afflicted with what is commonly known as the "Chainsaw Effect", caused by Hard Returns. IceEdit will now reformat quoted text to remove this annoying problem. * Multiple line textfiles (such as sigs) can now be imported using the Function keys. * Offline mail reader support updated. * Tagline structures re-written to decrease size of compiled tagline file(s). * Spell checker will now scan entire message, rather than only the current page. * IceEdit will now prompt for spell checking when the user chooses to save their message. * Censor routines completely re-written to prevent the censoring of sub-words .. eg ("ass" in 'assume'). * IceEdit will now delete MSGINF file once the message information is read in. * Keyboard timeout routines added. * Added BLACK to the colour pipe code routines. * ESC routine fixed so that remote users only need to push ESC once for menu bar to appear. v1.10/1.00 ---------- * IceEdit will now give the user a time limit warning when the user has 5 or less minutes left by emitting a double-beep (remote end only), making time limit indicator blink, and giving a short message at the bottom of the screen. * IceEdit now has a line draw mode. The user can draw lines by moving the cursor keys around in this mode. Four different line styles are available. * IceEdit now has a toggle to disable taglines. * IceEdit now supports multiple tagline files for different GROUPS (RA only). * IceEdit now has a multiple line deletion buffer. * Forced message writing parameter added, to disallow the message from being aborted (useful for newuser questionnaires). * Parameter for multinode systems to specify node number. v0.90 ----- * After a word wrap occurred, the cursor would just forward and backward with every keypress. Fixed. * After a word wrap occurred, if a user attempted to backspace to a previous line, the cursor would "slide" up the left margin. Fixed. * Colour Selection routines in EditCfg have been modified to prevent system lockups on some computers. * IceEdit can now limit the number of quotes per message to prevent "quote- happy" people from quoting excessively. * IceEdit can now limit the percentage of Uppercase text in a message to prevent CAP-LOCK happy people from writing annoying complete upcase messages. * SysOps can now use CTRL-LEFT and CTRL-RIGHT to move left and right from word to word. v0.80 ----- * File import feature would import text horizontally instead of vertically. Fixed. * Dictionary browsing added. * Dictionary addition added from within the main program. * IceEdit would save each line of text with a Hard-Return appended to it. Fixed. (Soft return support added) * IceEdit would not function properly with BBS's that didn't support the MSGINF dropfile. Fixed. * Macros can now be personalized so that either only SYSOPs, only ONE USER, or everybody can use particular macros. * Taglines can now be more easily disabled with a simple toggle. v0.70 ----- * Some punctuation was being translated into the same colors as numbers or UpperCase Text. Fixed. * Quick-keys added. /A to quick-abort, /Q to quote text, /S to quick-save. * PageUp & PageDown keys would place the cursor either three lines down from the top or three lines up from the bottom. Fixed. * If a key was typed when cursor was on the last character of a line of text, the last character would be deleted and replaced with the new character, instead of being pushed forward to make room for the new character. Fixed. * Taglines are no longer stored as text, but are stored as a datafile that can be compiled using EditCfg. This has been done to improve speed and efficiency. * Replacement strings added that can be used in taglines, macros, and SysOp Function keys. Eg: @T = Current Time, @D = Today's Date, .. etc.. * Color configuration modified to use standard number assignments. Brown is now included as an available color. * Confirm abort toggle has been added to prevent accidental message erasure. * Header & border color configuration added. * CTRL-A replaced with ESCape key to bring up help menu. * Imbedded filenames can now be put into message text and imported when the message is saved. * It is possible now to disable the Quote Color if you do not want Quoted text to be treated differently. * ANSi codes can be disrupted when they are being imported into IceEdit (Either by SysOp file import, or Quoted text). * SPELL CHECKER added! * Command line parameters added!