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Thank you for your interest in Source View V3.3e. This file
is the latest addendum for the current release.
1. What's new in Source View V3.3e?
1a. Tabular text block operation is the latest feature
offered in V3.3. You can now mark, copy, move, save
search and replace any desire number of rows and
columns of text.
1b. The Mark to End of Lines [Ctrl K E] function designed
specifically for tabular text block makes it easy to
capture text, like program comment, that start at a
fixed column but have variable length.
1c. Variable tab size of 2, 4 and 8 is now supported.
1d. The Status Line Text setup option is added to allow
helpful hints to be displayed in the edit screen.
1e. A new command buffer is added for the main menu
function File-Command to allow recalling of the last
command.
1f. A TCC/BCC Patch is added to Setup to work around the
problems with the two Borland C/C++ compiler when
using Run-time File Access Interface.
1g. In cascade mode, file windows are nolonger rearranged
after a file is closed.
2. Even though a lot of the features in Source View are
designed for programmers, you can also use it as an
advance text editor. Another good way of using the
editing power of Source View is software integration.
Many programs allow users to designate an editor
replacement. For example:
2a. The 1Word editor in XTGOLD can edit only one file no
larger than 64K. You can designate Source View as
a replacement in the configuration (Alt-F10) under
item "Editor program:".
2b. The PCEdit in ProComm Plus also has the same
limitation and can be replaced by Source View in
SETUP UTILITY (Alt-S) under item FILE/PATH Options.
The QLEdit in QuickLink II/Fax can be replaced in a
similar manner.
2c. The default editor in FoxPro can be replaced by
adding the following line to CONFIG.FP:
TEDIT = /0 SV.COM
3. You might know the SysEdit program in Windows 3.1 which
automatically opens the four system files for DOS and
Windows. Here is a tip on how you can do it in DOS with
Source View:
3a. Create a one-line batch file SYSED.BAT as follows:
@SV C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT C:\CONFIG.SYS
3b. Place both SYSED.BAT and SV.COM in one of your
directories included in your PATH.
3c. At any DOS prompt, type SYSED <CR>.
4. All Source View opened files must fit in conventional
memory. Therefore, the total size of all open files can
not exceed 640K. The maximum number of open files is
only subject to memory availability.
Source View works fine in the DOS Window of Windows 3.x.
Further, the Paste function in the system menu (Edit) of
the DOS Window also works well, provided that the Indent
Mode must be turned off to allow correct pasting. Using
this function, the Source View Editor can receive any
text contents from the Windows clipboard.
Certain video cards' Windows 3.x drivers were improperly
written such that they cause Windows to report error
message "Application cannot access video memory..." when
running Source View in a DOS Window. For example, most
video cards using Cirrus Logic chipsets, including most
Dell computers with integrated local bus video cards,
exhibit such problem. A workaround to this problem is as
follows: in the coresponding PIF file (DOSPRMPT.PIF,
_DEFAULT.PIF or SV.PIF), select the "Low Graphics" radio
button in the Video Memory section; check the "Retain
Video Memory" checkbox in the Display Options section (in
the Advanced dialog).
5. A number of bugs in V3.2x, V3.3x were fixed:
5a. Undo fails when typing over old text in Overwrite
Mode and exceeding the end of original line.
5b. Help on "Editor Setup Menu" scrolls up when the last
text is longer than the width of the window.
5c. Incorrectly displays the default key assignment for
Mark Position (1-4) function in Help and Setup.
5d. Source View now assumes DOS new-line format if the
file has only one line and without CRLF or NL, where
before it assumes Unix new-line format.
5e. Duplicate file can be opened for edit (not Read-only)
after undo a Rename Current File [Ctrl O N] action.
5f. Dual window display format in Display Resolution 2
and 3 (40 and 50 lines) doesnot fill up the screen.
5g. Find forward within block never reaches "String not
found." condition when there is a target string right
at the end of the block. Replace forward tries to
replace the target string twice when there is a
target string right at the end of the block.
5h. Similar to 5g, Replace a String when the target is
right at the end of the block causes the end of block
mark to be misplaced after the replacement and undo.
5i. Find/Replace backward within block fails to locate a
target string when it is right at the beginning of
the block.
5j. In a read-only files several editing functions can be
performed (e.g. [Delete] at end of line, shift block
and insert text during dynamic blocking).
5k. Save files using [Ctrl O S] Save All Files causes
Run-time File Access Interface to fail (the compile
gets wrong text).
5l. All auto-indent functions (e.g. Backspace, New Line)
always assumes tab size 8 regardless of Setup.
5m. Opening a read-only file with a 8.3 filename crashes.
5n. Display doesnot refresh after a setup file with
different tab size is loaded.
5o. Paste a tabular block into the middle of the line
crashes.
5p. Executing a program with a parameters longer than 128
characters crashes.
5q. Cannot assgin F4 to the second line in Keymap Setup.
For example, assign F4 to Find/Replace Again.
5r. Hit ESC and F1 simultaneously and repeately crashes.
5s. Mark the end of the tabular block at the last line of
the file causes New Line [Enter] to malfunction.
5t. Crashes when copy tabular block to clipboard the
second time.
5u. Cannot paste the entire tabular block from clipboard
after using Append to Clipboard [Ctrl K N].
6. Since the first shareware version (V3.0i) of Source View
published in 1993, the response I received has been
minimum. It is obvious to me that the golden age of DOS
text mode software has come and gone. I have decided
that V3.x is the last version of Source View for DOS.
A 16-bit version of Source View for Windows is currently
under development. It is written in C++, and I plan to
offer it in two parts: one is the Source View Editor Core
which includes all editing functions in DLL or OBJ/LIB
form, along with complete documentations; the second part
is the front end GUI based on the Microsoft Foundation
Class, complete with all source code and resources. A
32-bit version will also be developed when Windows 95 is
available.
I have selected the SimTel Software Repository as the
primary release site for current and future versions of
Source View. Other shareware publishing channels that I
use include PC-SIG Library and JCS Marketing (now owned
by OWOBOPTE Industries, Inc.).
Publisher: SimTel Software Repository
FTP site: ftp.coast.net (anonymous)
Directory: SimTel/msdos/editor
File name: sv33e.zip
Publisher: PC-SIG Library
Address: 5018 S Price Road
Tempe AZ. 85282-7445
Phone:
Fax:
Publisher: JCSM Shareware Collection
Address: OWOBOPTE Industries Inc.
3101 Sibley Memorial Hwy.
Eagan, MN. 55121
Phone: (612)686-0405
Fax: (612)686-0312
If you have any feedback, feel free to write to me via
internet "michaelc@miti.com", or by mail:
Michael W. Chen
11309 Elmcrest Street
El Monte, CA. 91732