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- Version 1.00 - 11/15/86
- - Original release
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- Version 1.01 - 11/19/86
- - Minor refinements of the original coding
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- Version 1.02 - 11/21/86
- - Added Change border option - Block or Double Line
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- - Moved text editing from line below display to within the displayed
- PopUp
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- Version 1.03 - 11/25/86
- - Rewrote code to accomodate revised Ass'y code for new PopUps .COM
- files
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- Version 1.04 - 11/26/86
- - Added the first pass at setting colors
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- - Finished POPUP.COMs are the exact size as the originals now
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- - Closed up the 'window' while editing so you don't overwrite the
- borders on all lines except the second and last
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- - If nothing is changed when you enter the E)dit section, you will
- not be prompted to create a new PopUp
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- - While editing, hitting [ENTER] alone, for input to a line will
- write a blank line (quick removal of previous text)
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- Version 1.05 - 11/27/87
- - Changed coding of Set Colors routine to show actual PopUp as
- opposed to mockup screen
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- Version 1.05A - 11/28/86
- - Corrected bug in color display during Color Set and Editing
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- Version 1.06 - 11/28/86
- - Combined the Change Border and Set Colors routines
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- - Command line in the Set Border and Colors routine now reflects the
- actual ForeGround and BackGround colors
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- - Border select option now displays only the other border type
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- ie: when PopUp Border is Block, command line prompts for Line
- when PopUp Border is Line, command line prompts for Block
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- Version 1.07 - 11/29/86
- - Cleaned up the code eliminating the redundancy
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- Version 2.00 - 11/29/86
- - Combined SPOPED and LPOPED into POPEDIT
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- - Added built in licensing agreement/order form/warranty information
- with either print to Screen or print to Printer option
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- - Added file/filename checking and file overwrite protection
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- - Added write PopUp to disk without exit to DOS option
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- - Added switch PopUp size without exit to DOS option
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- - Added current PopUp size (L or S) to main menu prompt line
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- - First public release
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- Version 3.00 - 02/21/87
- - Replaced the Editor routines with a full screen Editor!
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- The Editor status (top) line displays the following information:
- PopEdit name and version number
- File name being edited (or default LPOP.COM or SPOP.COM if new)
- Text mark status - [MARK] or [CLEAR]
- Insert mode - [INSERT] or [OVER]
- [F9]=Help
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- Editor Help Screen - the F9 key will display a 'pulldown' help screen
- containing a summary of the available Editor Command keys
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- Full cursor movement:
- Left, Right, Up and Down number pad arrow keys
- Home moves cursor to start of current line
- End moves cursor to end of current line
- PgUp moves cursor to 'Home' position (row 1, column 1)
- PgDn moves cursor to 'End' position (last row, last column)
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- Full Insert and Overwrite Modes - the Number Pad [Ins] key will toggle
- from Insert mode to Overwrite mode. The present status will be
- reflected on the Editor status (top) line.
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- The BackSpace key deletes the character to the immediate left of cursor
- and moves all remaining text left by one position
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- The Number Pad [Del] key deletes the character to the immediate right
- of cursor and moves all remaining text left by one position
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- Mark, Retain and Release text for Block Copy, Block Delete or Block Move
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- The F1 key is used to Mark the starting and ending characters when
- moving copying, or deleting text.
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- Upon striking the F1 key for the first time, the text colors will be
- reversed, and the editor status line will be updated by changing the
- [CLEAR] to [MARK].
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- You may now use the left or right arrow keys to move the cursor in
- the desired direction on the current line.
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- Once positioned over the last character to be marked, strike the F1
- key again. The text color will be returned to normal foreground and
- background colors.
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- Your marked text is now being held in a buffer awaiting your next
- move. You may use:
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- F3 will copy the marked text to another location on that same line
- or any other line.
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- use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired postion
- and strike the F3 key. This operation may be done any number of
- times as the marked text will remain in the holding buffer.
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- F4 will delete the marked text.
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- F6 will remove the marked text from the marked location and move
- it to the new location you have designated via the new cursor
- position.
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- Both the F4 and F6 commands will empty the holding buffer once
- the command has been completed.
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- F5 flushes (clears) the holding buffer and updates the Editor
- status line.
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- Add a line - moving following lines down. The F7 key will perform this
- function for you. Simply place the cursor on the first character of
- the line to be cleared and strike the F7 key. That line and along
- with all subsequent lines will be moved down one location. Be aware
- that if you have text residing on the last line of the PopUp, it
- will be lost and replaced with the next line up.
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- Delete a line - when in Insert mode the F8 key will delete the line on
- which the cursor is positioned and bove all subsequent lines moved
- up by one position. Again, if you have text on line one and that's
- where you have the cursor, that line will be lost and replaced by
- line 2. When in the overwrite node, only that line will be deleted
- with no movement of subsequent lines.
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- Save and Quit - The F10 key will transpose your edited lines into the
- resident PopUp and then return you back to the main menu. Be aware
- that the save of your work is done in memory only. You will be
- asked if you wish to save your edited PopUp to disk when exiting,
- changing PopUp sizes, or requesting another PopUp be read into
- memory.
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- Quit without save - The Alt-F10 key combination will return you to the
- main menu without transposing your work into the resident PoUp. If
- you decide you don't want to save your changes or decide you want
- to start over, this option gives you that 'out'!
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- Full ASCII graphics support. PopEdit will now allow you to enter the PC/
- MS-DOS ASCII graphics characters into text lines. You may enter any
- ASCII character using the Alt Number Pad method. You will need the
- ASCII codes (located in your BASIC manual). Simply use the number
- pad to enter the ASCII code number while holding down the Alt key.
- The character will appear once the number has been entered and the
- Alt key has been released. Use the Block Mark, Block Copy and Block
- Move functions to create NEAT graphics PopUps FAST!!
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- Well, I think that about covers it for this version! As you can see by
- the time stamp on this file (03:40 a.m.), it is well into the 'wee
- hours'! That being the case, I may have forgotten something (I doubt
- it)! Don't worry though... as is the case with the previous versions,
- this version of PopEdit is fully menu driven and has its own built in
- help screens. It is also totally non-destructive as long as you answer
- N to the 'Save this PopUp' prompt!
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- Take care and Enjoy...
- Underdog-
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