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ANNOUNCING PAGE PRO 99 VERSION 1.5
Updated 10-28-89
By Ed Johnson
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PAGE PRO 99 Version 1.5 will be available very soon (by
mid-November if the documentation can be updated that quickly)
and has the following enhancements:
> Any alternate fonts that have been loaded are now saved with
your page along with the picture information. When the page is
re-loaded, an attempt is made to load the alternate fonts. If
found on the disk(s) originally used to load them, they will
replace the default font. If no found, the error is ignored and
the default font is used (this is similar to how TI-Writer
handles its CHARA1 file).
> When exporting text, all trailing spaces are stripped off.
Also, all pictures and large characters are stripped out since
they are stored with ASCII values higher than 127. This will
make your exported text files "cleaner".
> When importing text, the text is now merged into your page
starting at the row and column position of the cursor. The page
is not cleared, and anything on the page that is not covered by
the incoming text is not disturbed. For example, you have your
cursor at row 5, column 10 and you want to import a block of
text that is 5 lines by 30 columns. The text will fill in rows 5
through 9 and columns 10 through 39 without othering anything
else on the page. you are still limited to a maximum of 66 lines
by 60 columns of text. If you want to import text into a clean
page, you have to do a reset first.
> A rather obnoxiuos little sound is made when ever you change
typing directions.
> Error handling has been improved. In most cases, you will be
sent back to the prompt that caused the error and given an
opprotunity to change a file name more easily. Also, you can
change picture path/filenames "on the fly". If you load a page
with pictures on a different drive, an error will be issued and
you will be given the chance to enter a new path/filename for
your picture. Much easier than trying to hunt down the culprit
later on.
> The cursor wil not "home" itself after an I/O error. I
apologize for letting this slip in the program in the first
place.
> A rather nifty catalog routine has been installed. At any time
you are prompted for a path.filename you can enter the path you
want to catalog (make sure to put the period on the end of the
path) and press CTRL-C. The path along with the filename read
from the disk will now be displayed in the input area. Just tap
the space bar to flip through the files on the disk or press
enter to select a file. The last file read will now be the
default for the input prompt. Let me know who you like this way
of cataloging the disk. This routine works with both floppies
and hard drives.
> I think I've gotten rid of the "4A flicker" and this version
should also work just fine with the 80 column cards for the 4A,
but I won't know this for sure until the beta-testing is done.
> All of the above enhancements have been installed and tested
except the last one (I don't have a 4A set up and don't really
have room for it!). I will be showing this version at the
Chicago Faire and promise to have a couple more goodies
installed before then (like the ability to save any part of your
page back as a picture file!).
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I want to thank all PAGE PRO 99 users for their support,
suggestions, and constructive criticisms. I promise to keep
plugging away on improvements as time allows and the support
continues to be there. Keep those "wish list" suggestions coming
in!
Sincerely,
Ed Johnson
10-28-89
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