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- WELCOME TO WINEDIT 95G!
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- WinEdit is the Windows Editor that you can use to edit virtually
- any text file. A >very< souped up version of Windows Notepad.
- It is specifically designed to be a programmer's editor, and can
- execute compilers and check for error messages. It also includes
- a powerful macro language.
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- This package contains all the pieces to install WinEdit for
- Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups.
- (Assuming that you have the disks, and not one of the 16 or 32 bit
- specific ZIP files - in which case you have all the pieces for a
- 16 or a 32 bit Windows platform.)
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- The pieces are:
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- WinEdit 16 and 32 bit versions
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- WeDiff 16 and 32 bit versions
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- WinEdit 95 requires an IBM PC or compatible with a minimum of 8
- megabytes of RAM, a rodent, 1.5 MB of hard drive space and
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 or newer
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- *** LATE-BREAKING NEWS ***
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- The following summarizes some of the new features in this version.
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- New command line options:
- /M:<text> run the named macro before doing anything else
- /P:<text> print the named file, then quit
- /W:<text> set the project to the named file
- /L:<0|1|2> set the feature level to LITE,STANDARD, or PRO
- /#:<number> go to line number
- filename(s): load the named file(s), can include wildcards
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- Print a selection
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- File difference utility
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- Read and write Unix and Macintosh text files
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- Turn status bar and horizontal scroll bar on/off
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- Improved memory management for large files
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- Shift+click to extend selection
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- Brace matching
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- Multiple views of same file
- Accessed via the Window.New menu item.
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- Toggle case of selection (This is on the Utility menu).
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- Save all files option
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- Syntax coloring of source code files.
- Fully configurable syntax coloring highlights keywords, quotes,
- and comments in C, C++, WIL, Basic, dBase, and DOS and NT batch
- files. Most any language can easily be added.
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- Easy to use key reassignments.
- You can now reassign command hotkeys from an interactive dialog
- in WinEdit. Menus are automatically updated to reflect the new
- hotkeys. You can also define more than one hotkey for a command,
- such as <Ctrl+Y> and <keypad -> to delete a line.
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- Improved compiler support
- Choosing a compiler from the Project dialog's dropdown combo box
- automatically configures WinEdit's error parsing logic for that
- compiler. Supports Microsoft, Zortech, Watcom, Borland C++, Turbo
- Pascal, Borland TASM, and Clipper. User-configurable for any other
- compiler.
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- Improved macro recording
- In the Pro version, the Macro Recorder now records all commands as
- WIL scripts. When recording is concluded, the recorded script is
- loaded into a document window for easy editing. Pre-configured
- to automatically add the newly recorded script to the Macro Menu,
- or fine tune your macro with any of over 400 WIL and WinEdit macro
- functions.
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- Other new features:
- Backup file creation, location, and name are configurable.
- Changed (unsaved) files indicated on screen.
- Improved support for read only files.
- Improved network support.
- Captured compiler output file location configurable.
- Regular expressions in search can be disabled.
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- We have also corrected dozens of minor bugs that have been reported in
- earlier versions of WinEdit.
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- HOW TO INSTALL WINEDIT
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- Use our WSETUP.EXE program, which will copy the files for you and install
- a WINEDIT group in the Program Manager or Win95 Start Menu.
- To use our SETUP.EXE program...
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- 1) Close down all extraneous Windows applications.
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- 2) Double-Click on the SETUP.EXE program
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- 3) When the setup program asks for a directory, specify initial
- directory, or accept the given default.
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- Please see the README2.TXT file for more information.
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