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Short: The final CON: solution, ^Z, XTerm, Intui-screens
Author: thor@einstein.math.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Richter)
Uploader: thor@einstein.math.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Richter)
Type: util/shell
About ViNCEd
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The latest version (3.32) of my full screen shell editor (CON: replacement)
MAJOR VERSION UPDATE!
A lot of new features have been added.
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Features:
-Extremly flexible
-Comes with prefs program with nice GUI
-User defineable macros and buttons (gadgets) with parameters
-Full screen editor, not line limited
-Compatible to CON: and ConMan
-VT-220 emulation build in
-Supports control sequences of:
-CON:
-VT-220
-DEC
-XTerm (Unix Shells)
-SGI winterm
-plus private stuff (set keyboard,colors and font by ctrl seq)
-TAB expansion, with different TAB requesters as option
-Menu, clipboard support build in (no ConClip needed)
-Online help plus documentation
-Screen title might contain path/fail codes/CLI number & more
-Localizeable (German available)
-Job control à la unix with Ctrl-Z
-suspends shell jobs
-sends shell jobs to forgeground & background
using tiny shell scripts "fg" and "bg" like unix
-documented library for own applications and editor programming
-iconification support
-easy installation
-full control thru single program (SetVNC)
-clipboard support, snip control with middle mouse button or Ctrl-left
-can create private screens on request
-font & monitor selectable by prefs
-icon drop, with modifiers for path/name only
-100% assembly language => fast & short
Plus: It's 100% free !
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----------history-- this is not the complete history, consult the guide !----
Changes made since 3.31:
Failed to update the scrollers if the number of lines changed.
Changes made since 3.30:
Updated the ViNCEd list requester. Works much better now, no reason
to use the standard requester any more.
Encoded the SetVNC program to trick VirusWorkshop. Manual
installation should be done with care - use the decode program
in the "Extras" drawer.
Changes since 3.20....
-Added C style control codes for window titles, expanding into the path,
CLI number, fault code and more...
-Updated the TAB requester (subdirs can be entered now).
-Added a lot of open path arguments, specifying a font,screen etc...
-Added better custom screen support (default colors & font available)
-More defaults selectable from the prefs, like font/screenmode/color
requesters.
-Added switch for faster TAB expansion
-Added switch for sorting directories first
-Added SHIFT+TAB -> device list on empty line
-Middle mouse button can be disabled
-Close requester available.
-Fixed a LOT of bugs in 3.20. Incompatibilities with DW,MWM,ZShell,SShell
and more are now gone (I hope), one enforcer hit is gone
(thanx Christopher...)
-Upated the installer script (now much smarter about source and destination
location)
-Fixed the SetFONT script.
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To update from 3.xx to 3.30:
Re-install, since A LOT of stuff changed!
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
If you selected the "Disable full screen Edit" setting on the
system page of SetVNC as setting for ViNCEd, you will have noticed
that the RETURN key does not operate like expected in the SHELL.
THIS IS NOT A BUG!
This edit mode is for programs that wants to read masks from the
input, UNLIKE THE SHELL. DO NOT TURN IT ON FOR THE SHELL!
If you like to glue the cursor to the edit position and don't want
it moving 'round the screen if marking blocks or scrolling, turn on
the XTerm Cursor Mode in the edit pages of SetVNC!
If you prefer single TAB requesters, turn on both the "Requester if
expansion is not unique" and the "First TAB expands fully" flag
in the Shell pages of SetVNC.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Co-Authors wanted !
1) Localization:
If you like to localize ViNCEd to your language, please send me some mail!
You'll receive a complete archive how to do the job!
You need to provide:
- some knowledge about AmigaDOS and locales.
- some knowledge of your native language (-;
An italian localization of ViNCEd is under construction - please contact
me for more languages!
2) MUI Prefs editor:
I'd like somebody to write a MUI version of a prefs editor. This can't be a
full replacement for SetVNC, but at least the global prefs should be edit-
able with it. Some limitations of MUI (no intuition requesters) limit the
possibilities of a MUI version of SetVNC, but this is O.K. for a prefs editor.
You need to provide:
- some knowledge about a programming language,
preferably assembler or C.
- knowledge about how to write GUIs with MUI.
- a registered version of MUI
You'll receive a documentation on how ViNCEd saves its preferences and on
how to call the library functions to install the prefs.
I'm sorry, but I can't offer any money for these jobs, cause ViNCEd is
freeware. It is expected that you provide your work as freeware, too. I
won't claim any copyright on these programs or databases, but I need your
O.K. to include them in the ViNCEd archive. Contact me at the address below
if you think you like to do the job(s).
Thanx, Thomas
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Another note:
VirusWorkShop seems to have trouble with the overlay file structure
that is used by the SetVNC program.
THIS IS NOT A VIRUS! It is a bugfix of the oldish CBM overlay
manager which is really buggy!
VirusWorkShop will be updated soon. (I hope)
To trick VirusWorkshop, the SetVNC program in this archive is
encoded. Use the "Decode" program from the "Extras" drawer to
decode manually. The installer script has been updated to do
this for you.
Thanks Urban, for reporting!
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Some virus checkers might complain about the set PktWait() pointer
of the VNCFiler.supervisor. Again:
THIS IS NOT A VIRUS!
Anti-Beol has been updated to handle this case, please
update your copy as well!
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Send ideas, improvements, bugreports (please as concrete as possible) to:
Thomas Richter
EMail: thor@einstein.math.tu-berlin.de
or "Wisit the Web" site:
WWW: http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~thor/thor/index.html
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My special thank you's go to all the beta testers of 3.21 to 3.22 out there!
Life would be harder without you!
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April 1997
Thomas