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EdHak 3.01 -- Released June 19, 1993
Clear Thinking
2753 Plymouth Rd, Suite 137
Ann Arbor, MI 48105 USA
=======================================================================
Beginning way back with EdHak 2.1 in early 1991, EdHak has been
distributed only as a commercial product and NOT as shareware or PD.
Beginning with version 2.30 the price of EdHak became $29.95 US.
Upgrades from any version 2.30 - 2.37 are $10.00, and upgrades from any
version prior to 2.30 are $15.00. Note that any version numbers with a
letter on the end, such as 3.0A are beta test versions only (i.e., 3.0B
was earlier than the final release version of 3.00).
If you wish to share EdHak with friends or upload it to BBS's, you
should use the DEMO version, which is named EDHAK3DM.ACC and is in the
FREEWARE folder on your disk along with a text file that must go with
it. Also note that your disk also has a new version of Diary, the handy
note taker, that is written totally in assembly language and takes up
VERY little RAM.
If your disk has both ACC and PRG versions of EdHak, they are exactly the
same except for the name. If your disk has only the ACC version, you can
create a PRG version just by copying or renaming it to EDHAK.PRG. On
the subject of naming, note that to operate as the editor for QuickCIS
(CompuServe navigator), EDHAK must be named simply as EDHAK.ACC at
boot time, since that is the name QuickCIS looks for in the part of
memory that keeps track of what programs are running.
If you are upgrading from a version of EdHak prior to 2.30, please note
that you will need to save a new 958 byte config file, rather than the
old 910 byte one. If you have macros you want to switch over to the new
config file, you can just load your old cfg file into EdHak, mark each
macro as a block and save it to a function key with Ctl-Funkey. Then
don't forget to save your new config from the config menu.
If you run into any compatibility problems, we are very interested in
hearing about them (and any solutions), so don't hesitate to write or
e-mail.
If you are a programmer in need of a text editor for your users from
within your software, read OFFER.TXT in the INFO folder on your disk.
Something else on your disk are two files that might come in handy
for understanding and dealing with non-text or non-ascii files, disk
sectors, and RAM. The ASCII256.DAT and 256SYMS.DAT files list all 256
characters including both their decimal and hexadecimal values. These
can be used for reference or for copying special characters into a
document if you only know what the characters looks like and don't know
the character value.
=======================================================================
Documentation of EdHak Changes Since EdHak 2.37...
*** What version 3.01 fixes in 3.00 ***
You can exit the block number dialog (the thing where you get to pick
buffer size or part of file to load) by hitting Return, as it should be.
In TOS 1.0 (or when running in MultiDesk) if you use the menu to go to
the config screen, you now don't instantly skip over the first screen.
With a column block marked, the highlighting now never goes beyond the
edge of the window.
Not exactly a bug fix, but an improved feature: When doing a block
shift left (Ctl-Space), the block now remains highlighted for easy
multiple shifts.
*************************************************
** **
** EdHak VERSION 3.0 Released June 13, 1993 **
** **
*************************************************
Fully MultiTOS/Falcon TOS compatible;
Allow "kwiksend" from PRG (only useful for MultiTOS);
CAUTION: If no window open to receive keystrokes, they may be taken
as key commands if running with NewDesk!!!!!
Fully resizable/movable window;
Can now move window off bottom and right edges of screen;
Horiz Scroll Bar;
Horiz scroll while typing only shifts 10 cols, instead of full window;
Greatly expanded Block handling options:
Added Column (rectangular) block operations; Alt-Click-Drag or Shift-F2
Note that when mousing, you must drag top left to bottom right, and
the bottom right corner of the block must have text there, so you
may need to add spaces to the last line of the block if it is
shorter than the desired block width.
Shift block right (insert spaces in first column); Shift-SpaceBar
Shift block left (delete first column); Ctl-SpaceBar
Quote block (insert '>' in first column); Alt-SpaceBar
Added block Copy function;
Any block operation can be done to/from pastebuffer or clipboard;
F4 Cuts any kind of block to pastebuffer
Shift-F4 Copies any kind of block to pastebuffer
F5 Pastes normal block from pastebuffer
Shift-F5 Pastes column block from pastebuffer
F7 Cuts any kind of block to clipboard
Shift-F7 Copies any kind of block to clipboard
F8 Pastes normal block from clipboard
Shift-F8 Pastes column block from clipboard
Added full Block handling drop-down menu (default if block selected);
Merge & Save block no longer require clipboard dialog;
Additional Help screen just for all the block functions;
Use any of the 3 system font sizes in most resolutions;
Shift-Alt-F lets you pick font size
Alt-plus increases font size
Alt-minus decreases font size
Enhanced Scrolling to data outside edit buffer;
No alert box when shifting buffer contents of files bigger than buffer;
If pastebuffer in use when shifting, gives option to save to clipboard;
Easy scrolling to prior/later sections of Disk Sectors;
Easy scrolling to prior/later sections of RAM;
Enhanced text Macro operation;
Pick macro directly from display with mouse or function key;
Allow nulls in macros (last byte of macro stores macro size);
Cursor is set to end of macro after insertion;
Allow saving buffer=>ram block to any ram address (not just 1K boundaries);
Limit how much scrolling will happen after releasing arrow key;
Show user any truncation of typed-in value in blocknumber dialog;
More informative alert if user fills buffer;
Alert for bad save of config;
Old bugs fixed:
Retain mouse when attempt writing to write-protected disk;
Fix typing past right edge of window in overwrite mode;
Fix saving buffer => ram (did not work in 2.3x);
Fix setting text to bottom of window for extended lines;
=======================================================================
Changes in version 2.3 after the manual was printed
New for EdHak version 2.37 15 Oct 1992
--------------------------
1) First version distributed in Europe by Douglas Communications.
2) Fixes the lock-up that would occur if you tried saving a marked block
to disk sectors (i.e., no filename).
3) Fixes the commands "Date insert" and "Insert bytes" which if done
from the menu immediately after hitting the Return key would just
insert a number of carriage returns instead of the desired text.
4) Add a linefeed after the carriage return sent at the end of any
output to the printer (parallel) or modem (serial) ports.
5) Omit sending the carriage return that was sent at the end of any
output to the midi port.
New for EdHak version 2.36 04 Aug 1992
--------------------------
This just fixes a little bug in the "Kwiksend" code (command Alt-K) that
could cause a crash when used with certain programs. Many thanks to
Keith Gerdes for finding the exact fix that was needed (and Vince
Patricelli for getting Keith to do it).
New for EdHak version 2.35 28 Jun 1992
--------------------------
This fixes a number of bugs introduced in 2.34 and some other earlier
bugs. It also adds a couple little features. This version is now
recommended for any version of TOS, from 1.0 through 3.06.
1) The EdHak menu no longer drops down when EdHak is not the top window;
A side effect of this fix is that moving the mouse quickly enough over
the Menu button now doesn't drop down the menu at all.
2) Fixed cursor residue left after closing acc window;
3) Fixed redraw sometimes not happening after topping EdHak window;
4) Fixed double-scrolling of 2.34 in all TOS's;
NOTE: This fix had a nice side effect -- In TOS 1.0 & 1.2 you can now
have continuous scrolling by doing a somewhat slow double-click in the
scroll bar and holding down the 2nd click.
5) Fixed Help screens for low/med resolution (results in minor spacing
weirdnesses in mono, but now everything is legible in all resolutions);
6) Fixed check for write-protected file on save;
7) Got rid of some redundant Read & Write alerts;
8) Fixed setting & displaying buffer sizes larger than 1 megabyte;
9) Allow bypassing the setting of clipboard on block save/merge;
10) Fixed disappearing Menu button after Setclipboard call;
11) Fixed disappearing Menu button when cancel Launch; 12) Fixed
crashing when failed to Launch program;
NOTE: I discovered that after successfully Launching a prg from EdHak.ACC
and returning to EdHak, the desktop menu bar is no longer active. However,
your machine is NOT locked up. As soon as you close EdHak and run any
program, the menu bar is once again active. This problem does not occur
when Launching from EdHak running as a PRG.
12) Changed (hopefully fixed) Kwiksend to not lose mouse and to work
with Calamus;
13) Fixed once again the minor window drawing weirdnesses when opening
EdHak from Flash.
14) Now allows STalker's 'Invoke STeno' command to invoke EdHak, when
you have configured STalker to capture to EdHak.
Remaining known bug: When inserting into the last line of a paragraph,
and there are multiple spaces at the end of the line, each automatic
word wrap results in the insertion of an extra blank line. When
inserting into any other line of a paragraph, multiple spaces at the end
of a line get condensed into a single space if automatic word wrap
occurs.
New for EdHak version 2.34 21 May 1992
--------------------------
1) This version is only meant for those of you using TOS 2.06 or 3.06.
Atari went and changed something in these versions of TOS that requires
an ACC using scroll bars to include a GEM timer event. The inclusion of
this timer event has certain undesirable side-effects for other versions
of TOS -- namely having single clicks in the scroll bar interpreted as
two clicks about 50% of the time. Therefore, this version is ARC'd to
fit on the disk and discourage use of it by anyone without TOS 2.06/3.06
New for EdHak version 2.33 10 April 1992
--------------------------
1) Fixed a bug introduced in 2.30 that made it so there was no error
message when saving a file to a full disk.
2) You can now abort while searching a file larger than the buffer,
including searching during the initial opening of the file. This is
done with either Escape or Undo.
3) For use with QuickCIS, exiting EdHak by methods other than Alt-X or
shift-Alt-X (namely Alt-Q, menu:Quit or clicking on window Closebutton)
are now clearly defined to act like a 'normal' exit, whereas before they
could sometimes act like an 'alternate' exit produced by shift-Alt-X.
Last Words
----------
And now for the disclaimer: This software and documentation have no
warranty of anything (unless of course the disk or a file on it is bad, in
which case Clear Thinking will gladly provide a replacement). You use
it at your own risk. Since it can not possibly be checked out with
every hardware and software combination in existence, we can only offer
to try to fix any bugs that you find and report.
Finally, many many thanks to all the users who have supported the
continued development of EdHak and Diary with shareware registrations,
retail purchases, bug reports, wish lists, helpful information, and
friendly communication.
EdHak and Diary copyright (c) 1990-1993 by:
Clear Thinking
Author: Craig A. Harvey
new address as of Jan 1993:
Clear Thinking
2753 Plymouth Rd, Suite 137
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
USA
GEnie e-mail: c.harvey
GEnie EdHak/Diary support area: CATegory 2, TOPic 40
CompuServe e-mail: 73047,600
Modem (Clear Thinking BBS): 313-971-6035 3/12/2400
Fax: 313-761-3299 (NOTE: You must write the following voice number on
any fax sent to me so I will be notified of it.)
Voice: 313-971-8671 (non-business hours are best)