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- BREEZE Copyright (c) Kevin Solway, 1989-95
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- - UPDATES -
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- (Since 1992)
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- Version 4.0
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- With version 4.0 BREEZE has undergone a significant
- overhaul.
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- - Now enables multiple files in different windows. That is,
- a number of files can be held in memory simultaneously and
- you can switch rapidly between them. Added clipboard,
- improved mouse handling and support.
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- Other details of this update not included here to save
- space.
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-
-
- Version 4.1
-
- - Corrected some spellings in the dictionary
- - When moving the cursor upwards the screen now starts to
- scroll before the cursor reaches the top of the screen,
- similar to downward scrolling. This enables you to see
- where you are going.
- - If no block is marked and you select to perform a
- readability analysis you will be prompted if you want to
- analyze the entire document.
- - Blocks can now be marked using whole line mode. That is,
- entire lines will automatically be selected regardless of
- the current cursor position in the line. This speeds up
- block marking considerably, which is especially useful for
- programmers. This feature is available from the
- configuration menu. The default block marking mode is for
- individual characters, or "streaming" mode.
- - Fixed problem when loading a file via the pick list and
- the current file was not saved. If the save option was
- chosen then the new file was loaded as an empty file.
- - Find and replace missed some replacements when searching
- for single characters.
- - The screen saver is now active in any window, and not just
- from the edit window.
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- Version 4.2
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- - Programs created with the "text to .EXE" converter now
- give you the option not to send standard Epson printer
- control codes when printing the contents. This gives
- better compatibility with laser printers. Also, tabs are
- now correctly expanded into spaces when printing.
- - With some screen saving programs, when returning to BREEZE
- the characters on the screen would blink. This has now
- been fixed.
-
-
- Version 4.3
-
- - Added support for a wider range of printers.
- - Fixed bug when a filename of all empty spaces was entered.
- - Fixed an obscure bug which occured when saving file names
- to the pick file after analyzing text.
- - Fixed the problem of an "a" being added to the beginning
- of a macro sequence when the recording was initiated from
- the main menu.
- - Fixed a minor bug when entering a file name as a command
- parameter and the file was not found. You would be asked
- rename the next loaded file when you wanted to save it.
- - Increased registration price to $45 to cover increased
- costs, but decreased cost of upgrades from $20 to $10.
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- Version 4.4
-
- - Fixed bug with screen saver and autosaver. Didn't work
- correctly when adjusted to times greater than five minutes.
- - Fixed problem with line not wrapping when a style character
- was entered exactly on the right margin. If auto-
- reformatting was on at the same time this could jam the
- computer!
- - Fixed bug when floppy disk not in drive and when Breeze
- tries to read the disk directory, or when no matching
- files found.
- - The following improvements have been made to the "text to
- .EXE" converter:
- - Added option to remove special style codes when
- printing text to a file from the executable.
- - The executable programs created with Breeze will
- now automatically detect whether the user has a
- colour system. If not, then the default mono
- pallette will be used, unless changed by the user
- from the command line. This is a safety mechanism,
- to prevent you from selecting colours when creating
- the executable on a colour system which do not
- show-up clearly when the program is run on a mono
- system.
- - Added ability to move to main menu selections in the
- executable with a single keystroke. The main menu
- is taken to be the first one to appear in the text.
- Alt-0 : moves to main menu (the first one)
- Alt-1..Alt-9 : move directly to main menu picks.
- - Added a help screen in the resulting executables.
- Press F1. This should make the program easier to
- use for beginners.
- - Added option to print (or send to file) the screen
- only, or the entire text from executable.
- - Fixed paper feed control for laser printers. Would send
- unnecessary blank pages.
- - Fixed periodic screen flicker on VGA screens.
- - Added support for the pound sterling symbol.
-
-
- Version 4.5
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- - Added graphical print previewer for registered users.
- - Improved time-sharing abilities for use on concurrent
- systems.
- - Added "Read manual" option in the files menu. This saves
- you the trouble of exiting to DOS to run the manual
- program.
- - Made the "format paragraph" function available from the
- options menu to reduce confusion for beginners.
- - Fixed bug where sometimes when loading a file from the
- pick list you were not returned to the correct line.
- - Added extra words to the dictionary.
-
-
- Version 4.6
-
- - Can now save the page numbering mode in the configuration
- file.
- - When making an .EXE file out of the text, sometimes the
- closing brace ">" was not removed. This is fixed.
- - Added option to have centred page numbers when printing.
- Press return on the "page no.s" option in the print menu
- to cycle between page numbering modes.
- - The printer configuration file BREEZE.PRN (created with
- BRZPRINT.EXE) is now a text file that can be edited from
- within Breeze. You can change or modify the printer
- control commands as you like.
- - Fixed a couple of minor problems with laser printer
- support.
- - Added a ruler (options menu) showing columns and inches
- based on the cpi for the font selected in the printing
- options menu.
- - Pressing the Alt key and the Ctrl key simultaneously will
- immediately activate the screen saver.
-
-
- Version 4.7
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- - Added support for international keyboards and character
- sets. For example, Denmark, Italy, France, and Germany.
- - If support files not found Breeze now searches the path.
- - If expanded memory is available, the dictionary is now
- loaded into expanded memory to make more memory available
- for text.
- - Can now save "print indent left" setting in the
- configuration file.
- - When using the "save as" feature you are now prompted with
- the path of the last loaded file.
- - Fixed bug in spelling checker. On rare occassions a
- misspelled word would be allowed to pass.
- - Improved speed of spelling checker.
-
-
- Version 4.8
-
- - Corrected startup error in some copies of v4.7
- - Improved installation program.
- - Using a command line parameter of ~ will force Breeze to
- automatically load the last loaded file on startup.
- For example, Breeze ~
- - Line spacing is now set automatically according to the
- number of lines set for the page length (this assumes that
- you are using either 11 inch or A4 paper).
-
- Page length Line spacing automaticaly set to
- (lines per inch)
- 40..49 4
- 50..59 5
- 60..70 6
- 71..89 8
- 90..119 10
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- If you want a different line spacing to that which is
- automatically selected you can alter the line spacing
- manually from the printing options menu available from
- within the print menu.
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-
-
- Version 4.9
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- - You can now BLOCK COLUMNS of text (as you would normally
- have in tables) for all normal block operations, including
- copying, moving, or copying to the clipboard for later
- pasting. Press F9 to mark columns as a block.
- - Option to print in Near-letter-quality can now be saved in
- the configuration file (from the configuration menu).
- - Added a "Strip returns" function to the Files menu. This
- function will strip return characters from the end of
- lines (except end of paragraphs) making the file suitable
- for importing into programs like "Windows Write". In this
- way you can type and edit your text within Breeze (which
- is fast) then load the text into another application
- (after stripping return characters if necessary) to make
- use of more advanced (and slower) formatting, fonts, and
- graphics.
- - Will now autodetect the starting video mode. Will stay in
- condensed line mode if already set.
- - Faster keyboard rate for quick cursor movements.
- - Text viewers created with Breeze will now autodetect the
- screen mode and will use compressed lines on EGA/VGA
- if already set.
- - Added extra start-up parameters to help you customize
- Breeze to your liking:
- -$ Exclude "End of file" marker
- -. Reformat puts just 1 space after
- sentence enders.
- -m Force monochrome output for any adapter
- (useful for laptops)
- -k Will avoid any keyboard rate adjustments.
- - Reduced registration cost from US$45 to US$35 for orders
- outside Australia (and from AU$45 down to AU$40 within
- Australia) Also reduced cost of upgrades from $10 to $8.
- - Added a file search feature which will search through all
- the directories of your hard disk for the required file.
- - Added code to disable Ctrl-Break if Break is set to on
- from DOS, preventing possible loss of data.
- - You can now a choose from seven different line styles
- when drawing boxes or lines.
- - When "justify" mode is on, lines are now automatically
- unjustified before re-justifying them.
-
- Version 5.0
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- - Breeze would sometimes lock-up the system when quitting
- the program when running without expanded memory. This
- has now been fixed.
- - Added option to change printer port (LPT1...LPT3).
- - Added a delay when deleting the last line of a file to
- prevent unwanted deletions.
- - Fixed bug when autoformatting and a space was entered on
- the right margin, at the end of a paragraph, a new line
- was not inserted.
-
- Version 5.1
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- - Several small bug fixes.
- - Special U.K version release.
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- Version 5.2
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- - Fixed occasional error with spelling checker.
- - Option in print menu to print up to 250 copies.
- - Improved speed of searching for text.
- - Improved speed of reading and writing files.
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- Version 5.3
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- - Can now mark blocks by holding down the shift key and
- using arrow keys.
- - Fixed use of mouse buttons for marking blocks.
- - Improved printer error detection.
- - Fixed backspace problem on blank lines when
- autoformatting is on.
- - You can now select the full range of ascii characters to
- insert into your document directly from the ascii table,
- so the Ctrl-Y feature is no longer supported.
- - Fixed bug with making columns (misaligned)
- - Can now insert character #15 for printer control by
- preceding it with a '-' character.
-
- Version 5.4
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- - Improved file input routine. Can now read-in a wider
- variety of text formats.
- - Fixed bug when deleting a character at the end of a very
- long line.
- - Fixed page length problem on some laser printers.
- - Can now specify a range of pages to print.
- - Can now type number of character in ascii table.
- - Fixed bug when deleting past end of last line.
-
- Version 5.5
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- - Check spelling of single word option (shift-F3).
- - Fixed occasional problem when reformatting whole
- documents. Occassionally a line would not be shifted to
- the right.
- - Corrected small bug with word-left function.
-
- Version 5.6
-
- - Corrected small bugs.
- - Added file progress indicator (appears on right hand
- column of the screen to let you know what position in the
- file you are viewing)
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