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- = 6.0 7-16-95!
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- Ñ Added 'Bib' to modes 'commentBox' recognizes.
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- = 6.0b28 7-16-95
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- Ñ Fixed some distribution problems.
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- = 6.0b28 7-16-95
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- Ñ Added 'Send Url' to Utils menu, moved emacs menu over to Mode.
- Ñ Fixed DOS-file crash.
- Ñ Fixed top-level HTML menu problem.
- Ñ New mode definitions for ADA flex/yacc
- Ñ New fixes/additions to Perl and BibTeX modes.
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- = 6.0b27 7-11-95
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- Ñ New (and final, for a while) latex mode.
- Ñ "Remove Saved Setting" no longer unsets the variable.
- Ñ Changed HTML mode icon to Netscape, added a "Send URL to Netscape" item
- under the HTML URLs submenu.
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- = 6.0b26 7-4-95
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- Ñ Lock icon now redraws after resume.
- Ñ Another try at alleviating the annoying dialogs when using TPM 7.0.4.
- Ñ Another try at word-wrapping.
- Ñ A couple of drag-scrolling bugs in split-pane windows fixed.
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- = 6.0b25 7-4-95
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- Ñ New HTML version
- Ñ 'indentOnCR' now respected during word wrapping.
- Ñ bug fix in bibtex mode.
- Ñ Crashing bug w/ split windows fixed.
- Ñ Read-only 'lock' icon now above vertical scrollbar.
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- = 6.0b24 7-3-95
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- Ñ word-wrapping now uses vars 'wrapBreak' and 'wrapBreakPreface'.
- Ñ flags now work in C++ mode.
- Ñ New LaTeX version.
- Ñ "Find Options" dialog problems fixed.
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- = 6.0b23 7-3-95
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- Ñ 'Win Sets' are gone. However, you can entirely duplicate their behavior
- by using 'Create Fileset From Wins' and 'Open Entire Fileset' under the
- "FileSets:Utilities" submenu.
- Ñ Nasty little (real old) bug that caused the cursor to appear only briefly
- after a command executed finally fixed.
- Ñ Moved 'hilite' out of a Search submenu.
- Ñ "Replace in Fileset" moved to control alternate of "Replace All".
- Ñ Bug w/ queued replies (usually seen w/ think project manager) fixed.
- Ñ Fortran comment coloring bug fixed.
- Ñ Split pane bug fix.
- Ñ Word-wrapping bug.
- Ñ Fixed some hiliting bugs. In doing so, I broke scrolling when covered by
- floating windows. For those of you that this affects, for right now I
- say, "Don't Do That."
- Ñ Fixed "Goto Tab Stop" problem in TeX mode.
- Ñ 3D buttons have gone away. If you liked them, I suggest you get the "
- Aaron" init. This should also fix the problem w/ crashing on the original
- portables.
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- = 6.0b22 7-1-95
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- Ñ Redraw fixes w/ multiple panes.
- Ñ Enable/disable emacs persists across executions.
- Ñ Changed buttons, etc.
- Ñ New version of latex code.
- Ñ Added 'Replace In Fileset" proc.
- Ñ Can now create filesets on the fly from the find window.
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- = 6.0b21 6-12-95
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- Ñ Addition of underline keywords for latex mode (not in place yet).
- Ñ 'word match' works w/ batch searches.
- Ñ Multi-file directory scans have option of text-only.
- Ñ Final latex mode nearing completion.
- Ñ Small html and bibtex mode changes.
- Ñ Bindings w/ a shift, but not a command, control, or option, now work.
- Ñ 'latex' 2.09 proc works again....
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- = 6.0b20 6-11-95
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- Ñ Fix in 'showVarValue'.
- Ñ 'editMark' now creates marks if they don't exist.
- Ñ Print submenu changed, can now set default printer app.
- Ñ Clicking on drag bar of inactive window makes active and then continues
- to drag.
- Ñ indentLine/indentRegion and lineToParagraph/paragraphToLine added to
- Convert menu.
- Ñ sendOpenEvent takes an option that tells it to not wait for a reply.
- Ñ Comment colorizing better.
- Ñ Files w/ Projector's "ModifyReadOnly" flag set can now be modified.
- Ñ LaTeX mode almost finished╔
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- = 6.0b19 6-5-95
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- Ñ Popup menus from the 'prompt' command now correctly display spacers.
- Ñ Lots of new latex and perl changes/fixes. 'latex' in the 2.09 version
- works now.
- Ñ 'alpharc.tcl' has been renamed 'prefs.tcl'. Probably the last name change
- in a while :-).
- Ñ Directory comparisons seem to be working on my machine...
- Ñ Printing through various apps allowed.
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- = 6.0b18 6-3-95
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- Ñ Added docs for the new preferences routines ('addDef', 'addArrDef',
- 'removeDef', and 'removeArrDef', fixed some problems, added
- a menu item to open up the new alpharc.tcl file, addUserLine now writes
- to alpharc instead of userStartup.
- Ñ Slightly re-organized the Filesets menu.
- Ñ 'menu' now takes a "mode" flag.
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- = 6.0b17 6-3-95
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- Ñ Added new user preferences system, use addDef/removeDef and
- addArrDef/removeArrDef pairs. In prefs.tcl. 'userStartup.tcl' is no
- longer sourced! However, there is now a new file called "alpharc.tcl"
- that is sourced from the prefs folder. No tcl routines add text to
- this file.
- Ñ Added new "recent files" sub-menu to File menu. "Recent" files can also
- be opened via the 'editFile' dialog.
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- = 6.0b16 6-2-95
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- Ñ cleaned up some messes put in w/ b15
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- = 6.0b15 5-29-95
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- Ñ ordinary deletions after rectangular deletions work better.
- Ñ PPC scrollbar problem gone
- Ñ Text buffers now allocated via mac routines vs unix, hopefully giving
- low memory behavior.
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- = 6.0b14 5-29-95
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- Ñ "Mode:App Paths" a bit easier to use
- Ñ pathnames longer than 128 chars work
- Ñ bindings from non-active menus are not active either
- Ñ some split-pane redrawing problems fixed
- Ñ 'statusPrompt' no longer appends a space to the prompt
- Ñ shift no longer works as a binding modifier except for alpha-numerics
- Ñ command-shift-dash for "Switch to" for compilers now command-shift-s
- Ñ Nasty bug w/ get_directory and get_file fixed.
- Ñ All function keys/arrow keys now terminate incremental searches.
- Ñ 'get_directory' now accepts a prompt argument.
- Ñ 'statusPrompt' doesn't have problems w/ activate events any more
- Ñ 'prompt' no longer interprets slashes as command equivalents in menu
- Ñ command-v now 'paste's from within 'statusPrompt'
- Ñ 8-bit chars handled better.
- Ñ Repeat searches now always move at least one char before matching. Let
- me know what you think.
- Ñ Some fixes for search-replacements w/ null patterns or replacement
- strings. '&' in a grep replacement string now works correctly.
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- = 6.0b13 3-25-95
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- Ñ Scrolling vertically through window correctly redraws when obscured by a
- single floating window.
- Ñ 'addUserLine' now uses curly braces instead of parens.
- Ñ Cmd-double-clicking now works for "C" tags, Tcl procs in UserCode or
- SystemCode, and words in the Tcl language. Can also access by selecting
- a word and using the "Modes:Lookup Name" menu item.
- Ñ 68k on primitive 68ks better :-)
- Ñ Bug w/ hiliting on split windows fixed.
- Ñ Emacs menu can be turned on and off.
- Ñ Double-clicking on split-window bar toggles split window.
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- = 6.0b12 3-20-95
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- Ñ New price structure, new registration system.
- Ñ Command-. works again.
- Ñ 'puts' spits carriage returns again.
- Ñ better replaceAll behavior
- Ñ Added '<E' extend style to menu items, forces new dynamic item
- alternate group.
- Ñ Added 'getColors' command.
- Ñ Added hyperText ability.
- Ñ 'saveAs' changed.
- Ñ cmd-double-clicking in the window no longer brings up the mark menu,
- but clicking on the curly braces and command-clicking on the titlebar both
- still do. cmd-double-clicking now tries to find the definition of a C
- function (See here).
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- = 6.0b11 3-17-95
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- Ñ powerThumb back.
- Ñ filesets menu now responds to changes in file system if rebuilt.
- However, this only works for filesets created this by this version or
- higher. If you want to manually hack your userStartup.tcl to use your
- old filesets, look at how the 'System' etc. filesets are defined in
- fileSets.tcl.
- Ñ AEBuild works for 68k again.
- Ñ numlock is displayed on the statusbar
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- = 6.0b10 3-15-95
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- Ñ 68k scrollbar thumb, titlebar popup crashes fixed
- Ñ 'numLock' flag added to remove bindings from keypad and use as keypad.
- The "clear" or numlock keypad key now toggles this binding.
- Ñ 'scanfile' (and hence the grep procs) handle unix and ibm files better.
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- = 6.0b9 3-1-95
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- Ñ Alpha correctly creates startup file and directory now.
- Ñ Keybinding and lookup done differently. Hopefully, the new scheme will
- allow will better for international users. Please send me mail on
- whether this is true. Also, handling of the CapsLock key should be much
- better.
- Ñ Crashing when dragging thumb gone, but had to temporarily kill
- powerThumb feature.
- Ñ Changed 'Csh' mode to 'Shel' mode.
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- = 6.0b8 3-1-95 Switched to CodeWarrior, introduced many problems╔
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- Ñ INCOMPATIBILITY! "userStartup.tcl" must now be in a "Alpha" folder
- within your system preferences directory. Alpha will no longer find the
- old preferences, and WILL NOT copy it over for you.
- Ñ command-click on window title now give popup menu showing location
- Ñ cleaner proc now copies instead of moving
- Ñ isearch doesn't quit when encountering bound characters unless with
- command, control, or option.
- Ñ no longer support option modifed US KCHR resource that gets rid of dead
- keys.
- Ñ Holding down control (sorry, option unavailable because of rectangular
- editing) while clicking on paren selects paren in addition to contained
- expression.
- Ñ Toolbox Assistant support added. By default, this has been added to the
- C, C++, and Pascal modes. YOU MAY NOT SEE THIS IF YOU HAVE ALREADY MODIFIED
- WHICH MENUS THESE MODES DISPLAY. If this is the case, just use the
- 'setModeMenus' option under the bottom popup menu above the vertical
- scrollbar.
- Ñ "Mode:App Paths" allows Alpha's paths to various other applications to
- be viewed, changed, or reset.
- Ñ Added commands 'splitWindow' and 'otherPane'. Not quite complete.
- Ñ Added postscript mode.
- Ñ Several colorizing bugs fixed, most having to do w/ comments.
- Ñ 'optionIsMeta' gone completely
- Ñ added 'forceMainScreen' flag. When set, all windows are forced to be
- completely visible on the main screen. Otherwise, they just stay
- whereever they open.
- Ñ 'suppressHeader' phased out in favor of 'printHeader',
- 'printHeaderTime', and 'printHeaderFullPath'.
- Ñ 'maskCapsLock' is gone, and capslock is handled more intelligently, at
- least for US keyboards. This *will* be getting better in future versions.
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- = 6.0b7 11-14-94
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- Ñ CodeWarrier fixes:
- - create warrior fileset now notices more than one segment
- - timeouts are longer
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- = 6.0b6 11-14-94
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- Ñ Added a few things to support CodeWarrier.
- Ñ 'edit' now has -w option.
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- = 6.0b4 11-11-94
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- Ñ added 'openTexWindow' to "Latex Utilities" submenu.
- Ñ fixed bugs in 'newModeVar', 'display'.
- Ñ slightly changed next/prev(sub)section latex commands to display
- selected line at top of window
- Ñ 'userStartup.tcl' moved to "Internal:System Folder:Preferences:Alpha userStartup.tcl"
- Ñ GNU diff now works for directories other than the startup disk
- Ñ display bug fixed
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- = 6.0b3 11-11-94
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- Ñ 'replaceText' bug fixed
- Ñ userStartup cleaner added at quit
- Ñ Compare directories is here!
- Ñ text clippings can now be imported via drag and drop
- Ñ Now check for drag-n-drop init...
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- = 6.0b2 10-26-94
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- Ñ 'posActivate' gone
- Ñ Alpha now defines 'screenWidth' and 'screenHeight' variables.
- Ñ Alpha now checks for windows off screen
- Ñ Apple drag-n-drop of text and files supported.
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- = 5.98 10-26-94
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- Ñ Fancy new menus!
- Ñ added Pascal mode. By default, this only recognizes files with .p suffixes.
- Ñ '-s' search option now saves 'forward', 'regExpr', 'matchWords', and
- 'ignoreCase'.
- Ñ menus now dynamically sourced.
- Ñ if '&' last char in menu item, no special chars interpreted.
- Ñ 'regModeKeywords' now allows additional keywords to be added, possible
- of a different color than older keywords.
- Ñ 'largestPrefix' returns largest common prefix of a list of strings.
- Ñ 'getNamedMarks' changed behavior.
- Ñ 'regModeKeywords' has been changed.
- Ñ "File:Win Sets" submenu.
- Ñ Assorted color improvements.
- Ñ 'listpick' now returns an error if "Cancel" is selected.
- Ñ double-clicking on parens, square brackets, and curly brances selects
- entire expression.
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- = 5.97 9-26-94
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- Ñ ReplaceAll now notices and complains about regular expressions that
- match zero-length pieces of text.
- Ñ Included GNU Diff w/ distribution. I forgot it w/ the previous two
- distributions.
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- = 5.96 9-25-94
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