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- BOXER is a remarkably full-featured text editor which has quickly become
- the favorite of all types of computer users: programmers and writers,
- power users and novices. BOXER is the result of a 10-year effort by a
- self-proclaimed perfectionist, and the outcome is a highly polished
- software program. Attention to detail is apparent throughout: BOXER's
- interface is smooth, intuitive and courteous. Designed with an emphasis
- on flexibility, BOXER can be easily configured to suit most every user's
- taste. New users consistently praise BOXER in the strongest terms.
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- A complete feature list would be huge, so here are some of BOXER's most
- important capabilities: multi-level Undo and Redo, Color Syntax
- Highlighting, multiple files and windows, full mouse support, keyboard
- reconfiguration, support for extended screen sizes, column marking,
- macros, color, pull-down menus, word processing, and context sensitive
- online help. Also: search with wildcards, compile within the editor,
- small footprint shell, graphic drawing mode, auto indent, find mating
- parenthetical characters, block commands: cut, copy, append, paste,
- delete, write, print, fill, sort, total, average, case convert, invert,
- entab, detab, more! Software from David Hamel $49-89.
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- ** BOXER 7.5 adds many new features and options! **
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- Windows Clipboard Support: BOXER/DOS and TKO now communicate directly
- with the clipboard in Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. Paste text directly
- into Boxer from the Windows clipboard; paste text from Boxer into other
- desktop programs!
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- Long Filename Support: BOXER/DOS and TKO provide full support for
- creating and editing long filenames in Windows 95. Filenames can be up
- to 255 characters long, contain embedded spaces, and use upper and lower
- case!
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- Date Sorting: Boxer has a comprehensive date sort capability which
- supports both domestic and international numeric date formats. Sort
- lines by mdy, dmy or ymd, with two- or four-digit years, with or without
- date separators!
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- Syntax Highlighting: a third set of up to 1,024 reserved words can be
- defined and distinctly colored. Use wildcards (? and *) to quickly
- define entire classes of reserved words. Also: enhanced comment
- handling; new syntax info for Java, 4DOS, HTML and Perl.
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- Extra Clipboards, Index: ten additional clipboards areas have been
- added in version 7.5. Use the new Index page within Boxer's Clipboard
- Manager to view a summary of all 36 clipboards at a single glance.
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- Longer Lines: BOXER/OS2 and BOXER/TKO can now edit files with lines up
- to 3000 characters in length.
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- See TKO.DOC for full details on BOXER/TKO, our professional-level
- product which is capable of editing multi-megabyte files!
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- BOXER.BIN is a compressed file containing the Boxer Text Editor release.
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- BOXER.EXE is a special installation program -- run this program from
- either floppy or hard drive to install BOXER. BOXER.EXE must simply
- reside in the same directory as the other release files when
- installation begins.
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- An automatic demonstration can be run following installation.
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