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- (Beta release history deleted to save space)
-
- 2.0
-
- First official release.
-
- Of course, could not resist the temptation to add just one more feature.
- Turned on ^QI - jump to specified line number. ^F8 is the weenie key alternate.
- This is very useful when your assembler tells you that line so-and-so has an
- error. Just hit ^QI (or ^F8), and type in that line number. You will be moved
- straight to that line so you can fix it.
-
- 2.0a
-
- Also fixed complicated bug relating to the search and replace function. Didn't
- work correctly under certain, oddball circumstances. Calling it 2.0a due to
- foolishly giving out a pre-release 2.0... Dated 15 November 1993
-
-
- 2.1
-
- Turned on ^KP to print either marked block or whole file.
-
- Added ^B/^F9 as a "zero MSB" function. Strips bit 7 off all bytes in the file.
- Useful for converting some types of text files created with WordStar DOCument
- mode (or others).
-
- Also discovered that the AECONFIG.COM program still said it was for AE ver. 1.9.
- This has been fixed to avoid confusion.
-
- Found yet another BUG in the search and replace function. If the replace
- string was the same as the find string prepended with something, a gross
- recursion of replacements would commence until the remaining free space in
- the file would fill with the replace string. This has been fixed.
-
- This fix REPLACES the fix installed in 2.0a. This is the way it should
- have been done in the first place.
-
- Added shell to DOS feature ^KF. Very handy to be able to do this.
-
- Added auto-save feature.
-
- Changed auto-save feature to make it transparent. See documentation for
- details
-
- Changed insert/overstrike indicator from I/O to the more intuitive Ins/Ovr.
-
- Status line may now be configured off, if desired.
-
- A default file extension may now be installed into the program.
-
- Auto-tabbing now won't if the cursor is past an existing semi-colon. This
- effectivly turns this off in a full line comment.
-
- Various little tweeks and ehancements.
-
- Dated 24 January 1994
-
- 2.2
-
- Fixed file name question (Save As:) so that control-x would work properly.
- (Abort entry to nul) Now also accept control-u in addition to <ESC> for
- questions that wait for <ESC>. (More WS compatiblity)
-
- Fixed obscure bug in search and replace that only occurred if the status
- line was turned off. Not a serious bug, but a bug none the less.
-
- Re wrote the prompted input routine used for functions such as load and
- save block, find, search and replace. Now handles Control-X, control-U, esc.
- properly and remains in the same color rather than defaulting to B&W.
-
- Added support for ^P, insert literal keystroke. Allows entering most
- control codes directly into the file. Use with caution!
-
- Now all strings printed, including the signoff message, abort with error
- messages, etc. are printed with an internal string print routine. This
- allowed me to eliminate a couple of almost duplicate strings (one with $
- termination, one with 00 termination) AND use the default screen color instead
- of B&W. I have no idea why I've gone to all this trouble about color as I
- don't use it!!!
-
- Also resets typematic rate to default. It came to my attention (the hard way)
- that WinDOZE sets the typematic rate to ultra-fast, and doesn't bother to
- reset it back to normal upon termination. (Typical MS). This was driving me
- NUTS! If this causes a bunch of problems for folks, we can make it a
- configurable option of some kind, but I don't think it will...
- (yea, right...)
-
- Double key commands (^K, ^Q) now time out after 10 seconds and revert to normal
- input mode. This helps to prevent confusion when the operator presses the first
- key, then falls asleep at the switch. (Similar to WS)
-
- Dated 1 April 1994
-
- 2.2a
-
- Naturally, the day after release a bug is discovered. An internal protection
- mechanism would crash on certain XT machines. This has been removed.
-
- Dated 4 April 1994
-
- 2.3
-
- Added feature to load block (^KR) to query about deleting the file just
- loaded. As I usually use ^KR to load a temp snippet hacked out of some
- other file, I usually don't want to keep it around after I've loaded it
- into the file I'm currently working on. Any key other than Y will prevent
- AE from erasing the loadfile...
-
- Beeps have been signifigantly improved. All beeping is now handled internally.
- This allows the program to have pleasant beeps, instead of utilizing the often
- piercing tone that MS-DOS gives us. There are also 3 different beeps to
- indicate different conditions.
-
- Added a new config byte to turn off beeping, if desired.
-
- Prompted inputs for search string, file load/save, etc. now support ^R in
- a manner similar to WordStar. Without going into a 5K discussion of how it
- is different, I'll leave that to the user. It isn't quite the same, but very
- similar. 99% of the time, the differences shouldn't matter...
-
- Line undelete (^U) is improved, and more WS compatable. (And saved several
- bytes!)
-
- Auto-Save now will upon execution of the Shell to MS-DOS feature. This
- allows shelling to MS-DOS without worrying about saving a changed file.
-
- If the program is configured to turn off insert on <CR> it will now also
- turn off insert on line delete as well.
-
- Dated 1 July 1994
-
- 2.4
-
- AE now makes sure that trailing spaces/tabs are stripped off the last line
- in the file. This is primarily to eliminate trailing tabs from the auto-indent
- feature.
-
- AE also makes sure that the last line is terminated with the usual CR-LF pair.
- This is a notorious problem with some assemblers that BARF on an unterminated
- line.
-
- Fixes bug in the shift-left and shift-right functions (Control-Left/Control-
- right). This has been a long standing bug that was a stack imbalance problem
- that would crash the program sporaticly. As this feature isn't used too much,
- it didn't become noticable until recently.
-
- Dated 12 September 1994
-
- 2.4a
-
- Once again, just after releasing a version I've been using for a couple of
- months, a bug is discovered. A minor cosmetic bug. If the save & exit
- function was aborted with escape or control-U, the cursor would end up at
- the end of the file, not back where it was before the save was attempted.
- Sigh....
-
- Dated 15 September 1994
-
- 2.4b
-
- Changed the program so that the LPT number can be installed with the
- installation program (or DEBUG), instead of defaulting to LPT1:. Also
- fixed a potential printer status bug. If AE locked up on an off line
- printer before, this should fix it.
-
- Dated 10 December 1994
-