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DIARY.ACC & EdHak.ACC Versions 1.8 3/5/90
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DIARY has a new big brother called EdHak. This information applies to
both of these, and any references to DIARY also apply to EdHak. The reason
for having these two versions is so that anyone who JUST wants an editor to
safely edit files can have it, while those of us who want the ability to
edit ANYTHING can have that. EdHak is exactly the same as Diary, but has
the two added features of (1) being able to edit disk sectors (with which
you could ruin your hard drive or floppies by changing the boot sector,
FAT, or directory), and (2) being able to edit your ST's memory (which can
merely cause bombs on your screen).
The full documentation for both Diary and EdHak is found in file
'DIARY_18.TXT', including the full list of new features since version 1.7
(such as macros, disk and RAM editing, setting margins, and in the
registered versions, reconfiguring the buffer size). Diary and EdHak each
take up about 70K of RAM (EdHak is about 72K) when configured with a 10K
buffer. If you can't spare that much space but need an editor desk
accessory, try the 'S' version of Diary -- the latest one so far is
DIARY17S.ACC, which is a stripped version taking only 38K of memory.
To Registered users receiving this on a disk in the mail: The 'R' on the
end of the 1.8R means this version is for you. It is not to be made
available for download anywhere, and I would appreciate it if you want to
share Diary with anyone, that you give them the standard DIARY_18.ACC,
also included on the Diary disk. Your v 1.8R has been personalized for
you (take a look at the Help screen). Also, it (a) has the New
Configuration feature enabled and (b) defaults to non-display of the 'cr'
at the end of lines and allows you to toggle that display on and off with
Ctl-Return.
I think Diary/EdHak has become a fairly mature piece of software, as well
as including some unique features. Therefore, I am requesting $10 for
registration from people who have not previously registered. See
information below on what all you get for registering.
REGISTRATION
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Incidentally, if you find yourself using this on any sort of regular
basis, it is shareware, and I'd be most appreciative of something in return
for my year of effort. For the $10 registration I would gladly provide
custom versions with different ALT-key and function key assignments.
Registration will also get you more complete documentation, IF you request
it by telling me what needs more documenting. I am also very interested in
suggested improvements, bug reports, etc. Further improvements are
expected, and registering will reward you with a more full-featured version
than is available for download. If you use Diary, but don't feel that it
is worth $10 to you, send me $5 and any suggested improvements, and I will
still register you. Registering either Diary or EdHak gets you registered
for both.
The Modula-2 source code for the initial version exists as a different
file earlier in the ST downloads, and I'd happily provide source to this
and later versions to any registered user.
UPGRADES
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Registered users can always get the latest version by sending me $2 (or
more) to cover my cost of disk and mailing. I will send a post card to all
registered users to let you know whenever I come up with a new version.
The version available to non-registered users will always have some
feature(s) disabled. For instance, non-registered users will always have
to live with the 'cr' character at the end of the lines, and you can not
save a new configuration. I don't consider these major, but just a little
added incentive to register.
Last Words
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Feel free to distribute Diary to friends, BBS's etc, but please also
include this and the full documentation file. Oh, and how about a
disclaimer: This software and documentation have no warranty of anything.
You use it at your own risk. I use it myself all the time, but since I can
not possibly check it out with every hardware/software set up out there, I
can only offer to try to fix any bugs that you find and report to me.
DIARY.ACC & EdHak.ACC version 1.8, copyright 1990 by
Craig Harvey
GEnie: c.harvey
CompuServe: 73047,600
Clear Thinking, BBS: 313-761-2444 P.O. Box 715 Ann Arbor, MI 48105