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New in PMStripper 1.06
Bug Fix: Using PMStripper as WebX viewer for HTML source
When PMStripper is used as the viewer for HTML source in WebX,
the 'Reload Source File' and the 'Save As' selections were greyed
out unless the source file is reloaded via 'Open File'. This
has been corrected in version 1.06
PMSTRIP.INI handling
For PMStripper users who wish to add an environment variable to their
config.sys file, PMStripper will use that environment variable to
determine where the PMSTRIP.INI is located if it is not found in the
working directory.
For those users who never change any of the configuration options, I
have eliminated the automatic creation of the PMSTRIP.INI file. The
file will only be created when 'Save Settings' is selected.
The environment variable is specified in your config.sys file.
SET PMSTRIPPER=C:\YOURPATH
The C:\YOURPATH should be changed to the location of PMStripper or
the drive and directory that you want to locate the PMSTRIP.INI file
Embedded NULLs
I found a web site (the IBM Alphaworks site) that had web pages with
embedded NULL characters. Since a NULL character terminates a string
in C/C++ , this caused some problems with PMStripper. I have added a
filter to replace the NULL characters with space characters before
processing the html code.
Default settings
I have changed the default settings based on feedback from the
registered users of PMStripper. The only setting that is now
enabled is the use of the underscore character.
New in version 1.05
Over write of existing file warning
A check has been added to warn the user if he is about to overwrite
an existing file. If the file is write protected an error message is
displayed. If the file is not write protected, the user is prompted
for an 'Ok' or 'Cancel' response.
More Fonts
All of the installed fonts are now available via the font dialog box.
Also, the font that is active when 'Save Settings' is selected will
become the default font.
New stripping options
'Strip Options' has two sub-menu items: 'Ignore <BR>' and 'Ignore
cr-lf'. These items are mutually exclusive and, since they are not
normally needed, are not saved via the "Save Settings" menu item. These
options are useful when the stripped output has excessive blank lines,
not present in the source file. This often occurs in Web published
poetry since many are formatted with both carriage return - line feed
(cr-lf) pairs and the HTML code <BR> which prevents text reformatting
by the browser. PMStripper normally translates <BR> into a cr-lf pair
thereby producing unnecessary blank lines. These two menu items strips
either the cr-lf pairs OR the <BR> codes from the text before any other
actions are performed. The results of using either option should be
similar, but one method may produce better results depending on how the
text was originally formatted.
Reload HTML source file via ALT+R accelerator
The 'Reload Source File' menu item reloads the current HTML file and
is a handy way to make changes in the the stripper's options and then
view the same HTML, processed differently. This bypasses the file
dialog box.
Printing
To directly print the stripped text, select a printer as the file's
destination. Entering 'lpt1' or 'lpt2' (as the file name) will send the
text to a printer. This method bypasses the WPS print manager and
results in using the printer's default font. Additionally, since word
wrap in the PMStripper display window does not reformat the text, line
lengths must be user adjusted to fit the printer. This is not new, but
has not been documented.
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