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┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ░░░░░ │ TurboEDIT Version History │ ░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌───────┐
│ ░░░░░ │ October 11, 1996, v1.50a
└───────┘
Freebies
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■ Tearline and tagnote (-*- TurboEDIT vx.xxx [MSP96] & [TE])
are no longer mandatory in evaluation copies.
Miscellaneous
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added AutoSave feature (stores message in a temporary file
to avoid loss in case of a crash, etc). See TEDIT.DOC.
■ Added option to toggle 24hr/12hr time and change the date
format (DD-MM-YY, MM-DD-YY, or DD-Mmm-YY).
■ Shortened @NOTE in extended information.
■ Added color schemes in TESetup.ColorCfg.ResetDefaults.
■ TurboEDIT will no longer quote " * In a message originally
to" strings. If upgrading, you MUST CONFIGURE this option
in TESetup/ReplyCfg/ReplyHeaderText to fix the prob.
■ Added language text editor (LANGEDIT.EXE).
≡ Screen size will now adjust itself to fit custom headers.
Bugs Fixed
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ In UserConfig, expands are no longer shifted up one line.
■ Fixed RTE occuring when TurboEDIT was not installed on the
same drive as the BBS.
■ Fixed color mislabling in TESetup/ColorCfg.
■ Fixed bug in which some parts of the screen may be garbled
after a shell.
■ P & Q keys were switched in personal config menu. Fixed.
■ Fixed bug where adding a word to a personal dictionary
might cause a runtime error.
≡ Fixed bug where UNREGISTERED message would appear locally
in registered copies.
┌───────┐
│ ░░░░░ │ August 5, 1996, v1.40a
└───────┘
Major New Features
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Just about every new feature in this version is fairly
major, so please read on.
Spellchecker
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Spellchecker now available in evaluation (non-registered)
version!
■ Added personal user dictionaries! Now, whenever a user
adds a word, it will automatically be stored in his/her
own dictionary.
Taglines
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added IntelliTag option from tagline menu (when used, it
will use the message 'Subject' field to try to detect what
the message is about, and search for related taglines).
■ Number of taglines on-screen is now defineable! Up to 10
may be shown at once.
Signatures
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Signatures can now be up to 5 lines long (2 more than the
previous limit of 3).
■ Signature menu now has lightbars.
■ SysOp can now globally enable/disable signature usage.
Miscellaneous
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added language file LANGUAGE.DAT and partially implemented
multiple language support. Next version will fully support
multiple languages.
■ Added filtering of high ASCII from messages (useful if
your echomail areas do not permit high ASCII, etc).
■ Added filter control file FILTER.CTL.
■ Separated timeslice releasing into two categories: release
while Idle, and release while Active (-I and -S).
■ If enabled in TESetup, users can now use the ^] key to
insert either low ASCII or just the ^A char into messages
(see TEDIT.DOC for more info).
■ Fixed bug where values greater than 14 could be entered
for the number of screen scroll lines.
≡ SysOp can now define which areas require high ASCII remov-
al and which do not.
≡ SysOp can now define the areas in which signatures are and
are not permitted.
Bugs Fixed
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Fixed problem with EzyCom baudrate being displayed in mes-
sage area field. Just rename HEADER.EZY to HEADER.CTL and
the problem is fixed.
≡ Fixed bug in which RTE would occur if registered but not
running from the TurboEDIT directory (thanks, Pooh Bear!).
Support/Beta Sites
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ We are pleased to welcome James Koons of The Formatter's
BBS (Germany) & Marius Kaizerman of MegaBase BBS (Israel)
to the Mikerosoft Support Team.
┌───────┐
│ ░░░░░ │ June 24, 1996, v1.35a
└───────┘
Major New Features
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added support for arrow keys in editing fields (entering
taglines, signatures, etc).
■ Users can now return to the editor from the tagline menu.
≡ Users can now have TurboEDIT automatically append their
signatures (without prompting).
≡ Alt+Fx macros can now run external programs, import text-
files, or insert text strings.
Setup Program
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Rearranged setup program -- should make more sense now.
■ Added complete lightbar support to configuration program.
≡ Added *$, *X, and *Y parameters to Alt+Fx key macros
Censoring
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added 5 more slots for words to censor.
Editor
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ User inactivity timeout can now be changed or disabled.
■ Number of lines to scroll when end of page is reached can
now be changed.
┌───────┐
│ ░░░░░ │ May 20, 1996, v1.30a
└───────┘
Major New Features
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Random tagline picking is now INSTANTANEOUS -- so fast
that the bar graph is no longer needed!
■ Added feature to allow remote file import/export.
■ Added status line with name/time left/help.
■ Added automatic install & configure to TESetup.
≡ Added "Auto Tagline" option to User Config menu.
Phrase Expand
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■ Added several new built-in expansions:
■ @DATE@ - Insert today's date.
■ @TIME@ - Insert current time.
■ @SYSOP@ - Insert SysOp's name.
■ @BBS@ - Insert BBS name.
■ @TO@ - Insert recipient's name.
■ @FROM@ - Insert sender's name.
■ @RE@ - Insert message subject.
■ @VER@ - Insert TurboEDIT version number.
Function Keys
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added SysOp time-changing keys (F7=+5mins, F8=-5mins).
■ Added *$ parameter to Alt+Fx keys to force TurboEDIT to
export to MSGDATA.TXT before running the program, and
import from this file after running the program.
Parameters See TEDIT.DOC for more info
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added -M parameter (offline mail reader support).
■ Added -T parameter (alternate message text file support).
■ Added -F parameter (force user to write certain number of
lines, and disable aborting).
Editor
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added better remote keypress handling routines (arrow keys
will work in more situations now).
■ Added page number indicator to the status bar.
■ Added "[Overstrike]" to the status bar when in that mode.
≡ User can now press <esc> to return to the message at the
"Spellcheck?" and "Add sig?" prompts.
Miscellaneous
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ TurboEDIT now looks for all of its datafiles (BADUSER.CTL,
HEADER.CTL, etc) in the same directory as TEDIT.CFG.
■ Added "[ENTER] to abort" instructions to import/export.
■ Added "2 minutes remaining" warning.
≡ Registered features are now pointed out in this file using
a "≡" character rather than a "■" character.
≡ If header file only contains comments or blank lines, the
default header will now be used.
Bugs Fixed
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added space between "[TE]" and the rest of the tagline.
■ Quote initials are no longer added to blank quote lines.
■ Occasional "chainsaw effect" no longer occurs.
■ TurboEDIT now erases its temporary files.
■ Taglines macros now expand properly. Finally.
■ Added a more space to enter paths to the dictionary file
and tagline file (not really a bug, just an annoyance).
■ Fixed a few cosmetic and other minor errors.
■ Fixed problems with changing quote window size.
■ ^A+NOTE: kludgeline is now only appended on RemoteAccess
systems (Synchronet and some others don't support NOTEs).
■ New users to TurboEDIT now receive the colors defined in
the setup program, rather than the shades of blue.
■ Cursor now moves to top of the document after importing a
file.
┌───────┐
│ ░░░░░ │ Mar 20, 1996, v1.20a
└───────┘
Major New Features
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added user signatures! Users can now use ^K to enter their
signature. Whenever they save a message, they'll have the
option to use that signature on their message.
■ Added spellchecker! Users can now check the spelling of
their messages.
■ Added RemoteAccess v2.50 support! (Only affects registered
users of TurboEDIT).
■ Added 100% configurable screen header! (HEADER.CTL)
Quoting
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added use of Home/End/PageUp/PageDn in Quote Window.
■ Added ability to make ^W the default key to open the Quote
Window (some OS/2 systems don't like ^Q).
■ Added option to allow the SysOp to change the size of the
quote window.
■ Redid quote text reformatting routines -- chainsaw effect
should be *completely* gone now on *all* systems.
■ Quote lightbar now scrolls up/down (instead of quote text
scrolling).
Censoring
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ If censoring is ON, TurboEDIT now censors quoted text.
Function Keys
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■ Added Export Message to File option (hit F2).
■ Added Import File option due to popular demand (hit F3).
■ Added Return user to BBS option (hit F4).
■ Added Beep User option (hit F5).
■ Added Disconnect user option (hit F6).
■ Added Drop to DOS option (hit F10).
■ Added option to configure Swapping before dropping to DOS
(Disk, EMS, XMS, and order of attempts).
■ Added function key macros Alt+F1 to Alt+F10, which may be
used to run external utilities. See docs/setup program.
Editor
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added /H (help), /Q (quote), and /C (user config) shortcut
strings to existing /S (save) and /A (abort).
■ Maximum # of msg lines can now be changed.
Miscellaneous
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Made tagline searches more random.
■ Up to 256 more phrase expansions may be added, with the
use of EXPAND.CTL.
■ Tearline (-*- TurboEDIT ...) can now be removed. In the
unregistered version, it can be replaced with a [TE+] on
the tagline. In the registered version, it can be removed
completely.
■ Multiple TEDIT.CFG's are no longer required -- TurboEDIT
will now search for TEDIT.CFG in the following order:
- Search for "TEDIT" environment variable (see docs).
- Search in current directory.
- Search in TEDIT.EXE's directory.
Bugs Fixed
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Fixed forced-censoring bug.
■ Fixed bug where pressing delete at the end of a line would
only hoist one word from the next line.
■ Fixed bug where phrase expansions might not work.
■ Fixed bug where wordwrap would sometimes not work.
■ Fixed local mode "MSGINF. not found" bug.
■ Fixed arrow key abort during taglines.
■ Fixed problems on some systems with color changing func-
tioning improperly.
■ Fixed bug with message # being dislocated when posting to
certain users/addresses.
┌───────┐
│ ░░░░░ │ Jan 20, 1996, v1.11a
└───────┘
Major New Features
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Significantly sped up TurboEDIT under OS/2 (*VERY* sig-
nificantly -- main reason for this release!)
■ Switched to RAR SFX format (w/Authenticity Verification).
Quoting
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ ^Q (quote) now displayed on main TurboEDIT screen if re-
plying and quote text is available.
■ ^W now does the same thing as ^Q, due to problems with the
^Q character under some terminals/systems.
┌───────┐
│ ░░░░░ │ Jan 01, 1996, v1.10a
└───────┘
Major New Features
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added support to fix RemoteAccess' quoting problem (lines
chopped off halfway).
■ Added [K]eyword option from Tagline menu (users can enter
a new keyword, on the spot, for the current message).
Censoring
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added new censoring overstrike feature (use of !@#$%* all
at once for censoring).
■ Added optional vowel-only censoring.
Miscellaneous
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Added "EXCEPT" keyword to BADUSER.CTL.
■ Added "Return to Default Colors" option to TESetup.
■ Added better color change handling routines.
■ Added local mode (-L)
■ Added REGISTER.EXE, to create your registration form. =)
■ Color changing is no longer a registered-only feature.
Bugs Fixed
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ The text "* In a message originally to..." no longer has
quote initials added to it.
■ Fixed bug with quoting quoted text.
■ Fixed DOOR.SYS reg error. (Thanks, Zsolt!)
■ Fixed first-initial-only quote bug.
■ Fixed bugs with User Keywords.
■ Fixed Tab key RTE bug.
■ Fixed tagline macro expansion bug (didn't work!).
■ Fixed color bug with hilight bar on some long taglines.
■ Fixed "breakdancing cursor" effect... =)
┌───────┐
│ ░░░░░ │ Nov 1, 1995, v1.00a
└───────┘
General
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
■ Initial release.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ░░░░░ │ End of History │ ░░░░░ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘