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- VDE16.UPD
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- VDE 1.6 Update Information
- E. Meyer - 12 Dec 1990
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- VDE is getting rave reviews worldwide! See "REVIEWS" in VDE.DOC.
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- Please note my new address in Colorado, as of September 1990.
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- This is a quick guide, for users of earlier versions of VDE, to noticable
- changes in operation of VDE since version 1.54. Please check VDE.REF and
- VINST.REF for full details.
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- VDE
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- * A new "Auto Format" mode (command ^OM or {Text:auto fmT}) provides
- continuous reformatting of text during typing or editing, so that manual
- reformat (^B) is unnecessary. See AUTO FORMAT.
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- * A new "Right Justify" mode (command ^OJ or {Text:Justify}) inserts
- spaces in text as necessary so that formatting leaves an even right margin.
- See JUSTIFICATION.
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- * A new paragraph tab command (^OG) allows setting a temporary indent.
- See INDENTING.
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- * Command changes: The rename work command has been changed from ^KN to
- ^KE. (^KN will still work for now, but is reserved for other purposes in the
- future.) The proportional mode command has been changed from ^OJ to ^OK,
- since ^OJ is now the right justify command.
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- * Undelete (^U) can now be used repeatedly to recover prior deletions.
- See UNDELETION.
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- * The MenuBar mode has been revised: VDE commands now work in MenuBar
- mode as well. (A new choice {Misc:Escape} can access Esc commands.) Also, a
- new {User:} menu bar can contain five new commands of your choice. See
- OPERATING MODES.
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- * The preview command (^OD) now shows page numbers, and indicates page
- breaks with dotted lines on screen. See PAGE PREVIEW.
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- * To make hyphenation easier, VDE now uses conditional or "soft"
- hyphens, entered with the command ^P-. See HYPHENATION.
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- * There is a new file mode /U ("U"nformatted), which produces files
- without soft carriage returns. See FILE MODES. (The old trick of setting the
- right margin to 0 and reformatting to remove all soft returns is no longer
- needed, or supported.)
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- * Two new macro commands have been added:
- Esc* is a "universal toggle set", allowing a macro to specify any status
- for Insert, Justify, and other toggles. See TOGGLE CONTROL.
- Esc$ allows you to control continued execution of a macro when an error
- occurs. See MACRO PROGRAMMING.
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- * The file browser (^KF) can now handle more files; the screen will
- scroll if the cursor is moved past the end of the display.
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- * The print command (^KP) now allows headers on the left side of the
- page, using the "<" character. See PRINTING.
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- * Manual reformat (^B) now acts upon the entire paragraph, not just from
- the cursor line downward.
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- * The Match file function (AltM) now compares word by word, ignoring
- formatting differences in documents (line length, word spacing, etc). In /N
- mode, it is still an exact character by character match. Also, when files
- match, it finishes at the end of the file (no longer a "not found" message).
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- * The [Esc] key can now be used (like ^U) to escape from all input
- prompts throughout VDE (except macro definitions), canceling the operation in
- progress.
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- VINST
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- * A new main menu item "menu<B>ar mode" lets you customize the new
- "User" menu bar to contain 5 commands of your choice. (The choice for MenuBar
- vs Command mode has also been moved here from the options section.)
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- * New user options allow for a choice of default status for auto format,
- double spacing, and proportional spacing.
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- * For convenience, graphic character sets (for the AltG command) can
- also now be stored and retrieved as disk files (.VDG).
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- * The Macro and Function key editing process now allows copying (and
- thus moving) a definition from one key to another.
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- * Proportional character widths are now measured in 1/360" (not 1/256"
- as before) for compatibility with most printers.
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- * The computer installation now supports the Paradise VGA+ video card as
- a choice for 132-column mode operation (AltA).
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- * The printer installation now allows you to specify different ports
- (e.g., LPT2) on systems with several printers. (Note: VINST will read .VDP
- files from versions 1.52 to 1.54 of VDE as well. Just write them back out
- again to convert them to 1.60 format, for use with VDE's AltU command.)
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- * Printer code entry now allows entering a single quote (`) + character
- instead of a hex value, and the use of [BkSp] as a correction key.
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- ============================= VERSION HISTORY ==============================
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- 1984-1987: Development of "Video Display Editor" for CP/M computers.
- VDE 1.0 (Dec87): First MSDOS release, for IBM PC compatibles only.
- 1.01 (Dec87): Faster; several bug fixes; minor changes to VINST.
- 1.1 (Jan88): Edit 2 files; AltE; AltT,D; DOS shell; ANSI installation.
- 1.2 (Mar88): AltW; AltM; AltS; ^OQ; ^QT,^QI; AltG; [F]-keys; word count.
- 1.21 (May88): Auto indent; ^OI enhancements; ^PL as pagebreak.
- 1.22 (Aug88): AltO; AltA; AltI; append to files; enhanced ^KP, display.
- 1.3 (Jan89): Edit 6 files; AltC,P; AltV; improved ^QA, ^U; /5 mode.
- 1.31 (Mar89): ^K#; ^KZ; macro keys A-Z; AltU; ^OD.
- 1.4 (Jul89): MenuBar mode; Esc"; proportional mode; small improvements.
- 1.5 (Dec89): 8 files; ^KA; enhanced ^KF, ^OW/AltF, ^QF; use less memory.
- 1.51 (Mar90): /P, /X file modes; ^]; ^K^; improved proportional mode.
- 1.52 (Apr90): Various small improvements and fixes.
- 1.53 (May90): ^QL,N; /M mode; ^PG; foreign language/KEYBxx compatibility.
- 1.54 (Sep90): Small improvements; supports enhanced keyboard, F11/F12.
- 1.6 (Dec90): Auto format; Justify; ^OG; {User}; /U; improved ^U, ^OD.
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- ----- Eric Meyer, 3541 Smuggler Way, Boulder, CO 80303 USA -----
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